Teneale Williams

Well, it has been a little while since my last post…. Sorry about that. I have received several emails in the past week checking in to see if I had forgotten about my little old blog and to see if I am ok……….Well I am not sure what to say. To be completely honest I have not been making any cards lately and I have had hardly any classes {shock} I am just not feeling creative or myself at the moment, I have been a little under the weather and I am just taking a little time to “heal”. I don’t really know what to say but I am sorry for not blogging. I have however gone through my card stack and taken photos of some cards I have made and not posted mostly because I did not think they were any good so I do have some cards to show you over the coming weeks…. Don’t get too excited but they aren’t that great {lol}

I have also received over 60 emails asking for a tutorial of my secret message card from my last post, To start with I have never felt so popular so thanks for that. I have been working on a tutorial but not only am I “un-creative” at the moment, My brain is not working so it may have a short delay.

The long and short of it is, Please bear with me at the moment, I really love the fact that people visit my blog and I will try to return to normal programming soon.

In the meantime I have this quick card for you, It’s not my normal style but it was just a card I whipped up the other day for a very sweet friend of mine, A few of you may of heard of her… Well she is the famous Marelle Taylor. We had been on the phone for a “quick chat” which are never quick {lol} and I just wanted to post her a note to just say thanks for being her. I hope I am not alone, I make so many cards but I never seem to send any to friends and family…. So if you are like me, I challenge you to think of a friend or family member that needs a pick up, a thank you for something or just say Hi and send them a card…. Go on…do it.

Materials: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Flower Fancy and Best Yet
Ink: Mellow Moss, Pale Plum and So Saffron
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pale Plum and So Saffron

Thanks for stopping by, To my customers if you do want to order just drop me an email or call me with your order and my brain is still working to deal with that

Miss me???? I know some people did because I have the emails to prove it {lol}. Well I have been back from Brisbane for a few days but I was straight back into classes, Which was not a great idea because I am still a little frazzled from all the excitement of the past week… I had such a wonderful time at the expo and I really enjoyed all my classes and everyone was just so lovely and friendly. I was able to catch up with old friends and make new ones, I don’t want to name drop but one of my new friends is the amazing and talented Zoe Pearn, Zoe is a Paper designer for My Minds Eye Which is one of my fave paper company’s. Her papers are wonderful and I love her Scrapbook style, She is an Aussie designing for an American based company, She designs from her Studio in Brisbane but I thought she was American, So when she started talking I was a little surprised to hear the Australian accent. I am pretty sure this is not the last time I will speak of Zoe {wink}

I want to thank the girls at Scrapapple Angela, Louisa and Stacey for having me teach for them, A huge thankyou to the my classroom assistants essentially Janelle and I really need to thank my Mum who saved the day several times over the week including when we got a flat tyre on my car in the middle of Brisbane and she quite bravely went into a worksite and asked some lovely guys to come and help, While I stood at my car saying No, Mum I can do it myself…. Then the guys come over and I could not even workout where my spare tyre was, Which just incase anyone else drives a PT Cruiser, our spare tyre is under the car {lol}.

I do have a little more exciting news to share about the expo but I can’t spill the beans yet…. As soon as I can I will let you know.

I do have a card to show you after all my chit chat, This is one of the cards that we did in my class this week after I got home. It is just a cute card from the front how you can see the little girl through the Window.

The magic happens when you open it….

Surprise…. A secret message slides over.

Cute hey?

Materials used:
Stamps: A kind Word and On Your Birthday
Ink: Basic Brown, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, Blush Blossom, Kiwi Kiss, Creamy Cameral, Close to Cocoa and Going Grey
Paper: SU Watercolour, Candy Lane and Pink Pirouette
Other: Blender Pen, Spellbinders, SU button and Ribbon.

What: Australia’s annual Scrapbook & Papercraft Convention & Expo, is held once a year and only in Brisbane.
Where: Brisbane Exhibition Centre, Cnr Glenelg & Merivale Streets, South Bank
When: June 6 to 8, 2009 ~ June long weekend
Times: 9am to 5pm daily

I can’t believe it’s finally here but the Convention starts this weekend and I am teaching two classes each day in the Scrapapple Room. I thought I would share images of the projects and if you are attending the expo you can like to attend.

12noon to 2pm
Memo Board with Teneale Williams

Create a stylish memo board which has been designed for this class. The memo board kit will include title options of Create, Family or Remember making it suitable for your craft studio or for the household. With a place to pin notes or ideas and a frame for a cherished photo or quote. The memo board will be covered using Little Yellow Bicycle Love Letters range of papers.

Class includes: Scrapware Memo board kit (includes memo board in mdf, chipboard titles and die cuts), Love Letters Printed Papers, Taffeta ribbon and a corkboard.

Class cost: $45

2.30pm to 4.30pm
Mini Card Tin with Teneale Williams

In this class create a gorgeous tin and card combination for someone special. Using patterned papers and stamping with the option to mix up the sentiments, there is a card to suit most occasions. Learn tips to always get a perfectly stamped image.

Class includes: Provocraft Mini lunch tin, patterned paper, Ribbons and buttons.

Class cost: $30

To book for classes click here

I am leaving Sydney today for Brisbane, I will update my blog while I am away with my adventures and a few cards I have been working on. My Newsletter will be coming out a little late this month because of my trip but I will have a great special offer lined up to offer my Newsletter readers. But if you need anything while I am away just email me at {mail@tenealewilliams.com.au} or phone 0416 000 955.

Wish me luck, This is a little scary……

One of the many sets that I hoped we got in our New Catalogue was this set Thoughts and Prayers, I love the Tree and Vine images in the set plus the Greetings are so handy and greetings I did not have in my Stamp Stash. As per normal I have kept the colours fairly simple using only Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss and Whisper White. SU! do not have a Kiwi Kiss Marker but I wanted to use Kiwi Kiss on the leafs with Chocolate Chip on the trunk and branches, So I first inked up the whole image with a Kiwi Kiss ink pad then with a Chocolate Chip Marker I went over the top of the trunk and branches, the Chocolate Chip covered fine over the Kiwi Kiss.

Materials Used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Thoughts & Prayers and Best Yet
Ink: Kiwi Kiss and Choc Chip Marker
Paper: Kiwi Kiss Card & Printed Papers, Choc Chip Card & Printed Papers, Urban Series Printed Papers and Whisper White.
Other: Choc Chip Ribbon and Kiwi Kiss button

Side Note:
I have received many emails regards my brayering since posting THIS card last week, I am trying to respond to the emails but I just wanted to let you know I am also preparing a Video Tutorial so you can watch in real time as I brayer and I will share my tips that will make a difference to your brayering. That should be posted later in the week or early next week at the latest.

Thanks for stopping by.

I am often asked how I come up with all my idea’s, Well I don’t have a direct answer but I can say some time it just happens and the ideas flow then other times (like now) I need to work a little harder to come up with ideas, When this happens I look back at cards I have made in the past and “case” myself, For those of you who have no idea what “case” means it is Copy and Share everything.

So the other day I needed to make a card and I was not feeling very Creative so I looked through my blog at other cards I made make and found THIS card I made mid last year and I case’d that card to came up with this card below. Can I just say, looking back through my old stuff sent chill’s down my back, I never realised how much my style has changed and gee my photography has improved.

Materials used:
Stamps: Flight of the butterfly, Polka Dot Background and Bird on a Branch
Paper: Whisper White, Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red
Ink: Pink Pirouette and Riding Hood Red
Other: Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Pink Pirouette Designer Button and Kaiser tiny Pearls

To start with I just want to Thank everyone for the sweet and very supportive response I received over the past two days, I am very touched and grateful to have so many lovely readers and friends. Thank you really…..

One of my Favourite Techniques is brayering, I just love the simple effect it creates and it just works so well with all the Silhouette stamps we have in the Catalogue. This card is really very simple, all I have done is stamped the image in Night of Navy on Whisper white Cardstock and Baja Breeze grass. Then started to brayer Baja Breeze from the top and working my way down the cardstock. Then I added a little Night of Navy along the top.

I have used Urban Garden Designer Series Paper for the Background, I just love using Printed Papers on my cards, and I really love that with Stampin’ Up! my Printed Papers match the inks and in some case’s they even match my stamps. Don’t forget that the Promotion for May is buy Three Designer Series Papers and get one FREE. Read more details HERE.

Materials Used: ALL Stampin’ Up! Besid’se Nestabilties
Stamps: Inspired by Nature
Ink: Baja Breeze and Night of Navy
Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White and Urban Garden
Other: Brayer, Laughter and Love White Rub On’s, Ribbon Originals- Valet and Nestabilties label 1 by Spellbinders.

I just wanted to pop in and clear the air: Last night I received a comment on my blog that was not very friendly. When the comment first came through I did not delete it, I was taken back but I also questioned myself if what she said was true, So I thought I should let her say what she wanted to say. After a few comments and emails from my very sweet blog readers today I have now deleted the comment.

I guess I just want everyone to know, I have this blog because I completely love Papercraft and Stamping, I really do enjoy sharing what I have made with you all in the same way I LOVE checking out everyone else’s blogs and seeing what they have done. I am my toughest critic and very hard on myself, I know when I have made something good but in the most part I just think what I have created is mediocre, and I am not just saying that. I think it is important that we all share what we love and inspire each other. SO I ask to please keep it Nice not just here but on all blogs… I am a little fragile at the moment so please handle with care

As soon as I saw this stamp set in the Demonstrator preview before the Idea Book and Catalogue came out in April, I just knew I had to get it, I love that Stampin’ Up! have designed this set for the Australian Market. It is a fun image to watercolour as it has so much detail in each image it takes the guess work out of watercolouring the light and shade. At Convention My Marvellous Downline Maree received a swap that someone had stamped in just in Choc Chip on Very Vanilla and made a lovely Monochromatic card, so it is a set that can be used in many ways, This set is a Classic set that I have already marked as a “keeper” when SU retire it.

As I have said before I don’t think I am a great Water Colourer but at Convention I had one of those “Are you Crazy Moments” ….. I was at dinner with fellow INKling demonstrators {which is the downline family of Jayne Mercer} and I was asked by a one of the girls if I did water colouring classes? as she thinks I watercolour well {I think it was the compliment that got me in} I told her that I don’t have a water colouring class planned for a while but I could do a watercolour session at one of Jayne Mercer’s INKling training sessions {WHAT} At the time I thought it was a great idea that we all share our water colouring tips with each other…..Yeah…..Only problem……I don’t have tips besides….. use SU watercolour paper!!!! So I am on a mission to improve and practice my water colouring before the session so get ready for a few more water colouring cards.

Materials used: ALL Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Bloom Away and Thank You Kindly
Ink: VersaMark, StazOn, Going Gray, So Saffron, More Mustard, a little Always Artichoke, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and Choc Chip
Paper: So Saffron DSP & Cardstock, Old Olive, Choc Chip, Very Vanilla and SU Watercolour
Other: Blender pen and daubers

So no-one guessed what technique I used on the below card, I was offering a prize for the first person to guess and a random winner from everyone who guessed. Seeing that no-one guessed correct I am giving the prize to the closest first answer which was using makers, That winner is Leanne Frank {Leanne I have emailed you and you have won Best yet stamp set}. The random winner is Casey J {Casey I have emailed you for mailing details as you have in-colour ribbon pack on its way out to you}. Thank you to everyone who played along.

Do you want to know what I did?????? It was easy….. I am surprised no one guessed it. I don’t know the name of it but is goes a little something like this……

1. Using Pale Plum SU Marker Colour direct to the rubber over the flower petals. {Note I have only inked up two of the flowers}

2. Colour direct to rubber again this time with Old Olive Marker on the leafs and stem.

{I know you’re thinking mmmm….. I have seen this before…….}
3. Using a plastic bag {YES a plastic bag} put it over your finger and you’re going to drag it down the petals…. Can you see what is happening

4. Now do the same on the leafs and stem with a clean section of the bag.

5. In my case I have now “thumped” with a Perfect Plum marker on the top of each flower adding a different texture.

6. Then I just gave the rubber a little “huff” and stamped the image down on to Whisper White Cardstock.

By dragging the plastic bag over the bold image it moved the ink around creating light and shade without removing much of the ink and still keeping the colours strong. Plastic bags can also create many different effects on bold images I could of applied a darker tone to the image by scribbling the darker colour to the bag and then dragging over the lighter colour.

I have another way I have used a Plastic bag on Bold Images creating a different effect again which I will post in a few days.

Thanks for dropping by and understood what I was talking about {giggle}.

Well Convention is all over for the year and it was a great couple of days, It all went so fast but I am looking forward to next year already which will be in Sydney {yay}. It was wonderful meeting new friends and catching up with old ones, I shared the first Convention experience with two of my wonderful downlines Kylie and Maree {Hi Girls} and hoping that more of my team will attend the next Convention {hint, hint to the others}. As it was my first SU Convention I did not know what to expect but I was not disappointed. One of the many highlights was taking part in card swaps I was so happy with all the card swaps I came home with, I was a little slow to start swapping due to fear of people not wanting to swap with me after I swapped with a few girls I knew I was fine. I just thought I would share my swap card with you here…. I made 64 of these….{am I Crazy or what!!!!!!!!!!}

Materials Used: ALL Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: A Rose is A Rose
Paper: Bella Rose Papers, Whisper White, Choc Chip and Riding Hood Red
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Choc Chip and Riding Hood Red
Ribbon: Choc Chip Ribbon both sizes