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Welcome to our final QTea Kit – dedicated to all those loveable geeks out there……..you know who I mean the ones who love Star Wars, vintage comic books, messing around with gadgets and Dr Who…………nerd lovers UNITE!

1/2 metre Flash Gordon Cotton Tape
1/2 metre tartan ribbon
2 Microscope Slides
Set of five electronic resistors
Test Tube of sparkly goodness
2 x Wooden typewriter letters
3 x Small Wonders vintage tea cards (microscope theme)
Vintage Graph Paper Pack
8 x Bingo Markers
3 x Vintage Bookpapers Chess Theme
3 x Vintage Bookpapers Scrabble Letters
20 x Bristol Bus Company Tickets
20cm Sparkley Punchinella
3 x Red Felt Stars
Camera Junkie Notepaper
Air Mail Enevelope
Under the scope notepaper
3 x Small Bingo Numbers
Blue Suede Shoe Card

* Vintage bookpapers, tea cards, bingo numbers, typewriter letters and vintage graph papers will all vary in style and design.

Available NOW in the shop!

Farewell Peeps

Farewell, adieu, addio, abschied, so long..............goodbye.

It's time to say goodbye peeps, it has taken me a long time (can anyone say procrastination?) to write this blog post, but the time feels right now and in all honesty it is probably about 6months overdue.

With change comes a shift and creatively I feel like have run out of kit-making steam, don't get me wrong I {love} QTea kits with all my heart, I have loved making the kits and I especially loved seeing the gorgeous work that all you creative peeps create with QTea kits.

Putting together a QTea kit takes up a fair bit of head space and I used to be thinking about themes, searching for goodies and jotting down ideas all of the time..............then nothing!

At first I thought I was out of practice and it has taken me 6months of stop/starts and phaffing about to realise that I just don't have the drive and the creative head space anymore.

So here we are, it feels like the right time and the fact that I am writing this at 3am is fairly indicative.............it was keeping me awake - lol!

There is ONE kit left to send out.............I put it together months ago and it just need photographing, I will be back tomorrow with the sneak and pre-order details.

Thanks for the rides peeps, it's been truly fabulous!

Jxx

more botanical bliss...

I've been busy making lots of Christmas cards this week, so it was a very nice distraction to put together this simple card together using pieces from the gorgeous Aromatica Botanica kit

I've used the rose A4 paper as a background, a strip of the cream floral tape and embellished it with the purple rose blossom, ribbon rose and cute little flying heart charm

Happy Sunday everyone,

Gina xox

something old..

Here's my first creation using the oh so pretty Aromatica Botanica kit..

This kit combines perfectly with a vintage themed layout so I've chosen to scrap this gorgeous old typewriter I spotted whilst on holiday recently..

I've used quite a few pieces from the kit (couldn't stop myself) including the rose A4 paper, the vintage paper doily, flying heart charm, cream ribbon rose and a strip of the velvet brocade paper

..now I'm off to create some more.. bye for now :)

Gina

It’s Coming Up Roses!!

I just loved the book page that came in my Aromatica Botanica kit
It inspired me to do a floral page about our trip to the gardens

I cut up the rose that was on the book page

so intricate and delicate!
I also used some of the fabric tape and the tulle to add some texture and depth to the page

such a simple technique
You just loop the tulle, add the tape to one side and stitch over it, to hold it in place
Other pieces used were the rose blossom and 2 of the gorgeous gorgeous felt leaves.

Can’t wait to see what others create with the kit, it’s just beautiful

Sharmaine

Funny Duck!

As soon as I saw the Aromatica Botanica kit I knew I wanted to scrap some photos that I took on a recent trip to the Botanical Gardens
The first page I made was all about a duck that tried to make friends with us
I wanted to capture the funny story so it would be talked about for years to come

On this page I used the paper doily, Rose A4 paper, Floral Velvet Brocade Paper

and imagine my glee when I found that you can actually punch the Fabric tapes

Oh so so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Looking forward to making another page about our garden adventures!

Sharmaine

Calling all creative peeps!

It’s that time of year again; it is time to bid a fond farewell to our current creative team – Sharmaine, Yvonne, Gina and Jody!
And it is time to welcome some new creative blood into the QTea family,
I am on the look out for Creative Team Members for January 2011 to June 2011.

How do you can apply:

Expressions of interest are sought for the Q Tea creative; there are FOUR vacant positions and the role will be from January 2011 to June 2011.


What’s the deal?
In exchange for one monthly kit, team members will create:

^ Two items for the Q Tea gallery. Ideally a mix of both off-the-page and layouts, but with the balance leaning toward more layouts. Each project would need to use at least 2 items from the kit, with the rest of the projects using your own stash. You are also welcome to use the projects you create for Q Tea to enter other challenges or to combine with other design team commitments.
^ During the 6months provide ONE step-by-step instructional on how you completed a project, layout or card using Q Tea products.
^ I would also like you to be an ambassador for Q Tea by posting about your work on your blog and/or other forum’s (where permitted).
^ Regularly post on the Qtea kits blog (you will be given access) about your creative process and/or your current work for Qtea!

Creative Team Members may also be given any add-on kits or mini project kits Q Tea releases! {depending on number of editions released}

How to apply?

To express interest in being part of Q Tea's creative team, please email qteakits@gmail.com, with Creative Team Application in the subject box and answer the following questions:

* A little bit about yourself, how long you have been scrapping and your creative influences?
** Your FIVE favourite movies?
*** FIVE words that best describe your scrapping style?
**** I {heart} Qtea kits because………………………….?
***** If I created a Qtea kit, the theme would be …………?


You will also need to provide:
^ Links to any online galleries or blogs, and an example of both a layout and an off-the-page (canvas, mini-album, altered item, etc) project. Ideally the examples would show how you like to use non-traditional products, such as those in the Q Tea kits. Please keep the file sizes small for ease of viewing.
^ A recent photo of you!
^ A recent photo of your creative space (and yes MESS is allowed)
^ A link to your blog! (if you have one)

Applications close – Saturday 4th December 2010.

Successful applicants will be notified by Monday 6th December 2010, your first kit will be posted out not long after that!

Current Creative Team members and former Creative Team members are more than welcome to apply.

Applications are open to Australian and International crafters........I post all over the world!