Love Lock

Saturday 9 March was a day for weddings - Joanne's daughter here in Timaru and my Auntie was married in the deep south.  Mum and Dad were invited to attend my auntie's wedding and Mum asked me to make a card, which led to making a box to put it in and then another bright idea came to mind.

Above the card which opens up and when folded held together with a band with a magnet hidden in it. 

 

 A box made with some gorgeous paper from Embellish It, lace from 'World of Lace' and flowers from Wild Orchid 

(also available at Embellish It)

 Above and Below - the pretty pair but a final touch on the box below was their initials

 and below the additional 'bright' fun idea.

 I now know more about 'love locks'.  Did you know that we have a 'Matrimonial Bridge' here in Timaru?  Well we do and it is located opposite Monteiths on the Bay Hill, a railway bridge over to Caroline Bay.  As the newlyweds were planning to come to Timaru on their honeymoon we thought 'Why not have a memorable occasion while here and after dining at a Bay Hill Restaurant which was their wedding gift'.  

I have found out that 'love locks' are very popular all over the world and when one 'Googles' photos of them bridges with thousands of little locks of people declaring their love appear.  I have to say Timaru has a long way to go to get in the thousands but it is kind of a very cute idea. 

We wish the newly weds every happiness and hope their stay in Timaru is an enjoyable/memorable one.

In saying that the temperature could do with warming up a notch or two.  We have had three cloudy cool days and while, like most of the country, we could do with some rain, if it is not going to rain it would be nice to see the sun.  The dull day yesterday certainly put me off the planned car cleaning so I holed up in my scrap room working on a little project which I hope to do more of at the Embellish It Crop on Saturday then last night decided to make a birthday card for next weekend and I thoroughly enjoyed my creative time.

All the best for the week ahead. Thanks so much for visiting today. 

Until next time.....

A Birthday Step Card

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I went for a wee sneak peek of Cristy's wedding today and everyone looked stunning.  Can't wait to see the photos.  Although a little chilly the drizzle held off with the sun shining through during the ceremony.

It is nice to have a weekend at home after two away but the motivation for house chores is lacking although we did bottle the beetroot this morning.  DH did another brew of tomato sauce during the week so I am thankful I didn't have to do that too.

Sonya Pickles has created a new blog for NZ Paper Chase - Pop over and have a look, leave a comment and go in a draw. 

REMINDER - If you can make the Embellish It Crops in Timaru (Saturday 16th) or Oamaru (Sunday 17th) next weekend please let Joanne know by tomorrow, Sunday 10th.   Would love to see you there.

I will leave you with a card made for a friend last week.

 

 

Well that's all for today.  Next time I will share a wedding project for another wedding taking place today and the far south of the Island.

Right now I am off to my scrap room to clean up after the last week of creating.  I have some Prima Engraver Collection to get inspired with and I am sure a fresh start will help.

Oh just before I go have to share this cute pic I spotted today of my dear GS in his Dad's truck, lunchbox and all - he looks pretty pleased with himself but was not so pleased when Mum came to collect him lol.

Actually this might go well with the Engraver Collection - will have to see when I collect the pics in the morning. 

Until next time.....

Romance Novel meets Engraver Collection

.... Well they were the Prima collection papers I used on this card.  Quite enjoying this versatile style of card which is great for including a voucher in.

My Dad turned 79 last Saturday and this is the card I made him.  In his working life he was once a telegram boy and mostly a Printer so the paper collections were quite apt really.

and some closeups of the embellishment collection - mainly Prima with two added extras.

 The inside pocket

  ... and pocket with gift

 and a side view. 

 I thoroughly enjoyed playing with these two collections and will be playing more with the 'Engraver Collection' as part of my design team work for Embellish It.

Embellish It is planning a day crops in Timaru on 16 March and Oamaru on 17 March.  Please let Joanne know by this Sunday if you wish to attend.  Would love to see you there.   Best wishes to Joanne, Sean, and Cristy as they build up to Cristy's big day this Saturday.  Fingers crossed for a beautiful weather day for your wedding.

I am hoping for some more creative time next weekend.  I made two birthday cards last week and a wedding project this week which I will share when I can.   Last weekend was spent in Dunedin babysitting my DGS who was an absolute delight. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope your week is going well

Until next time......

Together Forever & Kaisercraft Feb Sketch #3

Hello - Hope your week is going well and thank you for visiting today.   Today I am going to share last weekend's creative result.  I have had these Kaisercraft papers (365 Days collection) for a while and the photo sitting with it so decided to have a go at last week's Kaisercraft Saturday Sketch February # 3. 

I rotated mine once clockwise to suit the shape of the photo and this is what I came up with.   A layout of my grandparents on their wedding day with my great aunt as the flowergirl.

 

I had played around with the photo and coloured the flowergirl dress gold as indicated in the newspaper clipping of the time it was a gold dress and flowers were blue and gold.  Blue didn't really go with the page so I stuck to Gold and white.  The bride's bouquet was white roses and gypsophlia.   Martha Stewart deep edge punch was used for the centre borders and random punch top left and another framed the photo. 

 The words were from our goodie bag at the Embellish It Scrap Camp and frame is Prima

As you will see in the photo the bride was given an upside down horseshoe (and no I don't think it brought them bad luck as they had 9 children and were married 40 plus years at the time Grandad died) so I made one as an embellishment.   

 The lace motif is from my stash. 

 Kaisercraft gypsophlia type foliage was used in this arrangement.  Below I used a Kaiser wooden scroll and liquid pearls bordered the centre frame.

I must go - way past my bedtime but a busy week with a 12 plus work day yesterday and my brother's 50th birthday tea tonight so...

Bye for now

Discover - Scrapping Patch Feb Sketch

Two posts in one day???? Obviously I have been sidetracked from finding my mojo yet.  It has been a while since taking part in a Scrappin Patch Challenge but when I saw this month's challenge I had just the perfect photos for it plus with going to Raincliff had the time so here it is.  However I need to use Mr Linky so had to post today while on the case.

 

 and my take with little Zac exploring the mirror a few months back.  Photos were taken by his Mum and some have a bit of extra light but with moments like those there is no time to get organised or the moment would be lost.

 

 Just love the new Kaisercraft 75 cents collection.  The wooden words are also Kaisercraft - the buttons are vintage ones. 

 The stars are Pink Paislee resist stars.  Stamp is Kaisercraft as are the tiny alpha above.

 So cute.  I have to be happy with skype and phone calls for the next two weeks until I see him again.  He is on the move - walking everywhere now. 

Right this time (all going well) I am off to the scrap room.

Bye again.

Dianne

1st Bike Delight - Kaiser Feb Sketch #1

Good morning.  The sun is not shining but we have had some much needed rain over night so it is good.  The last week has flown by and I am enjoying a weekend at home.  Yesterday was very laid back but I did manage to complete a layout from last weekend however my mojo had disappeared for the next project so I went to bed and will give it another go shortly.  Before going to Raincliff last weekend I copied a few current sketch challenges to get me going.  This is Kaiser February #1 Sketch Challenge.

 However I rotated it one movement to the left to suit the photos I had of little Zac enjoying his present on Christmas morning.  He loves his bike and it is great for wheeling him around the section or to the park or bay.  Kaisercraft papers are from the 'Miss Match' collection.

 

  I love the punch used and kindly loaned by Andrea last weekend. 

 Finally I got to use my new Stamping Up punch to make the flags. 

 I struggled with the final corner and ended up making the tree from some old Kaiser pp and painting a pink trike red.  Some letters and 'delight' were painted with Twinkling H2Os.  The Dusty Attic 'december' is finished with dabber paint with 2012 being Kaiser numbers.

Well I am now off to find my 'mojo'.............  Thank you so much for visiting today.  

Until next time.......

P.S. - I have tried twice to leave a comment with the link on the Kaiser February #1 Sketch Challenge.  post but it hasn't worked. 
Mrs Frizz - if you are visiting are you able to offer any suggestions.  Please contact me if you do.   

Love Grows

Thank you for visiting my blog today and a big welcome if it you haven't been here before. . 

The Embellish It Scrap Camp at Raincliff has been and gone.  With such a busy time at work I was worried I would be too tired to enjoy it but I am glad I made the effort as it was probably just what I needed.  Arriving and meeting up with the lovely Oamaru ladies and fellow scrappers at my table I couldn't help but think "This is what it is all about - super like-minded people enjoying what we do and each other's company".   I did slip away for a snooze late on Saturday afternoon but achieved 3 layouts and two cards while there.  We were superbly looked after by Joanne and her family - Sean and Christy with wonderful goodie bags and being well fed for the weekend.   Thank you everyone. 

Joanne had lots of challenges and one was to make a Valentines card using a stamped image and die-cut from the goodie bag and thanks to inspiration from Lynn H I came up with this card which I will enter in the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge "A Touch of Romance" this week since the image is Lili of the Valley.

This was a new style 6x6 card for me.  

 I didn't colour the image which had been stamped and embossed as I quite liked it natural with the papers used but I did cut around it which made it fit better with the heart shape. The corner cuts are a Martha Stewart Punch and I added black liquid pearls to finish the heart and a couple of little Wild Orchid pearl hearts as well.  

 Flowers are Wild Orchid and little trinkets are available at Embellish It.

 I added a resin bird to hold the upright piece of card.  The die-cut is Cherry Lynn.

I hope your week is going well.    That's all for today but I will be back with the other weekend creations when they are photographed.

Until next time.....