Blue tulips ? Yes they do exist

Beccy I feel I should apologise for using your pretty image and taking it apart.

 As you can see it has been chopped and changed a lot to form a bouquet. I hope you can see the shimmer on the close up below . I used pearlized paints from Semco.

I carried on the tulip theme for the inside - I will write the message before I stick this panel down .This was really out of my comfort zone ,I originally just had the bouquet and the twirly corners and for me this was enough as I really love CAS . Once I started with the extras it was hard to stop - paint splatters ,gems and butterflies - I'm still not sure if I should add a sentiment in the bottom
 corner  ?
Beccy's Place - april challenge - flowers/foliage

Southern Girls  -  April 16th  Anything goes

CCC Digi Creations - challenge 113 - flowers

Sweet stampin -  Bloomin wonderful

Allsorts challenge week 568 - flowers and/or showers

browns and birthday

I dug out my hole punch (1/12 inch ) for this as my circle dies are all scalloped .I cut a few in different papers and then stacked them and cut with the fancy edge scissors -the cut is easy to see on some of the papers - keep both stacked halves apart ,I put one to the left of my craft mat and one the right - now you can split them up and taking one half circle from each side you can stick them back together. ***

IF YOU DON'T CUT YOUR CIRCLES IN HALF EXACTLY IT WONT MATTER AS LONG AS YOU TAKE A PIECE FROM EACH SIDE THEY WILL ALWAYS FORM A PERFECT CIRCLE.

Cardbase 10.5 x 10.5 cm
Center panel 9.5 x 9.5 cm
Die cut Happy Birthday / you could white emboss a sentiment on black card or black stamp on white card - I die cut this twice and stuck together.

Craftyhazelnut's patterned paper challenge - March

just a flower

I cut a piece of card slightly smaller than my card front and using both the fine and the thick nibs from the grey promarker I drew lines on the card - I made sure I left the pen on the card just a little bit longer than needed so it bleed into the card - I didn't want any harsh lines - Using the red promarker I coloured some paste pink and spread it through the stencil - It's  a big stencil so I kept everything very simple.

Passion for ProMarkers - challenge 533 - make it feminine
Creative Craft Cottage - challenge 127 - for the girls

two more for the charity box

After my last post using up old stuff I made these two cards and then threw away all the other old bits - it feels good to get rid of rubbish and now I've started I going to go through all my stuff .

using stuff up - not my idea of fun

 this is just a small selection of plastic bags containing tags die cut hearts -butterflies and things which are too small to add onto a card as they are -you can see below they are not very big .

 I hate to waste stuff but sometimes you just have to throw stuff out ( I have a bag of die cut hearts that are at least 14 years old ) seriously they have to go - I did empty out a few of the bags to see if I could mix any of the bits together - most of my cards go to charity so they always find a home.

 as you can see my desk was a real mess but I did hang in there and made some cards

This one used a yellow and white square along with two butterflies layered together.

I am amazed this delicate bunting survived there was a tiny bend right at the top of the line holding them together - the cupcake came from a piece of paper.

This one had two pink squares layered to form the base and a pink arrow.

                               
                            This had a tag and a square layered along with a butterfly.

there are still lots of small pieces to use and lots of butterflies and hearts - I may still throw them all away -who knows -

celebrate your day - for mum

I need some help when it comes to taking pics of my cards - the colour is so very pale here but IRL there is a great deal of contrast between the white card and the turquoise blues and mustard colours of the paper -

Southern Girls - anything goes - with easter or  mothers day.

 My husband always asks me why I only make one card and thinks I should make two similar cards when I have all the supplies to hand -here is my second card using the same stuff. Another crappy picture - any suggestions would be appreciated.

thank goodness it's wednesday

Monday was  a wasted day as I had a crappy migraine - I did feel a bit  better yesterday and thought a bit of card making would be good - I managed to destroy this stencil completely and my craft mat was covered in moulding paste - I decided to go shopping - I slammed the house door shut only to find I had the wrong keys - my house keys - car keys and phone were all in the house - I has to sit outside for nearly 3 hours waiting for my husband to come home from work.

My efforts today were much better - I used the palest grey marker pens and scribbled down the card front - you can just about see it in the above image  -I stamped the butterflies and then stamped then again on some spare card - I cut the body and front wings which I added at the end- after masking off the butterflies I stamped the tree bark using another marker pen to colour the stamp - again using the marker pens I stamped out the sentiments - I used the blue marker pen to colour the butterflies.

                                   

Passion for ProMarkers - week 530 -use 3 of something - 3 butterflies and 3 enamel dots .

celebrate in blue

I stamped the flower and then masked it off before stamping the leaves and then fussy cutting out.This stamp set from Altenew does have matching dies but I wanted the whole thing in one piece. The celebrate stamp came from a set bought in a local discount store . The word 'celebrate ' covers so many things - mothers day -birthday ,anything really which is why I left the inside blank and just stamped a couple of leaves.

Addicted to Stamps and More - challenge 376 -anything

The Flower challenge - 41 Add leaves

Stamping Sensations -  Feb challenge Feminine

Z fold my way

                Sorry about the shadow in the bottom corner - I really did the best I could.

The weather here in Tasmania has been very dull for a few days - taking a good pic is hopeless even with the lights on. The gingham paper is two shades of green - not grey .I found these 4 flowers yesterday -stamped but not coloured - not sure what sort of paper it was but it was very porous and I couldn't actually blend anything - I used the yellow directly onto the paper - the orange I mixed with lots of water - it basically dried where it dropped.

Passion for ProMarkers -challenge 528 - fancy folds - I'm not sure if there are any right or wrong ways to make this - I just did what I thought.

A little love

Last August I bought some moulding paste  - I thought I should give a go as I have quite a few stencils - I coloured the paste with Pro Markers and then taped off sections of this leaf stencil.

 As all the colours are very pale I used a light grey to match in with some of the leaves. Not bad for a first attempt - I love the raised texture of the paste. Sorry about the bad quality of the pic -it is so very very dull here today .

Creative Craft Cottage challenge 126 - Add a heart

I Love ProMarkers - challenge 403 - Love or wedding anniversary - I used ProMarkers to colour the moulding paste.

Southern Girls - anything goes with team Trace

Double D - Hearts challenge -

bring on the cake

I always tell myself cards for kids should be bright and full of colour - it never happens -I just prefer CAS.This little mouse is an old stamp from Stampavie -  I used an unrelated stamp for the bunting but the outlines were just too thick and heavy - I had to cut some paper and cover them up leaving just the thread line across the top . I used a mix of Aqua promarkers and Promarker pens.

Passion for ProMarkers week 527  - for a child /child images

Crafty Animals - challenge 35- anything goes

you made it how many times

 

This was my fourth attempt at the card front - for the first two I used some cheapie ink pads to make the circles - I stamped some of the images and then managed to smudge them with my sleeve ( don't ask ,cos I don't know how I did it ). I tackled the third one with some pearlescent water colour paints and then stamped again using a Versafine black ink pad . I know this ink is slow drying but seriously I went shopping and it was still wet when I came back and I managed to smudge it AGAIN . I think the pearly paint and ink were just a bad combo . I used the same pearly paints on the fourth card and stamped with Tuxedo black - not quite as sharp or detailed but it did dry much faster.

Southern Girls -Anything goes

Incy Wincy - Anything goes Jan 20th

what to do when you cannot sleep

On Wednesday morning I was ironing at 5.10am -

On Thursday at around the same time  I thought I would look through some YouTube videos - this is one of the ones I had a go at

This top fold card uses the double point technique - I hated it so much I didn't bother to lift the flap and add anything underneath .

 This is a three panel card - partial die cutting of a circle on the front panel

                                           a heart and sentiment on the middle section

a big sentiment inside -  and when I closed the whole thing up I had stamped the sentiment in the wrong place and you can see it peeking out the bottom of the circle - 

I always say for every good card I make there are at least 2 bad ones to get there -

 so Friday at 5.30am  I tried again with the double point card -my Aunt celebrates her 90th birthday in May so something like this might work

I was quite pleased with the end result - EXCEPT at 5.30 in the morning the light is not so good -I used some lovely bright white card or so I thought - turns out the middle panel on the front is pearlized - I really didn't notice until later when the light shone on it.

 The flower stamps are a Fiskars set called flora which I coloured using Aquamarkers - not sure where the sentiment came from.

a quick Hi to Darcy who left a lovely comment on my last card

I'm not sure what Saturday morning will bring but one thing is certain I will be up and about way too early.

Happy New Year -tall and skinny

Christmas and the New Year are always a quite affair in our house - for the first time in 20 years we actually went out for Christmas Day lunch ,I think this could be a new tradition .

I ran a strip of washi tape around all 4 sides of the card to get an even margin but then
I managed to get the background stencil wonky (Spellbinders diamond and stars ) the tulip is part of a much larger decorating stencil - I managed to mask off the bit I wanted - this stencil is at least 30 years old . A die cut sentiment and a few sequins -

ice cream time

I miss the Northern hemisphere Christmas -since we came to Australia in 2006 we haven't celebrated the festive season at all - prawns and pavlova just don't do it for me - I want cold crisp mornings -warm jumpers and yummy heartwarming food
 The cardstock is a beautiful milk chocolate colour but for some reason it looks very dark and all the cones have been coloured - again not really showing up .The cone stamp is part of a birthday set which I've had for years and never used - it came from K-mart when they used to stock acylic stamps . Whatever you are eating this festive season make it merry - good cheer to one and all.

trees

I really can not stop myself with this stencil nonsense - that's the trouble when you haven't made anything for ages - you get a silly idea in your head and there it stays - the colour is not very good as it's very sunny here today -

friendship

I used this kaisercraft embossing folder called fern leaf -I inked with a little gold and green ink then used two square dies to make a frame - the frame was a bit floppy and it got worse when  I die cut the flowers with the kaisercraft fine line flowers die. I had to cut everything again and stick it together to make it solid enough to use - 

It's always tempting to make the flowers pink or red but I really like the lemon - the whole thing has fun foam to add some lift. I used the same yellow card and a hole punch  then added some glossy accents .

The Flower challenge 39 - use a die

happy birthday fox

after playing about sponging ink through a homemade stencil in my last post I just had to do it again - I did use 2 square dies this time and I used pearlescent paint -I did stamp the fox twice but I think it would have been better if I had heat embossed it - It doesn't really stand out.

southern girls - anything goes challenge