Sandie's Christmas Book

Hi
To call this a book is a total understatement - it is a work of art - as you turn each page, there is a new exciting & different element

Front Cover

Cover close up

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5 or centre of book

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Entire Book

Sandie's List of Products 

Megs Garden Products Used:

Compliments of the Season Paper (All 12 X 12)

Vintage Santas Paper

Red & Cream Lace Paper

Victorian Santas Paper

Santa's Garden Paper

Christmas Morning Paper

Green Holly

Lace (L29220)

Lace (L28970)

Lace (L2920)

German Scrap: European Flourish (g8610) & Corner Decorative (g64)

Jingle Bells

German Flitter

Pins of Jewels

Other

Scrap FX chipboard “Merry Christmas”

Miscellaneous Laces from personal collection

Tags

Hand-dyed silk ribbon (no brand) & other

Tim Holtz “Walnut” Distress Ink

Stickles

Cardstock

Prima Flower

Well done Sandie - a fabulous project

Bye for now

Meg

Denise Ann's Christmas Collection

Hi Ladies
Denise Ann's collection of projects is really fantastic - I was very surprised when I saw her request for papers - she used the images from the Vintage Christmas ATC papers.

Her first project is a beautiful card with a dark blue border punched cardstock & embellished with reds & gold & with green to accent the little girl's coat

Then the following 2 tags:  The first one is in the traditional Christmas colours of red & green with a jingle bell

The second tag is in the cooler colours of a cold blue Christmas with icy snowflakes & glitter

 She then turned her attention to an Explosion card - again using a dark blue border punched cardstock but with her own paper - Santa's Garden - stunning & exciting. She used the Santa section in the base of the card & the sky sections of the paper in the inside of the explosion pieces

Closed Explosion Card

The explosion card opened to show the inside



Inside base of the explosion card

And then to finish her Christmas Collection, another beautiful card:  - this time using 1 of her own papers & a round lacy doily as backgrounds to the distressed & glittered image; glittered icy snowflakes, lace, muslin, icy flourishes & white flowers & leaves are used as embellishments 

Denise Ann used:

Products from Meg's Garden:

Vintage Christmas 1 & 2 ATC papers

Gold German scrap

jingle bell

Holly leaves

Merry Christmas ribbon & checkered ribbon

gold leaf flitter

Other Products used:

snowflake punches are Martha Stewart

gold snowflakes are Spellbinders 

retro punch

Martha Stewart border punch

crimper

fired brick ink

doilies

Martha Stewart fern leaf punch

Well done, Denise Ann

Gayle is up next & tells me she has been having great fun - she has done a Christmas box & 2 cards so far & says she needs a couple more days - could not say no.

Bye for now

Meg 

Adriana's Christmas Projects

 Hi ladies
The bell has rung for the Design Team - they had a choice from the Christmas shop for papers, embellishments, lace & more.
This is what Adriana has done from her goodies box - a really beautiful & creative collection of projects



Angels on Christmas Lace Card



Meg's Garden items used:

Vintage Christmas 1 collage photo

Mini paper pack Christmas 1

Red and Cream Lace 12’X12”

Merry Christmas ribbon

Green Holly

Millefiori red Beads

Jewel pin

Lace left white

Other items:

Card stock Red, cream, Green & Gold metallic

Paper flowers, inks.

Tim Holtz tattered flowers diecut

Martha stewart vine punch

Embossing folder





The Angel page Layout - Everytime a bell rings an angel gets Its wings

Items used from Meg’s garden:

Red & Cream Lace paper 12” x 12”

Mini paper pack Christmas 1

Vintage Christmas 1 Collage photo

Peace on earth paper 12” x 12”

Lace from Meg’s Garden which has been Glimmermisted

Green Holly

Jewel pins

German scrap gold

Red/Green ribbon and Merry Christmas ribbon

Flitter gold flakes

Jingle bells

Other items used

Bazzill stock - red, Black, Green

Burgundy and gold ribbon

Paper flowers

Red diamontes

Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Diecut -

Martha stewart vine punch

Glitter mist, inks

Angel Canvas

Materials from Meg's Garden used for the Angel Canvas:

Vintage Christmas 1 collage photo

Mini paper Christmas 1 pack

Red and cream lace paper 12” x 12”

Lace with glimmermist spray

Jewel beads

Other items used

Bazill red & Black stock

Paper flowers

Ribbons

Tissue

Tissue tape

Gesso

Twiddleybitz frame

Gold  and cream paint

Tim holtz Tattered florals diecut

Martha stewart vine punch

Red diamontes

Glimmer mist

inks

What a fabulous collection of artistic work - well done Adriana

Denise is up next & her projects are also fabulous - they will be on the blog on Saturday 22 Oct

Bye for now

Meg

Discover & Remember Collection

Hi

These 2 cards were designed by Denise Ann using papers from the Discover & Remember Collection:
Both have a kraft cardstock background with covers stamped & then coloured using an aquapen.

The first is a joy fold card with elements stamped on the inside on the tags

The 2nd card has 2 folds with the smaller section embellished

My next blog will be from Adriana - the first to provide her projects using the Christmas shop collections - they are really fantastic

Bye for now

Meg

Christmas Challenge

Hi
The lovely ladies on the Design Team were allowed to choose their Christmas papers from the Christmas Shop; they could then choose some coordinating lace, ribbons & German scrap.  Their kit included 1 each of the Pins of Jewels, their choice in holly leaves colour, a bottle of snow, a packet of Millefiore beads, gold ribbon & some german flitter flakes.
From this pack of goodies they can choose to make: cards, scrapbook layouts, tags, off the page – totally their choice

Objective:  WOW the megsgarden clientele

I have had a sneak preview & I can assure you that you will not be disappointed.

I am just back from a 3 day wedding in Sydney - my nephew Benjamin married an Irish girl so the Adelaide based family contingent went to stay in Terrigal on the Central Coast of NSW to attend the wedding at Bells, Killcare. On Saturday the bride's father put on a pre-wedding dinner party for the immediate families & the wedding party. It was a beautiful time to meet Sinead's family from Ireland. The wedding was Sunday at 4pm on the lawn at Bells with dinner at 6.30. Sunday was brunch again at Bells. Wine, champagne & food flowed for the 3 days. To finish it off, our Qantas flight back to Adelaide was delayed 2 hours due to the strikes.  It was a beautiful 3 days & I enjoyed staying the 3 days at Terrigal in a room with an ocean view.  Now back to reality in the Adelaide Hills.
Bye for now
Meg

Design Team Call Out

Hi
Thanks you to all the applicants for the Design Team. It was very difficult to select the final 4 & I had to have some help.
Congratulations to the Team. I look forward to working with you to assist in any way in the creation of some WOW projects.
The Team:
Denise Ann:    http://passionscrapping.blogspot.com/
Adriana Bolzon:    http://abinspirations.blogspot.com/
Gayle Price:  http://blissandgesso.blogspot.com/
Sandie Edwards:    http://delightfullycrazytoo.blogspot.com/
These talented ladies are all Australian & will be doing some fabulous projects to tempt you, to assist you in creating & give you some great ideas
More to follow
I now have to challenge the Team.
How do I do this?
Do I just send a package of papers & say choose from the package & 

• do some projects by ... date
• do a layout in X&Y colours
• do some projects in Z style

The papers are all designed & printed in Australia; the Design Team are all Australian; let us show the world how to really do it!

Bye for now

Meg

Have to sit down with a cuppa, think about the challenge, listen to the rain coming down in the Adelaide Hills & come up with the answer. It is a little bit like Master Chef - put the ingredients on the table & challenge.

I think that is the answer - I will get my table together

Design Team Call out

Hi

Att: Papercraft Artists

We are looking for a few awesome Papercraft Artists who can showcase Meg’s Garden/Designs Galore products!!

If you LOVE Paper crafts and lots of embellishments and use it on layouts, cards & off the page projects then show us what you love to do!!

We are looking for talented artists who inspire others to create.

What’s expected of a Meg’s Garden/Designs Galore Design Team Member?

·          The ability to showcase our products!

·          Take good photos or scans of projects

 

The Details –

·          Design Team is for 6 months from 1 October, 2011 – 28 February, 2012.

·          Create a minimum of 1 layout/project per month posting on both your blog and the Meg’s Garden Blog – dates will be given when team in picked.

·          Be a part of one Blog Hop during the 6 months. Date given at a later date

·          Promote Meg’s Garden/Designs Galore by posting the above layouts/projects on other online galleries and blogs with working links to the blog.

For further details please email info@megsgarden.com

Meg Foreman – Mgr Director Meg’s Garden P/L which owns Designs Galore

Thanks
Meg