Teneale Williams

The Papercraft Festival starts today at Canterbury Racecourse and runs until Sunday 2nd November, Doors open at 10am each day and entry is $10 per adult, $8 concession. For more information phone 9555 9322 or visit www.papercraftsfestival.com.au. If you come to the show make sure you drop by the Stampin’ Up! Stand and say Hi, do a make and take and watch a demonstration….Plus get inspired by all the card and scrapbook pages we have on display.

I am doing a Brushless watercolouring demo with Watercolour Crayons each morning….This is what I will be demonstrating:

I am back with not a great card but a card… *So cute* yesterday I got 2 emails asking if I have gone “shy” again not blogging…NO, I have been SO sick (still am) with a bad case of the flu and my voice sounds like a cross between a Man and a Horse, SO I am not allowed to talk for the next 2 days because I am at the Papercraft Festival in Sydney this weekend and I NEED to be able to talk all weekend so the doctor told me to let my voice box rest…This NO talking thing is hard, I never realised how much I like talking.

I will stop talking and get on to my card….

I have finally given this brayered background technique a try…and I really enjoyed it, I had been scared to give it a try because it looked hard but it is easy and FUN. I have used every Pink ink pad I own on this card. It’s just simple in design but simple works…. You know WHAT, I do like this card and it looks like silk in real life…..

If you want to learn how to create a Brayered Background? And make this card plus a surprise card… Attend my Technique class, here are the details….
When: Friday 7th of November at 7:30pm
Where: My Home in Old Mt Druitt
Cost: $15 for 2 cards
Book: Email me at mail@tenealewilliams.com.au or phone 0416 000 955
Spots are limited on the Friday night but I can bring this class to you at a different time in your home with 5 friends BUT you need to live in Sydney (sorry about that small request)

NOTE: If you attend this class and bring a SU! Brayer I will give you a “Brayer Bonus”

Just a quick note to say…….a HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who came to Marelle and Teneale’s Stamp-A-thon on Saturday. I had the BEST time ever, I think it was a hit and I am so grateful for all the positive feedback we have received….. I really want to thank my partner in crime “Master Stamper” Marelle Taylor, I love, love, LOVE working with you, you inspire me beyond belief, you are just amazing and I forgive you for making me make tags {giggle}

Although my project was not as popular as Marelle’s (it’s ok I am used to being in her shadow) {giggle}, I thought I would share my project I designed for the day here on my blog… In the sprit of ‘getting ready for Christmas’ I was inspired by the Christmas products in the current Australian Spring Mini so I used the ‘On Board Trimmings’, ‘Accents & Elements-Hand Selected’, Holiday Harmony printed papers and the YUMMY Pomegranate ribbon to make Christmas decorations which I have attached to a Christmas wreath complete with Christmas lights.

Here are close up’s:

Finally a new card {sorry everyone} I have been so busy this month…. But today I am loading a card I totally LOVE… it looks much better in real life, Normally I am not as proud or confident about my work…. But I love how elegant this card is…

Materials used:
Stamps: Touch of Nature, Floral and Tres Chic
Ink: Pretty in Pink and White
Paper: Cardstock vellum, Pretty in Pink and White
Other: White embossing powder, Pretty in Pink Marker, Pretties kit and Pink Ribbon

When I think of wedding cards I think…. Clean and elegant, I always seem to go for Black and White for the colours unless I know the colours of the bridal party. So when I was asked to design Wedding Cards… I know what to do. This card took me about 20 minutes to design and make…..which is SUPER fast for me, The slowest part was cutting out the flower and the circle… But gee it looks great if I don’t say so myself.

Materials used:
Stamps: Together Forever
Wheel: Forever Flowers With Black Cartridge
Paper: Whisper White and Basic Black
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Corner rounder, 3mm Circle, Standard Handle and Black ribbon

I can get carried away sometimes with lots of layers and I forget how great a simple no layers card can look and how much fun it is to make quick cards. So I pulled out one of my Favourite sets from the Spring Mini Catalogue “Bloomin’ with Beauty”, A little reverse masking and Water Colouring and my card is done. Well I could make a few more of these…. They are that quick.

Materials used:All Stampin’ Up! product
Stamps: Bloomin’ with Beauty and Blossoms Abound
Paper: Whisper White
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Always Artichoke and Elegant Eggplant
Other: Stampin’ Pastels, Blender pen and Elegant Eggplant ribbon

Here’s another that I kept simple…… I just love elegant Christmas cards and I think this card is a great card to make in bulk (don’t forget Christmas is coming……)

Materials used:All Stampin’ Up! product
Stamps: Keep Christmas and Many Merry Messages
Paper: Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, Jet Black StazOn, Always Artichoke and Bravo Burgundy
Other: Blender pen, Gold Embossing powder, Heat Tool and Bravo Burgundy ribbon

As you can tell I am still loving ‘Brocade Background’ Printed Paper. I really like this stamp set its SO elegant and one of those sets you don’t have do a lot with to make it look great… I am really happy with this card. It’s has a few of my Favourite things….Sponging, layers and ribbon.

Materials:
Stamps: Illuminations
Paper: Brocade Background, Naturals Ivory, Choc Chip and Old Olive
Ink: Choc Chip
Other: Theater ribbon