Paper Passions

Julie Van Oosten's Collections House

2008-05-28T17:17:00.003+08:00

Went to JVO's demo last night at SFTH and made these cute little houses. I will post some more photos at different angles later as the kids are pestering me to play Guess Who.

Check out my Slide Show!

2008-05-22T21:36:00.001+08:00

Face Lift

2008-02-13T17:44:00.001+09:00

Time for a change!

Mini Book

2008-01-31T10:11:00.000+09:00

I whipped up this mini book during the school holidays.

Christmas Holidays

2008-01-15T08:39:00.000+09:00

Here is a photo of my daughter with her cherry earrings...

Birthday Cards

2008-01-15T08:28:00.000+09:00

Hi Lisa and Katie, If you are reading this!! I made these cards yesterday using those lovely papers from that pad you gave me for Christmas.

Nadia's card

2007-09-08T14:51:00.000+08:00

My daughter made this for a birthday party her brother is going to this afternoon. I think she did a great job with the watercolour pencils for a 5yo!

Gothic Arch Challenge

2007-09-04T13:07:00.001+08:00

ATC wall hanging

2007-09-01T14:36:00.000+08:00

More cards

2007-08-19T18:41:00.000+08:00

Here are some more cards I made up for Saturday's class but we ran out of time to make. Too much laughing and chit chat among the ladies. It was a fun afternoon.

Card making class

2007-08-19T17:54:00.000+08:00

Taught some cards at a friend of a friends place yesterday. Here are a couple of the samples I did for the class. The ladies made similar cards with the two daisies stamp and with their own twist!

Junkitz Boy Booklet

2007-08-15T17:36:00.001+08:00

Bob's 60th Birthday Album

2007-08-10T13:49:00.001+08:00

60th Birthday Album Complete

2007-08-08T13:44:00.000+08:00

See the slide show above!

Birthdays come but once a year!

2007-07-24T19:23:00.000+08:00

Well it's that time of year again - it twas my birthday yesterday. I had a fantastic weekend with a surprise party organised by my husband while I was out having a massage and facial. Then we went up to Kalamunda for a night in the hills with the kids sleeping over for the first time ever at a friend's place. I've had parcels arriving from friends and family in the East and overall a jolly good time. Here is a card dropped into my letter box by one of my fellow Stampgropers Christina Blackburn. Thanks Christina.

And this one

2007-07-07T08:17:00.001+08:00

He said Captain

2007-07-01T13:18:00.000+08:00

I made this ATC last night for a friend.

Inchies 2

2007-06-22T16:02:00.000+08:00

Made these ones slightly bigger - 1.5 inches I think.

Inchies

2007-06-22T15:59:00.000+08:00

Had a flick through a mag the other day and saw some inchies, so had to have a go.

Post-it note booklet swap

2007-06-11T13:15:00.001+08:00

I hosted this swap on one of my on-line groups (Stampgropers). These are my offerings for the swap. This stamp is from Paper Bag Studios Dreamer plate. I just love it!

Another Canvas

2007-06-11T13:13:00.001+08:00

I made this one for a friend earlier this year who had a new baby.

Canvas Swap

2007-06-11T13:04:00.000+08:00

I participated in this Canvas Round Robin and here is a picture of my finished canvas. Four ladies in total worked on it. It's a beauty for sure!

Embrace Beauty

2007-05-13T20:28:00.000+08:00

Had a wee bit of time today to pick up my stamps. I've been having a shocker of late with sick me, sick boy and now sick Dad staying with me for the next two months because he has a dvt. Anyway haven't created anything in months and have been dying to use some beautiful papers I got in the post last month.

Post-it Note Booklets

2007-05-07T19:18:00.000+08:00

Just made this as an example for a swap I'm hosting. Ended up giving it to a friend for her birthday.

Wednesday Stamper - Paris

2007-03-01T17:35:00.000+09:00

Don't just love Paris - the city of LURVE....
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What famous artwork are you? Take 2

2007-02-24T16:53:00.000+09:00

You Are Best Described By...

Impression, Sunrise
By Claude Monet

What Famous Work of Art Are You?

What famous artwork are you? Take 1

2007-02-24T16:49:00.000+09:00

You Are Best Described By...

Fluo Flowers
By Olivier Kosovsky

What Famous Work of Art Are You?

A Life of Purpose Butterfly canvas

2007-02-08T14:06:00.000+09:00

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I made this canvas for my SIL whose birthday is on Monday.

Wednesday stamper

2007-02-01T13:33:00.000+09:00

I made this at the end of last year - haven't had time to pull out the stash this week. It's a very basic card but I just love this stamp!

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Birthday presents

2007-02-01T13:19:00.000+09:00

As a New Years resolution, I'm trying to save money by making gifts for all the relo's. Here is the first one I have done for my niece whose birthday is next week. It's a canvas of our summer holidays.

Been busy...

2007-01-27T19:02:00.000+09:00

...making some cards to add to my stash to see me through the year. Here's a sample of some of them.

Canvas Art 2

2007-01-23T12:55:00.000+09:00

And of course I had to make one for my son. He is obsessed with Thomas the Tank engine.

Canvas Art

2007-01-23T12:52:00.000+09:00

I've entered a Canvas Round Robin on one of my online groups so thought I would have a play first. I made this for my daughter. She named it "Daisy".

Does this sound like me? You Betcha!

2006-11-27T15:26:00.000+08:00

Your Power Color Is Gold

You're dependable and hard working. You never miss a deadline - and you're never late.
You have a clear sense of right and wrong. You're very detail oriented.
You get frustrated when your friends are sloppy - or when they don't follow through.
You're on top of things, and you wish that everyone else was!

What's Your Power Color?

Tags Galore - Wednesday Stamper

2006-11-22T14:19:00.000+08:00

I made this earlier this year and just love all the tags and fibres which make it so colourful.
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Wednesday Stamper - Discovery Man

2006-11-01T18:05:00.000+08:00

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Trick or Treat?

2006-10-27T07:39:00.000+08:00

I've been busy making some Halloween ATCs which I'm about to send out as RAKs to a few ladies from my online ATC group. Enjoy!!!

Believe in Magic

2006-10-23T20:05:00.000+08:00

I had a play with some alcohol inks the other day using acetate. Here is what I created. Am going to send it to a lady on one of my online groups for her birthday. Hope she likes it!

Oh no...not Christmas again!

2006-10-11T21:48:00.000+08:00

I have started in earnest my Christmas cards for this year and have whipped up about 20 in the past week. Here are some pics of them. They are all very similar just different colour combos and bellies.

Disappointment

2006-10-11T08:15:00.000+08:00

Well nearly 3 months on from my 40th birthday and a lot of negativity I am starting to see the forest for the trees - I think! I haven't been creating, I haven't been blogging and I haven't been attending my normal craft and stamping groups. You want to know why? Well I'm certainly not one to hold back (probably one of the reasons I haven't made alot of close friends in this neck of the woods) so here it is. At the beginning of this year I said to myself - I'm turning 40, wouldn't it be nice to get a heap of birthday raks. So I set about from February onwards sending out a birthday rak to nearly everyone that came up on my radar from my main online stamping group. I reckon I sent about 30 raks out (yes I did keep records). Well anyway, in short when my birthday came along I received exactly 2 cards! I was absolutely shattered.

Getting creative again

2006-10-11T07:58:00.000+08:00

It's school holidays and I have had a little time to do some craft (probably should be doing the housework!) Here are some of things I have done in the last week - an Industria ATC and a card using sticky labels and a stamp that I bought on EBAY ages ago and have never used.

Oops, forgot some pics

2006-10-10T21:45:00.000+08:00

Swap Nearly Finished

2006-10-10T21:42:00.000+08:00

This swap is nearly at a close - it seems to have gone on forever.

Here are some pics of the pages that I made. Thanks to all the ladies who participated: Ann Lawton, Joyce Hewton, Kelly Francis, Meredith Lane, Nikki Blowers, Pam Collins and Peta Jakes.

Your work was fantastic and hope that you enjoy your booklets!

Butterfly Angel

2006-07-12T17:29:00.000+08:00

I have been having a creative frenzy of late and made this card using a few of the new products I have bought recently. The copper shim butterflies have alcohol inks on them to add a bit of colour. I have used some twinkling H2O's on the angel and column and behind the acetate with the sheet music. The wings behind the girl are german scrap. It was such fun playing with my new craft items. I am currently working on some pages for a Favourite Image Booklet swap that I am hosting. Will upload a few of the pages I have been working on soon. Am off to Fiji next week for my 40th Birthday - can't wait!

Ciao,

Sharon

Me and my boy

2006-06-18T14:00:00.000+08:00

Page 5

2006-06-18T11:50:00.000+08:00

This page was stamped onto scrapbooking paper and the faces punched out with a circle punch. I then found some old photos of my family and punched their faces to fit into the spaces. I applied metallic rubons to give more colour around the image.

Page 4

2006-06-18T11:46:00.000+08:00

I stamped this image onto patterned vellum and overlayed it on another image stamped on pink shimmer paper. I've used serendipity squares I made last week with some organzer ribbon over the top and rub-ons and pink buttons to finish off.

Page 3

2006-06-18T11:42:00.000+08:00

I stamped this image on a transparency using purple stazon. It didn't come out very clear so I layered it over some silk handmade paper and attached with eyelets to give a watery washed out look. I then attached some wire and beads at the bottom.

Page 2

2006-06-18T11:36:00.001+08:00

I stamped the image using purple stazon onto white gloss card. I then applied alcohol inks around the edges and stippled the inner part with matching adirondack inkpads. I punched a small hole in the hats and put a few fibres through them. I covered the back of the front cover that you can see on the left with some purple and pink marbled paper.

Example for a swap I'm hosting

2006-06-18T11:31:00.000+08:00

The image I have used is a Teesha Moore zettiology stamp that I recently purchased. This is the cover. I created an alcohol ink background (my new toy) with Nature's Walk and stamped with black memories ink pad. The background is done with perfect medium inkpad and dry brushed with Perfect Pearls using Curlicue background stamp.

2006-06-18T11:20:00.000+08:00