September card class!

Birds and dragonflies....beauty takes flight.

Book yourself in to make these 3 beautiful cards. with their embossed backgrounds, scallops, ribbon and soft pretty colours. Lovely!

I will be teaching a card class "Beauty Takes Flight" at my home workshop on Friday 10th September from 10am to 11.30am with a cuppa and chat to follow.

Price is $12 and covers all materials. Please bring a bone scorer, scissors, glue, double sided tape and foam tape or foam dots.

Booking is essential so contact me at liveoutloud43@y7mail.com

Cheers all,
Jane

Spring is here!

Hi everyone - can you believe it's spring already?

Halloween and Christmas papers are flowing into stores near you. Don't mention the guy in the red suit, ok? Some people have already started or even MADE their cards! Who are these people? Superwomen I'm thinking :))

I'm still working away at Arnold's and Stamp Art Studio and enjoying all the creativity we share. Thanks to you all.

Ho ho ho,
Jane (just smile, it's the best alternative)

Sydney and back

I have been to Sydney for a week and am back!

I saw some amazing photography at both the Powerhouse Museum and The Art Gallery of NSW.

The Powerhouse had fashion photography by Bruno Benini (wow!) http://powerhousemuseum.com/benini/ ...

and a display of winners from a photo competition which was held on Flickr whose theme was Trainspotting http://powerhousemuseum.com/photocompetition/

Lucky me, I also saw an exhibition at the NSW Art Gallery of Alfred Steglitz (1864-1946) who was among the first to recognise the artistic potential of photography. His photos are rarely displayed and it is only the third time some of his 150 photographs have been shown to the public throughout the whole world. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/current/stieglitz

And then there was all the other stuff I saw... but I'll tell you another time :-)

Inspired again,

Jane

Oh I Forgot!

Forgot to add that I have been sorting out all my layouts...YES, all 7 years worth.

And choosing the 6 best designed double page layouts. Not easy I assure you. I got it down to 30, then to 15. I am calling in helpers for opinions....

Here's some of the pages laid out on the floor of the garage. Scary isn't it.

Right, now I am finished LOL

Cheers,

Jane

Happy Birthday Lindy!

Today is Lindy's birthday -Happy Birthday girlfriend!

If you click on the title of this blog post it will take you to Lindy's blog - and it's jam packed with goodies to look at :)

Meanwhile back at the ranch, I have made a birthday card for her from the Born to Shop range of stamps. It is a from this month's Do Crafts magazine Creativity. I had great fun colouring it in with Copic markers and highlighting it with a Spica pen. Both Arnold's and Stamp Art Studio carry these pens.

The other card is one I made as part of a stash. Lindy loves green. As she is out and about today and then we are having morning tea Thursday for her birthday.

I like being able to personalise birthdays with gifts we make because we are creative people. And who better to give them to than other creative people? They understand the effort and appreciate the creativity!

Hope the cold westerlies of August aren't rattling you too much and creeping under the door.

Have a great day everyone,

Jane