I am teaching down at the Hastings Rubber Stamps camp at Pounawea in the Catlins in late Feb so if you are thinking of coming down I will be teaching two classes: an Opals class and a Collage Class (the samples are further down below in an earlier post). There are still vacancies available go to www.hasrub.co.nz to book.
We will be learning how to use a host of products and techniques (I like to teach everyone at least one new technique with every card we make).
With the Opals class we will learn how to use Opals (a kind of thick embossing powder) with Chipboard (from Collections, Scrapware and cutting our own with the Cuttlebug), with stamps and with metal on brads and letters etc.
In the Amazing Metallics Collage class we will be learning how to use Glimmer Mist, Lumiere Paints, metallic rubons, Gold Opals, Stamps, Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads and All Purpose ink.
You can either make a card or use this as a 6x6 canvas.

New Cuttlebug Folders

My Favourites:

Jules Jewels and Rellie Rave. Coming in January. Available to pre-order now.

Being on Camp

Had a great time at Finlay Park with Alec's class, took lots of photos, which I just had to scrap!

This is using the Kaiser Rewind range.

November Creations - Collage Cards

I love playing about with metallic inks and paints...I am teaching this at the next Auckland papercraft day.

Inspiration can come from all sorts of places. The idea for the stripes came from driving through Mt Eden, Circus Circus as these same stripes and eyelet holes on the outside.

This was a scraplifted page from the latest Bo Bunny Catalogue, photo taken nearly 20 years ago!























I have been playing around with the new Cuttlebug folders, this one is a 5x7 one, and its quite big so instead of making a card I did a standup. I painted the numbers with h2os and glitter glue. and used Kaiser Christmas paper.

The next SENZ...

Well we have set the date for next year's SENZ, CHCH 16-18th July.
Should be good, SBO are coming and bringing Nic and a few of the CHCH ones are coming The Paper Peacock, who won best exhibit last time, and no doubt Montarga will be there trying to win that prize off them! Suzanne has some ideas for Create to challenge them too - we will go for small but stylish!

Off to make Chirstmas Cards this afternoon for a class tomorrow night. Will take piccies and put them on later.

We have our sale this week to co incide with the Craft Fair. Already we have had a big sale today from someone from Aussie associated with it. Just as well I have ordered lots of new product from the states.