My Favourite Things - Birthday Princess

Hi Guys! I'm currently in the process of packing up the house for moving next weekend (!) So, it might be quiet over here on the blog in the coming week.... Here's a card I made today -

I used the MFT Birthday Princess stamp and paper pieced her dress using the Sale-a-bration paper from Stampin' Up! I coloured her skin, hair, cake and hat using my Spectrum Noir Markers and cut her out. My card base is white, layered up with Peach Parfait, and some patterned paper from Echo Park, which I sewed around. The main image panel is pretty self explanatory, with the scallop circles actually cut out using my circle dies and cutting them in half (I don't have a big scallop punch/die like this) and I added some rhinestones in the valleys. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! Sincere Salutations.
I used the MFTSC76 Sketch for this card, as well as inspiration from the Annabelle Stamps Paper Piecing challenge.

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Thanks for popping by :)

Some Odd Girl - Royal Mothers Day Card

I know mothers day has been and gone, but I have to show you the card I made for my mum.

I made up a Centre Step card (it was the first time I've made one) using this tutorial. I messed it up twice before reading the instructions properly :P Anyway... I used Crumbcake card for the base, layered up with Soft Suede and the now retired Sale-a-bration designer series paper. I cut a Spellbinders Oval out, and sponged it with Pool Party and a touch of Soft Suede ink then focused on this beautiful stamp from Some Odd Girl. I stamped her once on to watercolour paper and once on to patterned paper. On the patterned paper, I cut out just her dress and top and added shading using the Stampin' Write Marker that matched the paper. I then coloured her skin, hair, eyes and lips. I cut her out, and felt she needed the crown, so I stamped it using Versamark and heat embossed it using Gold Zing embossing powder. Her crown is only outlined, and it didn't have quite the oomph I wanted, so with my Versamarker and coloured the crown in completely and re-heat embossed it using more Gold Zing. (Oomph achieved!) I stamped the sentiment "You deserve the Royal treatment" and added some red bling to it and her crown.
I am entering this card into the Stampalot monthly challenge which my wonderful friend Annmaree told me about. Their challenge this month is Medals or Monarchs

Have a wonderful day!

Some Odd Girl - Thank you Mae

Hi guys! It's been quiet over here recently huh? Well, last week, I got home from work to find that my housemate had packed his things, and moved out. He'd left me a note... Yeah, so I was a bit devastated, add to that the fact that my uni assignment is due today (finished it earlier!) and I haven't had time or energy to craft.... I made this card though last night, as I needed a break....

This card started out very differently in my head.... But, I do love where it ended up! I actually coloured and paper pieced Mae (Thank You Mae stamp set) a couple of nights ago, and then lost motivation, so she sat on my desk looking up at me with those big green eyes, until I added her to a card.... The base (which is hard to see) is Crumbcake, layered with Vanilla cardstock and patterned paper from Kaisercraft and Simple Stories Fabulous Paper Pad. That big doily? It's a new addition to my ever growing die collection, one from Cheery Lynn Designs, which is a new line The Stamp Spot is carrying! I added a strip of Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon and tied a bow. The sentiment is from the Thank You Mae stamp set, and was stamped on scraps of Crumbcake card, and cut to fit. I added 6 black little rhinestones to finish off this card.

I am entering this into the Some Odd Girls monthly challenge, which for the month of May is a sketch (see below) I loved the design teams interpretations :) I am also entering this into the Ribbon Carousel's Photo Inspiration I took inspiration from the colours of the photo :) Also, a big Happy 1st Birthday to the Ribbon Carousel!!

Feeling Sketchy Week 3 - Mother's Day Card

Hi again! I have my next card for the challenge blog Feeling Sketchy go live this morning, but, because I had to go to work, I didn't get a chance to post it, until now

A plain white card base, layered with Basic Gray and paper by My Minds Eye, beautiful Satin Pleated ribbon from the Ribbon Carousel and a stamp by Paperific, stamped, and coloured with my Stampin Write Markers, in Rich Razzleberry, Pool Party and Lucky Limeade. I popped it up on dimensionals and added some light pink rhinestones to finish it off.

Check out what the other Sketchettes made for this sketch, and have a play along!

Thanks for dropping by!

Gorjuss Flying Above it All and I create a Blank Card

Hi Hi! I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, mine was very quiet... I have been crafting (Wooh!)

I have used a plain white card base for this card, layered up with Sahara Sand and some free patterned paper that I got with a magazine. (Simply Cards, Issue 96). I have then layered some White Satin Pleated Ribbon (from the Ribbon Carousel, I have an addiction to buying beautiful ribbon from this store!) and some Stampin'  Up! Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon. I then got to colouring this beautiful image, from Gorjuss, her name is Flying Above it All, with my Stampin' Write Markers and a blender pen. I tried about 10 different sentiments on this card, before deciding it was better off with out one... I did add some silver bling to finish off this card though. 

I am entering this into the Ribbon Carousel Sketch challenge and also the Embellish Magazine colour/bling challenge

Thanks for dropping by :)

Some Odd Girl Angel Kaylee and I create a Birthday Card

Hi guys, just a quick post from me this morning, before I run out the door!

Crumbcake base, with patterned paper from My Minds Eye, and Melon Mambo Trim. I coloured the Angel Kaylee digital stamp using my Stampin' Write Markers and a blender pen. Her wings are a little bit sparkly, with clear/glitter embossing powder. The sentiment is from Sincere Salutations and I've highlighted the circle with some Perfect Pearls. 

Entering this into the Some Odd Girl monthly challenge and the Mojo Monday sketch, which I have flipped. 

Thanks for popping by!

Brayering with Stampin' Up! Inks for a Get Well Card

Hi guys, I had a lovely relaxing weekend at my parents house this past weekend, and I have a card to share with you, which I made up for a dear family friend who is awaiting surgery.

I did some brayering while at mums, and it was nice to get back into it, after not doing it for a few months. I used Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise and Island Indigo on Gloss Cardstock. Then, with some new stamps bought from Lincraft :) I stamped the grass (?) images in Staz On. The sentiment is one from mums stash cut out with my nestabilities and trimmed down and mounted on black cardstock. The patterned papers are Tempting Turquoise from Stampin' Up! It's a fairly basic card, but I like how it turned out. 

I am entering this into the Freshly Made Sketches sketch. :)

Thanks for popping by!

Sale-a-bration Everyday Enchantment and I create Valentines Day Cards

Ok, so Sale-a-bration is just under an hour away (excited?) And I wanted to share one more sneak peek before it goes live! Check back after midnight Australian EST to have a gander at the range of products you can get for FREE! I have used the beautiful new Designer Series Paper- Everyday Enchantment on both these cards...

This one uses some of my favourite things! It features a soft colour palette, watercolouring, tone on tone stamping, seam binding ribbon, and of course pretty patterned paper *swoon* I took my colours for the adorable The Greeting Farm girl from the patterned papers, and then built the card around her. I did quite a bit of sponging on this card, and tied a bow from the Rose Red Seam Binding Ribbon. Love the co-ordination! 

This card is fairly basic with a big wow factore. I have used stamps from Vintage Vogue and French Foliage on the bold coloured pieces, and sponged the edges. The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo (I believe) and makes me smile every time. I really wanted to make the patterned paper the star of this card, as the pattern is oh so pretty! I'm loving this colour combo too, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.

Thanks for dropping around, come back in a little while to see the Sale-a-bration catalogue, with the goodies you can receive Free after a $100 purchase!

Stampin' Up! Sale-a-bration Sneak Peek Everyday Enchantments and Friendly Phrases

Hi guys! I have a couple of cute projects to share with you today. First up is a desk calendar

And, there is a matching card! This is super unlike me, I don't usually make anything so matchy matchy...

So, these are made with the same "ingredients", Poppy Parade card bases, Everyday Enchantments Designer Series Paper (A sneak peek at Sale-a-bration 2012!), Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon, Beautiful Wings Embossolits and the stamp set I used is Friendly Phrases. The designer series paper is absolutely to die for! I looked at it in the Sale-a-bration catalogue, and I didn't particularly like it, the colours seemed a bit weird together, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Peach Parfait, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade, Very Vanilla and Soft Suede. But, when I saw it in real life, it exceeded my expectations!

So, how do you get the Everyday Enchantments Designer Series Paper? Well, just spend $100 between the 24th January 2012 - 31st March 2012, and you can receive it for free! It is limited release, so once Sale-a-bration is over, it's gone for good! So, get out your wishlists, and let me know if there is anything I can help you with!

Stampin' Up! Friends never Fade and I create a Friendship card

Hi guys! I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas period! I had such a great Christmas, it was lovely to spend some time with my family. I have a card to share with you today.

I used a Basic Black card base, which I layered with some Basic Gray, which was stamped using the bold 'waratah' flower in Black. Once I was happy with that I wrapped some non-Stampin' Up! Ribbon around it and tied a bow. I then stamped the sentiment image from Friends never Fade in Pool Party and cut it out, I layered it on to a piece of Glitter Paper and then some Basic Black. I rounded the corners before finishing this card. 

I used inspiration from the Clean & Simple Sketch for this one, although I altered it slightly to fit my images.  

I have some good news to share too! I entered the ICSketches Design Team call they had earlier in the month, and I was lucky enough to be selected for a four month term over there! *Happy Dance* So, keep your eyes open for my first post from them in January!

So, until next time, 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Bliss and Pool Party for an elegant Birthday Card

I have been creating, but just not blogging! I have a backlog of cards to show you, which never happens! I like to blog on the same day I create in general, so to have 4 cards waiting to be posted is a little odd for me.... Here is one I made yesterday.

 

Two photos today, as I didn't that you can't see the sentiment in the first one, and don't like the glare in the second *sigh* 

I have used a white card base, layered it with some speciality paper from KaiserCraft, wrapped some Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon (swoon) on top. I cut out a Pool Party scallop circle using the Big Shot, and a circle in Whisper White. I stamped the circle with the filigree from Bliss in Pool Party and the sentiment in Versamark. I sprinkled a mix of silver embossing powder and glitter to create some bling and heat set it. Layered the circles and popped it on the card front. The final step for this card was rounding the corners :)

I am entering this into two challenges, the first is the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger, I was inspired by the silver, white and the tiny touches of blue, mine is a little brighter, but I think it fits still... The second challenge is the Inspirational Card Sketches which was a super sketch for my style this week :) I am also entering their design team call (wish me luck!)

I've got more to share, but it will have to wait until after work tomorrow,

Sorry!

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Up, Up and Away and Friendly Messages and I create a fun card

Hi guys, I have been in the craft room a couple of times over the last few days (woohoo!) I don't have a whole lot to share, although, I have made three cards.... This is the first of them...

I used a White card base (which is unusual in itself) I layered it with some Pool Party which I'd sponged a stripe onto using some Pool Party ink. I stamped the balloon bases onto the Pool Party and then with the balloons, I stamped them on a scrap of white in Real Red, Lucky Limeade and Melon Mambo, cut them out and popped them onto the base. I stamped the sentiment, which is from Friendly Messages and added a few rhinestones. 

I am entering this in to the Just Add Ink inspiration challenge, and the Clean & Simple fall to layout 170

Thanks for dropping round... 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Welcome Christmas and I make Mass Producible Christmas Card

Hi! I promised I'd be back with a second card! So, here I am with the other card I made last night in my Christmas card stash. I actually made eight of these before I ran out of ribbon and patterned paper!

This is another fairly basic card, the card base is Confetti White (again) and I've stamped the large sentiment from Welcome Christmas in Real Red directly onto the card stock. I then cut down some patterned paper from My Minds Eye and layered it on some Real Red Card stock. A small light blue bow (which matches almost perfectly with the patterned paper) and three red rhinestones were attached. To finish off this card, I rounded two of the corners :)

I am entering this into two challenges, the first is the Moxie Fab World Get Inspired By Fashion challenge, I have been inspired by that lovely pattern. The second challenge is the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge (I really like it when they post these ones.... ) 

Anyway, today I got to scrapbook some too, so, keep an eye out for that!

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Pool Party, Tempting Turquoise and Kraft Birthday Card

Ok, so.... I am a total blog stalker of Danielle Daws, I love absolutely everything she has ever made... So, when I saw her most recent post I fell in love all over again... and HAD to Case it immediately :)

So, I've used Crumbcake base and a Tim Holtz mask and sponged some Crumbcake ink over the top. I wrapped some ribbon around it... I used the cracked glass technique on some Echo Park patterned paper (the scraps from the last project), and also a piece of vanilla that I'd sponged with Pool Party and a little bit of Tempting Turquoise. The sentiment is from PTI and the button is from my stash. 

I am entering this into three challenges, the first up is the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, the CAS-ual Friday sketch, and also the Simon Says Stamp anything goes challenge

Thanks for dropping back :)

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Delicate Doilies and Newsprint Designer Series Paper decorate a 3D Letter

Ok, so I promised I'd be back with something different to show you, not just another card or scrapbook page.... and true to my word, here I am....
My mum gave me a Papier-mâché J for my birthday last year, for me to decorate, she knows me well :) But, it has been sitting on my shelf for almost a year looking at me, I couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it... So, the other day I painted it cream in preparation of doing "something" with it... Here is how it ended up

I laid the J down and drew around it on some Newsprint DSP (retired) and cut it out using a sharp pair of scissors. Once it was cut out, I stamped randomly the doilies from Delicate Doilies in Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Pool Party and Island Indigo. I then covered the whole thing in a thin layer of Crystal Effects, using a paint brush to spread it. I set it aside to dry for around 3 hours. Once it was dry, I tied a piece of ribbon around the "stem" of the J. I am really happy with how this turned out, and it's taking pride of place on my display shelf :)
I am entering this in to the Wee Memories patterned paper challenge.

Thanks for dropping in :)

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Beautiful Wings Embossolit and Curly Cute make a Birthday card!

Hi guys, I've had quite a crafty day, I have this card to show you, plus a 3D item, but it can wait till tomorrow :)

Another fairly basic card here, a Very Vanilla card base layered with some gorgeous My Minds Eye patterned paper. I cut out some butterflies in Calypso Coral, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz and layered them on a second piece of Very Vanilla. I stamped the sentiment, which is from Curly Cute, in Calypso Coral and tied some non- Stampin' Up! ribbon around the base, I then cut out a scallop border in Pear Pizzazz and Calypso Coral and using Dimensionals, attached this to the card base. I finished this off with a few stick on diamantes. 

I am entering this into two challenges, the first is from the CardPatterns sketch, instead of the fourth element, I stamped my sentiment. The second challenge is the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger, I was inspired by the colours, and the wooden board. 

Thanks for dropping by!

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Lovely as a Tree and I create a Christmas Card

I'm back, and I have a Christmas card to show you!

I started this card with the circle, cut with my Circle Scissors, stamped the tree line using Staz On and the Lovely as a Tree stamp, I then got my brayer out (which I'm slowly making friends with), and brayered Pool Party ink, followed by Island Indigo and Night of Navy. When that was done, I got my VersaMarker out, and used it to add 'snow' to the ground with white embossing powder. I then layered the circle onto a piece of Pool Party, stamped the sentiment from Snow Swirled and added Basic Rhinestones in the corners. I set that aside and moved onto my card base. I cut a Whisper White card base, and layered it with some Night of Navy card which I had run through the Bigshot with the Square Lattice embossing folder. I wrapped some Island Indigo Ruffled Ribbon around the Night of Navy, and tied a knot, before mounting the image panel using Dimensionals. 

I am entering this into the Stamping 411 Sketch challenge, as it has been quite a while since I've entered one of their challenges :)

Thanks for dropping in, 

Happy Stamping :)

Stampin' Up! Scrapbooking with Bonus Sketch!

Hi guys, I wanted to share with you a scrapbook page I did the other night, that I'm quite please with... This will be a fairly picture heavy post "Sorry!"

So, this is a Crumbcake (Kraft) base which I have done some machine stitching down the side in three rows, I have then put some yellow patterned paper on top. The patterned paper is by Echo Park, and it is such a bright, fun paper. I have then stuck down my photo (see below for the story of the photo) and free hand cut some calico and white card to create some clouds. I cut a yellow circle and placed it behind the clouds. The title is made using Thickers and alphabet stickers by October Afternoon. Using the Two Step Owl punch, I cut out some tiny hearts and stuck them underneath the clouds and a piece of new In Colour Pool Party ruffled ribbon finishes this off. All my journalling is around the edge of the Crumbcake 12 x12 card stock. 

Just from a different angle to show the stitching and below is a close up of the clouds

So, this is a photo of me, which my little sister took for a university assignment she had. Her topic was Unconventional Beauty. I was so flattered that she thought of me to be one of her models, and I absolutely adore the photos she took. This was the photo she used in her assignment.

I thought I'd provide you with a scrapbook sketch for this layout, and I think I might make it a semi-regular thing, if I create a layout, you will get a sketch for it :) So, here is the sketch I made up

I am entering this into the Kraft it Up September challenge, which is to use stitching and fabric on your layout, oh and as always, you must use Kraft as your base... 

Thanks for dropping by!

Happy Stamping...