Saturday 20 December 2014

Changes to my blog and link to some new layouts.

I am going to make a change to this blog, I am going to post about what I have worked on so for instance Yesterday I worked on layouts for different packs so next post will be about what I have worked on this week (& one layout I worked on the other week that hasn't been posted yet) and then when I have completed all layouts for a pack I will do the "Club" post and you can contact me to get instructions.I want to keep the inspirations flowing while there are gaps in Club posts. I feel this is the best way to keep my blog active, many things cause a delay in my completing layouts for a paper range within the time I have allotted myself. Such as discovering I don't have the ink I need and then trying to source it locally or having to wait until my next order. Or kids getting sick, my hand playing up or just trying to create within the budget I have set for Club.
Sometimes I will plan on using a stamp and then when I am creating I find that stamp isn't suitable and it needs something different or doesn't need stamping at all and instead needs embellishments sometimes I will have planned on no stamping and then decide a layout needs stamping.
Sometimes I make a mistake when cutting and it means I don't have enough paper to complete the layout so have to substitute or adapt or wait for another order so I can fix things.
All this means when you get instructions from me you get a cutting guide that has been worked out so minimal wastage occurs for you (but not for me as that happens as I work things out for you), you get detailed instructions of what worked, links to tutorials on how to do things, such as how to save paper, how to create a specific embellishments, etc.



So Here is my first blog post in my new format I hope you find it inspirational.

Layouts from Whimsy Fundamentals and Yuletide Carol I have been working on.

Whimsy Fundamentals Layout 1.
Option 1.
For this Scrap Club I am using up left over embellishments from previous clubs.
Whimsy Fundamentals Layout 1.
Option 2.
 Whimsy Fundamentals Layout 2
Yuletide Carol Layout 1.
This layout will be used for my daughter's Year 12 Formal photos.
Her graduation is one of the things that impacting my ability to get Club layouts completed as since she wass home schooled through BSDE due to getting ill at the start of grade 11 her QCS exams and workshops were 4hrs from our home, she also had AMEB exams for Cello and many audtions for her Cello next year from auditions for her Tertiary Education to auditions for Orchestras and Ensembles all on top of regular parent and carer duties and my own University studies. 
She just has a few Christmas gigs to go and then we get a break for a about a month and then the big move for her happens so I am hoping we can have lots of crafting time together in the mean time.
It is a wonderful feeling knowing she has Graduated when 4 years ago we were being told this may never happen but thanks to BSDE, a 4 year Senior pathway, and a Mother's determination we have managed to help her achieve this and continue on the path she has dreamed of since she was 9 years old though it is a longer path and different to how she dreamed she is still on target to achieve her dreams.
Sorry got a bit off track but it is a exciting time for us.
A week later and discovered I hadn't published, here it is.