Posts from — December 2011

Hello everyone, and welcome to the blog for another Saturday Sketch!
Let’s have a look at the rules:

The rules:

Each Saturday every month a new sketch and inspirational layouts will be posted here on the blog.
From these 3-5 sketches (depending on how many Saturday’s there are), you have that many chances to create a layout of your own and upload it to any gallery of your choice, or in a blog post.
Once done, link your layout into the comments section of the appropriate sketch blog post and you’re entry is complete!
Find FULL terms and conditions here.

The deadline:
Comments with linked layout entries for each monthly sketch challenge will close on the last day of that month at 11.59 (Australian Eastern Standard Time UTC +10/Daylight Savings Time UTC +11)

The prize:
1st PLACE: One of Kaisercraft’s new collections (valued at approximately $50).
2nd PLACE: A Kaisercraft scrap pack (including new products) valued at approximately $30.

The December Sketch winner and runner-up, won’t be announced until midway through January 2012 as Kaisercraft closes over the break. Thanks for your understanding! 

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Now for the fun stuff!
Here is the beautiful layout by Melissa Kennedy that the sketch is based on:

“Life Measured in Moments” Layout By Melissa Kennedy

Materials Used:
Sweet Nothings Paper Collection, Sticker Sheet, Collectables, P656 Timeless “Script” Paper, EM927 Cream Lace, F651 Sunset Mini Paper Blooms, EM969 Blossoms – Dahlia, RB904 Moment Quote Rub Ons, CS795 Botanical Clear Stamp, T303 Foam Tape 

And this is the #3 December sketch based on Melissa’s layout:

“#3 December” Saturday Sketch

Today we have Michelle Frisby and Leanne Love from our Contributing Design Team showing us their takes on the sketches…

 “Loved” Layout By Michelle Frisby

Materials list : PP858 paper pad, SS121 sticker sheet, CT703 collectables, MA505 mini alphas cream, MA510 tiny alphas cream, mini blooms sea breeze, mini blooms coconut

 Extras : card stock, dies, seam binding, tags, butterfly punch, gates, baubles, distress ink, mask, twine

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“My Girls” Layout By Leanne Love

 Materials list:
Merry melody: Verse (P743), Sing-a-long (P744), Lyric (P745), Melody (P746), Harmony (P747)
Other: White cardstock, paint

Hello everyone! Today we want to show you that the On The Move Collection is just perfect for creating very quick and practical objects.

We hope that our ideas will be useful for you. Enjoy!

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Pen Holder & Journal by Toni Crane

Products used: On the Move Diesel (P777), Paper Pad (PP859), Rub ons (RB953), Sticker Sheet (SS122), Collectables (CT704), Kaisercraft Pencil Holder (W315).
Other products: Paint, Ink, Thickers, Journal.

Toni says:

“I love the colours black, red and grey together, and in this range they work perfectly to create a set for a boy of any age. My youngest son loves to draw, and I can see this being a well loved addition to his desk.”

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Gift boxes [pizza boxes] by Michelle Frisby

Just for him …

Just for her :

Materials list : PP859 paper pad, MZ501 black and white mini alphas, CT704 collectables – die cuts, F627 paper blooms coconut

Extras: cardstock, raffia, tulle, feather, pearls, toothpick, circle punch

Michelle says:

“These are little gift boxes, well they are not quite so little – finished size is about 10 cm x cm x 2.5 cm.  I have a slip on sleeve around the box to hold it closed.  The embellishment cluster is all on the sleeve itself.

I’ve made two boxes, a his and hers shall we say.  Inside the female box I have made a card as well and will pop in a voucher or some money as a gift.

The wee card is made out of Kraft cardstock and when opened [the left hand side of the card lifts open], the wee insert can be pulled out.  I’ve used a leaf punch and punched out a few leaves and popped them under the paper bloom to make another layer of petals”.

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Tin Boxes and Pencil Holders by Svetlana Austin

Materials used: On the Move Collection – Accelerate/P772, Propel/P773; Paper Pad/PP859; Sticker Sheet/SS122; Collectables/CT704; Foam Tape/T303.

Other: tin boxes, tin cans, brads, buttons, sprocket gears, ribbon, ink, pen.

Svetlana says:

“Very soon there will be not 1 but 2 school-boys in our house. I decided to bring a little bit more order on my son’s writing desk. And what can be better for boys than cars and air plains?

The set of inexpensive tin boxes I bought in a department store. The tin cans are a little bit of recycling

It is very simple altering projects but they look very bright and attractive ”

Thank you for joining us this week! Have fun time creating!

Hello to all fellow crafters! Toni, Michelle and Svetlana are back with some exciting beyond the page projects to inspire your creativity.

Sweet Nothings Collection is beyond sweet and gorgeous! We truly had wonderful time creating our projects with this collection!

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Dream Birdcage by Toni Crane

Products used: Kaisercraft Traditional Birdcage (SB2125), Sweet Nothings Devoted (P767), All Yours (P771), Sweet Nothings Rub ons (RB951), Kaisercraft Clear Stamp Botanical (CS795), Sweet Nothings Collectables (CT703), Pearl Flourish Classic Chocolate (PL513), Paper Blooms Dusty Pink (F641), Aubergine (F637), Honey (F628), Mini Paper Blooms Sage (F649), Dusty Pink (F658), Lace White (EM926), Mounting Foam Dots (T302).
Other: Key, Keyhole, Paint, Gold Glimmermist, Gold Ink, Pins, Chipboard Letters.

Toni says:

“Since seeing the Kaisercraft Birdcages, I’ve wanted to decorate one for my scrap booking room, and the Sweet Nothings range was perfect for this. I love to hand-cut around the flowers and truly the result is worth the effort it takes, especially with this paper range.”

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Sweet Nothings Bound Album by Michelle Frisby

Materials used : PP858 paper pad, P763 love letters, P767 devoted, P764 cupids arrow, P770 sincerely, RS458 antique rose flourish, SB786 rose pearls, Kaiser wooden key, die cuts, SB788 plum pearls, F657 fairy floss mini blooms, F647 iceberg mini blooms, F641 dusty pink paper blooms, EM967 resin blossoms – pansy, MA501 mini alphas, black and white

Extras : chipboard, seam binding, leaves, muslin, feathers, peg, bind it all, crackle paint, lace doily edge punch, embroidery thread

Michelle says:

“I’ve used 6×6 chipboard album covers and covered them in the gorgeous papers in the Sweet Nothings collection from Kaisercraft. I’ve made inserts for the middle of my album, punched it with the bind and a coil holds everything together. I’ve made three cards and popped one in each of the inserts and just like that, a special handmade gift for a friend.”

“I have made two circle shaped cards and my third card is made out of Kraft card stock and on the top it is layered with paper scraps and I have woven them together to use as a background paper.”

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Candelabra by Svetlana Austin

Materials used: Candelabra/SB2127; Sweet Nothings Collection – Paper Pad/PP858, Collectables/CT703; Paper Blooms – Buttercream/F629;  Mini Paper Blooms -Buttercream/F646; Wooden Flourishes – Fob Watch/FL350; Jewels – December 25th/RS423; Clear Stamp – December 25th/CS790.

Other: golden craft paint, backers twine, lace, glitter, glimmer mist, ink, distress ink, fabric leaves.

Svetlana says:

“Sweet Nothings is a very pretty and elegant collection that inspires one to create something very special. I decorated the wooden candelabra to make an ornament that can make any room brighter without lighting candles. I think that it will make a very nice gift for someone very dear.”

Hello fellow Kaisercrafties! Welcome to the blog today! Instead of our regular Creative Card, we wanted to show you something a little different!!

Recently, Melissa Kennedy organised a Crop for a Cause Workshop where a Christmas Charity Scrap Off was held!
A number of people purchased the kit and proceeds went to the cause.

The Crop was a huge success, but there were seven ladies up for a bigger challenge of scrapping a layout within 1 hour!!

These are the layouts they came up with using our gorgeous Merry Medley Christmas range:

“2009″ Layout By Maryleen Venema 

“Cousins” Layout By Debbie Johnston 

“Merry Christmas” Layout By Maree Brew 

“Snowflakes” Layout By Fiona Hines

“Angel or Devil” Layout By Shelley Gioffre

“Christmas Baby” Layout By Beck Beattie

“Christmas Wishes” Layout By Sharon Taylor

It was a competition, and after much deliberation the judges placed the following:

1st – “Christmas Baby” Layout By Beck Beattie

2nd - “Angel or Devil” Layout By Shelley Gioffre

3rd - “Cousins” Layout By Debbie Johnston 

Well done ladies…your prizes will be posted to you soon!
Congratulations to all of you who participated! To have such fantastic layouts done in an hour, has to be commended!

Hello everyone! We are back again with some more inspiring cards for you….this time using the On The Move Collection!

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“Journey” Card by Toni Crane

Products used: On the Move Diesel (P777), Paper Pad (PP859), Little Toot Rub ons (RB923).
Other: Black card stock, ribbon, ink.

Toni says:
“I’m the first to admit, I’m not much of a card maker. I struggle making them, but I’ve found that using the Kaisercraft ranges helps to make the job a lot easier, especially using the paper pads. There’s a great range of different papers, tags, and quotes that make cardmaking a breeze.”

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“Birthday Card” by Svetlana Austin

Materials used: On the Move Collection – Accelerate/P772; Paper Pad/PP859; Sticker Sheet/SS122; Collectables/CT704; Rub ons/RB953; Rub ons – Happy Birthday/RB838; Mini Alpha stickers – Cherry Red/MA508; Foam Tape/T303; Double Sided tape/T315; Clear Stamps – Bubble Wrap/CS753.

Other: card-stock, brads, ink, craft paint, white and black pens.

Svetlana says:
“I have a lot of dear to me men in my life: my husband, my 2 sons and my brother. So I am always in need of a card for one of them

I decided to make a birthday card for my still very young brother. Recently he bought himself a first real car so I played this theme on my gift for him. The stamping with babble wrap stamp and black paint is there to remind him that with the pleasure of having a set of wheels he must be ready to make his hand dirty sometimes ”

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“Happy Birthday” Card by Ann-Katrin Toresen

Materials used: Kaisercraft On the move line paper Take of P774, Paper pad PP859, Sticker Sheet SS122 and Collectables CT704.

Ann-Katrin says:
” The On the Move is so perfect for boys and I have tried to use the airplaine theme on this card, for a boy who loves airplaines. The cute banner hanging out behind the plane brings it all together”.

Thanks for looking!