More info on event of 14 April 2012

Our event of 14 April has a definite Mother's Day flavour.

The two projects planned for the day are ideal gifts for Mom

(or yourself if you no longer have a mother in your life!?)

Date:  14 April 2012

Rooihuiskraal Historical Terrain

Registration & coffee 08:30

Classes from 09:00 to 13:30

R500 pp buys you all materials needed to complete both projects, and refreshments between the 2 sessions.
RSVP Benice to reserve your spot

There will also be handmade goodies available for purchase on the day.

Jaclyn's project will be a recipe folder that can become a treasured heirloom.

Using traditional paper crafting techniques to create your own recipe folder, such as:
Stamping
Punching
Cutting and
Using tissue paper to create accents
Her session will ensure that you have heaps of fun while learning and gaining confidence to make your own work of art.

In Benice's class you will decorate a box and fill it with "Spa related" items that you will mix and decorate on the day:

Bath Salts

Diffuser oils

Sugar Hand Scrubs

Room misters

You will also learn how to create unique charms with shrink plastic and

transform metal tape into a faux soldered border.

Elna will be your hostess on the day and she's already making body butter candles and super sexy hot chocolate jars to die for.

(You will not be willing to part with them, but rather keep them for yourself!)

Friendship Canvasses

Hi everyone!

Thanks to all that attended our class on Saturday.

Here are the photos of the canvasses as I promised.

Remember Trick 7:

Place the double sided tape or 3D foam squares at the back of all your pieces of paper.

Remove the backing tape of a small piece.

Position and reposition every piece of paper, so that your layout make sense.

Then start removing the rest of backing tape.

With everything in position press down so that the glue can do its work. 

Cut out the centre of the doily and spray it with a glimmer mist.

Create a flower by using layers.

 Stamp the dress pattern image three times.

Once of craft paper, then on pink paper, then on green paper.

Cut out the two coloured images and adhere to the stamped image on the craft paper.

Place some small tags behind the mounted image.

Cut a craft envelope shorter and punch small holes through the top section

Create handles for the bag with wax cord.

Trim a doily, spray with glimmer mist and place inside the

shopping bag. Embellish the front.

Paint the sides of the three canvasses in a matching colour.

Use a border punch to alter some of the paper strips.

Use small elements form the paper to embellish all four sides of each canvas.

The paper I used for this project are from

Cosmo Cricket's UPCYCLE range.

I love the colours!

Keep well and thanks for stopping by.

Priority Mail!

Here are a few ideas for this handy little folder.

When hubby comes home and he needs to pay the bills,

you can hand it over to him in the folder.

Those school newsletters that keep on disappearing..

Let the kids put them in this folder so you can attend to it later.

On the inside there is an extra folder and a pocket to

help you keep things organized. 

You can stitch the project together for some added detail

or just go for the double sided tape!

This project will also be on sale Saturday.

An ideal gift. Lots of small cards and tags inside.

See you Saturday!

Love in a Tin - sneak peek

Jaclyn, Elna & I are very busy with our preparations for our
event taking place on 4 February.

Here is a sneak peek at what I have in store for you in my class "Love in a Tin".

And just in case you've forgotten what Elna will be teaching, this what one of the canvasses will look like.

There are still a few spots left - so let me know if you would like to join us, by clicking here.

Thank you for visiting!

Document Holder

Hi everyone!

Here is something to welcome you to our blog.

You can buy this document holder at most big stationary supplies stores.

I have altered mine to keep my travel documents in one place.

I used:
Three sheets of patterned paper,
a sticker sheet,
bits of ribbon and
some paper tape. 

Double sided tape and Mono Aqua glue will work well to adhere your papers to the holder.

Put down some double sided tape to the inside flap,

Place the paper on the inside.  Turn the document holder

over and trace around the hole in the small flap.

Cut out the small piece of paper using a craft knife.

The photo above is what you are aiming for.

Measure and cut the inside paper so that you

leave the bend in the middle of the document holder open.

Adhere with double sided tape.

Now cover the bend with the paper tape.

Use any stickers to pretty up your work of art!

Turn out the side flaps and cover them with paper.

With your other patterned paper you can create an

inside folder to assist in easily lifting out the content.

Make two folds in the middle of this folder as per the photo above.

Use a corner rounder punch to finish off the four corners.

For the outside of the flap, cut the paper into any shape you like.

Use the same shape and cut another piece. Glue together.

Embellish with the rest of the stickers and some black card stock.

Stick down the ribbon and if you want to...

add a few stamped images of your choice.

Thank you for stopping by!

4 February Event - A Sneak Peek

After the huge success of our event on 29 October last year, a number of our "groupies" urged us to have more get-togethers where they will have an opportunity to "play with paper".

So Elna, Jaclyn and I put our heads together and decided to do just that!

The result - Papier Plesier...
(For the benefit of our English-speaking readers - Paper Pleasure)

Our schedule for 2012 is as follows:

4 February - Love and Friendship
14 April - TBA
9 June - TBA
9 August - All of Woman
1 September - Spring is in the air
27 October - Christmas Inspiration

Here is a sneak peek at the project that Elna will be teaching in her class. 3 canvases of 6"x6" with friendship as the theme.

Please check in in a few days' time to find out more about the project that I will be teaching - Love in a Tin - to fit in with Valentine's Day that is almost a month away...

The details for the event on February 4th, are

Venue: Rooihuiskraal Feesterein, Centurion.
Time: 08:30 for 09:00 - 13:30
Cost: R500.00 including all supplies and refreshments.
R.S.V.P. Benice Basson

to secure your place and for payment details.

Welcome and hope to see you at one of our next events!

Welcome to our blog!

Creating the header for our new blog had to be done within a few hours. It helps if you have a "picture" in mind. So I sat down, started rolling paper and taking photographs.

I won't show you the original photo...... but thanks goodness for Picasa 3!!

The more you work with the program, the better you become,

although it is not the professionals choice, 

I love working with it.

Which one do you like best? The colorful one or the sepia one?

Keep well and thanks for stopping by.