Posts from — August 2010

Scalloped shapes and edges are everwhere in scrapbooking and cardmaking, and while I love the look, I simply cannot afford to buy every single sized scalloped punch! Here is a cheaper alternative…

Step 1

Select your shape or edge (this technique works for most shapes and straight edges too!)

Punch or cut lots of little circles (I used my 1.5cm circle punch)

Step 2

Apply adhesive to the reverse side of your shape (wet adhesive works best so you can fiddle around with the placement of the scallops) and begin sticking your circles to the reverse.

Overlap the circles and turn your shape over to ensure that just the right amount of ‘scallop’ is showing.

Countinue right around the edge of the chosen shape.

And you are done!

Birthday Card; Kirsty Piper. Mini Stamp Cupcake SC902, Pearlescent Chalks KC102, Blank Cards White EF001, 6×6 paper pad Hippy Girl PP828, flowers, rhinestone, ribbon

Hi there!

Can you believe that September is literally just around the corner??

That means Spring showers for us Aussies and Fall weather for our American and UK friends…

I say…. after the wet weather we’ve had here in southern Australia… bring on the sunshine!

Now with the weather changing seasons, so are our product collections…

Yes… we’re releasing our two Christmas Collections, Beyond-the-Page projects and heaps of other product this month… to give you enough time to scrapbook  and decorate your home’s in time for Christmas!

NEW COLLECTIONS!!

This month, please welcome our two exicitng Christmas collections, Be Merry and Tis the Season.

“Merry Christmas” layout – Melissa Kennedy

Scallop Tree Album (NEW) – Alison Hannah

Loving our new Die Cut and Specialty papers!

PS113 Glad – Die Cut paper

PS114 Bliss – Glitter paper

Check out the cute Chipboard embellishments!

CB114 Printed Chipboard

These will be awesome to make quick and easy Christmas Cards…

JT065 Mini Journal Tags ( 5 x 9cm)

Then there’s all the usual’s like rubons, die cut elements, paper pad and clear stamps!! See the whole collection here!

Tis the Season/Advent Calendar (SB2066) – Melissa Kennedy

“Joy” layout – Alison Hannah

We love these cute epoxy stickers…

EM922 Embellishment Pack

And this gorgeous flocked specialty paper…

PS116 Reindeer

Plus gorgeous clear stamps…

CS751 Tis the Season Clear Stamps

Plus all the rest… Printed Chipboard Holly leaves, mini journal tags, die cut elements, rubons, paper pad and more! See it all here.

NEW BEYOND THE PAGE!!

Also new this month are seven NEW Christmas Beyond-the-Page projects…

SB2078 Holly Wreath

SB2079 Scallop Hanging Tree

SB2080 Scallop Tree Album

SB2081 Merry Christmas

SB2082 Stocking Garland

SB2083 Wish Album

SB2076 Flourish Tree

(60cm x 48cm x 30cm)

NEW WOODEN FLOURISHES!!

FL312 Small Flourish Tree (12cm high)

FL313 Medium Flourish Tree (28cm high)

Flourish baubles, 3D baubles and Hanging Flourish Trees

See all our Wooden Flourishes on the website!

NEW MINI ALPHAS COLOURS!

NEW TINY ALPHAS!

NEW SENTIMENT CLEAR STAMPS & COORDINATING TAGS!!

Card by Alison Hannah

Now these amazing tag clear stamps were made to coordinate with our tags below (available in white, manilla and kraft designs)…

CS760 Tags Clear Stamps

EM925 Tag Pack – Raw (kraft)

EM923 Tag Pack – White

EM924 Tag Pack – Manilla

And how about these coordinating stamp sets that are designed to fit on each tag??

CS761 Christmas Sentiments Stamps

CS762 Friendship Sentiments Stamps

CS763 Life Sentiments Stamps

So…

Which is your favourite?

Don’t forget to download your September Workshop magazine! It’s a BUMPER issue filled with Christmas ideas!

Hi there, it´s Christy, Camilla and Monika here to inspire you. As you can see, Christmas came early to us this year, and it wasn’t difficult at all to create with this beautiful new collection from Kaisercraft. Don´t you just love Christmas?

Monika: I am totally in love with this line and the Reindeer Specialty paper is probably the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. That is why I really tried hard to make a layout that is simple enough to show of the beauty of this paper. I’m not sure I have quite succeeded on the simplicity but less isn´t always more .

Items used on Monikas layout:
Reindeer Specialty paper  PS116, Paper pad PP830, Printed Chipboard CB115, Grosgrain ribbon R1607, Paper flowers Taupe F603, Alpha stickers Cream MA510, Small Flourish Tree (Height 12cm) FL312, Clear Stamps CS751, Ink pad IP708 Brown, Lace EM927 Cream

Christy: Making Christmas goodies is a yearly tradition in my family.  We get together to make excessive amounts of sweets and things to share with those we love, and of course we have to eat the flops, right!?!  My son got in on the action this past Christmas.  He wasn’t the cleanest cook in the kitchen, but memories are more far more important than messes!

Patterned Paper:  Be Merry P559 & p560
Chipboard:  Be Merry CB114
Alphabet Stickers:  Kaisercraft AS221 White, MA508 Cherry
Fiber:  Shabby Green Door

Camilla: ‘Tis the Season is my absolutely favourite Christmas collection this year. It has those traditional Christmas colours but has also incorporated some nontradition, like orange. The colours are so soft and lovely. The photo is an old one of my children. The Christmas joy is shining through.

Layout ”Nissar” – Camilla Ekman: ’Tis the season papers: ie Cut Elements (DC326); Pearls – red (SB795); Kaiser Colour – metallic gold (KC050); Alpha Chipboard (CB107)

Other: Qk dies

Name: Lady Grace Belarmino

Nick name: LG

Occupation: Training Manager (work from home) for a US based company

What I can’t live without when I scrap: PATTERNED PAPERS! I adore them and can certainly create a page with it only. I can create some embellishments, alpha or buttons with it.

Where I find inspiration: EVERYWHERE! I have a degree in Fine Arts and we were thought how to get inspiration from everywhere. From colors to patterns, techniques to styles, from textures to dimensions. That is why I love surfing the internet to  get this inspirations. I look at furniture, clothes, ads, scrapbook pages and people.

On my desk: Trimmer, adhesives, alpha, distress inks, cutting mat, and some stamps

Playing on my ipod: Ambient Music

My favourite item in my scrap room: Fresh flowers on my huge vase

And now for LG’s scrap area:

I have been scrapbooking for less than 2 years so, I really do not have so much supplies yet (I am still in my hoarding stage). I share my scrap space with our bedroom. The photos that I am sharing are the newer version of my scrap space.

Since we were requested to share some photos of our scrap space here, Kaisercraft inspired and motivated me and my husband to upgrade my space. My old space are full of boxes, using my daughter’s 2ft study table and chair.

The cabinet and the table I am using was our closet area. I decided to transform this into my scrap space because the  table size is just perfect and the mirror gave an illusion making the room look big, also, I can look at myself all the time LOL. The drawers are huge enough to store my flower collection, my punches, chipboard and altered items.

I store my papers on 2 huge boxes. The first huge box has all my patterned papers organized by manufacturer with labels. I decided to put them on a ziplock plastic to avoid dust and folds. The 2nd huge box contains scrapbook kits from my subscriptions to kit clubs and my other design team. I give this kits a maximum of 3months before I put them with my other stash.

I used to put my finished layouts directly to the albums but currently, I just do not have the space to accommodate more. So for the meantime, I also use a huge box for all my scrapbook pages.

Hopefully by next year, after we transfer to our new house, I will be able to share with you a better looking scrap space.

And here’s the latest layout LG has created in her ingenious scrap space!

This is the final post featuring our Pearl Brads and Lace packs…

if you missed any of the other posts… head here, here, or here to check out our Design Team’s stunning work!

First, here’s a gorgeous Canvas from Vicki:

Canvas – Vicki Morris

Materials list: Blank Canvas. Cardstock & Papers:Kaisercraft – Secret Bird Society Collection – 6″ Paper Pad, Corrugated Cardboard. Embellishments: Kaisercraft – Pearl Brads (Pearl), Kaisercraft – Lace Pack (Natural), Kaisercraft – Lace Pack (Cream), Kaisercraft – Secret Bird Society (Skeleton Leaves), Kaisercraft – Wood Flourishes (Frames), Kaisercraft – Secret Bird Society – Chipboard accents Kaisercraft – Tiny Alpha Stickers (Cream), Kaisercraft – Pearls (Chocolate), Gold and Brown Ink, Prima Marketing -Gallery Roses,Misc Mesh

BEACH layout by Nerrida Mitchell:

Materials list – Lace pack – cream, natural, white, Chipboard alpha #1, Secret Bird Society 6×6 paper pad, ‘Conceal’ paper, printed chipboard & rubber stamps, Wood flourish frames, Flowers – baby pink, white & cream, Pearls – cream, pale green, pearl brads – champagne.

Layout by Camilla Ekman

Make a vintage layout:

The Secret Birds Society along with the lovely lace and pearl brad are perfect to use for making a vintage layout.  Just rip and tear those papers, ink them and layer with lace. To enhance the photo I put lace around it too.

Layout “Vilken dag” – Camilla Ekman: Secret Bird Society papers: Disguise (P547), Hidden Speciality Paper (PS110), Undercover (P548); Lace – white (EM926); Pearl Brads – pink ice (EM932); Mini Alpha Stickers – white and brown (MA504). Other: flowers, leaves, metal, dies