Nic Howard - Class Info

Ok So here goes:

Saturday the 28th of March 2009 -

Come and join us and Nic for two fantastic classes, each class is $58.For those that choose to do both classes you are more than welcome to come and crop for the day (9am to 9pm) at NO extra charge.

Layout class - 11.30am

What could be more fun that layers upon layers of fabulous product in a layout that is covered in detail. Join Nic Howard as she takes you behind the scenes in what will be an introduction to her 3 most favorite things, layering, dimension and the little things that make a layout special.Nic makes this class special with the creation of a card with the leftovers - as well as sketches to extend the layout to a double, should the need be. She leaves no stone unturned - it's sure to be fun!

and the sneak peaks..........................

Card buffet - 2.30pm

Join Nic Howard in her most popular class - The fabulous Card Buffet! The card buffet has had amazing reviews all over New Zealand- but at Embellish It we are adding nic's latest secret ingredient - a sweet twist. It is nearly Easter time, after all. Not Easter cards - but plenty of sweet treats! Nothing goes more hand in hand than scrapbooking, card making and chocolate! Join Nic Howard as she puts on her apron and presents this delectable delight - 2 hours of creating as many cards as you can possibly get done with gorgeous papers, lace, flowers, Glimmer Mist and the 'buffet of Prima goodness'...all laid out complete with crystals, leaves, buttons, ribbon, bling and flowers in every colour you can cr-EAT-e with! It's certainly different from your average class, it's a little bit of everything - from making sweet treats to good old scrapbooking fun... it's fast paced, fun and sure to inspire! We'll complete 6 cards in class but you'll leave with plenty of technique and product inspiration to keep on creating for hours.

Sneak Peaks................

Now just so you know Bronwyn said to let you all know that we have done Nic's Card Buffet class (that's why we wanted to bring it to you - it is so much fun and packed with idea's) and although she says "fast paced" this is the ONLY class Bronwyn completed in a class time frame! So don't let that put you off.This is a great class that gives you heaps of techniques that you can use on a scrapbooking page and to use up your scraps on making beautiful cards - that are getting SO expensive to buy - save your money and make your own from your scraps!If you book in for both classes you are welcome to scrap the rest of the day away until 9pm so you will have plenty of time to finish anything you may have started or get heaps more projects done!

Note that the crop will have tea, coffee and cold drink provided, please bring your own food.

Looking forward to a very "fun filled" day!

Any queries or questions please feel free to e-mail me on sales@embellishit.co.nz

Thanks heaps

Rachel

Where have i been?

Hi all

I can't believe (well actually I can) that I have not posted for a couple of weeks.

We went away to Wanaka for a week with a quick stop by at the lakes, we had a great family holiday staying with my wonderful cousin Michelle and her (goodness don't tell him I said this) but wonderful and funny husband Paul. They made us so welcome, she had NO idea how happy I would have been to Stay FOREVER!

They took us out on the lake for a day and the kids both got up on the wake board, Paul decided to clear his sinus out with a spectacular face plant he he sorry Paul it was funny!

We went to Queenstown for the day and went up the gondola and did the luge. Warning to other parents - don't tell your kids that one fell off YEARS ago BEFORE you take them up this is the result:


She did calm down after I told her I was joking and her calling me a RETARD!
We also walked up Mt Iron - who's idea was that anyway? We were walking/crawling up and this guy passed us RUNNING and get this it was his second trip around it was so hot, mad I tell ya! But I stopped and took this picture of the view looking up lake Wanaka:

It was a great week, thanks so much to Paul and Michelle for putting up with us (I know it was hard work for Paul he he). Do you think you could make farmers out of us?

So then when I get home there is a parcel with HEAPS of new Distress Inks and Sparkling H20's in there and I was so controlled, I even waited a day before I started playing lol. This is a card I have made using the distress inks - they are my MOST favourite way to colour in images, the ole tombows have been resigned to the drawer this just saves so much time!

Now i also found Claudia's Blog (well I have been watching it for some time) pop on over and have a look, she is giving away some blog candy - these are stamps that fit inside the nestabilities as frames, so cute!

Also check Martine's blog - more eye candy and she will ship to international, look at the prize - YUM!

Well that's a long enough post for me - did I redeem myself?

Raincliff has its minimum number met - thank you so much to everyone but there are still plenty of spaces so if you thinking of coming - go on do it! Treat yourself and come for a weekend of fun, relaxation and Scrappin/card making/doing what ever you want!

Nic Howards classes are filling up fast - thanks so much this is great to see, won't admit to feeling a little scared on this one, quite a big punt to bring Nic to little Ole Timaru, but thanks also to the support of our local ladies and the support from Christchurch, Palmerston, & Dunedin oops and Oamaru (I just think of you ladies as local!) we are going well, still spaces but don't miss out. See our web site for details, sneak peaks coming soon!

Have a great week, talk to you soon!

Rachel

Cards, Cards, Cards

Hi all

Hope you are enjoying the hot weather - I shouldn't moan but BOY is it TO hot! I just don't know what to do with myself in this heat!

I thought I would share some cards that I have made, Bronwyn and I discovered through Bev's Blog that with the Tim Holt's Distress Inks you can use these to colour in your images. So off I went to purchase a water brush and some water paper (just to see what the difference was) and this is what I came up with:

The following two were done with Tombow pens but I much rather the distress inks they are quicker and easier to blend (personal preference). The water colour paper and brush definatly made the process much easier as well and now we are waiting to hopefully hear back from Bev on what Twinkling H20's to purchase so we can have a play with those too! (not that I even know what they are - but watch this space!)

But man oh man how hard is it to get a decent photo! Beck might need your assistance these were about the 20th time I had tried!

Anyway just thought I would share that, I haven't left scrapin just spending a little time back at my grass roots as such he he.

If anyone out there is keen to do a card image swapp - was just thinking we could stamp 10-20 images that we have of our own and do a swap with others, please let me know. I have Penny Black, Stamp It, Hero Arts and others that I would love to swap with someone that has Whiff of Joy or Magnolia stamps (these are not available in New Zealand) but any one any where would be awesome! Send me an E-mail and we can get a swap going with how ever many reply!

Thanks for popping by.

Have a great weekend!

Rachel

Happy New Year!

I hope you all have had an amazing new year and didn't suffer from to many sore heads!

Bronwyn and I have been surfing a few blogs and have fell in love with some stamps they are just so cute but this lady Rachel (she is awesome and with a name like that lol....) has some of the images done as cards already, she is doing an amazing Blog Candy "giveaway" and she will ship it to anywhere so head on over and have a look at her amazing cards - this lady is pure inspiration - leave her a comment and you just never know!

The Sugar Nellie and the Magnolia stamps are just so cute (we couldn't resist and have ordered some in for ourselfs but please let me know if you are interested as I am thinking I might bring some in to sell also). Can't wait for them to arrive so we can start to have a bit of a play.

Here is a card that I made for Jamie who turned 13 yesterday (where has that time gone?) He got Guitar Hero the rock band for his birthday so we spent most of yesterday bashing out tunes on that (I am so glad that the neighbour is half deaf cause he would be by now anyway!)

And it is no where near as good as Nic's but here is my take of her class that is available over at tarisota - I so wanted the proper papers (I am such a scraplifter- sorry Beck that said I am unless there is treats as a reward lol!) but had to make do! We purchased the class and then had to use our own papers as tarisota has sold out of that kit - but you can still sign up and do the class like we did.

Well I thats it from me - so from us here at Embellish It we wish you and your family a VERY Happy and scrappy new Year!

Whew - Christmas Done!

Hi All

I hope you all had a relaxed christmas, we certinatly did apart from Abby who woke up at 4am and expected to open her presents!  At 5.30am we gave up and so started our LONG christmas day!

It was so much fun though here is Abby with her main present at 5.30am:

She was so excited as she was happy enough with her other presents.  The lady in the cycle shop had told her the bike she liked had been sold and they could not get another one in for christmas!

Here are the kids with their "belgium bread" house and the side that they each decorated!

My mum and dad came over for breakfast then came back later for lunch.  After a very relaxed BBQ (in the rain - poor ole Nigel the cook) my cousin and co founder in Embellish It - Evelyn and her family came over for a couple of hours to visit here is Nakita challenging them in the new singstar :

We then went out to Nigel's parents for tea but Jamie fell asleep at 6pm and we were home again by 8.30pm, 4am starts with his sister staying in his room for the night won't be repeated again next year he he.

I realised later in the night that we forgot to do the crackers, I had left them in the scrap room and forgot all about them!  But never fear we did them on boxing day and they were just as good!

I hope you all had a great day, and Santa was also kind to you all.

Hopefully I will get some time to get some scrappin done soon, I just need the days to not be so hot! (warm and pleasant will be great and I know I shouldn't complain but the real hot heat is just to much!).

Today got finished off with a water fight with the kids and Nigel is cooking the BBQ as we speak!

Wishing you all a very happy new year.  Take care.

tat ta for now

Rachel

Merry Christmas Everyone!

The kids are counting down the hours, they have this silly idea that come one minute past midnight they can get up and open their presents - think again kids!

Today Abby I and got creative, thanks to Rachel (her wonderfull gingerbread house) I decided that a gingerbread house looked so cool we had to do it! We couldn't find a kit so decided to make one from scratch.  I dont actually like ginger so we made belgium biscuit mix and made one up here it is in the construction:

then here is Abby showing her (well us) trying to get it stuck together - not easy I can tell you see the crack down the middle of the roof!

But boy did they have fun putting it together, now sorry not the best picture - will get some better ones tomorrow (but they will still go on my "Twas the night before Christmas" layout thanks to Nic Howard).

We also did some chocolate wheelbarrows and some christmas puddings out of mellowpuffs!

Busy day and all this I might add whilst not feeling that flash (even though it was my once a year self inflicted - remind me NOT to do that again next year lol!)

All of those that commented on my blog over the last two days will get a RAK so please e-mail me your address and full names (apart from the local ladies - I know where to find you lol) and I will pop a small something in the post to you!

I want to take this opportunity to wish you all a safe and merry christmas and a very happy new year!

Merry Christmas

Rachel

Christmas Fun!

Hi All

Well what a grotty day! But a great day to be inside creating and thats exactly how I spent most of my day - yay it was really nice too!

Abby (11) and I (no age lol) took up the challenge of creating keepsakes and made an ornament to leave in a public place for some one to find, this is what Abby's looked like she did a really good job!

And I also made the same took ages to figure out the box lol!

We also decided to pinch Browyn's idea that came from Jo that came from........................................................... anyway you get the picture and we made our own Chritstmas crackers these little beauties have there own individual joke, balloon, chocolate santa's, bailey's chocolates, milk shake lollies, moro golds and other lollies (we are a junk food family dam it!). But we think they look pretty good to! Grandads even has a personalised fishing joke and all are complete with the bang in the middle!

Then first thing I decided to have a go at making this card - I did a couple of them and they are slightly different but I didn't take a picture of the other one and now I am to lazy but think you kinda get the idea!

I just LOVE those little Roses (used them on my box for the creating keepsake give away to).

There is about 10 for $2 which is great value I reckon cause they are just so darn cute!

Now you will see all my layouts with them - did you hear that Nic you will now have to create layouts with these so I can scrap lift them he he he!

Well, keep the comments coming you have until Monday to leave me a comment and I will draw a couple out for a RAK!

Hope you are having a creative, stress free weekend!

Bye bye for now

Rachel