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christmas gift cards

it's amazing how easy it is to make beautiful christmas gift cards...

here are a few that Sherry made using the Rasberry Christmas Range

Introducing a new Design Team member... Ree Roffey!

Hi, my name is Ree Roffey and I love everything about scrapbooking.. I started scrapbooking about 8 years ago and absolutely fell in love with it.  I have always loved doing creative things, like handmade candles, quilting and card making.  My daughter Maddy and I often sit together on a weekend and create things together.  My husband can't believe that I can spend a whole weekend with girlfriends doing scrapbooking until the wee hours of the morning.  My reply is what's with fishing???

 

When Sherry asked to design with Rasberry's new Christmas range, I was very happy - the papers, albums, bling and little star and angel diecuts were a dream to work with.

Ree's Star Album

a partridge in a pear tree

I must say I feel like i am perched on a tree....the next best thing really is being perched on a couch at the Starbucks across from Sky City where I have discovered the three important elements for a comfortable "perch"

1: Very very cheap Wi-Fi Hotspot

2: Yummy Chai Latte

3: View of the Sky Tower and crazy people jumping off

I am here in Auckland for a "Business Trip" - another way of saying Rasberry products are heading your way New Zealand. 

Speaking of New Zealand and New Zealanders ...here's a talented girl that lives here - Sarah Groen.  I have attached Sarah's gorgeous layouts one of them titled "Adore Him" capturing Benji

"Adore Him

I am going to be on the lookout for a brave person jumping of the Sky Tower - that's a 192 m jump just in case you were wondering: brave or crazy now there's something we can debate..

enjoy Sheena

our inspiring angels

Today I went to the Parish at my daughters school where the young prep's [how far they have come - almost in grade 1] participated in the Advent prayer celebration with readings and christmas song.  They were all dressed as angels & shepards...and ANGELS they were.  With confidence and flare they participated with angelic enthusiasm. 

So I thought a blog post was in order acknowledging these angels in our lives - that inspire us on a day - to - day basis...here's mine!

Sarah Groen - a very talented member of our team sent me these gorgeous christmas decorations that she made about the angels in her life - her inspiration..... 
  here's what Sarah wrote about her project....

Hi Sheena I spent a happy weekend transforming one of your gorgeous star chipboard albums into an Xmas star for each of my children to hang on our tree. I started with my baby, Benjis as it will be his first xmas and I wanted to make something special to commemorate it. I used all Rasberry products except for the Kaiser swirls and Prima flowers. I have to say that the Rasberry products mix and match so well with other products in my stash. They are a delight to use. Hope that you like them. After Chrismas i will bind them all together with a book ring and make a mini album to remember exactly how my kids looked at Christmas 2009. :)Sarah

 

enjoy Sheena
 

It's time for some giving...Lovely things to Win!

Oh yes it is...I was over at Pip's "Meet Me At Mikes" blog and she was celebrating a "Hello & Happy Week" for their 3rd birthday...

A perfect excuse for a celebration for course and a huge opportunity for some fun give-way

To go into the draw to win:

• SELECT the prize you would like to win...
• place a comment on OUR BLOG of why you would like the prize selected

For an extra 2 entries

• Become a Rasberry Facebook Fan and/or
• place a link on YOUR blog pointing to this blog post.
• You will need to place a comment on our blog informing us that you are a fan

Entries open to All New Zealand & Australian Residents.  Competition closes Friday 4th December.  We will place all Entries into a Random Generator to select the winner

Here's what you can win

1. enjoy journaling with Rasberry Notebooks

you will receive 3 notebooks and two coordinated pens to the total value of $40

A close up of the types of notebooks and pens available to win...

 
 
 

Second prize option is

2. make an impression this christmas with Rasberry christmas papers and embellishments -

make gorgeous cards, gift tags, decorate your christmas table ....with our beautiful christmas creative products

 

there are so many goodies in the pack - I cannot even begin to describe it all but you will love it and I will also throw in some adhesive tape and scissors to get you started on your christmas projects such as:

  

Guest Designer - Larissa Hutchens

Here in Sydney I teach and design at Memories That Last, who stock some of our Rasberry products. One of the girls who works at the store is the very talented Larissa Hutchens. I gave her some products from our new Rasberry Christmas range to play with and here are her gorgeous designs.

                        

 

In this layout Larissa has used white cardstock as her background, which is distressed on the edges, she has then layered some of the Rasberry patterned papers (also distressed). She has then added the Rasberry ribbon which is hand pleated and the gorgeous bling! She has then machine sewn a star over the whole layout. I just LOVE the little photos which look like stamps in the corners of the larger photos!

In this one Larissa has layered papers and added one of the Rasberry chipboard angels which she has covered with one of the angels from our patterned paper (they fit perfectly when cut out) and some more gorgeous Rasberry bling!

How cute is this Christmas wall hanging that Larissa made out of ONE sheet of Rasberry patterned paper, she simply cut out all the angels and strung them together then added alpha letters!

And who wouldn't love to receive this beautiful handmade card for Christmas, again using Rasberry Angel paper and Rasberry Christmas Rub ons on the front and I just love the little sentiment inside the card!

Thanks for being our Guest Designer for the RASBERRY Christmas range Larissa !!!

how to make a paper lantern by Rasberry

{create it. love it}

How to make a paper lantern?

Things you'll need?

• Christmas paper
• Ribbon
• Gem Brads

you can grab these from the Rasberry Shop ...

Step 1: Select a size

i like 20.5 cm x 20.5 cm but you can choose whatever size you like

trim to size

Step 2: Cut slits into the paper

fold the paper in half

cut slits into the paper approximately 1 cm apart - you only need to cut 3/4's of the way up

Step 3: Form lantern

 once you have completed cutting the slits into the paper

open up the fold and turn the paper around to form a lantern

staple the ends together

Step 4: Add ribbon handle

position the ribbon on either side of the lantern to form a handle

hold in place using a gem brad - this provides the lantern with some detail...

there it is...a paper lantern..it is a simple project and the perfect way to integrate children into helping with christmas decorations....
 

a map of where to go...

{noteworthy}

It is worth mentioning that you can find Rasberry products at Angus & Robertson Top Ryde, NSW - the new store...including our stationary, we also have some beautiful papers, rubs on stickers and metallic cardstock to get your going on some gorgeous christmas projects. These products will also be going into other A&R icon stores across the country so you won't miss out.

Shortly these postcards will be heading to the stores with idea's and instructions on projects to complete.  We shall be providing regular projects so stay tuned.  If you have any ideas, questions or requests - leave us a comment - we will most definitely follow up.

 

enjoy

Sheena

 
  

make an impression this Christmas

You Can with a tiny bit of help from Rasberry's christmas products and a special touch of your own creativity. Today I spent the afternoon with Mel Garner from Dragonfly Crafts setting up for Paperific. 

It brought back memories of a Paperific experience.  One year a friend and myself decided to go to Paperific - it was at the Telstra Dome.  We were like crazy little kids in a candy shop....it was like going to movie world - you don't know where to start - you want to see everything...experience it all and of course ...pick up some goodies...

We met some amazing retailers, had a heap of fun doing a variety of "make & takes" and picked up a variety of crafting stuff.  After, the show Kath & I headed to "PJ O,Briens" for dinner, drinks and some serious "post show replay" discussion.  There was so much to discuss - people, ideas, products and the hope that we could do it all over again!

You Can....tomorrow....because Paperific is on again

Paperific

13, 14 and 15 November 2009

at the Melbourne Showgrounds in Ascot Vale
The expo runs for three days:
9.30am to 5pm - Friday and Saturday
9.30am to 4pm - Sunday
adults: $10
seniors & full-time students: $8
kids under ten: free

for further information go to www.paperific.com.au

you will be able to grab Rasberry products from

DRAGONFLY CRAFTS

Dragonfly Crafts will also be doing "make & takes" so you can have a little bit of fun with them.  Here's a glimpse of the Rasberry stand of products.  Enjoy

Sheena.

a letter to Santa

{create it.love it}

I love the concept of "a book about life" - a snapshot of life's "a-ha" moments ...here's a letter to Santa worth capturing...

enjoy

Sheena