Teneale Williams

Finally Friday is here, I know I say it often but what a week! I am happy the weekend is here however my weekend is filled with lots of work but I still plan to catch up with some of my favourite people and have a little fun. I have been feeling a little uncreative lately as I am sure you can tell, I am happy to report I feel like my mojo is back! Last weekend I did my last classes in a scrapbook store, which was sad because I have been working in scrapbook stores for years teaching classes all over Sydney but I have stopped doing it so I can focus on my current career direction, having said that there will also be some changes here coming to my blog and with my Stampin’ Up! business soon. I hope to post a little more now I don’t have classes to design for stores.

Anyway I know you are here not to hear all about me or my week but to see a little eye candy and what I did for this weeks Inkspiration challenge. Keesh gave the DT a colour challenge this week….here are the colours:

Here is my card for this week, I am so happy with this card and just think it is super cute. I don’t think I can part with this one and normally I don’t talk myself up {well I don’t think I normally do anyway} but I am feeling pretty clever for coming up with this one The Real Red DSP I have used is retired it was from a 2007 Simply Scrappin kit, I hand most of my scrap DSP to my 4 year old niece Bailey so I had to borrow it from her stash….

Loving the inside too….

If your wondering how I made the banner… well I used these stamps from Party Hearty, the row of party hats which I used upside down and punched the “celebrate” out with a small Circle Punch. I love Party Hearty and it is my most used birthday set.

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

I MADE IT….YAY, today marks the last day of my project count down to the end of Sale-A-Bration and the Summer Mini….. {I can’t believe its over} I am back tomorrow for a Blog Hop with the Stampers Anonymous team as their special guest, we will be showing you all new creations using stamps and products from the upcoming Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue.

For my TREErrific {lol} card I have used the tree image from Le Jardin Botanique stamped in Sahara Sand, the greeting is from Sale-A-Bration set “Vintage Labels” and the boarder image is from “Pendant Park” which is a NEW set in the Autumn Winter Mini Catalogue starting April 1st.

Inside I have stamped the circle and greeting using Sale-A-Bration set “Vintage Label” punched out with the 1” and 1 ¾” Circle Punches.

Make sure to come back tomorrow for the Blog HOP

I am still coming down from my high of spilling the Design Team news, I am overwhelmed and touched by all the lovely comments made… thank you SO much I really needed that yesterday. I have had a very busy 24 hours {well the whole week was really} so I have not had a chance to pop around to all the creations but as soon as I updated my blog I am off to do that…. with excitement.

Last night one of my lovely ladies in my Card Class had a Birthday, so I whipped up a quick card using last weeks
for her. I really loved the sketch and had been meaning to make a card with it all week but only had a change yesterday afternoon, I just love challenges because it helps out my mojo and make me stamp a little faster because I think I have said before I am the slowest stamper in the world {lol}

Here was the sketch:

I have used Party Hearty for this card, on the riding Hood Red strip of the stamped the candles using VersaMark. The papers are Washington Apple and a colour combo I would normally not use but they work so well together.

Inside I have used a greeting from Sale-A-Bration set Whimsical Words and this time I have used markers to colour the candles.

I made a batch of cupcakes to celebrate and even made a cupcake topper that matched the card. I think they looks SO cute and tasted great {well so I hear}

See you tomorrow with 3 days to go…..

Please don’t fall off your seat in shock that I have updated my blog twice in less then 24 hours {shocking I know} but I have actually made a second card using Makeesha’s sketch. This time around it’s a more masculine Birthday card and I totally love this one. I have used SO many stamp sets in this card and my craft desk looks like a bomb has hit it, so I better go clean that up because it is driving me crazy looking at it.

Here is the sketch again just to remind you:

And here is my card….

When you open the card Shooting Stars come at you and I was able to get a better photo of the inside this time around.

Materials used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Happy, Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel, Starring You, A Little Birthday Cheer, A Good Egg and Spotlight on Christmas
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Papers: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Other: 35mm Circle Punch, Large Star, Small Star, 32mm Square Punch, Corner Rounder, Mat Pack and Silver Brads

Every Friday night I go to Makeesha Byl’s blog to see what her challenge is for the week and what the clever DT have come up with and I do this with such excitement but I have never actually joined the fun myself, so I finally completed one of her challenges {yay me} this weekend. I must admit sometimes I look at her challenges and think they are a little too “challenging” for little old me, but at least this time it was easy.

Here is her sketch challenge:

I kept it all Pink for this one because……well I love Pink and can I just say it does look much better in real life with the glitter and the yummy Pink Pirouette from the Summer Mini.

When I was making the card I could not decide which butterfly image to use………So I used them all {lol}. It was hard to get a good photo but when you open the card the butterfly’s spring at you. It looks pretty cool if you ask me

Materials Used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Butterfly Prints {Summer Mini}, Flight of the Butterfly and greeting from Upsy Daisy
Ink: Pretty In Pink and Pink Pirouette
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pretty In Pink and Pink Pirouette
Other: Sizzix Embossing Folder, Sticky Strip, Dazzling Diamonds, Butterfly Punch, 1.5” Circle Punch, Pearls from Pretties Kit and Pink Pirouette ribbon

Thanks for stopping by.

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

It has been a little longer then I like since my last post but I have just been a busy little bee what can I say! the good news is I have been busy making cards and I have lots to show over the coming weeks. I have been playing with my new Sale-A-Bration sets {how good are the sets this year… YAY Stampin’ Up!} for today’s post I am sharing some cards I made using Vintage Labels stamp set, I love how Stampin’ Up! coordinate stamps and punch’s, did you realise that the Scallop Circle, Wide Oval and Curly Label punch’s coordinate with this set…. {LOVE that}

If you have not seen this years Sale-A-Bration set view them online here, and don’t forget for every $100 you spend you get a FREE Sale-A-Bration set….

I was on a roll and did not stop at one because they were so quick and easy to make….

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

Its SO hard making a card that is out of your comfort zone and this card is so far out its just not funny, I have not decided if I like it yet but I am giving it away tonight so I better get liking it. I needed to make a 60th Birthday card for a Male, I struggled to decide on a stamp set to use so I knew I was in trouble from the start, “normally” when I sit down to make a card I know exactly what I have in mind…. Not this time… You should SEE my desk OMG I have pulled out so much stuff . For the main image I stamped the ship onto White Card and coloured with Prismcolor pencils and blended with Gamsol, You can’t see very well in this photo put I have then gone over the top with Clear embossing powder multiple times so have a thick layer and popped it in the freezer, pulled it out after about 15 minutes and cracked the embossing powder giving it the Cracked glass look.

Here is the inside of the card, I love making the inside of my cards as pretty as the outside. Here I have printed my text onto Pattern Paper, I added a boarder of striped paper that I burnt the edge of for that “Old World look” and because this is a 60th Birthday card I added a die cut “60″ from Scrapware. I am happier with the inside then the outside.

Materials:
Stamps: Set Sail {Retired Stampin’ Up!}
Cardstock: More Mustard from Stampin’ Up!
Printed Paper: Old Word by KaiserCraft
Ink: VersaMark and Choc Chip from Stampin’ Up! used to lightly sponge the edges
Watercolouring Tools: Prisacolour Pencil and Gamsol
Other: Clear embossing Powder, “60″ die cut From Scrapware

I am loving this card SO much it is SO not me and they are colours that I never use….To the point I did not even own all the colours in Cardstock and Ink Pads {shock} but I made do. I needed to make a 21st Birthday card for my little cousin who is having a Hawaiian theme celebration to mark this milestone Birthday. I did not have to think to hard about this card which is nice. I straight away pulled out the Pink Flamingo Printed Papers and Cheers to You stamp set because I think they are perfect for this theme. What else made it easy was I took part in another Sketch Challenge this time from iheart2stamp.com.

Here is the Layout:

Here is my take on the Layout: It was a fun layout and a layout I would not of put together myself but it looks great. I have Watercoloured the Glass and paper pieced the other elements in the image. I have applied Crystal Efforts over the Glass and Cherry. I also used a little Crystal Efforts in the centre of the flowers.

And I just thought I would show you the envelope and card together, I love matching the card inside and envelope with the card front On the envelope I have covered the back flap with Printed Paper and used AC Thickers to put Melissa on the front. I am very happy with this card.


Materials Used:
Stamps: Cheers to You
Ink: Jet Black StazOn and Tempting Turquoise Marker
Paper: Whisper White, Real Red and Pink Flamingo
Other: Real Red Ribbon, Crystal Efforts, White Gel Pen and Blender Pen
Non- Stampin’ Up!: Spellbinders and Thickers

Cheers to You. Set of 6. $31.95

Pink Flamingo. 12 sheets of double sided papers. $16.95

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

I feel like I use Pink way too much but it’s just so pretty, and I just LOVE Regal Rose. This card was super quick and easy….. Words I don’t use often with my cards {lol}. I made a bunch of these cards a few weeks ago and I also did some with the Rose image from Fifth Avenue Floral and also the Lilly, they looked great but I have already given them away so I could not show you. Sorry

All Materials used are from Stampin’ Up! and can be ordered from Me.
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral and Upsy Daisy
Ink Pad and Marker: Regal Rose and Pretty In Pink
Cardstock: Whisper White, Regal Rose and Pretty In Pink
Other: Two Way Glue, DD Glitter and Regal Rose Wide Ribbon

Thanks for Stopping by

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.