Hey everyone,

Sorry to be late with this post! i am in total la-de-dah land and was thinking to myself I had to get this post up this afternoon, and whilst we were just driving now from Saskatoon to Winnipeg it dawned on me that it has already been Friday in Australia……DOH! So I am sorry for the delay. I am really lucky as we just pulled up into a petrol station and there was a sign that said free Wi-Fi, and so I had to whip out the lappie to do this post! LOL! So enjoy peeps, even if it is late! LOL!

I hope you have all have a fabulous weekend! Time sure is flying by fast on this holiday! This week we have a Colour challenge for you….nice and pretty too!

Here is your colour to work with:

I have made a fun 3-D item for this colour challenge…..a cute and super easy gift box! I hope you likes.

Here is a piccie of my sample:

The front view…

Side view…..

Open box view…..

Here is our fabulous Guest Designer for this week, the lovely Chantal Randall from my home town of Perth!…..

And here is my video on how to make this cute little gift box…..enjoy!

Here is the inspiration from the Design Team! Be sure to give them some comment LOVE too!

Teneale ~ is having a break this week

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the InLinkz below.

You have until the Thursday the 8th July midnight to get your entries linked.

Kirsty Brown will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 9th July in the afternoon.

Hey there,

I hope you are well and enjoying your weekend! I have a wee little post for you today, showing you two little gift boxes I made a few weeks back. They are so super easy and fun to whip up, and I filled mine with Fererro Rocher chocolates to give away.

The template is from PTI, and I have used the Melon mambo and Rich razzleberry cardstock from SU along with some of their matching DSP and ribbons. I used the slot punch to create that slit for the ribbon to tie through

Easy peasy lemon squeezy…

Have a goodie!

Hey Peeps,

I am sorry to have been so quiet on the blog front the past week or so. I have been so very busy with all the last minute preparations for our big trip, and playing hostess again that time has just run away from me. I have actually been doing lots of blog posts and prep for whilst we are away so that you can all stay inspired whilst I am travelling too!

I have my parents here and it has been so wonderful to see them again. We have done bits and pieces and of course the touristing things. It has also been so nice to just spend time at home with them, as I beaver around packing, and what not….

So the big day is almost here…..I can hardly believe that in less that 24 hours the 6 of us will be boarding that big jumbo jet and heading off to Canada! It certainly is going to be a trip of a lifetime. Rod is excited, the kids are excited and i confess to feeling all sorts of apprehension! I am excited yet, having the responsibility of packing for everyone etc…. and making sure the house, bills, and what not are all organised before hand is a rather huge job. I am there tho, and have just a few final things to do, and I can relax, and take in all the excitement in the air.

Some things I have done in preparation is to create these cute Bag tags for each of our luggage. I have colour coded them, and stamped images that suited each of us. Hopefully it will be easy to spot our luggage on those carousels now…..hehe

Here they are piled up….

here are the gals tags…..mine included: (can you tell who’s is who?)

And the guys tags……

As I was packing all the gear today, I had a little chuckle to myself, seeing this mound of Tim Tam packets that I have bought to take with us as gifts for friends…..20 packs in total and a sum of 4kgs in the baggage! LOL! Kate’s Dad loves Tim Tams and so I promised to bring some for him and also for some others too!

Here is the stash of that chocolate goodness…….

Well I look forward to keeping in touch with you all, even if it is on the other side of the world! I hope to pop in now and then and share some fun news of what we have been up to, as well as some snapshots of our trip. If you are a prayer warrior, please keep us in your prayers too, that all will go well and we can return home again safe and sound!

Love to you all and Happy Stamping!

Adios Amigos!

ETA: I have set up a Twitter account and hope to tweet what we are up to along the way. I have a conversation box on my blog here, or you can follow along on my Twitter page HERE:…….tweet, tweet!

Hello again,

On the weekend we celebrated my friend Marcelle’s special Birthday (50!) and so her being a Demonstrator and a dear friend, I wanted to make her something special to put her birthday gift in. So I made her a gift bag made with Rich Razzleberry cardstock. As I made it from my own measurements and what not, i took photos so that I could share it with you all as a Tutorial. So here goes……

Oh first up here is a picture of the Gift Bag:

The final product….

The GIFT BAG instructions……

Step 1:

Cut two matching pieces of cardstock measuring 6″ by 8.5″. You will then want to score along the short side in at 2″ from the bottom.

Step 2:

Cut another two pieces of cardstock, at 3″ by 7″. Next you will want to score these pieces of cardstock 1cm in on each side of the cardstock along the long side. Then score the panel in the centre which will be 1.5″ from either side of the cardstock (long side). Next score the two panels 1cm in from the end on the short side (only do this on one end of the cardstock)

Step 3:

Cut the end score line as shown in the image:

Fold the cardstock along the lines so that they look like the photo, or like a ravine or a W.

Step 4:

Decorate the front of the two larger pieces of cardstock you have cut, they will be the outsides of the Gift bag.

Step 5:

Adhere the side panels to the larger sheets of cardstock, by using tape on the side panels, and then only adhering it at 1cm in (where the scored lines are) * see image…..

Step 6:

Add the other large panel to the base 2″ panel. This will create the base of your gift bag, and will make the base sturdy.

Step 7:

Add the other side panel to the other front piece. That way you bag is now together. Here is a view of how the side panels look on the gift bag

Step 8:

Punch holes in the both the front and back panels and add the ribbon to create some handles.

Step 9:

The finished product again!

Add your tissue paper and gift and VOILA, you have a pretty hand made gift bag!

See how easy that was??!! You will be able to whip these out in no time, or even show the at a workshop. Okay peeps, if you do happen to make one of these wee gorgeous gift bags, I would LOVE to see a piccie of it, and i will put it up on my blog for all to see. That way people will get to see all the different ideas, and so do I! So email your pics to me at rmbyl@optusnet.com.au

Alrighty well I hope you enjoyed that tutorial as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Have a great night and i will be back tomorrow!

Take care!

Hey there,

Well I just spoke to Teneale, Kirsty, and Sarah-Jane (Inkspirations DT gals) whilst they are out enjoying dinner at Darling Harbour tonight, and they are having a wonderful catch up together. Only thing missing is me they reckon! Too cute. I so wish I was there with them right now, but I am sure there will be time for another catch up later in the year! Convention is always full of fabulous times and lots of laughs till you think your sides are going to split. That is what I love most about Convention is the comrarderie of all the demo’s and how fellow stampers become such close and wonderful friends!

Today I want to share with you a little box I have made using one of Papertrey Ink’s templates. It was so easy to put together, and decorate too. You could even have your kids make one of these,and you can fill them with lollies or candles, or what not. The perfect little gift box.

Here is the one I made as a little Thank you box for a friend:

I have made the outer box in Rose red card stock, and then mounted some Saffron and Basic grey dsp. The stamp is the reeds from the Inspired by Naturecstamp set, along with the Fluttering By stamp. The greeting is from the Teeny tiny sentiments, all from Stampin’Up.

So there you have it, and wee lil box!

Have a great night everyone!