Kia Ora Koutou
Welcome back and today I would like to share a card that I will be making on a Facebook Live presentation tomorrow 17 September 10 am (NZ time). This will be held on my Facebook page here: Patricia’s Creative Corner. You will be able to view this after the event as well.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Happy Crafting
Ka Kite Anu
Patricia
Hello there.
I am so excited about sharing this new venture with you. I am part of a Collective of talented and dare I say it crazy craft people who will be opening a pop up shop in the Lower Hutt CBD. This is part of a Hutt City Council initiative to revitalise the CBD and they have been fantastic in their support with this venture – Thanks Cyndi Christensen.
Please check out our Facebook page and like us to follow our journey to opening the shop and beyond.
https://www.facebook.com/MakeShiftShop/posts/345234165604842?notif_t=like
There will be a wide range of products for sale and we are starting to advertise on Facebook for craftspeople to sell their products through the shop. The interest so far on our Facebook page has been phenomenal. We are still working through the Terms and Conditions and the application form but they are not far away and will be posted on our Facebook page.
I am still really busy making cards for Make Shift and have really struggled to make cards for young children. There are not a lot of cute and funky stamps for children so I popped down to the local $2 shop and bought some stickers that I thought were suitable. I have also used bright primary colours together for a striking effect. I am particularly pleased with how the circus cards turned out.
Here they are:
I have used a range of products here:
Cardstock -some Bazzill and some Stampin‘Up and some I had in my scrap drawer.
Stampin’Up stamps and inks
Hastings Rubber Stamp greeting
Creative Memories Shape Maker System – jigsaw
Creative Memories Custom Cutting System – circles
Creative Memories Rotary Trimmer
Creative Memories Tape Runner (this is only while my stocks last)
Circus and car stickers.
Thank you for visiting and come back often as I will keep you posted on our progress with Make Shift.
Have a great day and Keep Crafting
Patricia
My photo of the day. These Paris Daisies are amazing. They have self seeded in my garden and have given such great colour and lots of inspiration for my photography.
I will also take the opportunity to update what is happening with Creative Memories and Close to My Heart as I have noticed that people are searching for answers about CM products in NZ. Brian O’Callaghan was on Facebook on Friday night (he was the MD of CM and is involved with setting up CTMH in Australasia) and stated that they are looking into trying to continue with getting the pages and protectors here, but there are no promises that they are able to procure them for our market. There are issues with patents and copyrights with CM USA. There are lots of products on Trade Me, but do be very careful as there are some price gougers out there asking for $150 or more for one set of pages and protectors.
I have no more information as yet regarding the launch of CTMH in New Zealand. I am hoping to know more later in the week and will keep you posted here. Their range of products look exciting and I can’t wait to see what is released Down Under. I am particularly excited that there is lots of card making products. I am busy making lots of cards for our shop and it will be great having a new range of products to play with. So it is still a matter of watching this space…
I hope you are all having a safe and happy weekend.
Patricia
Sometimes I need a little inspiration for my scrapbooking whether it be traditional or digital. So some clever people have come up with scrapbook layout sketches that make it so easy to get great results. One of these very clever and smart people is Chris Lothian who is has a Facebook page called Christine’s Creative Capers. She has designed pages that we can download and use on our StoryBook Creator and get a great page in 5 minutes.
I have used the lovely photos I took off the monarch butterfly last week and teemed them up with the Enchanted digital kit and they went really well together.
This was so easy to do as all I needed to do was click and drag the various papers and photos onto the layout. I did have to just add the paper to the scalloped strips on the sides by selecting them and then adding the paper to the selected element. And to finish off I just substituted the flowers with flowers from the kit. Easy Peasy!
First here is the original sketch:
And this is the finished layout:
This sketch is also suitable for traditional scrapbooking. Please note that all sketches on Chris’ Facebook page is for personal use only.
Have a great day and Happy Crafting.
Patricia
