Mother Goose Memories

Memories, they are the special things we want to remember about different times and 

people in our lives. They can be from our child hood and adult hood a like.

They can be messages, thoughts, events and many other special things that we have 

experienced or collected.

I decided that it would be nice to create a project that could hold just a few special items 

photo trinkets etc from my family life. 

This project was featured on the graphic 45 blog with many other great 

projects and ideas.

I used mother goose from graphic 45 with a bit from the typography collection.

The wagon is constructed using medium and heavy weight chip board. 

The top embellishment was created using the mother goose banner and flowers packs.

I love embellishments that coordinate perfectly as graphic 45 ones do.

The crates were really fun to make. They are chip board constructions,  inked, then stamped with a wood grain and pressed metal stamp. I used embossing ink for the the stamp then 

heat embossed the design.

I plan to make a micro mini album for one of the crates and store some special 

items as well.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my crate please comment if you would like to.

Happy paper crafting 

Andrew

The Twinery and Ruby Rocket Blog Hop

Well it is the third day of the blog hop and we have seen some fabulous creativity from

the design team members.

And as if the inspiration isn’t enough – you can also win THREE spools (winner’s choice!) of The Twinery’s fabulous baker’s twine:

{$45 retail value}

Here’s how you can enter to win the twine:

Leave a comment on each participating designer’s blog on the hop (and here on our blog, too!). This is a 3-day hop, so be sure to check back and comment each day.

Please be sure to leave your e-mail address along with your comments so we can have a way to contact you if you win.

For additional chances to win:

Follow our blog. You can enter your e-mail to subscribe under the “Follow By Email!” heading in the blog sidebar.

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Like” The Twinery on Facebook and leave a comment on our page letting us know you came from the blog hop.

The deadline to leave comments for the giveaway is at 11:59pm (EST) on Friday, September 26th. Check back  at the twinery blog on Sunday, September 28th to see if you’ve won!

Ruby Rock-It is giving away their Essence Empire Bebe collection (album not included) – you can find the details of how to enter to win on their blog.

Oriental hanging lantern

The Twinery has such a great range of colours to choose from, the perfect fit to go 

with my project was

I was fortunate to be given the oriental chic collection to create my project with.

I used the following papers from the collection : 

12 x 12 Collectibles

12 x 12 Sakura

12 x 12 Zen Garden

Card stock Stickers

Wood Veneer

Check out the other blog for more inspiration

 Ruby Rock-It - http://www.rubyrock-it.com/articles

The Twinery - http://thetwinery.com/blog

Jenifer Cowles - http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/

Melyssa Connolly - http://www.fantastink.blogspot.com/

Pattie Beltran - http://www.pattiebeltran.blogspot.com/

Katarina Damm-Blomberg - http://krumeluran.wordpress.com/

Jeanne Jachna - http://akeptlife.blogspot.com/

Monique Liedtke - http://moniquesscrapbook.blogspot.nl/

Denise Hahn - http://www.inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/

Rebecca Greco - http://hugsarefun.com/ (you have just com from here)

Andrew Roberts - http://downundercrafter.blogspot.com.au/ (you are here)

Thanks for hopping with us 

Cheers Andrew

Steampunk with Diemond Dies

I am guest designing for Diemond Dies at the moment and i recently completed a 

mini album using their products and 

Graphic 45  Typography collection

The dies I used are some diamond dies great products and were as follows :

Steampunk Gears Die Set

Steampunk Gears Mini Album Set

Realistic Roses Die Set

I have made a video tour of the dies used and the album it self . There is an opportunity for a discount if you want to shop at diamond dies so 

please have a look and leave a comment if you want.  

Cheers Andrew

Graphic 45 - Petaloo Lanterns

Halloween is fast approaching and there is a plethora of projects that can be created

for this time of year.

Graphic 45 combined with Petaloo for a fabulous creative opportunity. I hope you had the chance

to check out there blogs for some great inspiration, if not then the post 

are still there and ready to see.

My project was  pair of lanterns that can accommodate a battery operated tea light.

They were fun to make and I used two different graphic 45 collections.

An Eerie Tale

Steampunk Spells

They were totally constructed from chipboard and this gave me the scope to

create according to my preferred size.

I did a lot of fussy cutting to create openings in the images to allow the light to shine through.

I will let the rest of the photos speak for themselves.

Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment I love to hear your thoughts.

Cheers

Andrew

French Country Organiser

This project creation was done with Graphic 45 French country collection.

 I incorporated some great Scrapmatts on the front cover. It is a little organiser folder with a note pad to jot down those important events and ideas.

It has pockets to store those important notes and receipts.

Graphic 45 Products I used were:

French Country 12x12 papers : Grandeur, Montage, Bon Appetit

A la carte.

                

French country 8x8 paper pad

French Country 6x6 patterns and solids

French Country chip board

French Country flowers 

The Scrapmatts packs I used on the cover were as follows:

Leaf Spray 08 CB1153

Picket Fences 08 CB2025

Flowers 09 CB1145

Ornate Frames 13 CB4056

Here are some different views for you 

The inside of the organiser

Hope this will inspire you next project and Graphic 45 products will feature and Scrapmatts will 

be used to create some fabulous embellishments.

Cheers 

Andrew Roberts

Christmas is Coming

Christmas is approaching fast and I thought I would start my christmas mojo

off with a tag project.

It was a great to get into the christmas spirit for a little while and use some wonderful new 

Scrapmatts releases.

The chip board packs that are used on this project were :

Tags 03 CB3007

Stars 03 CB1223 ( new )

Pine Sprig 01 CB1225 ( new )

Asssorted Words CB6097 ( new ) 

Gears 05 CB 1078

Here are some close ups 

Happy crafting 

Andrew

A Pocket of Good Ol Sport

Good Ol Sport is a great masculine collection with wonderful graphic 45 

vintage feel. I love the colours and images.

I used it here in this half pocket scrapping page and it was a perfect range for the 

photos of my boys.

My favourites colour is the greens in this paper and the way the primary colours are 

so well coordinated.

The next couple of photos are some close ups of the individual sections.

There are some great collector card images that make fabulous tags and journalling 

spots in the pockets

There are some wonderful images to fussy cut and adhere them with pop dots

for some dimensionality.

The banner segments and stickers that are part of the collection are perfect

for the small layouts that are part of the pocket scrapping style.

cheers 

Andrew