Brush those teeth

The Lollipop Ladies are back after the Christmas break and I have joined the team - Challenge 38 is inspired by the photo - Fairy Bread - I have to confess I have never eaten Fairy Bread.

My door hanger is for the bathroom to remind little people to brush their teeth.
I started off cutting a piece of chipboard 10.5cm x 25cm .I cut out a 7cm circle. The background paper was just perfect to represent the sprinkles .The image is Tooth Fairy Cynthia from The Stamping Boutique . I've used a mix of felt tip pens and gel pens to colour her .Come along and join in ,the challenge is open for two weeks .

Love you lots

Cupcake Inspirations - challenge 144 - Photo at top of post. How cute are these cookies.

Crafts 4 Eternity - recipe 56 -clean and simple.

Mami Doodles -challenge 42 -For a loved one.

I'm beginning to like the CAS cards ,it's taken me a while to use so little ,but it works.

A quick card

Papercraft Star - challenge - 80 - Frames .I made a cute flowery frame for my sentiment.

Lucy's Cards -Inspiration week - day 1 - Picture of lavender on a white shelf,you can see the pic on Lucy's blog .

Scrapbook Boutique - Photo above for inspiration. I love the colours for this challenge.

The flower stamp is from Abi's crafts ,the sentiment stamp is very old .I will have to trawl through some old posts to find the origin.Enjoy your weekend ,off to put some flat pack furniture togther,how good is my weekend LOL.

Cute as a button

The Lollipop Ladies - . I punched two circles and made one of them into a square which surrounds the button. The paper is from Dena Designs.

Just Peachy

One picture taken in sunlight ,the other in shade -I prefer the top pic.




Papercraft Star - challenge 79 - Warmth - the colours on my card remind of the blush on a ripe peach = Summertime = Warmth = Yummy .Papers are from 'dear lizzy' and Christina Re' .The bird is a stamp from Inkadinkado and the sentiment from Ippity.

Thanks

Lucy's Cards - Sketch week -day 5.

The sentiment is from Ippity and the pink paper is so old I'm not sure where it came from .
I have a confession to make I stamped the sentiment upside down ,(I hate stamping directly onto a card for this very reason ).At first I panicked and tried wiping it with a wet one ,big mistake ,the card went soggy .After drying it off I stamped again,the right way up this time and to make everything blend together I used some brown ink and sponged over a stencil shape to enclose the sentiment. Does that make sense, anyhow I managed to save the day and it doesn't look too shabby.

Sing it loud

Lucy's Cards - sketch week - day 4

The music paper is 'dear lizzy' and the bird paper is from 'Christina Re'.The bird stamp is from Inkadinkado. The sentiment is from Ippity .

Live Laugh Love

Lucy's Cards - Sketch week -Day 3 .Green check paper from Frenchville ,the other two are Kaisercraft.

Keep Dreaming

Lucy's Cards - Sketch week - day 2 - One of my favourite colour combos at the moment.I'm hoping to enter a card for all 5 of Lucy's sketches so I'm off to make 3 more by Sunday.

Daring Cardmakers - First Friday -Colour combo .

A little love

Lucy's Cards - sketch week - day 1 -
Joan's Gardens - challenge 1 -Hearts, pink or red, white , embossing,embellishment .I think I've got them all covered.The small heart is embossed with polka dots ,a button for embellishment.

I love the sentiment ,it can be used for valentines or wedding anniversary.

Tea and Cookies

Papercraft Star - challenge 77 -Tea or Coffee - My teapot image came from 'a piece of cake ',the doily from the Stamp Spot, the friendship sentiment is Kaisercraft I think.

Happy New Year .I hope you all had a enjoyable holiday break ,not a slice of turkey or plum pudding passed my lips but my trousers are so very tight.My fridge is still full of goodies ,this morning I saw a bowl of cherries so I think a cherry crisp is on the menu for dinner,Steve has just done a dry rub for some ribs,yum.

Enjoying the sun on our deck.


A very sticky visitor .


Waiting for Santa.

We get lots of visitors in our garden .The birds and geckos are easy to spot but the stick insect is not always easy to see with it's great camouflage.

How much plum pudding did you eat.

I couldn't resist making one last Christmas card for the challenge at The Lollipop Ladies.
The Lollipop Ladies - challenge - 36 -Christmas puddings -It wasn't enough to use the photo as inspiration for colour I wanted a pud as well. Sentiment stamp is Hero Arts,pudding image is fabric .

How much pud did I eat - none at all.

A sprinkle of glitter

This is my last Christmas card post for 2011 .A touch of gold glitter really made this card shine.I made this for special friends in SA.

Jolly Holly

Paper from Kaisercraft ,sentiment from The Graphic Fairy.

Christmas Party

My post title is the name of this vibrant green paper,it has lots of white snowflakes and comes from Momenta. The purple glitter and stickles are a great contrast to the green.

Birthday Tipple

I seem to be on a roll with the gatefold cards ,I'm keeping them simple relying on the paper for focus.This was for a male birthday in December .

Christmas Blues

This is my take on the photo inspired challenge at The Ribbon Reel.

Challenge 17 - Shabby Holiday Winter. I think all the papers are Kaisercraft ,stickles are from Annabelle stamps.

Red and Green ,it must be Christmas

Part Time Tuesday - challenge 46 - Use Red and Green as the main colours.I don't know where the image came ,obviously a freebie from some very kind and talented person.The image was done with watercolours and when it was dry I gave it 3 coats of clear nail varnish ( no glossy accents,had to improvise .The paper is from Kaisercraft.

Do you believe

Lexi's Creations - challenge -55 -No red or green on your Christmas card.The grey paper is Francis Meyer 'Paris da Vinci Grey',not sure where the pink is from.Just added some stickles and a few snowflakes .I was supposed to post my overseas cards on Friday ,I guess they may be late.I made this little card yesterday and have almost done a second in lime green ,it's good to be different.Enjoy the rest of your day.

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.

Yummy gingerbread men

Over at Bows and Berries this is the last challenge for 2011 ,it's also a blog hop and a free gingerbread man to use on your card and a 50% discount on all their digis . How good is all that ,you can play along until December 11th so if you haven't already entered then get a move on.

Challenge 15 - Blog hop and card using gingerbread man .This image is so cute I couldn't just have one ,my little men are white as they are covered in icing, supposedly. I've added red gems ,pearls and glitter.

The First Noel

Thought I'd have a break from ironing and make a quick Christmas card .

Incy Wincy Designs - challenge 123 - Non traditional Christmas colours.I chose dark brown ,gold and a light caramel colour. The paper is HOTP and came in a book of Christmas paper which I've had for about 10 years.

Come along and play

I've been very busy over the past few weeks and only managed to make a couple of cards for the challenges at The Lollipop Ladies .Lucky me I've won prizes for both my cards ( previous 2 postings ).They always have great prizes and 2 weeks to get your card made.Come along and join in the fun .A big thank you to the team .

An Apple a Day

Lollipop Ladies -challenge 34 - Toffee Apples and Acetate .
Another tricky challenge especially when you only have 3 hours to get your card made and posted.Did I chose something easy to make ,hell no .As I folded the strips of paper for the iris folding I edge each piece with a gold marker pen ,the acetate I used for my shaker part of the card adding a few small beads.Sorry about the quality of the pic ,the camera is obviously on the wrong setting ,I've pushed a few buttons but I think Steve will have to take a look this evening.

We have been in our new home for 3 weeks and this is my first post ,I had forgotton how time consuming it is both with the packing and unpacking of boxes .It doesn't help that we have been away for two weekends and will be away again this next weekend . Every day is a challenge in the kitchen as I try to remember which cupboard things are in .I've unpacked all my craft things but I haven't managed to find my acrylic blocks ,they are there so I will have to spend a bit more time in the craft room.

chocolate and swirls

Paper from Kaisercraft "Elegance ,Eleanor"
Stamp sentiment from Kaisercraft "C5929 Life "

The Lollipop Ladies challenge 32 - inspired by chocolate spiders plus threads .A difficult colour scheme to work with but I got there in the end .My thread runs through the tape in the centre.The flower is hand cut from the reverse side of the paper.

Papercraft Star challenge 69 - A flourish - I love these pearly strips ,all spaced out and ready to go.

Set me free

The bird cage and the sentiment are Kaiser craft .The green paper is 'Pack your bags' from Kaiser craft,the bottom panel and tartan leaves are a double sided paper from Graphic45 Eden's Symphony .


Papercraft Star - challenge 66 - A leaf or leaves.

I haven't been around much and that is not likely to change for the next few weeks.After months of house hunting we finally found a place we can hopefully call home ,unfortunately the house move coincides with a two week holiday in Koh Samui and 2 long weekends away . I'm trying to pack boxes and suitcases at the same time ,always fun lol.

A leafy affair

I stamped the leaves with avocado green onto cream paper ,then stamped on the reverse side with a hessian or linen design (my stamp is from Ippity).Using a craft scalpel I cut around a half of each leaf and then folded it back ,using a piercing tool I did around the edges .

I mounted onto dark green card to provide some contrast.



I love the sketch from Card and a Half and really enjoyed putting all the elements together .I noticed Rachael from the design team didn't put her sentiment as the main feature of the card so I hope my entry will be OK.