Stampabilitys

Two Cards for Two Granddads!

2011-04-15T04:13:00.000-04:00

Big Bad Granddad

Today I was busy making cards for two very special men in our lives, our Dads, our kids Granddads, have there birthdays coming up very soon and they are only days apart.

This is the first Granddad card completed today (scroll down for card number two), this one is for my DH's Dad. I used this fantastic Robot image from Tiddly Inks; Big Bad Dad. The colors are inspired from this weeks challenge at The Play Date Cafe.

Material Used;

Tiddly Inks Big Bad Dad digi, copic caio markers, SU Kraft, Whisper White & Old Olive card stock, Creative Imaginations Be A Man DP, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sprocket Gears and brads, twine.

Challenges Entered;

The Play Date Cafe; Challenge PDCC77

Meljens Designs: Recipe Challenge - 3 colors, 2 patterned papers and a bow

A Lightbulb Moment

2011-04-15T03:54:00.001-04:00

For a special someone...

This is the second Granddad card finished today, this one is for my Dearest Dad and this freebie Meljens image was just perfect for it, Dad inspires my in every thing I do and I love him very much.

Materials Used;

Meljens Designs Freebie; Little Lightbulb, Copic Caio Markers, SU Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, YoYo Yellow & Ballet Blue card stock, DP from KaiserCraft Class of '87 Collection, SU Buttons and white twine.

Challenges Entered;

Meljens Designs: Recipe Challenge - 3 colors, 2 patterned papers and a bow

Doing the HOP...

2011-04-14T04:55:00.002-04:00

The Easter Bunny Hop!

I really can't believe Easter is just around the corner, I rushed out today to do the shopping on Easter Bunnies list before we go away next week to Margaret River because when we get back I am sure all that will be left on the shelves would be chocolate crumbs!

This little Easter set is inspired by this week challenge at Meljens Designs - Easter Inspired. I have used the adorable Bunny Block set from Bugaboo stamps and they are really fun to play with. I used four on the card and the rest went on the tags.

Materials Used;

Bugaboo Bunny Block digi set, Copic Caio markers, SU Kraft & Basic Black card stock, pink cardstock from the stash pile, DP from DCWV Animal Crackers Stack, SU buttons and gold twine for the tags.

Challenges Entered;

Meljens Designs; Easter Inspired

Bugaboo Challenge; Four or more Layers

Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog; Childhood Memories (easter egg hunt)

Simon Says Stamp; Card For A Child
C.R.A.F.T Challenge; Easter

Jedi Master

2011-04-14T04:34:00.000-04:00

Another one for the Boys!

April is a busy month for birthdays, especially if you are a male in our family! This is another card that i have made and entered in TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Blog boy challenge, as you would guess the recipient of this card is a Star Wars Fan, I used TGF's Chibi Kendo as a young Jedi Master and found a colouring in picture of Yoda to add for a bit of fun.

Materials Used;

TGF Digi Chibi Kendo, Copic Caio markers, SU Kraft, Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie cardstock, Star Wars DP.

Challenges Entered;

TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Blog; FFF - Let's Hear It For The Boys

Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog; Childhood Memories

Simon Says Stamp; Card For A Child

For The Boys!

2011-04-13T03:57:00.001-04:00

Rock'n with the Creeper Crew

This weeks FFF Challenge at the TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Blog is to create a card for the boys. This is an easy one for me as I am out numbered by males in my house three to one unless I am allowed to count the pets, in which case we would be even!

I pulled out 'Tyler' for this one from my new TGF Creeper Crew Collection and I also finally got to use my Creeper Drummer digi. I added the bands name to the drums; CJ and the Crew, CJ is my nephews nickname. The sentiments and background stamps are a mix from the Creeper Crew and SU's Grunge Rock sets.

Materials Used;

Stamps from TGF and SU, Copic Caio markers, SU Kraft and basic black card stock, misc red card stock, musical paper from SU Newsprint DP collection, Kaiser Craft Rough n Tough DP, ribbon from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

TGF Farm Fresh Challenge Blog; FFF - Let's Hear It For The Boys

Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog; Childhood Memories

Simon Says Stamp; Card For A Child

Unfrogetable

2011-03-10T00:20:00.000-05:00

Unfrogettable...

I am still home with Jake today, the vomiting has finally stopped but my poor little man is so weak, the doctor thinks he will start asking for some food this afternoon. At the moment he is fast asleep on the couch so I have taken the opportunity to finish my latest card inspired by a sketch challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges.

Materials Used; Pollycraft Designs digi 'Frog', Copic Caio markers, SU Rich Razzleberry & Wild Wasabi, Kaiser Craft Lilac Avenue DP, SU ribbon and button, sentiment and silver elastic from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Crazy 4 Challenges; C4C77 a sketch challenge

Simon Says Stamp; Anything Goes

Meljens Designs; Green

Out of this World

2011-03-09T04:07:00.000-05:00

I come in Peace!

I have the day off work today to look after Jake, my youngest, who is home from school with a yukky tummy bug. He fell fast asleep on the couch so I took the opportunity to browse some blogs and came upon the latest challenge at Pollycraft's; Fly Me Too The Moon. A perfect to chance to use my Critters Star Digi.

Material's Used; Critters Star from Pollycraft Designs, Copic Caio, Scrap card stock, American Crafts DP, Ribbon, Googly Eyes, Star Brads & Star Charm from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Pollycraft Challenge Blog; Fly Me To The Moon

Paper Sundaes; Stripes

Simon Says Stamp; Anything Goes

Kraft With Me!

2011-03-08T07:24:00.000-05:00

A Happy Birthday

Inspired by Tiddly Inks latest Challenge - Kraft With Me

WOW! two cards in a day I'm on a roll. This card is for our families newest au pair, Lisa, who is from Germany, so therefore the Happy Birthday sentiment is in German and a tricky one to pronounce for an Aussie family!

Materials Used; Who Loves You from Tiddly Inks, Copic Caio markers, SU Kraft & Wild Wasabi card stock.

Challenges Entered;

Tiddly Inks Challenge; Kraft With Me

Pile It On; Up Up and Away (an owl)

Stamp Something; Digi Day (digi stamp from Tiddly Inks)

UR Such An Animal!

2011-03-08T07:12:00.001-05:00

Sweet Little Friend

Inspired my this weeks challenge at Meljens Designs; UR Such An Animal!

I used Cuddle Dragon and Little Stitched Cloud from Meljens adorable digis, the french sentiment means sweet little friend, the card was made for our au pair Cassy, who flew back to her family in France today.

Materials Used: Cuddle Dragon & Little Stitched Cloud (freebie) from Meljens Designs, Copic Caio markers, SU Wild Wasabi & Elegant Eggplant card stock, unknown DP scrap, SU buttons and SU ribbon.

Challenges Entered:

Meljens Designs: UR Such An Animal!

Stamptacular Sunday; You Lucky Duck (best wishes)
Pile It On; Up Up and Away (a cloud)

Stamp Something; Digi Day (digi stamp from Meljens Designs)

Another First!

2011-02-28T06:11:00.001-05:00

Lets do an ATC!

Two posts in one day, who was a busy girl yesterday?? To be honest its been to darn hot to do anything here in Perth this week and it feels lovely to sit in my craft room under the air-conditioning vent to cool down which made it a perfect opportunity to visit my favorite blogs for some inspiration!

Melissa at Meljens Designs have a challenge to create an ATC card, an ATC card or Artist Trading Card, is a miniature piece of art that showcases your style, and they can be traded around the world between artists. I had to look this up!

This was a fun card to make, its sooo cute and what a perfect size to use some of my scraps!

Materials Used; Meljens Designs Digi; Dragons Little Friend, SU Sentiment from 'Picture This' set, Copic Caio markers, SU Wild Wasabi & Melon Mambo, DP, ribbon, rhinestones from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Meljens Designs; Artist Trading Card

Party Time Tuesdays; Anything Goes
Crfazy 4 Challenges; C4C76 Flowers (on the dragon)

Shake, Shake, Shake!

2011-02-28T05:46:00.000-05:00

Prince Charming

This weeks challenge at Tiddly Inks was to make a Shaker card following the tutorial supplied here. I have not made very many shaker cards and I am still perfecting this type of card but I was happy to give it another go. Its still not perfect but I am happy with the results.

I used my Tiddly Inks; Froggie Thoughts set or this card, inside the shaker are some heart and crown punchies along with a little glitter for some royal sparkle.

Material Used; Tiidly Inks digi; Froggy Thoughts, Copic Caio markers, SU Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip & Creamy Caramel, DP from Bo Bunnys Crazy Love Collection, Glitter, Rhinestones, Pearl and brad from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Tiddly Inks; Shaker Card Challenge

Simon Says Stamp; Coffee & Cream (SU Chocolate Chip and Creamy Caramel)

Stamptacular Sunday; You've been Framed

Party Time Tuesdays; Anything Goes

Pile It On; Childhood Dreams

Feeling Purple...

2011-02-21T22:34:00.001-05:00

For Tiddly Inks Latest Challenge...

After browsing some of my favorite blogs this morning I was inspired by Tiddly Inks latest challenge; A Monochromatic Card. This would be my first card of this kind and I do hope it was okay for her to have brown hair even though I chose a purple scheme!

This card will be for my Mum's birthday card, she is very special to us, living far away but always available for a chat whenever I pick up the phone. We are all looking forward to her visit later in the year, especially the grand kids!

Material Used; Tiddly Inks Poppy digi stamp, Copic Caio markers, SU Rich Razzleberry card stock, Core-dinations Raspberry Cordial card stock, Kaiser Craft Lilac Avenue DP, Kaiser Craft ribbon and handmade flower embellishment.

Challenges Entered;

Tiddly Inks; Monochromatic Challenge (purples)

Simon Says Stamp; Make Your Own Embellishment (flower)
Stamptacular Sunday; SOS! Someone Special (that would be my Mum)

Happy Valentine's

2011-02-14T07:19:00.001-05:00

A Cheeky Valentine's

This is the card I made this year for my DH, my Valentine, with the stamp set I especially ordered for this very occasion from The Greeting Farm. I decided on the Cheeky Angel over the Cheeky Devil for this special card.

I also wanted to incorporate a shaker into the design by using one of Stampin Up's Sweet Treat Cups, inside the shaker are some iny hearts that I stamped with the heart from my Stampin Up Something Sweet set, I matched the ink to the paper and then punched them out.

Materials used; TGF Naughty or Nice set, Stampin Up Something Sweet set, Copic Caio Markers, glitter, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo & Ballet Blue, DP from Bo Bunnys Crazy Love Collection, Stampin Up Sweet Treat Cup, Brads and ribbon from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Splendid Stamping; Color My Happy for FFF (my extra color is chocolate chip)

Paper Sundaes: Pick Your SundaeToppings
Anyone For Anya; Valentines Color Challenge

Something New

2011-01-03T00:32:00.000-05:00

Cheeky Beauty

Looking through my favorite blogs this morning inspired me to create something today, at Paper Sundaes the challenge was to create a card using something new, so I pulled out my new Cheeky Beauty stamp from The Greeting Farm and my new Bo Bunny Crazy Love DP stack. I used the Holiday Saturday Sketch at Club Anya for my cards design.

Materials Used; Cheeky Beauty from TGF, SU Happy Birthday Greetings background stamp, Copic Caio markers, SU Kraft, Chocolate Chip & Rose Red card stock, DP from Bo Bunny Crazy Love Collection, Maya Road heart pins, ribbon, flower and rhinestones from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Paper Sundaes; Something New

Club Anya; Holiday Saturday Sketch

Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Time to Party/Celebrate (celebrate Love)

Stamptacular Sunday; Photo Inspired

Happy New Year....

2011-01-01T01:11:00.002-05:00

and a birthday too!

Happy New Year to all of my friends and family, I hope that 2011 brings you all that you desire.

While yesterday marked the end of 2010 it was also a day to celebrate our oldest son's birthday, Nicholas is a New Years baby and yesterday he turned 10, Happy Birthday son...

Nicholas is all things sporty but his passion is soccer, all he wanted for Christmas and his birthday was soccer boots, soccer goalie gloves, soccer clothes etc and he got his wish and then some. He also got this soccer card from me and he says it's the best card ever!

I used a Kenny K Soccer image along with some digi papers and embellishments from my 'Playing The Field' pack by Designs by Robin. The numbers have been sponged with SU Riding Hood red ink and then embossed to get the gloss look

Materials Used; Kenny K digi stamp, Playing The Field digi pack, Copic Caio markers, SU Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Ballet Blue & Yo-yo Yellow card stock, Kaisercraft chipboard numbers, SU Riding Hood Red ink, embossing powder, Uniball white pen.

Challenges Entered;

Crazy 4 Challenges - Celebrate Something
Moving Along With The Times; Birthdays & Circles
Digital Tuesday Challenge; Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Time To Party/Celebrate

xxx Bernadette

Wishing for SNOW!

2011-01-01T00:31:00.000-05:00

It's sooo HOT I wish it would SNOW....

Christmas is Perth is always HOT HOT HOT, it is lovely to be able to spend the time relaxing in the air-conditioning or splashing in the pool but sometimes I just wish it would snow, just one white Christmas is all I want!

Here is another card Christmas card this is my youngest son's Jake and he just loved getting this Rudolf Bot card with all his nut n bolts!

Materials Used: Rudolf Bot from Tiddly Inks, Jingle All The Way sentiment from Meljen's Designs, Copis Caio markers, SU Kraft, Riding Hood Red & Chocolate Chip cardstock, Kaisercrafts DP, glitter, nuts bolts brads & snowflakes from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered:

Stamptacular Sunday - Snow Much Fun

Meljens Designs - Cold & Snowy

Crazy 4 Challenges - Celebrate Something

xxx Bernadette

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

2010-12-24T22:42:00.000-05:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Well it's a warm Christmas Day here in sunny Perth, and we are on our way to a traditional family BBQ followed my a swim in the pool to cool down. The kids have opened there prezzies and the house looks slightly disheveled but that can wait till boxing day!

I would like to wish all of my friends and family a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

This is the card I will be delivering to my bestie today, it is also my very first Step Ladder card. Every year we try to out WOW each other with our birthday and christmas creations and I think this time she might be slightly blown away as I had decided that if I as going to struggle through making this type of design for the first time I was definitely going to add all of the trimmings!!

I used two of my new Christmas digis from Tiddly Inks along with a free clip art tree, the sentiment is also a freebie from Pollycraft Designs.

Once I had the template worked out this card was a joy to decorate and hopefully it will be putting a huge smile on my besties face this Christmas.

Materials Used; Digis from Tiddly Inks & Pollycraft Designs, SU Season of Joy set, SU Riding Hood Red, Garden Green & Chocolate Chip Card stock, Kaiser Craft Christmas Carnival DP, Copic Caio markers, Kaiser Craft rhinestones, SU Rhinestone brad, snowflakes, Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter, button from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Paper Sundaes; Cut It Out

Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday; TREEmendous!

What Cookie??

2010-12-23T04:27:00.002-05:00

What Cookie??

This is the card design I made for my husband from my two boys Nicholas & Jake, especially as they already take after there Dad and always have their fingers in the cookie jar!

I used one of Pollycraft Designs cute little monsters; starring as the abominable snowman, along with a tree from my clip art collection and a sentiment I made up just for this occasion.

Materials Used; Pollycraft Digi image, Copic Caio markers, SU Bashful Blue with other blue card stock, Kaisercraft Christmas carnival DP, white Flower Soft for the snow, glitter on the monsters belly and snowflake & gingerbread buttons from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Pollycraft Monday Challenge; White Christmas

Simon Says Stamp; Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday; TREEmendous

Paper Sundaes; Cut It Out

A Musical Card

2010-12-22T08:34:00.000-05:00

Santa Baby....

This card was an epic adventure, but I had this crazy idea to make my DH a musical card in the theme of 'Santa Baby' and I could not get the tune out of my head.

The hardest part of this creation was extracting the musical piece from a $2 Christmas bag and working out how to attach it to its new home, luckily I had bought 2 of the gift bags, because I totally destroyed the first one, at least i got to see the inner workings of how it was put together.

Once attached to the card I set to work with the layers using Cheeky Christmas from The Greeting Farm, the perfect image for my 'Santa Baby' theme. The idea was that she is sitting under the tree in the dark waiting for Santa to come down the chimney and turn on the lights....SURPRISE!!

Once the card was finished I recorded a verse of the Santa Baby song.

Materials Used; TGF Cheeky Christmas set, SU Season of Joy Stamp, SU Chocolate Chip, Rose Red and Wild Wasabi card stock, DP; Bo Bunny Crazy Love Collection, Copic Caio markers, Kaiser Craft rhinestones, Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter.

Challenges Entered;

Paper Sundaes; Cut It Out

Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday; TREEmendous!

Merry Spookimas.....

2010-12-22T05:56:00.001-05:00

Merry Spookimas and a Scary New year!

I am sooo happy that I had this week available to get ready for Christmas, I don't know what I would have done if I had to work! I have spent the last few days pent up in my craft room toiling away, only to be let out for meals and present wrapping (even this card comes with a little Christmas wrap!

This is the card that I made for my son Nicholas, not the conventional Christmas card but then he's not a conventional kid!! I think he will just love Jack....

Material used; free digis from Tiddly Inks, SU paper, Christmas Wrap, button, silver elastic & snowflakes.

Challenges entered;

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T: Challenge 21 Black, White & a splash of color

Let It Snow!

2010-12-06T07:55:00.001-05:00

Let It Snow!

I just loved participating in the latest Farm Fresh Friday challenge on Splendid Stampings blog. Living in Western Australia, the closest I ever get to seeing snow is on the TV, so it was fun to imagine playing in the white stuff while making these wintry cards on a hot summers day!

I made two versions ready for Christmas, I used Toby and his sweet little twin sister Tabitha, they are having sooo much fun cutting it up on the slopes!

Material Used; Snowboarding Toby digi from TGF, Tree stamp from Stampin Up's Loads of Love set, digi sentiment freebie from Pollycraft Designs, copic caio markers, card stock from Stampin Up, DP from TGF & Kaiser Craft, glitter on the beanies, Crystalina Kindy Glitz and Polar White Flower Soft for the snow.

Another Birthday Card!

2010-11-21T03:12:00.000-05:00

A Sparkly Kind of Birthday!

I have another birthday next weekend for my lovely friend Louise who will be turning a young 40! I can upload this card in the full knowledge that she will not see it as, by her own admission' is completely computer illiterate!

I have added a touch of sparkle on this card by using a mix of elements, Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist has been sprayed on the numbers and sentiment, rhinestones in the corner and on the head band and a beautiful sparkly ribbon buckle to hold up the card.

Materials Used; TGF Freaky Flutter digi, Pollycraft free digi sentiment, Copic Caio's, SU Basic Black, Kraft, Basic Gray & Melon Mambo card stocks, Kaiser Craft After Five DP, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, kraft board numbers and buckle from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Splendid Stamping; Farm Fresh Sparkly Birthday

Club Anya; Sketchin' It Up

Flutter By Wednesday; #131 a sketch

Simon Says Stamp; Simon Says....Sparkle!

Meljen's Designs; Sparkle & Shine

Happy Birthday Kirsty

2010-11-21T02:53:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to my Bestie!

This last Wednesday was my besties birthday and this is the easel card that I made to celebrate. Every year we try and out-do each other in our creations, it's becoming quite a challenge!! But loads of fun...

Materials Used; TGF Creeper Crew Friday, Copic Caio's, SU Basic Black & Kraft card stocks, Kaiser Craft Konstruct DP, Stephanie Fizer Take Note digi DP, SU button, twine from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Party Time Tuesdays; An Easel Card

Our little champion

2010-10-17T01:02:00.002-04:00

Happy Birthday Jake!

It's our son's birthday next weekend, Jake will be turning 7!! I have spent nearly the entire weekend getting things ready for his 'MONSTER Birthday Bash', he is having a Halloween themed birthday party with his friends here at home. We have lots of spiders, cobwebs and scary candy for the loot bags, there will also we some slimy green goo with floating eye balls as part of the obstacle course that Jake has designed.

I have also finished his card, I stayed away from the monster theme for this as Jake had already asked for a basketball card for his big day, he loves to shoots hoops in the back yard or go down to the local court with his Dad and brother to play some ball.

Materials Used; Altered TGF stamps, Handy Ian and Dylan with sentiment from TGF's Roll Call set, SU Basic Black & Pumpkin Pie card stock, Cuttlebug Bubble embossing folder, DP from Kaiser Craft Konstrukt and Making Memories, Kaiser Craft chipboard number, Making Memories Rub-On Alphabet, tape and brads from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Club Anya WTW: Distressing

Simon Says Challenge: 3 types of Embellies, 2 Patterned Papers and 1 Image.

Wee Memories; Challenge #27 Celebrate Good Time (birthday)

Paper Sundaes: Challenge #40 For Someone Little

Take a LOOK at this Candy!!

2010-10-14T08:17:00.000-04:00

Got Candy!

If you haven't been to visit Tiddly Inks yet you'll be crazy to wait any longer, you will not only see some of the cutest digi images you'll ever set your eyes on, Christy is also giving everyone a chance to win this awesome blog candy as well!!

This blog candy has a bit of everything:

3 sets of acrylic stamps, stacks of paper, cardboard, bits and pieces of goodies, mirrors and magnets, some card stock and envelopes, a few finished cards and most important a CD of Tiddly Inks images worth $50....you pick the ones you want up to $50!!!

So hurry on over to Tiddly Inks now and take a look around you wont be disappointed!

Congratulations.....

2010-10-11T08:09:00.000-04:00

Introducing the Happy Couple

As I mentioned in yesterdays post we attended our friends wedding on the weekend, it was a lovely spring day for a garden wedding and the bride, Annette, was truly blushing!

This is the easel card that I made for the happy couple and you will notice if you scroll down a few posts I made it to match the wedding chest I had made for them earlier.

Material Used; TGF Cake Topper set, Copic Ciao markers, SU Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip & Old Olive card stocks, embossed paper, vellum, flower, large pearl brad and small gold brads from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Paper Sundaes; Challenge #39 A Change of Seasons (in life)

Craftalicious; Challenge #10 Anything Goes

Happy Anniversary!

2010-10-10T07:00:00.002-04:00

A Cheeky Anniversary!

This weekend we celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary, boy how time flies when your having fun! Our friends beautiful garden wedding yesterday brought back so many memories and even a few happy tears and then we celebrated with a family meal at a lovely Italian restaurant.

This is the cheeky little card I made my wonderful DH for the occasion, with a little bit of Halloween as it is the month of Spooktober. I used two of my TGF Hallo digi's with a little alteration, the idea is that if he unwrapped the old 'mummy' he would still find a cheeky little devil hiding inside!

Materials Used; TGF Hallo She Devil , Spook Mummy & Sentiments from the Roll Call set, copic ciao markers, SU Basic Black card stock, Kaiser Craft DP, Creative Impression Rub-On, sticker and button from my stash pile.

Competitions entered;

Meljens Designs; Halloween

Pollycraft Monday: Challenge #64 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp; Halloween
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges; Challenge #43 use a digi image

Paper Sundaes; Challenge #39 A Change of Seasons (halloween)

Craftalicious; Challenge #10 Anything Goes

The finished set

2010-09-19T09:05:00.001-04:00

Including my favorite recipe....

Today was my friends bridal shower and we were all asked to bring our favorite recipe for her recipe file. I went one better and also included a sample of my Raspberry Coulis.

I used my TGF Forest Friends owl and papers to match the card I had made earlier. The label on the front of the bottle is one of my free digi's from Meljens Designs.

Materials Used; Squirrels and Owl from TGF Forest Friends set, Digi from Meljens Designs, Copic Ciao markers, SU Chocolate Chip & Rich Razzleberry card stock, Kaiser Craft Hey Birdie DP, SU Felt Flowers and brad.

Challenges Entered;

Slendid Stamping; Kickin it Old Skool

Stampin' For The Weekend; Tag It!
Meljens Designs; 1 Ribbon, 2 Flowers, 3 Brads

I Like To Move It! Move It!

2010-09-16T00:28:00.002-04:00

It's time to MOVE IT!!

This card is for my friends Bridal Shower and it is inspired by the FFF challenge at Splendid Stamping; Move It!. There has to be an element on the card that moves so I made a slider card so that these cute little Squirrels can take their acorn up and down their tree.

Materials Used; Squirrels from TGF Forest Friends set, Kids Quotes from Inkadinkado, Copic Ciao markers, SU Chocolate Chip card stock, Kaiser Craft Hey Birdie DP, SU Felt Flowers, SU ribbon, Maya Road Heart Pins, brads and 2 x 5c pieces for the slider.

Challenges Entered;

Spendid Stamping FFF; Move It!

Paper Sundaes; Three or more embellishments (flowers, ribbon, brads, pins)

Pollycraft Monday; Autumn

Simon Says Challenge; Move It!

Pearls and Lace

2010-09-07T07:44:00.000-04:00

It's Been a while...

Since my office was moved into the city for work a week and half ago I have been to darn exhausted with the extra travel to even turn on my laptop lately, I was shocked to see I hadn't posted anything on here for over three weeks......... eek!!!

Time to do something so I made a couple of cards inspired by this weeks latest challenges this one is for the Simon Says Challenge; Pearls and Lace.

Material Used; Kaiser Craft digi sentiment, SU Lavender Lace & Elegant Eggplant card stock, SU Cottage Wall DP, Kaiser Craft paper flowers and pearls and Fiskars Lace Edge punch.

Glimmer Mist & Bubble Wrap

2010-08-23T09:00:00.000-04:00

Playing with Glimmer Mist & Bubble Wrap

This week at Club Anya they are 'Tootin' About Spray Ink!', after a great tutorial by Traci it was time to get inspired and use my Glimmer Mist in a whole different way! This morning I had a few minutes before work and as I was grabbing out some bubble wrap to wrap some breakables in (we are moving offices this week), the inspiration hit me, why not use my bubble wrap to create a bubbly patterned DP, so I quickly grabbed my Taffy Pink spray and some Melon Mambo card stock to experiment.

I simply sprayed the ink straight onto the bubble wrap and then pressed the card stock on top, left it somewhere to dry and hurried off to work. To my surprise when I got home today and took a look the effect was quite something, lots of sparkly round bubbles just shimmering there little hearts out reflecting the light. All I had to do then was put it together with Amazing Duo Anya and Hey Presto! Here it is....

I just wish it would photograph a little better because it looks 200% better in person.

Materials Used; TGF Amazing Duo Anya, Copic Ciao markers, SU Chocolate Chip, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede card stock, Kaiser Craft Hey Birdie DP, Kaiser Craft large pearl brad, SU Chocolate glitter, diamante trim from Lincraft

Challenges entered;

Club Anya; WTW Tootin' About Spray Ink

Crazy For Challenges; C4C51 a Sketch

The Wedding Chest

2010-08-22T04:47:00.000-04:00

The Wedding Chest

One of our long-time friends came to me quite a few weeks ago and asked me if I could decorate her wedding chest for their reception. I must have looked a little blank on what that would be ( I have not been to a wedding in years ) so she explained to me that is was a box to put the wedding cards in which would hold their gifts of money. Annette had already bought a chest but it was looking quite plain and had no opening to post the cards.

It has taken me a few weeks to start this project, firstly because the wedding is not until October, but the main reason was because I was petrified that I would ruin the box when I attempted to cut the card slot!

This weekend I decided to be brave and start on the chest, and since it ended up being alot easier than I first thought to transform a plain box into something suitable for a wedding, I decided I would blog about the event step by step. So I guess this would make this my first tutorial!

This is the chest I started with, it's more than just an ordinary chest but it is a little plain for a wedding, so I started by using a binding around all of the edges just to give it a little class, the binding is just glued on with some all-purpose glue. As you can see by the picture below, it has made a world of difference to the chest already.

The next step was the scariest part for me, but I revved myself up and took to the box with a stanley knife and my trusty scissors. Annette had given me the largest envelope she could find so that I could measure the size needed for any card situation! The slot I finished with measures 8 x 1 inch, and although the edges are a little rough they are not visible as I lined them with some more binding.

The next step was to pretty the chest up to match the colour design of the wedding. I found some gorgeous silk flowers at my local scrap shop and had picked up some satin ribbon when I purchased the binding at Lincraft. I made a bow with the ribbon and attached that to the top of the box with the all-purpose glue, I then added one of the silk flowers to the bow and another to the side of the slot. I finished the main decoration by adding a gorgeous pearl and diamonte ribbon slide to look like a little knob handle for the front of the chest with some more of the same glue. It was at this point that I thought the chest needed binding along the sides as well and luckily I bought enough to do what I needed.

Next came the part I was looking forward to the most because I had already decided what stamp I was going to use and I knew it would be the perfect choice. I inked up my Cake Topper Anya & Ian from TGF with my black memento and coloured them to match the bride and grooms suit and wedding dress. The DP I used is just a wedding print from a generic pack I bought along time ago, but it works beautifully. I printed the Bride and Grooms name along with the wedding date on some clear vellum and used some latte card stock as the backing, then I added the four gold brads and attached it to the front of the chest.

Now we have a beautiful wedding chest, one that I think Annette and Jeff with be very happy with and one that they will be able to display long after the wedding ceremony is over!

Materials Used; Basic Cardboard Chest, 4 Meters of Braided Binding, 24mm Satin Ribbon, All-Purpose Glue, Copic Ciao R00, E00, E02, RV02,W3, W5, W7, E51, E53, YG67, TGF Cake-Topper Stamp, DP from Stash, Clear Vellum, Latte Card Stock, Gold Brads and Large Pearl Ribbon Buckle.

Challenges Entered:

Simon Says Stamp: Make A Gift

flowers, flowers, flowers

2010-08-20T05:43:00.003-04:00

My Love...

This little card is inspired by this weeks recipe challenge at Paper Sundaes: 4 Flowers, 3 Buttons and 2 DP. I have used my Love Birds digi from Meljens Designs. It was a great excuse to use some of my SU felt flowers.

Materials used; Love Birds digi from Meljens Designs, Copic Ciao markers, SU Rich Razzleberry, Soft Suede and Whisper White card stocks, 2 x DP's from Kaiser Craft Hey Birdie collection, SU Felt Flowers, SU Brad, 3 x matching buttons and rub-on sentiment from my stash.

Challenges entered;

Paper Sundaes; A Recipe! 4 Flowers, 3 Buttons and 2 DP
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges; Flower Power
Stampin' for the Weekend: Anything Goes!

Another Musical Card...

2010-08-17T05:22:00.000-04:00

You Rock my World!

As promised here is my second Kenny K card using Download Diva, and like me she loves her music. I have paired her with some of my new Stephanie Fizer; Take Note digi paper which I absolutely adore.

Material Used; Kenny K digi, Bugaboo digi sentiment, Stephanie Fizer digi paper, Copic Ciao markers, SU Basic Black, Basic Gray and Core'dinations Raspberry Cordial card stocks, Tattered Angels Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist and some Kaiser Craft rhinestones for the bling.

Challenges Entered;

Crazy 4 Challenges;C4C50 Music

Wee Memories; Buttons, Brads or Bling

Inspired by one of the Greatest!

2010-08-17T05:01:00.000-04:00

Three Little Words.....

...I Love You! This is my card for this weeks Farm Fresh Friday challenge at Splendid Stamping and it is inspired by one of the greatest musicians of all time, Nat King Cole. The challenge is to incorporate any number into the design.

I have used my Chibi Trumpet digi for the card with my SU Three Little Words rubber stamp set, I have replaced the word THREE with the number instead and stamped the words ' i love you' on the inside.

Material Used; TGF digi stamp, SU Three Little Words stamp set, Stephanie Fizer; Take Note digi paper, Copic Ciao markers, SU Riding Hood Red and Basic Black card stock, chipboard number, Kaiser Craft ribbon, rhinestones and pearls.

Challenges entered;

Splendid Stamping; FFF - Lucky Numbers

Crazy 4 Challenges;C4C50 Music

Bee Crafty; Ribbons n Bows

Simon Says Challenge; Summertime Blues! ( wearing blue jeans and playing the blues!)

It's A Girl Thing!

2010-08-16T06:15:00.001-04:00

My very first 'Kenny K' Challenge

Here it is, my very first Kenny K image made for my very first Kenny K challenge, why did it take me soooo long to find these little gems?

I have used 'Troublemaker' and isn't she just! Looking like butter wouldn't melt in her pretty little mouth. The card style is inspired by Kenny K's Kraft Girlz challenge - Bold and Bright.

I bought two images to start with and I am in the middle of constructing my second Kenny K card but I know there will plenty of shopping going on soon to get more!

Materials Used; Kenny K Troublemaker digi, copic ciao markers, SU Melon Mambo and Gable Green card stock, core'dinations raspberry cordial card stock, Doodlebug DP, SU Sparkle Brad, star paperclip, SU sentiment

Challenges entered;

Kenny K's Kraft Girlz; Bold & Bright

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge; What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Simon Says Challenge; Summertime Blues!
Party Time Tuesdays; Anything Goes

I See Double!

2010-08-15T08:08:00.000-04:00

Monkeying Around

This card was inspired by another great challenge at Meljens Designs; I See Double - You just have to use the SAME image twice on the one card. I used the adorable Monkey Toes digi from Meljens for this challenge and I had my own personal challenge getting the baby monkey to look like he was sitting in his mummy's lap, but after a bit of snipping here and reattaching there I seem to have the two of them snuggling happily together.

Material Used; Monkey Toes digi from Meljens Designs, Copic Ciao markers, SU Kraft, Chocolate Chip and Gable Green card stock, DCWV Animal Crackers DP, SU Baja Breeze Grosgrain ribbon, SU sentiment stamp, buttons from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Meljens Designs; I See Double

Wee Memories; Buttons, Brads or Bling

Happy Birthday DH!

2010-08-10T20:31:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday!

Today is my DH's birthday and he was woken up with our two wonderful boys beaming and ready for school (of course DH was not ready to wake up yet!) While the young bots are at school we will both be relaxing at home after being able to co-ordinate our days off together which seems to be a very rare occurrence.

As you can see by looking at earlier card posts I had a theme going on with his birthday cards this year and this is the one from me. I am loving the fact that I have been able to add some real hardware to my embellishment stash!

Materials Used; Pollycraft Designs Digi - Cog Girl, Copic Ciao's, SU Basic Grey, Pacific Point and some other generic green card stock, DP from Kaiser crafts Konstruct Collection, Sakura Glaze pens, metal flower bead spacers, twine and hardware from my new hardware stash.

Challenges entered;

Pollycraft Monday Challenge; Photo Inspiration

Paper Sundaes; Metal

Bee Crafty; All About The Image (alternative craft item is the hardware)

Creative Inspirations Challenge; Recycled Element (that would be the nut and washers)

Ooh La La Creations; Spots and Dots

Just A Little Bot!

2010-08-10T08:10:00.001-04:00

Just A Little Bot!

Here is my favorite little robot starring on a card inspired by this weeks challenge at Pollycraft Designs, it is a photo inspiration challenge and here it the photo that inspired him!

Image: renjith krishnan / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Materials Used; Tiddly Inks digi stamp, copic ciaos, SU Orchid Opulence, Lavender Lace, Tempting Turquoise and Green Galore, DP from Kaiser Craft's Konstruct Collection, Creative Imaginations rub-on and star stickers from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Pollycraft Monday Challenge; Photo Inspiration

Party Time Tuesdays; Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge; Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails!

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge; It's A Mans World

Ooh La La Creations; Spots and Dots
Stamp Something; Photo Inspiration (birthday)

Big, Bad, Dad!

2010-08-08T00:53:00.006-04:00

Big Bad DAD!

It is my DH's birthday this week so I have been busy making his cards while he is at work, then hiding the evidence again when he is home! This is his card from our two boys...

This fantastic stamp and sentiment set is from Tiddly Inks, isn't he the coolest Dad you ever saw. I even made a quick rummage with the kids in the garage for some shiny nuts and washers!

Material Used; Digi stamps from Tiddly Inks, Copic Ciao's, SU Kraft, Basic Black and Riding Hood Red card stocks, DP 'Be A Man' and Rub-Ons from Creative Imaginations, nut and washers from the garage.

Challenges entered;

Meljen's Designs; Clean and Simple
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge; It's A Mans World
Bee Crafty; All About The Image (alternative craft item is the hardware)
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge; Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails!
Creative Inspirations Challenge; Recycled Element (that would be the nut and washers)
Paper Sundaes; Metal

THE GREETING FARM's TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY Blog Hop!

2010-08-01T19:00:00.000-04:00

YOU ROCK!

THE GREETING FARM turn's TWO!

Just TWO short years ago, Marie, founder of The Greeting Farm had a couple of 4x6 sets for sale, a brand new blog, and watched her Pink Poison become The Greeting Farm.

Just look where she is now, a milestone trip to CHA, some amazing designers, a fantastic blog and this year the TGF shop got a revamped to make it even bigger and better, TGF is here to stay!

I am so looking forward to the celebrations this weekend, blog hops, exclusive digi's, prizes, challenges, I just hope I have time to fit it all in considering it's already Monday morning here.

Now to my card, this is for the combined Splendid Stamping/Club Anya Sketch Challenge by the wonderful Pam.

THE GREETING FARM's TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY Blog Hop!

I have used my Creepy Crew Jack for this card as it will be for my nephews birthday which is coming up soon, I have tried to give the card a grungy look suitable for a teen boy!

Material Used; TGF Digi CC Jack, Copic Caio, SU Rich Razzleberry, Kaiser Craft DP, Sakura Glaze Pens (shoes and wrist cuff), Diamond Glaze (eyes), stickers from my stash pile.

Best Friends....

2010-08-01T07:20:00.003-04:00

Best Friends

This card was inspired by this weeks Scrappy Saturday Challenge (WMC16) over on the Wee Memories blog. The challenge is to incorporate some chipboard into the design. I have limited chipboard embellies in my stash but I do have a few packs of chipboard letters. So here is my friendship easel card dedicated to my bestie.

The gorgeous little tree that I have incorporated is from Pollycraft Designs and the sentiment is from Kaiser Digital, just about everything else is on this card is from Stampin Up.

Material Used; SU Vintage Vogue stamp, Love Tree Digi from Pollycraft Designs, Copic Caio markers, SU Soft Suede, Melon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry card stocks, SU Cottage Wall DP, SU Felt Flowers, SU Certainly Celery ribbon, SU Sparkle Brads, chipboard letters and pearls from Kaiser.

PS: Make sure you check out the wee Memories blog, it's well worth the visit. This week Jenny is having a special giveaway to celebrate 300 followers, she is giving away $15 worth of Hero Art stamps to one of her followers, how groovy is that!

Other challenges entered:

Daring Cardmakers; It's A Girl Thing

Creeper Thursday

2010-07-31T23:37:00.000-04:00

Give Some Attitude

My new Creeper Crew Thursday arrived in the mail last week from TGF so I just had to use her. I came up with this birthday card with attitude. I am looking forward to using Thursday on so many projects in the future she is such a cool chick!

Materials Used; TGF's CC Thursday and sentiment stamps, Copic Caio, SU Kraft, Pink Passion and Melon Moss card stocks, Diamond Glaze (Thursdays eyes, shoes & buttons), ribbon and stickers from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Party Time Tuesdays; Anything Goes Birthday Card Challenge #9

The Crazy Challenge; All About Birthdays

Ribbons and Flowers

2010-07-31T01:05:00.002-04:00

Ribbon Challenge

Better late than never, this is my entry for Maire's Ribbons and Bows Monday Mania challenge at Club Anya. I used my new Fleur Anya who arrived in a timely manner in my letterbox this week along with CC Thursday who's is on a card that I will post soon.

I wanted to make a simple card with Fleur so that she really popped on the card. I used some strands of satin ribbon behind her to match the colours in the DP. I quite like how this card has turned out considering how simple the layout is.

Material Used; Fleur Anya from TGF, sentiment stamp from SU, Copic Caio, SU Kraft and Melon Mambo card stock, My Memories DP, satin ribbons, Kindy Glitz, Kiaser rhinestones.

Challenges Entered;

Club Anya; Monday Mania Ribbons & Bows
Flutter By Wednesday; Open Challenge #115
Paper Play Challenges; Anything Goes

Wild About You!

2010-07-30T09:45:00.002-04:00

Wild About You!

I used this cute little Lion from Meljen's Designs for this weeks sketch challenge over at Meljens blog.

He may be running wild on the open Savannah, but he's a real softy at heart and likes nothing more than a big cuddle!

Material Used; digi stamp from Meljens Designs, Copic Ciao, SU Chocolate Chip and Pumpkin Pie, DP DCWV Animal Crackers, SU sentiment stamp, ribbon and buttons from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Meljens Designs; Sketch Challenge #18
C.R.A.F.T; Challenge #61 Hot & Spicy Colors

Christmas in July

2010-07-27T07:24:00.003-04:00

A Much Needed Kick in the Pants

I ALWAYS leave my Christmas card making until the very last minute so I am glad that the Christmas challenges are already under way to give me some much needed inspiration to kick start my festive card making this year!

Materials Used; SU Favorite Teddy Bear Stamp, SU Riding Hood Red and Wild Wasabi card stock, Kaiser Christmas Carnival DP, Copic Ciao markers, ribbon, brad and rhinestones from my stash pile.

Challenges Entered;

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge; #69 Christmas in July
Wee Memories; Simon Says Stamp! WMC15

A Note of Thanks

2010-07-24T21:41:00.001-04:00

Patience is a Virtue

For the last two weeks at work I have been in a training group getting some much needed upskilling for our new position. The lovely lady who has been taking us through our new skills has the patience of a saint, so I have made this card for her from all of us.

Inspiration has come from the latest challenge at Meljens Designs, make an easel card, and I have used one of her new releases; Penpal Mouse, which is just perfect for a thank you card, isn't he the cutest! The sentiment is one I made up on the spot to go with him.

Material Used; Digi from Meljens Designs, Copic Caio markers, SU cardstock Basic Gray, Pixie Pink, Pretty in Pink, DP from Kaiser Craft Christmas Carnival Collection, plain notepad paper, binder punch, SU Fire Square rhinestone brads, Kaiser ribbon and flower from my stash pile.

Challenges entered;

Meljens Designs; Challenge #17 AN EASEL CARD!

Stamp Scrap & Doodle Saturdays; The challenge - DIGI's

Crazy 4 Challenges; C4C47 Photo Inspiration

Flash your FREEBIES! Part Two

2010-07-21T09:13:00.001-04:00

think GREEN!

Part two of Pollycraft's Flash your Freebies challenge was to use the free digi we received by email and to think GREEN! Awww! This pair of turtles are just adorable...

I am so excited, because now that I have made this card all I need to do is add the link and I will get a choice of any digi FREE from Pollycraft's shop, thanks to the wonderful generosity of Paula, how sweet a deal is that?

I am not to sure of my choice of colour, now that I look at the photo, for the little blue bird sitting on the fence (another free digi from Pollycraft) but overall I am happy with the way the rest of the card turned out.

Materials Used: digis from Pollycraft Designs, Copic Ciao, SU Old Olive card stock, DP from Kaiser Hey Birdie collection, Kaiser paper flowers, SU Certainly Celery ribbon, green brads from my stash pile.

Flash your FREEBIES!

2010-07-18T03:45:00.002-04:00

FLASH YOUR FREEBIES !!!

Pollycraft is doing something extra special to say thank you to it's loyal followers. Just need to submit a card using one of their free digi stamps and link it back to the Pollycraft blog.

I have used this cute little Cuthbert with Balloons image, he is perfect for that special birthday card.

Material Used; free Pollycraft digi, Copic Ciao, Sakura Glaze pens, SU Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa card stocks, DP from My Memories, buttons from my stash pile.

Entered in the following challenges;

Tales from Pollycraft; Flash Your FREEBIES!

Party Time Tuesdays; Anything Goes Birthday

Crazy 4 Challenges; C4C46 Buttons

Fly me to the moon...

2010-07-16T10:05:00.003-04:00

Fly me too the moon...

Tonight I made my first ever moving card! I searched for what I thought I was looking for as far as a tutorial went, but went completely blank on what the technique I had in mind was called, so I went with the same technique for making a spinner card that I had seen a while back.

This card is for my nieces new baby boy Tyson who was born this week and I though these digi's from Inktegrity where just perfect.

Materials Used; Inktegrity digi's, Copic Ciao markers, Sakura Glaze pens, SU Riding Hood Red cardstock, American Crafts DP, buttons and ribbon from my stash pile, two Aussie 5c coins for the spinner.

This card is entered in the following challenges;

Meljens Designs challenge #16; A Long or Tall card

Bee Crafty challenge #33; 3D (add a dimension)

Stamp Something; Something Digital

C.R.A.F.T challenge #59; Babies and Children
Pollycraft Monday Challenge #52; Bold and Bright

Fin-Tastical!

2010-07-09T21:55:00.000-04:00

My Little Merman

This is my MerMan Ian digi stamp from TGF, isn't he just adorable in his little aquarium.

I used this weeks FFF sketch challenge for his inspiration. The little dome he is under is recycled from packaging that some of my buttons came in, I knew it would come in handy one day!

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday; Challenge #66 Aperture Creations
Splendid Stamping; FFF Round Peg Square Hole
Club Anya; Saturday Sketch Challenge #26
Tiddly Inks; Challenge #12 Summer Fun with Water, Sand and Toys
Tickled Pink; Challenge#3 Sketch Challenge
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge; Water
Cute Card Thursday; Challenge #120 School's Out For Summer!

Materials Used; TGF digi stamp, TiddlyInks Free Digi, Copic Ciao, SU Only Orange, Kraft and Certainly Celery card stock, DP from My Memories, SU So Saffron ribbon, SU crystal brad, Jute twine, recycled packaging, button and other brads from my stash pile.

I Scream....

2010-07-08T07:33:00.001-04:00

...you scream, we all scream for ICE CREAM!!

This by far the most fun I have had making a card and it marks so many firsts for me! First bookmark, first matching set and first Party Time Tuesdays challenge.

This card was inspired my the Party Time Tuesdays Challenge #6; Outside in, create a birthday card and decorate the inside too! but it is also entered in
Crazy 4 Challenges C4CC4; Use 2 or more ribbons
Meljens Designs Challenge #15; Circles Galore (hundreds if you count the embossed bubbles)
Craftalicious Challenge #3; Cute
Pile it On Challenge #26; My Favorite Things
The last Dietrich Dare challenge
C.R.A.F.T Challenge #58; Cake and Ice-Cream
Fairy Fun Fridays; Anything Goes
Wee Memories Challenge #13; Free For All

I had printed out two of my new double scoop ice-cream digi from MelJens Designs and was having so much fun that I coloured in both, I was half-way through putting the card together when I decided to make the matching bookmark.

I am extremely happy with the way this card has turned out and very chuffed with myself too!

Materials Used; Stamp from Meljens Designs, Sentiments from SU, Copic Ciao; E57, E47, R00, Y21, Y06, RV02, RV06 and RV13, SU Card stock Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, DP from doodlebug design, SU embossing powder, glitter, buttons and ribbons from my stash pile.

Forget Princess

2010-07-06T09:07:00.001-04:00

Once upon a time....

Once upon a time there lived a young girl named Jade and as much as her mother tried Jade refused to dress in her prettiest gowns to attend the Princes ball because Jade dreamed of being a vampire instead!

What can I say, I'm not a Princess kinda gal!

This card was inspired by this weeks Monday Mania challenge at Club Anya to celebrate Berenice's birthday.

The challenge: to create a card with a sparkly princess party theme in honor of her birthday.

So here is Jade in her sparkly crown and her favorite threads, ready to meet her PRINCE...

...her Prince of Darkness that is!

Materials Used: Jade stamp from TGF, Copic Ciao markers, SU Basic Black, Basic Grey and Melon Mambo card stock, DP from Adorn Its' Princess Collection, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, chipboard crown, Tattered Angels Pink Taffy Glimmer Mist, Sakura embossing pens, Kaisercraft rhinestones.

Twi Hard

2010-07-04T03:06:00.001-04:00

A Full Moon

I am a huge Twi fan, but have not yet been able to see Eclipse on the big screen due to my son being unwell. To compensate for this I have been re-reading my book instead and this is how the inspiration for this card came about.

As soon as I saw the sketch at Club Anya I thought of the full-moon which of course led straight to werewolves then vampires then Eclipse! The sketch is for the first Saturday Sketch challenge for the month of July so a prize it up for grabs! This card has also been entered on the Anya Ink challenge blog; Challenge #4 Create A Scene and Anyone for Anya; Anything Goes.

Materials Used; Twilight digis from TGF, SU Basic Grey, Basic Black and Real Red card stocks, DP from Basic Grey, Copic Ciao markers, glitter pens, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, ribbon, brad, chain,heart, werewolf charm and rhinestone all from the stash pile.

Red, White and Blue

2010-07-03T08:24:00.001-04:00

Red, White and Blue

Challenge # 11 at Tiddly Inks must use the colours red, white and blue. I chose to use my newest freebie from Tiddly Inks ( thanks so much ) for this challenge and incorporated the colours into her kimono and then used paper and embellies to match.

I have also entered this card in two other patriotic challenges at Meljens Designs and also Pixie Dust Studios.

Materials Used; Tiddly Inks Digi, Copic Ciao markers, SU Real Red and Basic Black card stock, other DP, Kaiser paper flowers, brad and ribbon from the stash pile.

I tried the shiny black hair technique after watching Lysa's awesome tutorial on the Tiddly Inks blog, but I definitely need some more practice with this as I just seemed to end up with stripey hair!

A Summer in Stitches

2010-07-02T09:23:00.001-04:00

A Summer Challenge in Stitches

This is my entry for the latest CCEE Stampers Challenge; It's Summer Time (CCEE1025) and FFF at Splendid Stamping; Sew Random

It is currently winter here in sunny Australia, and we are having record lows here in Perth where we are waking up to frost in the mornings, we are definitely not used to it being this cold at all. The kids are having a ball though and are very excited to see white grass and ice on the car windows.

It was great to make a summery card to warm up the hands.

Materials Used; Nahla from TGF, SU sentiment stamp, SU Riding Hood Red and card stock, DP from SU, Hey Foxy by imaginisce and from the Hey Birdie range by Kaiser Craft, SU sentiment stamp, Sakura Glaze pens, SU Flower Brad, SU Ribbon, Kaiser Stitching Rub Ons, button and paper flowers from the stash pile.

Jazz Time

2010-06-27T19:38:00.001-04:00

Jazz Time

This is my entry for this weeks FFF Challenge at Splendid Stamping along with a very quick post. I was up until midnight with my son last night at the Emergency Department, he has a perforated eardrum which may be related to when he knocked himself out last week so I am sitting here waiting for a call to take him for a CT Scan to see if he fractured any bones to cause the problem, wondering why they didn't do the scan last week.

Materials Used: Chibi Trumpet digi stamp from TGF, Copic Ciao markers, SU Riding Hood Red and Blue Bayou card stock, DP from Sassafras's Nerdy Bird Bundle, foil embellishments from Porta Craft, rhinestones from Kaiser Craft and ribbon from the stash pile.

au revoir

2010-06-26T22:16:00.000-04:00

Spaghetti and Meatballs all covered in Cheese!!

This card was made for a special friend and it is also entered in the latest challenge at the I Love Digi Challenge Blog; Emboss It!

Materials Used: Digi's from Meljen's Designs, Copic Ciao markers, Sakura embossing pens, SU card stock and DP, Cuttlebug Script embossing folder, Spiral folder punch and buttons from my stash pile.

The free digi's I found on Meljens designs blog for this card are just adorable and perfect for making this thank you card for our au pair Aude, who left us to day to finish her travels around Australia.

Aude has been living with our family since the beginning of February and after five months it was sadly time for her to leave today to finish her journey before flying back home to France in October. At this very moment she is driving her way up the north coast of Western Australia through Geraldton, Monkey Mia, Exmouth and Broome (to name just a few) then she will visit Darwin and Alice Springs before heading back down the East Coast through Queensland, Sydney and finally finishing in Melbourne.

Aude has been a wonderful addition to our family and our two sons have adored having her around, growing up in a large family with lots of brothers she was all to happy to play and wrestle with them and has the patience of an angel.

The reason I chose the stamps I did for this card was because of Aude's love of cooking, she is a qualified pastry chef and spoiled us rotten with some gorgeous deserts and her dinners even had my youngest loving his vegetables!

from left to right; Nicholas Aude and Jake

Aude I know you will visit my blog when you get back to a computer, we miss you already and hopefully one day we will all travel to France to see you and some of your delicious deserts!

Au Revoir!!!

Buttoned to Order

2010-06-20T21:22:00.000-04:00

Girl Power!

This VERY pink card is buttoned to order for my DS Nicholas, it is for his friends birthday next weekend and he asked me to make this card with very exact instructions. "Mum can you make me a soccer card for Kiana and it must be PINK!"

I took my inspiration from last weeks Club Anya WCW challenge after making a basketball inspired card as I loved the way that had looked once it had been put together. I am also using this card to enter into the latest FFF challenge at Splendid Stamping all I need to do is add at least three buttons.

I have used Soccer Anya (of course) from TGF for this card and found the soccer ball by doing a clip art search, gotta love Google! and Hey Presto! a Very Pink Soccer card for Kiana.

Material Used: Digi Stamp Soccer Anya, Copic Ciao markers; R00, E00, E95, E37, E57, W3, W5, RV04 and RV23, Sakura Glaze pen, SU card stock Going Grey, Basic Black & Pixie Pink, DP from SU & Heidi Grace, buttons and number disc from the stash pile.

Talking about birthday parties I still have another card to make, we have a very busy Saturday heading our way, somehow I will manage to fit it a party for my youngest son's friend in the morning, then my SU Party in after lunch and then my oldest goes to Kiana's disco party in the late afternoon, PHEW! I am exhausted just thinking about it!

How Many Bolts?

2010-06-17T03:30:00.000-04:00

My first Tiddly Inks challenge.

I found the Tiddly Inks Blog for the first time yesterday, which took me to the Tiddly Inks Shop which took me to this delightful little Robot who jumped straight into my shopping cart!

Robbie, as I have affectionately named him, is a joy to colour and I am sure he will be having a few friends join him soon from the Tiddly Inks Digi shop.

I have entered Robbie in my first Tiddly Inks challenge - Challenge 9 - Bleep, Bleep Boys and their Robots and I am sure it will not be the last.

Materials Used; Copic Ciao markers, SU Soft Suede, Kiwi Kiss and Black card stock, Memory Keepers Geo Hectic DP, Creative Imaginations Impress-ons.

Say What?

2010-06-16T22:51:00.000-04:00

say what?

Today I am home sick from work, feeling like I am going to cough up a lung before lunch! I have tried resting in bed but when I lie down it just seems to make it worse, so today I will rest in my craft room and try and keep a steady hand while I colour, (easier said than done!)

I used this weeks WCW challenge at Club Anya for my inspiration, that was sorely lacking, to make my latest card. The other inspiration came from my six tear old Jake, who just loves to shoot hoops! I think he is going to be very excited to see this card when he comes home from school this afternoon.

For my little basket-baller character have used Dylan but he has Jeremy's hairstyle (to look more like Jake), these are both from my TGF Roll Call set along with that cute little sentiment. I found the basketball clip art on the web and have coloured it and then added texture with the cuttlebug. I am quite happy the way this card has worked out considering how I am feeling today.

Material Used: Copic Ciao markers, Roll Call Stamps; Jeremy, Dylan and sentiment, SU Real Red and Basic Black card stock, Making Memories DP, Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing plate, Sakura Embossing pen red and silver glitter pen, other DP paper and brads from the stash pile.

Rectangles, Circles and Squares

2010-06-15T00:45:00.000-04:00

Trouble with a capital 't' !

It's Monday mania time at Club Anya, and the latest challenge is a real doosey! The card must include one rectangle, three squares and five circles, embellishments count as some of the shapes.

I have used Audrey from TGF and she is causing a whole lot of trouble as she tries to be one of the boys!

Materials Used: Copic Ciao markers, SU Real Red and black card stock, Daisy Bucket DP, Cuttlebug embossing plates, Brad from Kaiser craft, Creative Imaginations Impress-ons and a mix of other card stock and button from the stash pile.

She just looks too darn cute to cause any trouble!

Happy Father's Day !

2010-06-13T09:23:00.000-04:00

Many challenges of a Happy Dad!

Oops! I almost forgot this one...

This was the last card I completed today, it has a dual purpose and was the most important card to be made this weekend.

It is a request made from my friend, Aude, who is staying with us at the moment from France, it will be Father's Day in France on the 20th of June, and she asked me to make a card especially for her Dad.

I used a few diffenent challenges for my inspiration with this card. It is entered at;

Club Anya
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge
Stamp Something
CCE Stampers (CCEE1023)

One of the things I did manage to do on my week off was shop and I was lucky enough to find the new Konstrukt collection from Kaiser Craft sitting on the shelves in one of my favorite scrap shops, it is beyond perfect for using with TGF's Handyman Ian.

Materials Used: Copic Ciao markers, Kaiser Craft Konstrukt ruler stamp, SU Sahara Sand and Brilliant Blue card stock, Kaiser Craft Konstrukt DP, Creative Imaginations Impress-ons.

Leaving it to the LAST minute!

2010-06-13T03:45:00.001-04:00

A challenge and something extra...

I promised myself this week that since I had time off to do little more than relax, I would get into my craft room and do some serious card-making.....well I don't know where that week went, I was busy doing anything and everything except crafting!

Today is Sunday, tomorrow I am back at work, nothing like cramming it all in during the dying hours!

I have three cards too show you in this post , one for a challenge and the others are using characters I had manged to colour during the week, but were never mounted!

SMILE - it's a Sketch Challenge

This first card if for the this weeks FFF Sketch Challenge at Splendid Stamping. I have used a digi stamp; Country Anya for this one and added one of the farm animals from the McSplendid Farm set.

Materials used: Copic Ciao markers, SU Soft Suede Card stock, paper stash off-cuts, DP Kaiser craft Hey Birdie, ric-rac ribbon and other various embellies.

Small Wonder

This card was inspired by a card I saw on Meljen's Designs DT Blog, and as I had the same digi stamp and Cuttlebug embossing plate I had to give it a go.

This sweet puppy is already very cute but the embossing really makes him POP! He is coloured first, then cute and embossed.

Materials used: Copic Ciao markers, SU Riding Hood Red and black card stock, Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing plate, Daisy Bucket DP, SU Whimsical Words stamp, various embellies.

A Monstrosity!

The third card off the rank features one of my favorite new monsters from Pollycraft designs, his name is cuddly! He is great fun to colour. The sentiment is one that I have made up myself.

Material Used: Copic Ciao markers, SU Elegant Eggplant and Riding Hood red card stock, Daisy Designs DP, Cuttlebug Tiny Bubbles embossing plate, ribbon and brad from the stash pile.

If you made it to the bottom of this Monsterous post you have earned yourself a break, thanks for visiting, until next time....

Another Challenge - Another Reason to Smile!

2010-06-07T00:44:00.001-04:00

Club Anya Sketch Challenge - Summer

This weeks sketch challenge over at Club Anya was just the excuse I needed to ink up another character from my Roll Call set from TGF. For this card I used Summer to bring some brightness into a bleak, winterey day.

I have coloured Summer using Copic Ciaos and she is layered on some gorgoues Flutter paper from Making Memories, I have used some of the reverse of the same paper and punched it for some detail, the other papers are just out of my stash of off-cuts.

I have blinged up the card with some flowers, pearls, brads, dew drops, some butterflies and a button. I had a lot of fun putting this card together and the sentiment say's it all!

Bejewled and Bedazzled Challenge

2010-06-06T08:05:00.001-04:00

Another Splendid Stamping Challenge

My challenge, if I chose to accept it, to create a card with bling based on my favorite piece of jewelery.

And here it is, a Twilight inspired necklace handmade my Matsudabunch who has an inspiring little shop on ETSY. I just love this piece and the little movable fangs make a great talking point.

WICKED little Vampire!

I brought out my new Flirty Edward from The Greeting Farms ROLL CALL set. I do have him as a digi but I thought it might be nice to ink him up this time (giggle) and use him on an easel card.

He is coloured with copics (R00, E00, BG09,R59, E37) and layered on some black and real red SU cardstock, the black has been embossed with my Cuttlebug Skeleton Scroll folder. I have used some DP from my stash for the inside. The card has been finished by adding the sentiment, ribbon and a little embellies and bling.

He's such a WICKED little vampire!

Stampin' Sunday!

2010-05-30T01:29:00.001-04:00

Some Vintage Vogue

I have been neglecting my Stampin' Up stamps of late, and since I am hosting an SU party for my bestie next month, I thought it was about time I got them out again. Don't get me wrong, I love my SU stuff, the papers, inks and embellies have been getting a good showing on my cards, but the stamps have been hidden away in a draw and forgotten about.

Today I am previewing two SU ONLY cards, one using an older set and the other (above) using my SU Vintage Vogue set for the first time.

On my Vintage Vogue card I have used Old Olive card stock with the Cottage Wall designer paper. On the stamps I have used my Elegant Eggplant and Always Artichoke inks.

Echoes of Kindness

This next card uses one of my older SU sets 'Echoes of Kindness'. I have again used some old olive for the card stock and layered it with some Rose Red designer series paper and a little Baja Breeze. The rose has been coloured with Ruby Red and Old Olive SU markers and the sentiment is from my SU 'Whimsical Words' set.

If you are in Western Australia and you are interested in Stampin Up please visit Kirsty's SU page and have a look around, she would be very happy to host a Stampin' Up party for you and your friends too.

It's been awhile!

2010-05-24T09:12:00.000-04:00

Finding my MOJO!

It's been awhile, I know, after looking after a house full of unwell children, including my DH, over the past two weeks, I thought I had lost my stamping MOJO! It's really hard to get any inspiration surrounded by sniffling noses, coughs and an endless trail of used Kleenex!!!

But thankfully, they all seem to be well over their cold's and I had some time to myself after work to sit down and work on a long awaited card, using the latest FFF sketch challenge from the Splendid Stamping blog for some much needed inspiration.

So here she is, my new HG Classy digi is all her splendor, she is coloured with my copics and mounted on some SU card stock and designer papers from Kaisers new 'Hey Birdie' collection. I have also used some of Kaisers classical lace and pearls from the 'Devonshire' range, which is very fitting for a Classy Gal like her!

I also had some other very exciting news when I got home from work today, my package from TGF had finally arrived with my new ROLL CALL Sprouts snuggled inside!

What a way to kick-start my inspiration straight into top gear!!!

Happy Mother's Day and a Challenge

2010-05-09T00:16:00.001-04:00

Happy Mother's Day and a Challenge

Today is already Sunday here and I was woken up by my beautiful two boys with some hugs and some presents. I was totally spoilt with chocolates, new slippers, body cream and other various little gifts including some embellies for my growing stash!

Then I was brought breakfast in bed, including my morning coffee, bacon, eggs, tomato and toast. I love Mother's Day!

This is the perfect day to upload my Mother's Day card that I made for my own Dear Mum, so that she did not see it ahead of time, it is also the perfect card to upload for the latest WCW Challenge at the Club Anya blog; May Flowers.

Again I have used Sassenach Anya, because I am totally in love with her classic image, she is of course coloured with my copics to match the card stock and DP from Stampin' Up. I have layered used my Deckled Edge Ovals from Spellbinders and added some interest on the DP edges with the Lace Edge punch from Fiskars. The card is finished with lots of flowers of course from my Kaiser stash and I have just added some pearls for an extra little touch.

Happy Mother's Day Mum!!!

Home Sweet Home

2010-05-09T00:06:00.000-04:00

Home Sweet Home

I made this card for some very good friends of ours who have recently just moved into their new home. I decided to put a fun twist into this card making them the Prince and Princess of their new castle.

I used Prince Ian and Sassenach Anya (my new fav) and coloured them with copics to match my DF's Brad and Louise. The designer paper is 'Dreamland' by Sandylion and which I picked up as soon as I saw the gorgeous 'Disneyesque' castle. I finished the card with my own sentiment, some Kaiser rhinestones and Kaiser flowers.

We had a great day yesterday at their housewarming BBQ and the card went down a treat.

Handy Dad's Birthday

2010-05-01T21:57:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday Dad!

Tomorrow marks my Dear Dad's 78th Birthday and this is the card I have made for this special occasion. I have used the new Handy Ian digi from TGF as he represents the memories I have of Dad as we were growing up.

Dad was not a handyman by trade but he was certainly handy around the house and has always had a unique way of fixing things. Still today when I visit him I will notice one of his special contraptions around his unit.

Dad has been known to make his own tap washers from drilled out coins, plastic bottle lids to cover a light switch which really does not need to be turned on; that's to save power! and other various ways to recycle everyday items into useful objects.

I have coloured Ian with my copics and given him grey hair, to be honest due to the age difference between my Mum and Dad I can only ever remember him with grey hair!

I am really happy with the way this card has turned out and I hope Dad just loves it too...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!

Spring into Spring for Mother's Day

2010-05-01T08:13:00.001-04:00

Spring-time fun...

It is raining here in Perth, as it is autumn in Australia not spring, but at least I can imagine that the sun is still shining outside!

I made this card for a colleague of mine who requested one for her Mum for Mother's Day which is next weekend. It also suits the latest WCW challenge over at Club Anya so I have entered it for the 'Spring in to WCW' challenge.

I used Sassenach Anya and coloured her with my copics, she is layered on some of the gorgeous new designer papers from Stampin Up's Autumn/Winter 2010 mini. I have used my nesties for the tiny butterflies and my Fiskars Lace Edge punch. The sentiment is from SU's Wagon Full Of Fun set.

I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow, with a card to finish for my Dad's birthday, two more for Mother's Day plus a couple of loads of washing..... wish me luck!

Going Green for a FFF Challenge

2010-04-26T08:00:00.001-04:00

Going Green

The challenge this week at the Splendid Stamping blog was a great excuse to get my behind into gear to make a card for my young nephew.

The challenge; 'Going Green', and I had just the stamp, Chibi Punk has been in my collection for a while but apart from actually printing him out all he had done is sit in my to-do pile!

So finally I coloured my little punk with my copics and gave him some wild green hair, which really suits his wild style, he is mounted on some papers from 'lily of the valley' and finished the card with the sentiment and some star brads out of my stash.

He is looking very cool in green and I think he will make my nephew smile!

Meljens Designs Challenge

2010-04-25T07:02:00.000-04:00

Challenge #4: For The Little Ones

This is the first design challenge that I have entered at Meljen's Design DT blog, but I don't think it will be the last as I have totally fallen in love with her images.

This challenge was too make a card for someone little, I used 'Cuddle Dragon' not just because it is well suited for a little ones birthday card, but he is just sooo darn cute!

I coloured the image with my copics and mounted him on some matching designer papers from 'Lili of the Valley' and Kaiser Craft La-Di-Da ranges and the card stock is SU Almost Amethyst and Rich Razzleberry.

I have finished the card with an SU sentiment from the 'Best Yet' set, some Grosgrain ribbon, a little bling and a craft number one rubbed with silver.

A cute little card for a child's first birthday!

Lifes Sweeter......

2010-04-25T00:12:00.000-04:00

lifes SWEETER when shared with friends...

Today I finally got around to mounting some of Meljen's designs that I had coloured over a week ago, I know, I know, very slow, but I just love colouring her gorgeous images so I printed out a few last week and just spent time alone with the digi's and my copics, colouring in my craft room!

This one is my favorite out of the four cards I finished today, 'Turtle and Friend', this little guy is just tooooo cute, and very fun to colour, I have mounted him using some designer paper from Kaiser Crafts La-Di-Da collection on some SU Orchid Opulence which matches perfectly. I have then finished with the sentiment on some Kaiser Craft ribbon Grosgrain ribbon.

I think this card is very simple yet very SWEET!

Time for some GIRL power!

2010-04-18T03:30:00.000-04:00

Girl Power!

I love to watch my nine year old, Nicholas train at the Dojo, I take him three times a week, twice for his Zen Do Kai and once for Muay Thai, but it's a very masculine place to be most of the time, lots of sweat and testosterone as the kids go through their karta's and kick routines it's great to watch but sometimes I really feel the need for some girl time!

Time to hit the craft room and print out my Karate Anya and Ian digi stamps from The Greeting Farm, this time Anya is the star, I just borrowed Ian's body for some modifications...lol!

I made two cards using these images, the one in the background is the more serious of the two, I have left her belt white so it can be personalized when ever I need the card for a special birthday occasion.

The one in the foreground is a more fun card, it is not so formal! They have both been coloured with my copics and I have used a mix of papers from my off-cuts for these cards. All of the sentiments have been made on my computer using publisher (once I am happy with the design I save them as a png file so they are ready for next time).

Well that's all I have for now, time to go back and help build some Star Wars Lego with the boys, I think they have let me have all the girl time I am going to get for today!

Two Rock Stars and a Little Birdie!

2010-04-11T03:17:00.000-04:00

A day at home!

Today was a stay at home day for my family and I, a day spent finishing the washing, and spending some quiet-time with my son's while my husband slept after his night shift.

In between I was left with plenty of time to finish some cards, which was good, because after hopping through some blogs my creative urge was starting to boil over!

Two Rock Stars!

After visiting one of my favorite blogs by Wicked Pixie, I was super inspired by her CA&F Rock Star card, especially with her alteration using Ebony and Rockstar Anya. I had not used my Rocktstar Anya for ages and she was gathering some dust, so I looked through all of my digis for the perfect images to alter for myself. I decided on using Audrey and Joseph for something a little different.

They were both fun too make and turned out better than I thought, I can see alot more alterations happening in the near future.......

and a little birdie....

Today was also the day to finish a card from my children to their Nana, who's birthday is this week, something bright and cheerful for the occasion was in order so I used my 'Happy Birdie' digi stamp from Cuddly Buddly Crafts, I just used the pic without the border and layered it on some nestabilities, the designer paper is from my SU stash as is the ribbon.

That's all I have for today, I need to go and help my nine year old son Nicholas edit his work, he has started on his first novel (his words), it's coming along quite nicely considering he only decided to start on the project last night, at least it will give him something to do during the school holidays...

Punk It Up!!

2010-04-07T19:03:00.001-04:00

Let's PUNK it UP!!

Another great challenge from the Club Anya blog this week see's us all PUNKING it up!

I got very excited about this one and jumped into my craft room straight after reading the post and this is what I walked out with. I used Ebony, a digi from TGF, as she is such a sweet little punk, and fun to colour. I have used my copics to colour the image and gave her some wild green and purple locks with some black streaks, I have given her matching eyeshadow. I have used some Sakura black glaze on her headband and on the skulls eyes.

The designer paper for the background is from a Kaiser Kraft digi set, and I crumpled it to give it a rougher texture.

Now for the fun part, I have a huge stash of stuff around the house to raid, so I was very excited as I dug through the boxes and found what I needed, silver chain, various beads to hang from it and even a rubber ducky paperclip. I stapled the sentiment together, and attached the chain with its adornments with some brads!!

I was super-excited once this card was finished, now all I need is for the Galleria to be back up and running so I can post it for this weeks WCW challenge!

Day Dreaming of another Sketch Challenge

2010-04-05T05:36:00.000-04:00

Day Dreaming

My ideas for this card design evolved along the way during it's creation. I started out wanting to make a Mothers' Day Card to enter in the latest Saturday Sketch Challenge over at Club Anya, and although it still is a card for Mum, it has turned out better than I originally thought!

I used HG Laundry as my stamped image and coloured her with my copics, I coloured the nestability she is seated on with my SU Stampin Pastels to represent her sitting on grass with the blue sky in the background.

The designer paper is from the Dear Lizzy range and is picture perfect for this image, I added some Kaiser Kraft flowers with some brads from my stash to match.

While I was digging around in my box of embellies for the matching brads I came upon a tiny glass slipper, and this was the exact point where my thoughts evolved!

So with Cinderella Slipper in hand I finished the card with some gold twine and hung the tiny shoe upon the washing line with a small bow, I then added the sentiment and finished with some crystal diamontes.

When I look at this card now, I imagine myself outside hanging out the families washing (which is a twice weekly chore), day dreaming about becoming a Princess and not having to worry about finishing my daily chores ever again!

A girl can DREAM can't she??

Through to Round 2!

2010-04-05T00:37:00.001-04:00

Team Happy Stampy

Our team 'Happy Stampy' have made it through to the second round of the TFG's Royal Battle, all thanks to YOU! So here is another shameless plug for your help again, to get us through to week three!!

We would love for you to vote for our team in this week's Royal Battle!! We chose Nancy's gorgeous card to represent our group in this weeks easel challenge!!

To vote, all you have to do is leave a comment under the card!! You may have to register, but it is very easy to do!!

VOTE NOW!

The Battle Begins!

2010-03-27T21:51:00.000-04:00

The Greeting Farms Battle Challenge Begins!

This Saturday marks the beginning of the Battle Royal at TGF, about 60 teams will battle it out for votes to see who will stay in the running and have the opportunity to win the ultimate stamp set once the dust has settled at the finale.

Introducing.....

The Happy Stampy team;

Nancy (leader)
MrsK
stampabilitys
Sinihilkka
Bobbi

The first challenge is to create a Retro card using inspiration from this image.

GOING RETRO - WEEK ONE

After submitting all of our individual samples to our team captain, Nancy, my card was voted into the first week of the challenge, talk about pressure, the first week of voting is set to eliminate half of the teams!

I used Charlotte as my view of Retro is the sixties, and I think she is a very Retro looking 60's chick, ready to take her bicycle out for a ride and enjoy the first days of spring in her matching headband and scarf.

Charlotte is coloured with my copics and layered on some SU card stock and Dear Lizzy designer paper, the card has been finished off with some matching Kaisercraft flowers and buttons.

All Charlotte needs now is enough votes to keep us in the competition, we are not allowed to vote for our own teams cards but you can VOTE for her HERE by leaving your comments.

If you are not a member of The Greeting Farm Gallery it is very easy to sign up and a great place for some inspiration!

VOTE NOW!

My First Easel Card

2010-03-27T21:16:00.000-04:00

Finally; An Easel Card!

Making an easel card has been high on my to-do-list for quite a while, so when the latest Saturday Sketch Challenge came up on Club Anya I decided this was finally the time to get it done!

I used Anya Ballerina for this challenge after getting the template instructions from Splitcoaststampers, The card stock is SU Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Basic Grey, the designer paper is from the Best Creation Inc range and the gorgeous ribbon buckle is made by Bella!

Anya Ballerina has been coloured with my Copics and finished from some SU Sparkle glitter on her tiny ballet slippers and tiara.

Multi-Tasking!

2010-03-27T21:02:00.000-04:00

Never leave things to the last minute!

Yesterday I woke up and realized what a busy day I had ahead of me. Apart from the washing and housework, I also had a few other things on the to-do list for the day, and they were all before 1pm!

My eldest son had his karate, I needed to go grocery shopping as the pantry was bare, and my youngest son was going to a friends birthday party. Eeek! What about the birthday card.

As I had promised the boys the night before a treat for breakfast I found myself baking pancakes while cooking up a birthday card, talk about multi-tasking!!

Was quite impressed with myself, the pancakes were delish and the card wasn't to much of a disaster either, we even made it to the birthday party on time!

Getting Back To Basics!

2010-03-21T06:39:00.000-04:00

Getting Back To Basics!

With all of the layering, embellishing and copic-colouring I have been doing lately I thought it was time I got back to some basics and re-acquaint myself with my SU Stampin Pastels.

I found some fantastic new digi stamps from Meljens Designs and they were perfect for my chalks. The first one that I have coloured is this gorgeous Giraffe, to adorable to resist, so here he his. Coloured with my blender pen and chalks and simply layered on some SU designer paper with a matching button.

I have a whole range of Meljen's stamps in my collection now and I can't wait to chalk them up too!

WCW - Put a Hole in It!

2010-03-21T04:16:00.000-04:00

Another Challenge

This week at Club Anya the challenge was to make a card with a hole in it.......

A perfect chance for me to use my new Butterfly Nestabilities Set that had finally arrived in the mail. I already had the perfect stamp in mind to use with it once I had then in my hot little hands so this challenge gave me the inspiration I needed to get it done!

I used Creepy Cakes; Freaky Flutter to go on this card because of her tiny wee butterflys, I used my copics to color and placed her over my butterfly aperture that I had made using three layers of SU papers. I then added some more butterflys in different sizes and designs and finished off the card by adding some diamante to the largest of the Butterflies and also to the the ribbon in Flutter's hair.

The Kids Are Away... Time To Play!

2010-03-14T08:27:00.001-04:00

My craft room has been very productive today, mostly due to the time I had to get in their and play, thanks to my bested friend Kirsty, who took my two wonderful boys for a sleep over, leaving the house very quiet and relaxed!

The first card off the rank was my 'Rain' card using TGF Digi; Wild Sprout Rain Rain. I used my new papers and printed the sentiment from 'Whimsey Doodles' straight onto the cloud design. I coloured the character in with my copics and SU markers and added a button, some ribbon and felt flowers. I finished the card by gluing in place some dew drops to represent the rain.

Next came Oliver, I just love this Happy Day set from TGF is just perfect for kid themed cards.

Oliver and his dinosaur trio are coloured with Copics and SU markers, I embossed the sentiment onto the really cool dinosaur paper that was in my stash and finished with a matching button.

and last but not least..............

Audrey, who I just adore, was a freebie digi from TGF to celebrate Marie's 30th birthday. She may act like a tomboy but she is really a girly girl at heart!

Audrey is coloured with my Copics and I have placed her on a background of Kaiser paper from the La-Di-Da range and used the matching sentiment from the same set. This card has been finished with some SU ribbon and some tiny brads.

The kids are home now and the house has returned to normal with the sounds of two boisterous boys bouncing off the walls. I wouldn't change it for the world!!

Oh Happy Day!

2010-03-13T08:42:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday!

This is my latest card for this weeks challenge over at TGF. To celebrate Marie's 30th birthday the challenge is simply to create a birthday card of our own.

For this challenge I used Olivia from my brand new Happy Day set, a perfect stamp for a little girls birthday.

Olivia is coloured with my copics and SU markers, I used some paper from my Sassafras 'Nerdy Bird' bundle for the background, added a sentiment from an SU set, a little bling for some sparkle and red ribbon. I finished this off with a cute little hat pin I made with some beads from my supply stash.

Mad As A Hatter!

2010-03-06T23:17:00.000-05:00

In Anticipation of Tim Burton's Twisted Tale of Alice in Wonderland...

I am ubber excited about the re-release of Alice especially with Johnny Depp playing the Mad Hatter, so I did not need much of a push to get myself into gear to face the latest FFF Challenge at The Greeting Farm.

Down the Rabbit Hole.

For this challenge I used the Hatter digi but replaced his head with Hugh's instead, I just thought his hair was a little wilder and represented Depp's character a little better. I coloured both the Hatter and the Rabbit in with a mix of my SU Markers and Copics. I hunted for some clipart for the background and found the clock and little bottle, I made the circle sentiment myself with the added key hole.

The card has been finished with some Kaiser Kraft flowers, an SU Sparkle Brad, some silk ribbon from my stash and a black diamonte for the center of the clock. It's an eclectic mix but I think it represents the theme well!

Now I just need to wait for the release of the movie downunder!

FFF - Got Dessert Challenge

2010-03-03T18:52:00.000-05:00

Got Dessert?

This weeks FFF challenge from TGF was to create a card using a dessert theme, so it was a perfect opportunity to use one of my new additions from the new 'Alice' inspired Creepy Cakes digi stamps from The Greeting Farm.

I have used the Queen; Royal Pain for this quirky card and have coloured her with my copics and added some Sakura Glaze to her hearts and red diamonte's to her crown.

She is layered using my nestabilities and the very royal looking background paper is from the Paper Chic range. The card has been finished with some Kaiser Kraft flowers, Red bow from my craft stash, SU Sparkle brads and SU ribbon. The sentiment is from my SU ' Three Little Words' set.

Freakalicious!

2010-03-02T21:54:00.000-05:00

A Birthday Card for a Sweet Friend

I was sooooo excited when TGF released their set of Freakalicious stamps inspired by the new 'Alice in Wonderland' movie because it was in perfect timing with an upcoming birthday for a special friend.

I have used 'Freaky Flutter' for this card, I have coloured her with my copics and added some diamante's for some added sparkle. She is layered on some great matching papers that I found especially for this card.

The sentiment is from SU's 'Whimsical Words' (love this set) and the card has been finished with some extra diamonte's, Kaiser Kraft Flowers and SU Sparkle brads.

I soooo hope she likes it, now all I need is to get the cake ready for tomorrow!

FFF - Marie's CKG Colour Challenge

2010-02-20T23:37:00.000-05:00

It's FFF Challenge time again at TGF!

This time TGF have given us a colour challenge using three colours from SU's colour palette, Chocolate Chip, Kraft and Groovy Guava. Unfortunately due the fact that the Groovy Guava was a In-Colour from 2007/2008 I no longer have any left so I replaced it with Cameo Coral instead.

I used TGF's Dressy Ebony and coloured her using my Copic and SU markers, I then used the sentiment from my new SU 'Whimsical Words' set and layered that on some Kraft, Cameo Coral and Whisper White card stock cut using my nestabilities. The layers underneath are made from some of the same colour stock plus some SU Designer Series papers. The card is finished with some crystal diamante, chocolate ribbon and a couple of buttons.

Apart from the fact that I could not make this using the colour Groovy Guava, I am still happy with the outcome.

The Case of the Curious Card Contest

2010-02-19T20:53:00.000-05:00

The Case of the Curious Card - Marie Rocks

RULES: Create a card or layout using ANY TGF Stamp/s CASING Marie's layout somehow. Take all the Creative Direction you want. Just as long as we can see her layout SOMEWHERE in yours.

I used my Anya Ballerina stamp for this TGF contest, and I coloured her using my copic and SU markers. I have used some embossed paper to mount her on, which I just love as it surrounds her in roses.

The gorgeous designer paper is from Best Creations Inc and I have embellished the card with a mix of SU felt flowers, a random mix of silk flowers, SU rhinestone brads and a tiny piece of pink ribbon to finish. I am quite pleased with the way this card has turned out!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

2010-02-13T21:36:00.001-05:00

wild about you

This is the card I made for my DH this Valentine's day.

I used Bree from TGF but instead of delivering mail she is on safari delivering my heart (awwww!!) she is coloured with SU markers and copics, the heart has been glittered with SU sparkle and I have added some pink diamontes. I have used my cuttlebug to add texture to the paper. The patterned stock and little monkey are from the DCWV range, the seniment is from the SU 'Wild About You' set.

My DH had to work today and left before I was awake, but I woke up to a lovely surprise that comprised of a red rose, chocolates, a mug for the 'Greatest Wife' and a a copy of the Twilight DVD, I was very, very spoilt!!

Another FFF Challenge

2010-02-12T23:31:00.001-05:00

"VINTAGE-esque" Challenge at TGF!

We could go vintage or old and grungy, as I am not very good at vintage I went for grungy instead and choose to use my Wild West Anya stamp to make a wanted poster.

It does not show up that well on the photo but I have 'grunged-up' the papers and flowers by sponging them with my SU So Saffron and Chocolate Chip inks, I have also distressed the edges.
Anya is coloured with my SU markers and copics and I have finished with some ribbon and brass brads.

I'm not sure if she looks grungy enough but I am happy the way that my layout has worked out.

a MONSTER of a day!

2010-02-11T04:47:00.001-05:00

Having a MONSTER of a day!

Yesterday I found the perfect paper for this little MONSTER card. The cute little digi stamp is from Squigglefly and the paper is from Sassafras. He has been coloured with my SU markers, I made up my own wordart for the sentiment in publisher (my program of choice), I think he is very adorable even if he is a one-eyed MONSTER!!

A Lil' Truck for A Little Man

2010-02-06T05:12:00.001-05:00

Lil' Dump Truck

I made this one today for a little boys birthday, just for fun because I just LOVE this little digi Dump truck and hadn't had a chance to use it.

I used my SU markers and Sakura Glaze pens, I added some metallic silver to some of the trucks details. The paper is from craft affair (picked up on clearance at Target).

Club Anya - Wild Card Wednesday

2010-02-06T04:59:00.001-05:00

A Colour Challenge

The challenge this week over at Club Anya was to create a card only using the colours purple and green. So I decided to use HG Snuggle as she really suits this colour choice. This is also the first time I have been game enough to use my acetate as the card base.

I used Lovely Lilac and Certainly Celery card stock and designer papers from SU. Snuggle is coloured with my matching SU markers and Copics. I have added an SU felt flower and crystal brad to her hair, the card has then been finished off with some ribbon and brads. The Easter sentiment is a digital stamp from Squigglefly

i {HEART} you

2010-01-31T18:59:00.000-05:00

Hello Ian

With all the fantastic sentiments I have just purchased from Squigglefly, I just had to make another Valentine. I used the very Sweet Hello Ian from TGF and coloured him with my copics and SU Markers, I also added some SU Sparkle to the inside of his sunflower.

He is on a layer of SU papers which I have used my nestabilities and I have torn the pattern paper for some added texture, and finished with the sentiment
i {HEART} you.

Give Me Lots of CHOCOLATE!

2010-01-31T07:02:00.001-05:00

Forget LOVE I'd rather fall in CHOCOLATE!

Still in the stampin' mood, here is Joyce from the Greeting Farm, and she is looking very pretty in pink on a chocolate background. Finished with a gorgeous pink and chocolate ribbon and some SU felt flowers with a pink crystal brad. The fantastic sentiment is from Squigglefly.

In the Twilight Mood

2010-01-31T03:15:00.000-05:00

Jacob and Bella

I had soooo much fun making the Monochromatic card for the FFF challenge that it put me in the mood for making another. This time though I replaced Edward with Jacob so he wasn't left out. I used my copics to colour the digi's, using blue as the focal colour (Edward's fav colour for Bella), I carried on with the same colour with the ribbon and mixed blues and blacks in my paper choices. The card is finished with one the sentiment 'LOVE stories NEVER have endings' with a silk flower and crystal SU brad.