Retail Therapy

I did manage to find a few things at SENZ that took my fancy so indulged in some retail therapy... all be it new tools for the studio (in general).
MARTHA STEWART CRAFTS - SCORING BOARD

I've been looking at getting a scoring board for a while now and have been considering which one to get. In the end I decided I wanted this one because of the more detailed scoring lines compared to some other designs available on the market. It has a flip up storage area for the bone folder as well as an envelope guide which sits discretely underneath the board while not in use.

COUTURE CREATIONS - STAMP SETS

 Words Words Words Collection

Nice typography for all three stamps; nice words/sayings and I loved the possibility of using all or part of the "Thinking of You" stamp as desired.

 Ornate Garden Collection

I was drawn to this stamp because I can build up various images to create a picture of a hanging birdcage enabling me to create countless variations using the one stamp set. Love the versatility of this stamp set!

Busy Background Collection

I love any typography stamps - definitely a weakness of mine. Fell in love with the bottom stamp as it's different almost like a code-breaker collection of letters and numbers. Also liked the cute music background.

CRAFTY INDIVIDUALS - RUBBER STAMP SHEET

Bottle Collection

I fell in love with this stamp the moment I saw it... and then had to fight off another couple of ladies who also liked it. I've never seen anything like it which is probably why I loved it so much. This will definitely be getting plenty of use!

KAISERCRAFT - CLEAR STAMPS

 Botanical

More instant love. I really liked all these stamps from KaiserCraft and couldn't make up my mind so bought all of them. (Well not all, but a fair few!!)

I can see all of these stamps being used on tags and as borders on both layouts and in mini albums.

Love the text on this stamp, especially that it has a ledger look to it.

 Windsor

What can I say? I'm a sucker for text on anything. I did particularly like the newspaper background look of this stamp.

Postmarks

I'm a sucker for a nice postmark. Think it goes back to my days of stamp collecting as a kid. 

 36

More typography, and I loved the way this image went "off the page". Great border stamp!

Perfume

More typography, more off the page... love the idea of the perfume bottle as the main feature.

RUBBADUBBADOO - UNMOUNTED RUBBER STAMPS

Portico Plans

This was the first stamp that caught my eye. Loved the architectural detail in the image. When I saw the deal for the weekend I just knew I had to buy this stamp. (Buy three, get the fourth free... who could resist.)

I bought all four stamps unmounted, and yes I have flipped the images digitally so you can read the detail in the stamp as well as in the image of the stamp.

Palmer Bachelder

I can't resist vintage advertising and love the size of this stamp - approximately 3" x 4"

Cashmere Bouquet

Same as above... love!!

Hatchet & Gimlet

No picture of the stamp as it's winging its way to me as I type. They ran out of stock but posting one to me. Another vintage advertisement... irresistible.

DYLUSIONS - INK SPRAY

I have wanted to get some of these from the first time I saw them being used on YouTube. Couldn't find any so have had to wait patiently. The toughest choice I had to make was which colours to select as I really wanted them all. Will definitely be building up my stocks of these!!

L - R: Dirty Martini, White Linen & Cherry Pie

These two camera stamps are from my friend Faith - she has them for sale. 

They are itty bitty stamps only about 1 1/4" wide and 7/8" tall in two different designs. Perfect for anyone doing Project Life. If you want either or both, let me know and I can pass on your details. Very cute!!

I could have bought A LOT MORE, especially Dylusions and stamps and templates and flowers and papers but I had to limit my budget. Still I am over the moon which what I was able to get. As always it did pay to look around and compare prices as some items were available at a number of different stalls and for a variety of prices but then that is always the way!!

Post Number 350

I can't believe I've finally made it to blog post number 350.
This one has been hanging over my head for a few weeks and it's not that I've been avoiding writing it, reality is I've just been too busy to step anywhere near the blog and I apologise for that.
Last weekend was the SENZ Craft Expo here in Auckland. It was the 10th anniversary, though their 13th craft show, so was kind of a big deal all around.
It was a really big deal for me, because this year I was sharing my stall with two of my dear friends who I met online through Artistic Creationz forum (formerly Crafting Passionz) - Faith from down in the Waikato and Kimi from Australia. Faith talked me into the craft stall this year as I had been umming and ahhing over whether or not I should do it. And then once the decision had been made the suggestion was jokingly made that Kimi come over from Australia to help out. Obviously not so much of a joke...
Both of these ladies are incredibly talented. Kimi's creations can be found on her blog Unique Scrappiness and YouTube channel by the same name. Faith who is equally talented can be found on her YouTube channel nzaquarious2008.
More on these talented ladies and our crafty weekend in another post. In this post I wanted to share the fruits of my labour for the craft show and my new company name for the display. (Well same old name, but new display.)

 The completed display name for my company on the wall at SENZ Craft Show 2013.

And now a close up of each letter and the clustering of colour on each flower.

The base of each clustering is tapes - washi, self-adhesive, coloured sellotapes etc and these are topped with flat and dimensional flowers of the same colour and accented with coordinating rhinestones.

Most of the dimensional flowers will soon be available on my website - www.scrapfx.co.nz.

 

RED HOT NEWS

Yes I know its been a while since I posted as there have been a few changes I've had to deal with in my work life. I'm now working full-time so although I like having the extra money, I'm missing the time I had used to have available for blogging and crafting and everything else that has gone by the wayside of late.
There are still a number of changes to come for the blog and they should be revealed over the next few weeks but for now a few announcements of what I have coming up over the next three weeks or so.


SENZ 2011:


First announcement is that I'm having a site at SENZ2011. For those who aren't familiar with SENZ - its the Scrapbooking, Cardmaking & Craft Expo and its back at the TelstraPacific Events Centre, Great South Road, Manukau.
Alas I'm not doing any classes as I will be holding down the fort on my own again, but I am planning to do heaps of demonstrations instead on my site. I have a heap of new stock from some fantastic new suppliers. Lots and lots of new scrapbooking and card making products and some great new tools that I can't wait to share with everyone.
These new brands and products will be available on my website after SENZ but to give you a taste of what to keep an eye out for... more Tim Holtz, Tonic Studio, Bazzill Basics, Teresa Collins, Zva and much much more.


Here are the details for SENZ - I hope to see you some time over the weekend.
When: Friday 24th June to Sunday 26th June
Time: 10am - 5pm Friday and Saturday; 10am - 4pm Sunday (Prepaid ticket holders get early bird entry from 9am each day)
There is also a Craft 'n Crop night Saturday night from 6.45pm - 10pm.


ONLINE SHOP:


Great news number 2 - my new online shop is at last up and running. I still have a lot of products to enter... especially all of the new products which are currently on order and due to arrive very soon.
Be sure to check out my shop on a regular basis to see all the new tools and scrapbooking products that I know you will love as much as I do. I will have a hard time trying hard not to keep them all for myself.
I can't wait for them all to turn up so I can start to play. New patterned papers, ribbons, flowers, inks, tools, the list goes on. I will be in scrapbooker's paradise so please Mr Postman hurry up and bring all my goodies.


FRIDAY NIGHT CROPS:


There are two Friday Night crops between now and SENZ. Probably won't be any new products for the crop this week (Friday 3rd June), but they should all be here for the next crop (Friday 17th June) if you want a sneak peak because you can't wait another week for SENZ.
You can check out crop times on my website Scrap FX- Crop Dates.