More Mother's day cards!

Monday again! The week just rolls around so fast =)
Here's a few more cards, the first two were from just playing around after watching some of Kristina Werner's videos where she was adding punched windows to her cards. The third one we made on Friday at the Connections craft group. I cased it from the demo Impressions magazine that we get monthly only I don't have the Strength and Hope set that they used.

Hope your week is getting off to as good a start as mine! xx Kate

Cracked glass panel

We made this card at a class I taught last week. I love this technique, it's so effective and easy once you know how.

Mother's Day Flower

Made this one today for a class tomorrow night and thought I'd enter it in this weeks Just Add ink challenge #66 which is to just add a flower.

Great stress relief scrunching and pulling apart the layers for this flower!

x Kate

March and April Catch up in photo's =)

phew! I've been busy  - lots of classes here and out and about, my 30th Birthday and card making for friends and family. It's been great! xx Kate

Birthday card class at Sovereign

I taught a wonderful group of ladies last night at Sovereign in Takapuna. My friend Nova works there and thought it would be a lovely way to get her work mates together for something fun!
She thought birthday cards would go down well (and they did) so we made both a girly card and a male one.
I tried to keep it pretty simple with not to many layers or difficult techniques. I wasn't sure who out of the group of 10 had done any cardmaking before. As it was they all did very well!

Here is the girl card - nice for a girlfriend or your mum!

The black and Yellow together is so striking and I also had a sample in Grey and Pink which two of the girls decided to replicate. I'll take a photo and add it here soon.

Supplies: Stamps -Artistic Etchings, All a Flutter, On Your Birthday. Cardstock - Whisper White and Daffodil Delight. DSP - Neutrals paper stack. Ink - Basic Black and a Versamarker pen for the sentiment. Ribbon - Daffodil Delight. Other - Black Embossing Powder, Heat tool, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds.

Card number 2 was a great one for the boys. I think they liked making this one best - there was no bow tying!

 

Supplies: Stamps - Grunge Rock. Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Confetti White. Ink - Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Soft Suede. Other - Dimensionals, Scallop Edge Punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, basic Rhinestones.

I observed my 2 minutes silence for Christchurch yesterday and are still thinking of how powerless we all are when Nature decides to strike. There are lots of ways to help, money being the most in demand and there are several auction sites running where you can buy handmade items that have been donated to support Christchurch. One is Foxes and the other is Handmade for Christchurch. There are plenty more and if you want to give a shout out to any you know of please do so in the comments.

xx Kate

Weekend Creativity

Gosh the weeks are flying by. I mean to post something new on here everyday but it seems that before I know it the day is over!
I have been making things...and teaching.. so have a bit to share over the next few posts.

Friday night was a fun evening at Jo's. Crafting for her and her mum Gillian's birthday. I taught them a birthday card with a detachable bookmark. I'm all about cards with bookmarks at the moment, must be all the reading I've been doing! I've just finished the Hunger Games series - truly brilliant, I loved every moment!

Anyway here's the card I taught at Jo's:

I took the colours and basic idea from page 8 of the Summer Mini Catalogue and adapted it to use the Friends 24/7 stamp set.

Hope you like it! xx Kate

Supplies used:
Stamp Sets: Friends 24/7 and On Your Birthday
Colours: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, So Saffron, Confetti White.
Other: Scallop Edge Punch, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Butterfly Sizzlit Die, Aqua Painter, clips assortment.

Don't miss Extravaganza! *sneak peak*

What could possibly be better than an afternoon full of gorgeous crafting where all the preparation and hard work has been done for you? Your only job is to turn up and enjoy yourself, doesn't that sound like bliss!
 
Here is a little peak at the project I have designed:

Here are the details:
Saturday March 12th
1-5pm
Balmoral Community Centre, Dominion Road, Auckland.
Just bring scissors and glue or your basic craft tool kit.
It's $45 for 5 beautiful and useful projects, afternoon tea, beverages, vouchers and door prizes.
Email me katetobeck@gmail.com to book your seat - we have a limited number of tickets each to sell for this so get in quick.

If you can't make it...don't let your friends miss out! Be sure to pass this on and let them know it's happening. Here is a link to the event page on Facebook.
See you there!
xx Kate