Teneale Williams

I just think this card is SO cute and SO not ME but I just love it, How cute is that little giraffe? I just want to pinch his little cheeks {lol}. This is a set that I have just ordered to take me out of my comfit zone. I always use Flowers, Flourishes, Flowers, Quotes, Flowers or Butterflies and I try to avoid art-line images because I am scared of watercolouring but you know what? I always enjoy water colouring when I finally do it and I had so much fun with this little guy. I stamped the image onto Stampin’ Up! Watercolour paper then using a Blender pen and a “pool” of colour from a ink pad I watercoloured, To add greater tone I used a maker direct to the watercolour paper and lightly blended with a blender pen.

Materials used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Animal Crackers
Ink: Basic Grey, Basic Brown, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink
Paper: Sweet Always, SU Watercolour paper, Choc Chip, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White
Other: Choc Ribbon and Blender Pen

So I have a big week ahead, I am madly getting ready for Stampin’ Up! Annual Convention which I am attending for the first time, My Dear Friend and Demo Superstar Marelle is demanding that I attend this year and I am excited as she will be presenting on the main stage, SO I am calling all Stampin’ Up! Demo’s attending to cheer really LOUD when Marelle takes the stage, even louder then when anyone else takes the stage. She is going to wow the crowds and show us the way to do it………..All together………GO MARELLE….
For me I have been debating the whole card swapping thing, To swap or not to swap? Well I was so close to not making any swaps but I am making a few however they are taking a lot longer then I expected with a few to many layers….

Thanks for stopping by my little blog ;9)

Today is my Sister’s Birthday, So I am sending BIG Birthday wishes out to you Terrianne, I hope you enjoyed your special day. Here is the card I made for the occasion using one of my favourite new sets Crazy for Cupcakes. The Cupcake trend is huge in the Papercraft world at the moment and this set is great because you have so many options in the one set. I have stamped the cupcake image on Watercoulor paper and coloured the image using the an ink pad with a Blender pen, I have gone around the image with Going Grey ink and a Blender pen, doing this really makes the image “pop”. I have used Candy Lane Printed papers and wrapped ribbon around the card and tied a big bow, I have added a button to the centre of the bow { I just love the new Button Range}

Materials used:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red, Close to Cocoa and Brown StazOn
Paper: SU watercolour, Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa
Other: Taffeta Ribbon, Button Bouquet, Blender Pen.

I thought I would also show you what else I made for Terrianne’s Birthday….Cup Cakes….. They tasted yummy but I think I will stick with my day job….{gee I hope you don’t get hungry now}

One of my favourite images from the entire Stampin’ Up! Catalogue is the Damask image from Friends 24-7….I just love, love, love it. I also really like the colour combo I have used of Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Blush Blossom, I just love how the Blush Blossom works with the Chocolate Chip. The only thing I am not sure with is the Greeting flag, I played around with it on the card…off the card…As you can see I have left it on the card. A really simple layout but I think it works, I have just stamped the Damask image in VersaMark over the Blush Blossom Cardstock to add light texture, On the Very Vanilla Cardstock I have used a Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to position the images.

Materials used:
Stamps: Friends 24/7 and On your Birthday
Ink: VersaMark, Chocolate Chip and Blush Blossom
Paper: Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip Cardstock & Printed Paper
Other: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, SU Corner Rounder, Vanilla taffeta Ribbon, Cream Button, Dauber and Stampin’ Dimensionals

Yesterday was my Birthday and I received the most beautiful card from my Mum with very touching words inside, I must admit I did have a little cry as I read them, Mum and I are in different counties at the moment and I think I cried a little because I miss her, She is not only my Mum but a dear friend and I miss that friendship at the moment. My Mum is the most amazing woman and Mother in the world, I am so lucky to have her as my Mum. I love her for all the advise, love and support she has given me over the years and I don’t know if I would of gotten through stages of my life if she was not my Mum. {I am crying as I type this} SO I made this card so I could tell her how much I love her and appreciate all the little things she has done over the years.

I am really happy with this card, It took me a little while to make because I had to have it perfect because nothing but the best for my Mum. I just know she is going to love it.

Materials Used: ALL Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral and the greeting is from A Rose is A Rose
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Basic Brown
Card: SU Watercolour Paper, Very Vanilla, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Sweet Always.
Other: Large pearl from Pretties Kit, Flower Brad, Regal Rose Ribbon, Blender Pen, Square punch and Daubers.

This layout was a layout Challenge at tayloredexpressions.com.au

I have gone crazy, I am having a shocker at the moment….. OK I need to rewind a day to yesterday to set the seen…. I went and did a grocery store and brought in the groceries ….. WELL I don’t know what I was thinking or doing while I put the groceries away because I wanted in the kitchen a few hours later and I had let the “freezer” groceries on the bench, I opened the fridge and I had put the cleaning spray in there, In the SPOT I should of put the milk, then checked the freezer to see were my milk and other “fridge” items were….AND yeah I had but them in the freezer. OMG.
THEN TODAY….
I picked up my eco bags and handbag, I drove to the grocery store again, I picked up the items I needed to replace after yesterday….Went to the check out which was the same girl as yesterday so I told her my story….Put my hand in my hand bag and WHAT “NO MONEY”….I left my purse at home….. So I had to drive home and get my purse to pay for my shopping. You all I could do was cry, I really think I have LOST the plot……
THEN to add insult to injury, My Dear BF Elise suggested that this is happening because I am turning a year older tomorrow and she thinking it is a sign of “old age”…….. Elise is a few years younger then I….. And knows that I am already struggling with this birthday…… SO I just feel great, I am Old and Crazy…….. {lol}

Well now I have that off my chest, I can move on to the reason you are really here that’s for a card. I found this card kind of suitable to share today because I have used “Crazy” for Cupcakes, I found this set so much fun to use. This was a quick card to make {well quick for me} I have paper pieced the cupcake using Sweet Always printed papers. I am not totally sure on this card with the Birthday flag, I kept playing around with the position I am not sure if it should be in the centre…. But here it is.

Materials used:
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes and the new Birthday Greeting set…..{Not sure of the name yet}
Ink: Choc Chip and Pumpkin Pie
Paper: Sweet Always printed papers, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose and Pink Pirouette
Other: White Gel Pen, Blender Pen and SU Button

I can’t tell you how good it is to just be making cards for the fun of it, For months I have been just designing for Classes or Design work but for the past week it has just been for ME {and my Launch party} and I am really enjoying it, I guess it also helps that I have my Mojo back. Today I have a card using Friends 24-7 which is the same set as my previous post, I LOOOOOVE this set and it has a bit of everything in it. I like this card, It is “fresh” and quite bold for me. The paper I have used is Haiku {NEW} it is a really nice colour combo of Old Olive, So Saffron, More Mustard and Tangerine Tango. Tangerine Tango is one of the New in color’s which I will admit I did not think I would like but I do….

Materials used:
Stamps: Friends 24-7
Ink: Basic Brown, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango and Going Grey
Paper: SU Watercolour, Tangerine Tango, Very Vanilla
Other: Cream Taffeta, Blender Pen, Kaiser tiny Pearls and Small circle punch

I would just like to thank everyone for their lovely comments by email and posted here about my mojo return and last card, I 100% promise to post more {that’s for you Karen} and I will POST a few more time this week…..So pop back and I will have something new for you.

I just love how new stamps and supplies can bring back your Mojo….I think it’s safe to say my “dry” spell is over, For the past few months I just feel like I had lost my Mojo, My “wow” factor….But I have been making a few cards this week using some of my new stamps and I feel like I have it back, This is just the start of the new cards….. I know they are good cards because My Sister {who does not really get the Cardmaking/stamping thing} said she liked them….. SHOCK.

Anyway, I have used Friends 24-7 and A Rose is a Rose to create this card. I must say these are my two Favourite sets from the new Catty…….SO MANY nice sets but…. AND the new papers…..OMG……… You will see over the next few posts I am loving the new papers. Just a couple of things on this card, I have used the new Build a Brad {which I loooooove} I attached a large Pearl from the Pretties kit in the centre and following the “flag” trend that is huge in Papercraft at the moment I cut a strip of paper then using my square punch I just create the V {SO much easier then just cutting it cut with paper snips}

Materials used:
Stamps: Friends 24-7 and A Rose is a Rose Both NEW
Ink: Choc Chip, Brown StazOn, Boarding Blue, Mellow Moss, Creamy Caramel and Going Grey
Paper: SU Watercolour paper, Very Vanilla, Choc Chip CS & DD and Bella Bleu
Other: Blender Pen, Choc Ribbon, Build a Brad, Pearl from Pretties kit, Kaiser tiny pearl, Dauber, Large Square punch and Spellbinder Oval and Oval Scallop.

I have been asked to teach at the Australasian Scrapbook and Papercraft Convention 2009 being held soon in Brisbane, Queensland… I am teaching 2 classes in the Scrapapple Classroom; A Set of cards in the cutest tin and a OTP Class making a Memo board.em>

When: 6-8th June 2009 (9am-5pm daily)

Where: Brisbane Exhibition Centre, Cnr Glenelg & Merivale Streets, South Bank

Admission Prices: Adults AUD$13, Seniors age & disability pensioners AUD$12, Children (5-16 yrs) AUD $7, Children under 5 yrs free.

What’s On:

Shopping - Scrapbooking retailers from around the country will be selling the latest products.

Displays - Layouts, cards and off the page projects created by some of the tutors and competition winners will be on display.

Classes - Scrapbooking, cardmaking and photography classes ranging in price from AUD$30-$50 per person. Class fees include products from sponsors such as Fiskars, K & Company, Making Memories, My Mind’s Eye, Provocraft and many more.

Tutor list includes Ngaire Bartlam, Lu Benson, Sue Bowers, Lynette Carroll (USA), Jane Clark, Nicole Farrell, Jill Geraghty-Groves, Cassandra Glass, Niamh Henshaw, Mylene Hillam, Jodi Holbrook (USA), Melissa Kennedy, Angela O’Neale, Sara Pearcy, Zoe Pearn(USA), Noralee Peterson (USA), Rachel Richter, Andrea Thompson, Teneale Williams and Alison Wood.

For further information and to book classes
visit www.scrapbookexpo.com.au.

PLEASE NOTE: I will be Teaching for Scrapapple.com.au and This is not in anyway attached to Stampin’ Up!.

Last month was was SO excited when checked my mailbox and discover that I had a card on the cover of Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft….

I designed a Four card one sheet wonder, Using Bodacious Bouquet which is now retired but the options of replacemnt stamps are endless.

I also had cards in For Keeps Creative Paper using Stampin’ Up! “A Good Egg” Stamps and My Mind Eye papers.

The new Stampin’ Up! Idea Book was released today and it is jam packed with Fabulous new stamps, accessories and 6 incolours.
All of which are available to purchase through me!

View the Catalogue online HERE

How to get your hands on the NEW Catalogue:

1. Host a workshop in your home and get one FREE

2. Buy one for $10 (or $15 including postage)

Special offer: Valid until Friday 17th April 2009

For every $100 you spend, go in the draw to win a $100 Shopping spree in the NEW Catalogue.

Stampin’ Up! 2009/2010 Idea book and Catalogue Launch party
Come and enjoy a cup of coffee with a slice of cake while you check out all the new Stampin’ Up! goodies. You’ll be able to join in a make-and-take, Everyone receives a gift to take home, and you might even win a Lucky Door Prize! So come and join the fun.

When: Saturday, 18th April 2009
Time: Drop in anytime between 12pm-4pm
Place: My Home in Old Mt Druitt
Cost: Free

Bookings Essential by 16th April

Phone or email me to Attend the launch, Get a copy of the Catalogue or Place an order….. You could be the winner

Phone: 0416 000 955

Email:mail@tenealewilliams.com.au