Zoo Babies Farewell Sale-A-Bration

Hi!

Today I have one final card using Sale-A-Bration products.  Well, two cards actually!

This was the sample card I'd made for a series of workshops I was running last month.  It uses the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder and some of the Twine from the Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack.

Love that cute little monkey swinging off the hello!  On the way to my first workshop where we were going to be making this card I realised that the Very Vanilla panel was 2 inches (5.1cm) wide - the perfect size for the Scallop Tag Topper Punch.  Yay!  I gave the ladies the option to play with the punch instead of following my design.  They has lots of fun.

I had a leftover kit after I'd finished all my workshops for the month so I decided to make my own alternative using the tag punch.  Exact same materials, just trimmed a little!

I punched the Very Vanilla cardstock with the punch, adhered it to the Island Indigo piece and then hand trimmed around the top.  I also hand cut the hole so that my ribbon could go through both layers.  I added a piece of Very Vanilla ribbon and used the twine to tie around it.

Just to finish off - the two cards side by side.

Don't forget that today is the final day to place an order to take advantage of the Sale-A-Bration promotion.  Each $90 spent frome our catalogues gets you a freebie from the Sale-A-Bration catalogue. Bonus!

Bye for now,

Tina

Layouts 21 and 22

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Ready for some more Paris scrapping?

Layout 21 is about our climb to the top of Notre Dame.  As you can see by the top right photo it involved lots and lots of spiral stairs!  The old pins were quite wobbly by the time we got to the top.  The view was worth it though, as was seeing the Emmanuel Bell.  It's apparently the most pure sounding bell in the world.

Rob was particularly taken with the carved animals on the towers. Despite the popular opinion, they are called Chimera, not Gargoyles.  They are similar, but the purpose of Gargoyles are to channel water off a building, Chimera are just decoration.  I had no idea!

After finishing touring Notre Dame we headed over to Sainte Chapelle.  I think it was the most beautiful and amazing building we saw in all of Paris.

 

We only found about about Sainte Chapelle after reading about it in the Lonely Planet guide.  We were so glad we went there - it was absolutely stunning. We were impressed by the beauty of the lower floor, which had a beautiful painted ceiling that looked like stars twinkling in the night sky.

On going up to the top floor (more spiral stairs!) our jaws hit the ground.  Three of the four walls are 15 feet high stained glass windows that tell the story of the bible.  The fourth wall had an incredible stained glass rose window.  We were there on a lovely sunny day, so we were lucky enough to see the stained glass in all it's spectacular glory.  Thank you Lonely Planet!

Bye for now,

Tina

Just Add Ink #208: Just Add Colour

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This week at Just Add Ink Mae has given us a colour combination that I think we all found challenging.  I guess that is the purpose of a challenge!!!

I was a bit naughty and left my card to the last minute.. I'm glad I did as I received a little box of goodies from the USA as a thank you for designing the tutorial for Craft Project Central last month.  In it was the Positively Chevron stamp and also one of the photo polymer stamp sets Countless Sayings 2.  I couldn't resist inking them up.

One of the downsides of  leaving my card to the last minute is that it was a bit of a gloomy morning when I needed to take the photo, so the colours aren't that great.

I inked the chevrons with my Calypso Coral and Smoky Slate markers.  A bit time consuming, but I love the effect.  The sentiment stamps came from the Countless Sayings 2 stamp set.  I stamped them in Pacific Point and then coloured them with my blender pen and Calypso Coral ink.  The colouring looks much better in real life - the camera was not kind to my photo!

The sentiment on the inside was another new arrival - it's from the Hip Hip Hooray stamp set that you get included in the Hip Hip Hooray Card Kit.

I hoe you can find time to play along using Mae's colour combination this week at Just Add Ink.  Can't wait to see what you do with it!

Bye for now,

Tina

Guest Blogger: Ada

Hi!

Today you get a break from my cards.  I recently bought a bigger desk for my crafting space which allows my kids to craft with me if they desire.  During the Summer school holidays Ada crafted with me a few times. Today I have for you one of her cards.

She likes being an independent crafter, so she chose everything.  The ornament cut out was from my stash of scraps that may come in handy (do you have a stash like that too?).  Other than that piece she chose, stamped and arranged everything else. Oh, and she cleans up after herself too - winning!

I really love that she likes to try out new things (the sponging on the front) in an effort to be just like me.  It certainly makes me feel loved.

Bye for now,

Tina

Petite Petals Notecard

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Today I have for you a sweet little note card that I made as a sample for several classes I ran last month.

The stamp set is such a cute little set, and the coordinating punch makes cropping it a breeze!

I stamped the more solid flower stamp in Pistachio Pudding on the Whisper White cardstock.  My aim was to make it look like the leaves on a bush, and I quite like the effect.  By overlapping the stamping you get lighter and darker areas, which look a bit more realistic.

I repeated this effect on the inside.

Bye for now,

Tina

Layouts 19 & 20

Hi!

Back again with some more Paris scrapping.

The Treasury is inside of Notre Dame and it's where the treasures of the Church are stored and displayed.  It was an extra €6 each to get in, but it was well worth the money.  I say it lots, but the French sure know how to do luxury and decadence!  Rob and I had a bit of a chuckle too, as one of the robes on display had what looked like the Gay Pride stripes down the back.  I'm sure it must have had a different meaning for the church!

After looking through the inside of Notre Dame we took a stroll around the outside of the building. The photo of Rob shows the exterior of the Treasury of Notre Dame.  There is a lovely park at the rear which looks to be a favourite place for families that live nearby.  On the far side of Notre Dame we found the best crepes we had in Paris.  They were lovely and fresh and the two men that ran the stall were funny and friendly.  I wish I'd been cheeky enough to ask if I could take some photos of them making the crepes.  We went back there several times to have more yummy crepes when we were in the area.

Bye for now,

Tina

Layouts 17 & 18

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Ready for some more of my Paris trip?

Before we left for Paris my well-travelled sister let me know of an old superstition in Paris - if you find and stand on the Zero Point of Paris you will one day return to the beautiful city.  Point Zero is in front of Notre Dame and is the point in Paris from which all distances are measured.  It took us a while to find it as it is always surrounded by crowds of tourists, no doubt all wishing the same thing! As you can see, we did eventually find it and we were able to make our wish.

Words really can't describe Notre Dame.  From the outside it is beautiful, towering above us.  There is so much to see everywhere you look.  I loved the carvings above each of the doors that tell the story of the Bible.  It was told in pictures so that the illiterate could still learn the stories.  Clever!

 

Once we got inside we were rendered mute. The atmosphere inside was amazing.  Even though there were signs all around requesting silence, they weren't really necessary.  You just don't feel like talking.  Your eyes are so busy taking everything in.  Incredible!

The massive stained glass windows are stunning.  We were lucky to be there on a sunny day so we could get the full effect of the sun streaming through. The workmanship is incredible!  At the far end of the building was a model of the building of Notre Dame.  I was absolutely gobsmacked when I saw it.  In this modern time it hadn't occurred to me that Notre Dame was built in a time before the machinery we have now.  Those incredibly high arched ceilings were built by men on wooden ladders.  Amazing!

Bye for now,

Tina