Designer's Choice over at The House that Stamps Built

Over at The House that Stamps Built 

one of the current challenges is to 

Brayer or Sponge.

The stamp they are featuring this week is Daffodils 904 L which is 50% off for blog readers. I was lucky enough I had recently purchased this stamp and just had to mount it and then get inky.

Check out the link below for all the information.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc313-brayering-or-sponging/

This is what I came up with - 

I started off with basic white card stock and heat embossed the daffodil image in black twice - once for the base and the other for the top. Coloured the leaves with Memento Pistachio and the daffodils with Memento Dandelion and Peanut Brittle. Both these colours were used to sponge around the image and also the base card. The sentiment is from Gina K. Added Kaisercraft pearls to the Sizzix Beautiful Wings butterflies and Crystal Effects to the 3 main flowers.

Thanks for looking. Ina.

MFP Inspirational Challenge #2

The photos below are for the Inspirational Challenge over at 

Mark's Speedy TV.

I made my card for this challenge thinking I would give it to my sister 

who was celebrating her 40th wedding anniversary. 

 I wasn't happy with it for that occasion and as I was born in Scotland anything with tartan is a favourite of mine so I decided it would be perfect for my other sister and am going to give it to her for her birthday.
The red & white nails were my inspiration.

I used the following items on this card - 

Basic white card stock

Embossing folder Antique Flourish from MPress

Tartan DP from Boofle

MS Punch

Cuttlebug die which I embossed

Sentiment is from Gina K Dogwood & Butterflies

Kaisercraft pearls

Own ribbon

There are plenty of challenges over at MFP so check them out at http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/

Thanks for taking the time to check out my latest upload.

IT'S OFFICIAL - New Challenge Blog coming soon!

There is a new blog in the making and I have been lucky enough 

to be accepted in this Design Team. 

It is called Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge Blog.

We are still looking for a few more crafty creators who love using digi's, stamping, making cards, scrapbooking altered items and the like. 

Have I got you interested?

Go to the link below and leave a comment for Hilde or email her 

so she can get back to you.

http://happyglitzygirl.blogspot.com.au/

There will be some lovely BLOG CANDY in April - which is just around the corner to entice you and the first challenge will be Wednesday 1st May.

Become a member by clicking below -
http://craftingiwthdragonflies.blogspot.com.au/

Hope to see you all there real soon and 

don't forget to add this to your calendar. Ina

Guest Designer over at The Outlawz

I know this post is REALLY LATE but didn't get a chance to update before I went to spend time with my sister and help her celebrate her 40th wedding anniversary. 

I also helped cater for around 100 people at their annual Fly In. This is where small planes fly in from parts of South East Queensland and New South Wales to catch up on all the news etc. They catered for over 60 on the Saturday night and then the fun begins again in the morning with early breakfast then on to lunch. Believe me when Sunday afternoon comes we were glad to get a break but Monday saw me with a never ending load of washing etc plus putting things back in it's normal spot till next year.

Enough of that - 

For the last few weeks I have been a Guest Designer for the Colour Challenge over at The Outlawz

http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/

Here are 2 cards that I made.

This card we needed to use the colours below and make it Vintage as the Twist.

This one is for the current challenge and the Twist is to use a Flourish.

There are 2 more cards to upload for this month's challenges and I have had so much fun making them.

Some exciting news.

Just a quick post to let you know of some exciting news coming up in the next few days. I am away from home at present so will fill you in on my news later in the week.

Designer's Choice at Repeat Impressions

One of the current challenges over at The House that Stamps Built is the 

DESIGNER'S CHOICE 

My good friend Cheri Weston is the designer who chose BLACK WHITE and RED for our challenge which you can find here -

 http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc227-black-white-red/

I love this colour combination and am still having so much fun using their stamps and this time I have used 

VASE OF TULIPS - 1317 - L

Here is what I made.

and this is what I used - 

Basic card stock in black red and white

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Spellbinders Labels 20

Repeat Impressions stamp - 1317 -L (see above)

SU Beyond the Basics stamped on the vase.

Stamped tulips on black cs and embossed with clear embossing powder

MS punch

Own ribbon and Kaisercraft pearls.

Thanks for looking. Hope you come back soon. Ina

Speedy TV Challenge 61

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 61 - 02/25/13

This week's challenge is a colour challenge - Yellow, Fuschia and Black.

 Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 61 - 02/25/13

What a GREAT CHALLENGE this is over at Friends of Speedy TV 

and such super BRIGHT colours.

and this is the lovely stamps set they are giving away as the prize. 

Since it has been raining here for the last few days where else would you be but playing with stamps and all things crafty like I have been

 - hence the making of this card.

This photo I took to show the colour.

The one below shows the gloss on my flower.

Products used for this card are

White card stock

Stampin Up Fifth Avenue Floral Stamp Set

Tim Holtz Embossing Folder on the yellow card stock

Black Ribbon

Versa Colour Opera Pink and Yellow Inks

Black embossing powder

Clear Gloss embossing powder on flower after it was inked

Yellow pearl

Thanks for looking. TAKE CARE and HAPPY CRAFTING.

A Sketch Challenge from 'The House' WHAT IF? Wednesday ~ Sketch Challenge F2013

I have been working on the latest challenge over at The House that Stamps Built and this time it is a sketch.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-f2013/

Here is what I came up with.

Items used in this card are

White cs

Coloured paper

Pearl patterned DP

Repeat Impressions Stamps Flowering Vine

Peacock Feathers Distress Ink

Memento Pistachio Ink

Own Buttons and twine

Avocado Liquid Pearls

Inked the Flowering Vine stamp on white cs and the edges also on aqua paper to hand cut the five flowers and attached to stamped image -  liquid pearls to finish.

I added the buttons and twine to the bottom of the card 

instead of the top as shown on the sketch.

I hope I have the Link back to Repeat Impressions right as I noticed in the past I wasn't doing it correctly. So much to learn about Blogs. 

Thanks once more for taking the time to look at my latest card 
and hope you will leave a comment for me. Ina.

A Few New Challenges

I have been busy enjoying creating some new cards for current challenges. 

I posted one a few days ago and this is the second card I made using 

MY FAVOURITE STAMP

for 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc213-favorite-repeat-impressions-stamp/

This stamp is really beautiful and I find myself using it again and again.

It is Repeat Impressions Tulip Bouquet 912 - K

This is what I made

I started off with Linen paper and popped the same paper after cutting with Heartfelt Creations Layered Elegant Swirl die. Added a small strip of designer paper before cutting the inked

Repeat Impressions Tulip Bouquet stamp with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink

with a Spellbinder oval die and backed with the same dp. 

The sentiment is from Gina K's Springtime Silhouettes. I placed a piece of burgandy satin ribbon behind the image and finished it off with a beautiful double bow and pearl brad.

I am entering this card in the following challenges.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc213-favorite-repeat-impressions-stamp/

http://www.inspiredbystamping.com/

and as you can see the Challenge for this one is BOWS.

and who doesn't like to add a beautiful bow to their cards to finish it off?

Thank you once again for stopping by. 

Hope you will be so kind to leave me a comment 

and please come back soon.

Black & White Card Challenge.

I have been having fun making some black & white cards 

for the current challenge at

http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

 I know I only get one card selected but still will upload 2 that I enjoyed making because I couldn't pick which one I liked the best.

Here is the first one

I have used basic white and black card stock. The black background I scored and folded the top and bottom overwhich is a bit hard to see here. The white paper was spritzed for a little bit of bling. The sentiment is cut out from Just Rite Vintage Label & Banner Die and popped on top of 

Spellbinders Fancy Labels 2. 

A piece of fine lace was added to the back of the die.

Made a flower from B&W designer paper from bitty blossoms and placed a small rhinestone in the centre. Added a few sprigs to the back from MS die. Finished off with 2 rows of rhinestones and one on the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate you checking out my Little Bits of Craft.

A favourite little stamp from RI

The Designer's Choice Challenge over at The House that Stamps Built 

this week is to create a card with your favourite Repeat Impressions Stamp. 

I only have a few and the following card is from one of them

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc213-favorite-repeat-impressions-stamp/

This is how I assembled this card.

I started with white card stock and topped it with a popped and scored piece of paper. I made this a colourful card using the stamp - Iris Window 919 - I using Memento Ink in Olive Grove and framed in orange to highlight the stamp. Added a small strip of DP a small strip of ribbon and a double cut Sizzix butterfly in plain green for the bottom and the top the same DP. 2 Mango coloured Kaisercraft pearls were added to the flower. A small border strip at the bottom is from a MS punch.

As I recently used MY MOST FAVOURITE RI stamp for another challenge there, I still had to make another card with this BEAUTIFUL STAMP.

Come back soon and check it out. I am super happy how that one turned out. I may keep it for a special family member.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to come back to see my latest favourite card. Ina.

A little bit of Valentine.

Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 59 - 02/11/13

 This weeks challenge at Friends of Speedy TV is to make a 

Non Traditional Valentine cards or gift.  

I made a fairly simple card starting off with an iridescent pearl card stock as base and backing. The backing was embossed with Vintage Swirls embossing folder. The 2 hearts are cut and embossed from Sizzix Embosslits Heat Double folder with glitter paper. I also used a MS punch for the border. 

Added own ribbon Chino pearls and Sentiment from Kaisercraft. 

Thanks for stopping by. Hope you like it...

Card Challenge at The House that Stamps Built.

One of the current challenges (Sketch F613) over at one of my favourite sites - 

The House that Stamps Built is the sketch below.

 http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

I always have fun playing with their awesome challenges 

and go in the draw for some of their beautiful stamps. 

Talking about that -  the card I have made for this challenge has 2 of their stamps. 

The floral image is stamped with Rich Razzleberry from Stampin' Up 

and the stamp is TULIP BOUQUET.

 I added the beautiful sentiment from the stamp set BEAUTIFUL DAYS 

to enhance the flower. Instead of using 2 different designer paper I loved the different colour effect that this piece gave to the background. I placed a piece of my ribbon at the back to show the contrast. I topped it with the same coloured paper as the stamp followed by the white. Simply finished it off with 2 different coloured pearls - the corner and the centres of the flowers.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-f613/

Hope you liked what I made.

Designers Choice Challenge over at The House that Stamps Built.

Over at The House that Stamps Built one of the challenges is a 

Designers Choice from Rock Star Joyce Morien.

She has challenged us to make a card with bright colours and vibrant prints. 

I don't know if my card is vibrant enough but the colours are bright. For the vibrant bit I decided to add  bright pink gemstones.

It is a fairly simple card with layers of white and different coloured designer paper.

I added bright ribbon and gemstones cut the corners of part of the card and cut out a Cherry Lynn Butterfly. Also added a punched piece of paper with a MS Punch.

The sentiment is from Gina K using distress ink and ran over it with a gold sakura pen for a little shine.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc130-bright-colors-vibrant-prints/

HERE IT IS...

Hope you like it and leave a comment as they are so appreciated.

Another card for the Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge.

After major flooding and power cuts I am finally able to upload the second card I made for the 

What If Sketch Challenge over at The House That Stamps Built.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-j2313/

 

This is what I made.

Products Used

Metallic cs as base

REPEAT IMPRESSIONS Flowering Vine 4314

Spellbinders Blossoms 3

Memory Box Die - Quinn Flourish

MS Punch

Bitty Blossoms for Flower

Distress Inks - Milled Lavendar & Dusty Concord

Spritzed lightly on Flower

I am finally getting around to using my Bitty Blossoms die to make some flowers and hope to improve on them with practice. Also love using my new Memory Box dies.

Hope you liked what I made and you will leave a comment for me. 

Thanks so much for popping in.

The House that Stamps Built Sketch Challenge.

This week I made a card for the latest sketch challenge over at 

The House that Stamps Built.

 It wasn't till I came here to add it and looked at my last sketch challenge that I saw that I have made a card very similar so for now I am going to upload it and then make another one. I can't believe I have done this.

Obviously I like this new Marianne Die because I have made several using this lovely Lady Silhouette. 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-j2313/

Here is my interpretation of the above sketch.

Items used are - 

American Crafts Purple Haze dp

Spellbinders Blossoms 3

Marianne Die LRO139

MS Punch

Own ribbon and pearls.

A Perfect Sentiment Challenge card

One of the latest cards I have been working on is for the 

Perfect Sentiments Challenge

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/psc62-encourage-me-wribbon.html

We all have dreams and this is the 'Encourage Me' 

part of the challenge and what is life without them.

I made a really clean and simple card this time - 

Not a lot involved here. Started with the basic card stock in turquoise and topped with white embossing added a doily which has the edges inked. The second piece of turquoise card is also embossed then topped with a feature stamp from 

Springtime Silhouettes by Gina K 

I paper pierced the top 2 sides and added snow pearls to the centres of the flower.

We had to add ribbon so I threaded mine through a piece of fine lace and added a little bow made of crochet cotton to finish.

Since we are allowed 3 cards I hope I can get time to do more.

Stamped Blessings Challenge - Glitter

I was browsing the internet today looking for some new challenges 

and came across this great site

so decided to have a bit of a play as I like a bit of bling 

and thought this would be right up my alley.

http://stampedblessings.com/

http://stampedblessings.com/2013/01/amusing-challenges-glitter/

Here is what I made.

Card base is apricot topped with gold and cream metallic paper - embossed with CB Styleized Flowers. Added gold ribbon and attached the main image from GinaK's Friends are Flowers stamp which is heat embossed in gold. I inked the whole cream piece of paper with versamark ink and sprinkled glitter all over. Heat embossed the glitter to stick. Added Chino pearls to finish it off.

Looking forward to their next challenge.

My card for the 'What If' challenge over at The House that Stamps Built.

After being away for a holiday break I have just made it in time to make a quick card for the latest 

What if Wednesday Sketch Challenge over at The House. 

Below is the sketch.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/sketch-challenges/what-if-wednesday-sketch-challenge-d2612/

Here is what I came up with.

My card base is a light cream colour topped in pink which was embossed with CB Roses. 

My main image is a Marianne die called Charleston Lady Silhouette 

cut out from cream metallique sculptured paper. 

This was attached to the same pink paper which was cut from Spellbinders Heart Circles. 

The 3 strips of designer paper were added to the back the same as the sketch.

I finished off with some fine lace pewter pearls and added a necklace from the cut out hearts from the Spellbinder die.

Challenge time again at The House

The new Designer’s Choice Challenge over at 

The House that Stamps Built is a colour challenge 

Use two or more shades of Blue.

I even named my card for this challenge - Blue Blue my card is Blue.

Here is what I came up with.

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc1219-two-shades-of-blue/

The card base is white and topped with dark blue cs and I distressed the edges. I followed with a lighter  blue and embossed it with CB Textile folder. I also sanded the surface to bring out the white then distressed and tore a few edges. 

I then layered the same dark blue paper, distressed the edges and curled one corner. The white cs on top has been inked in a very light blue with SU Vintage Vogue stamp set.

I stamped the small flowers in a dark blue on the white cs and cut out a further 2 the same and popped them on top.

Finished off with some sprigs from my MS punch and added a larger lighter blue flower which has dots of liquid pearls and a touch of glitter around the centre.

Added a small piece of light blue ribbon and a tiny sentiment from Gina K's stamp set Stippled Nature.

This is a closer view of the light blue flower which show the glitter a little more clearly. 

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Since this will be my last posting till the New Year I would like to wish all my blogger friend a 

Very Merry &  Safe Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year.

Thanks so much for all your comments throughout the year. 

They are so encouraging and appreciated. Ina.