Monthly Archives: January 2013

Project Life – Available Now for Pre-order

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A couple of years ago I was hoping to sell project life in store but unfortunately Becky Higgins only distributed to New Zealand. Now we are very fortunate that it has become available for Australian stores.


So what is project life?

Here is a quick video….




We have placed a pre-order and it is available on our website,{here}  we will not be able to post the items till the end of April when it arrives in Australia.

If there is an item out of stock on our website – please e-mail me and I can add your pre-order in with my next order.

Here is a link to the PL catalogue… {here}

What do you need to complete a full album?


It really is that simple!



Each core kit contains:

500 3×4 Journaling Cards FILLER DESIGN PRINTED ON THE BACK OF EACH CARD40 Bi-fold Journaling Cards WHEN YOU HAVE MORE TO WRITE8 First Page Cards 4 CARDS ARE 4×6 + 4 CARDS ARE 3×48 Last Page Cards 4 CARDS ARE 4×6 + 4 CARDS ARE 3×460 4×6 Title Cards FOR HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL USE

Distress Paints Coming Soon….

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Distress Paint

Distress Paints are very fluid water-based acrylic paints for multiple surfaces. Tim and Ranger have developed these special paints to be reactive with water just like Distress Inks and Stains. They are perfect to accomplish a wide variety of artistic techniques. Come with a convenient dabber system for easy and mess-free application. Use with stamps, paper, wood, metal, glass, plastic and more for a timeless matte finish on crafts projects. There are 24 colors to coordinate with the Distress palette.

Estimated to be in store Mid February. 

Antique Linen

Barn Door

Black Soot

Broken China

Bundled Sage

Chipped Sapphire

Fired Brick

Forest Moss

Frayed Burlap

Mowed Lawn

Mustard Seed

Peeled Paint

Picked Raspberry

Picket Fence

Rusty Hinge

Salty Ocean

Seedless Preserves

Spiced Marmalade

Spun Sugar

Victorian Velvet

Vintage Photo

Walnut Stain

Weathered Wood

Wild Honey

Sneak Peek of Term 1 Scrapbooking Classes

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Would you like to see all of our Term 1 class samples? Join us on Saturday morning for morning tea and be the first to book in and secure your place! 

 We will be tearing, stamping, gessoing (new word just created!), sewing, punching, embossing, sticking, inking, twining, doodling and piercing our way through Term 1 scrapbooking classes!

Kids January Holiday Classes

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Come and join us for some fun kid’s classes! 

Tuesday 15th January 
10am – 11.30am – Cost $12.50 which includes all papers, embellishments, tuition and use of tools & adhesives.

Create this beautiful explosion box using the bright and funky papers from Pink Paislee. You will need to bring 16 2×3″ photos to complete the inside – or add photos later at home. Also available in kit form to create at home

If any boys would like to take part in this class – we have different papers for you 🙂
Wednesday 16th January
10.00am – 11.30am – cost $12.50  which includes all papers, embellishments, tuition and use of tools & adhesives.

Create 4 bright fun cards using various papers, die cuts, inks, stamps and other embellishments. 


Thursday 17th January
10.00am – 11.30am – cost $12.50  which includes all papers, embellishments, tuition and use of tools & adhesives.

Create a beautiful piece of home decor! We have various wood shapes available for you too choose from. We will paint, sand, paper, glue and embellish a piece of art.

Wednesday 23rd January
10.00am – 11.30am – cost $12.50  which includes all papers, embellishments, tuition and use of tools & adhesives.

Create a fun Matchbook Album using the beautiful Basic Grey paper collections. There are 4 kits to choose from. Please bring along 8 x 2×3″ photos to complete the album. You will be able to decorate your album using a selection of embellishments.

Thursday 24th January
10.00am – 11.30am – cost $17.50  which includes all papers, embellishments, tuition and use of tools & adhesives.

Canvas Class! We will create a background using papers and paints then paper piece a doll to be the highlight of your work of art, then to finish it off we will embellish the canvas to make it a really unique piece of art to hang in your room.
Please e-mail, ring or come in store to book for any of these classes. Full payment required upon booking.
Phone: 0408 913684
E-mail: marijke@wholesalebrads.com

Made in India….

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On the 23rd December we left on a family vacation to Goa, India.

We also managed to get the timing right to be able to attend the wedding of Jasila (my husband’s cousin) and Ashwin. This wedding was extra special as this wonderful couple are the godparents to our  youngest son.

The glass bangles she is wearing are a tradition. They are worn a couple of weeks before the wedding until she gets home after the wedding. This lets everyone know she is a bride to be. The morning after her wedding she will put 12 red glass bangles on each arm and wear them for a couple of months (or as long as she wishes) which shows everyone she is a new bride. There are more different coloured bangles which mean various things. 

I’m sure you will all agree that Jasila is a stunning bride! And they chose the most handsome little man as their page boy… (I’m not biased at all!)

Anway…back to Scrapbooking….. I wanted to make them a lasting keepsake of their wedding so took a wood frame, papers, paint, embellishments etc with me on our trip (didn’t have time to create before we left). This is how it turned out…

 All they need to do now is add the photos once the photographer has finished with them.

The papers are from Fancy Pants, wood flourishes are from Kaisercraft, white paper blooms are from kaisercraft. Other flowers where handmade by me. The rhinestone flourish is from Prima Marketing and the wooden frame is from kaisercraft. All items are available in our store.

You can learn to make the stocking flowers in store for free on Saturday 19th January. They can be made anysize to either fit your paper craft project or maybe make a vase full of flowers for home.