Creating With Wendy

Matchbook Ephemera Holder   With all the ephemera I've been making recently, I needed a lovely way to store and send it to some friends. So, this 'matchbook' styled holder was the perfect thing to make for that purpose.,,and of course I had to make it a vintage themed after seeing that beautiful patterned sheet from Maggie Holmes Heritage Generations. The photo images are so beautiful and made gorgeous focal images on the front of the matchbook.  To start you need a piece of cardstock cut to 3 1/2 inches by 12 inches. I decided to use three sheets of the Maggie Holmes Heritage papers: they were Daughter, Album and Portrait. This is for the matchbook itself. You then score it at 1 inch: 6 1/4 inch: 6 3/4 inch and final score at 7 1/4 inch. *TIP- if you are using a one direction patterned paper, turn it upside down to score your lines. Then when they are folded the front of your pattern will be upright. * Then fold score lines, the one inch being

Easy Ephemera and Faux Stamps What a better way to add to your own supplies by handmaking some ephemera. It doesn't need to be intense and send you into a tizzie!..make it simple, easy and fun by buying yourself  the Kaisercraft Happy Life Die/stamp set and a sheet of the Maggie Holmes heritage POSTMARKED patterned paper and also the Kaisercraft DIY Flora Daisy Die then use your imagination...stamped images make wonderful ephemera especially if the person you are sending it to doesn't have the stamp set you have...and cutting up an already beautiful patterned paper full of stamps makes a wonderful start to making some faux stamps. Then making some beautiful flowers to pop into a Happy Mail to send to a special someone! This is on my table right now. It may look like a mess but in reality it is a scrumptious display of handmade ephemera... This scrumptiousness includes stamped images and sayings from Kaisercraft DIY Happy Life Die/stamp set, then cut from the

HAPPY AUS TRALIA DAY  2020           It certainly has been a busy start to the year for me. Recently I had a family reunion with my youngest sister, Robyn. I haven't  seen my youngest sister for around 12 years. She travelled up from Newcastle with her three children, their partners and their children. Robyn had organised it so the youngest children in both our families could finally get to meet each other. It really was an awesome day. We all had a wondeful BBQ on the banks of the Tweed River. The kids got to have a swim as well as a play in the playground.  All the adults got to reminisce, have a good chat and heaps of laughing...with a few alcoholic beverages in the mix as well.  This is our clan !!!  To me Australia Day is all about families. So even though our reunion was a little before the actual date, I'm still classing this as the best Australia Day ever. My husband, Richard, who has been ill on and off for the past few years was even well enoug