A wrap for a gift card (or cash) that is. When you are really at a loose end and the ideal gift is not quiet in your budget then a gift card is perfect and this is such a great way to present it.
These gift card holders really come together quickly and easily. Whip up a few of them as a great stand by for that last minute cash or gift card pressie.
Yay! I had a chance to play with one of the beautiful vintage bird cage images from our new collection today. I also used one of my new Martha Stewart punches and I must say they work beautifully. This is the Woodland Branch Edge Punch. These images and embellishments are ideal for putting together quick and easy cards. I wanted to add a sentiment to the bottom of my easel card but as luck would have it, one of my ink cartridges ran out. There is a range of embellishments and matching ribbon available in store at the moment and each packet comes with a gorgeous vintage image on pretty sparkling card. The embellishments start are priced between R5,00 and R15,00 a packet which really does make them ideal for making cards.
Now if you are feeling super crafty you could pop onto Nichole Heady's blog where you will find an adorable little "Bird Box" template for free. You could fill them with a few chocolates and add one of our vintage bird cage images and spread some love. Some sentiment ideas for your tags: Hey chick! You're so tweet. A little birdie told me you ... (are feeling down / having a bird-day/etc).
... to The Scrap Studio. We are so excited about the new stock arriving late next week. Mellisa Francis products are just beautiful. Gorgeous vintage papers and embellishments that are too irresistable. We are getting the Vintage Attic Treasures and selected papers from the Vintage Posey Collection as well as loads of these gorgeous resin embellishments. These products will be so perfect with the new Martha Stewart punches that have just arrived.
Take a look at one of our favourite blogs, Lily Bean Paperie, to see just how these gorgeous products come together. Mellisa Phillips is one of the Design Team members over at Mellisa Francis and we just love her stuff. So us, don't you think?
Photo courtsey of Lily Bean Paperie.
Now, I am off to play with one of my new Martha Stewart punches and one of those beautiful vintage bird cage images from our new Scrap Studio Collection.
Belinda has taken a moment to put together these two free graphics for you to use. Simply print them onto card stock and help the little ones whip up a Father's Day card.
With some luck, I will get a chance to play with them and will be back to show you how I used them. We hope you find this useful.
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What is the meaning of Ayoba? It seems to me like it could be just about anything but is most commonly used as a greeting. So, Ayoba Africa. This morning I feel really proud to be African and find myself getting caught up in the spirit of soccer fever.
So, we will be closing the store at 14h00 today so that we can watch the opening ceremony. Hopefully you will all be doing the same thing and will not mind us taking advantage of today. It is probably not something we will get to experience again.
Kaisercraft must be one of the most happening manufacturers of scrapbooking products at the moment. They offer such great products at unbelievable value. What I love even more is the fact that they really take our needs into consideration and work hard to show us how to put it all together. If you are reading this then you probably share my passion for scrapbooking, card making or just paper crafting in general. You probably also share my lack of time situation. Often when I do get the opportunity to sit and do something creative it is late and my brain is feeling less than inspired to create a masterpiece. I just want to cut paper!
Let me get to the point of my post. Kaisercraft has introduced online workshop magazines which are available for everyone to download for free. It does not get any cheaper than this girls. Go here to download your "copy". You will find full instructions to create awesome layouts, cards and off the page projects. They practically give you your shopping list. These adorable projects can be found in their latest workshop magazine.
We hope you find this helpful and feel inspired to create. The above collection, Jungle Bug, is available now at The Scrap Studio and we are expecting the sweet girl collection, Hey Birdie, at the end of the week. Feel free to go here and place your order online. The products will be sent to our store for you to collect. There is no need to make any finiancial transaction online. just pop the goods you want into a basket and choose your favorite store (us of course) as your collection point and we will give you a ring when they arrive. There are hard copies of this magazine available while stocks last with your purchase of the relevant collection.
I found this gorgeous FREE template over at Clear & Simple Stamps and could not wait to share it. This sweet template designed by Sue Berker was a little too small for my purpose so I printed the rocking horse as large as my printer would allow and replaced her box with a larger one (try these basic instructions).
Please take the time to post a comment if you have found this useful. Happy crafting.
Sam
If you thought that was a mouthful then stop reading now. If not, then be warned that you are about to subject yourself to a little excessive whining. Belinda and I seem to spend our lives striving for momentum. We really try girls but unfortunately it eludes us and life gets in the way. We know you are all chomping at the bit for the next lot of classes and for this we are grateful but it just seems like we never manage to keep up with ourselves (if this makes any sense at all). So, where have we been over the last few weeks? Well, between our small children and the two of us we have managed to sustain the income of many of the medical professionals in the area. Now, if I for one moment believed that I could manipulate a few days bed rest from any of this then I would be taking it to its limits. Unfortunately (or rather fortunately) it has been silly little delays here and there. Oh and a few very humorous moments too. There are two things about me that many people don't know:
1. I have an insane fear of going to the dentist and
2. I have an insane fear of being photographed!
Both of these issues have cropped up in the past week. I have been to the dentist twice and it was even worse than I imagined. I did manage to get the dentist and her assistant in stitches though when I asked her if there was any chance she could replace the old metal filling with a white one. Apparently, they have not used those in 17 years! On top of that (don't worry girls this is almost the end of the whining) my baby brother came home to be married and there were photographs involved. Poor photographer. She whizzed through all the usual family pics until she got to the one with the groom and his sisters. After moving us every which way she eventually rolled her eyes and gave up. Of course I was sweating profusely by now and had that frozen look of terror on my face. Sorry Bill.
In any event now that you have put up with all this moaning here is the delight ...
My brother has lived away from "home" for the past 6 years and we were so fortunate when he and his beautiful fiance decided to get married in South Africa. A simple down to earth wedding is what they wanted. A regte egte Weskus jol. Hell no! Belinda and I just don't do simple well. We happily took over and pronounced ourselves wedding coordinators. We have kept ourselves very busy with all the finer details and believe you me, no detail escaped us. Our new sister to be could not have been more casual about the whole affair. "Whatever" she said as we ruthlessly teased my poor brother and nicknamed him Groomzilla and worked him into a frenzy over crystal beads, rusted buckets, etc. Of course he is our brother and we all have the same genetic make up and thus the same ability to stress over nothing. The day was, of course, spectacular and everything we all wished for. We are so grateful to them for getting married here and while we will miss them like mad we could not be happier for them.
Thanks for listening ladies. You should really give blogging a go. It is great therapy. You can vent and no one interrupts or answers back. Hope to see you all soon.
Sam
Denise Johnston. This beautiful set of cards was created by Denise for our Cameo Collection Challenge.
Last month we put out a challenge for our customers to use our exclusive embellishment range on a paper crafting project. These small budget friendly odds and ends are great for your paper crafting projects and are packed by ourselves exclusively for The Scrap Studio. The colors of the Cameo Collection colors are silver, black and a gorgeous deep magenta/purple/plum (open to interpretation).
Once again, we would like to thank Denise for showcasing our products so beautifully. Her cards were creatively put together and really did justice to the Cameo Collection. Denise wins the entire Cameo Collection and a magazine to the value of R130,00.
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