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Challenge #5 Winner

2010-11-15T15:29:00.000-08:00

Hi All! I know we are extremely late announcing this winner, apologies for that, but as they say, better late than never!

With only one card entry this time picking a winner certainly was easy!! Well done Tereesa, please contact Leisa or Kerri at the shop to organise collection of your lovely Bo-Bunny prize pack.

We will be taking a break from challenges for a little while. As you can all appreciate we are getting to that "time of the year" where all hell breaks loose, well, time gets away with way too many things to do and so little time! We will however try to keep everyone up to date with product in store and any other exciting tid bits as they happen.

Till next time!
Katie

2010-11-08T18:08:00.000-08:00

We have heaps of Cricut Cartridges on Special - starting from $49.00!!

Here is a list of available cartridges:-

Disney/Pixar Cars
My World
Hello Kitty Font
Sentimentals
Serenade
Robotz
Superman
Ashlyn's Alphabet
A Child's Year
Stamping
Joys of the Season
Doodlecharms
Winter Woodland
Heritage
Winter Frolic
Simply Sweet
Christmas Cheer
Forever Young
Christmas Village - New!!
Beyond Birthdays
My Community
Stretch Your Imagination
Pagoda
Christmas Cards - New!!
Life's A Beach
From The Kitchen
Going Places
Graphically Speaking
Locker Talk
Paisley
Sweet Heart
Calligraphy
Country Life
Home Decor
Trim the Tree - New!!
Dinosaur Tracks
Paper Doll Dress Ups

Some stock is now available, more stock arriving daily, so we are taking pre-orders now!!

Other cartridges available from $59.00 - please contact us for what is in stock.

Please email us at info@scrapbookcity.com.au, phone us on 07 3378 7257 or fax us on 07 3378 7657. We are currently experiencing technical problems with our internet site, it is currently being worked on at the moment.

Please note - flat rate postage does not apply, we will charge actual postage using Australia Post rates.

More Cricut inspiration!

2010-10-27T00:45:00.000-07:00

Hi - hope everyone is having a fabulous week!

Now as I promised, here are the photos of some canvases that my sister Leisa and I did for our two nieces for Christmas last year - I have to confess that I was really just the technical advisor on this project as this was Leisa's first time using the Cricut (can you believe it?)!

Once again, please excuse my terrible photography - but the only photos that I have were taken with my iphone in very bad lighting.

They were done using the Winnie the Pooh and Tinkerbell and Friends cartridges.

Leisa painted in the background and then cut out all the images with all the layers, stuck them down and varnished over them! I think they were about 1.2 metres in width.

We've done quite a few canvases in a similar way - we've also done one using the Happily Ever After Cartridge - it was of Cinderella dancing with the prince - the little girl that received this one had a Disney Princess themed room and was just thrilled. We've also done a few grown up versions as well - not quite as cute, but definitely as impressive!

I hope this gives you another glimpse as to what you can do with the Cricut and why it is my favourite toy - oops I mean tool!

Have a fantastic week!

LOL and blessings

Christina

Winner for Challenge #4

2010-10-26T16:39:00.000-07:00

Time to announce the winner for challenge #4 on handmade flowers. We only had one entry for this challenge so lucky Chloe N has won that gorgeous pack of My Minds Eye papers! Contact Leisa or Kerri at the shop Chloe to organise collection.

Challenge #5

2010-10-26T16:35:00.000-07:00

Morning all! Time for a new challenge already. My the time is flying by now! Have you got your Christmas cards done yet?? Personally, I won't even think about them until at least the middle of November!

So, given we are all stretched for time at this end of the year we thought an easy challenge was in order (but really, they all have been pretty easy, haven't they??!!). This challenge is a good old sketch challenge. Something we can all have a go at without having to think too long and hard. I like that kind of challenge!

As usual, link your entry with the link button below, you have two weeks, interpret the sketch how you feel (so long as we can see a vague notion of the sketch still remaining it counts!) and keep your fingers crossed that you might win one of the great prizes!

For this challenge we have two brand new releases from Bo Bunny as prizes. Crush and Crazy Love have just been released and they are just beautiful, so to get your hands on a set make sure you enter!

Better give you the sketch I suppose...... So here it is and an example to get you going!

Card by Nicole

And here is a picture of the fantastic prizes (one for layout and one for card of course!).

Crazy Love by Bo Bunny

Crush by Bo Bunny

Till next time!

2010-10-25T02:47:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, my name is Christina and I will be your blog host this week!

I hope you've had a chance to visit the store to view all the fabulous Christmas cards in the Showcase - I know there has been some teasing on the blog - but if not, I would suggest you rush in and see all the great designs!

This was my first year as part of the Showcase and I wanted to do something that showed what you can do with one of my favourite tools - my Cricut!!

Here are two of the cards that I made using the Echo Park Everybody loves Christmas range:

There were two things that I wanted to show with these cards 1. some thinking outside of the box - literally - trying a shape that wasn't a square or rectangle which is so easy with the fabulous range of Christmas cartridges available and 2. how easy layering is with the cricut and my new favourite toys - the cricut design studio and gypsy - resizing of your layers is just so easy and the fact that you can lay out your entire card on one cutting mat - just awesome! You can also overlay everything on the virtual mat to see that all your proportions are about right - such a timesaver - particularly if you are like me and will cut multiple pieces to get just the perfect size.

I am in love with all the new Christmas Cartridges - Christmas Cards, Winter Collection, Winter Woodlands (loving the font!) and my old favourite, Joys of the Season. Check them out in store now so that you have plenty of time to get all those cards made in time for Christmas!

Later in the week, I'm going to upload some photos of some fabulous canvases that we did for my two nieces' bedrooms using the Winnie the Pooh and Tinkerbell cartridges - I think you will be impressed (even if I do say so myself)!

Have a fabulous week!

LOL Christina

from one Christmas tree, to . . .

2010-10-20T22:00:00.000-07:00

I have always dreamt of experiencing a white Christmas with the snow on the ground and the hills, so I decided to see what I could do with the Hero Arts Christmas Stamps to create a scene.

I started out with stamping the large tree on Copic friendly card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink

and then did the same with the smaller tree stamp. Then I turned to one of my favourite 'tools' . . . yes my Copics . . . and used a number of the green and earth family sketch markers to colour the trees

I purposely kept the colouring a bit 'rough' because I knew I was going to bling it up with Ranger Star Dust Distress stickles

then I made up a mask and stamped the trees on more copic friendly card before colouring as above

next I cut out another mask so I could ink the background. To do this, I made up some cloud and ground masks from scrap Bazzill Cardstock (you can also do this with post-it notes and plain paper, but I have the found the bazzill a bit stronger when using the Inkessentials Blending tool to blend the inks)

as you can see I tried out a couple of different 'blues' on a scrap piece of paper first. I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks Broken China, Bundled Sage and Antique Linen for the sky and the ground

To finish the card, I used some of my favourite designer paper at the moment - My Minds Eye Lost and found as well as the Best Creations Bling card (I embossed this strip with Cuttlebug dots)

Next, I roughed up the edges of the card used to stamp the background and stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment (from the same Hero Arts Christmas stamp pack as that for the trees). Next came dimensional dots on the front tree and then the same for the main tree image. Finally I used a white gel pen for the stars in the sky

Overall I was happy with the outcome but am already thinking about some minor things I would change next time.

Here is the finished product (with a close up as well)

Have some fun with stamps and masks and see what you come up with

till next time . . .

Craft & Quilt Fair

2010-10-20T15:31:00.000-07:00

Have you visited the Craft and Quilt Fair at the Convention Centre yet? It runs until Sunday, so still time.

Some of the quilting ideas could easily be translated into cards and layouts.

Visit Scrapbook City in aisle H for some amazing specials on Spellbinders and Tim Holtz dies, Martha Stewart and EK success punches, Cuttlebug embossing folders to mention just a few. Oh . . . and some absolutely beautiful papers. Check out the flocked, embossed and bling 12x12 paper pads (double sided).

PS: I got my stash yesterday :)

Best Creations Bling Cardstock

2010-10-18T16:42:00.000-07:00

Hi, it is Rita here and I will be your Blog Host for this week.

Have you seen the Best Creations ‘bling’ cardstock? It is soooo shiny and yet the ‘shine’doesn’t come off when you touch it. The cardstock is strong and easy to manipulate. Spellbinder and Heartfelt Creation dies cut it like a dream. It embosses really beautifully as well. You can use for embellishments or as a background for a card.

The cardstock is available in a number of colours – check it out at the shop!

Winner for Challenge #3

2010-10-13T22:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Thursday everyone! And hasn't it been nice to see the sun today! So, are you hanging on the edge of your seat to find out the winner for the colour combo challenge??!! Well I thought I had better put you out of your misery...

So without further ado... the winner is entry number 4, which is Cecelia B! Congratulations and make sure to contact Kerri or Leisa at the shop to collect your prize.

Don't forget to get those entries in for the handmade flower challenge!

Challenge #4

2010-10-11T20:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Tuesday to everyone! I hope you are all ready for the next challenge! This week we thought we would focus on flowers. Flowers are everywhere in the scrapbook and card market place, but what has been even more popular is creating your own flowers. So the challenge is to create a card and add some of your very own handmade flowers!

There are plenty of ways you can make your own flowers, think layered die cut or punched flowers, rolled flowers, crocheted flowers or even hand cut flowers. Plenty of ideas! And of course we have some samples for you to get you started.

Card by Sandra

Card by Rita

Some gorgeous examples of handmade flowers there! And for one lucky winner there is this great pack of My Minds Eye Meadow Lark paper. As usual you have two weeks to uplaod your card. And I have found out that you don't need to have a blog to link! You can paste a link from an on-line album like Photobucket or Flickr!

So get creating and I can't wait to see what you come up with. Challenge #3 finishes tomorrow so you still have almost a day to get something in! I will be back on Thursday to announce a winner.

PS - I will be back to show you more detail of Rita's intricate card. There is some surprising detail to this card, so make sure you pop back and see just how this works!

Felt Flowers with Spellbinders.

2010-10-11T02:18:00.000-07:00

Hi, Nic here. I'm your hostess on the Card City Blog this week. Since the new challenge to be launched tomorrow is handmade flowers, I thought I would concentrate on tips and techniques for handmade flowers! Inspirational huh!

As I am also a bit of a tool freak, today's post is about cutting felt, specifically flowers, with spellbinders dies. Spellbinders dies cut felt easily which means you can have cute little handmade felt flowers in just minutes.

I cut these white felt flowers on this card using Spellbinders "Dahlia" Nestability dies in my wizard machine. Then I layered all the pieces to create one flower.

Here's a close up of the flower:

The cutting sandwiches (from bottom up) are:

Wizard: White master mat, tan embossing mat, die (cutting side up), felt, charm embossing mat. NOTE: This is different to the sandwich recommended by Spellbinders, this is what I have found works for my machine.

Cuttlebug: A Plate, B Plate, die (cutting side up), felt, B plate. NOTE: Depending on the age of your plates, you may also need a shim between the A & B plates.

The best thing is, a piece of felt is only 40cents at Scrapbook City, and you can make about 3-4 flowers just like this one from one piece. Very thrifty!

Oh and whilst you are at Scrapbook City being thrifty with felt, ask Leisa or Kerri to show you the new Martha Stewart around the page border and corner punches - they have just arrived and are hot, hot, hot! Gotta love a good tool!

Come back soon and I will have more for you on handmade flowers!

Nic

Heart Felt Creations

2010-10-09T15:09:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the great new stamps with matching dies from Heart Felt Creations yet? Well if you haven't, you need to check them out! Here are a couple of cards made using a snowflake stamp set and matching ornament die. Each arm of the snowflakes are separate, so hiding under the centre piece is where they all join!

This next card uses the same ornament die set. This time I have created my own background with stamping and embossing effects. Which goes to show, if you can't find the patterned paper that is exactly what you want you can always create your own!

Sandra

Christmas ranges are in-store now

2010-10-07T14:24:00.001-07:00

Yes, I know Christmas comes a little early for some (me included!!) ... but I was lucky enough to be able to make some Christmas Cards from the Imaginisce Papers. I loved them all. Here are a couple of my cards.

I've loved using lots of different combinations of Spellbinders dies with these to create so many different looks. Scrap Book City are holding Christmas Extravaganza Showcases over the coming weeks, so be sure to give them a call to find out when you can go along to a session and see what all the DT girls have been up to.

Sandra

Winner and Prize

2010-09-29T00:01:00.000-07:00

Well, have made it to the shop to photograph the prize for the new challenge! And I am here to announce the winner for the Bling challenge!

First thing, the prize for the Colour Challenge is a great pack of goodies from My Minds Eye and American Crafts. There is a selection of double sided papers, a goody bag filled with assorted die-cuts, frames and transparencies and a pack of Remarks letter stickers! Very cool! So there is a prize pack like this for each of the winners from the layout blog and card blog.

Note: contents may vary from picture displayed, but will be of an equivalent value

And now for the random winner:

Number 2 on the card blog is...... Anne Patterson! Congratulations Anne , contact Leisa or Kerri at the shop to collect your prize!

PS Anne, I think you need to hide from Cynthia for a while, or perhaps share your booty with her!!

Challenge #3

2010-09-27T23:16:00.000-07:00

Here we are another fortnight gone already. They really are rolling around pretty fast aren't they??!! So are we all "blinged" out and ready for another challenge then?? This is going to be an easy one too. We like easy here at Scrapbook City, we don't want to have to think too long and hard about things!

This challenge is a colour combo challenge! Spring is in the air so we selected a nice bright "Springy" kind of palette. All you need to do is use this colour palette as the basis for your card. These are the only colours besides white and black that you can use, but you can vary the shade (darkness) or tint (lightness) of them a little if you need to! And for some "colour theory" ideas to help get you started think about the 60 30 10 rule for combining colours. 60% use of your main colour, 30% of your second colour and 10% splash of your highlight colour! You have five colours to choose from so that should be easy!

Here is some inspiration for you from our wonderful card makers.

Card by Nicole

Card by Sandra

Once again you have two weeks to link your creation to our gallery, and once again we have an awesome prize up for grabs! Prize details to come later today (I have to get me to the shop to take a photo!!!). And because we have put this challenge up a day later than usual you will get an extra bit of time to get your entries in! It is only fair after all!!

Hello!

2010-09-26T16:24:00.000-07:00

Hello, and happy Monday to you all! Just a quick reminder that you have a little under two days to do your Bling challenge and get it linked. So far there is only one entry, so get an entry in and give Cynthia some competition! The prize is the great i-Rock tool with some accessories from Imaginisce.

Also, Scrapbook City had their retreat over the weekend and there are now some photos up on the retreat blog. If you weren't able to attend check them out for a bit of a giggle, and if you were, go and check them out to remind yourselves of the hysterics from Friday night!

Catch you soon!

A couple of Copic marker tips

2010-09-21T18:03:00.000-07:00

In my previous post I mentioned the Colorless Blender No 0. The two main reasons I use this marker are: removing mistakes and removing colour, for example:

going outside the line on the face of the stamped (with Memento Tuxedo Black ink) image

Use the non brush end of the blender pen to push the colour up to the line - dont go over the line. If a darker colour, you may need to let the first coat dry and then repeat the procedure

I could have worked on this a little more, but just wanted to show you the basic steps.

In this image, I lay down the basic colours for the apron, and then wanted to give the fabric a 'lighter' look - make it look more flowy (if that's a word). I used the blender pen, let it dry and then checked and added more to try and obtain effect I was looking for

. . . and with some of the colour removed

This is the finished look I was trying to achieve

Tips on air brushing soon.

happy crafting!

My Copic Marker journey . . . so far

2010-09-19T17:58:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone, my name is Rita and I am your card blog host for this week.

Welcome to my COPIC JOURNEY . . . so far

Who would have thought! I have been an avid scrapper of mainly layouts and beyond the page items for many years, followed by making cards to give to family and friends. I like to use my Spellbinder, Cuttlebug and Cricut machines, but have now discovered stamps, and what is more – stamps coloured with Copics. I now have a magic tool to enhance some of my projects and look at colours and designs in a different way. The markers work so well with all projects requiring some extra colour or a little bit of oomph!

How did I start? - I arrived at Scrapbook City one day and was greeted by Leisa with ‘guess what we have in stock now?’ and that was the beginning of my journey (thanks Leis!) . . . what a new world! I prefer the Sketch Markers carried by the Store because:

· They are easy to find (with the number on the lid), and store

· In my opinion, a beginners guide of colours would be to have at least two Copic colours from each colour family ( illustrated below) for blending and highlighting your project (however, it is hard to stop at 2!)

· The Sketch markers are Airbrush compatible (more of that later in the week)

· Unique shape - they dont’ roll away from you when you put them down on the table

To get started colouring with Copics, my basic necessities are:

· Blending paper

· Colourless Blender pen/ink (refillable) – this pen is used for making colours lighter and for fixing
mistakes (more later)

· Ink your favourite stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (fade-resistant dye ink)

· Copic Sketch Markers of your choice (also refillable)

There are lots of on-line tutorials and I have a couple of favourites – it is a matter of personal preference I think. When I first started colouring with Copics, I realised very quickly not to get too disappointed if things don’t work out immediately – it is a matter of practice and personal preference to gain the end result.

Here is a very quick idea for using Copics . . . For this image, I have purposely used the feathered look to highlight the shading of the two colours (from each family) used. For me, this image lends itself to this type of colouring as well – a bit quirky. That’s what I love about Copics – you can add as little or as much as you like to achieve the effect you are most happy with.	Choosing and experimenting with colour combinations on blending card	Step 1 – Laying down base with E000
Step 2 – adding highlights with E00 and R20 for cheeks	Step 3 - V15, V12 and a touch of V000 for Dress and shoes	Step 4 – same colour combination for flower, but added Y35 & Y38 for middle of flower
Step 5 – RV 11 & RV14 for handbag and necklace	Step 6 – E51 & E53 for hat and BG000 for mirror reflection	Step 7 – C1 & C3 for ground and Ranger Star Dust stickles on purse, flower & necklace (a girl has to have some bling J)

And the finished card . . . . using Spellbinders Classic Ovals large, edged oval shape with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, mounted on to embossed Bazzill cardstock (using Cuttlebug), layered onto purple Bazzill cardstock. Added a little Copic pen to the embossing with a touch more of the Ranger Star Dust stickles.

I have come a long way on my short journey so far, and look forward to learning something new all the time. I would love to hear about your Copic experiences too!

It would be great to catch up with other Copic enthusiasts at the upcoming Scrapbook City Retreat next weekend! (perhaps you could share your photography skills with me too J )

Bling Tip #2

2010-09-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

Hello, I'm back again with another bling tip.

How often have you not had the right coloured rhinestones/pearls for your project? If you are like me too often - and I have almost every colour available! LOL. That brings us to today's tip:

Bling Tip #2 - Alter the colour of Rhinestones using Copics

In this card I altered clear rhinestones with a pink copic marker to coordinate with the butterly on my card. Just a few brush strokes with the wide end of your copic marker on the top and they are transformed to a new sparkling colour.

I have also added extra sparkle to my "Fairy Girl" card with dollop of scattered straw distress stickles on the wand, and spica glitter pen on her wing. Also after distressing the edges of the paper, I brushed perfect pearls on the ink and set it with water. It looks so sparkly in person - unfortunately the photo (and my photography skills) does not do it justice.

Thanks for stopping by. Nic

Bling Tip #1

2010-09-16T03:38:00.000-07:00

Hi, Welcome to the third week of Scrapbook City's newest blog - Card City!

In case you missed it, this week is the start of our second challenge - "Bling". Create your card using bling and link it to the blog to win a fabulous i-rock tool and gems from Imaginisce.

This week I will be posting a few of my favourite "bling tips" to get you cruising.

Tip#1 - Editing a Bling Swirl

My favourite thing to do with a bling swirl, is to edit it so that I get the swirls I need, where I need them. I don't want half my swirls to be covered up by my other embellishments, or to use more than I need to. Yesterday I was decorating a candy jar and I wanted just a little bit of bling and a couple of swirls, but all I had was this set of rather large Zva Creative swirls. No problems.

First, I left all the bling on the clear sheet and laid it over my project and chose which swirls I wanted to use. Then I trimmed off my chosen swirls and attached them to my project, taking care to layer them where they wouldn't be hidden by the flower.

Here's a photo of my leftover sheet, (you can see the impression left behind of the swirls that I removed):

And, Presto! I got exactly what I needed to enhance my project, and I still have a lot of bling to use for next time.

See you tomorrow with another bling tip. Nic

Kaiser Craft Winner

2010-09-14T20:17:00.001-07:00

Time to draw a winner for the Kaiser Craft challenge! We plugged our numbers into the random number generator and got #3, which is Cynthia! Congratulations Cynthia! Contact Leisa or Kerri at the shop to collect your prize. Thanks to everyone who played along. Hopefully we will see you back for the next challenge!

New Challenge

2010-09-13T21:05:00.000-07:00

Well, two weeks has come and gone just a little too quickly. But on the bright side, this means a new challenge for you to try! Once again we have a great challenge with some wonderful samples by our girls and better a awesome prize!! So, do you want to hear what the challenge is???

This is going to be a really easy challenge for you I am sure. "Bling". That is pretty much it! Create a card making good use of bling and link it to our blog here using the link tool (or email us at info@scrapbookcity.com.au with your picture) and you have until Tuesday 28th September midnight to get it there.

Now remember there are many different things that fall into the bling category. Gems, pearls, glitter, glimmer mist many things for you to use! So now, lets check out the samples from our girls.

Card by Sandra

Card by Rita

I have a couple of extra pictures of Rita's card to show you how exquisite it is, something that is hard to get through in photos alone though! This card is an open out kind of card with bling through it all!

So, you can see from the photos that the card opens out like a book then flips open to reveal a secret tag in a pocket! Just gorgeous!

Two different ways to use bling on your cards! So hopefully you are all inspired now, but one last bit of inspiration check out the prize! The randomly drawn winners (one from the Card Blog and one from the Scrapbook Blog) will receive a great new i-Rock tool from Imaginisce with a selection of gems to go with it!

So, what are you waiting for?? The winners will be announced on Wednesday 29th September. I am looking forward to seeing lots of great cards full of bling!

Our Kaiser Craft challenge winners will be posted tomorrow too, so keep an eye out for that. There is still a little time to get your entries in for that one so hurry!

Til next time.

What to do with lumpy bumpy cards

2010-09-11T04:32:00.000-07:00

Do you love the look of lumpy bumpy cards, but hate that they don't fit into envelopes?? Yes to both from me! Sometimes I make an oversize envelope, but it doesn't look that great, so I decided to make something else - a box to pop it into.

Yes, of course, another Spellbinders card from me - LOL - this time using the Fleur de Lis Pendant die as well as the Spellbinders Impressabilities for the embossed look. The two toned teals are core'dinations cardstock. There's some ribbon too, and a Prima flower in the centre. I love Prima flowers, but they are very lumpy and bumpy!

So, to solve my problems with this card (well, some of them anyway, as the next problem would be postage - lucky I was hand-delivering this one though!), I made a box to pop it in.

I used my Martha Stewart board for the box, and it was pretty easy. My card was just under 6 inches by 6 inches. I made the base of the box 6x6 and had 1 inch sides, so I cut a piece of cardstock that was 8x8, and scored at 1 and 7 inches. I turned it 90 degreees and again scored at 1 and 7 inches. Then it was simply a matter of folding along the lines, cutting in at the corners, a quick staple or adhesive, and then you are ready to decorated it. I the matching Fleur de Lis borderabilities, along with some pearls and flowers - and there you have it - a custom made box for a lumpy bumpy card!

It's not so hard - give it a try and let me know how you go.

Sandra

Whoops!!

2010-09-09T02:47:00.000-07:00

OK, this is a card blog, and you'll notice I popped up a layout to demo my flowers, but of course you could use these flowers on a card too. Sorry if you wondered what I was doing putting layouts on the card blog! I have used these on cards many times before but I'm writing this post while I'm away from home and this was an image I had that shows off these flowers well.

Handmade Flowers using Spellbinders Dies

2010-09-09T02:44:00.000-07:00

Hmmm, is this getting a bit repetitive?? All this talk about Spellbinders, but I do love them! Some of my favourite flowers are made using the Blossom dies. I use every size in the set, scrunch up the die cuts, sand them a bit, then ink them up. You can use glue dot or double sided tape to layer them up, or use foam dots to give more dimension. I finish them off with a button in the middle. I just love them!

Here's a layout I made with the Kaisercraft Devonshire range with my homemade flowers and leaves. When I did this layout, the new dies that Leisa was talking about in the previous post didn't exist, but here's a great use for them now! There's also some Green Tara lace, Prima Bling, a cuttlebug embossing folder and some felt Maya Road flowers.

I am so glad I have discovered the Spellbinders. I'm not telling how many I have, but I think I'd have one for most any occassion!!

Thanks for looking.
Sandra

An exciting new company now in store

2010-09-07T22:51:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone, it's Leisa here. Now I am about to steal Sandra's thunder, she is your blog host this week, but I am so excited, I just have to tell you about this new company that I came across whilst I was at CHA.

Have you heard of Heartfelt Creations. Well I had never, but I accidentally came across them at the show, and they had the most beautiful booth.

They are a company who make stamps, but now they have teamed up with Spellbinders, and have exclusive dies, that match their stamps.

Take a look at these stamps and matching dies (Spellbinders)........

now they are not much to loook at, but take a look at what you can create with them. It was the cards and creations that almost took my breath away.

and this one

Click here to see them in the online store.

I also have some really beautiful Christmas stamps and diecuts here in store, and I will load them onto the site shortly (I am just waiting to get some images for them).

But Sandra is currently playing with these, so I am sure you will hear more about them soon.

Leisa

Some thoughts on Spellbinders ....

2010-09-06T23:44:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone - Sandra here. For those who know me, know that I have a minor obsession with Spellbinders!! I LOVE THEM!! I was in the store today and was checking out the new releases - OH MY GOODNESS - I think they are the best yet.

I am rather fond of the pendants range and this one is no different. Now, before you think - it's a snowflake and we can't use that in Australia for Christmas cards - think again. I love the look of it for just a centrepiece in a card. It would be stunning. And look at that round circle - that could pass off as a cog (can't get enough of them for boy stuff).

Another favourite of mine was Labels 14. Yes, I have a few Spellbinders labels too which I find great for journal spots in scrapbooking layouts, but look at this one - it could be a cloud!

And the last one I want to share is the Christmas shapes called Fanciful Holiday. Not only would this make great elements for cards or layouts, but you could use these shapes as masks on your cards, layouts or projects.

Let me know what you think of the latest Spellbinders release. Do you use Spellbinders? If not, this might be a good time to start - but, be warned, it is addictive!! All you need is a Cuttlebug, Big Shot, Wizard or other die cutting/embossing machine, and you'll be on your way to days of fun.

Thanks for dropping by.

Sandra
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New CHA Stock Everywhere

2010-09-06T13:50:00.001-07:00

Hello Everyone,

Well this last week its felt like Christmas time here at Scrapbook City. We had 19 boxes arrive yesterday and many many more are on the way.

But for all you fellow card makers out there, I thought I would let you know about a couple of very exciting arrivals.

Firstly the new Spellbinders have arrived. Check them out here. Please be quick though, we only had a small number of dies arrive, and I believe the US is already out of stock of them.

Secondly you must must check out the beautiful new Prima Flowers, Papers and Embellishments that have arrived. I know you will love them. See them all here.

Also I know that all cardmakers just love Cosmo Cricket, particularly the 6x6 paper pads. Check out the new "Togetherness" collection here.

Have you seen the new stamps from Darcie yet. Why not come along to a class if you can, to complete these 4 fantastic Christmas cards, or if you can't make it, when you buy the stamps, you will receive complimentary colour instructions. Check out the stamps here.

Welcome to Card City!

2010-08-31T00:14:00.000-07:00

Well, what do you think of our new Card Blog?? Looks swish doesn't it? Thanks Zoe, you did a marvelous job!

So, why do we have a card blog I hear you ask. Well, that's easy. Cards are our new found passion at Scrapbook City. We still love our scrapbooking, but we are venturing out into the new frontier of cards too, and loving every minute of it. So make sure you stay tuned into this great new blog to see lots of great ideas and get plenty of tips and techniques for creating that perfect card.

To go along with our card blog we have some new team members to introduce. Give a big welcome to Sandra, Rita and Nicole who will be creating lots of wonderful cards to inspire you and every now and then Kerri and I might even add one in! So there is lots on the drawing board.

To launch our new card blog and the new look scrapbook blog, we are going to start off with a great challenge and a fantastic prize!

We are going to kick off with a Kaiser Craft challenge. Kaiser is one of our most popular manufacturers and they are constantly bringing out beautiful papers and extras and they are Australian to boot. So we figured most people would have some Kaiser in their stash! But we are going to give you some restrictions, after all you can't have it too easy! You need to create a card using one of the following collections (or you could mix and match from them all!):

Lush

Up Up and Away

Secret Bird Society

Hippy Girl

You need to use at least 70% Kaiser product, remembering that Kaiser have lots of extras like bling, flowers, ribbon, letters and stamps that can all be included. And to kick off your creativity we have some samples for you.

"True Friendship" card by Sandra uses Lush papers

"Miss You" card by Nicole uses Lush papers

We have two fantastic prizes to give to two lucky winners (one card and one layout) for this challenge. Up for grabs we have one set each of Secret Bird Society and Hippy Girl. The winners will be selected randomly so everyone has equal chance of winning. You have two weeks to complete the challenge (Tuesday 14th September midnight), with the winners announced on Wednesday 15th September.

Hippy Girl Prize Pack

Secret Bird Society Prize Pack

To show us your entry we need you to load it onto your own blog and link it to us using the link system. This is really easy. Just add you entry to your blog and then click on the image to find its URL (this will be shown in the address bar at the top of the screen after you have clicked on your image). Copy this address and add this to the URL box that comes up when you click on the link option on our blog for this challenge and fill in the rest of the details and then submit link to finish! Easy!

If you don't have a blog, don't fret, just email us at info@scrapbookcity.com.au with a picture of your entry and we will add it to the blog for you.

Remember you have until midnight Tuesday 14th September to get your entries in. We will also put up the next challenge on that day so keep a look out for that too!

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see lots of great entries soon.