Just for You

When I made my last card for Saturdays post I realized  just how many buttons and rolls of ribbon I had - way too many- I'm not sure how long it will take to use all this stuff but this is a start - at least with the ribbon.

Birthday Bird

The shiny blue ribbon was a real problem to stick down and every time I picked up the card the buttons fell off - if you have any good solutions please let me know .

Challenge 105 at Lets Craft and Create starts today- Dies or Punches- I used a circle punch -  a corner punch to round the edges of the white square and for the bottom scallop effect I used an American Crafts Knock Out punch.

Seasons Greetings

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  # 315 - Another sketch I'm going to be using again and again- love it.

Beccy's Place - August challenge - I had an enjoyable 6 months on the DT but since that spell ended I've had a break from using  Beccy's images - now I can enjoy them all over again starting with this one.

21st Card

Do people still make a big deal about being 21- my 21st birthday coincided with my Grandfathers retirement so the party was full of older people and non of my friends were invited. I was not a happy bunny.

Crafty Gals Corner - Lots of Layers

Incy Wincy Designs- Birthday Wishes challenge

- I'm not good at remembering where products came from but the rub on flower is from Kaisercraft.

Let it snow

I masked off an area on the stencil to make the little trees-  a few gems - sequins and lots of glitter . I made this card on Friday morning and after many many attempts to take a photo ( more than 100 ) I decide I must have the camera on the wrong setting so waited for DH to come home from work - he tried and tried and the conclusion -the camera is broken - I dug out my very old camera but the pics just weren't sharp enough . So this morning with new camera I've got a reasonable pic- I need to read the camera instructions - maybe later today.

Southern Girls - Shiny Blingy -
Scrapbook Boutique - the cupcake image for this month has lots of silver and blue- perfect for  a Christmas theme.

Keeping it simple

This leaf stamp is one of my favourites but I'm hopeless at remembering where it came from - there are other smaller leaves in the set along with some birds - I popped some black paper behind the card so it would show up.

Tuesday Morning Sketches # 314 -Some days what your eyes see and the message the brain then sends to the hands just doesn't work - it took mean ages and lots of scrap paper to cut out the red starry paper - I had all sorts of shapes and angles - a bad case of brain freeze- NOTE TO SELF just used the same colours as last weeks challenge - get over the red and black thing.

Anyone for tea

I have to be honest and say I was really out of my comfort zone when I made this card - I don't usually do fussy layouts with lots of layers- I think I need to go back and make the bottom plate a darker pink to match the inside of the cup at the top but hey I did my best.

 I love ProMarkers - challenge 282 - Anything goes
Passion for ProMarkers - week 310 - sketch above.

don't call me birdbrain

I Love Promarkers - challenge 282 - Balloons

The Cutie Pie Challenge - no 90 - Cute and Girly

Incy Wincy Designs- Tic Tac Toe  - I went with the middle line across- free space- flowers- buttons and bows.

Watching the world go by

Tuesday Morning Sketches-  sketch 313 - I love this layout and will probably use it again .

Baby blues

Tuesday Morning Sketches-  sketch 312-


This little  stamp is from HOTP and includes the sentiment and another very tiny stamp with hearts - the papers are  magazine freebies .I used water colour pencils for the elephant.

Birthday Cake yummy

Southern Girls - Anything goes challenge

This is such a cute stamp but I don't often use it- it's just a little big for my liking.

A bit of a frame up

Incy Wincy Designs-  Frame it challenge
Dream Valley - challenge 112 - Stripes or checks

A simple message simply executed- no fuss.

Lace and Pearls

Let's Craft and  Create challenge 104 - Lace or Pearls - I couldn't decide so used both - this card was made with lots of scraps -  a few odd flowers and lace left over from other projects - the sentiment is a peel off sticker-  we would love to see your creations so pop over to the blog and join in.

A bit of nifty cross-stitch

My little butterfly is  a very simple cross -stitch and has only has a handful of colours so it's super easy to do.

Crafting with Dragonflies has reopened and the first challenge is Butterflies.Glad to hear you are feeling so much better Hilde .

Aristo- CAT

Just a quick card on a Saturday afternoon. I used paper that was very porous so all the ink had bled which I quite like .

Hi Baby

How difficult could it be to assemble so few elements- this is my second star shape and my third face - the first star I splashed with water and  the card buckled - the first face I cut from glossy yellow card and the   camera really picked this up and it just looked awful, the second face the mouth was wrong - so here we are taking a photo as it gets dark and you can see the shadows.                                                                             

Scrapbook Boutique - July challenge - picture above - I went with green - lace - pearls and the leaf shapes from the middle green cupcake.                                                                                                                   

Spring is in the air - I wish

Well ,we are half way through winter here Tasmania - we have had some spectacular frosty mornings leading to sunny days and magnificent sunsets - winter never the less - so a cheery light card with thoughts of summer.

Christmas in July

Case-ing Christmas  challenge 27 - case one of your own non- christmas cards - also DT call. I feel like a fraud as I haven't made that many changes to the original Birthday card up top. I used the same layout and poinsettia - and yes I did use this flower for my original card.                                                                  

Blue Butterflies

Lets Craft and Create - challenge 103 - Butterflies or Birds- Our new challenge starts today -  be inventive and use your stamps in different ways - the bottom stamp should be used as a corner decoration but I turned it to make this triangle shape and trimmed the bottom of the card .I also trimmed off the front edge so that the small butterflies are on the inside .I used a grey Copic to outline the text also the edges of the patterned butterfly.

Allways Something Creative- challenge 102 - Blue and White

I'ts Bigger and Better in Launceston

Ash Crafts and Gifts have expanded their store and now offer a great range of all your crafting goodies - I popped in this morning and had a good look round - they have a great selection of dies ,papers , stamps,stencils ,inks and lots of tools and kit to get you started -   for lazy people like me some fab flowers all ready to stick on a card .  

The shop is located in Launceston city center - just off the Quadrant Mall next to the Grain Grocers.

Mid year round up

I've noticed that when January comes around many of you share your favourite makes for the past 12 months. I thought I would do mine now so here are a few of my ' I quite like that ' creations - you will notice that I have a few images that I just love to use again and again.

birthday hugs

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch 304 - Birthday Greetings to Patti Rowe who is sponsoring the challenge. Little lion is from Meljens and the rest is just paper and pearls- a simple sweet card.

Simply Papercraft - challenge 6 - anything goes

Add your own touches

We've all done it  - bought beautiful paper and by the time we add an image and a sentiment ,possibly a few embellishments and our fab paper is hard to see. I loved this paper but it was a bit drab so I added the white dots on the darkest leaves - the light brown leaves I added lots of shading around the edges and veins with a sepia pencil , the leaves pop out a bit more now and I can still see my original paper.This paper is perfect for a male cards- I think it might be Graphic45.

The Craft Barn - For the man in your life -
The Paper Players -  challenge 248 - masculine card
Simply Create Too - challenge  87 - masculine

In the garden

Creative Craft Cottage have a new challenge - 41- Add some flowers - the challenge is sponsored by
  Lacy Sunshine  and The East Wind - they both have amazing images- please join us at CCC to win.

Peel Off Poppies

It you're anything like me you buy a few peel offs and then don't know what to do with them. I stuck mine onto acetate and added some glass paints- these work really well but you have to be patient as they take a while to dry - mine took ages yesterday but it was very cold - ice on the INSIDE yes the inside of the       kitchen windows. The papers I used are from 7 Gypsies and This and That.

                                         

                                                 

As You Like It- challenge 55 - Favourite Flower- I just love California Poppies - The vibrant red colour and the way the petals open to reveal the black and yellow stamens- nothing looks better waving in the wind.          

Birthday candles

The June challenge 101  at Lets's Craft and Create is Add Some Sparkle . Grab your glitter ,gems and sequins and join us.
I coloured all my candles and then wondered if I had sequins in the right colours - I never learn that you should gather all the bits together before you start.Stamp from Hampton Art .

Moving Along With The Times - Birthdays are the theme as they have been up and running for 6 years.

Sparkle and Shine

My stamp is from Cuddly Buddly called ' Little High Flyer '  and I've had it for a very long time. I love the glitter and sequins but I think I will remove the blue strips from the corners- I really don't like them.

ABC challenge K is for Kritters

Beauty everywhere

It doesn't matter how many stamps or digis I buy this little stamp from Stampavie comes out time after time . I will never grow tired of this cute birdie on his branch.Today I've used Promarkers to colour this image and added a sprinkle of glitter in the center of each flower.


Southern Girls - challenge 111 - spots or dots
Passion for Promarkers -  challenge 298 - come fly with me.

New Arrival

a quick hello to my new followers - you are very welcome - thanks for popping by  and leaving your comments.The elephant stamp is Woodware and the sentiment is one of a set of four which was given to me so sadly I don't know where it came from .

Scrapbook Boutique -  They have  a yummy cupcake for inspiration - colours are pinks -white and biscuit.

In the Pink - challenge 69 - faux or real stitching - I used my dress makers wheel to score all the holes and then used a soft pencil to join them up.

keeping it simple

Sometimes it's good to make a card and not have to colour some cutesy girl or boy - I must admit I prefer flowers and animals to people. I love this patchwork paper and didn't want to go overboard.I added the white pen to the flowers and lots of gems to the center.

Simply Papercraft - challenge 5 - Anything goes.

Cupcake with legs - whatever next

Ppinkydolls are the sponsors for challenge 40 over at Creative Craft Cottage - our theme is "add a bow" .
These images are quirky and cute so I kept everything simple - the flowers are a scalloped circle and a flower made with a stamp from paper smoochies.

wish you were here

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  sketch 301
The ABC challenge -  J is for Jewel


- sadly the gems on the pic do not show very well- IRL they are very pretty.I used water colour pencils for the postcard.

Beautiful life

My little creation is for

 LET'S GET ARTY  - challenge 63  - acme label maker - make a label for your project . I used the bamboo font which I really liked.
Southern Girls -  challenge 110 - Animal Crackers - I noticed there were a lot of birds used by the DT so my little birdie should feel right at home.
Incy Wincy -  The great outdoors - Flowers ,bird, butterfly and a branch which I forgot to colour .

On your bike little miss

It's time for a new challenge over at Creative Craft Cottage and we would like to see some glitter . Are sponsor is All Dressed Up -

This was a real kitchen sink job - I used Copics for the flesh and ground area, felt tip pens in pink,green.yellow and brown , a black coloured pencil for the tyres ,a silver metallic pen for the bicycle frame - the basket had a coat of Glossy Accents to make it shine. The used a thin double sided tape to border the card then added lots of glitter -the little butterflies are also covered in glitter - the border at the bottom is washi tape - a few layered flowers and some pearls . It took me ages to decided on all the bits but the end result is quite restrained LOL ..