AmiraInOz

Hi everyone, To make this month's paper clip, I pulled out a few items from my stash along with my pile of paper scraps. Along with this month's chosen Gorjuss Mini Stamp No.10- Purrfect Love , I chose: - Sizzix Thinlet - House die - Poppy Stamps - Country Fence - Poppy Stamps - Strolling Kitties I also pulled out my box of buttons and charms as finishing touches. My canvas is a piece of Kraft card stock that measures 3.5" x 8", scored and folded in half. I find papers in my scrap bucket and start assembling my mini Gorjuss paper clip art. The 'making it happen' element is a sticker from the I am by Simple Stories sticker pack and I top pff the paper clip with a Home Sweet Home ribbon by Americal Crafts and thread a 'bunch of keys' charm through the paper clip. Check out my process video HERE Thank you for stopping by. xx Amira

Dear Readers, I must confess I have been in a crafting funk for the past 2 weeks or so and so it was a great pleasure to sit down today and make some simple cards to give out to my beautiful neighbours. Because we live by the ocean, I used this anchor die I recently acquired and thought it added a lovely non-traditional touch to this blue and silver colour scheme. I used the same stamp in all the cards- Kaisercraft's Holly Jolly. I stamped the centime "Joy- Love-Hope-Peace" using clear Versamark and then heat embossed it with embossing powder. I asked my 12 year old son what he thought and he said it needed more colour so I added a little more red and blue to produce a slightly different looking card. For the next card, I used red and blue papers and layered them up with some burlap to achieve such a classic looking nautical theme card. Love the frayed fringing <3 For the final 2 cards, I used traditional green and red Xmas c...

Dear Crafty Readers, I am SO sorry for my recent lapse in blogging. Full time work, running after children and keeping up with a house that refuses to clean itself has gotten the best of me so please forgive me. Its Xmas Day and I had time to sit down and "whip up" my December Tag for my 12 Tags of 2015 Swap. So here goes: This is Tim's Tag: I really enjoyed this technique because I got to use stencil and spray ink on burlap and then piece together a wreath using branch and leaf punches. This was so much fun!! Here is the one I made for my swap partner (Sarah don't look!) And here is one I made for myself. Sorry!  Fairy girl through and through!! Also loved making a paper bow using my Envelop Punch Board. Have you made one before? I found the tutorial here . Thanks for looking. xxAmiraInOz

Hi everyone, I made some cards using KaiserCrafts new XO collection as a guest designer for Aunty Vera Scrap and Craft . I really enjoyed coming up with ways to use both the cut apart pages as well as the Captured Moments 3"x 4" and 4" x 6" cards. Here are a few more cards that didn't make that post that I wanted to share with you. These are available on my HandmadeinOZ Facebook page. Just check out the Cards for Sale album. Card 1- I love you The background uses a combination of pattern papers from XO collection by Kaiser and 3"x4" Captured Moments cards. The butter fly die is from Spellbinders Die D-Lites- Butterfly and the flowers is an old one from my stash. I die-cut 2 hearts and popped them behind this thick fleur embellishment (once again trying to use up what I have). The boy and girl portraits are from the XO Collectables by Kaiser. And to decorate the inside, I used a 4" x 6" from the ...