DT Project #2 -Val - featuring Teresa Collins Save the Date

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Hello again. Sorry to take so long to be back, the technology has failed me! As my camera has died I have been using my ipad to take photos. So far so good as the quality of the photos is better than with my camera even with my poor camera work. Next problem, how to load the photos here. I asked Mr Google and he said to download the Blogsy app and all would be well. Mmm can' t get the app to download!

Inspiration hit - email the photos from said ipad to my laptop then business as usual. First, security on my laptop is sending emails from my ipad to spam where I can't retrieve them as I don't have a spam folder. Back to Mr Google who says windows doesn't have spam folders so where the heck are my emails going to then! Next, laptop will not allow me to use the internet even though it agrees I am connected, three hours later I get as far as search screen but as soon as I ask for blogger it tells me it is not responding grrrrr! But wait, another hour later laptop is finally allowing Mr Google to search for Mr Blogger. False dawn as six and a half hours from switching on I am still not able to blog from my laptop so no photos.

I am going to write this post leave slots for the photos and edit them in when I can figure out what is going on with my laptop or how to download the requisite app to allow me to blog from the flash new ipad - blog without photos is a bit like eggs without the bacon I'm afraid!

After all that, somehow boringly, as the DT Kit is called Save the Date I have made a little book to hold all the planning ideas and as I had a leftover graphic 45 box I made the book to fit inside that so photos can be added and it can be kept as a decorative item for posterity.

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There are 10 double pages which are below.......

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 ......by creating three sets of bound signatures which I then tied into the cover it seems to cope well with all the layers and leave room for any photos that might be added later - first time I have done this and it gives a really neat finish so I think it is something I will experiment with again.

So there we have it, a book in a box!

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Many thanks for your patience - and if anyone out there understands my garbled problem and can tell me what I need to do to blog WITH PHOTOS directly from my ipad please, please, please feel free to enlighten me and I will try really hard not to fling it out the window in frustration meantime!

Mrs Laptop is heading for the laptop hospital first thing Monday but as she is a little past her sell by, (bit like her owner really), I may have to consider (ssh) a replacement - oh my, I hope it doesn't give the Headmaster ideas lol!

DT Project #1 - Val - featuring Teresa Collins Save the Date

Hello there, a very quick post from me this evening with my first project with the pretty Save the Date collection.

This is just a quick and simple little project using a papier mache heart as it's base with some distressed papers, leaves, flowers (only one made by me!) and one of the lovely distressed wooden icons from Prima which were in the kit.

Thanks for stopping by this evening, I will be back later in the week with a couple more projects.

Val xx

And for our next DT kit.........

...we have some lovely Spring colours with papers, stickers, stamps and fancy brads from Teresa Collins save the Date collection to which we have added some really pretty distressed wooden icons from Prima and some lace, roses and sparkly ribbon slides which have just arrived.

 

 

I have a couple of projects to show you with this kit but that is for a little later in the week.

 

For now I will leave you with Mr Random's winner from all last month's eligible comments, all 95 of them.....



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Congratulations to Butterfly, email us your address and a set of the beautiful Art of Life papers will be winging their way to you. A huge thank you from all of us to everyone who took the time to leave us a comment, every one of them is very much appreciated.

 

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Challenge Winner

Sorry it's so late but blogger being a pain!
Just a quick post today to Congratulate Pavla on winning both the stash and my piece of art seeing as she was the only person to enter.

Congrats chick, please email with your details and i'll get your prizes out to you asap xo

It's Snazzy Challenge Time Again!

Ello wonderful Snazzy fans

Minxy here, and today see's the start of another
Snazzy Challenge week.
This time I get to pick the theme and i've made it an easy one for you all..
It's my Birthday tomorrow {25th} so I wanna see your
BIRTHDAY CARDS
in a shabby chic or vintage style
Val & Don have sorted a little prize for 1 winner which I will pick {using random.org} after links close on the 30th at 23.55pm & announce next Monday.

Along with that I have decided that I will pick my favourite card from all entries and they will receive this DT project {IF they want it that is!!}

Just a couple of rules: 1: NO BACKDATING, Only new pieces made for this challenge please.
2: You can combine with other challenges but only up to 5, any more and you will be out of the prize draw.

So... what ya waiting for.. Get making xo

Link your entries below (｡◕‿◕｡)

Design team project #2 - by diana

Okay, like i said earlier this week i LOVE this paper line by Kaisercraft Art of Life. there is so much that one can do with it!
so for this project i decided in amongst the cleaning of my room.. which yes unfortunately, or fortunately seem to do at least once a month, that i needed to do something with this so i started by taking out my trusting tim holtz sander to sand off the gloss.

then i cut and ink the inside pieces

and glued them on with one of the bestest glues out there

next it was time to do a bit of decorating to the outside. i added pieces of paper and some of that glorious lace to the front cover

i then started just layer things.. trying to figure out what went where:

i didn't like the whiteness of the papers so i found in my stash some walnut crystals and thought would mix it with a bit of water.. i quite like how it turned out:

now it was just a matter of final placing of everything. i had cut out the circles from one of the pages and folded them to make a flower. i then added one of tim's clock keys in the centre. some stickers from the sticker sheet along the bottom and a butterfly.
i gave everything a final mist of walnut spray. i also added a couple of pieces fabric and lace that i received as part of a happy mail swap.

for the inside it was a matter of stamping pages throughout the pad of paper and stamped the wooden pencil with some of the live/love words.

i have to say it is one of my favourite projects yet and has already found a 'home'. thanks for sticking through the photo heavy post!!!!
diana

DT Project #1 - Diana

HI everyone!!

as the lovely ladies had all shown you this month already we all have been working with Kaisercraft's Art of Life line and the projects before me were totally spectacular i must say!
for my project i decided to follow suit with Minxy and show a video close up of my project followed with a  few pictures.


i must say i absolutely loved working with this line of paper.. the neutral tones were so my style!!!
so here is my video:

and here are the close up pictures including a few befores and durings!! so here is the plain book i started with.

 i used my ruler and a fiskars rotary trimmer and cut out some centres all the way through.

 i coloured the cut outs with my lovely tim holtz distress markers

because i had mod podged sections of my book together it allowed me to use the cards as tabs on each section. i really love how it turned out. i find it very antique/vintage like!!

i hope you enjoyed my project! i will see you again at the end of the week!!

diana