POHUTUKAWA

POHUTUKAWA (The New Zealand Christmas tree) 2012.

 When Tiff over at “This One’s a winner” announced a Christmas challenge for December I jumped at the chance to scrap these awesome photos taken during our New Zealand (NZ) trip last year.

One of my first loves of flowers comes from the simply stunning Pohutukawa (New Zealand Christmas) trees that are in full bloom during December in NZ - specially along the beaches and coastal areas. Do you remember a previous post about the Pohutukawa when challenged by Tiff?

 

Pohutukawas are still nostalgic for me -  awakening childhood   (and its really not that long ago lol) memories - including our family Christmas bbq at Tui Park  - the park and adjacent beach was always full of the crimson/deep red Pohutukawa at that time.

Supplies used:

Bazzil cardstock; Bella! glittered chips chipboard title; Christmas stamps (thanks for the inspo Tina ), red StazOn ink; die cut flourishes; Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive; my2angels Sugar beads and charms,

 Thanks to all who popped over, happy weekend!!! hearts ‘n’ happiness xxx Mazz xxx

 

black magic ATC's & vintage tags...

photos taken at my2angels class by Tracy Keilty

Here are my takes on the 2 swaps I'm participating in this month.  

 First up the 'vintage' tags for the Scrap With Us Scrapping Group - I'm glad the theme was not more specific coz I thought it was about time I created something not so feminine - just for a change ;)
For the backgrounds on the tags and the ATC's I've been inspired to use techniques taught by the amazing talented Tracy Kielty in last week's card class at my2angels - oh what messy fun we had too ;)

 For these tags I used the same method as in the cards...'splotches' of Tim Holtz Distress Stains and a 'circle' of Distress paint. You may even notice the Graphite Ferro that I love the most as its the messiest - and I reckon it makes the cogs look like tyres or steering wheels - don't you agree?

Supplies used:
Inkssentials Craft tags; Kraft card stock; Feature Art (Golden Memories) pps; Viva Ferro (graphite); Tim Holts Distress Paint (bundles sage) and Distress Stain (rusty hinge, frayed burlap, vintage photo, antique bronze); stash cogs (wood, chipboard & metal); Helmar adhesives.

Black Magic ATC's

 These are my ATC's for the Ideal ATC Swap group October/November "Black Magic" theme. We weren't obliged to crate a 'Halloween" ATC- so long as the ATC was predominantly black and orange...for the background I've used the same technique as the "MAN" on the card in the first photo.

 I just covered the ATC with black Stazon ink and PVA glue, then heat set it. Again what a fun sticky mess that was!!!

The moon and the pumpkin charms, naturally are from (2 different) my2angels kits :)

Supplies Used:
Inkssentials black ATC cards; Fancy Pants (Trick or Treat) fussy cut pps and stickers; my2angels charms; Perfect pearls mists (mandarin); orange embossing powder; Scrapping Outback Stazon & VersaMark inks; onion bag net; Boo! ribbon; Craft Smart PVA glue; Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive.

 That's it for today...Thanks so much for popping over...take care; hearts 'n' hugs xxx Mazz xxx

Sweet (Santa's knee) & Victorian Lady

G'day all...my apologies for being MIA recently, I've had lots going on lately and simply haven't had the time to get my blog up to date, so today I'm sharing TWO creations.
First up Scrapping Outback's October Challenge is to Scraplift with the criteria being to have stamping and ribbon...here's Julie Hill's beautiful creation:

Here's my take...Ah yes, yours truly with two adorable grand daughters on Santa's knee - Christmas 2012 (they say you're NEVER too old for sitting on Santa's knee lol)

The stamping is down the bottom right of the LO and hopefully you can spot the organza (white) ribbon across the top of the LO.

My circle interpretation is a plastic doily that I found in a cheap shop.

For this LO I wanted to portray just HOW HAPPY these girls make me - hence the sub-title. 

The white flowers are from Prima and the centres are creamy latte sugar beads over at my2angels.

For the chipboard title (Sweet) from Scrapping Outback,  I've used Jules' Perfect Pearls technique again I must say I'm really happy with the Perfect Pearls Mist too.

 The hearts, butterflies and arrow are fussy cut from the pp.