From the monthly archives:

December 2009

12 Days of Christmas Giveaway

20 December 2009

Just posting some snippets of the lovely prizes our 12 days of Christmas winners will be receiving in the next few days.  Along with their daily winning goodies, the girls will also be getting one of our special embellishment packs (see  last 2 photos) which are super super cute!! Congratulations to all! Be sure to [...]

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12 Days of Christmas winners!!

18 December 2009

Well we didn’t quite get as many comments on our 12 days of Christmas like Tim Holtz may have but who wants to have read through that many anyway hehe!!! What we did gather from our own 12 days is that  we do have some loyal blog viewers who were kind enough to share their [...]

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12 Days of Christmas – Last Chance

16 December 2009

Hello everyone, thanks to all of you that have taken time to comment on the 12 days of Christmas.  Friday we will be announcing winners for each days comments, so there’s still time to post.  Big Cheeky Grins, Lisa and Elaine

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12 days of Christmas competition – still time to win!!

13 December 2009

Well folks, the 12 days of Christmas inspiration are over from our end BUT there is still time for you to win some great prizes.  As time is quickly passing, we thought we would give you an extra 3 days to still be in the draw!! We know how precious your time is but so are comments, [...]

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12th day of Christmas…

12 December 2009

On the 12th day of Christmas………..a small 4×4″ card perfect for giving with presents in leiu of tags.  They don’t take long so perfect in a batch!! Materials: 4×8″ kraft cardstock 230gsm folded in half 2.5×3.5″ white cardstock .5×4″ kraft cardstock 230gsm strip 4×3″ black cardstock scrap of 230gsm kraft cardstock scrap of music sheet [...]

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11th day of Christmas….

11 December 2009

On the 11th day of Christmas………random pieces of inspiration were calling to be put together for this ornament.  This is another project you might find ideal for a present also for loved ones.  The best bit is that you can make lots of ornaments like this just from having a look around your scrap & [...]

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10th day of Christmas………..

10 December 2009

On the 10th day of Christmas, another tag project was the order of the day.. The studio is looking a bit wrecked at present with all the projects and samples we have been cranking out lately.  On this tag, we use distress ink, powders and paints to make an interesting piece.  Materials: 8x16cm manilla tag [...]

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9th day of Christmas……

9 December 2009

On the 9th day of Christmas………..a smart project for the Christmas table. We’ve cooked up these name place settings and bonbon fare.  Won’t be long now, Santa Claus will be coming to town very soon! Materials: Tim Holtz – Oriental Plates German Scrap – trim German Scrap – Gold wings White card Black card Glossy [...]

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8th day of Christmas……

8 December 2009

On the 8th day of Christmas…….the grungy metal look was in!! Materials: 8x16cm manilla tag 9×6.5cm black cardstock small white tag – no string brilliance ink pad – moonlight white brilliance ink pad – graphite black On the 8th day of Christmas, we had a look in the odds and sods bucket at the studio [...]

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7th day of Christmas…

7 December 2009

On the 7th day of Christmas………..we made a lovely vintage ornate to share.  Divine for your tree, perfect to give to loved ones for that special gift.  Maybe it will spark the start of a yearly tradition!! We hope you enjoy! Materials: Stampers Anonymous Creative Block 25 – boy with crown image Tim Holtz script [...]

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6th day of Christmas

6 December 2009

On the 6th day of Christmas……….. although here in Australia we enjoy summer through the festive season, we thought of a project with cool icy blues & silver. A bit winter wonderlandy really!! Materials: 8x16cm manilla tag 8x4cm brown and blue patterned paper thin strip of brown cardstock scrap of music sheet 9.5x8cm stardream blue paper [...]

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5th day of Christmas

5 December 2009

Materials Collections black measuring tape paper Collections houses Jenni Bowlin mini papers 7 Gypsies vintage numbers 7 Gypsies ATC transparencies Tim Holtz Corners Tim Holtz Foliage German Scrap German Scrap Black ribbon Plus; Glimmer mist – Mustard Seed Tim Holtz distressed inks in Shabby Shutters, Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick Tim Holtz Christmas collage stamp Tim Holtz blending tool [...]

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4th day of Christmas…

4 December 2009

On the 4th day of Christmas…we played and played and played.  Here’s our offering to you. Materials Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Peeled Paint Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Fired Brick Tim Holtz Blending Tool Any Script stamp 9x6cm white cardstock 9.5x7cm kraft cardstock A5 kraft cardstock old Music [...]

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3rd Day of Christmas….

3 December 2009

On the 3rd day of Christmas…..hello to all our followers.  Today we’ll be spending more time on our card then we did making yesterday’s.  This card is all about grunging, layering and looking at annealed copper and stainless steel..oh so much fun, let’s get started. Materials that you will need; A5 folded Maroon card A5 Music sheet A5 [...]

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2nd Day of Christmas…

2 December 2009

On the 2nd Day of Christmas, we fell in love with the most simpliest card design you will ever see ANYWHERE, or here on our blog, (after this posting of course!).  It about simplicity and the basic design is so easy to play around with that there are  many possibilities coming to mind and not just for Christmas [...]

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Christmas wall, mantle or door canvas! – PART 2

2 December 2009

Well after a long overnight sleep through the night, our laptop has decided to play nicely, so here we go with the next installment of yesterday 1st day of Christmas project! Enjoy Step 7: Using the same technique as in step 1 and the Tim Holtz Regal mini mask, place the mask over edges of [...]

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Christmas wall, mantle or door canvas! – PART 1

1 December 2009

Welcome to our 1st day of the 12 days of Christmas  projects. Firstly, we apologise that it is late in the day OF the 1st day of Christmas but as you can always count on, computers always don’t seem to work when you really, really NEED them too.  For some reason it took us 7+ [...]

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And the winner is……..

1 December 2009

Congratulations to …..drumroll………Jackie Davis of Western Australia!  Jackie is the randomly picked winner of our prelude 12 Days of Christmas draw and  a Winter Wonderland stamp set from our favourite designer, Tim Holtz (www.timholtz.typepad.com)  Jackie said………. Hi girls, looking forward to following your take on the ‘12 days of christmas”, have watched Timmies for the [...]

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