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Today's card features the beautiful butterfly from Stampin Up - Swallowtail.

I first stamped it with Brilliance 'pearlescence sky blue' using my Misti and then again with vesamark. I have embossed it with Magical Mysteries 'Mermaid Fin'  which  was in a wonderful assortment of goodies that I recently won from Emerald Creek (Thanks so much) Hopefully you can see the beautiful sheen, as it was very

hard to photograph I have cut it out and adhered it to a piece from a Lawn Fawn pad and added a Hero Arts message embossed in gold. I also went around the edge with a very pale grey tombow marker, as this helps the image to stand out

Challenges 

Emerald Creek Dares  Hello you beautiful thing #ECFEB2018

Emerald Creek Product  - Magical Mysteries

Creative Fingers #158 - a/g

Addicted to stamps and more - CAS

Thanks for visiting and have a great week

Happy Birthday cupcake

Welcome to my blog and to my new follower, Joanna

Today's card was made for my dil's birthday earlier this week. I saw the design on pinterest and used my lovely cupcake die that I won recently. I cut each piece from scraps 4 times and glued together. The 'icing' was in a chocolate colour and the 'paper' in cream, which I coloured with copics to make stripes. The candle is a real one, which I sliced off some of the back, so that I could adhere it to the card. The w,s and h are hand drawn

Challenges

Allsorts #507 - kitchen/cooking/baking

Pixies crafty workshop #346

Enjoy your week and thanks for visiting

Happy Birthday

Hello and Welcome

Today's card features a really cute Penny Black 'stickeroo'

I have teamed it with some toning striped dp and trimmed it with a scalloped and stitched die. I like the shape of this one as it adds more interest. I have finished off with a pre-cut tag, a square brad, and a birthday sticker

Challenges

Uniko - 7th birthday

Penny Black and More  a/g with tag option

The Cat's Pyjamas - furry friends

Crafter's Castle  #14 - a/g

With Love

Welcome and especially to my 2 new followers

Today's card features a die from Tim Holtz which I have cut on some pink card. I also stamped onto a snippet of the same card with Brilliance Lightning Black, and an unknown stamp. I have used a brush and a red ink pad to bring out the design better for more interest. Layered onto a white card blank

Challenges

The Artistic Stamper - heart it

Allsorts  #505 - love

Tales from the craft room - love

Repeat Impressio DCC26- pink and/or red

Pixies crafty workshop - use snippets

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Thank you Di

Welcome

Here is a message from Darnell

Di recently celebrated her SEVENTH anniversary as Headmistress of Pixie's, having taken over the beginning of 2012 from the lovely Jules! That's an enormous accomplishment! Not only that, but in addition to the linky for each challenge, Di also offers a generous prize out-of-pocket!

As a celebration we are taking part in a special blog hop to thank Di for all she does.

I am linking my card to the linky party (I Hope)

Thank you Di blog hop

Love birds

Welcome

Todays' card uses an inky/painty background from my experiments box.

I have stamped the birds from a Diana Wakely set, called Little Birdies

I stamped again on some spare card, coloured and layered over the first stamping. The edges are sponged with DI 'blueprint sketch' which toned nicely with the birds.

Challenges

The Artistic Stamper - a/g (2nd entry)

Crafters Castle - a/g and fun technique (playing with inks and paints)

Southern Girls - Love is in the air

Uniko Studio - a/g with option 'love'

House that stamps built - a/g
The Cat's Pajamas #353 - love

Thanks for visiting

Flowers and Hearts

Hello and welcome to my blog

Today's card features a stamp by Rubber Stampede 'hydrangea'. I have stamped it on kraft with versamark end embossed with detail white EP. I have added a little colour with my new Inktense pencils, attached a red bow from a scrap in my ribbon box and 3 red hearts. After outlining with black I adhered it to a white base card at a slight angle

Challenges

Artistic Stamper - a/g

Paperbabe - fresh start

Allsorts - flowers and hearts

Pixies Crafty Workshop #343 - snippets (ribbon)

Crafty Calender - Make it flowery

Bizzy Becs Challenge - a/g

Cardz tv #80 - a/g

Craft Stamper - Take it Make it

Thanks for visiting and have a very happy new year

Top Bloke!

Hello and welcome to my blog

Wishing everyone a happy and creative new year

Today's card features a stamp by Sullivan's. It is a great set to use for guys

I have coloured with the following Promarkers

R766

R244

O345

O837

The sky was coloured with di's and the grass was from a pad which I cut with my wavy die

The sentiment is from the same set

Challenges

Passion for Promarkers #474 - add a sentiment

Nordsalten #167 - for a friend (he is a golfer)

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Sailing!

Hello and welcome to my blog

Today's card features a stamp that I won a few years ago, and I am not sure who it is from. I stamped onto my card, and again onto a snippet of coloured paper. After cutting around the circle, I glued it in position on the design. I sponged around the edges and did not add a sentiment, but left it plain, as I was writing a message inside. I made it for a neighbour when he came home from a hip operation

Challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Through the Craft Room Door - a/g

House that Stamps Built - a/g

Simon Says Wednesday - a/g

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'free yourself'

Hello and welcome to my blog

Today's card uses the colours that are required for the Rubberdance challenge for this month - pink, teal and grey.

My base card is a very pretty pale grey that has a tiny sparkle in it, but this can only be seen in certain lights. I masked off a strip with some post-it notes and sponged with di 'mermaid lagoon'. I then stamped with the same colour using one of the stamps from the Rubberdance 'Round in Circles' set and the words are from the Artist Plate set. The flower is also from Rubberdance but I don't know what it is called.

Challenges

Rubberdance forever challenge

Rubberdance stamping lounge (FB)

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Christmas Trees

Hello and welcome to my blog

Todays card features a very old stamp from Stamp It titled Aussie Christmas Tree

This works just as well for a New Zealand Christmas, as we are well into summer here! I have used it numerous times as it is such a fun stamp.

I have stamped onto kraft card and embossed with white detail ep.I coloured with my Gelly Roll pens so that the designs stand out well

Challenges

Allsorts #498 - Christmas Trees

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - a/g

Time Out Challenges #124 - joyful

Crafters Castle #12 - a/g

Thanks for visiting and have a very happy festive season

Traditional colours

Hello and welcome

Today's card features a very cute Christmas stamp that I have mislaid the packaging so I am not sure who it is by. I have coloured it with copics and promarkers and cut out with a Stamplorations die. Then layered onto a piece of Christmas DP and layered all onto a dark green base card

Challenges

Penny Black and More - Traditional Christmas

Emerald Creek Dares - Winter Wishes

That's Crafty - a/g

Stamping Sensations - Winter Sparkle

Crafty Calendar - It's Christmas Time

Countryview Challenges - Christmas

Thanks for visiting and best wishes for the festive season

Great Coffee

Hello and welcome to my blog

Todays card was made to join in with the coffee lovers hop.

I used a kraft base layered with red diecut with my new Sizzix die. The mug is a digi which I coloured with copics, and I printed the quote onto some scraps

Challenges

Coffee lovers

Southern Girls - a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop - use snippets

Cardztv #76 - a/g

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3 balloons

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Today's card features a bird from one of my favourite sets - Tim Holtz's bird crazy. I printed the sentiment from  my computer and stamped the bird direct to the card, and again on a seperate scrap. I have used Promarkers to colour - buttercup and arctic blue. The balloons are punched, again from scraps, and he is holding them tucked under his wing. I have cased this card from one I saw on Pinterest, but forgot to take details of the designer, sorry. 

Challenges -

Passion for Promarkers - use 3 of something

CardsTV - a/g

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'gold'

Hello and welcome to my blog.

Today's card features one of my favourite stamps from Paper Artsy. I have stamped it onto a dp using wilted violet distress ink. I stamped the butterfly part again on an extra piece and went over the outlines with my glue pen. I then laid gold leaf over and rubbed it in. After cutting it out I attached it with a glue dot in the centre. The sentiment is from a set by Lawn Fawn embossed in bright gold. The butterfly looks beautiful IRL, but my scan does not show it up well. Edited to add a photo which shows the gold better

Challenges -

Craft Stamper - a/g

Southern Girls - inks and sprays

Paper Artsy -  foiling

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - gold sparkle

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'add a sticker'

Hi everyone.

Today's card is my entry for Southern Girls Challenge 'stuck on you'

I have used a piece of dp on my card front and added a strip of another down the left side. On this I layed a sheer ribbon which I gathered and stitched on.  The main picture is a sticker which I have attached to card and stitched around also. Finished off with a couple of matching buttons

Challenges

Southern Girls - stuck on you

Creative Fingers #154- a/g

Pixies Crafty Workshop #339 - snippets

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cat lovers day 6

cat lovers day6

Here is that 'catitude' cat again, this time stamped on a bright yellow background and cut out with a scalloped rectangle die. I added the sentiment at the bottom on the same paper

cat lovers day5

  Day 5 of the cat lovers blog hop.

This is one of theTim Holtz crazy cats which I have coloured with my copics. I printed the verse, and added a strip of washi tape

cat lovers day 4

My entry for day 4

This was a free image that I had downloaded, it quite tickled my fancy, as it reminded me of a cat we 'inherited' when we bought a house. It stole a whole fish off the bench that I had got out to prepare for our dinner!

I cut out the rectangle with my Stamplorations die and layered onto a green card blank. Then added a little grass with a copic marker

Cat Lovers day 3

Another cat from my catitude set. This one is stamped onto a DI background, I distressed the edges and added a diecut mouse

http://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2018/10/main-hop-post-2018-cat-lovers-hop.html

cat lovers blog hop. day2

Hi everone, and welcome to Day 2 of the cat lovers blog hop.
I made this card using some DP on the left, the red is from a punch and the cat and sentiment are from a set I have had a long time, I think it is called 'catitude'. I added a touch of red to his body too

https://herpeacefulgarden.blogspot.com/2018/10/main-hop-post-2018-cat-lovers-hop.html

cat lovers blog hop day 1

Hi Cat lovers!

Here is my entry for day one of the cat lovers blog hop. I love this card and have made it several times

Boo!

Welcome to my blog

Todays card looks very crooked, but I think it is the way I scanned it!

The background was created on photo paper using brushos and dylusion sprays.

The crazy cat was stamped on the card and also on a separate snippet which I coloured with copics, and glued on top. I also added some 'googly' eyes and stamped 'boo' down the side.

Challenges

Southern Girls - critter crazy

Addicted to stamps - autumn (colours)

Allys Angels - halloween

Artistic Stamper - must be stamped

Simon Says - animal antics
Creatilicious - a/g

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Stripes

Hi everyone and welcome to my blog.

Todays card features DP from Kaisercraft 6x6 Bonjour pad. It is actually a little brighter IRL! The stamp is from a set from Cornish Hertage Farms 'Key Elements' I have also added a bow for embellishment

Challenges -

Southern girls - stripes please

Ellibelles Creative Moments - nature

Pixies playground - snippets
Butterfly challenge - bow,butterfly,border

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Number 25

Hi everyone.

I am back again with a card for the Passion for Promarkers challenge, where they want you to add a number.

I have used my lovely Woodware stamp that I won from Miss Di at Pixies Crafty Workshop. I stamped with Memento and coloured with the following Promarkers

Green - Y524, C446

Red - R766, R555, R274

Yellow - Y247

Carame4l - O727

I used a couple of scraps from my Christmas papers and layered them on to a white base card

Other challenges -

Southern Girls - spots and dots

Addicted to stamps - Christmas comes early

Any holiday

Hi everyone.

I see that HIMCR has a 'any holiday' challenge, and it is almost about to close.

I have made my card base from kraft card, and stamped my snowman on a snippet of a paler colour.After colouring with copics, I have layered over a stripy ribbon, stamped in versamark and embossed in red ep, and added some doodle lines around the edges of both pieces. I also added a tiny white pompom to his hat!

other challenges

Pixies crafty workshop - snippets

Happy Little Stampers - Christmas

Addicted to stamps - Christmas comes early

Rudolph Days - a/g Christmas

Blue

Hi everyone, 

I have been 'missing in action' for a while as we have been away on a trip in our motorhome. I have been catching up on blogs, and saw there was a challenge at Allsorts for the colour blue, or water.

I had recently made this card, cutting it out with my Cameo and colouring the layered flowers with copics, so thought it would be suitable.

I will add a sentiment when I decide who it is for.

Here is a pic of a lovely weeping cherry tree that I took while we were away. You can just see the top of our motorhome behind the fence

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Things with wings

Hi everyone.

Todays card features a beautiful butterfly that I stamped onto vellum and embossed with white detail ep. My background was coloured with distress oxides and I used a stamp with water to take off some of the colour. I added a lovely verse and also some pearls for the body.

Challenges

Allsorts #483 - things with wings

HIMCR #368 - pastels

Sweet Stamping - keep things neutral

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge - a/g
Butterfly Challenge - I have used embossing powder and embellishments

Thanks for your lovely comments and have a great week

Heavy Metal!

Hi everyone.

First of all a very warm welcome to my new followers, MaryH and Susan. I hope you enjoy your visits

Today's card is an experiment to see if I could print a digi stamp over a distressed background, and I was happy to find that it worked quite well. I cut an oblong from a spare piece of card and used it to mask a frame while I coloured the inner oblong with di's. The digi is one that I have had in my files for some time, and I can't recall where I got it from. I have trimmed the bottom with some musical tape and added a key for embellishment

Challenges

Allsorts #482 - music

Southern Girls - use some metal

Creatalicious #146 - a/g

Mod Squad - a/g

The House That Stamps Built - a/g

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Wildflowers

Hi everyone

 Today's card features a background using distress inks and the lovely wildflower stamp  from Crafty Individuals. I layered onto a deeper teal card and finished off with a ribbon

Challenges

Southern Girls - stamping

Paperbabe - a/g (2nd entry)

Fashionable Stamping - It's a bugs life

Dare2Bartsy - a/g

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I am sailing!

Hi everyone.

I have been doing a major 'sort out' of my crafty 'stuff'! 

What a job!!

I found some spare time this morning to make this simple card for the Unstampabelles challenge. The theme is Emboss, and for a male.

I diecut a piece of card from my scrap box, and layered it onto an embossed pale blue paper. The yacht is also diecut 3 times and adhered with mounting tape to raise it up

I am entering the following challenges:-

Unstampabelles #84

Bizzy Becs Store - a/g

Paperbabe #80 - a/g

Allsorts - from boys to men

Jo's Scrap Shack - a/g

CardzTV #60- a/g

HIMCR #366 - die cuts

Pixies Playground - use snippets

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I'm late! I'm late!

Hi everyone, it's good to be back, but time is running out for some challenges!
A very warm welcome to my new followers -

Charlene 'White Deer' Heathwood and Mia

My card today is a simple style for a guy, and I have used a new DarkRoom Door stamp that I bought at a recent Craft Show.

I stamped it twice so that I could raise the lens part, which makes it more realistic. The 'smile' is stamped in silver and I outlined it with a white paint Sharpie

Challenges

Bizzy Becs Store - a/g

Rubberdance - black and white + 1 (my green base card)

CardzTV - a/g

Jo's Scrap Shack - a/g

Addicted to Stamps and More- make your mark

The House that stamps built J2518 - a/g

Thanks for visiting

ink transfer

Hi everyone, and welcome to my blog

Today I am sharing a mixed media wall art that I have made from a kit.

The big white butterfly is done with the transfer method of printing on wax paper, then laying the image face down and rubbing, to transfer the ink. I have used various other stamps direct to the gessoed base and added some flowers, stencilling, butterflies, and some turquoise colour randomly

Challenges 

Paper Artsy - transfers

Southern Girls - a bit flash

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate your comments

casing Monica!

 Hi everyone.

I am just sneaking in at the last minute to join in at Stamplorations 5th birthday bash!

This is Monica's design that I was so impressed with!

 

 This is my take on it using a Kaisercraft stamp, and the warm wishes is an unknown brand. 

I cut it out with my Stamplorations die (which I always have to adjust as US sizes are different from ours) and layered onto some DP and then onto a white card base

Challenges

Stamplorations - casing designer Monica

Addicted to stamps - black and white

Three Amigos - a/g

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Adorable

 Hi all, I hope you are all well

My card today features one of the crazy dogs from Stampers Anonymous, and I have used the mood board from Sum More Fun as my colour palette. The base card matches the first colour, green grass, a patch of blue, a brown shaded dog and a paler fawn background

Challenges -

Sum More Fun
Paperbabe - a/g
The house that stamps built - a/g
Allys angels - a/g
Cardztv - a/g

Bye for now!

a little birdie told me!

Hi everyone

Todays card is the result of some playtime to make some backgrounds. I added Dylusion lime twist, Glimmermist, Peacock feathers DI, and another green spray onto my craft mat. Spritzed with a little water and swiped my heavy watercolour card through it until I was happy with the coverage. After drying, I stamped some music from Crafty Individuals and also some leaves from another CI stamp set.The birds are from a Ranger set called Little Birdies,  I stamped them as well on a scrap, coloured with a mix of copics and promarkers and adhered them over the stamped image.The panel was then attached to a cream card base

Challenges

Stamping Sensations - a/g 2nd entry

Penny Black and More - in the garden (I hope this qualifies!)

Bizzy Becs Store - a/g 2nd entry

Southern Girls - a/g 

Pixies Crafty Workshop #329- use snippets

Thanks for visiting and have a great week