Another First!

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!

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...

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

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

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....

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!

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