tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12261475801528147772024-03-14T21:12:55.252+13:00The Paper Addictionthe paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-81199749257895304512014-11-22T15:15:00.000+13:002014-11-22T15:15:37.094+13:00The Countdown Begins2014 will be remembered (by me) as the fastest year yet! I cannot believe how quickly we are approaching Christmas. In New Zealand a number of firms close down for the holidays, and we all hope for a lovely sunny day. We often barbecue and every year watch children in the streets with their new bikes. On my wish list this year is art supplies, art classes and chocolate! I will admit the list grows ......<br />
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As we approach the cut off for International shipping for Christmas delivery I will be shutting the Etsy store and not reopening till 2015. To celebrate the holidays I am offering FREE shipping anywhere with all purchases over $50 in the next four days. The code is FREESHIP2014<br />
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There are still a few books left! I have started a few projects for next year, but have been distracted with messy paint play. I have some projects that will be hopefully be fully developed for the New Year.</div>
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-78426050524018963352014-10-30T13:23:00.001+13:002014-10-30T13:23:50.415+13:00Celebrate Good Times, come on!<br />
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I am getting in the spirit of Christmas giving early and would love to give away a pack of assorted napkins these are great for collage, art journalling, scrapbooking, card making - you name it ... you can do it! I have a selection of these packs which will be loaded in my Etsy store in the next couple of days, but one will be given away to one of you lovely people. Leave a comment below on this post and I will do a random draw in a weeks time.<br />
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the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-14890968391153266862014-09-15T21:16:00.000+12:002014-09-15T21:16:57.013+12:00This may explain where I have been!Hello everyone<br />
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I have been very neglectful of my blog but this may explain what I have been doing lately!<br />
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-9621821889953537272014-05-18T16:17:00.000+12:002014-05-18T16:17:26.305+12:00Paris Dream Journal Winner is announced!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Yes, the winner has been announced!</div>
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-57600069507366144822014-05-03T16:22:00.000+12:002014-05-03T16:22:29.298+12:00Paris Dream Mini Album/Journal is looking for a new home!!I am finally ready to share this project that I have been working on. The lovely Jennifer Bishop of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/nz/shop/dreamzetc" target="_blank">Dreamzetc</a> invited me to join her as a guest designer. She sent me a lovely parcel full of her beautiful paper designs and other goodies and this is the result.<br />
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I will also be including followers who leave a comment on my instagram <a href="http://instagram.com/thepaperaddiction" target="_blank">HERE</a> and also on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thepaperaddiction" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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The days of summer here are flying by. While tales of snow and flood reach us down here in New Zealand, we have days of hot summer sun interspersed with grey days with rain tossed in to keep everything green. </div>
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went on a road trip at Christmas and missed all the holiday traffic!!</div>
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I learned how to make these paper dresses and shared them on my favorite addiction at the moment .... Instagram. I am <b><a href="http://instagram.com/thepaperaddiction" target="_blank">here</a></b></div>
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I am so excited and completely inefficient at the moment. I should be packing but I am not. I am flying to Auckland on Wednesday to attend my son's graduation. I am then staying on with him for a few days before the rest of the family arrives and we spend Christmas together. It is the first year ever that I have not been at home with family. Most years Christmas involves one meal at one side of the family and the other meal with the other side. This year it will be very different. Four humans and 1 dog at our Christmas day. We are enjoying hot steamy days and will probably have a barbeque for our Christmas meals! Very different to all the picturesque snow scenes I have been enjoying on instagram!!<br />
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P.S. I made the Christmas tree many years ago, there is a lot of upcycling involved. An ugly old picture frame, black velvet and tons of sequins!</div>
the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-73199085420007833822013-12-08T19:42:00.000+13:002013-12-16T22:08:36.153+13:00My Time Machine Broke!!It must have because I lost November and now I am freaking out that it is the beginning of December (I know that is a stretch but pretending keeps me sane)<br />
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I have had some internet challenges of late. We upgraded to ultra fast internet, which sounds fabulous but it did not like our computers and after countless phone calls and being advised to be patient, the upgrade was slowing our computers down, we finally figured it out on our own. It clashed with the latest Windows programme. (If you are a NZ Telecom user and have problems contact me and I will tell you the quick fix) Finally I could log on to the internet, I had missed A LOT. On You tube I no longer have comments or messages and have not yet managed to find them! I wish technology would stop speeding past and let me catch up.<br />
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During this time I did fall completely in love with instagram. It is so quick and easy and it was not affected by my internet problems on my phone at all.<br />
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I have made a number of journals, including this gorgeous one for Alysia<br />
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The lessons in class today are on alcohol inks. I am guilty of seriously under using these products. I do not have a lot of colours, just gold, espresso, rust and black. That might explain yet again why I have created a tonal piece. I did not have any glossy cardstock to hand so instead I grabbed a metal tape card and used the inks for colour and depth. It may not quite fit in with the class but Tim is all about taking the techniques and tools and making them your own and so I did.<br />
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-4546496360160717762013-10-10T20:10:00.001+13:002013-10-10T20:10:35.941+13:00Creativity Chemistry 102 - Day 3The fantastic thing about and online class is it is ready when you are .... you can never be late! Love that.<br />
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Tonight I only had time to watch the videos and play with a couple of tags. I do not have a few of the distress products used in today's class but now that I have seen the distress glitter in action I neeeed some!!<br />
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I loved the technique used on the right so much I tried it out on the ribbon - do you like the effect? I am sworn to secrecy on how it is done!! (by Mr Tim Holtz, of course)<br />
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If you are interested the class is at <u><a href="http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/" target="_blank">online card classes</a>.</u></div>
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The class is on now and a new days videos is loaded every day this week but you can take the class at any time and revisit the videos at your own convenience. I love that it is on call whenever I want to check in. </div>
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the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-8825570673575121222013-10-08T17:33:00.002+13:002013-10-08T17:33:34.901+13:00Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 1I am busy playing and making a mess today. I joined in the Creative Chemistry class at <u><a href="http://www.onlinecardclasses.com/" target="_blank">online card classes</a>.</u> Last year I did the 101 and graduated so now I can join in the next class.<br />
The class is a technique based class and we make lots of tags of the different techniques we learn with all the various Tim and Ranger products. I have a few of most of the products needed, including <b><u>1</u></b> distress marker in vintage photo. When the markers were released the budget did not stretch far enough so I purchased one to try it out - it is very cool but the lottery tickets have not been very kind so it remains a loner with no friends!!<br />
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This year my son left home. He moved to another city to follow his dream of working in the film industry. Some of you will know what that means! I am thrilled for him and so proud, he goes after his dreams and it is inspiring to see. But, I miss him so much and there has been some major adjustments and of course some tears.</div>
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He is studying Directing and Scriptwriting at South Seas Film School in Auckland. For his final project he will create a short film and as the Director is responsible for the providing the budget. He is fortunate that a lot of the equipment is on loan from the school and crew are volunteers. He still needs some $$ and I volunteered to make a journal to auction as a fundraiser. The auction is running on Youtube and Ethan and I are thrilled with the response. We have two more days to go, before the auction closes. </div>
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-1910584466524236802013-09-14T11:28:00.000+12:002013-09-14T11:28:08.728+12:00What have I been doing?????It does not seem possible that it has been so long since I last posted. I have to admit that I have been distracted by instagram. It is quick and easy to use and very easy to upload photos to.<br />
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If you would like to check it out ..... This is where I am sharing sneak peaks of what I am working on<br />
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The other thing I have been focused on is making journals. I have completed a number of commissioned journals and I am currently working on two more - they are private at the moment ... secrets!<br />
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I have also finished a number of journals for sale and will be listing them here shortly. In the meantime here is a sneak peek!<br />
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-82356679090031261322013-08-08T14:19:00.000+12:002013-08-08T14:19:10.178+12:00Oops it's AugustThe month of August has started off with a bang. Major rearrangements going on in my house. My studio no longer looks like it did <i><a href="http://thepaperaddiction.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/where-bloggers-create-2013.html">here</a></i>. It is now in a different room and it looks like a major explosion has taken place.<br />
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Lots of organizing and to be honest.... hunting, hunting for glue, for paper, for my heat gun. How could I lose so much stuff going from one space to another?? I know nothing has left the house. I know it is some where in the room and that makes it soooo much worse!!<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I have a vision of a central island made up of the alex and the helmar drawers with a easy care table on top. Now all I need is to convince the hubby and I am away laughing!! I am sure my room would be tidy if I had the right storage!! Wouldn't it??</span></div>
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the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-11044893976905228842013-07-31T12:38:00.002+12:002013-07-31T12:38:48.110+12:00Flowers, flowers everywhere!!I got totally distracted by the studio tours and spent so much time visiting (and lusting after) other studios that I neglected my own blog. So I am rectifying that right now.<br />
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Way back in January I participated in a fun challenge on Youtube. The challenge was to create a tussie mussie out of a toilet roll and decorate it.<br />
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It was a quick and easy project and a lot of fun! I was asked to do a tutorial on my flowers. I have finally done this. I did think I needed to created some clever new technique but have realised I like to find the easy way to create and so I shared my simple flower techniques on YouTube here</div>
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Love to hear which is your favourite. I am so jealous of the gorgeous vintage storage. Last year I painted everything white, when I fell in love with all the studios. This year I am so drawn to the aqua colour - I might be repainting soon!!</div>
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Last year when I found this fabulous event I went visiting and over the last 6 months I have popped in and out to check and I hope visit all the studios, big or small I love them all. They represent our creative dreams and what could be better than that.<br />
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This is my mixed media spot. The little drawers were a present from my darling daughter Aleisha and were from Typo. They hold gelatos, Big brush pens and watercolour pencils. The cowgirl make up case was a charity shop find and holds some of my pens. (I have a stationery addiction as well!) The tin underneath is gorgeous and also from my favourite charity shop.</div>
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Another charity shop find. the dresser was an expensive buy at $8 (WooHoo) repainted it in matte white acrylic. I want to redo both painted pieces when I get my hands on some Milk Paint. the three tiered storage was created by my hubbie after I saw an image on pinterest. I used old cake tins from the charity shop (painted black till I decide which colour they will be) and threaded rod from the hardware store. Warning - Mine have a wobble on them as I overload them. I need to cut down the rod to make the gaps between smaller but they are in constant use as they are filled with all my paint and sprays. The mess underneath the drawers in intentional, that is my very expensive storage solution for big papers and card!!</div>
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I also have a large closet in this room. No, you cannot see inside. We have to be much better acquainted before I can show you that!! Definitely not appropriate for a first date! Maybe 2014!<br />
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Thank you for coming to visit. I hope you like my studio. I will admit as I type this it no longer looks like the photos. In the days since I have made several books and a number of atc's so there is creativity everywhere!<br />
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-10808686359483166592013-07-09T11:11:00.000+12:002013-07-09T11:11:07.175+12:00I have a confession to makeWhen I started blogging and making YouTube videos I did so to keep a record of what I make. This worked for a little while, until I realised that my photos were not very good and I didn't actually know what I was doing technically speaking. As I continued to over think the situation, I had less and less time to actually post something!! That is the problem with over thinking it doesn't leave a lot of time for the DOING!!!<br />
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Please accept my blanket apology for anything that is not quite as good as I would like it to be.<br />
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<br />the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-57107839857386830702013-06-22T10:54:00.001+12:002013-06-22T10:54:52.851+12:00Sometimes things appear when you need them!!Today the stars aligned and I found just what I didn't know I was looking for.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Love this article about The Voice - do you have one? I do - I have a big ugly brute that sits on my shoulder and has way to much power. </span></div>
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Cecile Summers comments really made me think. Check out the comments -She says ... That same voice pushes you in new directions and comes up with good, and crazy and fabulous ideas (like the time I put the whole ugly book I made in a bucket of tea dye and then threw it in the oven and now I love it!!)</div>
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I found lots of interesting and fascinating blogs to visit and that may have have distracted me from my own blog and my to do list that has 14 projects to share, two commissioned books to finish, 16 videos to make and 73,000 unfinished projects. Not to mention housework, making money and oh no I will not mention any more!!</div>
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This week will be the turn around I swear - my new plan which replaces several other unsuccessful plans is to complete one task every second day at least!! That way I still have a day to get distracted and make 32 atc's like I did yesterday. OOps - I will start on Monday!!</div>
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Thanks for visiting and please leave a comment if you have any ideas on how to complete brilliant plans!</div>
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the paper addictionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807929996171670309noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1226147580152814777.post-47448716464293065112013-05-12T19:27:00.000+12:002013-05-12T19:27:31.252+12:00Happy Mother DayHappy Mothers Day to Mothers everywhere!<br />
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I had recently made two books for my Mum. One was a Memory book for her Golden Wedding Anniversary and the other an altered notebook for writing down important things, so I did not want to make another book. I decided to make a canvas featuring A Ladies Diary from Graphic 45 a favourite paper line of my Mum's! Took a few photos as I was running out the door. Really need to plan the photo thing better in future, as they are not the best photos, but I will add that to my list of skills I am working on.<br />
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I altered the cover and inside of the cover , both front and back of a purchased spiral bound art journal. Will remember this next time I am caught short for a present as it was a quick and easy project and it turned out really cute!</div>
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Thanks for visiting and I hope you all had or are having a fabulous weekend!!</div>
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