Is my eye twitching?

Hey there Blogmeisters!  Just  a quick one before I run off again ;)  I've been very 'head down bum up' this last week or so, (not a great image ;) frantically getting my mag stuff completed by deadline, as well as the stuff for the store.  I have a couple of classes this week.  First up is my cuttlebug class, which is on tomorrow.  Then Saturday I have my gift tags and bags class in the morning then my Vintage double layout in the afternoon.  Then Sunday it's the gift tags and bags again!
Here's what they look like.

The first one is a wine bag (hint hint ;) that's super easy to make, the Santa tag is actually an adaptation of a card by Cindy Lawrence. The 2nd bag is also made from scratch, and the tag has a v cute flocked Santa on it, the 3rd bag is actually made from an envelope, very quick and easy to do - created the same way as my Halloween treat bag I made.
Anyhoo, back to the paper trimmer ;)

Classes, classes and more classes!

I suspect Fiona is secretly trying to kill me off by putting all of my classes on at once! ;) I have the new vintage double layout on this Friday, (then the shop xmas party in the evening), then Saturday we start with the Interactive Xmas class then have the cuttlebug cards in the afternoon.  Then Sunday we have the off the page frenzy - where people bring along their UFO's or new ones and we get cracking!
So if you don't hear from me after Sunday I've gone into a crafting coma ;) I love a good whinge, it's the English blood in me.

Betty and Jack were my Grandparents, my Dad's parents.  I get my craftiness from Grandma (and my messiness) and my whingey-ness from my Grandad (the Pom).  Isn't it creepy how much I look like my Grandma ;)
I used all Graphic 45 papers and pretty much all Graphic 45 embellishments, not that I'm obsessed or anything ;)

Poor Fiona, she accused me of giving her wrinkles and putting her in an early grave (hmmm, might explain the classes marathon ;).  I can be very 11th hour in handing in my examples, but I must say that the flowery card (the stress-making culprit) turned out to be my favourite, obviously I work best under pressure....
I also got to play with the new Tim Holtz machine on Monday, the Vagabond.  I'm in love (sigh) I can't justify getting one as I already have my beloved Cuttlebug...but if something were to ever happen to it....well it is super-cute, and comes with stickers to customise it ;)

 

the sides open out like a cuttlebug, the clasp-looking bits are the on/off and direction switches and it has a hidden compartment to stash the electric cord.  I just love it.  And on that note, I'm off to finish writing my class notes ;)

Have fun bloggers, B

Card Workshop Photos

Ladies Shaker Card

                                                                    Male Easel Card

Xmas Pudding Hinge Card

So, here are the cards I'm teaching at the Workshop on Saturday, at the Annerley Baptist Church for CAP.  Fairly simple, but hopefully the ladies will like them.  In other exciting news I forgot to mention, I have been nominated for an Employee Excellence Award!  Check it out!

                                 

I chopped the top of it off scanning it, but you get the idea.  I know I'm a big dag being all excited about it, but if the shoe fits ;)

Apparently there is some sort of awards ceremony where they announce the best retail award as well as the employee one - sounds very Logies ;)  

Anyway, I don't have time for this sort of shenanigans, I've got a thousand things to do! (Aaarrgghh) slight stress attack.  Stay tuned for the next exciting episode ;)

Cuttlebugging and Xmas

Well, I feel exhausted from this week already and it's only Wednesday!  I've been compulsively organizing and labeling things at work and implementing systems.  I think Fiona fears standing near me for too long in case I label her as well...no wait, I already have - I made her  a name badge, LOL!

So this week my Cuttlebug Cards class is running on the Thursday night - I might just have to drive to work for that - far too chilly!

Saturday we are having an all-day Christmas in July class.  I'm teaching these 3 cards and Fiona has made a very cute village from the Collections houses.  It's a bit hard to tell from the photo, but the 1st card is an easel card (I'm a bit partial to them at the moment).  I really like the 3rd card - it's a quick and easy pop up card with a built in gift card holder. 

Materials: Cuttlebug embossing - Candy Cane Stripes; Tim Holtz Fades - Bingo; Spellbinders - Fair Aisle Pendants and Borderabilities; Stampendous; Crate Paper; Sassafras Lass, WRMK