Sketch Challenge at The Outlawz

Over at The Outlawz I have entered this card for Wednesday's Sketch Challenge.

I used white cs as a base and popped another white cs embossed with CB Houndtooth. Cut inked floral image Gumnut Brush by Stamp It Australia with Spellbinders Labels 18 and sponged around edges. Flower tips have perfect pearls. Green twine was intertwined over ribbon. 3 pp drops finished the image.

A CAS card for the current Perfect Sentiments Challenge

Over at Perfect Sentiments their current challenge is to do a Distressed Thank You card and since I have been away I thought I would do a CAS one. So here it is -

Pretty simple really. Aqua cs has been topped with white for backing and a further aqua piece of cs has been embossed with CB Bird Call and distressed to show the outline. I distressed the edges also and added ribbon and sentiment from SU to say Thank You. There you have it.

http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

Back Home to Craft

I have been MIA for a few weeks now. First I went to visit my sister who lives about 4 hours from me outside Toowoomba and stopped by to have lunch with an old work mate. We stayed longer than we expected but hey anytime spent with family is GOOD. After coming home from there we had to repack our port (as it is called here in Q'land) suitcase to all others and headed south to the Sunshine Coast to celebrate a 90th surprise birthday gathering where we caught up with more friends we hadn't seen for a few years. Lots of fun and laughter for the week end and again stayed longer than expected. Now we are finally home and settled I now have time to get back to crafting. I so missed doing challenges so have been busy since I got back and have got a few done.

Below is the card I made for this special occasion.

The cs is metallic grey and topped with metallic apricot It is scored in the middle and topped with cb folder cut and placed over the top. Behind the poinsettia is the Cherry Lynn Italian Flourish die which has the Spellbinders Poinsettia added and finished off with a centre pearl to match the leaves. Spellbinder Tag is popped and a 90 cut out from CB alphabet and pearls either side. Apricot ribbon added to finish it off. 

I wll be back soon to add some cards I recently finished for a few challenges I would like to enter.

What if? Wednesday Sketch Challenge F2212

Over at The House that Stamps Built this weeks challenge is a simple Sketch Challenge.
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/


 

 Here is my entry.

I stamped SU Fifth Avenue Floral stamp in 2 different blues on the top half and scored the borrom half. Then topped it with Spellbinders Fleur De Lis with floral paper and added the smaller die from the same set in both blues. Added ribbon, pearls and MS hydrangea punched flowers to the top. Underneath is a small button tied with a bit of twine and cutout from Nellie Snellan's Round Lily.

I WON!



First of all I would like to thank Bugaboo for their generous sponsorship of the recent

Paper Pierced Holidays & Seasons Challenge over at http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

which I won with my Rainbow Butterfly card.

This weeks challenge is a Get Well Sketch.

I will be back later to post this new card.

  

Challenge Time

I have made this card for 2 challenges. The first is Outlaws Monday Greeting Card Challenge where Rainbow colours were asked for. Rainbows and a pot of Gold go hand in hand. We just need to find it!
http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/birthdaycard/forum/topics/greetings-challenge-february-13th

and the second is for Perfect Sentiments Challenge where we were asked to do a holiday/season card with paper piercing. I think of rainbows and it reminds me of St Patrick's Day and that pot of Gold that is supposed to be at the end.
http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/psc19-all-holiday-and-seasons.htmlt

 Sizzix butterflies in rainbow colours are attached on top of CS painted around the edges and white cs spritzed. Rainbow twine added and paper pierced. Corner flourish is from Kaisercraft and heat embossed in red The large red butterfly is glittered and other butterflies are doubled layered.

My New Challenge for the week.



I am entering this card in the Just Us Girls latest challenge. We are to add buttons to our card. Here I have added a button on top of ribbon after threading a little thread to add a little bit of dimention. Products used are mainly SU. I have popped a second butterfly on top of the middle one and paper pieced underneath the SU sentiment.

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/just-us-girls-challenge-123-technique.html





A New Link

I made a mistake when I uploaded my cards yesterday and put them all together for the DCC21 Challenge at The House that Stamps Built so I am posting this card again hoping I can link it up correctly.
The flowers are from SU Fifth Avenue Floral. The main flower I inked in purple and gold and attached a gold pearl. The other 2 flowers have the centres coloured. All flowers are heat embossed. Added gold strip with cuttlebug border. Border punch is from SU as is the sentiment. Above that I scored 3 lines but cannot be seen in the photo. Here is the link for it http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc21-embossing-challenge/

More Challenges.

I have made 3 more cards for the challenges at The House That Stamps Built and these 3 cards are for the Repeat Impressions DCC21 Designers Choice Challenge where we had to do Heat Embossing.
The top 2 are heat embossed with SU Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set and the bottom one is heat embossed with SU Vintage Vogue.
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/ Here is the link for this Challenge.

A New Challenge for me this week.

Over at The House that Stamps Built I am entering the following card in their What If? Wednesday Challenge. The background paper is glittered but is hard to see. Paper flower is spritzed and has heart brad in centre and backed with Fleur De Lis Nesty. Tag has glitter around edges and held with a multi coloured crochet cotton. Here is the link for this challenge.
http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

This is a card I made with generous supplies from Pattie Jones for a kit swap over in Downunder Stampers at StampTV .
I spritzed the yellow cs with Rich Razzleberry from SU. The orange & pink cs is cut with the Hearts die from Spellbinders. The tiny hearts are from the cut outs. The white doily and base cs is spritzed with silver. The gorgeous ribbon was weaved through a Joy Craft die. The big and tiny flowers are embellishments. The flourish is a Marianne die and the branches were punches. Also gave the large flowers a spritz with the silver.
THANK YOU PATTIE FOR BEING SO GENEROUS.

and another card I made from Pattie's generous kit. I made the doily into a fan after painting it in silver. An idea I picked up from Pattie. Beautiful flourishes added. The ribbon I cut into squares and attached. Liquid pearls around the fan.
Again THANK YOU PATTIE

Site Seeing in London

This is the left side

and the 2 pages showing the middle is popped up

and the right side

Here is a few more pages of my UK trip. Checking out the tourist sites of London.

Some Scrappin'

I have just joined the group Let's Scrap so to move away from cards this time I am going to add a couple of my favourite Scrap Pages. This is a double page layout of my trip back to Scotland and my home town with my sister. Precious Memories here.

New CAS Challenge over at Outlawz

This week over at Outlawz the CAS challenge is Tags. Here is my entry. I have criss crossed the front card so I can add my tag inside. Turn it over and there is a greeting.

I have just realized it is BLACK FRIDAY so be careful not to cross paths with a black cat....

New challenge over at The Outlawz

This is a card I have entered into this weeks CAS challenge over at The Outlawz. It was a quick and easy card I made for my sister who was visiting for the New Year. She has taken it home to frame.

White cs base with red cb embossed pattern with tartan ribbon. Ovals cut from nestie. Thistle stamp heat embossed in yellow purple and green and popped up. Finished off with 3 yellow pearls. Scottie dog is a fridge magnet.

Tracy's blog candy.

This is the blog candy give away at Tracy's blog

Just checking in.

Hello my Friends - Hope you have had a Happy Christmas with family/friends and are getting ready for a new year of creativity and friendship.
Haven't ventured into my craft room to make any cards yet but will get back in there soon.

Over at my friend Tracy's blog - http://iwannabuildamemory.blogspot.com/ she is giving away some blog candy. Please check out this wonderfully creative blog and leave some kind comments for her awsome work.

Perfect Sentiments Challenge

I was just over at The Perfect Sentiment and their current challenge is an Anniversary Inspiration so I thought what better way to show off an Anniversary card depicting 50 years of Happy Married Life.

Here are the details -

Curious metallic ice gold cs, gold embossing ,gold foil patterned paper,own ribbons, 2 heart emb, nesties frames, photo popped, chino pearls on frame.

Merry Christmas

Just a note to wish all my blogger friends a Merry Christmas. Thank you for being my friend and visiting my blog. I will have a lot more in the New Year for you to look through and hopefully leave me nice comments. They really are appreciated.

Blog Candy

Over at ABC Toys & Crafts they are having a Holiday Blog Candy drawing. Check it out. There is a link on the bottom right hand side of this page.