Happy Little Vegemite

Welcome everyone Candy here with you all  again,  Is it the end of October already? With  Christmas  just around the corner, scarey thought heh. Today I have completed a layout for you using the wording Happy Little Vegemite. Thinking to myself I need a photo of one of my children with vegemite all over their faces, but no go. So I had to think out of my box and create something with a big kid in the photo. For my son fishing and catching his first Barra in Darwin made him very happy. So this is what I have come up with.

I have used Teal Damask and Rusty Keys Chalk ink (Prima) and daubed them over the words. When it dried I covered with Dimensional magic.

Memory Maze Product 

Happy Little Vegemite

And now for my second project I have made a 4 x 8 inch card

with the firetruck. I have painted it with gesso first then with some red paint. Then using a silver zig pen I drew the ladder and headlights on the truck. Then I have used a black sharpie and drew in the bottom of the truck, and added some black buttons for the wheels.

Memory Maze product

firetruck

Thank you for visiting

Candy Chelepy

2015 Memory Maze Design Team

Bag in a Box and Quick Christmas Cards by Jodie Mason

Welcome back for my final post of the month. Now I know that Christmas is still a few months away, but with handmade gifts it's never too early to get a start.

Bag in a box

This is a design that has been doing the rounds of many paper crafting groups lately, and I just had to give it a shot. With my kids school fete coming up I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to try some Christmas designs. As the name suggests these start off as a box, but then have all of the great qualities of a bag. I gathered a selection of Christmas style Memory Maze chipboards and covered them in a coat of white gesso.

Gesso covered chipboard pieces

 This Santa piece was coloured with Copic markers and then glued to the outside of the bag.

This buckle was coloured with a black copic marker and then had crystal stickles added over the top.

Here is the finished 'Bag in a box'.

Front View

Top view

Memory Maze supplies used:

Santa

 

Buckle Oval Medium

 

 

Quick Christmas Cards

The bag in a box above is perfect to hold a few quick 4" cards. Using some of the left over chipboard pieces from above I put together these quick cards.

 

Memory Maze supplies used:

Christmas Bells

Santa

 

Bauble Tear Drop

 

Tis the Season

 

And when you put them all together you have a nice little handmade gift for someone.

 

Thanks for visiting

JODIE MASON

Memory Maze Design Team 2015

Photo Boxes for the boys - by Toni Herron

First of all, I just would like to acknowledge the amazingly stunning and beautiful work that has been shared by my fellow DT members lately. We have seen so many pretty and creative pieces of art that I have decided to go a little left field. Today, I'm here to share with you two BOY themed creations. They are both boxes, very interactive and can handle the lovingly admiration from the boys as they play with them. There are loads of photos in each box and a lot of journaling to go with them. I hope you enjoy these projects and hopefully inspire you with your next project. 

Crazy Kid

This is an Explosion box style with acetate for clear view inside the box. It features photos of my little boy Hunter doing some of his favourite things and accomplishments so far this year. 

The chipboard have been painted and inked. One of the best things about Memory Maze, is that they package the chipboard so generously. So I get to use some of the chipboard on several different projects before I run out of that product.

Memory Maze products used; 

Crazy Kid

Stars Multi pkt 5 

Chicken Wire large

Cogs  

I love Footy

Life is pretty amazing

Now it's Lane's turn. After seeing Hunter's photo box, Lane was pretty keen on having one for himself. However since he is now 12yrs old, I thought a more teenage grungy style would suit a little better. 

Instead of photos being attached to the box, I have used a mini accordion style pullout thing for him. It too features photos from the first half of this year, plenty of journaling and definitely room for another accordion set to fit, which can feature the special events from the last half of the year.

Memory Maze products used; 

Brick Wall

Small Barbed Wire

Ornate Double Square Frame

Pavers stencil 

12x12 plain chipboard

For more details on this project, please visit my blog. There will information about how I made these and some of their achievements that they have both accomplished. 

Thank you very much for visiting today

Toni Herron

2015 Memory Maze Design Team Member

First of all, I just would like to acknowledge the amazingly stunning and beautiful work that has been shared by my fellow DT members lately. We have seen so many pretty and creative pieces of art that I have decided to go a little left field. Today, I'm here to share with you two BOY themed creations. They are both boxes, very interactive and can handle the lovingly admiration from the boys as they play with them. There are loads of photos in each box and a lot of journaling to go with them. I hope you enjoy these projects and hopefully inspire you with your next project. 

Crazy Kid

This is an Explosion box style with acetate for clear view inside the box. It features photos of my little boy Hunter doing some of his favourite things and accomplishments so far this year. 

The chipboard have been painted and inked. One of the best things about Memory Maze, is that they package the chipboard so generously. So I get to use some of the chipboard on several different projects before I run out of that product.

Memory Maze products used; 

Crazy Kid

Stars Multi pkt 5 

Chicken Wire large

Cogs  

I love Footy

Life is pretty amazing

Now it's Lane's turn. After seeing Hunter's photo box, Lane was pretty keen on having one for himself. However since he is now 12yrs old, I thought a more teenage grungy style would suit a little better. 

Instead of photos being attached to the box, I have used a mini accordion style pullout thing for him. It too features photos from the first half of this year, plenty of journaling and definitely room for another accordion set to fit, which can feature the special events from the last half of the year.

Memory Maze products used; 

Brick Wall

Small Barbed Wire

Ornate Double Square Frame

Pavers stencil 

12x12 plain chipboard

For more details on this project, please visit my blog. There will information about how I made these and some of their achievements that they have both accomplished. 

Thank you very much for visiting today

Toni Herron

2015 Memory Maze Design Team Member