Valentine's Box - I love the fact that...

I'm not one to make any projects for Valentine's Day, so when someone asked me to make a box to hold cards which say "I love the fact that..." so that they could finish the statement on multiple cards I thought - okaaaaay I think I can do that.

I was told how the box should be made so that it opens easily (yes, really LOL). I made a prototype and didn't like what I saw, so decided to create my own (but kept it so that it would be easy to open). I really do NOT like red (the traditional Valentine colour) so I steered clear of that but tried to incorporate the "season of love" anyway. I think I achieved that, as well as it being ok to be given as a gift to a man on Valentine's Day - with the perfect paper collection by Graphic 45 "Le Romantique" - what do you think? You can watch the time-lapse video on how I made it on YouTube here.

Well, that's my one and only Valentine's Day project - next up is Easter! Yay for Easter!!! So much more fun don't you think?

hehehe

Thanks for stopping by

Smiles
Jen

Blue Fern Studios Giveaway!

Hi everyone
If you're into shabby chic you NEED to go check out the gorgeous, scrumptious, delicious, shabby paper collection being given away over at Blue Fern Studios!

This is one collection I MUST HAVE! Click on the link above to check out all the beautiful papers in the collection!

Good luck! You'll need it, because I'm gonna win!!!

2013 Streamathon Prize Register (CLOSED)

Announcement - 2013 New Year's Eve Worldwide Streamathon

Announcing the 2013 New Year's Eve Worldwide Streamathon!!! Yes, that's right! Our inaugural streamathon last year was a huge success so we're at it again! Hopefully we will have more streamers, more viewers, and I'm sure as much fun as last year.

This year we have created a FaceBook page to add all the information about the Streamathon so you can check at a glance what's been added, changed, etc. Click here for the 2013 New Year's Eve Worldwide Streamathon FaceBook page.

Here is a sneak peek at what I'll be making in the Oz timeslot. I will have a supply list and instructions on my blog a week prior to New Year's Eve 2013 so anyone who wants to play along and create with us can.

There will be many streamers providing free classes, showing various techniques, all having a great time bringing in each country's 2014! So why not join us!

You can email me if you are interested in streaming or participating or even want to donate prizes - yes, we will be having plenty of giveaways throughout the day/night!

Ustream Schedule Change

Hi everyone!

I have had several ladies ask me if it was possible to stream later in the evening as some work during the day and others live internationally and are sleeping whilst I broadcast. So.....I have decided to alternate my weekly Ustream broadcasts.

Commencing this week (tonight) I will stream at 10pm Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time (AEDT) for those of you who cannot make it to my morning streams. Next week I will broadcast from 11am AEDT.

So the project I will be making tonight was created by Kathy Orta (Paper Phenomenon) way back in December 2010 - Christmas Advent Calendar. I have made it bigger than the size originally taught by Kathy to accommodate "larger" goodies inside the boxes.

You can grab a copy of the supply list here.

You can click here to go to my Ustream channel.

Hope to see you all there!

Smiles
Jen

Question for you all - UPDATED

UPDATED
I have since heard from both the company and the consultant involved.
I have to say that the consultant did everything right, the company asked me if I wanted the workshop removed or if I wanted my name added to the marketing catalog (this was called the "Instructions Sheet" for consultants to download, however it was visible to all.
I advised the company that it looked like the consultant didn't do anything wrong and I am happy for her to host the workshop based on my ink storage unit (the consultant has made minor changes to it from my original design). My understanding is that there was miscommunication at work.
So all is okay with the world now :)
 
UPDATED
I have since dug deeper into my post on this storage unit and have realised that I okayed this lady to host a workshop on the storage unit. The lady also said that she would acknowledge my name as the designer, however I do not see anywhere on the company's catalogue that I am the designer, only that this lady "created" the unit. So I don't know what to think. Has this lady informed the company and they choose to ignore it? I have emailed the company and am awaiting a response. I will update this post if/when I receive a reply.

Question for you all - would love to know your thoughts on this please:

Remember how I DESIGNED & CREATED the Distress Ink Storage Unit back in September last year? Remember how I put it out there - instructions and all - for anyone who wanted to make it for themselves?
Was it remiss of me to not to add "please do not sell the design by way of a Scrapbooking Company class"???
Yes, I have just been informed by Kylie Powell (Shop and Crop Scrapbooking) that someone told her that they had seen this distress ink storage unit up for a class by a certain scrapbooking company and that this must have been where Jenny (me) came up with the idea) - WRONG!
The consultant for this scrapbooking company has mentioned that she got the design from my blog via Pinterest but on the scrapbooking company's web site Master Class Workshops - Beyond the Page Catalogue & that it was "created" by this consultant ? ?
Maybe she has changed the way in which she built it???
See for yourself and please let me know your thoughts on this.
Thanks
Jen

Tag - playing around with paper & paint

I just wanted to play around last night so I decided to make a tag and slap some paint on it and see what happens. I quite like the effect!

I uploaded a video to YouTube of the process I went through from start to finish (timelapse) and you can watch the video here.

Here are a few close-up photos of the tag which wasn't really shown on the video.