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Saturday 10 July 2021

Butterfly Repeat

 


Hello and welcome

Today's card uses a very old Hero Arts stamp C4783 Multi-Pattern Butterfly.It is possibly about 10 years old. I stamped it 3 times on a scrap of white card and again on white paper using some jade ink and clear embossing for the added layer. I then attached it to some DP(Lawn Fawn - watercolour wishes) and edged with silver peeloffs and a birthday peeloff as well. The butterfly bodies have been embellished with clear gems

Challenges

Paperbabe # 148 - a/g

Stamping Sensations - for a lady

A blog named hero - repeat yourself

Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g

Pammies Inky Pinkys #2127 - a/g

Thanks for visiting and leaving me a kind comment


Tuesday 6 July 2021

Snowy Christmas

 


Hello all
Another one for my Christmas card box.
I have followed the sketch from BYSH Cardmakers. My scrap of reindeer DP was not big enough to use as a base, so I attached it to the top and bottom after rounding the corners.The gap in the middle is covered with white card layered onto black. I stamped the 'Snowy' from the Penny Black 'Holly Jolly' set onto a white stitched circle, layered onto a scalloped circle in black and attached to the strip. The sentiment is a peeloff which I coloured black Promarkers used were Antique Pink and Azure. I also added a little pom pom onto his hat

Challenges
Crafty Catz #558 - a/g (I did not use the doodling option)
Dragonfly Dreams - Christmas in July
Lost Coast - Christmas in July
Incy Wincy - Christmas in July
Pixies Crafty Workshop - a/g with snippets
Ikes World - Christmas in July

Thank you for visiting


Tuesday 29 June 2021

Monday 28 June 2021

Summertime!

 


Welcome back, so nice to have you here
I have made another card using the ephemera that Crystal sent me. All the pieces are so colourful, and this certainly reminds me of summer, even though we are mid-winter here! I used two of the patterned pieces for the background, then layered the image with a scrap of black card, and added a matching button for extra interest

Challenges
Allsorts #630 - use design paper
Unstampabelles #112 - my season is Summer
Crafty Catz #557 - I used the Summer option


Friday 25 June 2021

Watermelon Gnome

 


Good afternoon all, and welcome to my blog
I received a surprise parcel yesterday from a lovely crafting friend, containing some very cute watermelon ephemera. 
This morning I had some spare time to 'play', and this is the result
I roughly followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday

Challenges
TTCRD - a/g
Time Out #190 - photo inspiration (reminds me of Summer)
Double D - Signs of Summer

Friday 18 June 2021

Dandelion Wishes

 


Welcome

Today's card is made from 'smooshing' colour onto an embossing folder and then running it through my cuttlebug. I used faded jeans, mermaid lagoon, cracked pistachio, distress ink and forest moss dox. 

The folder is from a free set from a magazine that I was given, and also has stamps that are in the same theme. I used one of the butterflies to stamp on vellum, emboss with detail white ep and fussy cut. I also stamped the message from another set onto vellum and tore it into a strip which I attached with Art Glitter Glue

Challenges

Lets Squash it #9 - nature and watercolouring (2nd entry)

Crafters Cafe #268 - insects/butterflies

Allsorts #628 - butterflies and bugs

Crafting Happiness #100 - a/g

Thanks for visiting and stay safe!

Thursday 17 June 2021

Owl Christmas


 




 Welcome
Today's card follows the sketch from BYSH cardmakers
I have used some DP from a magazine as the background and used a toning card for the scalloped pieces. I stamped the Christmas owl on a scrap of white, diecut into a circle and layered onto the scalloped circle. I then trimmed it back so I could attach it to the side. After colouring with Promarkers, I stamped the TH hat onto red card and also white card, so that I could paper piece the trim. I also added a snowflake sticker which I attached to the blue card and fussy cut
The base card is a dark navy colour

Challenges
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Birds
Clever Dexter #18 - favourite technique (paper Piecing)

Monday 14 June 2021

shells

 


Hi everyone

Today's card was a bit of an experiment for the challenge at Lets Squash It,

The theme is nature and watercolours.

I rubbed distress inks - pumice stone, walnut stain, and black soot directly onto the embossing folder then spritzed with water.

After running through my cuttlebug and allowing it to dry naturally I added some string to the wavy lines, trimmed and adhered to a white card base

Challenges

Lets Squash it

Allys Angels - a/g

Paperbabe - a/g

Crafty Catz - a/g

Bastel-traum - water

Thursday 10 June 2021

Magical Worlds

 

Hi everyone.

Slipping in at the last minute with my entry for the magical worlds challenge.

-fairy

-silver floss

-lavender paper

-wink of stella clear on wings

-wink of stella purple on flower buds

Challenges

Allsorts #627 - magical worlds

Crafty Catz #554 - a/g ( I did not use the tag option)

Bizzy Becs Store - a/g

Thursday 3 June 2021

With love

 


Hi everyone

I am back today with a card that I made this afternoon.

I used a digi from Stamplorations which I have coloured with chalk pastels for the flowers and Promarkers for the butterflies.

I cut through it diagonally, but trimmed around the butterfly. In the space I inserted a strip and stamped the sentiment with Brilliance graphite black using my Misti


Challenges

Stamplorations - spring fling

Pammies Inky Pinkies 2122 - butterflies

Allys Angels #46 - a/g

Time Out #189 - inspired by the word 'spring'




Thursday 27 May 2021

Serene scene!

 


Hi everyone.

I am back today with my card for a couple of challenges that are about to close soon.I printed the image on photo paper and trimmed it down. The blue layer has been embossed twice with a border die.

I have added 3 blue rhinestones and a peeloff which I coloured to match. My card base is white

challenges

Unstampabelles #111 - adventure, I can imagine setting off in a canoe and exploring this beautiful lake

Cardztv #141 - a/g

Lets squash it #8 - leave some space and bling

AAAcards #190 - birthday

Art Impressions - birthday cards



Monday 24 May 2021

Full 0f Happy!

 


Hello and welcome

Today's card features some bright rainbow colours on Yupo paper. It was in my background box, and I can't remember exactly how I did it. I trimmed it to layer onto a black card base and stamped my crazy bird onto a scrap and coloured him to match. I also stamped the message on a scrap with 'Shades dye ink' in orange, and outlined the 'happy' with a black pen

Challenges

Allsorts #625 - a/g with bright happy colours

We Love Chocolate Baroque - bright sunny colours

AAA Birthday #25 - Happy Birthday (2nd entry)

Pixies Crafty Workshop #403 - use scraps

YNS #164 - scraps

Papercraft Challenges #70 - a/g



Sunday 16 May 2021

Under the sea

 


Welcome back to my blog
Today's card started off with a 'painty' background that I did not like, so I swiped over it with a small DI ink pad 'faded jeans' and then splashed some water on.
My stamp is from  Kaisercraft called  Coastal Escape, and I lightly coloured some of the seaweed. I diecut the sea horse with my cuttlebug from a scrap and coloured with copics, then used the seahorse stamp from the set to stamp some detail. The two little starfish and the rock were diecut as well. It is adhered to a black base card

Challenges
Art Impressions - under the sea
Lost Coast #122 - under the sea

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely day


Thursday 13 May 2021

65th

 

Hi everyone

I am sharing a card today that I made for a friend's birthday

I stamped the background with one of my large background stamps and added some punched layered flowers and leafy diecuts

Challenges

A blog named Hero - shaped cards

Through the craft room door - a/g

The Paper Shelter #469 - shaped cards

Ikes World #144 - a/g

Crafty Creations - a/g

Thanks for visiting

Sunday 9 May 2021

Nautical Napkin

 

I am sharing a male card today using the napkin technique which I was reminded about recently.

I applied it to a card slightly smaller than my base card and sponged the edges with Faded Jeans DI

I then added a knotted piece of string and the birthday peeloff

Challenges

Girlz Creative Crafts #12 - Mens cards

Creative Fingers #400 - a/g

CardzTV #140 - a/g

AAABirthday #25 Birthday


Thanks for visiting and your kind comments

Friday 7 May 2021

Best wishes

 


Hi everyone

I have just returned from Radiology where I had an ultrasound on my thyroid. They found a couple of 'lumps', so now will await another Doctor's appointment. It seems to have been a never-ending round of specialist appointments  in the last six months!

Back to my card.

 I adhered a piece of DP to my black card base and then added the 3 green strips which I coloured by swiping with my Memento 'bamboo leaves' ink pad. I then added a double layer flower from my embellishments box, and the peeloff which I had coloured black.

Challenges

The Paper Funday Challenges #29 - a/g/flowers/floral

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend


Sunday 2 May 2021

Birthday Wishes

 


Today's card is made from a piece of DP (Colorbok) cut out with A Stamplorations die and layered onto the base which has had the edges sponged with 'Shades' dye ink in Orange

I stamped the flowers onto orange Bazill card and fussy cut them, and the 2 big leaves onto a green scrap of Bazill. The other green leaves are diecut. I then added the white and black dots and stamped the sentiment with Brilliance Graphite black


Challenges

Mod Squad - flowers, spring has sprung

Allsorts #622 - spring blossoms

YNS #163 - burst of colour

Friday 30 April 2021

Christmas again

 


Another card for the Christmas box and another entry for the Spring into Christmas blog hop
I diecut the snowman from white card and layered onto a red card base. I then added some black buttons and the bird's eye with Enamel Accents I drew around the edge with a white Sharpie and filled in to make the design as per a suggestion by Natasha Foote
Challenges
(BYSHC) hop - spring into  Christmas (2nd entry



Monday 26 April 2021

Christmas Wishes


Hello everyone, I hope you are keeping well
My card today follows the sketch from Sketch Saturday
I have used a New Zealand made stamp of a pohutukawa blossom, which is better  known as our New Zealand Christmas tree, as it blooms at Christmas time and is a stunning sight, usually found in coastal areas. I highlighted the ends with red Kindyglitz, which doesn't show so well in the scan.I also trimmed some sparkly washi tape to edge the sentiment which was stamped with Brilliance, I think the colour is called red gold
Challenges
BYSHC - Spring into Christmas hop
 



Saturday 24 April 2021

Lets Squash It #7


 



Hello all and welcome
This is one of the cards that I have made for Mother's Day, which is May 9th in our country
I have specifically made it for the 'Lets Squash It challenge' where we have been asked for 3 embossing folders and a person.
I cut my background piece and inserted a dotty one in the gap so that it would fit in my card
I then embossed the floral strip, computer generated the message, and added this lovely little vintage girl.
Challenges

Monday 19 April 2021

Perfectly Pantone

 



I am using this beautiful stamp again from Paperbabe. I stamped it on yellow card with a slightly deeper yellow ink and then fussy cut. I positioned it in the bottom right corner and trimmed off the excess, and added a touch of yellow Wink of Stella to highlight

I then used an embossing folder to make the flag message and mounted on a scrap of the yellow card, and adhered to the pale grey card base.

These are the current Pantone colours as requested for

The Mod Squad challenge

Paperbabe #142 - a/g

Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g

Friday 16 April 2021

Bee Happy!


 


 
Good morning all
Today's bright and cheerful card is all about the bees!
I first stamped a portion of honeycomb background ( Indigo Blu) to the right, and then diecut a circle from a scrap that was lying on my desk.
I stamped it with the hive and smaller bee, and edged with a black marker
The words were stamped directly onto the card, and the larger bee on a scrap and the fussy cut
They were all embossed with detail clear ep and the large bee is raised on mounting tape
challenges
Allsorts #619 - butterflies, birds or bees
Crafters Castle #40 - Spring/Mother's Day/Summer
Crafty Calendar - spring/easter


Monday 12 April 2021

Happy Birthday doggie!

 


Hi everyone.

It is good to be back home after a 10 day road trip in our motorhome

This quick and easy card was made with Penny Black stickeroos adhered to some scraps of white card. 

I diecut the dog with a die that I won from Stamplorations and edged with a red copic marker

The bone is edged with a black marker and I used an offcut of striped card for the layering

Challenges I would like to enter

Penny Black Saturday - a/g or cute

Pixies Crafty workshop #400 - use snippets

Ally's Angels #45 - a/g

Crafter's Castle #40 - a/g

Crafty Catz #546 - a/g

Thursday 25 March 2021

Spring Summer coffee lovers #4

 


My fourth entry for the Spring/Summer coffee lovers hop.
I printed my digi and coloured with copics, sharpies and WOS, then fussy cut and attached in the corner of the bright base card
The message and bee are from a freebie set from a magazine, and stamped with Brilliance graphite black

challenges
Passion for markers #584 - bunnies or blooms
The Cats Pajamas #277 - use florals
Allsorts #616 - spring flowers





Wednesday 24 March 2021

Spring summer coffee lovers #3

 




Another entry for the Spring/Summer coffee lovers hop
I printed the digi and coloured some of the words etc with copics
Distressed the edges and sponged with walnut stain DI
Adhered to a brown textured card base

Monday 22 March 2021

Spring Summer coffee lovers #2

 


My second entry for the Coffee Lovers blog hop
I printed a Stamplorations digi onto Fabriana card and coloured with copics.
Attached to a pretty coral colour base card



Sunday 21 March 2021

Spring Summer coffee lovers



Hi everyone, I have been away, so had to make a card quickly this evening for this fabulous hop.

I stamped the background using a very old un-named stamp and expresso ink pad.

I then added a strip of washi, and my lovely Stamplorations sticker which I attached to some kraft card

Coffee Loving Cardmakers

 

Thursday 18 March 2021

pillow box

 

 hi everyone

Today's project is not a card, but a pillow box that I cut out on my Cameo Silhouette, using some Coredinations card that I have been hoarding for many years. I used a funky flower embossing folder on the front and sanded to expose the underlying colour.

The flower is a Dreaming Tree design that I cut using scraps from my never shrinking scrap box, and the stamens are made with a punch

Challenges

Let's Squash it #6 - boxing clever with floral embossing

Pixies Crafty Workshop #398 - using scraps

Sunday 14 March 2021

Shadow stamping

 


 My first attempt at this technique after watching a video by Natasha Foote, a fellow kiwi

I used a very old pink stamp pad and part of a set by Rubber Dance (round in circles) to stamp directly onto my base card 

Then I used versamark and  a cherry blossom stamp from a Flourishes set, and then shifted the stamp slightly and stamped with a white  ink pad. The sentiment is stamped onto velum, trimmed and wrapped around, and I also added some white highlights with a white Sharpie pen

Challenges

Ikes World #142 - a/g / opt monochrome

Stamping Sensations - monochromatic

Cute Card Thursday #677 - Celebrate

Allsorts - a stamped image

Allys Angels #44 - a/g

Thanks for visiting today and stay safe

Monday 8 March 2021

shabby chic

 


Hi everyone and welcome back

Today's card was made using a scrap of a pretty designer paper (unknown) with a torn edge that I sponged with walnut stain DI. I attached the picture and added a pink sponged butterfly, a matching flower, gold peeloff sentiment and a gold strip down the right hand side.

Challenges

Creations in Pink #31 - a/g

The Funky Junkie Boutique - a/g/vintage/shabby chic

Creative Sketchy Girls #57 - girls only

A perfect time to craft #3-2021 - a/g

Bizzy Becs Store challenge - a/g

Saturday 27 February 2021

Birthday Girl

 


I made today's card for my dil's birthday
I cut a square of patterned paper slightly smaller than my card base, and then used a matching plain paper to die cut the zig zags and the TH flowers. The centres are brads.
The black happy day is made from wood, and a made the 'birth' piece from scraps and peel off stickers

I would like to enter the following challenges
Unstampabelles #108 - a/g (2nd entry)
Uniko - 9th birthday celebration
The Cats Pajamas #376 - use patterned paper (2nd entry)
AAA Birthday #22 - a large sentiment



Thanks for visiting today

Friday 26 February 2021

Birthday Boy

 


Hi everyone, I am back again with another last minute card for the challenge at Sketch Saturday
I have used a textured brown card as my base, added a layered strip for my peeloff sentiment. a diecut circle and a fussy-cut dog picture that I had in my 'things to use' box

Challenges


Time Out #182 - 7th birthday

Thanks for visiting


Thursday 25 February 2021

Purple

 

Good morning all, I hope you are enjoying your day.

We will shortly be going to do our weekly grocery shop, so just time to do this post beforehand

This design is similar to one I saw recently

I stamped my flower (Paperbabe) onto a scrap with Shades Dye ink in purple majesty, coloured with  Promarker orchid and Copic Sketch amethyst, and the centre with Wink of Stella gold.After trimming down I edged both layers with gold pen and marked out a square onto the first layer. I also outlined with gold the message piece and used a peeloff for the message. I have hundreds of these to use so you will be seeing a lot of them!!

Challenges

3 room studio #24 - use purple

Pixies crafty workshop #397 - using snippets

Passion for Markers #580 - feminine

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #152 - a/g

A Perfect time to craft - a/g