ATC Club August 29, 2009

As well as being involved in the ATCs swaps in the Kaszazz Consultants’ Yahoo group, I’ve also now joined Fiona’s ATC club.  I’ve just finished making the ATCs for August – the theme is Father’s Day.  I’m not putting a photo up yet – I’ll do that after Fiona sends my set of different ATCs back to me.

There are 4 of us in the club so far, so that means I’ve had to make 4 identical 3 1/2″ by 2 1/2″ cards using Kaszazz products and stamps.  I’ll post these to Fiona on Monday as she is the club host.  When she receives the ATCs from the other two members she sorts the ATCs so that we get one of each, and then she posts them back to us.  I can’t wait to see what creative ideas Fiona and the other two members have come up with!

If you would like to join the club you can contact me (leave a comment here, contact me via Facebook or my email) or you can contact Fiona directly via her blog – the link is on the right hand side of my blog – “paper creations with fi”.

Your ATCs can be as simple or ornate as you would like them to be.  There are photos of ATCs in this blog just click on the ATCs links in the category and tags boxes on the right hand side of the blog.  Happy crafting!

March ATC Swap April 17, 2009

I belong to an online Kaszazz consultants group and each month an ATC swap is held.  (For info on what an ATC is click on the page link at the top of this blog.)

The March swap theme was “Memories”, and we were to think about the Victorian bushfire victims when creating our cards.  Below is the card I made…along with another from the swap that featured the same stamp. Mine is the one on the left.  I used “Ebony and Ivory” cardstock, Java Bazzil, dark brown fluid chalk ink pad, brown ribbon with cream stitching and copper embellishments.

Same stamp - different look and feel.

 Here’s all the cards from the swap.  Its interesting to see all the different interpretations.  All the cards are made using Kaszazz products.

The nine ATCs for March 2009

Blog wars comes to Crafty Leonie’s blog April 16, 2009

I belong to a group of Kaszazz consultants – you’ll find the links to their blogs on the left of the screen – who participate in the “Blog Wars”.  Each week a Kaszazz product or a technique is chosen and we put our thinking caps on and come up with five different projects based on the product or technique of the week.  So come back each day and see what I and my fellow participants have been up to – we hope to give you lots of inspiration!

Fun at the Workshop July 26, 2008

J and A working with the ribbons and distressed inks

Today I ran the Christmas Cards workshop – “Traditional with a twist” at my place in Hazelbrook.  There were four guests who created fabulous cards – at times giving their cards an individual look.

P and L making the distressed ink card

I had lots of fun watching my guests create their cards.  Even after all this time I still find it amazing that a few simple pieces of card and paper can so quickly be transformed into stunning cards.

I’ll be running this workshop again at my place in August through to December.  If you’d like to be updated send me an email leoniemay@optusnet.com.au letting me know you’d like to join my email list.  Or you can check my website www.leoniescraftcorner.com for each month’s workshops.

Alternatively, you can host your own Christmas card workshop at your place (or mine) at a time and date to suit you.  Email me at leoniemay@optusnet.com.au Just gather 4 – 9 friends.

The workshop costs $20 per person and includes all materials and use of equipment.

L embossing her card while P looks on