Welcome to flower week!

Hello and welcome to flower week! Each day I'm going to post a flower or project I've made. Just simple. Just easy. Just doable. Always fun.
Hope you enjoy!

I've been making a lot of these flowers lately...still. I showed you a single one a while ago, but here's a double on a book I made using my Bind-it-all. I punched out the circles first and then wiggled my scissors when I cut around the edges to make them uneven. And of course, the subtle use of glitter.

Gotta love the old Bind-it-all too. It involves punching, so what's not to like I tell ya...

See you tomorrow :o)

Instant Book

Hey hey,

Here's the link so you can make your own instant book too if you like!

They're a lot of fun. I should do another one too.

Enjoy!

Flower week

Hello!

Just letting you know that this week is flower week on the old blog. Took this photo a few years ago. If you had the time and inclination, you could punch art those flowers!

PS. I don't! :o)

The little book...

Here's the little book I made about Rustee and I. It's made by folding one piece of patterned paper, which is really cool to do, fun and cheap! Mum saw someone on the net do it and she showed me. You can google it to find some instructions (I'd try "make a book with one piece of paper" or similar).

So the book is small - only 15cm x 8 cm. I kept it pretty simple and used journalling tags and a couple of flower punches inside. And a subtle use of glitter, of course. If I ask Andrew if a card or project needs anything he always says, "A subtle bit of glitter." It makes me chuckle.

That's the book. Please excuse the sappy journalling if you can read it. It's just so nice having her around the place. I work at home, and am by myself a lot, so a friend is good even if she does leave dirty footprints on my patio...

Try one of the books. Fun stuff!

This dog...

I've never been a dog person, but this dog has changed all that. Her name is Rustee and she's kind of the Clark family dog. She belongs to Andrew's brother, but he can't keep her, so she lives with Andrew's parents and now she's their dog. Andrew's sister has a bit of a claim on her (she calls her my Rustee) and so do we because our place is her holiday home. She comes to visit us when her "parents" are gadding about the place, which they do on and off because they're retired and they can!

She's a gorgeous dog, inside and out. I reckon she was a supermodel in her day!

So it was a few months ago that Rustee was with us for a week and she and I became friends. Apart from the fleas, the hair and the messing up of my patio with dirty footprints (all reasons why I'm not a dog person), I began to like her... a lot. She came up to see me when I was putting the clothes on the line, she sat at my office door while I worked and got really excited when Andrew came home each day. We walked up to the letterbox to get the mail (60 metres of driveway so it was a good walk for her. She's 13 afterall and can't do too much because of her sore legs although she chased Andrew down the street when he went bike riding without her!) and just had fun with each other. I would pat her, she would smile at me. She would feel good and so would I. She's really well trained too, which helps the old "I don't mind you" meter go up.

So we became friends and I've looked forward to her visits ever since. She's come a few times in the last couple of months. Gadding, I tell you! Gad, people, gad, I don't mind...

So, what does a good scrapbooker do? She makes a scrapbook about her doggy friend because she can. Stay tuned for that post soon.

Told you she used to be a supermodel! :o)

Link

Here's the link to Kristina's blog. Great videos!
Enjoy!

Brrrr!

My! It be cold! Sitting here with a skivvy, jumper, uggs and the heater on! Skivvys - you either love em, or you don't. I do!

A quick card for you... it's been a while since I've been here. Have had a lot happening lately and feel like I'm just getting caught up. I made this card for my dad for his birthday using two square punches for the cream and brown with apples cut from my favourite October Afternoon paper. They make some great stuff over there at OA. The ribbon is ahla Kristina Werner with a slit cut into the fold of the card so it could be threaded through.

Will post more things soon. Just need to organise a photo taking session... :o)

Bye now!

Frogger

Have you ever played Frogger, the computer game? I got hooked on it when I was in Uni and played it a lot when I was procrastinating on doing those assignments. I'm procrastinating right now actually by posting this rather than doing other stuff I'm supposed to be doing so I guess the shoe still fits! Oh well!

Back in the day the Frogger I played was very simple - black screen, green frog and green everything else actually. Really liked that game and got a blast from the past recently when I found it again on the internet. Had a bit of a play - it bought back a lot of memories. Late nights, high scores and the beep, beep, beep of the frog jumping. Gosh, it was like I'd just heard it yesterday. The lastest version is cool because it's all colourful, but the game is still the same. I like that some things are improved, but they're still the same.

Actually punch art's like that. I love that it doesn't go out of style and it can be updated and changed, but it's still the same. Scallops have been around for a while now (actually they've come back, as all things do in design), so I updated the old frogger card and there you go. Modern, we like it!

Hope you're enjoying the beautiful May weather. It's my favourite month of the year...

Punch art has shown me that I love bright, happy colours like this.

I also love old and new things together.

The green table and the two bottom plates are new, while the plate on top is from a china tea cup trio that has lived a long and happy life. Even though these things have nothing to do with punch art, they make me want to go and make something. Love that.

Just because...

Do you ever make a card just because? I did today. Had an idea and wanted to make it. Simple, but cute. Love cute...

Card front...

Hello! I feel like I'm jumping all over the place with the things I share, but that's okay, life's a bit like that. Gotta keep you guessing too! Anyway, this is the front cover of the card/turned small mini-album that I made for my nephew for his first birthday. I covered the patterned paper with Bazzill bling dots for a bit of shine and added stars in the same colour as the background for a bit of interest. The finished size is A5. Ever made an A5 card? They're a good size actually and a lot of fun. As for the envelope, I just wrap it in wrapping paper. Done! :o)

An added extra...

Wanted to show the front of the treat bag I posted last week. This one is bigger because the chocolate inside was bigger. I used ribbon to add some more colour as the butterfly was a bit small to be the only thing on the front there. Sometimes it's just fun to shake it up a bit too, you know?

Cute treats...

I love making cards, but I also love making other things to give to people as gifts, thank yous or just-because-I-want-tos. Here's the little Easter treat I made for my sister-in-law. Took only a few minutes. Love that Girl Friday paper! (from Cosmo Cricket)

Treat for my brother. Used a bit of Snorkel here (Cosmo Cricket) and a couple of punches, ie. circles and corner rounder.

Another great use for a punch - a prop! :o) The little plastic bag is just stapled in and this one has a ribbon to finish it off. Here you can see the benefits of using double-sided paper because it looks nice from the inside too. These are so fun to make. The hardest part is working out how long to cut the strip of paper to fit the bag!

A cute clown...

We've had a few birthdays in our family lately and a special one was my nephew's first birthday last month. I ended up making a little book with a few photos rather than a card and I put this clown on the last page. So cute! This is why I love punch art - it's fun, colourful and neat (neat as in "cool, that's neat" yes, but also neat as in it "looks neat and tidy"). And the other reason I love punch art is that it makes me laugh. Yep, I look at that clown up there and chuckle because he just makes me happy. What's not to love about that? Loved making this for my little nephew, he's the cutest.