Handmade by Shaz...

Sorry I disapeared...

2012-01-10T10:42:00.000-08:00

If you follow me on Facebook or twitter, It may not seem like I went anywhere. I have used my iPhone to keep those sites busy. Just after my last post my camera broke. It was my youngest child's birthday party when I knocked the camera down. We had a Halloween costume dance party. I had made these cute Frankenstein loot bags for her buddies to take home.

Then is December I had some great fun wrapping a wine bottle for a party game. I used green garland to create this cute Christmas tree.

I also made frames crayon art for some great teachers. You may remember these Teacher appreciation Gifts from my original post July 2,2011. I am still taking orders for these sweet Teacher appreciation gift.

Contact me through Handmade by Shaz Facebook page.

Time to think about, my favorite craft season, Valentines day!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Disney's Prom Birthday Party #2

2011-09-28T10:56:00.000-07:00

Hey Crafter's I am only days away from the Disney's Prom Birthday party for my tween.
I am so excited that the cake is ordered. And the decorations are finally ready!

The piece at the top with all the strips is a fake Awning that will hang over out kitchen door way to look like a shop entrance.

Since the party guests will be watching a movie I wanted a Theater look for my banner.

SO I tried to create a marque look with silver dots and rhinestones.

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Disney's Prom birthday Party #1

2011-09-19T06:58:00.000-07:00

Hey, all you crafty people!

Back to school means party time for my family.... Yes I'm excited for the kids to have a regular routine again BUT that is not it! Birthday season is September/October for us with 4 + birthdays and our anniversary in a two week span.

Our second child's birthday party will be on Sept 30th. After many conversations about theme and activities we are having a Disney's Prom viewing party. I have ticket style invites, done and party favors in the works. I used these fun ticket printables HERE to create the invites. This is what our cards looked like on the cutting table. They have had rave reviews.

If you have not heard of Disney's Prom it's a "Chick flick" for Tween...It's about a good girl plans the perfect prom and things go up in flames but it is still the best night of her life. Super cute stuff!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Sept 2011 classes plus fun

2011-09-08T15:14:00.000-07:00

No crafty again, sorry... but I wanted to share a fun link and give class information for September 2011.

Crop night Sept 9. 4:00-8:45

Martha Stewart Glitter class Sept 14 6:30-8:30

Martha Stewart punch around class Sept 21. 6:30-8:30

Scrapbook basics condensed classes 28 & Oct 5. 6:00-8:45 {notice longer class time}

The site is called Poladroid Project.

I love the look of Poladroids, this can be so fun! the download is a bit old but works with PC as a easy drag and drop. How fun is that! I am a MAC user so I will be using the iPhone app.

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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My Summer 2011 crafts

2011-09-01T06:51:00.000-07:00

Hey all you crafty people,
I have been a lazy blogger lately... I have not posted in a month!
But I have bee doing lots of stuff! Mostly activities with our kids.

Like making Waldorf stars.... and looking at the moon.

Get burs in our hair and ... read some books.

Painted this frame a crisp clean white... but I want o antique it with black.

Made a "wonder turner" AKA Thaumatrope and went to the framer's market.

I also made Smore POPS and re-invented the sandwich!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Punch Art Framed Butterflies

2011-08-02T11:26:00.000-07:00

Hello Crafters,
I hope you had some time to create something wonderful since my last post. I made this beautiful specimen style Punch Art Framed Butterflies with paint chips. As you may have noticed by now I have a little fascination with paint chips at the moment is you follow my Pinterest you can see all the ideas I have collected.

I chose paint chips that were in consecutive order so the colour fade would be uniform in. I love how these yellow shades have warm browns. They looks great with the gold frame.

I framed the Punch Art Framed Butterflies in a glass faced frame so the art can double as a white board. I love multi tasking! I used the Crayola white board crayons to show how the Punch Art Framed Butterflies looks. {the markers work just the same}

Message me if you would like a Pinterest invite!

Recipe:

Tools: Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Paper:

Paint chips
Stamps:
Embellishments: gold Frame from dollar store
Ink:

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Phonics Word Builder

2011-07-26T08:59:00.000-07:00

Hello Crafty friends, today I have an educational craft. I have made a Phonics Word Builder for a grade one or grade two child. Our kids are at camp and I am doing "those extra little things" while they are away. The Phonics Word builder teaches spelling and reading at the same time! This Phonics Word Builder can be found at the Snails Trail Blog.

Before putting the Phonics Word Builder I did some strategic thinking about: How can I use other academic factors in this activity. Colour coding was my answer. So I proceeded to colour code the pieces as follows. Root word = yellows, blues and its hues

Consonants = red and its hues

Prefixes = purple and its hues

Blends = Green and it's hues

The kids came home from camp for the weekend and tried it out! Our grade one-to-be wanted to build a word that she can write in a greeting card. {handmade card, perhaps? lol!} I made a fun little note for them to write the words that they create with the Phonics Word Builder . I was very excited to see how much fun this was for them. They giggles at words that "sounded" funny and squealed when they built word that they knew.

Recipe:
Tools: Stapler, 1 3/8 inch circle punch
Paper:

Paint chips
Stamps:
Embellishments:
Ink: Permanent ink marker.

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Homemade chicken-pot pie

2011-07-13T13:36:00.000-07:00

Ingredient:
2 uncooked packaged pie shells
1 can of cream of broccoli soup
1/2 teaspoon curry powder{preferably red}
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
2 Chicken breast diced in 1 inch cubes
3 cups Broccoli florets
Dash of salt
1 cup shredded cheese

1) Preheat the oven as directed on Pie shell package.
2) In a bowl whisk Mayonnaise, Cream of Broccoli soup and curry powder throughly. Set sauce aside.
3) In a non-stick pan cook the cubed chicken breast. When the chicken is white add salt and broccoli florets. Fried until chicken is fully cooked.
4) Use 1 pie shell as your base and prick the bottom with a fork.
5) Layer cooked chicken and broccoli, sauce, cheese and top shell in the base pie shell.
6) Use a fork to pinch the pie shells together all the way around to seal the layers in.
7) When sealed cut an "X"into the top of the pie and place on a cookie sheet.
8) Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Wow! that's some pretty paper...

2011-07-06T11:34:00.000-07:00

This is one of those times where I had no idea what I was going to make and then it was perfect!

I just used random things on my desk and this wonderful card made it's self.

Also! We have a poll going over on Facebook. To share your opinion, "like"Handmade by Shaz on Facebook look for the question: What kind of paper craft and Scrapbook classes do YOU like?

Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. Martha Stewart Scalloped circle
Paper:

DP by Webster's Pages and SU! card-stock
Stamps: SU!
Embellishments: Pop-dots
Ink: razzleberry, ink SU!.

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Rad Rocker Card

2011-07-04T13:18:00.000-07:00

Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. Martha Stewart Scalloped circle
Paper:
DP and SU! card-stock
Stamps: "You Rock" SU!
Embellishments: Stickles Pop-dots
Ink: Stazon,black ink and Ruby Red ink SU!.

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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July 2011 Classes

2011-07-02T09:21:00.000-07:00

I have four great workshops happening this month at the Burlington,Ontario Michael's Art's & Craft Store. Here is the Google map for Burlington, ON Michael's.

Workshops are a 2 hour event and 4 cards are completed in this time.

Birthday card workshop {shown above}: July 6th, 2011

Martha Stewart~Punch Around the Page workshop: July 13th, 2011

Martha Stewart~Glitter Art butterflies workshop: July 20th, 2011

Hope to see you there with your glue!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Teacher appreciation gift

2011-07-02T08:34:00.000-07:00

This a craft referral... I made these frames for only $3 with tax for my kid's teachers.

Frames $2.00 and Crayons $1.00. It took about an our to make two.

And my little girl used the scraps to make one for Daddy.

The full tutorial can be found at DIY: Crayon Initials! from frugal life project.

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Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Birthday Bicycle

2011-06-08T15:15:00.000-07:00

Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. Martha Stewart edge punch, picket fence and zigzag eyelet.
Paper: Kraft, green and Kiwi SU! designer paper
Stamps: "Bicycle" Hero Arts. "Happy Birthday" Studio G
Embellishments: kiwi gg ribbon.
Ink: Staz-on Jet Black
Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Vanilla Cupcakes(Gluten&Dairy-free)

2011-04-23T09:28:00.000-07:00

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Celsius.

Ingredients:

2 cup Gluten free flour

(Bob's g-f Biscuit and Baking mix)

1 cup organic cane sugar

1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon xanthan gum

**Whisk in a bowl and set aside.**

1 cup warm almond milk

3 large egg whites only

4 tablespoons light olive oil

2 tablespoon pure vanilla extract

1/4 teaspoon vinegar or lemon juice

**using a hand mixer combine in a large bowl.**

Whisk the dry ingredients together and set aside.
Using a hand mixer combine the wet ingredients in a large bowl.
Add the whisked dry ingredients to the large bowl of wet mixture.
Beat on a low setting until batter is thick and smooth. (if the batter is too thick add a few tablespoons of almond milk)
Scoop batter into lined muffin tray and bake for 10-15 minutes for fluffy sweet Vanilla Gluten & Dairy-free Cupcakes.

Remember to stay safe when using a hot oven. ;)

Happy Easter, Shaz
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Easter Basket {picture}

2011-04-19T17:14:00.000-07:00

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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like Markie's Mom

2011-04-12T13:48:00.000-07:00

The Greeting farm has a Farm Fresh Challenge to CASE a card by "Markie's Mom"

If you go the the link you can see her card that I am CASE'ing.

This TGF stamp set is discontinued... But I love it!

The elements that come with the main image are so cute like the bird and the roses.

Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success.Spellbinders
Paper:
rate paper DP and SU! card-stock
Stamps: "Pretty Anya" TGF
Embellishments: Pearl sash
Ink: Stazon,black ink and Copic markers.

Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Tea swap

2011-04-07T16:30:00.000-07:00

Hello Crafters,
I am so excited to participate in a tea swap this month over at the Paper Craft Planet. I joined the "Anything Goes" group in Fall of 2010 and have had so much fun chatting and swapping with the ladies over there.
The next swap I signed up for it tea themed. I was so excited that I made my project the day I signed up! here is a picture of the package I am sending. A cup cozy a cloth tea bag envelope and a tea theme card.

I made the cozy using a pattern from "House on Hill Road" and the envelope is a patter I made-up.

Here is a close up of the card. It has the image stamped on fabric and stitched on to the card.

Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. Martha Stewart edge punch,
Paper: Kraft, green and Peach
Stamps: "Chai Latte" Inque Boutique
Embellishments: fabric, Seam binding and button
Ink: Staz-on Jet Black
Happy Krafting, Shaz
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Waffles recipe

2011-04-04T18:17:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 Tbsp granulated sugar
3 eggs
1 cups heavy cream
½ cup vegtable oil
½ tsp pure vanilla extract (optional)
3/4 water to thin

Preparation:

Pre-heat your waffle iron to its hottest setting. Placing a cookie-sheet under it can help catch any batter drippage during cooking.
Pre-heat oven to 200°F.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
Beat eggs thoroughly. Whisk in sugar, heavy cream and oil.
Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients and mix gently until combined. use water to thin batter so it pours easily!
Spray both surfaces of your waffle iron with cooking spray.
Ladle 4 to 6 oz (½ to ¾ cup) batter on the iron and close it. It's not unusual for a bit of batter to seep out of the edges of the iron. If there's excessive leakage, use less batter for the next waffle.
Cook until the waffle iron's indicator light shows that cooking is complete, or until no more steam comes out. The finished waffle should be golden brown and crispy.

Where's spring?

2011-03-28T12:59:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago we had the best weather and then it SNOWED!

I am itching for sunshine and green grass, but it's all snow here.

I made a flower pot slider card, just to brighten things up!

1. Take a quarter fold, landscape card {4 1/4 X 11 inches} and score it at the 1 1/2, 5 1/2 and 9 1/2 inch marks.

2. Fold the card in half { 5 1/2 mark} and trim the card from the score line to the fold tapering in 1/2 and inch. your excess will look like a triangle on both left and right side.

3. Use a 2 X 6 inch piece on DP to wrap around the tapered body of the card securing it on the back of the card and creating a "pouch". I suggest leaving 1/4 inch between the fold and the DP.

4. Fold down the scored flaps above you DP. This is the rim of your "flower pot"decorate it as you like. I used 1 1/4 X 4 inch piece of DP and twine. I also stamped and cut out a sentiment for the front.

5. Cut a piece of card-stock 4X5 for this insert and punched the long side with a scalloped edge punch before decorating with flowers.

Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. scalloped edge punch,
Paper:
4 1/4 X 11" cardstock,
2 X 6" DP, 1 1/4 X 4"DP
Stamps: "Do Great" Studio G
Embellishments: Flowers and Twine
Ink: Dark purple
Happy Krafting, Shaz
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For the Boys...

2011-03-22T14:23:00.000-07:00

Boy oh Boy I love making cards for my guys... I have 2 brother, 4 brother in Laws and 2 Extras.

So I make loads of "Manly" cards every year. The Embellish Challenge is:

MASCULINE COLOR TRENDS CHALLENGE

SO I was pretty pumped to play along.

Tools:Trimmer, EK Success. Sizzix Embossing folder,MFT Star boarder die, Pinking circles Spellbinders, EpicSix Die press, 1 1
/8 circle & lg star
punches
SU!
Paper: Blue, Red, Silver,Grey,green
Stamps: Talking in Circles, Autumn Leaves
Embellishments: black ribbon
Ink: jet black, versamark
Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success. Notebook edge punch, Arrow punch and Round tab punches by SU!
Paper: Blue,Grey, Parchment, green, red & DP- Boyfriend.
Stamps: Verve stamps and "Rockin' Robot, Snag 'ems and ledger card , Fancy Pantz
Embellishments: red brad and Green staple
Ink: Grey Dew Drop and Black Versamark.

If you would like to see more Masculine cards just check them out under the "Manly label".
Happy Krafting, Shaz
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2011-03-19T13:23:00.000-07:00

Hello Crafters,

Just a quick post to show an apron I made for a little friend of mine. She is celebrating her 4th birthday today. All the best Riley!

I used the tutorial found here for the apron by Skip to my Lou.

I used the tutorial here for the flower by Bayou Bags.

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Recipe:
Tools: Singer Machine,Scissors,
Paper: NONE
Textile: 1/2 meter pink cotton, 1/2 floral cotton, ribbon
Embellishments: button,
Stamps: NONE
Ink: NONE

Blessings this St Patrick's day!

2011-03-17T07:14:00.000-07:00

I made this 4X4" card for a special lady named Bridget. She loves St. Patrick's day.

I'll tell you how I did it.

1. I punched out 4 wide hearts in green and used a glue stick to adhere them to my 3.5" X 3.5" focal point. Arranging them to look like a four leaf clover. I cut a thin strip of matching green for the stem.

2. I then placed my focal point in an embossing folder the pressed the whole thing in my epic six machine.{A BigShot or Cuttlebug can do this easily.}

3. The focal point will be slightly distorted and a mat can now be cut to frame your focal point. Ideally the mat should measure 3 3/4"X 3 3/4" but it may not look even after the focal point is embossed.

4. I then glued my layers down on a 4X4 cards. Voila!

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success.Embossing folder, EpicSix
Paper: Kraft,Olive green,Ruby red
Stamps: NONE
Embellishments: NONE
Ink: NONE

Tutu & Bow (no sew)

2011-02-18T08:17:00.000-08:00

I made this little tutu and bow for a local Hand-made swap.

Mom wanted pink but the daughter likes green so I put together a compromise.

This was super easy to make and only to 1 hour!

I used this tutorial here.

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Recipe:
Tools: scissors
Paper: NA
Stamps: NA
Embellishments: Ribbon,1 1/2 in Satin Ribbon, 6 in Tulle ribbon and 1/8 in Satin Ribbon
Ink: NA

Snowman party (pictures)

2011-02-17T07:24:00.000-08:00

Pin the nose on the Snowman

making igloos

Making Snow-Cones!

Eating the snow-cones... and cupcakes

Snow-ball on a spoon race

The Birthday girl

Handy (cards)

2011-02-17T06:59:00.000-08:00

Hello My name is Shazia and I haven't blogged in a long long time! LOL

Hey Crafty friends, I know it has been a long time... I have not found the perfect balance for things. So my blog had suffered the most over the last few months. Don't worry I still create and I have a lot of projects to show for my time away. Here are some cards for handy people.

I used the SU! totally tools set and made a card for my friend, she is a carpenter.

This card is for my Very mechanical Father-in-law.

Happy Krafting, Shaz

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Recipe:
Tools: paper Trimmer, EK Success.Embossing folder, Epic6, nesties.
Paper: silver,Espresso,Ruby red, DP~unknown
Stamps: Totally tools,SU!,You're Dandy,Practicing creativity.
Embellishments: brads, twine
Ink: Brown SU ink,