a butterfly 4 U

I stamped and heat embossed the butterfly -added a little colour and some gems - this is a big butterfly so I didn't want to add too much.

Scrapbook Boutique - February challenge -  The mood board is an interesting change from the cupcakes, ( which I will miss -always so yummy to look at ) it was hard to decide which elements to include on my card -in the end I kept it safe and simple.

birthday boat

The boat stamp is from woodware and the sentiment stamp is from stamp-it - I used Aquamarkers to colour the boat.

Passion for Promarkers - week 332 - papertastic - use 3 papers - I used 3 different papers to make the waves.I used Aquamarkers on the boat.

Little One

We have a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create - 110 - Lace and Pearls - I used an image from Meljens - the pink paper is a magazine freebie - I cut up an old birthday card to make the frame.

Crafting with Dragonflies - challenge 50 - Anything goes -cards only

A card for any occasion

The papers and the flowers are a magazine freebie - the colours are a bit bold for me but I think the blue and dark yellow give a bit of life to the paper.

Tuesday Morning Sketch 337 - Another great layout to play with.

Camera shy

10 days ago we took 5 year old Bella  into our home - she has the sweetest nature but really didn't want me to take her picture - I think her previous owners have been quite strict as she doesn't sit on the sofas -  only on your lap when invited for a cuddle - our bedroom door is open but she doesn't disturb us during the night for a cuddle or to play .

I have bought her a few cat toys so I hope we will see her personality come out  over the next few weeks.
I shouldn't complain ,  but I'm happy to be woken with a cold nose or a soft paw pushed into my face.

Baby

Passion for Promarkers - challenge 330 - Clean and Simple - The elephant ,hearts and sentiment are all part of the same stamp - only 4 sequins are my extras. I used Aquamarkers in Cadmium - Cerulean Blue and Cobalt Green - the blue half of the hearts are brushed with a Wink of Stella .

Better togther

these cute cats are 'from the heart ' - the paper is a magazine freebie which I've had for a long time , it's very busy and I was sure it would end up in the trash . I used a couple of heart punches and some pearls.

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  335 - I flipped the sketch on its side.

From the Heart - this is a progressive challenge.I love this image but I am tempted to draw on some whiskers.

SUYP - cats only challenge 2 .

A little flirty

The image is from Rick St. Dennis and the stamp in the bottom corner is from  lil' stamps.I used  Aquamarkers  and a few sequins from Maria George..

Passion for ProMarkers - week 328 - Fantasy -

We had a visitor in the garden on Sunday  - this Echidna must have been looking for food - the weather has been so very dry for such a long time - we put out the water and he was happy to drink it. He spent all day just sniffing around and disturbing all the ants - he eventually found a dark shady place to sleep .I didn't see him yesterday so he must have gone on his travels.

a little love heart

After struggling with the hot weather for the past few days today is cool , very cool and very cloudy so my pics are taken with a flash and without- not sure which I prefer- the colour is wrong on them both.

The little cat is from Personal Impressions and the hearts are part of a set from Beccy's Place . When I've used kraft before I'm always tempted to use red but so many others colours are a perfect match.

The Cutie Pie challenge 95 - Kraftie Cuties                                                                                           

                                                                                             

SUYP  - Cats only challenge 2                                                                                                               

Keeping it simple day 3

Apologies for the pic -the sun is very bright - the left hand side of the card is actually pearly grey.

This is the 3rd  card using the circle and flowers - still keeping it simple but this time a cute little cat from  Sami Designs - sentiment stamp from Stampit and some patterned paper.

SUYP - Cats Only challenge 2 -
Southern Girls -  One for the Girls- I think this would be perfect for a little girl.

Enjoy your weekend.

Keeping it simple day 2

When it comes to card making I'm not sure I will ever find my 'style' but I seem to lean towards the clean and simple . This card uses the same flower circle as yesterdays but this time I changed the sentiment for a butterfly -ribbon instead of twine and I used a different scissor design on the edge paper. I used water colour pencils for the flowers. You don't need a lot of supplies to make pretty cards just a little variation,

Butterfly challenge 45 - X is for Xanthine - a yellow colouring matter found in some plants - so a yellow butterfly plus a little yellow elsewhere.

Jade's Sparkling  Butterflies - challenge 10 - Anything goes-/ all things Bright and Beautiful

Keeping it simple

Passion for ProMarkers - week 327 - Monochrome - I used blue and red AquaMarkers mixed together to make purple then added lots of water..

Crafty Gals Corner - challenge 53 - Anything goes

It's your birthday

We have a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create - challenge 109 - Layers -I have 4 on top of my base card - the flowers have 3 layers.
Just before Christmas  I bought a pack of metallic permanent maker pens from my local supermarket -I used the blue pen instead of using ink on the stamps.I need to carefully go over the R in the word 'your'.

Incy Wincy - White with a splash of colour
Feeling Sketchy -  sketch 136 - It's very hard to see but in the bottom picture you can just see the scallop edging underneath the sentiment.

Christmas is a non event in our household so took the time to  sew some mittens for the koalas affected by the bush fires in Victoria.

HAPPY 2016

that special someone

This cute little bird is from Stampendous -when I look through my stamps and digi images birds are every where - not sure what it says about me . I don't know the origin of the paper -I must have trimmed off the border to use on another project.

Tuesday Morning Sketches -no 331
The Cutie Pie Challenge - no 94 - Bingo - I have stitching -a pearl flourish and a cute image.
Passion for Promarkers- week 326 - Lets Celebrate - I used Aquamarkers to colour the bird in a mix of browns -pink and green.

Birthday Hugs

I love Christmas themed stamps and images but if I can make them work for other projects I'm a happy bunny. This is part of a Christmas set from Wplus9 - it has sentiments and presents along with this cute image.By not using festive colours or adding wintery touches like snowflakes I think this works pretty well as a Birthday card and would be perfect for Valentines .                                                                                    

Have I been asleep for 2 weeks ?

In the middle of yesterday afternoon I suddenly realized it was the 13th of December and I really should get my overseas Chrimbo cards sent asap.A quick fix was needed so I decided on the above designs - I made just the three with bauble in different colours - only drawback there is glitter everywhere - I made 6 cards with the 2 owls and just 2 cards with the single owl - the craft room and the dining table were amass of inks ,punches -gems and glitter - I also  cut the card bases .By 11pm I  was ready for bed -cards finished- inserts done- in the middle of all this mess I made dinner and washed the dishes -I cleared all the craft stuff from the dining table so all was calm this morning. For some reason December just crept up on me quietly - I'm not usually so last minute -my Christmas cakes were made early October.

Sleepy Kitty

It's that time again a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create - challenge 108 - Christmas -I kept this very simple- it's all about the kitty.

SUYP- cats only challenge - this is the first challenge called Krimbo Kitties.

No festive spirit here

I know I should be working on Christmas cards but I really don't feel in the festive mood - I had a little time to spare yesterday so made these . My MIL has a birthday mid December so I will probably make a few more cards and then let my DH choose which one to send.