Teneale Williams

I am so busy my head is spinning, I have SO much work on at the moment but I am making sure I pop in to my blog and share a little creative love. I have had a million birthdays {………well it feels like it anyway} in the past 2 weeks, when I give a card and a gift I always try to coordinate the card and packaging. It does not take much and it creates a real wow.

I think Party Hearty is such a fabulous set, I have used it so much for birthdays because I can create male, female and kids cards all from one set {LOVE THAT}.

Stamps: Party Hearty and On your Birthday
Ink: Basic Grey, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Other: Kiwi Kiss Ribbon, SU Buttons, Tag Punches, thread, Word Window Punch and Urban Oasis DSP

Thanks for stopping by and feel free to share a little comment love…… if you want

This card is for my Mum’s Birthday which was today {Happy Birthday Mum!!!} I must admit I have always felt such pressure when I make cards for Mum more then anyone else because she is my biggest supporter and I never want to disappoint her with a “crappy” card but I almost did worse then a “crappy card” for this birthday…. I had not made her a card at all and I could she her disappointment when I said “I have not made you a card but I will buy one at the shops today if that’s ok”… That did not go down very well with her so I whipped this up this afternoon.

Materials:
Stamps: Bloomin’ with Beauty and On Your Birthday
Ink: Black, Old Olive and Lovely Lilac
Paper: Whisper White, Haiku, Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and Lovely Lilac
Other: Circle’s Brad, Pearl from Pretties, Old Olive Ribbon.

I am hooked on acetate at the moment and have used it for a few projects the past weekend. I have just left the acetate clear on this card deciding not to stamp on it with StazOn. I like the clear line I have along the top of the card and at the bottom when the card is closed you can see the scallop boarder which is attached to the back of the card.

My tips for working with acetate are: every layer on the card needs a front and back so you can cover up any tape or Stampin’ Dimensionals, if your backing is larger then the front layer be mindful when applying tape that you do not apply it to the “edge” of the largest piece as it will show. Also when you fold the acetate it is best to use a bone folder so you do get a really crisp fold. Lastly my “acetate” that I use is book binding covers that I just cut down to size and purchased from Officeworks, I used to use over head sheets but they are a little to thin and my card did not stand well, I have never had a problem with the covers.

Inside the card:

Materials Used:
Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers and On Your Birthday
Ink: Choc Chip and Kiwi Kiss
Marker: Real Red and Rose Red
Paper: Bella Rose, Riding Hood Red and Whisper White
Other: RHRed Taffeta and Scallop edge

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Thoughts and Prayers. Double Mounted Set of 8 images {4 blocks}. $45.95

On Your Birthday. Set of 12. $58.95

Here is the second instalment of my pocket projects, This pocket is not as bright as the first but it is very girlie which was something that was requested. I have seen these cute flower pot cards everywhere on Splitcoast Stampers, And I thought it would go perfect with Petal Pizzazz which is my newest Stamp set which was a Gift from Stampin’ Up {how lucky am I}…. I have used Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Pink Pirouette for the flowers and one of my Favourite colours that has been a little neglected lately, Good old Sage Shadow on the leafs, I went for Kraft on the pot which I have stamped the Polka Dot Background on using VersaMark. You can’t see to good in the photo but I have added a little glitter to the flowers and it looks quite good in real life.

When you pull out the flowers it is a cute tag to write a note.

Materials Used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Polka Dot Background, Petal Pizzazz {see all images in the set below} and On your Birthday
Markers: Regal Rose and Sage Shadow
Ink Pads: VersaMark, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Sage Shadow
Card: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White and Kraft
Other: DD Glitter, Two Way Glue and Regal Rose Ribbon.

Petal Pizzazz. Set 7. $58.95

I have had such a big weekend, Well the biggest I have had in a few months, But I can say I have had a great weekend. One of my Fabulous Downlines Maree arrived in Sydney on Friday Afternoon from Jindabyne for a weekend of Stamping, Shopping and Catching up. So Friday night she and 9 others come over for a Christmas SAS {which I will show later in the week}, Saturday we went to the Stiches and Craft show were I met up with some old and new downlines {Waving Julia and Kate}, Shopped a little but with all the excitement I left very early and went home for a “Nanna Nap” before Maree come over for a dinner and a Stamping Session that night, Maree and I have these session when ever she comes to Sydney and I try to show her as much as I can fit into 5 or so hours, Then she going back home and shows her Friends and Customers.

One of the projects Maree and I made last night was this double Slider card, Which we watched the SUPER talented Makeesha Byl make it in her presentation at Convention back in May. I made mine a little different but Makessha has a tutorial on her blog showing you how to make one HERE {Thank you Makeesha if you read my blog}. All I did was were Makessha made hers like a pocket starting with 10.5cm x 21cm strip, that she folders in half. I started with a A5 sheet folded in half which is my card base, I also had a A6 Card front {Baja Breeze} that I trimmed a little to show a boarder once attached to the card base. By Doing this it turned it into a Card instead of a pocket.

I think I need to add a tab or ribbon to make it easier to pull, You can see here why they call it a Double slider card.

Inside the card: Because I have “SO” many layers of cardstock on the front of the card, I needed to “weight” the back down so it did not fall over when standing. I have just stamped the 3 flower images from Fifth Avenue Floral on Whisper White and layered that on Kiwi Kiss Cardstock then attached to the inside card. Not sure why I took the photo like this on a angle but you get the gist.

Materials Used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral and On Your Birthday {Below are images of all the stamps in both sets}
Ink: Baja Breeze, Basic Gray and Kiwi Kiss
Cardstock: Watercolour, Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray & Kiwi Kiss
Printed Papers: Urban Oasis
Punches: Circle 32mm and 13mm, Scallop edge and Word Window.
Other: Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Blender Pen.

Fifth Avenue Floral. Set of 5. $45.95

On Your Birthday. Set of 12. $58.95

To place a order, Email me mail@tenealewilliams.com.au or Phone 0416 000 955

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.

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

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