Anyone for apple pie

Papercraft Star - challenge 107 - Include some fruit - Apples -probably the most used fruit for cooking sweet dishes.

Cupcake Craft -challenge 204 - Bunting -It's back in a big way this year.

Incy Wincy - challenge -Sugar and Spice and all things nice.

Seems A Little Sketchy - I've used their layout above and added a few extra bits'n bobs .

Birthday Butterfly

Cupcake Craft - challenge 172 - Don't look at the light -bright,sparkles,glitter ,you get the idea .

I made this gatefold card for my MIL .The black paper is from a stacker pack called 'Weddings'from Rosie's .I used foil,gems ,acetate and silver stickers to complete this butterfly (butterfly from Rosie's )card.The sentiment was made using the alphabet letters from Ippity.


We've been away again this past weekend and I know I shouldn't complain but walking out the door all I could think of was boxes ,boxes still waiting to be unpacked.It was a quick trip to Hobart to see Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac fame) in concert ,Dave Stewart and Brian MacFadden provided support.It was well worth the money as the show started at 7.00pm and finished at 11.15pm . We got back late Sunday afternoon with lots of food shopping and before I had even unpacked some friends arrived who live close by .I roasted a chicken and did lots of salad ,copious amounts of beer and wine were consumed ( not by me I'm TT )and I think we made them too welcome as it was after 11.00pm when they left .A good evening was had by all but those boxes are still there waiting to be emptied.

Birthday fun

All the papers I've had for a long time ,the poppy stamp is from Abi's Craft.

Unscripted Sketches - 115 - shown above.









Papers used are from Franchville and Kaisercraft.

Unscripted Sketches - 114 -shown above.I'm not always very bright ,I made this card and then forgot to post until now,probably too late for the challenge.

Cupcake Crafts- challenge 151 -wish upon a star -
Birthday Sundaes -challenge 18 - Birthday Card using the word "Birthday".

Beary distressing

Happy Friday,the weather here in Tasmania is lovely as Autumn approaches.Warm sunny days with cooler evening evenings,great for sitting on the deck watching the sunset.

I seem to have bear fever this week,this is my third little cutie.I think I must basically be a tidy person (but don't look in my craft room) cos when I see a challenge which involves distressing I'm the one who gets distressed.I find it difficult to get the look just right.Sorry about the lighting on this piccie.

There's Magic in the Air -Distressing- the image also comes from Magic.

Color Throwdown challenge 81 -Brown,Pink,White and Olive.

Saturday Spotlight- Do the mess around -inks ,tearing,distressing.

Cupcake Craft challenge 79 -Friends

Rosie-D's challenge 65 -Friendship

Make a wish

It's Wednesday already and I haven't had much time for cardmaking ,only made two so far.I promised to help my husband with a couple of work things, bad idea I should be crafting.

My card covers challenges for;

Saturday Spotlight- challenge 16-Bigger is Better -to use something large,an image or embellishment.My Tina Wenke stamp is quite large.

Cupcake Craft challenge 76-Four legged and Furry.My cute little mouse fits the bill.

Digital Ink co-challenge 15- Pets or Baby Birthdays using the colours red,green,yellow and blue.

I used a very delicate hand to produce different shades with 4 pens.This is my second card for this challenge.

Spring Fairy

Happy Wednesday from sunny Tasmania.This little cutie covers four challenges , my brain must be in gear this morning cos normally I would have made separate cards for each challenge,Duh.

SophistCat challenge 18 is for a Spring theme .I think my little cutie says Spring.

Crafty Cardmakers challenge 12 - to use something new.My image and flowered paper.

Cupcake Craft challenge 74. A Sketch -My card layout follows this.

A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge 87 -Layering

The image on my card is from 'Of the Heart'.The papers are just gift wrap.Flowers and pearls from my stash. As always thanks for stopping by,I'm off to nurse a poorly finger and have a cup of coffee.

Autumn Bugs

This is my second card today as I am still playing catchup with challenges after not feeling too well.

Allsorts challenge 20 "Autumn Days"

Cupcake Challenge 59 " Cute as a bug "

I started out with a cream card stock which I inked around the edges with brown and a die cut leaf which I used as a mask.Using yellow,orange and brown ink around the edges of the leaf to leave an image .It looked so pretty I couldn't bear to cover it up completely so I decided to use it as a base for the butterfly .The butterfly was stamped and coloured,the yellow sections were heat embossed to make them shiny.

Flutterby Butterfly

I can't believe it's Saturday already,I am so behind in making cards for all my favourite challenge sites. The up side to this is that now I have the time to make a card I can combine 2 challenges together.

ABC challenge 'D' is for die cut. Cupcake challenge 56 "Red,White and Blue

I've chosen a butterfly which had heart shapes cut out from its wings. The red parts have been heat embossed with clear powder.I used a swirly background stamp of blue on white paper which I stuck behind.The body I covered with glue and stuck beads across.All the paper used is from magazine freebies. Sentiment printed on computer.As I have stuck the butterfly onto a thin strip of card I suppose you could use it as a book mark.

Reindeer Romance

Three challenges combined in one card.

Pollycraft 'Furry Friends ' challenge 23.The reindeer image is a freebie from the very generous Pollycraft which gives me my 'Furry Friends .The image was only for one reindeer but I copied and reversed the image to make two.The red hearts have all been heat embossed and I have given them different coloured hooves cos one is a guy and one is a gal.

Cupcake challenge 55, 3 buttons,2 papers and 1 ribbon.The red paper is from my stash,the patterned paper is Holly from Paper Pizazz.The buttons are from Jesse James Beads.A gold ribbons finishes off this challenge.

Pink Elephant challenge 30, 2 squares, 1 ribbon and sparkles. I have punched two squares from sparkly glitter card and turned them on there ends,again the gold ribbons completes the challenge.

Tag shaped Christmas card

Cupcake challenge 54.The theme this week is a shaped card.I've chosen to make an over sized tag shaped card.I cut a piece of card 28cm x 8cm and folded it in half ,then I shaped the corners.I covered the whole thing with a snowflake paper in blues and white which is hard to see .Using silver peel off strips I did the borders. I tore the edges of a piece of vellum which I studded with small seed beads .The snowflake charm is from Artwork stickers.the silver ric rac was already decorated when I bought it.A silver ribbon and bow to finish.

Happy Birthday Cupcake

Cupcake Craft challenge week 53. Its Birthday time so it's all about about cake this week. My cupcakes were made by reducing a template pattern from Valitas Designs .If you like something a bit different check out her site.Valita has lots of good ideas ,a few freebies and some unusual Iris folding patterns. I've embossed each layer with a different pattern,a ribbon to finish.The birthday stamp is from Kaiser Stamps, it's the first time I've used it and to get a clear image I have had to cut away all the excess rubber from round the edges.Not impressed.

Blue 'n' Brown

I've managed a double challenge today.Pink Elephant challenge 27 is for brown ,turquoise and a neutral colour.Cupcake craft challenge 52 is a sketch plus the colours blue and brown.The stripey backing paper was a free gift from Crafts Beautiful magazine.The dark chocolate paper was punched as were the small flowers.The image is from The Greeting Farm ,Geisha Anya.I have extended the body and given her small hands.I can never leave things as they should be.

Life's a beach

Cupcake craft challenge 51 and Papertake Weekly Four Seasons challenge.I really enjoyed doing this one ,its the first time I have managed to combine two challenges .The image is Beach Maggie from Digital Delights with a little extra detail from me. A girl can't be too careful in the sun so I have made her an umbrella to help keep her shady.