Boys Train - Double Sided Stepper Card

Boys will be Boys 

Double sided stepper card

For my second project for my recent Memory Maze DT post, I wanted to share something that my youngest son Hunter (5yrs old) had quite a creative input into. This is the first stepper style card I have done and honestly only made it  "just for fun". 

The base for the card was actually quite quick and I look forward to creating some girl themed ones with more detailed embellishments and techniques in the near future, and hopefully share those with you too.

Although we made a stepper card, I have great visions of this chipboard set being used in a Card In A Box style product also. 

But for now, I had fun with some Twinkling H2Os on the chipboard pieces. 

These are the pieces we used. 

This is a piece we were trying some different colouring combinations trials on. 

Thank you for visiting.. 

Be back soon hopefully.. :)

Toni.. xoxo

Life is Beautiful canvas (video)

August is so lovely here in Yeppoon.. We are very lucky and blessed to live in a little coastal town in the perfect state of Queensland, Australia.. It is perfectly never too hot, nor too cold. It is really quite nice to send the kids to happily play outside while I'm quietly able to get some crafting done. 

I can still see them either out the door or window while they are on the swings, trampoline, playing basketball or riding their scooters.. So I created this first project to capture that feeling of loveliness and nature while showcasing some wonderful Memory Maze chipboard pieces on the small 130mm x 130mm square canvas. 

Life is Beautiful

I have also created a special video that features the techniques and products used. 

The video only goes for 2:37 minutes, so if you have a spare moment today I would love it if you were able to check it out.. :) 

This can be found here ~  http://youtu.be/IaNTGTDiE_E 

Here are some close ups 

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Memory Maze products used; 

Life is a beautiful ride

Wrought Iron 5

Wrought Iron 26

Wrought Iron 45 

Many Hearts 

Hunter and Missy Beach layout

Finally I'm backkkk.. The Memory Maze DT had bit of a break for a couple of weeks over at the school holidays.. I was so happy that I actually did get to get some crafting time in though and now I'm excited to share them makes with you.. 

The first part of my reveal I would like to share this super fun layout of Hunter and our Missy dog playing at the beach.. 

I wanted to make this layout as neural as possible with soft grey & blue colours as the base then the solid colours of Black and whites.. The Arrows and Bricks are then balanced by the flowers and the glitter balanced by some crackle paint.. 

I'm absolutely LOVING the new Aussie paper Manufacturer Cocoa Vanilla! I have used two sheets of their new boyish range.. 

Other products used;  Gesso, White Mesh lace ribbon, Impasto & Brick stencil, Memory Maze chip board, Mini flowers, Tim Holdptz Distress Glitter & Crackle Paint, Do Craft Acrulic paints (Dark Grey, Baby Blue, Noir & Blanc) 

I had some leftovers from the paper and the brick chipboard, so decided to throw together this teenage boy card also.. 

Hope you have been inspired to get some crafting done today! So please do drop by your local scrap shop and pick up some Memory Maze goodness or stop by the MM blog to get more ideas on how to use your chipboard pieces.. 

18th Birthday Coco Chanel cards

Recently I had an order for some custom cards.. The beautiful birthday girl was having a Coco Chanel pink/white/black cake for her birthday, so her Mum asked if I would mind creating some cards for her on behalf of the siblings.. 

This was very exciting for me as. I have been wanting to learn for quite some time how to make a Handbag Card... And seriously, what could be better than that style while channeling Coco Chanel! :) 

The card isn't much to look at from the outside.. It has a faux crocodile pink leather cover held down by magnets and the stunning bling from Memory Maze as the feature embellishment.. 

However, the inside of the card had me playing with all sorts of goodies.. 

The base is plain Black cardstock.. The pattern paper is a VERY old piece, I use to have dozens of this particular paper, but this was the final piece.. 

White cardstock to break up the design.. Diecut lady and cats at the bottom.. Some gems.. The washi in the middle was again channeling some Cooc Chanel.. lol.. 

The chipboard numbers in huge middle have been heat embossed.. 

The second card was from her younger brothers, they affectionately call her "Sissy".. 

 

The original design of card that the mother had loved and ordered was this one.. So I needed to make sure that even though I got to try something new with the Handbag Card, I still wanted to give one this style also.. 

Again, still sticking with the Coco Chanel theme this card is quite girly girl.. Plenty of bling, flowers, butterflies and beautiful patterns.. 

10 minute cards

10 minute cards

A few months ago I shared with you a quick layout for time poor scrapers, so today I thought I would share two very quick 10 minute cards using a Memory Maze chipboard as the feature.

The making of these cards took no longer that 30 minutes in total. This includes sitting at my craft desk, coming up with the idea, making of the two cards and then clearing my desk again. 

"Sister" was coloured with two Gelatos to match the paper and embellishments. 

The "th" has been cut off the 40th. This card was made for a Music fan friend of mine. She loves Red, black & white so this turned out simple and perfect for her. The chipboard piece has been coloured with a teal ink then some Kindy Glitz lightly spread over the top. 

I hope you find some inspiration from these cards, so next time that you find yourself walking out the door to a special birthday without a card, it's ok to stop for just a few quick minutes to make a cute card that will be cherished for much longer than it took to make. 

Memory Maze products used; 

Sister 150x50

 

40th  100x100

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Custom Bling Box

Welcome back Chippie fans. Today I am here to share with you yet another video tutorial, but this time it isn't a canvas. This time it's to show you what you can build with plain uncut chipboard. This is a fun and custom made box especially designed to store my Memory Maze BLING.  

 

Bling Box

 

I started with plain 8"x8" chipboard pieces and designed this box myself for myself. So it's got a very girly colour palette with some white distressed trimmings. 

It does spread open as you can see in the photo below for easy access when needed. Then it can completely close into a box for when it's not being used. 

-- FIND THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE -- 

http://youtu.be/edJpvCXZSvU 

Some quick process photos; 

Made with just two 8x8" squares of chipboard.. 

First piece was turned into the frame.. I also cut off 4" from the top of this to make an extra large box for the middle,but didn't need it.. Instead it made a smaller box for the other side panel.. 

2 large middle boxes and 4 smaller side panel boxes.. 

Once the boxes have been cut, tape them together.. 

Then the panels are covered and the boxes were covered in Washi tape and the Bling Box starts being built.. 

The boxes are later painted white and some shabby chic edges with white paint also. 

Purple straws, mini flowers, twine, ribbon, lace and a button to finish off the embellishments for the inside of the box.. 

The Fancy Border chipboard piece from Memory Maze has been cut to suit the length of the panels, then heat embossed with purple powder and stuck to the back.. 

Thanks to my two boys.. Lane assisted me to put the boxes together and Hunter pictured below, was very generous with his creativity ideas.. :) 

As you can seek the box panels can fully close to make a boxed shape when not in use or completely spread open so you can see all the lovely bling inside.. 

Memory Maze products used 

12x12 chipboard

Fancy Border

 

A variety of BLING can be found on the MM site too

 

Little Mate layout for Memory Maze

Welcome backkkkk.. I'm so excited to bring to you today this super fun and layered page featuring my littlest man Hunter and his favourite Junior Sedan speedway driver Abi..

Abi is such a good sport when it comes to Hunter.. She is so nice and such a sweetheart! 

Hunter is definitely a laugh though.. He gets so excited and happy to see Abi, but when he gets close enough he turns VERY SHY! lol..

I had a lot of fun playing with the colour scheme on this page. From the black, whites and greys to the pops of yellow and reds. 

For the title I cut the "our" off the top to suit the layout. It has been coloured with both White Gelato and Picket Fence Distress Stain. The Tribal piece was coloured with Barn Door Distress ink and both have been finished off with Dimensional Magic. 

The pattern papers and embellishments all come from the Kaiser "Scrap Yard" collection.. 

Flowers from Manor House and Prima.. 

Photo credit for the featured photo goes to Mickey Meehan "ART BY MICKEY" who is Abi's lovely  Mum.. A fantastic local graphic designer who donates so much of her time and efforts for the Junior Sedan division and speedway as a whole.. 

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