Kookaburra Crafts

I'm running a workshop for the above Trinitage Box this month. Designed by Jenelle Muller, it's a great little box for a birthday or even Christmas gift. You can combine a card and gift in one, with room in the drawer for a small present. Or you could simply use it as storage. If you eliminate the top section, you could stack a few drawers together and have a nice little storage solution for flowers, ribbons or dies and have it sitting on your work space. Details for the workshop are as follows: Dates: Thursday 18 th August – 9:30am – 1pm Sunday 28 th August – 9:30am – 1pm Cost - $25 Bookings are essential as places are limited. Please email me kookacft@bigpond.com to book your place. Tea, Coffee & Biscuits will be available for morning tea & sandwiches supplied for lunch. If you are unable to attend in person but would like a kit please contact me and I can arrange a kit to be posted to you. I will even post overseas for the cost of the kit plus a smal...

It's taken me a while to get this photo off my phone and it's not the best picture I'm afraid, but I just wanted to say a big congratulations to Dorothy. Dorothy is one of my customers who took one of our class cards and altered it, did her own thing with it and entered her card into the recent Woodford show. Dorothy won 1st prize with this card in the "punched card" section and when you see it in person you can see why. It's just gorgeous! Well done Dorothy :)

Hi  everyone, There are so many beautiful dies coming out on the market now and they are so hard to resist! Every time I turn around there are new ones coming out and the card samples that showcase them are so gorgeous that of course you have to have every single one!!! So many dies, so many cards to make...so little time!     So this months competition is going to be a card or project using a die or lots of dies. I know most of us have Cuttlebugs and Big Shots these days, but there are some who don't, so if you wish you may also make a card using a punch. Or else come and see me and I'll gladly die cut some shapes for you to make your card :) I can't wait to see what you all come up with!   To get you interested and to get you thinking about what you can do, here is a stunning card that my design team member Jenelle made for us last week. This is just to show you what sort of thing you can do for your card or project.     TO ENTER: Simply...

Lisa! Lisa made this beautiful embroidered card.  The embroidery alone is a lot of work but the 3D was all cut by hand too (not a die cut) and Lisa's attention to detail is always impeccable. The amount of work involved in this card is what won Lisa the prize money. Congratulations Lisa :) I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for entering the competition and I hope you will all join in the fun for the next one. I'll show you now all the cards entered...all of which are beautiful in their own way. Well done to all of you. You did an amazing job! I'm glad I wasn't judging the competition!!!!! This card was made by design team member Jenelle .   two more entries from Lisa 3 entries from Patricia 2 entries from Judi Kathy Shakerah 2 entries from Maralene Mavis Margaret Thanks again everyone. I can't wait to see what you come up with for the next one!

Hi everyone, If you are like me, every year you say that you will start your Christmas cards early, and every year it's a last minute rush. Well to get you in the mood to start making those cards, I thought I'd set you a challenge. This month I'm running a Christmas in July competition. TO ENTER: Simply make a card, scrapbooking page or other project with a Christmas theme and give it to me, email me a picture or a link to your project. The winner will be drawn on August 1st and don't worry, I won't be judging, it will be someone who is impartial who will not know who made the cards/projects. THE RULES:   The rules are very simple and are as follows: The card/project must be your own design and made by you. You can enter as many times as you like. If you give me the card please put it in a plastic bag with no name on the card anywhere All cards handed to me will be returned if possible after the competition Entering the competition entitles me to publish a...

Hi everyone, I'm finally back on track after having a lot of computer problems. My old computer was dying a slow death so I had to replace it with a new one, which also gave me some hassles. It didn't want to connect to the internet and then had to go back to the shop, so I was without a computer or the internet for a couple of weeks. But thankfully it is all good now...I hope (fingers crossed). I've received some new stock in and we've made some beautiful (if I do say so myself) cards in the last few weeks. I'll try to upload the pictures of them all in the next few days...I have lots of catching up to do now that I finally have all my programs installed again. It's amazing how lost we feel without the computer and internet isn't it. You don't realize how much you rely on them until they are gone. Anyway, I'll catch up soon. Love

A quick and simple card using the background section of the Reddy 3D sheet we used the previous week. These teddy bears are so cute aren't they!! The punch is a Martha Stewart punch and when cut correctly it is perfect for the little tag at the bottom of the card. All card used is Bazzill Basics and the stamp is a Kaisercraft clear stamp.