Hello again!

So hoping you have had a fabulous week! It is starting to be that crazy busy time of year again huh? Where do the years go? Anyway hopefully you get a chance to hide away in your stamping space in the coming week and make something with this week challenge sketch

Here is the sketch for you to work with:

Here is my stamped sample for you… another masculine card, which i honestly don’t make all that often so it feels great to do one!

Have a fabulous weekend peeps!

Hello there!

Happy Friday to you today! I hope you have had a great week! Today it is all stops out for me, as we leave for the USA at 5am tomorrow morning!!! I can hardly believe that the day has rolled around! It sure has come fast! The kids are beyond excited, and i am getting there too. Hopefully i get through that last minute to do list and we are all set to go I will be sure to keep you posted on what we all get up to along the way and the special event of my Brothers wedding too!!

Well it is another week, another challenge. Today we have a colour challenge for you all. Now you would know that i am definitely NOT a bold brights person, but i definitely have to say i LOVED this colour combo this week. So fun and fresh!

Here is the colour combo for you:

Here is my creation for you:

See how fun these colours look together?! I love how this turned out, even though it is rather simple for one of my creations! So be sure to pop round to the Inkspirations Challenges Website to see all the other fabulous creations by the DT!

Take care, and i look forward to blogging from the other side of the world!

Hello people!

Well, well finally back here this week. I really can’t believe a whole week has gone by without a peep from me! Sorry about that! It sure has been a jam packed week and finding that time to blog, just hasn’t happened for me, even when i have stuff to share with you…now that is sad huh?

I got hubby to take some bump photos of me this week, but they most certainly weren’t BLOG WORTHY! The lighting was off, and well I just couldn’t show them to ya in that state. So we will be back for another photo shoot this weekend, i promise!

So this weeks challenge over on the Inkspirations Challenge Blog is a fun sketch. I had so many ideas for this one and will maybe even re-visit over the coming week….so many options!!!

Here is the sketch for you…..

And here is my sketch inspired sample for you all….

I love these pink and lime colours together…. I have used Basic black cardstock for the base, along with some spotty Simply Chatreuse dsp from Papertrey Ink. The floral and leaf stamps are from the Delightful Dahlia stamp set also from PTI. I have stamped them in my Versamark stamp pad and then embossed them with white embossing powder. The greeting is from the same stamp set, and i added some black satin ribbon along with the Raspberry fizz stitched ribbon from PTI, and some wee lil rhinestones for added bling….

I hope you have a blast with this sketch this week. Be sure to pop on over to the Inkspirations Challenges Website to see what other stamping goodness the DT have come up with and to link up your creation….

Have a fabulous weekend!

Hello again,

Well it is another challenge for you all this week over on the Inkspirations Challenge Website!

This week we have a sketch for you all, and it truly is so easy to use! The DT have whipped up some amazing samples for you all, so ENJOY!

Here is the sketch….

Here is my sketch inspired sample for you all….

I dug out one of my old My Favorite Things stamps to put this creation together. I love this stamp of the chick on the phone! I used Not quite navy cardstock for the base and then layered with some My minds eye dsp. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and also paper pieced the lounge chair with it. The greeting is from the same stamp set which i topped off with a yellow button.

Be sure to pop past the Inkspirations Challenges website to see all the DT stamping goodness and to link up your own sketch inspired creation!

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Hey there,

Well as this post is published I should be up on the Tablelands at a stamp retreat……yes I can hardly believe I am going to have the opportunity to stamp after sooooooo long! I can hardly wait. Once again I designed a swap card that is far too intricate, and I am just about over the mass production! Ah well I am sure it will be worth it. The best bit about the retreat (other than all food is prepared for you, and there will be lots of stamping chatter, something I miss dearly!) is that I will stamp, AND i will have something to blog for you all next week…..now that will be a refreshing change huh?

Oh and I will be doing a workshop whilst there too. I have really missed teaching, so am very much looking forward to that again as well.

Okay so this weeks challenge is a gorgeous colour combo. I think you will like this one… I surely love it!

One of the mum’s at the kids school turned 40 yesterday, and I was asked if I could make a group card for everyone to sign. I always struggle with these BIG cards, but I was pleasantly surprised with how this one turned out especially considering that my Mojo is missing!

Here it is:

It looks better in real life, those flowers really pop.

Now you can be inspired by the amazing Design team! On that note, I need to let you all know that Teneale is leaving the DT…… yes I know very sad indeed. With her amazing new job, and SU business there is not a whole lot of time spare and sometimes we have to let go of commitments (I know all about that)! So whilst we are very sad to let Teneale go, we want to say a very BIG thank you for all her amazing inspiration over the past 6 months and wish her all the very best. I will let you all know next week how we will work out her replacement

Check out the DT super stars!

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the InLinkz below.

You have until the Thursday the 23rd September midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 24th September in the afternoon.

I hope you all have a blessed weekend!

MWAH!