Some Odd Girl - Hipster Kody! Thank You Card

Hiya!

I got happy mail yesterday, which included one of the shiny new releases, from Some Odd Girl, which I had to ink up straight away!

I'm getting around to popping him in my etsy and madeit stores soon! (I've just got to re-take one of the photos, as it came out blurry *sad panda*)

I started by inking and colouring up Hipster Kody, and coloured him with my Spectrum Noir Markers, I then fussy cut him out. I used patterned papers from My Minds Eye, and October Afternoon (an old collection). I doodled around the edges, then added Kody, using dimensional adhesive, stamped a sentiment (My Favourite Things,) die cut it (MFT die-namics) and then stamped and coloured the little camera (Imaginisce Stamps) and fussy cut it out. The hearts are die cut using the Lawn Fawn hearts die, using SU! Poppy Parade card stock. 

Here is the close up

Mojo Monday - Sketch #337

Anyone for Anya?! - Masculine

Paper Issues - Thank Your Lucky Stars

The Greeting Farm - Masculine Birthday Card!

Hi Again! 

I've been busy creating for both my stores, to get a good range of cards back in, including kids birthday cards, as it's something that one of stockists wipes me out of, every time I supply her with cards! So, pop on over to my Madeit, and Etsy stores if you need a card for a special birthday! 

Anyway, onto todays card! 

For this one, I used the digital stamp, from The Greeting Farm (present Ian, I believe) I have had him printed out, with a whole bunch of other digital images, ready to be coloured up for weeks! I decided he needed to be on a card, and coloured him using my spectrum noir markers. I used patterned papers from Teresa Collins (love this paper), and teamed it with a piece of Sahara Sand card stock, which I'd run through the big shot with my embossing folder - hexagons. I doodled all around the edges (surprise surprise!) and then stamped the sentiment, from Technique Tuesday in Poppy Parage ink, and added a resin star from Freckled Fawn and some enamel dots. 

Here is the close up

Mojo Monday - Sketch #330

Splendid Stamping - FFF Lovely Layers

Digitally Sweet - Anything Goes #73

The Greeting Farm - Surfing Anya "Hello" Card

Hi guys!

I started this card a couple of days ago, as in, Tuesday... But, I couldn't get it to work for me... So I sat it aside and left it... I came back to it on Friday night, and pulled most of the elements off, leaving just the middle red paper, and the ledger paper at the top... This is what it became -

I was totally inspired by my awesome bloggy buddy Annmaree to create something summery, to warm up in this winter weather!

I stamped Surfing Anya in light yellow ink (So Saffron) and then coloured her up using my Spectrum Noir markers, to achieve a no-lines look.. This is the first time I've done this style, and been happy with how it turned out! I then grabbed some scrap papers from the paper holder on my desk, and made up the other two panels on the bottom. I added a strip of aqua ribbon and then mounted it all on Poppy Parade card before attaching Anya, the sentiment (Jillibean Soup) and a couple of enamel dots.The card base is Kraft... 

Here is the close up- 

Farm Fresh Friday - Summer

Techno Stamper - Monday Lunchtime #268

Spectrum Noir - Summer

Scrapbooking, with no patterned paper!

Hello Again! I'm on a bit of a scrapbooking roll at the moment, I have this one to share today, and another on Monday for Feeling Sketchy, but, I'm getting ahead of myself.... Here is the one of the pages I made last night -

This is a scrapbook page dedicated to Tommy, my ex-housemate and my kitty. He is still around, just living about a 4hr drive away, which means I don't get to see him.. :-(  Anyway, Tommy is an adorable kitty, so I had to scrapbook one of my favourite photos of him. It's taken a while, purely because I'm still dealing with the fact that I can't see him everyday.... 

I used a white card stock base, and layered it up with four 4 inch squares in Poppy Parade and Real Red, and stitched them together. I then did my journalling on a piece of Peach Parfait cardstock, and cut it into a banner shape. My picture is using a Kaisercraft Polaroid Frame (again.) The mix of embellishments are from D-Lish Scraps, My Minds Eye, Sassfrass Lass and bits and bobs that have been in my stash forever. Here are some close ups -

Have I mentioned how much I <3 dymo="dymo" labeller="labeller" my="my" nbsp="nbsp" span="span" style="text-align: left;"> 

I am entering this into the Stuck?! Sketches 15th September sketch - 

Some Odd Girl - Sweet Thinkin' Mae

Hi Guys! Another card I made last week that I have to share. But first, have a gorgeous picture of my niece, who we celebrated her first birthday yesterday - she is giving a blow up giraffe a kiss and wearing the owl hat that I got her for her birthday present *SO CUTE!*

Anyway, on with the card.... I have a Sweet Thinkin' Mae card to share with you today!

I stamped the Mae stamp on watercolour paper and also on to some Echo Park - For the Record patterned paper for her bow and dress which I fussy cut and stuck onto the watercolour paper. I coloured her up using my markers and fussy cut her out. I used a black card base, layered up with some white card stock, which I stamped with the Lawn Fawn Chevron Backdrops in black ink (on my biggest acrylic stamp block, I have gotten a black permanent marker and a ruler and drawn straight lines along it 1cm apart to line up pesky stamps like this one, and make stamping straight easier!) and then layered it up with some Satin Single Frill black ribbon. I attached Mae using a whole bunch of Foam mounting tape, I then stamped my sentiment in black Memento ink and added some tiny red rhinestones to finish it off!
Thanks for joining us here, and don't forget you've still got a couple of days to play with our challenge spots this month! 

Some Odd Girl - Tweet Kaylee for a Hello Card.

Hi again!
Yesterday, I went into work early, so I was home by midday (wooh!) and after napping, decided I really needed to craft.... So, I printed out a digi image that has been in my stash a while and coloured her up -

This is Tweet Kaylee, and she was printed directly on to my watercolour paper. I then used my Stampin' Write Markers to colour her in, being careful to avoid the printer ink (it will smudge.) I then fussy cut her out and set her aside to create the rest of my card. The base is White card, layered up with bright yellow paper from Echo Park and some retired patterned paper from Stampin' Up. I then tied a big bow using Ivory Horizontal Stripe ribbon from Ribbon Carousel  *swoon* and stamped my sentiment "hello" using my Basic Black Marker. I added some red rhinestones to finish off the panel and popped Kaylee up on a whole bunch of dimensionals!

I am entering this into three challenges (cause I needed a lot of help with this one) the first is the Ribbon Carousel Sketch which I have edited slightly to fit my image, next up is the colour challenge for The Paper Players and last but not least is the Bright Colours challenge over at Some Odd Girl.

C.C. Designs paired with Kaisercraft Hummingbird Collection creates a Summery For You card

Hi Hi! I had the house to myself again tonnight, so, I got to do my favourite thing in peace... Craft! I also went to Spotlight today, and came back with the Kaisercraft Hummingbird 6.5"x6.5" paper pad, which I had to use straight away! So, here is one of my efforts:

This is a Poppy Parade card base, layered with some Hummingbird paper (the red pieces are foiled, and oh so shiny!) I coloured this C.C. Designs Honey - Summer using my Stampin' Write Markers and then fussy cut her out and popped her on a distress inked circle. I placed the diecut circle on a pretty white doily and wrapped some red and white bakers twine around with a tag that says 4 you. 

I am entering this into two challenges, the Anyone For Anya Sketch challenge and the Ribbon Carousel Twine challenge

 

 

Thanks for dropping by!

The Greeting Farm and Stampin' Up!'s Up Up and Away! create a Masculine Birthday card

Hi guys, we had a power outage for a little over an hour today, so, armed with a couple of challenges I'd written down earlier, and a bit of inspiration, I headed into the craft room....

So, this is a Basic Grey card base, which I have layered with papers from My Minds Eye and a piece of Always Artichoke Denim Ribbon (I think it looks more grey than artichoke) and the set aside the card base. I took my colours for this little guy from the patterned papers, and coloured him with Stampin' Write Markers and my Blender Pen (on watercolour paper), I then cut him out. I cut out a square of Whisper White, stamped the sentiment which is from Up Up and Away, and then layered it on to some Poppy Parade. I put a whole bucket load of dimensionals on the little guys back and stuck him on to the card base. The card looked a little unfinished, so I dug out 3 tiny red rhinestones and rounded the corners. 

I am entering this into three challenges :) The first is the Anyone For Anya recipe challenge - 3 patterned papers, 2 embellishments (ribbon + rhinestones) and 1 image, next up is the sketch challenge from Card Patterns, it's been a little while since I played over there, but loved this sketch, and had to play. And finally, the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. 

Thanks for dropping 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! Delicate Doilies makes a Thank You card

Hi guys, I had a bit of time to spare this evening, so decided I really needed to get my mojo back, and get back into my craft room... Here is the card I made

Ok, so this card is almost completely Stampin' Up! Everything but that adorable lil girl.... she's from My Favourite Things and a small strip of patterned paper, which is almost a perfect match for Calypso Coral, it is from My Minds Eye. The card base is New In Colour, Wisteria Wonder, layered with some Pear Pizzazz and some Calypso Coral and patterned paper. I stamped the doily on a piece of Whisper White, in Pear Pizzazz and Poppy Parade, then set it aside. I stamped the little girl on Watercolour paper in Staz-on and then coloured her using my blender pens and ink pads, in Poppy Parade, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, So Saffron and Blushing Bride. Once I'd finished colouring her, I cut her out and stuck her on the whisper white piece with a sentiment (from Just Believe) peeking out from behind her. To finish off this card, I used some Calypso Coral Ruffled ribbon and also added a cute scallop rolled rose  and a leaf from the 2 Step Bird Punch. 

I took inspiration from two challenges, the first was the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches, which was a great sketch this week (see below), and the second was the ColourQ Challenge, which I don't participate in weekly, but try to have a play when I am inspired :) 

Ok, that's all from me tonight, 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up Brayering 1st Try!

Hi guys, I don't have a card for you this evening, but I do have something cool to show you. After spending the day in study mode, I rewarded myself with a play of my newest toy... A brayer. I have seen beautiful work done with brayers, but this is the first time I've held one, let alone ink it up!

Ok, so this isn't perfect, not by any stretch of the imagination, but for a first try and lots of googling... I think it turned out ok. I started with So Saffron, then Peach Parfait and then finally a small amount of Poppy Parade. I then stamped the 'weed' image from Just Believe in Basic Black and sponged a little Basic Black around the base. 

Any hints or tips would be much appreciated!

Stampin' Up! Awash with Flowers and I create a bright Birthday card.

I spent today celebrating with my house mate, as it was his 28th birthday, but after he went to bed (he has to work early tomorrow), I went into my craft room and had a play around. I found a great video online on awesome backgrounds here. Here is my take on this card

I have only used white cardstock for this card! The coloured panels are made using my Stampin' Up! Inks and some sponges.... I have used Tempting Turquoise and Night of Navy for the blue section, then the pink section is Melon Mambo, and a touch of Poppy Parade. I then stamped my flowers from Awash with Flowers on a separate piece of card and coloured them using my Stampin' Write Markers, in Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi and Certainly Celery. I have popped the leaves using dimensionals and the sentiment is from the retired set Whimsical Words. I am entering this into the Card Patterns Sketch Challenge...

Until next time, 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! I {Heart} Hearts is perfect for Monochromatic Friendship Cards

I have been in the craft room a while today (I have a stockpile of cards to show you) but, these two I thought I'd post together, they are from the same stamp set, and colours, so why not hey?

 

Ok... So, these are made using the I Heart Hearts stamp set, from Stampin' Up! I was given this set from a good friend, and love using it because of this. I have a used monochromatic colour scheme for both, using Real Red and Poppy Parade with Whisper White. The first card was made using masking, and is a one layer card, with a sentiment from Well Scripted (which is retired *sad face*) The second, I have used my circle scissors to cut a circle and mounted it using mounting tape, the hearts have been stamped and fussy cut out to "pop" them. I have used a Real Red ribbon and a retired button.
I am entering both cards into Less Is More Monochromatic Challenge and just the second card into Hand Stamped Sentiments which is Paper Piecing.
I also wanted to share with my blog readers that my sister has had her baby, almost a week ago now. She had a very healthy little girl on Sunday last week. They named her Brianna Regina, and she is absolutely gorgeous!

This is Brianna with her older brother Samuel and their "Grumpy" which is what they call my dad, their grandpa. She weighed in at 8lb 9oz. 

Anyway, I'm sure I'll be back again tomorrow, to share some of the other cards I have been making, until then, Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! So Many Thanks and I Heart Hearts for Thank You Cards

Just a quick post this evening, made up a couple of cards tonight, only one that I am happy with.... so, I will show you this one...

This card was fairly quick one for me to put together. I have used the a la carte stamp So Many Thanks (which is only $13.95), and the I heart hearts stamp set to add a bit of interest. I used a few fun, bright colours... Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight and Certainly Celery. I got inspiration for this card from the Just Add Ink weekly challenge, which was to use the below photo as inspiration... so, I took the bright colours....

The second challenge I am entering this into is the Less is More challenge, which is a one layer card, with the added challenge of Sentiment Focus. I hope this card can be included, while it has the large sentiment, I don't know that it is the focus of this card.... thoughts?

I will hopefully be back in the next few days with more lovelies to show you.... 

Until then,

Happy Stamping!

Exploding Purse Gift Bag

Hi all!
I found a wonderful tutorial online tonight, and thought I'd use it to make something! I'm thinking of filling it with some small sized bottles of moisturiser, or something, and sending it to some one special!

I used the colours from the Colour Q Challenge,  but once again, there was a retired colour that I don't have, so I substituted with Regal Rose, I don't think it looks right... but it was the closest I had....

Anyway, thanks for looking! I hope there aren't many more pink colour challenges! Kids colours would be awesome!