Sketch Challenge #0213 over at THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT.

 

I was really excited when I saw the latest

Sketch Challenge from Wendy over at the House that Stamps Built

and you can find the details HERE

 

This is the sketch

 

 

How awesome is that?

 

I had fun inking up and selectively cutting various

Repeat Impressions Stamps for this one.

 

Here is what I came up with

 

 

I started with basic white card stock and added pink shimmer paper

then white which was stamped randomly with Memento Angel Pink.

I cut the 5 stamped images and backed them in

 black with Spellbinders Lacey Circles.

Behind the circle images I added a small piece of the shimmery pink paper

and added a border with a MS punch. Topped this in white with sentiment from

Stampin' Up - Heard from the Heart stamp set.

All 5 circles are popped and the centre one is backed in pink with a die

from Spellbinders Moroccan Motifs.

Repeat Impressions Stamps used were

Flowering Vine 4314

Daisies & Butterfly - 9203-P

Hydrangea - 9205-O

 

 

I am also entering this card in the following challenges -

 

http://kittybeedesigns.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/aloha-friday-challenge-9-mid-inspiration_4.html

Flowers

and

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com.au/

Challenge 29 - Think Pink

 

As always Thank You for taking the time to stop by.

 I love reading your comments.

 

 

 



October Blog Hop at IBS



 

 

 

Inspired by Stamping has been holding an October Blog Hop HERE

 and I have had fun getting in early with my Christmas card making.

Thanks Joanna.

 

I won't have time to upload them all so I will just add

1 last card for this current challenge.

 

so I decided on this one.

 

I am not sure where the stamp is from as it has been in my stash for a little while.

I inked the image with SU Rich Razzleberry

 and coloured the small uncoloured parts with a gold gel pen.

The sentiment is also from SU - Heard from the Heart.

Added some Starform Stickers to finish.

 

 



Challenge 12 at Crafting with Dragonflies.

 

Good Morning Bloggers

 

How the last fortnight has flown by.

Admittedly I was away for the best part of it so that is why I think it flew past me.

 

So today we head on to CHALLENGE #12.

For this fortnight we have another challenge for you and this time it is to make a

Gift Box/Holder and add at least 3 cards.

 

I saw this tutorial HERE after Kelli showed the Design Team.

 I saved it for future reference and it wasn't till Kelli posted her photos

that I realized it was the one I had kept for a rainy day

(didn't rain while I was making it lol)

 

I pretty well kept to the same theme as the tutorial because

the digi I had picked from our generous sponsor

 

 

was perfect for a CHRISTMAS GIFT.

I chose their CHRISTMAS POINSETTIA

 

I love using this flower at Christmas time

 but also any time during the year as it doesn't have to be red.

 

Here is what I made.

 

 

Pretty simple really.

 I used green scrapbook paper for my folder.

Red card stock as a backing for my Christmas Designer Paper

and cut the bottom edge with a MS Punch.

Added a few embellishments and tied a Christmas ribbon to the top.

Finished with a Christmas Peg.

 

The inside I added 2 embellishments.

 

This is a close up view of the Poinsettia on my cards.

 

My Folder & Hand Made cards

that fit in the slots at either end.

 

A close up view of one of my cards.

 

The snowflakes were heat embossed with glittered embossing powder

and sentiments are from various stamp sets.

I popped the poinsettia flowers on the cards for dimension.

 

It was nice to get an early start on some Christmas projects

 thanks to our Leader HILDE.

 

We will have a few more Christmas type challenges a little later in the year.

 

Thanks again for stopping by to see my latest Dragonfly Creation

and hope to see yours over there soon.

 

 

 



October Blog Hop - Holiday Theme

 

 

Another challenge over at Inspired by Stamping is the

October-blog-hop-holiday-theme

 

and I had fun making another card for this one.

 

It is nice to get an early start to those Christmas Cards

as it always comes around so quickly.

 

So here is what I came up with this time round.

 

 

I used white card base and topped with blue snowflake designer paper.

Image from IBS December 25 Labels was inked with Silver

and cut out with Spellbinder Circle Die.

 I edged the label with sprigs from MS punch

which were lightly touched with Startdust Stickles.

 I hand made the bow and also added glitter to the centre piece

which is made from speckled white card stock.

Sentiment is IBS All Year Wishes 2.

 

I have found both these stamps sets so versatile

and will be well used by Christmas.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 



 

 



Tutorial Time at IBS

I have had a lovely time in my craft room today

 and have made 2 cards for current challenges over at Inspired by Stamping

 

The first one I am uploading today is for the fabulous tutorial

  whw-118double-embossing by Leah

 

I must admit I had never thought of doing this

and thought this was something I needed to try.

 

Here is what I made.

 

 

and how

 

Green and red card stock.

Topped with white and embossed Christmas folder by Cuttlebug.

The double embossing was heat embossed with Whispers Green Glitter

 and then the opposite way with Colours of Australia Candy Red

 from a Kaisercraft stamp - Woodgrain..

I embossed the IBS December 25 Labels in a darker green

and cut it from Spellbinders Labels 18 inked the outline and popped it.

Added a small strip of green to the left

and several green rhinestones randomly to finish.

 

Thanks for stopping by

 



IBS October Blog Hop - Holiday Theme

I am back in the swing of things and again been playing in my craft room.

This time I have made a really simple Christmas card for the 

IBS Blog Hop HERE

This is what I made

As I said it was really CAS

using navy blue card stock as my base topped with white -  

embossed background lightly glittered 

My main focal image stamp is from

Inspired by Stamping - December 25th Labels 

which I heat embossed added a little glitter for the snow and popped.

Sentiment is also from 

Inspired by Stamping - All Year Wishes 2

and there you have it...

Hope you like it. 

WHW117 Tutorial - Autumn/Fall

I have been MIA recently with my daughter coming down from Cairns

 recently to celebrate our birthdays and then went to visit my sister for the next week.

We went to Brisbane to see a Quilt Exhibition from Great Britain

and were from 1700 to 1945.

SO VERY IMPRESSED with the amazing workmanship.

 

Home again now and nice to be back in my craft room.

 

Over at Inspired by Stamping Joanna has a tutorial

and we have been invited to participate.

It is

 

WHW117 THEME - autumn/fall

 

and here is what I made.

 

 

I cased her card as I really like the layout.

 

I used the following products -

 

K&Company Fall/Harvest Mat Pad

Cuttlebug Leaves Dies

MS Punch

Distress Inks

Variegated Cotton

IBS Lace Trim (inked with distress ink)

IBS All Year Wishes 2 Stamp for Sentiment

Kaisercraft Pearls

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 

 

 

Time to use your SCRAPS!

Wow!  how the last fortnight has flown by 

as it is time again for a new challenge over at

First of all a BIG THANK YOU to 

and

for  being our sponsors for this challenge and also 

supplying the Design Team with their digi's.

After our big project last fortnight this new one will please you all.

ALL crafters have OODLES of paper scraps from various project so

we have made it an EASY PEASY ONE this time round PHEW!!

So on with your challenge this fortnight  - 

  MAKE A CARD FROM AT LEAST 5 - YES 5

pieces of scrap designer paper.

Told you it was EASY.

Here is what I made - a cas card really.

The recipe for this was pretty simple.

I chose the Pen Pal Mouse from Bugaboo for my digi - isn't he sooo cute?

Hot pink card stock

At least 5 different pieces of scrap designer paper

Spellbinder dies

Tag from Inspired by Stamping

Sentiment from Gina K.

There you have it. Now it is your turn to use up 

just a smidgen of your overflowing scrap box.

Don't forget to check out the other Design Team members 

(which you will see on the right hand side)

for their inspiration too.

Looking forward to seeing what scraps you use on your layout.

A time to be creative with us at Crafting with Dragonflies.

Here we are again over at

with our LATEST CHALLENGE

and did this make me work outside my comfort zone 

but if we put our minds to A CHALLENGE

it can be done and it was so worth it.

Before I begin  - A plug for our sponsor for this challenge and it is

http://www.eurekastamps.com/logo.gif

who by the way supplied us with our digi for this project.

Mine is Most Special Day - 20601.

Now on to what THE CHALLENGE 

for this fortnight is

TO CREATE A MINI ALBUM

This is what I made.

My sister recently celebrated her 70th birthday 

so I thought the sentiment on the front cover fitted perfectly.

The photos above tell a story.

You see her good friends Joe and Joanne pictured 

came all the way from Scotland to SURPRISE her 

and as you can see from the first photo they did JUST THAT.

The other 2 photos are a snap I took of them as a memento and the third one is

my sister enjoying her meal with her Patchwork friend Joanne.

On the back page is a photo of our cousin who travelled 

to Scotland in 2009 with us, my two sister's and myself.

The middle photo is my sister with her two grand children 

(one couldn't wait so sneaked in a bite of the icing)

before helping her cut the cake.

Her daughter made the cake and had a huge bunch of Scottish Thistles on top.

The third one is her giving her husband a thank you kiss for helping

organize her SURPRISE 70TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.

Here are 2 tutorials I followed 

Squash Book Tutorial 1

and

Tutorial 2 which also has a Video attached from Dawn Griffiths.

I don't think I need to say too much about what products I used 

as it was some designer papers 

(which my sister had given me and made the use of them more special)

a few flocked images in the centres and some SU ribbon.

Hope you like what I have made and has given you

the inspiration to enter our challenge with one of your own Special Album.

Thanks

Another Male Moment - August Blog Hop - Masculine.

I am still having fun with my new stamps from Inspired by Stamping 

and have made another card for the current Male Challenge HERE

Again I went CAS as I think males prefer them that way.

I used basic white card stock and then loaded it up with grey and white frame 

then added cut out designer papers.

Popped the main image which is from the new male set

Masculine Tags from IBS

The sentiment is from IBS also and is from Vintage Sayings

appropriate for this image I think. 

We could all dream of flying in one of these old vintage planes.

Finished this card off with some variegated twine and button.

That's it for me for now. Hope you come back soon.

Prep your IBS Stamps - Anything Goes Challenge WHW#114

Over at Inspired by Stamping 

Joanna has shown us how she preps her brand new stamps 

and has made a video HERE for us all to see.

It is an Anything Goes Challenge using the amazing IBS stamps.

How could I not find time to play with my NEW STAMPS?

 So I decided to make a CAS card this time using the

Graceful Hydrangea Stamp Set 

and Trendy Circle Sentiments for the Sentiment.

I used basic card stock and just layered it. 

I inked the aqua paper with versamark and stamped 

the hydrangea in a few different spots for highlighting.

The white card stock I pierced and popped the main image

which was inked with Peacock Feathers distress ink

added a little black pearl and there it is.

Thanks for stopping by today

A Father's Day/Male card Challenge at Crafting with Dragonflies

With Father's Day coming up shortly in Australia (September 1st) 

our Leader Hilde thought it an opportune time 

to get those Male Cards made in plenty of time.

So this Challenge is to do just that

MAKE A CARD FOR FATHER'S DAY OR JUST A MALE CARD 

for those that celebrate the day at a different time of the year.

Our generous sponsors for this challenge are

who supplied the fabulous image for my card

and the Winner will receive 5 digi images

and

who will be giving 4 digi images also

I picked a truly male orientated digi 

and to go with that a really Clean and Simple card that most men like.

I used basic white and brown card stock

 and highlighted my main image 

with designer paper from Kaisercraft Pack your Bags Collection.

I did very little to my Ship (digi 21705) by highlighting it with a gel pen 

and also did the same for the blue water.

Cut out a further piece of the brown card stock 

with a MS Punch added some string and button.

My sentiment was cut from Just Rite Antique Labels and 

stamped with Gina K Country Roads - which goes perfectly with my image.

Please also check out what our other Designers have created

Barb Hilde Judith Kelli Susan and Tania

I would like to enter this card in the current challenge over at

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes.

http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/2013/08/ttcrd-august-20-27-challenge.html

So glad you stopped by. I hope you will come back again soon

A Distress Stamping Tutorial at IBS

There is so much happening over at 

Inspired by Stamping

http://joannamunster.com/

Colour challenges Tutorials and More and if you had been checking out my blog 

you will see how busy I have been. Just loving it all.

On to the current challenge Kendra has a 

Distress Stamping Tutorial

and I decided to have a play with another new stamp I recently purchased there.

It is Graceful Hydrangea and I have used the Main Image as my Focal Point 

and the smaller one to use as my distressing.

The sentiment is also from that gorgeous set.

I don't know if I have the technique completely right 

but certainly enjoyed getting my fingers inked.

I did bling it up somewhat by mixing distress inks and iridescent medium 

to my work pad and inked my stamp from there being careful 

not to ink it all to try and get that distressed look. 

I cut out the main image with Spellbinders Heart Circles 

and backed it with plain card stock.

I also used the medium on that image and added liquid pearls 

and a small amount of diamond dust to the larger flower 

(which is a little hard to see).

Finished with a few pearls in the corner.

Sparkle N Sprinkle - August Challenge

I am back again with another colour challenge

(and I love them as you have guessed)

and this time from

Sparkle & Sprinkle's 

and their Challenge for August is a

you guessed it

A COLOUR CHALLENGE

http://sparklensprinklecreativechallenges.blogspot.com.au/

and such gorgeous colours they are.

Since this is a challenge for a sparkly craft site I

 thought it proper to add some sparkle to my card.

I went for something cas here and below is my take on this challenge.

My base card stock is white and followed up with a burnt orange paper 

which was embossed with a Tim Holtz folder and distressed.

I then added a small piece of patterned designer paper and topped it up 

with my main focal image which is the beautiful rose - 

Temptation from Penny Black. 

Heat embossed with glitter embossing powder.

Added 3 Kaisercraft pearls own ribbon and sentiment is popped 

and cut out from Just Rite Antique Tags

 with the sentiment from Inspired by Stamping Trendy Circle Sentiments. 

Thanks as always for stopping by.

It's a MALE THING over at Inspired by Stamping.

A few days ago I got my HAPPY MAIL with my new order from

Inspired by Stamping. 
http://joannamunster.com/2013/08/12/august-blog-hop-preview/

They had a release recently of their new stamp sets and were Male Orientated.

I was particularly keen to purchase one stamp set in particular - Guitars

You see my husband is a Guitar freak and had his old one he used to
play in a band with (in his youth) restored. 

He also loves to get it out and practice until his fingers get sore lol

As it is his birthday later in the week this was a 

golden opportunity for me to make him a birthday card he will really love

and of course I can enter it in the 

 

http://inspiredbystamping.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/inspired-by-stamping-august_thumb.png?w=354&h=433

which happens to be to
Create a Masculine Card Layout or project.

I certainly enjoyed make this card

I have used blue and orange card stock. Stamped the background with a 

Kaisercraft grunge stamp and also the stamps from the IBS Guitars.

I cut several circles in different sizes - the 2 for the back of the guitar 

and the others for fill.

Also cut out the pick stamps and added to the circles.

The guitar is popped and I added glossy accents and stickles.

 Added another pick to go with the guitar.

The sentiment was stamped from the Guitars stamp 

and sentiment is from Masculine Tags.

So there you have my husbands birthday card. 

I am sure he will be thrilled with it.