News Flash - Our newest Design Team Member

The gorgeous Helen Jolly has agreed to be on our Design Team at Tattered Inspirations. And Rachel, Michelle and I are so delighted!! We are happy to announce that Helen will be showing you how to used Tattered Inspirations on cards in particular.

 Helen Jolly

Tattered Inspirations Design Team

I was looking for someone to help us on the design team for the ladies who produce cards - and I went to the best I know - Helen! She took a little time to consider it - but I am delighted she has let us know that she is happy to work with us on the Design Team at Tattered Inspirations. What fun we will have. I am very fortunate to also have her as a friend so I feel doubly lucky.

 Her first card using the goodies is here!

 Helen's gorgeous birsthday card...wow!!

We welcome Helen to the Design Team and know that she will love it!!
With love
C

starting to breathe again

I just wanted to pop in and say how hard it has been this last week since my Dad's passing on Sunday .... my amazing father finally passed away after beating cancer 16 years ago .... he was an amazing man

As I walk through my grief I thank you for all your support and kindness... I appreciate it very much

I thought I would share a pic and a couple of paragraphs from his eulogy.... his will be sorely missed

William Robert Thomas (Bill) Bodger

4.10.27  - 24.7.11

Deeply Loved

Forever Remembered in Our Hearts

Family has always been so important to Bill and as a father he was always involved in his children’s lives. He and Nancy always supported, loved and cherished the family relationships with their children, partners and grandchildren. A gruff exterior belied a soft and caring heart, he worried about his family, and he offered support in so many ways and wanted to be involved to the very last.

Having his family so widespread meant cherished visits to and from New Zealand with Glenn, Heather, Morgan, Riley, Kate, Jack and Zoe, holidays in Queensland with Sonya and Ross and many weekends and special occasions celebrated in Canberra with Carol, Phil, Jessica and Mathew.

Nancy has been the love of his life for over 55 years; they depended on each other for companionship, adventures and in later life supported each other through the challenges of aging. They shared a special bond and were each others soul mate and best friend. Through the journey of life they have always been there for each other and their love will last forever.

Go softly Dad

Forever Remembered

C

Entry By Kerry, layouts by you and the DT

I had a shocker the other day - blogger was not playing fair.... so here I am again hoping for a better reult cause I have a lot to show you all!!


Firstly here is a layout and a card by the gorgeous Michelle Lark using the new Vntage Tiles LOVE... I will have more int he shop next week

Timeless 

Layout by Michelle Lark

Tattered Inspirations Design Team

Using Vintage Tiles (Bike ride through Paris)

Happy Birthday

Card by Michelle Lark

Tattered Inspirations Design Team

Using Vintage Tiles (Ode to William Morris)

 
Here is the July Competition by the gorgeous Kerry Smith - the layout and the card are so beautiful!

 Aren't they just glorious

Keryy said "Here is my entry for the July Competition using the Autumn Days kit for the layout and the card has part of the Easter kit and seam binding with a vintage button from "Carol's Box" (not sure which kit it came from). "

We were joking about how many people had a special container to put their Tattered Inspirations stuff when Nicole Brown sent in this! 

 Just gorgeous - I am sure you will agree.

And finally from Joanne Boyd - her gorgeous layouts of her family using just one mini kit to give 2 layouts ... nice work!!

I am off to Camp Mojo now and so I will see you when I return
I have decided to extend the July Competition to end of July!!
So get your entries in.....

Love
C

new kits this weekend!

Well I have been creating and here is the proof - 7 new kits .... something for everyone

 Lady in Red Mini Kit - is available here

Emily Kate Mini Kit is available here 

Freedom to Fly is available here 

 High Tea is available here

Playtime Buddies is available here  

Bedtime Prayers is available here

Yellow Bird Mini Kit is available here

That is all tonight sweet people

Til next time

Love

C

Lots to share ...a competition entry and some clever layouts!

Sorry, firstly, about being off the air over the past week - I have had the flu and am only starting to feel a little human now.... at least it the bug will be truly gone for Camp Mojo - which is a relief! 97 women scrapping, creating and talking - should be a blast!
Thanks also for the well wishes for my Dad who is still in hospital - it is so hard sometimes being the only child in  Canberra of 2 parents who need so much support that I sometimes feel I cannot cope with it all - but  I do - and much better than this week when I have been sick too!

So I have heaps to show you and so I thought I would display Sally's beautiful work here for the Competition due on the 20th July! Here are the specs:

Create a layout and a card

Use earthy tones

Wildlife or landscape theme

Some stamping

2 or more Tattered Inspirations Products

So here is the entry form the gorgeous Sally Dowen who I have the pleasure in scrapping with every month...

Sally's layout

And Sally's Card - both gorgeous - I know you will agree!!

Nicole Brown has also been creating too and it seems that lots of girls have a 'Tattered Inspirations Container' for the goodies from the shop - so Nic sent in these pics - I do love them!

Baskets by Nicole Brown

And a cake pan ..... by Nicole again.... lovely

And lastly - Cathy Rowland has been creating with the kits and here are two of her layouts..... they are so lovely!

 I am also so happy to see you wonderful work so please keep them coming in - and thanks so much for letting me pop them up on my blog too- sorry they were a little later than first promised - but there are finally here...

With love
C

It is our birthday....... Number 1

It is our birthday and we are 1 year old.... what a year and how time has flown

I have a delightful Design Team - Michelle Lark and Rachel Walsh - who do such beautiful work - I am really blessed by their creativity.... and I know you are too - because you let me know

I also have such wonderful people who shop with me - even when I was starting in the early days..... wow it is amazing to see the shop now! In the beginning I had about 10 items I think now I have over 100.

This weekend we hit 1000 sales too - so isn't that awesome - I have loved showing you all my excitement as this neared. And now my room is full of lots of parcels to post (I think about 14 at last count)

So my gift to you this weekend is a pack of seam binding or bottletops with any purchase..... as a thank you for your faith in my products and that you buy form me even though I am not a 'big company' and you love to show me your creations.

So from me to you - my heartfelt thanks and appreciation for all you do to support my little business and as I sad to Sally yesterday while we still are all having fun it will be there.

Thank you ... and I wish you  Happy Birthday as well!! 'Cause we did it together

Lots of love
C

PS - you can nominate your gift in the comments section - or I will send one or the other..... :)

new stuff for the shop and restock of seam binding

Hi everyone here are the newest editions to the Tattered Inspirations Etsy Shop
I am so excited to show you what I have been doing!

VINTAGE BOTTLETOPS
Vintage Bottletops that I have been popping into kits for a while now.... they are now available in packs of three and coordinate with my mini kits and seam binding.... lots to choose from and lots more to come too!!

Playtime (4)

 It is here in my shop - Playtime

 Birdsong (2)

And here it is in my shop - Birdsong (2)

Cupcakes

And here is is in the shop - Cupcakes

Here is a layout I did recently using Vintage Bottletops

Alight

Layout by Carol Mead

Tattered Inspirations

Featuring Vintage Bottletops

VINTAGE TILES 

Here are the new Vintage Tiles too - these are just gorgeous - with a high quality print sitting underneath a resin bubble... just the thing for your layouts and they come with a gorgeous flower cabochon

Paris Vintage Tiles

Here it is in my shop - Paris

SEAM BINDING

And lastly the gorgeous seam binding is back - this stuff is so very popular for all sorts of reasons - it is fabulous for bows, using as ribbon, you can gather it, put it in tags,..... it is soft and seems to add to a layout without detracting from it.... 

There are more colours now and lots of variegation too.... yummy!

Vintage Hand dyed Seam Binding 'Lily'

It is in the shop now - Lily

Detail of how to use seam binding as a bow in your flowers

This is my gorgeous daughter

Flowers form Tattered Inspirations and Prima

I am loving working with these 'newbies' and the Tattered Inspiration Design Team are looking forward to creating with them soon..... so have lots of fun...... they really are so sweet!

Happy creating

Carol

3 new kits - Michelle has done so well.......... these are wonderful!

I am soooooo very lucky to have a great design team.

Fancy having a Design Team who love my stuff.... who work so well even when I send them heaps of goodies to work with - and they never , ever , complain.......... even when I somehow lose their email which I did to Michelle (sorry again Michelle)......

So Here we go.......  from the beautiful Michelle Lark

Little Angels

Layout by Michelle Lark

Tattered Inspirations

Pink Angels 

Kit is available from my Etsy Shop - Pink Angels

Pink Angels 

Detail of the cameo.... wow

 Looking 

Layout by Michelle Lark

 Tattered Inspirations Design Team

Blue Bird Mini Kit

Available in my Etsy Shop -  Bluebird

 Bluebird Closeup

Nanny

Album by Michelle Lark

Tattered inspiations Design Team

Victoria Mini Cameo Kit

Available here in my shop - Victoria

Victoria Cameo Closeup.... yummy

Such awesome work by Michelle.... a round of applause too

Thanks !

Love

C