Spring has 'Sprung' in Oz

It's official! It's the 1st September which means

It's SPRING!

Well it is here in Australia. We hopefully say

Goodbye to those Wintery Days and I can get back out to

 my very dreary garden and do a tidy up.

Hello and Welcome. 

My post  is for the new challenge over at

Crafting with Dragonflies where the theme is

Spring has Sprung!

There are a few new items here beginning with the

beautiful Darling Dog Roses from STAMPlorations.

I heat embossed with white embossing powder then

 decided to colour them with Tim's Distress Inks in

Abandoned Coral/Carved Pumpkin and Mowed Lawn.

I got a paintbrush out and flicked some colour to the sides.

The sentiment is also from STAMPlorations -  Bloom Happy.

This was cut from a stitched die.

The background paper is SU. 

I recently watched a video with Jennifer McGuire 

and she used the Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders 

as a background. These were then purchased

and I did likewise adding a bit of interest.

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Team

made to inspire you. 

Hope to see your in the Gallery.

I will be back again later with another Blog Post

so be sure to come back and check it out.

A lot of you will know what it is as it's Saturday!

Till then Cherrio from

Cool Guitars for My Man.

Hello and Welcome to today's post.

It's all about the Males this time round as Father's Day is 

just around the corner in Australia and 

my Hubby's Birthday next week.

Since he loves playing his guitar with his 'old' mates

this is what I chose.

I got out bright coloured Distress inks 

in Black Soot/Hickory Smoke/Carved Pumpkin

Fossilized Amber and Peacock Feather.

Simple inked the back background multiple times

from SU Timeless Textures stamps

then my guitars from Inspired by Stamping.

 Added a few 'picks'

You can't play a guitar very well without them!

Sentiments are from STAMPlorations 

Oh So Grateful and One Cool Chick

Added some washi tape to the top and bottom.

Cut this out from a stitched die and adhered to 

black card base.

***

The new challenge over at Crafting with Dragonflies

is asking for a 'Guy' card.

Pop over and see what the Designers made and join in.

You have 2 weeks so plenty of time to play.

***

There are a few others that have the same idea so 

will pop this card over to

 Water Cooler Wednesday

Details Here

Retro Rubber Challenge is a new one I just found

and you need to use stamps that are more than a year old.

The main stamp set I used I know is more than 2 years old

as the Owner used to live in Australia but

moved back to America. My background stamp is

also older than a year and is 

SU Timeless Textures - now retired.

I went the top line left to right

using a stitched die, washi tape and going masculine.

Details for this challenge are Here

Hope you all have a great week end and

get to do the things you love doing

especially craft!

Thanks for dropping in.

Love reading your comments.

Happiest Birthday Wishes

We're looking for something a little different this time round at

Crafting with Dragonflies -  A Gatefold Card!

I know they are pretty easy to make and thought I would try

something a little different. 

I did a trial run and even had a few mishaps along the way.

Pretty happy with the result.

Not much to explain here as the products just happen to be
all from Stampin' Up.
The front flower is from Botanical Blooms
with matching DP,
The inside flower - Morning Meadow that
I thought went perfectly with the focal flower
and sentiment - Happiest Birthday Wishes.

Pop over and see what the Dragonflies have created
and come play.

Thanks for dropping in.
Love reading your comments.

Happy Birthday Wishes

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Crafting with Dragonflies. 

The new challenge over there are looking for Spots and Stripes.

This combination really threw me for a while

so I went looking into my stamp collection

to see what I could find. The spots were easy

but finding stripes - lucky I had just recently bought

a stamp from Kaisercraft that had the stripe border above.

Once more this card was nothing like I had planned

but once I found my SU Timeless Textures stamps

this is the direction I went. I love this set

as it is a bit grungy and you can do so much with it.

As you can see I added background bits inking with

SU Rich Razzleberry and Mossy Meadow.

My flowers from SU Petite Petals were die cut

and inked with the Rich Razz.

Leaves are from Marianne Designs 

cut from the MM paper

and sentiment - Avant Garden.

I corner rounded two sides and attached to

Mossy Meadow card stock.

Added a few pearls to finish.  

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Designers

created and hope you get to join in the Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in.

A 'Wild One'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Crafting with Dragonflies

I'm Guesting this time round for our New Challenge

and we are looking for Animals.

I went 'WILD' here inking up this Lion

from the Happy Little Stampers 'Born to be Wild'

stamp set. 

I started the background using 

Tim's Oxide Inks in Fossilized Amber

and Spiced Marmalade onto photo paper

smooching and drying as I went along.

I sealed that with Tim's Distress Glaze

which bring the colours back to life.

I then cut a peek a boo frame from MFT
and a stitched die

from watercolour paper and smooched

the same colours as above only in Distress this time.

Add a few splatters of Black Soot.

This was then popped onto black card stock.

Sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Pop over and see what the Dragonfly Designers

created HERE and hope you get time to

join in the Gallery.

I am going to pop this over to the

Happy Little Stampers Gallery

for the Watercolour Challenge

Anything Goes with an

Optional Twist of Birthday
and the CAS Challenge with Animal
as the Optional Twist.
Got both covered here.

And something a little different for
The Paper Players
Celebration Theme. It's their 400th Challenge

celebrating  with a Lion's Birthday Message.

Thanks for stopping by.

'Thinking of You' in Ombre Colours

Time for a New challenge over at

Crafting with Dragonflies and looking for

the Colour 'Purple'

Woohoo for me! It's my Favourite!

I'm Guesting again this time round.

We all know how hard it is to get 'purple'

to photograph in it's true colours. I did my best.

 Playing here by smooching with Tim's Oxide Inks in

Wilted Violet/Seedless Preserves

and Lindy's Magicals in Sweet Violoct Purple Teal

with some acetate drying as I go along.

Can you see the shimmer!

I lightly stamped a few of Tim's Wild Flowers

in the background with the above colours

then got out the matching dies cutting in

white and coloured cs to match my base.

My Thinking of You is from CUTplorations.

This was cut with a stitched die and adhered

to my card base. 

Hope you like what I created and do pop over

and see what the Dragonfly Designers created.

Will you be in the Gallery?

Thanks for dropping in

A Dragonfly Birthday Reminder

Hi and Welcome!

Just a quick post to remind you there is still time

to play over at the Crafting with Dragonflies

for their 5th Birthday Celebrations.
And what Birthday Celebration is complete
without a Dragonfly Card - so here's one for you.

I have been experimenting with Alcohol Inks and
came up with this background and thought it would
show off my butterfly stamp.
This was gifted to me by a friend so do not know
who made it. I inked it and then decided to
emboss it in black as well to add shine.
My Happy die is cut in black and blue twice but is a bit hard to see
and from Impression Obsession.
 I cut the SU birthday sentiment from black paper
and embossed it in white.
Finished with gems.
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And for my second card

I took the easy way out with this one using the

Pre Coloured Butterfly Bella

Bella was cut from a CUTplorations Tag

and I inked the edges with  Tim's Carved Pumpkinn

Added some shimmer to her hair 

and the dress straps with Nuvo Glitter Gloss

also Drops to the centre of the flowers.

A girl need lipstick so has a touch of glossy accents.

I popped my tag on to some distressed DP after adding the

variegated cotton to the top of the tag.

Sentiment is cut with a SB die and is from

Lily of the Valley.

Hope you enjoyed looking at my Birthday Reminder cards

AND

 you get time to celebrate with us

at Crafting with Dragonflies - 

Check out what the Guests and Designers created

and hope I see yours in our Gallery.

And not forgetting

our Generous Sponsors

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The Paper Shelter

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It's Crafting with Dragonflies 5th Birthday Celebrations

Hi and Welcome!

It's hard to believe it is 5 years since

Crafting with Dragonflies

came onto the Blog Land Scene.

I was one of the Original Designers and

honoured to be asked back again to be 

A Guest Designer - especially for this occasion.
Thank You Hilde.

We are fortunate to  have sponsors for this challenge -
Check them out below.

Here is my first card I made with an image from
one of our Sponsors Digi Stamps 4 Joy

After printing out the floral spray I decided to
get out my watercolour pencils choosing various pinky colours.
I then added some white gel pen dots around the flowers
and Gold Liquid Pearls to the centres.
This was cut with a stitched die as are the other layers.
To add interest I added a textured back with
an ARTplorations Flourish Stencil.
(A bit hard to see here)
My Birthday Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping
cut with a MFT die inked with SU Calypsol Coral.

And a second one made as a Thank You to

Hilde for inviting me to join in the Celebrations.

I made this fairly cas to focus on the lovely 

floral spray. I coloured these with pearlized paints

then cut with a MFT stitched die.

The background was embossed with an old

Cuttlebug Folder. Added some light splatters

and the centre of the flowers were also inked again with the
white uniball pen then yellow Liquid Pearls.

Sentiment is from SU.

Finished by attaching to white card base.

Here are our Generous Sponsors.

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and I made another one - this time from WhoopsidaisyDesigns

and a close up of the background with embossed glitter,
glitter bodice  and Nuvo Shimmer on the tu tu.

A ballerina has to have 'bling'
Now
Pop over Here to see what the Dragonfly Guests
and Designers created for your pleasure.
Love to see your Birthday Celebrations in The Gallery.

Adding my top card to the
All About Occasions Challenge over at
Watercooler Wednesday


Thanks for dropping in today.