Thinking of You

I needed a nice card, as my husband's niece's father-in-law passed away

I wanted clean and simple, but not overly religious ;-) so this is what I came up with

Items Used

Cardstock:  cardstock from BlueEdge Crafts

Image:  Just InkLined HERE (my image is a coloured one from "The Next Big Thing" CD)

Sentiment:  Birds Cards - Free image HERE

Tools:  Cuttlebug, Spellbinders dies, Gold Embossing powder

This card is submitted for the following challenges:

Freshly Made Sketches - #70 - sketch

Digital Tuesday #194 - Fave colour - purple

Allsorts Challenge #190 - Flower Power

Daring Cardmakers - embossability

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

UnstampaBelles Challenge #19 - One Die or More

Challenge #19 for UnstampaBelles is up and running and the theme this month is 'One Die or More'
This month we are sponsored by

Our sponsor is Craftmad

Prize pack includes: Bazzill In SiStitchz template, heaps of stickers, foam stickers, patterned napkins, Brass Stencil and embroidered badges. 

Please remember .............

Any form of paper creation will be accepted as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used.
Due to graphic technology any entry with a graphic image will be subject to the Design Teams' discretion and we will contact you if we feel the entry does not meet the ethos of our challenge blog.

You can find our rules here for further information.

This challenge closes Friday, 1st February 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 4th February 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

I have been a bit disorganised this month with Christmas Celebrations getting in the way - how dare they LOL

Now for my DT creation.

During the 2012 CraftMad Meet Up that I was unable to attend, the girls each supplied a kit to make a card.
Kaye took pity on me and sent me a a kit that was left over  ;-)

lots of wonderful different dies used in this creation ;-)

Thank you so much Kaye, I thoroughly enjoyed putting this together and I am so glad I finished it in time for this challenge  ;-)

Please visit the UnstampaBelles blog and see last month's entries and check out the winner.

There were 110 entries for our Christmas Challenge!!!  I know I say it every month, but it really is getting very hard for the DT to pick a favourite!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

My latest craft swap

Over on CraftMad, we have regular monthly swaps.    Some of us are hoping to actually meet up in person in October 2013 in Brisbane, so we decided to do a money box swap.

I have already received mine - here is a pic ;-)





I love it ................ very me ;-)

After struggling to come up with an idea, I attempted to put a wooden kit together.  With Christmas it got a bit waylaid - I started sanding in preparation of decorating and there it sat for a while.  When I came to put it together, it needed more sanding as the slots did not fit properly :(  then after decorating, I decided to test putting it together to see how it was coming along - it didn't fit again, and in my eagerness frustration, I broke some bits.  So it got put aside for a few days.

After some thought, I decided to emulate what my partner had sent me and decorated a box.  So here is my creation.











We also had a Secret Santa Swap - this is what I received

all this gorgeous work ;-)




a scrapbook caddy which will come in very useful - I am planning on a tidy up in my craft areas ;-)
thank you Secret Santa ;-)

After reading this post, pop on over to my sewing blog HERE and see what I have sewn for our last CraftMad Family Quilt block swap.  I am hope to make up a picnic blanket with these blocks.

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Christmas Cards & Tags

I left my cardmaking run a bit late this year, but managed to make just a few ;-)

I even made some tags

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

UnstampaBelles #18 Challenge - Halfway Inspiration

Here we are at the halfway mark for Challenge #18 for UnstampaBelles - the theme this month is 'Christmas' and we are sponsored by

Our very own Beth 

Look at this gorgeous prize ... 

All items are from the Raspberry range and are completely co-ordinated:

9 x 12 x 12 papers
1 packet self-adhesive Rhinestones
1 packet self-adhesive Pearls
1 Packet of brads
1 Packet gem brads
1 packet basic brads
2 packets assorted Ribbon, 5 x 1 metre per pack
2 packets rub on’s
2 packets alpha stickers.


Please remember .............

Any form of paper creation will be accepted as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used.
Due to graphic technology any entry with a graphic image will be subject to the Design Teams' discretion and we will contact you if we feel the entry does not meet the ethos of our challenge blog.

You can find our rules here for further information.

This challenge closes Friday, 4th January 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 7th January 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Now for some more inspiration for Christmas Cards with NO STAMPS ;-)

White pebble cardstock as a base, layered with red cardstock cut out with Cuttlebug and Spellbinders square Die, swirls punched from Christmas Scrapbook papers and placed in Christmas Tree layout, embellished with gold peel-off stickers (the base of the tree is a 'left over' bit )  

All items used in this card, except the punches, were from BlueEdge Crafts.

Please visit the UnstampaBelles blog and see last month's entries and check out the winner.

There are some amazing entries and I know I say it every month, but it really is getting very hard for the DT to pick a favourite!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.