Cards made at crop - November

How productive are you at crops? Honestly?! lol.. 

I am shocking! I talk way too much, I tend to sit and think too much, I ususally get no where near enough done!! 

So imagine my overwhelming feeling of accomplishment when I managed to create 10 cards!! Woot woot..  They are only fairly simple, but most of them are for International Swaps, so they need to be kept fairly flat-ish and without too many embellishments.. 

I was very strick on myself when packing for the crop.. I didn't let myself get carried away with packing too many supplies.. I made a list of the swap themes that I am interested in joining in for and packed a few 6x6 paper pads to suit theme.. Some are new collections, some are old! 

Fairy Dust  ( Kaiser). -- Easel Gift Card Holder & TeePee card

Silver Bells (Kasier) -- both plain fold cards..

Paradiso (Kaiser). -- both plain fold cards.. One backwards by accident.. Gonna say it's for Left-Handed people... Hehehe... ;) 

Made with Love (Kaiser). -- both plain fold cards

Cotton Tail (We R Memory Keepers). -- Easel card & Plain fold.. 

Envelope challenge pack - October

I was sent this pack from an American friend who has challenged me to create a card with it.. 

This is what I came up with.. 

I followed the rules by not cutting the card and only adding 5 extras - 1 flower, pattern paper, cardstock, mesh ribbon & twine.. 

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Scrapping Everyday Miracles - November challenges

II am LOVING this new Kaiser range - Fairy Dust...
Yes, yes it might have something to do about how obsessed I am with Fairies, but seriously, this collection is gorgeous..
I'm usually very reluctant to use any of my fairy papers, however this time I actually bought two of everything.. lol.. So I don't get anxiety while cutting up and using the papers, because I know I still have a full set of 12x12 and 6x6 sheets as spare... hehe.. My Precious!!

These creations were both based on the sketches supplied by Scrapping Everyday Miracles this month for their challenge..

Layout Sketch

Card Sketch

I would love for you to drop by the Scrapping Everyday Miracles blog for more inspiration and maybe link up your own entries too!! 

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Pyramid Explosion Box

Pyramid Explosion Box

I am absolutely loving the chipboard packs that Memory Maze are now designing that have all you could need for a project or page. I have used a gorgeous flourish, some butterflies and flowers all from the same pack. Honestly, what more could you want! Such an ease knowing all the hard work of matching pieces is already done for you! 

 

All of the chipboard that is brown and teal have been inked, the grey was painted. I have not added glitter or dimension magic to these pieces as I really wanted to keep it as a matte finish.

The papers used were from the Blue Bay collection range by Kaiser..

Some flowers, lace, washi tape and a paperclip finishes off the project just nicely..

Memory Maze products used; 

Be True To Yourself

Aussie Christmas Advent Calendar

Aussie Christmas - Advent Calendar

My boys loved the Naughty or Nice Advent calendar that I made for myself --- ( I shared that in yesterdays post) ---- that they wanted me to make a special one for them too.. Hunter ended up making a MARVEL's themed Advent Calendar, so that left us to come up with a fun theme for Lane.. As soon as I saw this Memory Maze "Aussie Christmas" chippie piece, I knew straight away this would be perfect.. 

The Santa Hats have been covered with Red ink on both sides, then glue has been applied for the "Fluff" to stick, then Liquid Pearl has been used to make the dot on the tip.
"Aussie Christmas" comes already prepared in different colours, I choose Red.
The little Reindeer has been layered 3 times with "Puff White" embossing powder.
All of the matchbox drawers have been covered with the Christmas Tree Washi Tape on the front. 

Memory Maze products used;

 Reindeer

Aussie Christmas title

12x12 sheet chipboard

Santa Hats

Naughty or Nice? Advent Calendar

Naughty or Nice?  

Pretty much every year since I was a teenager, I've told myself that I would make my own Advent calendar.. But still never did.. Finally however, I have found that papers and the chipboard pieces that have inspired me to make my own.. This project started out being a set probably for Lane, however I do believe that it's a bit too girly and I think I'll just have to keep this one for myself! hehehe.. 

The papers that have been used are the Silver Bells collection from Kaiser... The adorable chipboard pieces are of course Memory Maze...  

Thanks to Kaye at A CRAFTER'S PASSION in Rockhampton, Qld who was enjoying coming up with little ideas for me while I was trying to take it all in myself.. lol.. The SNOW was a fantastic idea and turned out way better than the Fluff that I would have used.. So THANKS Kaye!! :)

Although I did use matchboxes for the drawers, the house is made by using the 12x12 sheet chipboard. The circles and title were inked, sprayed with mist and dusted with distress glitter. The cute little Reindeer was simply inked. The Trees and Sleigh were both painted with the same Grey that was used on all of the edges on this project. 

Memory Maze products used; 

Reindeer

Nested Circles

12x12 sheet chipboard

Christmas Trees

Sleigh

Naughty or Nice? 

Hunter's MARVEL creations - part 2

PART TWO

Our third project was another first.. It's the first time we had attempted a Pyramid Explosion box.. I had a little more input to this one, with putting it together.. Hunter finished off this wooden car while I did the parts that he couldn't / wouldn't do.. 

Hunter'S MARVEL Creations

The last project (for now anyway.. lol)  is this super awesome Iron Man Advent / Storage box.. This is the first time that I have made this style of storage box.. Although a little time consuming, I think the next time will be much quicker now that I know what I'm doing..

 

 We only used one piece of 12x12 paper, an offcut of cardstock on the bottom, washi tape & brads for the boxes and some black paint to ground it all and bring it together..

Hunter didn't help overly much with this one, as he was proudly making his own mini storage project with some leftover matchboxes.. 

Hunter and I would love for you to drop by our  Facebook crafting page to be kept up to date with his / my latest projects..
Thanks for your time again, Toni & Hunter.. xoxo