Okay so I have just managed to whip this card up for the weekly colour challenge!

I totally loved Kristina’s inspiration image….that photo is gorgeous! BUT when i pulled all the colours out, I have to say they weren’t very inpsirational!!!! i sat there for quite some time going through all my stamp sets, not know what to pick, and just feeling very MoJo-less…….if that is even a word??!!

SO here is the colours to work with:

Don’t those berries look amazing!!! Anyway here goes, for my totally weird card!

Well I had no idea where I was heading with this card, but in the end it kinda came together……although not something I would usually make!

I have started with the Cocoa for the base, and added a thin strip of whisper white cardstock that I rolled with the Boho roller and adding some eggplant grosgrain ribbon. And adding some paper piercing just above that.

Next I created the circle with my CM cutters, and the eggplant, and saffron cardstock. I punched the little circles with my 3/4″ circle punch and layered them underneath to get the scalloped edge. The centre stamp is from the True friend stamp set, that I inked up with my markers - eggplant, and pumpkin. I cut the pattern out and popped it up with dimensionals.

I created the greeting with the saying from the same stamp set, and embossed it with white embossing powder. I added the scalloped edge along the bottom, and some paper piercing underneath. Lastly I added the antique brass brads.

SO there you have my wierdo card,…..I am thinking it must have been all the mersyndol tablets I have been taking for my headaches…..or just the colours!

Enjoy your weekend! 

Hi there!

Well sorry to take a little while to get this up for you today. I have had a bit of a rough week with my neck being out, and sporting a nasty headache for 3 days. My friend Dr Richard, gave it a good work out yesterday, but I really need it cracked! So I finally managed to get hold of my Chiro, and am heading there tommorrow! Can’t wait.

Anyway on a far more positve note…..:)

I have been blown away!!!! Yep you guys have truly made me proud this week!!!! I was so sure that having an Inspiration Challenge was going to put most of you off!!!! BUT to my complete amazement, I have had the highest amount of entries…EVER for this one. I just want to firstly say a very BIG thank you, for all your effort in playing along! All the entries were stunning, and I had to go through them 2-3 times to pick a winner/s! 

So after much deliberation I finally settled on these two cards. Firstly for the Demonstrators group, I have picked this GORGEOUS card by the even more GORGEOUS lady, Jean Mckenzie!

Jean is a real sweetheart and I have enjoyed getting to know her online the past couple of months. Jean is also a beautiful stamper, so be sure to go and check out her gorgeous work on her blog www.jeanmckenzie.blogspot.com

Then I had to show you this BEAUTIFUL card made by Sarah……she is my good friend Monnie Moo’s ( who you hear me talking about all the time) sister, also another beautiful stamper!

This is her amazing creation!

Don’t you just love all that bling!!!!! Sarah’s  gorgeous work can be seen at www.brucensarah.blogspot.com

Whilst I have picked these two cards………..there were so many other gorgeous ones! So be sure to go and check them out as well, and of course give them lots of comment love!

Steph - www.stampingwithsteph.com.au

Mel- www.melhanlon.blogspot.com

Kristy - www.youngstamper.blogspot.com

Kristy - www.kraftykristy.blogspot.com

Roslyn - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1130933?cat=500&ppuser=148506

Debbie - www.debbiesplace.blogspot.com

Zarna - www.zarnasworld.blogspot.com

Ange- www.angeliquekelly.blogspot.com

Monique - www.chocolate-sunsets.blogspot.com

Bronwyn - www.bronwynsstampingspot.blogspot.com

Leah - www.stampinwithleah.blogspot.com

Chantelle - www.chan3boys.blogspot.com

Mandy - www.mandyschiller.blogspot.com

Nicole - www.stampingdownunder.blogspot.com

Tracy - www.tracsscrapdesigns.blogspot.com

So who is ready to play again????

I have put together another Sketch Challenge for you! Here is the sketch:

Here are my samples for you:

This was a different colour combo that I have never worked with before, but I was quite suprised with how it turned out. I have used, Chocolate chip, Close to Cocoa, Soft sky, Groovy guava, and Very vanilla. The stamps I used were Tres chic background stamp, and Live your dream, I have then inked up the flowers, and dressed them up with some glitter, and copper brads, and finally adding some soft sky ribbon.

So for the next card I made this one, which I have turned the sketch around. I used So saffron, Regal rose, Whisper white and Pretty in pink cardstock. I stamped the Polka dots background stamp onto the pink cardstock. I have used a new stamp set called Big on Spring which I think is super cute. I stamped the greeting again onto DS paper from the Spring Fling pack, and cut it out, so that I could paper piece the tiny jumpsuit. I have paper pierced the borders, and added pretty in pink brads. The strips are also from the Spring fling paper pack.

And last of all I made this Scrapbook page:

I have used Chocolate chip, close to Cocoa, Blue bayou and Pretty in pink to match the kids clothes. On the Close to cocoa cardstock I rolled the Boho roller diagnally accross the cardstock with Cocoa ink. The strips are again from the Spring Fling paper pack from Stampin’Up. On the top one, I added 3 jumbo eyelets, and along the bottom strip, I have added a scallop circle punch, and the greeting is from the Be happy stamp set. Last of all I doodled around the edge with my white gel pen.

So there you have the challenge, and my samples! I hope you can play along this week, and I really look forward to seeing your creations………hmmm better get going, hubby is cooking dinner tonight, and it is smelling mighty fine!

Talk soon!

 All week I have been wanting to get to Amy Rysavy, of www.prairiepaperandink.typepad.com skech challenge……..Because a challenge it was! It was to create soemthing following this sketch….

So it had to be a one layer card with a stamp and some sentiment……..Now you know me, who is in LOVE with paper piercing, ribbon, glitter, lots and lots of layers, this is the CHALLENGE I needed to play with!

I thought it was going to be super hard, but truly suprised myself with this one! Here is what I came up with in the end….

I can’t believe that I actually like something sooooo simple as this card!!! Now I am thinking I will be making lots of these this Christmas for all the family and friends! Just simple, but elegant. I have used whisper white cardstock, and stamped the scrolls from the Priceless stamp set from Stampin’Up with Always artichoke ink. I also stamped the little flowers from the Season of joy stamp set with Real red ink, and placed a gold brad in the centre. Lastly I added the greeting which is from the Many merry messages stamp set, which I embossed with gold embossing powder.

Thanks Amy for truly getting me to simplify, and suprise myself in the mean time!

 Hey there,

I hope your week is going okay so far! Flying by just like the last, and the one before that! It is going to be Christmas before we know it!

Yesterday I has hoped to post these two cards I made over the weekend, however I was very busily cleaning, cleaning, cleaning,……and 6 hours later, I had a clean house, and little energy for anything else. Especially because i was sporting a nasty headache (probably from breathing all the fumes from cleaning products!) and because I hurt my lower back from falling down the stairs (8 of them) whilst carrying a huge box of ’stuff”! I looked like a gymnast gone bad, and well whilst it hurt having one leg bent completely up my back, I am thankful that it wasn’t any worse…….which in that split second as I was falling thought to myself ‘this is going to be ugly!”

Okay so after a good dose of some wonderful tablet, and an early night, i am feeling chipper today

So here are the sketch challenge cards I had fun with over the weekend. First I played with Beate’s Weekend Sketch Challenge. Here is her Sketch:

www.beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

And here is my creation:

Okay so for this card I started with Chocolate chip for the base, which I mounted with some Pretty in pink spotty paper from Stampin’Up’s Spring Fling paper pack. I then paper pierced around the edges and added the Dare to be Fabulous greeting from the Fabulous Flowers stamp set.

I have added the little punched out buttons on the side but using my 3/4″ punch of pumpkin pie, and a 1/4″ punch of chocolate chip cardstock. I added a rhinestone brad in the centres and added a mini glue dot to the tops, topping it off with some pink chunky glitter.

Now for the feature in the centre, I have added a strip of Chocolate chip, and spotty pumpkin pie DS paper to a square of Regal rose cardstock. I have then createda square of whisper white cardstock which I scalloped edge punched at top and bottom edges. I have then made a square of Pretty in pink cardstock, and that spotty paper again.

The stamp in the centre is from Stampin’Up’s One of a kind stamp set which I inked up with my Regal rose, Pumpkin pie, and Chocolate chip markers. I cut it out, and placed a pop up glue dot in the centre, and covered it with the same chunky pink glitter.

The next sketch that I did was from Taylor Vanbruggen of www.tayloredexpressions.com Taylor puts up a cupcake challenge each Friday, and she has great sketches. So when time permits I like to play along…..the aim is to use cupcakes, and usually I do, but I am a little tired of my Big bold birthday stamp set, and so just was dying to still use some of my new goodies!!!!

Here is her sketch:

And here is my creation:

This card is fairly simple realy. I started with Taken with teal for the base, which I have mounted some DS paper from the new Bali breeze paper pack. I then created the little squares with Tempting turquiose, Teal and Old olive cardstock, and squares of the DS paper.

In the centre I have used Certainly celery cardstock which I have paper pierced around the whole outer edge to create a frame, I then added the Whipser white cardstock which I have stamped the blossom stem from the Easter Blooms stamp set (to come) with Celery ink. I have cut out the little blooms from the DS paper and popped them up with cut up dimensionals. Lastly I added some white gel pen to the centre of the blooms, and some celery grosgrain ribbon tied around the middle.

I have to apologize that the photos isn’t the best……grr! Ah well I am still working on my photography skills. For me the problem is lighting and depending on what time of day it is too.

Right better get the kids to swimming lessons on time! Take care! 

Hey there!

Well once again Monday has come around so fast! But today I managed to think of something for you all and here it is……Enjoy!

Pretties Kit Flower Hair clips       

Materials Required:  

• Pretties Kit
• Aquapainter
• Crystal effects
• Glitter
• Ink Refill
• Mini glue dots
• Hair clips, or bobby pins

 Step 1:

Take your ink refill and load some of the ink onto a plastic plate - I have used an icecream container lid

Step 2:

Add a little water to the ink and spread around with your aquapainter

 Step 3:

Take a flower from your pretties kit (any size) and load the ink onto it with you aqua painter. I have used Groovy Guava ink.

 Step 4:

Set your flower aside to dry

Step 5:

Take your Crystal Effects and add some to your plastic plate. You will want to add a little bit of water to is, say 1 part water, 3 parts Crystal effects to dilute it slightly

 Step 6:

Using your aquapainter again, load the crystal effects onto the flower. Then sit is aside to dry. This is going to stiffen up your flower and make it easier to work with.

 Step 7:

Take your glue pen and run it over your flower.

 Step 8:

Pour glitter over your flower - either fine or chunky glitter is okay.

Step 9:

Set your flower aside until that glue and glitter dries

Step 10:

Decorate the center of your flower. I have used a small flower and half pearl

Step 11:

Take your clip. I bought this one from Priceline which is a beauty supplies store for about 99 cents each.

Add a dollop of Crystal effects to the top end of your clip

Step 12:

And pop your flower on top. I doubled the flower so that it will get a full effect. Once again you will have to set this aside till the Crystal effects dries. You don’t want it falling off before it sets.

Alternative ideas:

For this clip I have coloured a large flower with Blue Bayou ink refill. I have then folded the flower over in half, and attached it to the clip. I also added a smaller white flower, folded in half, and a half pearl. I finished it off with some Dazzling diamonds glitter

And for this one I created the little flowers, and placed a small rhinestone brad in the centre. I have attached it to a bobby pin to make another floral clip.

 3 different styles:

In the Hair:

The girls had fun posing for these pics…..AND they couldn’t believe that I made these myself, just for them!

Enjoy!