Long time no post

It's been a while since I posted and as I had a few spare moments (been a bit crazy here getting ready for Christmas) I thought I would just stop by with a quick update.
I haven't been doing a great deal of crafting of late as around 8 weeks ago I had a fall. As you do when you are falling you put your arm/arms out, unfortunately for me I dislocated my elbow and damaged tendons and ligaments! Ouch! After around 6 weeks of taking it easy I was able to start back at the gym (with a brace) and had a light weight program to get some strength back into it. Happy to say that after a very long 8 weeks and many visits to the chiropractor today I was given the "almost clear" I have almost full movement back, but will still be 6-8 weeks before I get full strenght back.
Because of my injury I put my weekly sales on hold over on my page, I just wasn't able to get orders out as quick as I would have liked. I will be starting my weekly sales up again very soon in the New year.

Now as I said I haven't been doing a great deal of crafting but here are a few items I have been working on.

I male card I made after I really had to search in my stash for a card when my son was heading to a birthday party. I normally colour the image, but I really liked the black and white on silver and figured my boys can add some colour if they wanted to.

The next is a card I made for a challenge on Illawarra Scrap & Craft comp page the card on the left with the "a note for you" tag is the one I entered. While I had everything out I made another one, I just didn't add a tag. I will do that when I decide who it is going to...and for what reason.

The last one I wanted to share was another male card, I don't have a great deal of male cards in my collection. This was made with lots of new goodies I had got and I wanted to use as many as I could on a card. The checkered washi tape is from Sawyers Place. The stamps are a Stampin up set.

Well that is a wrap, last post of the year. I would like to wish all of you a safe and happy Christmas and hope to see you all back in the New Year. xx Tracy

"At home" card workshop

Last week I was not able to attend a card workshop I had booked into which was held by Jodie from Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking. So I collected my kit so I could make the cards at home.
The workshop is the 2H907 "buttonfly cards", in the kit I had all items I needed to make the cards other than inks, stamps and adhesives.
Over a cuppa I had a quick read through the project sheet and then set about getting the bits a bobs together I needed to complete the cards. I will list what I used at the end of the post.

Card1; In the workshop the stamp used was dragonflies, however not this one. This one I used is a Kaszazz one, but from a few years ago. I used a flourish stamp in place of the leaves too. The stamp used was a two step stamp so I then needed to work out a way to "fill" the colour...so I used chalks! As the base (white) card is a gloss I needed to wait until the inks were dry before I started the filling in. The "sweet friend" is a Stampin up stamp.

Card 2; This card used the smaller version of the large stamp...and my most Favorite stamp "you make me smile"

Card 3; A lovely Bright "thank you" card...it was about when I was putting this card together I read the "ink all edges" Oops ...so this one has the edges inked! the other 2 don't!





Card 4; I made the white square on this one a little smaller as I wanted the bright pink to show. The "hello, you" stamp is from the same stampin up set as the card 1 stamp.

All 4 cards together :) to see what the cards would look like if you made them at a workshop look here on page 62.

While I was disappointed I couldn't stay at the workshop I had fun coming up with alternative items to use to make similar cards.

While I will not list the step by step how I made these cards, I think that is unfair to those who came up with the workshop I have listed changes I made to the cards and items I used.

Items used on the cards, where possible I will give item codes...If I have them.

Color box fluid chalk inks in Blue Iris, Ice Jade and Wisteria.

Versa color inks in Canary(11) and Orchid(34)

Pebbles Inc chalk set, Jewel Tones 42005

Curly dragonfly large by Kaszazz 1806LH

Curly dragonfly small by Kaszazz 1805LC

Hello, You stamp set by stampin up 123165

You make me smile stamp by Penny Black 3637B 

flourish stamp from paper xtra set 45786

Thank You stamp from Stamp-it siset014

All ribbons, buttons and papers were supplied in the workshop kit.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog, if you have any questions please feel free to ask :)



winner of 550 fan giveaway

OK home a little late from master 9's game of footy, We stayed for dinner after the game.
But any way...the winner of the draw (from valid entries) I had a few commenting on posts on the page, for this one you needed to comment on the blog.

So after all of that there were only 4 valid comments...and the winner was number 1, Rebecca Hoschke.
Congrats. please contact me so I can arrange for your prize to get to you.

Once again thanks so much for all of you support. It really does mean alot to me. xx Tracy

Giveaway time again!

Wow things really got rocking and rolling last night. For a long time I was hovering around the 350 mark, so I did a random draw number and did the last giveaway at 380. Late yesterday while doing a little wander around some of the pages I am a fan of I found the silent tag status. Now I have done a few stomps/marches and while I have gained a few fans/likes they seem to drop off almost as quick as they come. So when I did this as an update, not in my wildest dreams did I think I was going to get to 500+ I thought if I can get 10 or 15 newbies maybe even crack the 400 that would be great. Imagine my surprise when I woke this morning to find over 500 fan/likes!

So firstly Thank you to each and everyone of you, from the ones who have been with me from the start to the ones who have just joined me. So you may be asking what is Passion 4 Papercrafting all about? As the name suggests I have a passion for paper...and a few other crafts! Please take the time to have a good look around the page, if there is anything you would like just comment sold and then contact me on the Contact Tab with your address, I can then send you an invoice including your postage.

OK Now to a giveaway

The prize up for grabs is a glass foil pendant. You don't have to have this one the winner can choose from the album.
OK so now some rules, some are mine and some are to cover face book terms

1. Winner to pay postage or have prize sent with order.
2. Comment here on the blog to win.
3. Must be a fan of the page
4. Winner will be drawn at 9pm (SA Time) tonight 5th august.
5. Winner drawn by random Org.

Now before I go I would like to share some projects I am working on right now. These will be to take to the craft fair I am attending at the end of the month.

A mini album this one is 6" square with the inner pages just slightly smaller.

This shows the inside front cover and page one. Each page is embellished just a little (total of 6 pages) the album will hold 12 photos if you use the front and back of each page. Sorry about the shadow, it is quite overcast here today but the sun must have popped out just as I took this:) each of the six pages are made from Bazzill Basics and I used the 3 colours to match the cover pages.
This album is called stars and stripes (the back cover is stripped). I have also made a few for girls, some in pink and a few in brights.

Thanks for following and good luck all. Will be back with the winner later tonight.

Winner

Thank you to all those who entered my giveaway.
To see who the lucky winner was see the wall photo.
Now off to do some invoicing :) I have almost worn out the wheels on my chair tonight.

Thanks for your Love and support

It's giveaway time!

Recently I have been doing giveaways over at my facebook page passion 4 papercrafting and today is no different. I have hit that random number (between 350 and 400) so it is giveaway time again.
As per facebook rules (and to comply) you can not "give" something away so the winner is to pay postage..or have the prize sent with their order :) And to change things around a bit this time I thought as an extra to be in the draw you need to become a follower of my blog :)

So now you may be asking what do I get in return? The chance to win this prize;

The prize contains a set of Love stickers, a pack of Kaisercraft painted shapes and 3 metres of ribbon.
Love themed because i love how you have all supported my page :) awww!
OK so to recap the rules...
1. You must become (or already be) a follower of my blog.
2. Comment on the giveaway post on the page
3. Winner must pay postage (or have sent with order)
4. Giveaway closes at 8.30pm (SA Time) on Tuesday 2ng August 2011

The winner will be chosen from all valid comments and draw by random.org winner will be announced shortly after that time.
Thanks for your support and good luck everyone.

Another Card Challenge

As most would be aware I like to participate in a challenge and one I have been doing (and don't think I will stop) is one held by Jodie from Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking. Kaszazz products will always hold a place in my papercrafting heart. I used to be a Kaszazz consultant! way back when they were crafty kids, and a little during the change over to Kaszazz.

So these are the products we all start with. We can only use inks, stamps and punches to create a card.

So here is how I went about creating my card.

The punch I used was the large Retro Flower punch by EK Success

I layered the flowers, the brad was only to hold the flower together while the glue dried. All the edges are inked with Charcoal color box chalk ink.I had to punch a mini flower to add to the center and as I had used all the cardstock I punched it out where it was going to be covered then stuck down...no one need know. Well only all of you now reading my secrets! Lol

The stamped image is not the entire stamp, think outside of the box, and only ink up the part of the image you need.

And the completed card! to get the petals of the flowers to pop I rolled them on a paintbrush after sticking them together, it is much easier to do BEFORE you stick together, and I did so with the later ones I made.

You can view the other cards in the challenge here. I just got pipped at the post this time round by Lyn.
I loved the design of the card so much I used it on a few others such as this one. it is more a note/gift card style and is 10.5cm square.

If you like a challenge I suggest you pop over to Jodie's page and take part.

Products used to make card
Challenge kit
EK Success Retro flower punch, large and mini
color box chalk ink - charcoal
Just a note stamp by Anita's (ANT 906214)
fiskars border punch - apron lace
double sided tape

glossy accents (or glue of choice) 

Craft Swap Part 2

As most of you would have seen in a previous blog post I participated in the contemporary handmade alliance craft swap. I have shared with you the items I swapped with my partner, Anna from King Billy so now I need to share with you all what Anna sent to me :)

Isn't she just so cute? It's a wheat heat bag! I love the label...oh and look even a purple safety pin!
I read somewhere on Anna's page that in 2 month's she has used 20kg of wheat! That's a lot of heat bags!
Also included in my parcel was a tie died brooch and a stunning piece of artwork, I am going to frame it and hang it in my craft corner, which is creeping into the lounge!

The artwork is from MarkArt which is sold from King Billy's facebook page.

If you would like to view both swap photos, you can do so Here.

If you ever have the chance to participate in a craft swap I would recommend going with a well run one. This is the second one I have done and have been very happy with it. More than I can say for last years, but that's another story, and one I would prefer not to share!

Blog overhaul

Just a very quick update. What do you all think of the new blog? I am loving it, however I cannot take the credit for it. I had it done by Judi from blue bird internet marketing. It now matches my Facebook profile tab Judi made for me. Next I am going to have some labels made to go on the back of my cards but right now I am very busy uploading photos of stock onto my facebook page. I have not had a great deal of time to do much crafting, however do have a few projects on-the-go which I really must get finished! Maybe I should have a Mid-year resolution, don't start something new until you have finished what you start!

One of the cards I have made, using my Bigshot and a new texture plate, love the happy birthday background (sorry about the Shadow) have not had many sunny days of late.

Happy crafting all and thanks for stopping by :)

Craft Swap

I am participating in the Craft swap happening at The Contemporary Handmade Alliance. I have been paired up with Anna from King Billy. After a few emails between Anna and I we both discovered we like purple :)
So with the colour Purple, and nothing to girly, pink or sparkly in mind I set about going through my stash and putting together some items.

I decided to use a Pink Martini kit I had, I am not sure where I got it from and not even sure the products are still around. I will list what I used at the bottom of the post. I really liked the Purple, lime and orange tones together. I have recently made a paperbag album similar to this one but in purple and lime. That one is heading the way of my sister...Psst Tracy post it tomorrow!

OK so once I had the colours worked out I decided on an Accordion Book by K&Company. The covers measure 16.5cm X 12.5cm while the inside pages (6 in total) are 16cm X 12cm. Just the perfect size for adding un-cropped photos.

When covering the covers I like to leave a nice size border, around 2cm extra each side. I mitre the corners to get a nice neat folded edge. I use PVA glue or Mod podge (whatever comes out the adhesive box first) to glue to paper to the cover and roll my brayer over it to smooth it out.

I paint a small border on all of the blank pages, I choose lime and then use double sided tape or a tape gun to stick down the card stock. A few of the pages I double matted, added some rub-ons, ribbons, brads and flowers. On the front cover I double matted a large rub-on "A few of my favorite things". The small flowers are Prima and I glimmer misted them (and my fingers). After I had taken these photos I decided to add a little bit more...

I used my Big shot with the Movers and Shapers "Baroque" die. I used three silver brads to turn it into a little booklet, with 10 pages which goes with the top ten page. Anna can use this to do some journaling or add some smaller photos.

Since I have taken these photos I have added a little more "bling" to a few pages, I will leave that off the Blog but will post more photos on my Facebook page once I know Anna has the album. I do hope you like and enjoy the album, I had a lot of fun creating it.

Items used to make album;

K&Company medium accordion book (230941)

My Mind's Eye double sided paper (ks1087, ks1072, ks1039 and ks1095)

Bazzill Basics cardstock, orange and purple

Kaisercraft paint, lime

Making memories flowers and brads (purple)

Prima flowers (small white)

Deja Views Rub-ons, My Favorite Things (RL-600)

Tim Holtz Alterations Movers & Shapers die (Baroque 656633)

Buttons, ribbons, brads, double sided tape and PVA glue.

Card Challenge (take 2)

This is take two of the card challenge being held over at Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking.

The Challenge is to make a card using only the products in the kits plus stamps, inks and punches.

I decided I was going to use a stamp from Hero Arts called "Love Birds" K4888 (if you want to use the same stamp) I stamped the black tag with white versa magic ink.

I then stamped the same image twice in black staz on ink on the white cardstock, cut the red cardstock in half and stamped the image again. I used my Fiskars border punch (sorry don't know the name) and edged the white card base, the tag and one piece of the red cardstock. I also trimmed the tag down to be the same width as the card.

I then lined up the red cardstock with one of the stamped images and the cut down tag next to it. Added the ribbon, this covered where the "love" was. With the remaining red cardstock I cut out a love tag, then stamped it again on the back to cut out the second love tag. Added the white stitching to match the ribbon. These love tags are then mounted with magic mount/sticky dots/3D mount anything to make them stick and POP. The last things added was the rhinestone.

Tools used other than items in the kit;
Hero Arts Love Birds stamp K4888
Fiskars border punch
Versa Magic, cloud white
Staz on ink, Black
Inkssentials Opaque pen, white
Brayer (for rubbing over stamp)
Double sided tape
Magic Mount

I hope you enjoyed my "How I did it" if you have any questions or would like to leave a comment please do so.

Read the fine print Tracy!

I am taking part in a card challenge for Riverland Kaszazz Scrapbooking. Each person who participates gets the same items in the kit and have to then come up with a card. We can only use stamps inks or punches (*oops I used an embossing folder)  but are not allowed to add any extra cardstock or embellishments. Unfortunately I jumped in a little to quick...was just so keen to get to use my Bigshot. As I had already taken the photos I have decided to blog about what could be made with the added extras, but still using the same products.

I had already run the card stock though the big shot when I remembered I needed to take photos! So we each start with a standard white A5 cardstock, I folded mine into a C6 size. The Red bazzill cardstock (precut) a black tag, the black ribbon and the large rhinestone.



Running Cardstock through bigshot




I added white cloud Versa Magic to embossed cardstock

Once I had Run the cardstock and tag through the bigshot I rubbed the embossed areas with the Versa Magic. This really made it stand out and gave it a bit of an aged look. All of my sponge daubers have been used for dark colours so I just used a piece of sponge cut down to size.

The finished card, I used a white pen to add stitching to the tag (I cut that down in size too) used the off cut of ribbon on the tag and added the rhinestone.

Products used to make the card;
Bigshot
Sizzix Wedding set#2 (code 655852)
Zig 2 way glue pen
Inkssentials Opaque pen, white
double sided tape.
cardstock, ribbon, tag and rhinestone from card kit.

This card won't be in the Challenge as I used an embossing folded...stay tuned for later tonight for the card which will be included in the challenge.



Time for a change

As some of you would by now be aware I am no longer involved with Art and Craft Supplies. After 3 years together Katie and I have decided to go our own ways. For the time being I will be concentrating my time on the Business I run with my Husband (as I have done for the last 10 years). We have some changes happening that require me to be "at work" more. I will be continuing with my crafting and you can follow what I have been getting up to over on my Facebook page. And as I said at the start of the year I WILL become a better blogger, I WILL post more regular updates, maybe even a blog revamp... you never know, while things are changing maybe I will change the lot. They say change is as good as a holiday, and while I did just return from 2 weeks in QLD (in Feb/March) I could always do with another. Ah who am I kidding? I will just have to get to changing my craft corner around ...again!
Now what would a blog post be without a photo?
Here is one of my recent cards I have made.

Just how I feel some days, not a care in the world.

Well for now that's it, just a brief update.
Happy crafting, Tracy

2011

I have been a very bad blogger of late! Not blogging at all for a great deal of time. It is now 2011 and I plan to rectify that...
I have been quite busy, we are planning big changes to the way we operate our monthly craft sessions. Due to work and family commitments rather than transport all stock to the hall we hire (much back breaking work) we will be offering projects in kit form. so that is what I have been working on...projects and full set of instructions. The good news is for those unable to attend the craft sessions the kits will be for sale online.
well that's about it for today, off to work on today's project...a 3D shoe card.