It's Gotta be a RED Poinsettia

 

I did say in my earlier post that I would be making a card with a red poinsettia -

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without them.

My card is again for the PSC97: Poinsettia Christmas at The Perfect Sentiment
so here it is...

 

 

I used white card stock as my base and topped it with

Metallic Sculptured Board called Sand Storm.

Red card stock for the Spellbinders Lacy Circles

 and Spellbinders Poinsettia Die

I heat embossed the red poinsettia with clear glitter powder

 using a poinsettia stamp from Gina K

Added sprigs from MS punch for backing

Green Rhinestone brad on flower

Sentiment is from Stampin' Up Heard from the Heart.

I really like this set as the sentiment goes all the way

across the card.

 

Hope you will pop back in again to see what I have been creating.

 





IBS WHW #121 Tutorial/Challenge.

Here I am again enjoying the latest tutorial/challenge over at 

 Inspired By Stamping

which is

WHW #121 Embossed Edges from Shea

 

I wasn't completely happy how my embossing turned out as it wasn't

neat like Shea's so left it for a while and when I came back

I looked at it again and liked that the embossing was

 uneven and thought it fitted the overall grungy look I wanted.

 

 

This colour combination for my card

is certainly a little different to my usual but I had this gorgeous paper

from Gina K called Wisteria Lane that just seemed to be right.

The photo is showing that the card base is blue but it really is purple.

 

I used the following

Purple & White card stock

Gina K Wisteria Lane DP

Spellbinders Flourish

Spellbinders Labels 18

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Marianne Dies for the flower & leaves .

Zing embossing powder in purple & green

IBS Stamp - Birthday Wishes.

 

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you will come back again soon.

 

 

 

 

 



A Perfect Sentiment - Poinsettia Christmas

My all time favourite die for Christmas card is the Spellbinders Poinsettia.

I have used this countless times and not just at Christmas time as it is a die

that you can use on any card throughout the year.

But this week at  The Perfect Sentiment
I was so happy that they picked this very flower for their latest challenge.
You can find it HERE Whoo Hoo

So off to my little craft room I went and got my favourite die out and
here is what I made this time.... there will be more with colour

I thought I would go way out of the normal Christmas colours
 for this one and do all neutral.
Just a little white silver and cream and of course a little sparkle.
I used basic white and topped with metallic glitter card
(which is a little hard to see) before attaching the
neutral parchment paper.
I embossed silver paper with Swiss Dots and cut out a
Spellbinder Flourish and a Quinn Memory Box Die
for the backing of my poinsettia flower with the sparkle paper.
Used a silver glitter pen on the centres
 and Rainbow Kindy Glitz to the flower.
The sentiment is from Gina K and heat embossed in white.
Finished with some tiny rhinestones.

 



Sketch Challenge 0163 at The House that Stamps Built.

One of my favourite sites to check into for great challenges is

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

 

and at present one is the

What If Wednesday Sketch Challenge 0163

 

 

  A simply lovely cas sketch.

 

So I thought I would find one of my nice flower stamps

from Repeat Impressions and picked 1320-M, Spring Blossoms

 

Here is what I used

White card stock

Green & Yellow textured card stock

Tim Holtz Brick Wall embossing folder

Spellbinders Circles & Lacy Circles

Spellbinders Vintage Lace Motifs

Memento Pistachio & Dandelion Inks

Gina K sentiment from Dogwood & Butterfly

and stamp from Repeat Impressions - Spring Blossoms.

I finished off my card with a few green pearls.
 

It is spring time here in Australia but is very dry in most parts

 including where I live so there aren't too many spring blossoms

popping their heads up in the hot dry days we are experiencing.
Hoping for some rainy days soon.

 

Thanks for stopping by



 

 

IBS Tutorial Time WHW #120

Here I am again playing with the current WHW Challenge over at

Inspired by Stamping

and it is the

 

 http://joannamunster.com/2013/10/16/whw-120multicolor-heat-embossing/

 

I have really enjoyed playing with different embossing powders

 to see what effect they have on different paper and stamps.

 

 

For this card I used white card stock 

and green scrapbook paper

Metallic Green White and Worn Lipstick Embossing Powders

Stamps from Stampin' Up - Vintage Vogue

I inked the edges in green and pink and distressed them.

Added Diamond Dust to the big flowers

and Startdust Stickles to the small ones and part of the

Friends stamp which is popped.

Thanks once again Irit for this great tutorial and challenge. 

 

 

 



It's PINK at The Squirrel & The Fox

 

I went to my monthly meet with some crafty friends and we were

celebrating Breast Cancer Month so the cards we made

were PINK.

Since the current challenge over at

http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com.au/

was

http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/challenge-55-pink-for-breast-cancer.html

I thought it a perfect opportunity to add mine to this collection.

 

 

 

 

We all had fun using a piece of recycled packing for the backing of our tag.

Started off with kraft paper and built it up from there

using products from Stampin' Up.

We pierced around the edges then added fauxe stitching

and inked both pieces of card stock.

Scored the edges and the tag.

All stamps used were from Stampin' Up.

Cut out the ribbon and added Dimentional Magic

 to that and the small butterfly.

Finished with adding string and pink rhinestone.

Thanks Tania.

 



Perfect Sentiment Challenge PSC96 CAS Thank You

 

 

What a lovely challenge over at

The Perfect Sentiment

and couldn't be easier than a CAS Thank You card.

We all need them from time to time and this was perfect

 to add another one to my collection.

 

 

As the challenge states - CAS

so this is how I made my card.

White card stock for base and top

Red for stamping image.

I stamped the image 3 times

 from Gina K's Springtime Silhouettes

with white embossing powder.

The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.

Added a bit of sparkle on the red and white paper with

Stampin' Up's Beyond Basics stamp set.

Funny how it looks so different on the different coloured paper.

Tore the edges of the white paper and curled over to add a little lift.

 

That is it.

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 



IBS - Tutorial WHW #120 - Multi Colour Heat Embossing

 

 

After having fun with my first attempt at Multi Colour Heat Embossing

I thought I had covered up the technique too much so

decided to do another one totally different.

 For those that didn't see my first card you can find the tutorial

HERE

at Inspired by Stamping

 

I have this fabulous stamp called London Background by JustRite

and thought it perfect for this type of challenge.

Also to marry it was the stamp set

Crown Lion Wings from Silicon Stamps.

Both very British so Red White & Blue

embossing was my choice.

 

 

Base is blue and red card stock.

I heat embossed the stamped image on white card stock

then embossed in red white & blue

 distressed the edges of the background and also the tag.

which was popped after I added the Lion.

Finished my card with a big blue button and ribbon.

 

This card reminded me of the few days I spent in London

a few years ago. Such an enjoyable time.

 

 

A peek into my Craft Room

 

 

 

Recently Hilde asked the Design Team if we could take some before and after shots

of our crafting space and mine is the first off the block.

Also a little insight to what our likes are in our craft.

Don't be surprised to see the good bad and ugly

but all good crafter know that

YOU CAN'T BE CREATIVE WITHOUT MESS?

 

I will start with - take a seat and a big cup of coffee.
 

I didn't take up card making seriously till I retired around 5 years ago.

I dabbled in digital scrapbooking and card making as I thought of all the mess

(oops there's that word again)

but then a friend got me hooked on paper stamps etc and ....

the rest is history.

So here I am now retired and moved 3000km back to my home town

which is great because I get to spend time with family on a regular basis.

 

It is then that my craft passion took off.

After all I had all the time in the world to craft didn't I?

My craft room is a 3rd bedroom and I have to share it with a double bed

 but then I am luckier than some that do there crafting on the dining room table

oh! that would never do. I am one that at the end of the day

 if I haven't finished a project I can shut the door and continue on the next day.

Here is your tour of my Craft Room.

 

 

This photo shows a multitude of items. On the left I have craft papers with the small blue container holding my small amount of pens (not one to colour in) and underneath inside the cabinet are some cards I have made + spare tape etc.

 Underneath is card and scrapbook leftovers.

My bench at the top has embellishments in containers then some stamp sets.

Also glues and container with some of my buttons.

 On the bench is my heat gun my trusty cuttlebug and one of my cutters.

 On the peg board are pearls etc.

Under the bench I keep more card stock spellbinders/dies and ink pads. 

On the floor are things I don't use too often. Quilling products templates/cottons etc to sew on cards and some MS punches which get used regularly and easy to reach.

 

A few of my favourite things when I craft are

my trusty Cuttlebug stamps and various dies. I love getting inky

 

 

A close up of the peg board.

 

Above are craft magazines at the back with hand made bag.

 Inside my London bag I have small flowers lace etc. More stamps underneath.

Below that is where I keep my cuttlebug dies and plates.

There are 4 drawers underneath that I keep embossing powder/kindy glitz

stamp blocks cuttlebug folders other dies and punches. 

 

 

My now tidy little working table if you can call it that.

My trusty CM cutter a little container my grand daughter made -

can you see Nan on it.

 I treasure this and keep glue pens pencils for quick access.

Other bits and bobs in the white container at the end. To the right of that is my craft tool box that hold everything I usually take to class and holds a multitude of needs.

Underneath is the empty bin (usually overflowing) stamps in a binder more hand made cards in boxes that badly need sorting -

couldn't find the card I made for our latest challenge.

Luckily I remembered what I had used.

Paint brushes and a box of bits and bobs again to sort out

and printouts of card/project ideas.

 

But wait there's more! only a little bit...

Told you a cup of coffee was needed.

 

 

Now I really love this ribbon stand hubby made for me.

 Unfortunately my collection outgrew it and have more ribbons to the left a bit.

 I have hooks at the bottom to hold all my loose bits and don't we get a lot of them.

At the top there is more of my button collection.

 

This is an easy one - Scrapbook papers. Patterned paper to the left.

The 3 drawers hold plain paper and above are more patterned papers and lace etc.

Underneath needs sorting with more magazines etc

that I don't get to look at much since Pinterest came into my life.

 

 

This is full of embellishments and spare parts (for a better word)

On the top are a few things I have made (since changed it)

 and to the side is just a scrapbook I am working on.

Inside a wardrobe I have hanging laces and balls of cotton.

 

Now that you have seen it tidy - this is what it looks like at present.

I had been working on my project for the next fortnights challenge

and may I tell you -  you are going to love it!!!

 

 

Now these photos aren't too bad as there is a bit more on the bed beside my table.

Just one last thing to show you.

 

 

I mentioned further up that I had rearranged this to show off

the most beautiful birthday card I received recently from my girlfriend

(the one that got me hooked on this craft)

I was gobsmacked when I opened it up (in a box) and had to assemble it.

I have never seen anything more beautiful and it is now

 Pride of Place in my craft room.

 

Whew!!! now that is it

I need coffee. 

 

Till next time

Thanks for hanging in there for our 1st Craft Room Reveal at

Crafting with Dragonflies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



WHW Technique - Challenge #120

 

I popped over to Inspired by Stamping to see what the latest challenge

Joanne and her crew of talented designers had come up with for us to try

and it is the WHW #120

WHW Multi colour heat embossing technique. by Irit

 

Hop on over and check what it is all about.

Certainly something I had never thought of doing

and you know how it is - always interesting to try something new.

 

The photo isn't a true colour as the base sentiment cut out

tag and main image are cream card stock.

For the technique I used 3 different embossing powders

  Brown Sugar Green Pearl and Terracotta.

Embossed the fern image from GinaK Vogue Vases

I topped that with a torn piece of irridescent designer paper.

From IBS I added the lace

 the sentiment and tag from Fancy Sentiments & Every Day Tags

cut out with Spellbinder Labels 18

The main flower is from Elegant Flowers

I didn't waste the unwanted mixture of embossing powders

as there wasn't enough to put back in the containers so

I mixed them all together and used it on the sentiment, tag and flower.

It is a shame that you can't see the different colours properly

as it really is quite effective.

Also added a touch of ink to the lace.

Finished off with 4 rhinestones around the rose.

 

That is my first attempt at this technique and for sure will want to try it again.

Thanks Irit for your fabulous tutorial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chalkboard Birthday Challenge at IBS

Time is running out for one of the many challenges over at Inspired by Stamping

and was keen to add my take to the Chalkboard Birthdays challenge.

 

Had so much fun embossing inking and adding some bling

and here is how my card finished.

 

 

I started with white card stock. then started stacking.

The black card stock has been heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

Next the red with white embossing powder and sponged with black ink.

Framed the main image with white card stock.

The Main Focal Image was again heat embossed with white embossing powder

and I added some diamond dust and black pearls to the flowers.

Finished by adding red ribbon rhinestones and a

Happy Birthday Sentiment cut out with

a JustRite Antique Banner Die.

The stamps are from Inspired by Stamping and are

Elegant Flowers & All Year Wishes 2

 

Here is a close up of the flowers.

Shame the rhinestones are sparkling as I chose them

 to co-ordinate with the diamond dust.

 

That's it for me on this one.

Thanks for coming over to my blog today.

 

 





Challenge #13 at Crafting with Dragonflies.

 

 

Again this last fortnight seems to have flown by and it is again

 

Time for ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

 

This time Hilde has made it so easy by asking us to make a card with

 

NATURE/TREES/LEAVES.

 

A bonus for the design team with this challenge we got to do our own thing and

Hilde is so generously awarding a prize for the WINNER.

 

As it is getting into fall over the pond and Spring has sprung here

it is a perfect time to get into the colourful time it is.

Let our imagination run wild.

 

Here is my inspiration for this challenge.

 

I made this card some time ago as I was playing around

 with stamps and various inks to see what effect they would have.

 

I started with a cream card stock as my base.

Added green backing to K&Company Fall/Harvest dp

Various colours of Distress Inks were stamped with

GinaK Fall Foliage Stamps & Sentiment .

Spellbinders Flourish

Added a little sparkle with a gold gel pen.

Finished with Kaisercraft Pearls

and variegated cotton bow. 

 

 Here is a close up look at my leaves.

 

Before I close I would like to welcome 2 New Members to

The Dragonflies Team.

They are Sammy and Wynn.

 

As usual you can check out all the DT's projects on the right hand side bar.

 

 

Thanks for popping in and hope to see what you create over at

  

http://crafting-with-dragonflies.blogspot.com.au/ 

 

 

 

 

 



A colourful time at IBS

 

Here is another entry in the current colour challenges over at

Inspired by Stamping

 

This time I chose this colour scheme.

 

 

 

 

Hope you have enjoyed looking at my card for the Colour Challenges.

I certainly enjoyed making them

 



Birthday Challenge at IBS

 

My previous post told you of the Birthday Celebrations going on over at

IBS

 

Again my card is for the Colour Challenge

 

 

and here is another card I made at the same time.

 

I enjoyed double stamping this card inking the edges

and cutting the square background for the embossing to show.

 Happy Birthday sentiment is popped as is the inked floral top.

 

That's it for this one.

 





It's IBS Birthday Challenges



October is a busy month over at IBS 

as they are celebrating their 2nd birthday with their

October Challenges

 

For this particular posting I will start with my first card for

the Colour Challenge.

 

 

They are gorgeous colours to work with.

I made this card a little while ago with a bunch of friends.

Most of the items used were Stampin' Up Products.

Thanks Tania.

 

Time is running out to upload my cards for the various challenges

over at IBS so I will keep this post brief.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

More postings to follow.

 

 

 



WHW Challenge 119 - Using Markers on your Stamps.

 

 

There is always so much going on over at Inspired by Stamping.

 

 If it is not the current WHW Tutorial Challenge below

Challenge 119 - using markers on your stamps.

there are Sketch & Colour Challenges and so on.

Never a dull moment in my craft room.

 

For this posting however it is the Tutorial from Kendra

 showing her finished card HERE 

 

As Kendra says we don't always think of inking our stamps with pens

so this was a perfect time to do it again. Thanks Kendra.

 

This is what I came up with.

 

 

Products used -

Cream & White Card Stock

SU Honeycomb Embossing Folder

Patterned Designer Paper

Spellbinders Labels 20

Stampin' Up Just Believe Stamp

JustRite Vintage Labels & Banner Die

Sentiment - IBS Masculine Tags

Memento Inks - Olive Grove & Peanut Brittle

Kaisercraft Pearls & own ribbon.

 

This is a really nice technique and must remember to do this more often.

 

Thanks for stopping by and hope you like my take on this challenge.

 

 



Card Crafter's Circle Sketch Challenge #95

Over at Card Crafter's Circle

http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.com.au/

 they have their current challenge

 which is a sketch which can be found HERE

 

 

I like sketches as sometimes it is totally different to what you normally would

think of doing and a great chance to try something new.

 

 

I used various coloured card stock for this card

Aqua Brown and Yellow. Also a small piece of patterned card stock.

I inked the edges of the patterned paper then started building.

The embossing folder is Geometric Circles from Lifestyle Crafts

I lightly sanded it to bring out the white core.

The vase(hand cut) and leaves are from Gina K Vogue Vases.

I embossed the vase with Ranger Sticky Embossing Powder

then sprinkled Diamond Dust on top to give the effect of crystal.

The leaves I touched up with Liquid Pearls.

 Added 3 little butterflies from SU Beautiful Wings

3 different ribbons were placed behind the vase.

Finished off with 3 yellow Kaisercraft pearls.

 

Hope you enjoyed looking at my take on this Sketch.

Thanks for popping in.