Sugar & Spice "Candy" range

What a busy Saturday Leanne and I had!!  We were in Spotlight running the make and takes for the brand new Sugar & Spice product range.  This includes a 6 pack of washi tape, tin of stickers and pad of vibrant paper - ALL colour co-ordinated!  There are five colour ways, but we decided to use the candy as it has blue, pink and purple and fitted in with the birthday theme.  Here are the sample cards that we designed and taught:

All the products used are from spotlight and the products used are:

We R Memory keepers - Tab punch
Becky Higgins Corner rounder punch
Francheville small butterfly punch
Heart punch
Fiskars Circle template, tags template and cutter
Fiskars paper trimmer
Versacolour cubes:  Cyan, petal pink and hyacinth
Versafine black onyx stamp pad
Kaisercraft pearls
American crafts Cardstock
Sugar & Spice Candy Hues range, stickers, paper and washi
Kaisercraft save the date stamp set
Kindy Glitz crystalina 3D
Twine, double-sided tape, foamies and mini pegs

CSI - 105 - 2 cheeky galz

I am absolutely loving the colours this week!!


I found some old photos taken on Jacks cellphone from when the girls were little and had to use them - they fitted the sketch perfectly!!!

Here is how I solved case 105:
Scheme - the colours are all there.
Evidence – stars, circles, book pages, stripes, something unusual (the gold 6 pointed stars are from a hanging door curtain) and a pocket

Testimony – Write a how to guide & IW:  escape, away and strange.  “How to keep two cheeky girls busy:

1 – Take one trampoline and add two girls.

2 – Let the girls escape from real life by using their awesome imagination.

3 – Get them to make strange funny faces by making funny faces at them.

4 – See if they will run away from each other – while staying on the trampoline.

5 – Sing and dance to ring a rosie.

CSI - 104 - A time to Dream

I am back taking the CSI challenge again this year!  Case 104 was a bit of a challenge with all the bright colours, but I had fun with my doily! The challenge:


and here is what I did with it!

Here is how I solved case 104:
Scheme - the colours are all there.
Evidence – Bird, Damask, polka dots, hearts, fabric, paint, silver metal, doily and ribbon.

Testimony – IW:  smiles, sunshine, up.  “At dinner tonight, you were so tired you fell asleep before I could get the food on the table.  You are so full of smiles and sunshine when you are awake, I wonder how bright your dreams are when you are asleep.  You were so peaceful, I just couldn’t wake you up.  Madison, you are my little dreamer.”

Katie Rose Jazz Exam 2013

I got the Dear Lizzy Neapolitan Paper Pad and stickers to use for summer photo's and the girls dancing pages for the year.  But as usual, I got distracted by other things and haven't had the chance to use it yet.  So today, I quickly put together this page for Katie Rose and her Jazz exam.  I kept it very simple as there are four photos on this page.  One of them is on a pull card and it has all the girls in the exam.  I then got Katie Rose to write on the back of the photo the names and exam numbers of each of the girls in her class.

Counterfeit Kit Club - January 2014

As part of my New Year Resolution, I have decided to try another regular challenge.  I have been watching the Counterfeit Kit Challenge for a while now, and love the idea behind using what you have to make a kit, and then having additional ideas to use the kit.  I have given myself the extra challenge of not spending any extra money to do it - so I will have to use what I have already.

This month has a lovely kit to counterfeit, originally by Hip 2 Be Square December 2013 kit:


There is an additional kit by Oh Deer Me with some fabulous embellishments:


I really liked the colours of Aqua, Red, Pink and Grey and so I used that as a starting point for my papers.  I don't have any exact product that has been used in the kit, but as I love to reproduce papers, I have managed to duplicate some of the papers.

PAPER:
Rosies Studio "Chantilly Lace" 2013 6 x 6 pages from pad x 2
SAMPLE Typo Flyaway 8 x 8 Confetti paper
MME (???) Woodgrain paper
MME (???) Graph paper
Francheville Gelati basics paper Red and Pink stripe
Counterfeited:  Dark Grey Cardstock with aqua ampersand die cuts
Counterfeited:  White Cardstock with Grey stamped journalling frames
Counterfeited:  White Cardstock with Red music stamped and vellum zig zags on top
Counterfeited:  White Cardstock with Pink Cardstock frame, striped washi and gold paint splatters
Counterfeited:  Grey Cardstock with white die cut and punched snowflakes  *
Counterfeited: Aqua Cardstock with white die cut and punched snowflakes *
* These will have white chalk ink rubbed over the piece when used and more snowflakes strategically placed while using it.

CARDSTOCK:
I am not sure of the brand, as I buy this in bulk packs and then file by colour.  I think that these are Rosies Studio or Francheville

I have chosen two shades of grey, aqua, two shades of pink, white and kraft to be able to have some flexibility with each project for colour matching.

CUT APART:
I really liked some of the designs, and had to have a go at Counterfeiting them.  I didnt really like the bright yellow, so I just replaced it with papers that I think go well with the others.

4 x 6 Navy and white striped (cut from Random scrap of 12 x 12)
4 x 6 Cut from BoBunny Sugar Dot White with black polka dots
4 x 6 Cut from (Unsure of brand) pink stripe and dark pink bow
4 x 3 Counterfeited:  White cardstock with pink striped paper/red cardstock and stamp (family fun!)
4 x 3 Counterfeited:  White Cardstock with aqua inked edges and grey washi tape and stamp (date)
4 x 3 Counterfeited:  White cardstock with you and hearts and ruled lines.
4 x 3 cut from Rosies Studio Chantilly Lace x 3
STAMPS:  Dear Lizzy Lucky Charm Clear Stamp set, random words

EMBELLISHMENTS:

When I was looking at the original kit at hip 2 be square, I saw the December 2013 add on embellishment kit and started to drool at the snowflake overlay and the kraft chipboard shapes so I thought I would make a few of these to put into my kit as well as the extras that I use on my page:

Counterfeited:  Woodgrain paper bag made from MME Woodgrain paper
Counterfeited:  Handpainted words and fussy cut:  family, love, always
Counterfeited:  Decorated Buttons
Counterfeited:  Small snowflake acetate overlay
Counterfeited:  Kraft chipboard shapes
Counterfeited:  Acrylic heart and arrow frames
Decorative Brads
Washi Tapes
Die Cut and Punched snowflakes
Mini star and heart punch
Fabric Flowers
Handmade flowers
Paper roses
Paper doilies
Paper clips
Chipboard shapes (in red and pink)
Wooden hearts and arrows
Turquoise and pink bakers twine
Dear Lizzy Thicker Stickers
Penny Black snowflake stickers
Rosies Studio garden flower stickers
Mini pastel star stickers (no brand, kids ones from dollar shop)
Aqua, red and silver blings


This kit is very much a snow/winter themed kit and as we are in the middle of summer, I have photos from a skiing trip from a few winters that are needing to be scrapped.  The colours that I concentrated on (pink, aqua and grey) match the kids ski gear!  Look out challenge number 1, here I come!

If you want to know more about the counterfeit Kit Challenge, pop over and visit them at:

http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.co.nz/

CSI - 101 - BELIEVE in the magic of Christmas

This is the challenge for this week.  I loved the colours, but found it difficult as we dont have white Christmas's so, I just improvised!

Here is how I solved case 101:

Scheme - the colours are all there.
Evidence – Frames, Silver accents, Ribbons, Something Shiny, Circles, Christmas Accents & Something transparent.

Testimony – IW:  Peace, Family, Ready.  Journal about the holidays.

“We just love Christmas morning.  Often Jack and I end up waiting for the kids to wake up so we can open all the presents and spend time together as a family.  We were ready and waiting for the kids very early.  Riley was very tired and kept yawning – but the girls were great at keeping the peace and making sure that everyone was happy.  I love the way that instead of a gift opening free for all, the girls hand one gift out to each person and we all watch as they open their goodies.”

CSI - 100 - 9 Months

Here is how I solved case 100:
Scheme - the colours are all there.
Evidence – Stripes, Stars, Glossy Accents, Flags, Frames, Bricks.

Testimony – IW:  Picture, Stay, Light – add a border to the journaling spot

“I really don’t like having my picture taken.  But sometimes you just have to have one to remind you of something special.  When I was 9 months pregnant with Riley, This photo was taken of me and Mitchell.  Hard to believe, but Riley was born the week after it was taken – he was supposed to stay in there for another week, but he decided he was going to come early!  I am so glad that Jack snapped this photo otherwise I might not have a record for Riley of me carrying him.  At the time, I thought I was huge, but looking at this photo, I think I was just right – not too heavy and not too light.”

This was the case file that I was given - I really loved the colour pallette - there is something to be said for simple colour schemes: