Mandy's Wedding

The long awaited pics of Mandy's wedding are now here!!!!

Who is who (from left to right):
Mandy: Daughter #3
Tod: Mandy's husband
Kristy: Daughter #1
Shasz: Daughter #2
Justin: Mandy & Tod's 3 y/o son
Amelia: Mandy & Tod's 14 mth old daughter (at time of wedding)
Cameron: Kristy's 12 y/o son
Cayden: Kristy's 4 y/o son
Renee: Mandy's childhood friend
Brett: Kristy's husband



Cameron & Mandy


Mandy


Renee, Shasz & Kristy


Cayden, Brett, Mandy, Tod & Cameron


Mandy & Tod


Me & Mandy


Amelia


Mandy



Mandy & Kristy


Mandy, (me in background), Tod




Me & Mandy


Cameron, Cayden, Mandy & Tod






Cameron & Mandy




Kristy, Renee & Shasz




Kristy, Renee & Shasz


Shasz




Amelia



Tod & Mandy



Mandy


Mandy & Tod


Amelia


Kristy & Renee


Amelia



Me & Mandy



Tod & Mandy


Kristy & Cameron


Shasz, Mandy, Kristy & Renee



Mandy



Amelia, Tod, Justin & Mandy


Mandy


Renee, Mandy, Shasz & Kristy



Amelia


Shasz, Mandy & Renee


Mandy & Shasz



Kristy


Justin







Mandy & Amelia


Mandy


Mandy


Renee, Me, Kristy, Shasz & Mandy




Amelia, Me & Justin

ATC Folder with Openings for Tags Adhesive Guide

This is just a picture showing some scor-tape on various edges of the cut and folded piece of 12"x9" designer paper.

DO NOT USE SCOR-TAPE - it's just for demonstration purposes. Use a wet glue as the inserted tags will catch on the scor-tape, that's why you should use the wet glue.

This layout just shows where you place the wet glue (on the INSIDE) without having to check each time. It just makes it easier to have a guide.

ATC Folder from One 12x9 Piece of Designer Paper

Well I've had so much fun watching Artedar's stream and creating along with her making the ATC holder.

I used Kaiser Craft's Duchess Collection papers, lots of Tim Holtz distress inks and stamps. The ATC holder was made from one piece of 12" x 9" piece of designer paper.

I made the corner pockets out of file folders by cutting a piece at 2" x 1".

I made the tags using file folders as well and cut them to size as some of the pockets were different sizes due to the amount of Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive glue I used - more on some and less on others.

I just stamped and sprayed 4 of the ATC's just to add to the file folder until I receive (or make) more. One of them I made and the other was from an online Aussie friend, Lorri (Artivity).

These are great little stocking fillers for our crafty friends, don't you think?

Tag Book

This is a book of 10 tags which have been stamped only on the front. I've distressed the back with Vintage Photo distress ink and stamped journalling lines using a See D's rubber cling stamp.

I've used chipboard for the front and back covers, covered in designer paper (sorry, cannot remember name) then proceeded to embellish the front cover.

I cut some tags, inked them up, stamped on them and stacked them together at the top of the book. I used a Tim Holtz Word Tag "Artful" and a Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag "Play" and attached them with a Tim Holtz ball chain.

I then punched out "tag it" using a Sizzix die "Ransom" alphabet and heat embossed them using Versamark and Black embossing powder.

I then attached a piece of Tim Holtz Tissue Tape to the back of a fragment piece, added some string and attached it to the bottom of the book.

Added some fibres, set the eyelets and the book is finished and ready for the recipient (yes, it's going to a friend) to have fun making the tags.

Toilet Roll Mini Albums

I've only just made my first toilet roll mini album - can you believe it!

Although I haven't embellished them because I'm going to give them as gifts for Christmas to other scrappers who can embellish it to their own taste. Although I will make a few more and embellish those for stocking fillers for Christmas too.

Both these minis are using 6 toilet rolls, 2 binder rings, ribbon, a Tim Holtz Hardware Findings punch-out using GrungeBoard and inked up using Alcohol Inks, and a Tim Holtz Hitch Fastener.

The first mini is using the 7 Gypsies Gypsy Market paper stack and the second mini is using the Timepiece collection by Bo Bunny.

Tag for Lorri (artivity)

During a recent Ustream I made a tag and Lorri (Artivity) won it! So it will be on its way to Lorri very soon, along with a few extra goodies.

I inked the background with Tim Holtz Distress Inks, stamped with some clocks from the Plate 6 - Watches by Cherry Pie Art Stamps in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

I then found a couple of images on the web, printed them out and adhered them to the tag.

I typed up the phrase "time and tide waits for no man" and inked them up and cut each word out individually and adhered them to the tag.

I took a Tim Holtz Word Tag, stamped a clock image on the back of it and attached it using some ball chain.

I then took a strip of Tim Holtz tissue tape and attached it to the bottom of the tag.

I finished the tag off with some journalling paper on the back.

It's been a while

Well, it's been quite some time since I posted anything on my blog and it's time I corrected that!

I've had a busy few months with Mandy's wedding, babysitting, and now a part-time job. So I'm still trying to get into some sort of routine. But I'm getting there! So you should see more posts from me on a regular basis - let's hope so anyway LOL.