It's Sketch Time over at JUGS #244

 

I have just had time to squeeze this card in for the current

Sketch Challenge over at Just Us Girls 

before I head north for my granddaughter's wedding

 and a family reunion.

 

 

and this is the lovely sketch from Nancy

 that we had to work with -

 

 

The 4 stamped images are heat embossed in white

and are from SU - Good Things Grow and popped

Background is stamped also from SU - Vintage Vogue

in Rich Razzleberry

Ribbon - Purely Pomegranate by SU

Sentiment and flourish are from

Inspired by Stamping - Birthday Wishes & All Year Wishes

Bow is made from Spellbinder Petite Ovals and

JustRite Vintage Labels

Pearls are from Flourish with a Bling

Coloured card stock.

 

Well folks that is it for me for a few weeks apart from

any scheduled posts.

I will be back then to upload the

wedding cards I made - from the Grandparents (us)

from the Bride's Mother

and the Bride's Niece who is flying in from

the other side of Australia.

We will also be celebrating her birthday while she is here too.

So as you can imagine I am getting EXCITED.

 

Thanks for popping in and will be back in a wee while.

Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



Challenge #80 is - For the Girls at SAS4Kids

It's time for a New Challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids
 and it is 'The Girls Turn'

Here is what I made.

My first card has the cute image from Heather Ellis
 called Pure Innocence

 

I used these items on the above card -

White Card Stock as Base

DP as backing

Pink Scrapbooking Paper

Spellbinders Opulent Ovals

Sizzix Butterfly Die

Carl Punch

Fussy cut the pink dress

Tombow Markers

Sentiment is from Trendy Circles by Inspired by Stamping

Kaisercraft Rhinestones and own Ribbon

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My second card is made with Red Riding Hood

from Meljens Designs

 

 

I tried to depict Little Red Riding Hood walking in the Woods
 I used the following items

Brown Red & White card stock

Spellbinder's Circles

Tree Stamps and Grass from Repeat Impressions

Tombow Markers

Distress Inks and Gel Pen

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 Our Generous Sponsors for this challenge are

Meljen's Designs - 4 Images non coloured for the Winner

Heather Ellis - 2 Images of Winner's Choice

Oak Pond Creations - 1 digi of Winner's Choice

Don't forget to pop over to the other Team SAS for more inspiration.

That's it for now. Thanks for popping in
Till next time - Cherrio from
 



Inspired by Stamping Blog Challenge #82

The latest challenge over at Inspired by Stamping is their

 May Blog Challenge

 

 

I thought I would try my hand at using Vellum again.

It is something I don't use too often
but love the effect you can get with it.
 

Here is what I came up with.

 

 

I used lots of different items here -

White card stock

IBS - Vintage Floral Paper

IBS Stamps - Birthday Wishes

Elegant Flowers

Birthday Tabs

IBS - Trim

White Embossing Powder

Iridescent Medium

Pink Vellum

Pink Brads

Kaisercraft Sparklet

Diamond Dust on Flower

Mini Rhinestones.

SU Edgelits

 

Here is a closer view of the Diamond Dust

 

 

That's it this time round. So Cherrio for now

 

 

 

 

 

 



JUGS Inspiration Challenge #242

 

 

This weeks JUGS Challenge is an Inspiration one

 and you can find the details  Here

 

I loved the touch of colour with the soft Tulips

 and didn't add too much black

as I wanted the focus to be on the flower.

Hence just a touch as a backing

and a little butterfly and a few pearls.

 

 

This is my take on the lovely Inspiration Photo above.

 

 

I used gold metallic card stock

Black card stock

Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder

Marianne Die for the Flower Flourish

Gina K Vogue Vases was embossed with

 Aged Rose Embossing Enamel

from Stampendous and popped

Spellbinders Fancy Tags

Sentiment also from Gina K

Butterfly and Kaisercraft Pearls from stash.

 

I would also like to add this card to

http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/simple-salutations-1

to use die cuts and punches.

 

Thanks for dropping in - Cherrio from

 

 

 

 



It's JUGS Colour Challenge Time - #241

 

 

 

This weeks challenge over at JUGS is a Colour One

which you can find  Here

 

and it just so happens that it is my FAVOURITE colour

and here is what I have made

 

 

Cards are hard to photograph sometimes and the true colours

 don't always come up correctly. This is such a time.

Funny how the twine came out right but the rest look blue.

 I can assure you it is Mauve - Orchid. I liked how the

frame turned out all grainy and that is because the

Kraft paper has raised lines through it.

 

I used the following items on my card -

Black card stock

Scrapbook paper for the backing of my Kraft paper

Kraft card stock

Spellbinder Labels 18

Frame from GinaK and heat embossed in white

Sentiment is from IBS - A Lovely Birthday

Trims from my stash

Kaisercraft Pearls

Marianne Die behind the Main Flower

Die-namincs die cut for Flowers

Variegated twine

I would like to enter this also in the following challenges

 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com.au/ - Purple Passion

http://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/ - Favourite Colour Combo

 

Thanks for stopping by

Cherrio for now

 

 



Challenge #46 at Doodle Pantry

 

As always over at Doodle Pantry their Monthly Challenge is Anything Goes.

The card below is for DPDC #46 



 

I recently received this fabulous pre coloured set

of hydrangeas from Doodle Panty

and wanted to make something nice with them.

I used white card stock as my base and the floral backing

is from the set. I printed out various sized flowers in the

3 different colours and fussy cut them.

Added a little glitter with my gel pens and inked the edges

for an outline. I also scored the white card stock for a frame.

Inked a little stamping on the sentiment - also from this set

and finished the floral background

 with some gold effects with Champagne Mist from Stampin' Up

 

Hope you like what I made today and until next time

Cherrio from



Anything Goes for Challenge #79 at SAS4Kids

It's time for another great Challenge over at

http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

 

and time again for an ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE.

How easy is that?

 

 

With winter nearing an end near the North Pole

I thought this little Penguin would make good use of the

 icy conditions and spend his time Fishin'.

This cute little fellow is from QKR Stampede

 

I used the following items

 

Black White & Red card stock

B&W glitter paper from a matt stack

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Circles

Black & Silver Twine

Red glitter pen

 

 

This beautiful stamp for this card was generously supplied to the

Design Team from Crackerbox Palace

Thank you so much

 

My base is white card stock

Background is Memory Box Texture Waive

Kaisercraft Pearls

Sentiment is from Gina K Designs

Gold glitter pen to highlight the hair

Distress ink - Stormy Sky 

Watercolour pencils from Faber Castell

 

Our generous sponsor's for this challenge are

 

Crackerbox Palace - $15 Gift Certificate

 

QKR Stampede - 5 Digi's of Winner's Choice

 

Sassy Studios - 4 Images for Winner

 

Don't forget to pop over to the other Team SAS girls

to see what great inspiration they have for you.

 

Till next time

Cherrio from

 



A 'House' Challenge

They're Bird Watching Here 

 at The House that Stamps Built

and it was Rock Star Cheri's turn to host.
 

Here is what I came up with after checking out the

Great Inspiration cards that all the Girls created.

 

 

  I used the following to produce my card

White & Red card stock

Memory Box Stencil - Texture Waive

Repeat Impression Stamp - Chickadee at Rest - 211

Scoring - Hessian -  Button

Sentiment is from GinaK - Whimsical Wishes

Dimensional Magic

Distress Inks

Gold gel pen

Iridescent Medium
 

Thanks for stopping by

 

JUGS #240 Technique Challenge

Over at Just Us Girls it is the Technique Challenge

 this time round and it is a

Kissing Technique which you can find Here.

Finding the right stamps and inks was interesting. 

It is a bit hard to see the kissing on the flowers as it is a very small

floral background stamp.

After a couple of trial inkings I finally came up with

 

 

for this

 

I used the following products on my card

 

White card stock as my base

Textured card stock

Flowers from GinaK - Stippled Nature

SU Clearly For You stamp used for the

Kissing Technique on the flowers

Sizzix Textured Impressions Adorning Accents & Edgelits

Leaves from Kaszazz

Sentiment from Inspired by Stamping - A Lovely Birthday

Distress Inks - Spun Sugar & Aged Mahogany

Memento Ink - Pistachio

Pearls - Flourish with Bling

Heather Flower Soft for centre of flower

 

Thanks for dropping in

 



Challenge #78 - SAS4Kids Happy Father's Day from the Kids

Our latest challenge over at Send a Smile 4 Kids

is to make a card for Father's Day from the Kids.

 

Father's Day here in Australia is in September

so there is plenty of timefor us Aussie's to get creative -

 but why wait till the last minute

Get crackin' and make it for this Challenge.

You could send it/them over to some sick children

 http://sendasmile4kidschallenge.blogspot.com/p/guidelines-for-donated-cards.html

and make another for later on... They will be greatly appreciated.

 

Here is what I made for this challenge.

 

 

I so love pre coloured digi images and this cute guy is from

Fred She Said who is one of our generous sponsor's

who is giving the Winner a $10 Gift Certificate

 

I used the following on this card
Black White Blue & Red card stock

Tim Holtz Embossing Folder

Cuttlebug Embossing folder

Spellbinders Circles

Variegated Twine and Brads

Added a dot of Dimensional Magic on the heart.

 

 

Our second sponsor is Stitchy Bear who is giving the Winner

3 Images to a $10 value. The digi image I chose is Flat Tire 

 

I used the following items on this card

Black Brown & White card stock

Memory Box Texture Waive for the background

Petite Ovals

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping Masculine Things

Iced Spruce Distress Ink

Flower Soft Polar White for the snow

Glitter

Starform Sticker

 

I had printed out a couple of images and the card below

 was the first one I made.

While I was waiting for the snow to dry

(I used Stickles Frosted Lace)

 I decided to play around with the image and make a second one.

Because the image is small I added some glitter

 instead of flower soft to the snow.

 

 

We do have a 3rd sponsor with a generous prize of a

$25 Gift Certificate

and is Kitchen Ink Stamps 

 

That's it for me for this challenge.

Hope to see you again soon -

 



For the Guys - Challenge #DCC43 at The House

Over at The House that Stamps Built their

Designer's Choice Challenge is For the Guys

 

 

It is nice to get away from all the girly card we like to make

and do something for the Males in our life -

whether they are relatives or just friends.

 

The products I used for this card are -

 Black and orange card stock

The brick wall is from Farm House Paper Company

The grunge effect on the orange paper is Kaisercraft

The great truck image is from Mark's Finest Papers

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping

Image is heat embossed in black

Jute String

I used a gold Sakura Pen for highlights

and the truck is coloured with Faber-Castell watercolour pencils.

 

I would also like to enter this card in

Colour Challenge #20 over at mfpspeedytv

The colours there are Orange Black & Brown.

 

That's it for now - thanks for stopping by

 



Guitar Pickin' Invitation

 

 

What perfect timing the Colour Challenge from

Just us Girls was for me to practice

making a quick and easy Invitation for my hubby's 70th birthday.

I had made him a birthday card with this stamp set last year

and in the same colours - which got me thinking....

 

 

Not much in making this which is good for mass production.

 

I used White and Orange card stock

The guitar and grunge is from Inspired by Stamping - Guitars

The background is stamped with Kaisercraft Grunge

and Stampin' Up Beyond the Basics

The sentiment is from my stash

Inks are Memento Broken China & Peanut Brittle

Guitar is heat embossed with Blue Pearl Powder

 

I would like to enter this in the current Designer's Choice Challenge

Here for their For the Guys Challenge.

 

Thanks for poppin' in

 

 



Inspired by Stamping Challenge #81

 

I was over at Inspired by Stamping

checking out their latest Blog Challenge

Here and was impressed with the colour choice so decided to

find some pretty paper and stamp and see what I could make.

 

 

from this

 

 

I found this fabulous paper at our local office supplier

Officeworks called Crazed.

 I love the look of it as it is an iridescent paper.

I adhered it to white card base after I inked the

Graceful Hydrangea stamp from Inspired by Stamping.

AND

Sentiment is also IBS - Big Wishes II

The DP is from Gina K 's Victoria Garden

Ribbon is Stampin' Up

Kaisercraft Pearls finished it off.

 

That's it for this posting so till next time

Cherrio from

 



Colour Challenge #237 at JUGS

It's that time of the Month that JUGS hold their Colour Challenge.

This time round it is

 

Nice choice eh!

 So I went delving into my craft supplies to see what I could make.

 

 

I went for something simple for this one.

 

I used the following items on my card

Basic coloured card stock

Kaisercraft Prickled Pear Stamp which I shadow stamped

Cuttlebug Houndstooth Embossing Folder

Memento Paris Dusk Ink

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping - Just Because

SU ribbon

Iridescent Medium

Rhinestones on centre of flowers.

Till next time - Cherrio

 

 

 



It's a 'House' Sketch Challenge #A1614

 

 

It's been a long time since I got to enter one of the great challenges over at

The House that Stamps Built

and when I saw their latest sketch challenge

and the great inspiration

from the Rock Stars I knew I had to

get in my craft room and create.

 

Here is what I made

 

 

 

from this sketch

 

 

I saw Cheri's embossed background Here 

and knew I had the same folder.

I have been going to use it for ages and it fitted perfectly

for the background of my Daffodils. Thanks SS

 

I used the following items on my card -

Basic white yellow and black card stock

Spellbinders ovals/scalloped ovals

Sizzix butterfly die

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping -

 Trendy Circle Sentiments

and that beautiful Daffodil is

904W from Repeat Impressions.

Daffodil and Sentiment are popped.

Added a touch of dimensional magic to the centre of the Tulips.

Tulips coloured with Faber-Castell water colour pencils.

 

I had a hard time picking which flower stamp to use

as there are so many gorgeous ones (don't have them all)

 and wanted to use one that the Rock Stars hadn't.

 

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges -

http://acreativeneed.wordpress.com/ - Signs of Spring

http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com.au/ - Spring

http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com.au/ - #227 B is for

http://fairytale-challengeblog.blogspot.com.au/ - #89 Butterflies

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com.au/ - Spring Time

 

Thanks for stopping by

 

 



Challenge #77 Birthday Fun for SAS4Kids

 

It's time to make some Fun Birthday Cards over at

 

SAS4Kids

 

Our GENEROUS SPONSOR'S 

for this Challenge are

 

Dollar Graphics  - $15 Gift Certificate

Bugaboo  - 7 digi images of Winner's Choice

QKR Stampede - 5 digi images of Winner's Choice

 

 

Now what can be more fun than to

eat yummy cake?

My image is from Bugaboo. I didn't need to colour

too much of this great image just a little pink

with some Kindy Glitz on the cupcake

Star Dust Stickles around the frame

and the frosting I used Snow White Flower Soft.

I also scored the back and bottom frame.

Added Glitter Matt Stack paper

Buttons and Sentiment is from

Inspired by Stamping - A Lovely Birthday.

 

 

 

I loved looking at all the gorgeous images over at Dollar Graphics

and finally decided on a pre coloured digi (my favourite kind)

I used

Coloured Card Stock

Scrap piece of DP

Spellbinders Circles/Lacey Circles

Corner Punch

Pearls

Sentiment is Heat Embossed and from

Inspired by Stamping - Chalkboard Stamp Set.

 

Since I only used one of the images for this challenge

I made another because I loved them so much.

 

 

That's it for me for now.

Don't forget to pop over to the rest of  the SAS4Kids Team

to see what they have created for our

 

FUN BIRTHDAY CHALLENGE.

 



For Mother's Day or a Special Lady - Challenge #24 at Crafting with Dragonflies



My card below is for a Special Lady - My Daughter.

I am SO EXCITED that in a few months I will get to

celebrate 2 very special occasions.

My granddaughter is getting married and my younger daughter

is flying over from Perth

(which is over the other side of Australia from where I live)

She is the baby one on my Baby Blog Hop post.

 

 

It just so happens we will be able to celebrate her birthday

while she is here so I am a pretty Happy Lady.

It will be a memorable get together as we are flying north

to Cairns for this Special Time.

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On to our CHALLENGE. -

As the heading states it is a CARD

 for Mother's Day which is 11th May in Australia

or you may have a Special Lady like me

that you can make your card for.

We would like you to go ALL OUT

with this one and make it REALLY SPECIAL.

 

Our sponsors for this challenge are

 Heather Ellis with the Winners receiving 3 digi's from the website

and Meljens Designs who will be able to pick 4 digi's.

 

I chose the Daisy Pitcher digi from Meljens Designs

and used the following items -  

Cream and rose pink card stock

DP from my stash

Own ribbon at the top

Kazzaz Ivory Seam Binding inked with

 Iced Spruce Distress Ink to match the Pitcher

Coloured the Digi Image with Monte Marte Pencils

Dimensional Magic on Pitcher

Sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping - Fancy Sentiments

Gold Pearl Liquid Pearls

Antique Linen Distress Ink

Own Pearls

Kaisercraft Teal Pearls

Spellbinders Fancy Labels 2 for Sentiment

Digi is cut out with Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles

Carl Punch for small flower on Pitcher

Main flower was sponged with Distress Inks

and Iridescent Medium

Butterfly is from Marianne Designs.

 

I am sure you will want to check out the other

Dragonfly Designers on the right hand side
to see what beautiful cards they have made for our

 

Mother's Day/Special Lady Challenge.

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And on a sadder note

This is my last post for Crafting with Dragonflies.

For the present I need to cut back a little on my Crafting time.

 

I would like to say the biggest Thank You to Hilde

who had faith in my work and invited me

to be part of her Design Team when this blog started.

Some of the Challenges we shared over the last 10 months

 certainly took me out of my comfort zone

several times but loved the fact that I got to

try out new ideas.

Next I would like to say Thank You to my

Fellow Design Team Friends for all the

help and encouragement we shared.

It has been an amazing journey.

 

I am just cutting back on some commitments for now 

and will still be sharing my work when time permits.

So stay tuned

 Thank you so much for stopping by..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Are you my WINNER for our Baby Blog Hop?

 

 

Today is the day we announce our WINNERS

of our Baby Blog Hop.

We got to pick a favourite COMMENT on our blogs and

mine was from 

Pia S

who wrote

 

LOVE the curvy border with baby carriages and your card is so beautifully sparkly.

Really cute:)
 

 

Pia - could you contact Judith on

 craftingwithdragonflies@gmail.com
for your PRIZE.
 

Thank you so much for all those who commented did the whole blog hop

worked out the Rhyme and entered a card as we really do

 appreciate you taking the time to participate in our

 BABY BLOG HOP.