Happy Easter

Do you know the Stampin Up Owl Punch?

That's what I used to make the card below.

I've had the punch for ages and must confess haven't

really used it.  Got some inspiration from Pintrest 

(as you do) and this is what I made.

Hope you are all having a wonderful Easter!

Enjoy those Chocolate eggs and 

hot cross buns tomorrow!

I know I will 😋

Card & Canvas

Thought I share with you a Canvas and Card 
just made for my daughter's friends 12th Birthday.

I haven't created something for ages. 
It was great to put this together.

Starting with a blank canvas and some embellishments, 

die cut glitter lettering and flowers.

I put them altogether and created this ...

Sponged green paint on the "R" and added ribbon.

Die cut in glitter her name & the butterfly 

using Die-Namics dies.

Wooden bicycle and flowers have rhinestone detailing 

and the flowers are joined to the bicycle basket with bakers twine.

A present wouldn't be complete without a card.

Memory Box Honeycomb Die,

Green Tara flowers and Calico Butterfly all found in store at Scrap Box NZ

Butterflies & Birthday Cards

New product's arrived and I had a wee play.

Created this birthday card for my Niece.

Mainly Maya Road products.  Antique Lace Butterfly, Organza Roses, wee white flowers and pearl trinket pin.  Love Maya Road!

Lace from Green Tara.  Comes in white, cream and vintage pink.

Embossing folder from Kaisercraft.

Small butterfly - shrinky dink.

All the products on the card can be found in the shop.

Silhouette Cameo Products

If you are looking for replacement mats or blades for your Silhouette machines, they are now back in stock.  We have mats for Silhouette SD, Portrait and Cameo's.  The longer mats for the Cameo's are here too.  Lots of other products to use with your Silhouette Machines are also available.  You will find them here.

But if by chance there are other products you may be interested in and they don't show as being in stock,  please don't hesitate to email fiona@scrapboxnz.com and we'll be happy to give you a price and availability.  We recently ordered Curio items, no problem.

More Photoplay Papers

With all this cold weather, these summer papers are nice and bright.

Pop over to Scrap Box NZ shop and have at look at the other Photoplay papers and more in the summer range.

New paper brand at Scrap Box NZ

Now this is one to check out.  

Great pages for journaling, layouts and making special cards.  We just have a few of the collections available, but I'm sure we will add more as they will prove popular.  

I,ve gone mainly for the male pages as I hear so often,  that the guys in our life are hard to create for.  There just isn't enough good papers and 
embellishments for them.  I think these cover some of the things we want to say and the double sided papers are great either way.

and yes there are ones that covers the girls too!

and one for you to fill in - document the scrapper.

You'll find these all over at Scrap Box NZ.

just click here

Teacher Gifts

Gosh doesn't time march on quickly.  

Below are Presents for my daughter's teachers.  

This being her last year at primary, moving onto Intermediate next year.

Maya Road Wooden Spools & Star Trinket Pin.

Green Tara glitter mesh & ribbon.

Pearl Snowflakes and glitter on top of the spools.

Nice and easy, very effective.

Paige made the card and we added a button tree.

They were well received.  Nice to give handmade presents.

Card & Tag

 I've had this picture for ages and always thought it would make a nice card.  I added Green Tara leaves, new metal skeleton leaves and Maya Road Green Leaf pin and tucked them under the flower I made.  Rolled the centre from cardstock and added Green Tara lace and brown satin to the bottom of the card.  Got the old "S" stamp from an antique dealer and have used it for "Suzanne"

This is the close up detail of the flower from Card

I made the tag to match the card using Green Tara leaves and roses, seam binding and heart key charm.  Used the same picture for the background and Bazzill Cardstock for the base.  Hope my sister likes her Birthday Card and Tag which will be attached to a small bucket of scrapbooking embellishments.

Only a few days away now

On again with some wonderful classes, 

amazing and inspirational tutors and 

lots of new products to look over, 

try out and add to your stash.

If you are heading to Senz this week, 

have a fantastic time, enjoy every moment 

and take some time out for yourself - Enjoy!

Kaisercraft Collections

Yes they have done it again!  Kaisercraft from Australia have put out some more great collections.  Their papers are a great weight and the images and finishes on them are up with the best.

Vintage inspired pages great for masculine layouts, cards or off the page projects.  Clocks, Draw Fronts, Wood look designs in 12 x 12 size papers.  Red, brown, pale green and coppery colours.

Oh So Lovely - is just what it says.

Pinks, greens, creams, birdcages and Roses.

Oh So Lovely for all sorts of projects from little girls to big ones too!

This collections is great for the teenage boys!

Grunge looking papers with bricks,

 corrugated iron pages.  Cogs, arrows and 

words in greys, navy, coppery browns.

Hope these collections get you inspired 

and you will find all of the papers, 

sticker sheets and collectables at Scrap Box NZ 

Pop on over and have a look!

Birthday Cards

I often get asked if I do much Scrapbooking.  

Unfortunately I just seem to be doing the last minute birthday cards and presents.  It's great to be creative and maybe with the cooler weather, I will find more time.

Here's a card I made for my nephew using the Die-namics Stacking Star die.  

This can easily be done with Balloons or Hearts as well.

A birthday present for a my daughter's 10 year old friend.  

I covered a jotter pad with cardstock, patterned paper, frame with glitter butterfly on foam tape. 

Popped it into a cellophane bag with Pencil, Flowerpot Rubber 

& Big Eraser (in the back) from Smiggles.

These are great little gifts that can be made to favorite colours.

What's in the box?

Flowers, lots of flowers.  

Top up of what Scrap Box NZ already have,

 but also new ones too.

Mini Flowers 1.5cm with little stamens in them.

Organza & Bead twisted trim - adding a new colour - silver

All on the website shortly - check them out!

Lest We Forget - ANZAC Day - 25 April

100 years on, we will remember

those Men & Women that went to War, so long ago, 

never forgotten for their bravery.

New Charms

These gorgeous charms have just been added

 to Scrap Box NZ website and shop.  

All bronze with amazing detail on some of them.  

Will make great additions to your layouts or cards.

More New Products

this time from Graphic 45.

Time to Flourish - this is a gorgeous collection 

of nature inspired designs.  

Journalling & Ephemera Cards.

8 x 8 Paper Pad includes one sheet of all 

twenty-four double-sided designs 

for each Month of the Year.  

Two pages for each month - 

A Cut apart page & a flourish page - beautiful!

The other collection that has just been loaded onto 

Scrap Box NZ's shop is Precious Memories Collection.  

This is just beautiful - old fashioned designs for

 recording baby moments and memories.

These are just a few of the pages from the collection -

 I love the paper clothing pages.  Reminds me of those Paper Doll Books 

I had as a child and always took on holiday

 to keep me occupied (no I Pads in my day!!!).

Tim Holtz Idea-ology & Prima Marketing

Two wonderful well known brands in the scrapbooking industry, now on the shelves at Scrap Box NZ.  I mentioned in the newsletter before Christmas, that I hope to bring you Tim Holtz and more of Prima products.  Well I've had fun sourcing them and now they have arrived.  I've added them to the great range of products that Scrap Box NZ carry.

Tim Holtz has joined together with some companies that he designs for - Ranger & Sizzix.  When you are looking for his products you will find them under - Embellishments - Tim Holtz or Ranger Mini Distress Ink and also Sizzix Embossing Folders with his Alterations Texture Fades folders.
Enter his name in the Advance Search & all his products that Scrap Box NZ are currently stock will come up.

Prima Marketing are also a favorite brand that Scrap Box NZ is adding too. SoonI'll be entering the new products that have arrived, including Julie Nutting's dolls(stamps & wooden).  Pop over to the shop and check out what's arriving.

New Year's Dreams

A little bit late in showing you this, but summer in Nelson has finally arrived with vengeance. Lovely hot days at the beach, cricket in the evening or walks around the neighborhood.  Just lovely.  All of that is distracting me from getting work done!

I was asked by a friend to make a card for her.  Well what an honor to make a card for the New Years Queens Service Awards recipient.  This Award was to Devon McLean for his contribution to Conservation.  Crimson Purple was set up to save the Pohutukawa & Rata trees.  Devon is also the Project Manager for Janszoon Project which hopes to transform the ecological heart of the Able Tasman.  My daughter was lucky enough to help release the Karariki (yellow-crowned parakeet) into the Able Tasman which she really enjoyed.

Because of Devon's involvement in Crimson Purple, I fussy cut around some Pohutukawa pictures.  I included the Karariki that shows also his involvement in the Janszoon Project and added some Green Tara leaves for dimension.  The top left hand bird is on foam tape (again for dimension) and behind the words is Green Organza Ribbon.  Really nice to be creating again.

Christmas Chaos!

It's been a hive of activity in my scrap room today. Being Santa's helper, I've wrapped the presents, made the tags, got the bits & bobs for the Stocking's all ready.  Now it's time to sit back with a glass of wine and wonder what I've forgotten!

Have a fantastic day tomorrow 

and from my family to yours 

a very Merry Christmas.

It's the birthday month!

or I should say months - August, September, October & November.  Sister's, daughter's, Brother-in-Law's (two of which are 50) and my husband.  Three 50's,  a 15 years, & a tenth birthday coming up.

Below is Brooke's birthday card and as you can see she turned 15.  I really enjoyed doing this card with new flowers from Green Tara.

Green Tara Roses, Small Green Leaves, Cherry Blossom, 4cm Heirloom, 2.5cm Black paper flower, Maya Road Trinket Pin and Shrinky Dink Happy Birthday.  All products listed are in stock at Scrap Box NZ.  The Banner stamp & Glitter Alpha & diamante's were from my own stash.

Hope your weekend is going well.