Sweet Sunday Sketch #93

I've been getting a little bit bored with the card sketches I have been using so sought one out at Karen Giron's blog - 'The Sweetest Thing'. Still Christmas, same papers, but a little extra inspiration!



Recipe
Cardstock: Bazzill
Paper: Basic Grey Jovial
Ink: Versa color pinecone and Memento Tuxedo
Bling: Stickles
Stamps: CC Designs
Embossing: Cuttlebug folder
Lettering: Dymo
Flower: Prima

This year: 48 Birthday cards, 28 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 6 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 36 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket, 3 off the page frames and 18 LOs (12x12) and 10 double LO (24x12).

A few Christmas cards........

It's been a while since my last post on here but I have still been crafting, in between my long service leave and getting caught back up at work after 7 weeks away. But since getting home I have been to the amazing Hyden Retreat that Karen from Scrappin Outback puts on and once again it was awesome. May get around to up loading some of my creations at sometime. But in the meantime I have been busy getting my cards made for Christmas.







Recipe
Cardstock: Bazzill
Paper: Mostly Basic Grey Jovial
Ink: Versa color pinecone and Memento Tuxedo
Bling: Stickles
Stamps: CC Designs
Embossing: Cuttlebug folder
Paint: Kaiser Cream
Tags: Nestabilities Dies and Collections Chipboard

This year: 48 Birthday cards, 28 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 6 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 35 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket, 3 off the page frames and 18 LOs (12x12) and 10 double LO (24x12).

Play Date Cafe and a little bit of crochet....

I've been getting a lot of inspiration from lollychops over the last few months and with her tutorial on crocheting on to paper just had to give it a go. I used the Playdate Cafe Colour Challenge as a starting point for this simple girls birthday card.




Recipe
Cardstock: Coredinations
Paper: October Afternoon Cherry Hill and Doodlebug Designs Potpourri
Ink: Distress Ink Tea Dye
Bling: Prima Flower centres
Flowers: cut with a tim holtz flower die

This year: 43 Birthday cards, 28 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

41 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Taylored Expression Sketch #114

This card has evolved over a few days - starting with the colouring on Sunday, the paper choices on Monday and the flower making this morning. It's based on Taylors sketch from over at Taylored Expressions....



Recipe
Cardstock: Coredinations
Paper: My little shoebox - Little Ladies
Stamp:Sugar Nellie - Bee
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Stampin Up Taken with Teal and Wild Wasabi and Distress Ink Tea Dye
Pens: Copic Markers, Zig writer and Prisma Pencils - white, Signo Uniball White
Bling: Prima Flower centres
Alphas: Carolee Creations Adorn It Flirtacious

This year: 42 Birthday cards, 28 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

41 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Layouts and Projects....

What a week it has been - in the last 7 days I have travelled over 1500km, all involving three trips from home to somewhere. The first was last weekend, heading up to Perth with scrappin buddies for a workshop with Becky Fleck - how lucky do I feel! We created some awesome projects designed by Becky and fell in love with her as a person.








Next was a trip to Narrogin for work ( a 400km round trip) and then a trip to Dumbleyung for my awesome Year 6/7s students to perform in the Lakes Speech and Drama Festival - they were awesome winning 1st prrize for Choral Speaking. This afternoon I am going to do a little scrappin and tomorrow I am going to do a few card and colour challenges in between lunch with one fo the towns Lions - I am joining, feel the need to do some service!

Becky Fleck Workshop

The workshop today was so awesome - we completed 3 12x12 layouts and 2 off the page projects. 1 an awesome framed photo and the other a butterfly canvas. Pics to follow!!!!!

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Crazy4Challenges #35

When I looked at the Crazy4Challenges sketch this week I immediately saw a window - so Tilda is sitting on the window frame backed with velum. The scalloped frame is left ovre from a card I made Friday night - I acceidently cut a scallop circle when I should have cut a plain circle so had the scallop frame left over once I cut the circle out of the scalloped circle.....did that make sense...lol



Recipe
Cardstock: Bazzil and Coredinations
Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie (Petticoat and bonnet), SEI Dill Blossom (Fennel)
Stamp:Sentiment - My Favorite Things - About Mother and Magnolia - Tilda with envelope
Ink: Memento Tuxedo and Distress Ink Tea Dye
Pens: Copic Markers, Zig writer and Prisma Pencils - white, Signo Uniball White
Bling: Doodlebug Designs Jewels

This year: 41 Birthday cards, 28 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

A few challenges.......

I had a little play yesterday afternoon with a few challenges - the first a double challenge with the Just Magnolia Sketch and The Play Date Cafe's colour combination challenge - This little Tilda has a letter for her Mom......


The second was for the Just Us Girls Challenge another card for Mom!



Recipe
Card 1
Cardstock: Bazzil and Coredinations
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday (Tuesday)
Stamp:Sentiment - My Favorite Things - About Mother and Magnolia - Tilda with letter
Ink: Memento Tuxedo and Stampin Up Wild Wasabi
Ribbon: Fancy Pants
Bling: Prima Pearls
Pens: Copic Markers, Zig writer and Signo Uniball White
Card 2
Cardstock: Bazzil and Coredinations
Paper: Cratepaper - Katlin Collection (Bubblegum and Scribbles)
Stamp:Sentiment - My Favorite Things - About Mother and CC Designs Spring Swiss Pixies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo
Ribbon: Fancy Pants
Bling: Doodlebug Designs Jewels
Pens: Copic Markers, Zig writer and Signo Uniball White


This year: 41 Birthday cards, 27 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Blog Candy up for grabs at Mad for Markers....

Having just done a challenge over at the Aussie Mad for Markers I became a follower and found out that they and The Stamp Spot have just released some blog candy...check it out!


How can you win it?

1. Between now and the 15th May 2010, sign up as a follower on both blogs – you must be a follower on both blogs to win.
2. You must then post a blog post on your own blog, announcing this blog candy to your followers and readers.
3. Leave a comment on both blogs, sharing the link to your post.

Well I'm done head on over if your interested!

Sweet Sunday Sketch (running late) and Mad for Markers Challenge

Just discovered this new little blog Mad for Markers and am VERY impressed with their design team so thought I would have a go at their Colour Challenge this week - Monochromatic Copics - I've used the teal (surprise surprise) and used the Sketch over at The Sweetest Thing.



Markers I have used are: BG09 - 10 -15 - 49, E00 - 02, RV32, 100, C1 - 5

Recipe
Cardstock: Bazzil and Coredinations
Paper: October Afternoon Road Map (Blue and White Motel), SEI Dill Blossom (Fennel), My Little Shoebox Inbloom (Botanical)
Stamp:Sentiment - My Favorite Things - About Mother and Sugar Nellie - Purrfect friends
Ink: Memento Tuxedo and Stampin Up Blue Bayou
Ribbon: Fancy Pants
Pens: Copic Markers, Zig writer and Prisma Pencils - white, Signo Uniball White


This year: 41 Birthday cards, 25 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

A few cards over the weekend.....

Managed a quick trip up to Perth this weekend to catch up with a few friends on Saturday night and my brother, SIL and niece on Sunday morning for a quick breakfast before heading home. I timed it so that I would be able to attend the ANZAC service in Brookton to give my respects to all the service men and women that have fought and are fighting for our freedoms. Once home on Sunday the furbabies were in definite need of some running to get rid of some energy and the house was in desperate need of some dusting and sweeping - and it was so!

The weekend continued into Monday giving me an opportunity to hit my stash a little and with a few sketch challenges to get the creative juices running I put together a few cards. The first is for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #110.

The second is for the 2S4U Challenge #50.

The last one was made using one of my assignments for the inking class I am doing with Kim Teasdale.


Recipe
Card 1
Cardstock: Bazzil and Coredinations
Paper: October Afternoon Cherry Hill Collection
Stamp:Sentiment - My Favorite Things - About Mother
Ink: Distress Ink - Tea Dye
Ribbon: Fancy Pants
Card 2
Cardstock: Bazzil and Coredinations
Paper: October Afternoon Cherry Hill Collection
Stamp: Sentiment - My Favorite Things (About Mother) and Sugar Nellie Manga Girl
Pens: Zebra Jimnie Rollerball Gold, Copic Markers, Zig writer and Prisma Pencils - white
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Stampin Up YoYo Yellow
Ribbon: Fancy Pants
Card 3
Cardstock: Coredinations
Stamp:Taylored expressions Branching Out and Sugar Nellie - Purrfect friends, Sentiment - My Favorite Things (About Mother)
Pens:Zebra Jimnie Rollerball Gold, Copic Markers, Zig writer and Prisma Pencils - white
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord and Broken China, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, YoYo Yellow and Soft Sky
Handmade mask for the hill

This year: 41 Birthday cards, 24 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Lesson 2 cont......

Another night sky attempt...this is one of my new stamps from Sugar Nellie Stamps - Gorjuss - Alittle bird told me...isn't she adorable!


Recipe
Cardstock: Black and Gold
Stamp:Sugar Nellie - Gorjuss ( A little bird told me)
Pens: Zebra Jimnie Rollerball Gold, Copic Markers, Zig writer and Prisma Pencils - white and brown
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Clear embossing ink, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord and Broken China, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa
Gold embossing powder
Flowers, pins and ribbon: unknown


This year: 41 Birthday cards, 21 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Lesson 2 part 2

My 5th assignment in my sponged ink backgrounds class with Kim Teasdale was to create a night sky around a central image and I am really happy with the result - Kim's moodles are awesome!


Can't wait to incorporate it into a card!

Recipe
Cardstock: White
Stamp:Taylored expressions Branching Out
Pens: Zebra Jimnie Rollerball Gold
Ink: Memento Tuxedo, Distress Ink Tumbled Glass, Dusty Concord and Broken China, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, YoYo Yellow and Soft Sky
Handmade mask for the hill

This year: 40 Birthday cards, 21 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Card Patterns Sketch #60

I've made 2 cards for the Card Patterns sketch challenge - one that follows the sketch cpompletely and the other that follows the sketch loosely - I love the soft colours of the little boy on the chatterbox paper but love the effect of patchworking the Doodlebug patterned paper.




Recipe
Cardstock: Coredinations and Bazzil White
Paper: Doodlebug paper potpourri and Chatterbox Chateau
Stamp:CC Designs Spring Pixie, Hero Arts balloon and Computer generated Sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo and Distress Ink Tumbled Glass
Punches: Nesties scalloped circle and circle
Bling: Doodlebug sugar and Ranger Glossy Accents
Ribbon: Fancy Pants Daydreams
Button: Basic Grey

This year: 40 Birthday cards, 21 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!

Peet inspired and Lesson 2 - Sponged ink backgrounds

Still making Mother's Day cards for Scrappin Outback and still using Peet's design - its soooo pretty and I've used funky papers as well as more traditional ones.

Recipe
Cardstock: Coredinations and Bazzil White
Paper: Card 1 and 2 - WeRMemory Keepers Nonsense and Card 3 K&Company Breeze
Stamp:Computer generated sentiment
Punches: Nestie circle and scalloped circle and Fiskars border Upper Crest




This last card is for my Kim Teasdale Class over at My Creative Classroom. We are on to lesson 2 creating sky effects and this is my first assignment creating clouds - 2 more assignments to go!



Recipe
Cardstock: Coredinations and Bazzil White
Stamp:CC Designs Spring Pixie and Stampin Up Sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo and Distress Ink Tumbled Glass
Punches: hand cut cloud
Bling: Doodlebug sugar and Ranger Glossy Accents

This year: 40 Birthday cards, 19 Mothers Day cards, 1 Fathers Day card, 12 Easter Cards, 8 Just to say Hi cards, 7 Valentine cards, 6 Thankyou cards, 7 new baby cards, 5 Wedding/Engagement Cards, 1 concertina card, 3 Christmas cards, 1 congratulations grandad card, 2 Easter basket and 9 LOs (12x12) and 6 double LO (24x12).

31 cards sold on Etsy - YAY!!!