Kookaburra Crafts

The theme this month is "BUTTERFLIES"  I am seeing butterflies everywhere at the moment...No I'm not seeing things...I really am seeing them in lots of products and cards lately. There are dies, papers, embossing folders, stickers...they seem to be everywhere. So I decided to make the theme for May "Butterflies". There are no shortage of products to use and lets face it...we all have something to do with butterflies in our collection of craft supplies, don't we?   Now don't forget the card needs to be your own design, a NEW design...not one you have entered in a competition before, and it must be hand made by you. TO ENTER: Simply make a card, scrapbooking page or other project following the theme and give it to me, email me a picture or a link to your project.   Competition closes at midnight on Thursday 31st May Voting will commence on Friday 1st June and will finish Wednesday 6th June The winner will be announced on T...

When I said I might keep you all in suspense for the weekend, I didn't really mean it...honest! As it turned out after class on Saturday I didn't have time to get on the computer to let you all know the winner. I'm so sorry :( But I took photos of all of the cards this morning and I can tell you that we actually had a 3 way tie. Card 10 by Pat and cards 14 & 16 by Rhonda all tied with 4 votes each. I couldn't decide between them (they are all so beautiful), so I got the 3 girls who were there at the draw on Saturday to help decide the winner. SO...without further ado, here is the winner.... PAT with card number 10. Congratulations Pat. Your $20 gift voucher is waiting in store for you. The rest of the entries are below but can I just say ladies, thank you SO MUCH for all your hard work and effort. The cards were just amazing and I do appreciate you all taking the time to make these cards and enter the competition. I love seeing what you all co...

For something just that little bit different we made this triangle box card and it was a bit of a challenge. Once you have the gist of how it works though it's quite easy.  Made with Kaisercraft's "Choir" paper but it could be made in any designer paper and for any occasion. The sleigh is from Marianne Creatables and is LR0178. As you can see the strip across the middle slides off to allow you to open the box. Inside you can put money, or a gift card or something small like a hanky for Grandma. A cute novel way to give someone something small. To decorate the centrepiece I've used Labels 4 from Spellbinders and the sleigh. Roses from Green Tara and some seam binding for the bow. Plus of course my favourite punch Martha Stewart's Lace Doiley for the sides of the box. Diagonal Double Pocket Card In the same class we also made this Triangle pocket card. This design was shown to me by one of my customers Mavis. I thought it was qui...

Jenelle designed this card which was a favourite amongst many of our ladies. There was a LOT of embossing and die cutting in it, but well worth the effort. The white layer was embossed with Cuttlebug folders D'vine Swirl and Roses.  We used Nellie Snellen's Multiframe die MFD005 and Spellbinders standard circles for the centrepiece and Marianne Creatables Butterfly LR0113 layered onto that. The punched border is Martha Stewart Layered Arches and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. For the flowers we used Joy Crafts 0024 & 0025 and a Carl Fern Punch for the leaves. Finally the tag is Marianne Creatables LR0154. We've made this card in several colours now and they all look great. It's so versatile.

One of the first cards we made for Christmas last year was this one. I saw the Yvonne's Creations 3D sheet (HJ6801) with the cute little reindeer on it and just couldn't resist it. I've layered Bazzill Basics cardstock with papers from Kaisercraft's "Tis the Season" collection. The dies uses in the centre are Spellbinders Lacey Circles, Standard Circles Lg and Blossom Two. The roses and blossom are from Green Tara and I've curled the stems on the roses. The sentiment is also from Kaisercraft. The inks I've used on this card are Vintage Photo Distress Ink and Versafine Vintage Sepia.

I have two cards to show you this time. This first one is a cute little card using Parisian Motifs & Parisian Accents dies from Spellbinders. These were fairly new dies when we made this card in class. I have also used Spellbinders Ribbon Banners die for the sentiment with a Kaisercraft stamp. The image in the centre is from Yvonne's Creations 3D Sheet CD10155 and the designer paper is from Girl's Paperie. It is the reverse side of "Cottage Vine". The second card I have to show you is a gorgeous design from Jenelle. It's a side step card and uses the beautiful papers from Kaisercraft called "Chapter One". The colours and designs in this range are so nice! This is the side view of the card. The flowers were made again using the Chapter One paper and the Marianne Creatables Rolled Rose die LR0162 - available for $17.50. I do like these rolled roses! They are so easy to make and look great.

Marianne Designables DS0911 was used to make this card. I just love the Designables folders, they are so pretty and lend themselves to so many applications. The photo doesn't really do this card much justice as you can't see the gorgeous embossing very well. The cardstock is Bazzill Dotted Swiss and just a smooth white cardstock. The stamp is from JustRite Stampers and it's from the "You're So Sweet" set, which I still have available for a limited time.