Hi Everyone.
First off a big hello and thank-you to Liz and all her fantastic staff and customers who made me so welcome at the shop last weekend. I had so much fun and it was really great to meet so many of you.

I have a couple of ideas this week - SO easy to do and heaps of fun for a party

Placecards
One of the great things about visiting the shop at the weekend was being able to actually have a really good look at the products.


These Theresa Collins papers are of an amazing quality and I have used a spellbinders labels die to cut the shapes and simply folded them in half

Each of these are slightly different and again I have used the Cuttlebug die to create the notes.


Wine Glass Markers
Baubles
Here I have used a cuttlebug die to cut paper, chipboard and acrylic and sandwiched them all together!


I have used the Christmas Carnival Collection from Kaisercraft for both the paper and the buttons. Liz has these at a fantastic price at the moment too. A printed name label and a couple of rhinestones and these are completed in under an hour!

Holly
These really could not be simpler!


This time I have used the Kaisercraft Tis the Season Chipboard Holly Leaves and added some red rhinestones and a painted chipboard letter.

Circles
I have used the packaging from the Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Stickers and cut 2 scalloped circles, used one of the Stickers to decorate the front and decorated with an eyelet for a neat finish. 

A few beads on the ring for extra sparkle and again, these are put together really quickly.

I hope these have inspired you to have a go at creating your own wine glass markers! They are a great way to use up scraps and make a great keepsake from a party!
The rings are available from any bead store or you could just use a piece of wire tied around the base of the glass.

Any questions - just leave a comment!

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We've had some wild weather in Brisbane the past few days, and power blackouts for hours on end. I was hoping to post last night, but I (Tina) was sitting in the dark instead!


I painted this gorgeous tree by Kaisercraft with gold paint, then added Tim Holtz Crackle paint on some areas. Then I edged the branches with Diamond Dust to represent snow, and embellished it with Kaisercraft pearls, & rhinestones, and hung some beads to look like baubles.





I decorated a candle with these velvet stickers by Stampendous. (These stickers aren't designed for this, so I'll remove the upper ones as I burn it)

Good Evening everyone,
Well this would've been the busiest week of my life! I had big intentions with this weeks theme, but alas I have only one project to share...My scrapping has been in high demand! (friends wanting projects done for their loved ones) anyway I guess my little candle is better than nothing!

Very simple to do...and a big Thank-you to Lowri for the tutorial to make these ruffle flowers...I've been making them like a crazy person...I LOVE THEM!!!

Well still lots left to do this week...don't even want to think about it...mmmm maybe I should make a list!!
yes.... good idea!!
Have a great week everyone!

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Here are a few of the items we have on special in the Christmas Store:
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We have all these stamps on special too:
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:-) Liz

Good evening!

The official shop opening celebration event was yesterday from 10am – 10pm and it was really wonderful. I hope you all had a great time. We had 32 ladies in the morning for Betsy’s Box workshop. The boxes were such a hit and one day I will get mine finished…!

We crafted in the afternoon and enjoyed hearing some tips from our designer Lowri McNabb. Lowri came from Blenheim for our celebration and it was fabulous to have her with us. She has been contributing lots of ideas on the Artfull Crafts blog and now we’ve got some of her samples instore on display. Lowri ran a CD tin workshop with Christmas Carnival and Belle papers and embellishments from Kaisercraft (on 40% discount on the website too!)

We are very grateful for prizes that were donated from Memories Forever, Kays Company, Kaisercraft and Sanzi Imports. We enjoyed having little challenges, answering trivia and playing Pass the Parcel with the prizes.

The evening was most enjoyable with some friends and family joining us for the evening’s events. We had pizza dinner followed by some live entertainment and a Christmas Carol singalong. We moved my piano into the foyer and invited our musical friends to form a band! Tony on the keys, Graham on bass, Lauren playing Saxaphone, Charlotte singing and me on trombone. It was such fun that we have decided to keep the piano at the shop for a little longer. We might provide more entertainment on other evenings.

The crafters continued until about 9pm and when we did the prize draw for the Collection packs donated by Kays Company and the album from Sanzi. Well done to Carlene who won the card challenge, Viv who won the layout challenge and Kathy who won the album.

I’m already looking forward to more wonderful events in the new year. The new classroom is superb – we hope you loved the extra space and the great view!

This last week’s theme was Christmas Favours. We only had a few entries – so we’ve decided to share them on the blog. There are only 2 more weeks to go and we know people are getting busy this time of year!

Xanthe made this lovely little box to fill with chocolates

Zoe created this cute little purse

Xanthe made the red and pink box and is going to fill with homemade bath crystals.

Aimee made the red and pink milk carton boxes which she is going to fill with lollies.

Sue has made the purple and green milk carton boxes which are now ready to fill with little chocolates.Zoe made the purple and green box,she is going to fill it with mini Christmas mince pies she is making.

We have drawn a name from these entries and the winner is…. Zoe! Well done and thanks for the entry. We'll send a prize pack off to you this week.

This week’s theme is table decorations. It’s time to think about the little details that make the table look a little special for the big meal! Show us what you can create and we’ll share it on the blog and put your name in the draw to win a Christmas Prize Pack from Kaisercraft (value $30). Please email it to us at artfullcrafts@gmail.com by Sunday evening, 19^th December.

Even I’ve got an idea for the table – I just hope I manage to get it made!!

Have a great week

:-) Liz

I had to fiddle with the size a bit! I took a couple of muffins out to my scrap room to get the size right, but then...mmm I ate them! so I had to come back in and get some more!! lol

The Classroom will comfortably fit 30 people and all their gear! We have a kitchen at the back and a store room for all the supplies.






Graham will get the time-lapse footage for us really soon. Then you can see how hard we really worked!!
:-) Liz