Sunday, March 20, 2016

Beautiful Day

 
 
Stamps from W9-Plus                                                                                                                           
 
 
My Time to Craft - challenge  317- Flowers                                                                                          

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Butterflies

 
 
 
 
 just a couple of cards for the charity box
 

Sunday, March 6, 2016

Easter bunnies

 
 
We have a new challenge at Let's Craft and Create -challenge 111 is an Easter theme  - I made a card and a gift tag. The prize is an embossing folder from Mariane Designs .

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Big Buttons

 
 

Feeling Sketchy - 140 - I really wanted to use these chipboard buttons as they have been sitting in my stash for years , they were a bit big so I don't have much space on the right hand side.

Friday, March 4, 2016

It's a boy





Southern Girls challenge - Getting wordy with team Trace

City Crafter challenge blog - week 301 - elephant in the room

Friday, February 19, 2016

Shades of grey X 2


 I managed to stamp this on linen look paper - not an easy job - I love the way it comes out after adding some shade.




This one was stamped on plain white card stock - very smooth- the stamping came out very evenly.

Stamping Boutique have a lovely video tutorial for this stamp set - see it here - it's well worth a visit


Wednesday, February 17, 2016



About 8 months ago I won a prize of   $30 to spend at a craft shop - every time I found a product I liked it was always out of stock - so my prize money sat there until a few weeks ago when I purchased Altenews 'Lacy Scrolls ' , this stamp set has 2 solid flowers and 18 leaf / scrolls . I used them to make both cards.

Monday, February 15, 2016

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.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

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.

Saturday, February 6, 2016

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

Thursday, February 4, 2016

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.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

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 .

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

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 .

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

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.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

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                                                                                                               


Saturday, January 9, 2016

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.

Friday, January 8, 2016

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

Thursday, January 7, 2016

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