Today I want to share a collection of cards and coordinating gift boxes using the Sweet Thoughts Memories & More Card Pack and Cards & Envelopes.
I also used some of the smaller Memories & More Cards and Envelopes.
These are the two gift boxes that I made ot hold the cards.
Although these Memory & More products are retiring at the end of this month, you can create similar projects with any other Memories & More collections.
Lift the lid and …
For the lid, I used Pretty Peacock cardstock and Forever Love 12″x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper. To tie off the boxes I used Pretty Peacock & Gold 3/8″ Metallic Ribbon.
For the large gift box, I made a total of 17 cards.
Using Memories & More products is such an easy way to create quick and easy cards.
This Monday I will be featuring the Layers of Beauty Bundle and Decorative Masks.
Until then, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
Monday is the day to share some Memory Keeping with you. Today I have two 12″x 12″ layouts that I made to start journalling our recent trip to Tasmania.
After we arrived in Hobart, we collected our rental car and drove to our first destination. We booked a cabin at a little place called Bronte Park. It was established in 1963 and was once a thriving community for people working on the Tasmanian Hydro Electric Commision’s Tungatinah Scheme and Nive River Scheme. The area is popular for trout fishing. For us, the attraction was its close proximity to the southern edge of the Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park.
Whoops – I need to work on taking straighter photos of these pages!
On our first full day we drove the Lake St Clair National Park and spent the morning walking along the western track alongside the lake. We then took a different track back to the National Park Visitor Centre. As we arrived back it started to rain heavily. It was a perfect time to enjoy a coffee and treat in the restaurant of the Lake St Clair Lodge.
The first time I visited Tasmania was in 1982 as part of a school bus trip for my senior class. I remember it being much colder then.
For the first page, I used a 12″x 12″ sheet of Pacific Point cardstock and two pieces of Friendly Hello Designer Series Paper. I chose the Pacific Point because the colour matches the photos.
I secured Adhesive Sheet to a piece of Basic White cardstock and die cut the letters and numbers for the page title.
Before I adhered the photos into place, I stamped the cascading leaves using one of the stamps from the Friendly Hello Stamp Set. I used Pacific Point ink and then I coloured the leaves using the white Watercolour Pencil from Assortment 1.
Walking alongside the lake and then through the ancient rainforests was a great way to put my new knees to the test – and, they held up pretty well. The variety of trees, ferns and flowers was simply stunning.
The following day we drove to Derwent Bridge to visit ‘The Wall’. The Wall is the work of sculptor Greg Duncan. He started working on the wall in 2005. It is 3 metres high, over 100 metres in length and sculpted from Huon Pine.
After The Wall we drove out to Franklin River Nature Trail and enjoyed walking along this important Tasmanian river.
We spent our last day in Bronte Park visiting Lake King William. We also went back to Lake St Clair to explore the eastern side of the lake.
For this page I cut 1″ strips of the Freindly Hello DSP and used the Banners Pick a Punch to cut the banner ends in each piece.
I repeated the stamped and coloured leaves from the first page on the second, all using Pacific Point ink. The clusters of blue leaves, on Basic White background, were coloured with the Pacific Point Watercolour Pencil from Assortment 1.
After we left Bronte Park, we headed to Strahan via Queenstown.
Queenstown was founded as the result of the discovery of alluvial gold and later copper in the second half of the 1800s. The stark environment is the result of 40 years of tree removal for use in the smelters and the smelter fumes. The heavy annual rainfall alos contributed to the erosion that can be seen.
As I mentioned last week, it has been a long, long time since I have done any scrapbooking. I am really enjoying making it a weekly feature of my routine. Who knows, I might even catch up on all the photos that haven’t been scrapped yet.
Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday. Until then, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
I am easing very nicely into my new weekly schedule of blog posts. As I mentioned on Saturday, I have done very little scrapbooking in the last 10 to 15 years. I have so many printed photos that need scrapbooking attention and possibility twice as many more yet to be printed and scrapped. At least now I know that I am restarting this part of my crafting life.
Today, I decided to share a recent event with a simple 8″x 6″ Memories & More layout.
This week, I am featuring the Sweet Talk Suite – it will be available to my customers from January 4th.
I used two designs from the Sweet Talk 12″x 12″ Designer Series Paper for this page. The Real Red elements were perfect to coordinate with the blue clothing Rob and I were wearing. My ‘birthday suit’ was one of my first ‘gifts to me’ for this milestone birthday.
The occasion was my 60th birthday celebration we enjoyed while we were holidaying in Noosa. I was delighted that my daughters, sister and her family, and brother joined me. A very dear friend was also able to be with us.
I won’t share any photos of the food in this post – but, if you can ever eat at Rickys in Noosa it is AMAZING!
I must admit that I love being able to use the Playful Alphabet Dies and Adhesive Sheets in my paper crafting.
For my journalling, I used the tag die from the Sweet Heart Dies set to cut the two pieces that I have written my thoughts.
The Real Red Faux Linen Ribon is so gorgeous and soft to work with. I added a few Red Rhinestone Basic Jewels to ensure this memory had just the right amount of bling.
This page was a quick and easy layout and I liked the way the Sweet Talk DSP coordinated so well. The hearts were a perfect way to show the love that I felt on my birthday.
I mentioned earlier that I was doing a little bit of ‘happy birthday to me’ shopping. I also bought an awesome Bluetooth Selphy Square Printer – I added the App to my phone and sent the photos – they were printed in a jiffy! And, they look just like mini Polaroid prints. Look at me – old bird, new tricks.
I am definitely looking forward to more Memories on Monday scrapbooking and sharing them with you.
Tomorrow is Technique Tuesday – what do I have planned?
Until next time, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
Because some of the products I have used to make this card are not yet available to customers, I am not able to show them at this time. As soon as product images go live, I will create this section.
THERE IS CURRENTLY A PROBLEM WITH THE IMAGE UPLOAD – ONCE FIXED, I WILL REDO THE PRODUCT AREA.
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