Thank ewe ......

I was able to spend some time in my little corner over the weekend and made a card ;-)

I would like to submit this card for the following challenges:

Cardmad Fairy #18 - spots and stripes

Sketch & stamp #76 - sketch

Creatalicious #27 - distress edges

Stamptacular Sunday #133- so distressing

 

On Your Wedding Day

I have been working on a wedding card for my niece,
well really my husband's niece ;-) and have come up with this card

Now, I can't claim this layout as my own, I was VERY inspired by this card by hunnybun

I just turned it into an easel card

This heart charm has been in my stash for sooo long ;-)

I got some tips for placement of flowers and how to make the coils from the Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire blog HERE

I would also like to submit this card for the following challenges 

• Simon Says Stamp - Sing it! (song: Marry You by Bruno Mars)
• Creatalicious Challenges - Anything goes
• Allsorts Challenges - flowers and swirls

Mojo has returned

I was motivated to make up an Easter card for BIL & SIL - We will be spending Easter Monday with them.

I just love the LOTV images.

naked images (without kindyglitz)

flowers from Bizzy Becs.

copics used.

Circles were cut out with the CraftROBO, and sentiment printed using computer (Scriptina font) and cut out using spellbinders die on the cuttlebug.

I would like to submit these cards for the following challenges:

LOTV - Easter

All sorts - sketch

Creatalicious - pink, green, yellow, blue

Mad for Markers - BG, YR, RV copics

Bizzy Becs Creatalicious Challenge #5 and Allsorts Challenge #34 and ABC and CCT

I have finally been able to do some crafting in my new room - it is such a pleasure having everything in the one spot!

The following card is for:
abc-challenge  L is for layers
creataliciouschallenges - something old, new, torn & blue.
cutecardthursday - new stamp

The new is my newest Sarah Kay stamp and the old, well it is also Sarah Kay ;-) 

Sarah Kay has been in my life for more years than I care to remember!   The following picture is the invitation I used for my 16th Birthday way back in 1976. 

The eagle eyed of you may have noticed the mirror on the wall in the pics of my new room that have been posted previously - it was a present from my sister for my 16th birthday.

The following card is submitted for three challenges:

allsortschallenge #34 with a digistamp from http://www.digistampboutique.co.uk/catalog/

abc-challenge L is for layers
cutecardthursday - New digital image

This digistamp was a freebie and was a pleasure to use.  I will definitely be going back to have a proper look at their other stamps.

The Red on the ladybugs has been heat embossed using red ink & clear embossing, but it does not show up very well ;-(

More time to craft - YAY!

Hi everyone

I just love it when the cricket is on!  Hubby is happy to watch cricket and that leaves me free to craft!

I have just got some new spellbinder dies and had to have a play!

Tilda was hand coloured with watercolour pencils, kindy glitz & bling added. 

This is also my first attempt at distressing the edges of background paper - I think I could have done a bit more ;-)

This card fits several challenges:
CuteDaisyMay - Red Christmas
Creatalicious Challenges - Christmas with sparkles & snowflakes
Charisma Cardz Challenge - christmas (I used the previous week's sketch too!)
Magnolia Down Under - magnolia christmas



I have also been working on a card to give to my niece & her new fiance.  The official engagement party is this weekend.  I have already given them their engagement card see here and since they want to buy some new furniture, I thought it would be good to use this 'money in the couch' card.  I have been just waiting for an opportunity to use this idea on a card.  I originally came across it here and here - thanks for the inspiration!

I did not use the same stamp they mention - I have used an image I already had. 

I made a few modifications to the card to cater for the larger Australian $100 note.  I think I am happy with it???

Finally got some time to do some craftin'

We had a very quiet weekend and I finally got some time to get some crafting done!  YAY

This card is for two challenges:  Sketch Saturday #76 and Bizzy Bec's Creatalicious Challenge #3

The DP has been in my stash since I first started cardmaking and I only have a few pieces of it left now, the flowers are handmade (a bit of a stretch I know ;-) ) and the navy cardstock is new.

As usual, the image has been coloured in using watercolour pencils and highlighted with kindy glitz!

The next card is for the Magnolia Down Under #26 sketch challenge

Magnolia image is hand coloured with watercolour pencils and highlighted with kindy glitz, Felt flowers form the border (another cardmaking element that has been in my stash for such a long time) and handmade flowers attached to corner.

It was nice to spend some time in my craft room this weekend.

We have a week of extremely hot weather forecast this week - up to 39 Degrees Celsius - I am not looking forward to catching the bus home on those days, let me tell you! 

Creatalicious Challenge #2 - pink or plum, with burgundy & green

Challenge No. 2 over on CreataliciousChallenges is to make a creation with this colour combo pink or plum,with burgundy and green.  Also add some sort of lace, ribbon or fibre etc.   Looking back over some older posts, these colours are definitely my 'go to' colours ;-)

So here is my card - background paper came from 6x6 pack that I won for 4th place in last month's challenge  ;-)  The burgundy ribbon down the centre of the card is one that has been in my stash for a long time - in fact it is the ribbon used on my bridesmaids car when we got married in 1982!

Sarah Kay image hand coloured with watercolours, a bit of bling & kindy glitz added, layered using oval nesties.  Burgundy corners, green hearts and organza flowers highlighted with bling!

Creatalicious Challenge #1

Creatalicious_Challenge#1 have their first challenge up and running!

It is Fathers Day next month in Australia so we need make something for dad, it can be anything and it does not have to be specifically for Father's Day.......you just need to include the colour brown and some metal on your creation.

I was so impressed with the first entry, submitted by Sue, that I went here to see the instructions for this type of card. I have never tried anything like this before, so I thought I would give it a go.

so here is what I made!

Cardstock/papers: Brown bazzil, double-sided patterned paper

Gold stickers & sentiment, metal tools

Forever Friends image coloured with watercolour pencils, pewter paint used on some of the tools

The metal tools are quite heavy & make the card a bit unbalanced ;-(

I may have to rethink this one!

Here is a nice shot from an angle - shows the depth of the card a bit better.

I really enjoyed making up this card - the instructions are exceptional!

Thanks to Creatalicious for the challenge and special thanks to Sue for posting her card and sharing the instructions.

Magnolia Down Under #19 - Winter

Over on MagnoliaDownUnder the current challenge is to make a card using a magnolia image with a winter theme.

I have just got a whole new batch of magnolia images and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use Tilda & Edwin ice skating!

When I think of winter, I think of snow and ice skating. We don't get quite that cold where I live, so I have to rely on memory for my one trip to the snow when I was a teenager ;-)

this layout has been inspired by the Creatalicious Sketch again!

Metallic square card used as a base, 'winter wonderland' vellum used as background, panel embossed by cuttlebug using snowflakes folder.

Magnolia image coloured in with watercolours and highlighted with kindy glitz.

I used material paint for cuffs to imitate fur - not too sure it was successful ;-(

Snowflake was cut out using my CraftROBO and highlighted with a pearl.

Creatalicious DT call

over on Bizzy Bec's CreataliciousChallenges they are calling for two new members to the Design Team.

I quite liked the sketch they provided, so I thought I would give it a go.

I made up two cards using the sketch they provided - one oblong, and one square (which is a better representation of the sketch)

here is the first card I made

Tilda watercoloured and mounted on purple cardstock. colour for highlight panel picked from thin lines in background paper. Embellished with Paper flowers and bling.

Highlighted with usual kindy glitz ;-)

Here is the second card - this one is my favourite

Tilda image watercoloured and highlighted with kindyglitz & chalks, matted on blue Bazill bling. Pink Bazill bling run through cuttlebug. Paper flowers highlighted with bling - all mounted on white square card

This is the first time I have submitted a card for a DT call and would be extremely honoured to be considered.