OSA Sketch Layout #41 and more DAK/RAKs.

I've been feeling pretty good over the last week, so managed to have some craft time. This week's OSA sketch layout #41 was a fairly simple one, so here's my effort. I used Stampington's Acey Deucy "Calligraphy Robe" stamp....one of my favourite Oriental images.


Here are yet some more DAK/RAKs that I've received from other OSA members recently, please scroll down the page to see them all. I feel so blessed to belong to such a wonderful caring group, thank you all so much for thinking of me.

Cards from Bonnie B. and Carolyn S.

From Willow and Sandra G.

From Linda I and Margo S.

I had my PET Scan on Wednesday and go to see my Oncologist tomorrow. I will probably find out about how much Chemo I'll be getting and when it starts......fingers crossed that nothing has showed up on the PET scan!

OSA Sketch Layout #30

I haven't done one of the OSA Card Layout challenges for a few weeks, and this one certainly is a challenge! We had to make a Tri-Shutter card.....you may have seen one of these cards on Splitcoast Stampers lately, here's the tutorial given by the card's creator, Bonnie S.....there's even a video to watch as well.

BTW, the card is not as complicated as you think by looking at it.....the hardest part is getting the folds in the right direction.



Above is the view of my card closed, and below is 2 photos of the card open.

Stamp credits: geisha by Stamp-It, fan by Stonehouse Stamps (I think!), Cherry blossom and word stamp by Stampin' Up.

Papers: Blush by Basic Grey, the crimson metallic paper has a flocked design and is by Christina Re Designs - this paper is really lovely in real life!

Also used: Nestabilities Label 4 dies, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, holographic butterflies, Fiskars flower lace border punch and Kaiser rhinestones.

Hope you like my Oriental Tri-Shutter card.......please let me know what you think of it!

OSA Sketch Layout #22

It's been a whole week since my last post! Sorry for being a bad blogger, but sometimes life gets in the way. My brother and nephew stayed for nearly a week, which was great as I hadn't seen them for over 2 years, and we ended up taking 2 trips up to Bendigo to see Dad. My Dad was really surprised when they turned up for his 80th birthday celebrations, he was really happy they made the long trip.

Anyway, on to my card that I've made for the OSA Sketch Layout #22! I received some lovely blog candy from Inka, which included this beautiful Asian woman unmounted stamp. I stamped her onto some Mulberry paper and layered a laser-cut frame (courtesy of my OSA friend Sandra) over the top so it looks like a window. The ribbon, which matched nicely in colour is layered onto another scrap of the Mulberry paper.

Thanks for looking, I know I am way behind in leaving comments on my favourite blogs....I will try and catch up over the weekend.

OSA Sketch Layout #21

Just a quick post this morning as I'm picking up my brother and nephew from the airport soon.

This week's OSA sketch layout #21 was a very simple one. The pagoda stamp is by Pink Cat Studio - it's stamped and embossed with gold embossing powder then coloured with Twinkling H2O's Ginger Peach and edged with gold Krylon pen. The swirly strip with little gems is something I picked up at The Reject Shop and the ribbon was gifted to me by Vicky. The black cardstock is textured. Nice and simple card!

OSA Sketch Layout #19 and Theme Challenge.

I made these 2 cards last night for this week's OSA Sketch Layout #19 and the Theme Challenge, which was "Tea".

I just used up some stamped images that I had done previously and some other bits and pieces.


The 1st card is the Sketch Challenge. The butterfly is stamped in black, embossed with holographic embossing powder, then coloured with Twinkling H2O's. The background around the butterfly is sponged chalk, the butterfly haiku is computer generated. The main background piece is a bit hard to see, but it is a reverse stencil technique using a plant leaf from the garden and coloured spray on watercolour paper.

I used a Stonehouse Stamp of a geisha drinking tea for the Tea Challenge card, I coloured this with Prismacolor Pencils, Odorless Mineral Spirit and paper stumps to blend. I edged around the image with Tim Holtz Antique Linen ink. Added some strips of washi paper to the top and bottom of the card. The cardstock is all by Stampin' Up.

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend! I went to the Melbourne Picture to Page Scrapbooking Show this morning........and picked up lots of new goodies, yay!

OSA Sketch Layout #10

This is my card for this week's OSA Sketch Layout #10. The poppy stamp is by Stampington, the background for the stamp is Adirondack Butterscotch ink brayered onto glossy card - I used Staz-On to stamp the image. All the papers are from the SEI Poppy paper 6 x 6 pad. I added some ribbon and a love kanji peel-off.

Thanks for stopping by today!

OSA Sketch Layout #9

I'm sorry I've been MIA here lately and haven't posted any cards, I haven't been feeling too well the last couple of days with a monster migraine, so have been keeping away from the computer. I managed to make a card for the OSA Challenge Layout #9 a few days ago, so here it is!

The stamp I used is by See D's, who I think are now Inque Boutique stamps. I've stamped it with Black Versafine ink, coloured it with a white Prismacolor pencil, then coloured over the white with a Peacock Green Prismacolor pencil. Using a white pencil underneath allows the top colour to show through on the dark coloured cardstock.

The black strips of cardstock are embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and I've layered ribbon over them. I've thought outside the square and used a butterfly instead of the round shape in the sketch. The Far East butterfly diecut has some red/gold holographic stickers added for interest.

The burgundy card is edged with Black ink.........that's it, nice and simple!

OSA Sketch Challenge #4

I'm on a roll here, I've just completed another challenge, the OSA Sketch Challenge #4.....and almost right on the deadline too! You can see the sketch HERE

I used the Pierced Spotlight Technique from the latest Technique Junkies Newsletter. My stamp is from Pink Cat Studio and I coloured the spotlighted image with Prismacolor Pencils. I used colours to match the wide Stampin' Up ribbon and Cuttlebugged the background piece with two different embossing folders.

Thanks for visiting!

OSA Card Layout - Challenge #3

A very similar card to my previous post - I used the same stamp and background technique, but used a different colour ink and adapted it to the sketch layout. The corner pieces are textured metal, I added some Frosted Lace Ranger Stickles to the stamped image to simulate more snow and added some dotted ribbon to the top and bottom of the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

OSA Design Challenge #2 and OSA Theme Challenge #2 cards.

I made a couple of quick cards using up some Oriental stamped/coloured images that I've had sitting in my stash for a while for these two challenges.
I painted the background for this card using Twinkling H2O's, then stamped the gorgeous Imperial Cargo 'Fuji Goddess' stamp on top of it. It's edged with gold Krylon pen then layered on some black cardstock, added some eyelets and a jump ring with a fan embellishment to the bottom right corner.

I took a second photo of this card so you get a better look at the lovely SEI Poppy background paper - it's a metallic silvery paper with white embossed poppies over the top. I layered the papers over a piece of black cardstock, wrapped some fibres around the end and adhered to a turquoise coloured card.

The second card below is for the OSA theme challenge, which was "cherry blossoms". My blossoms came printed on a kind of mulberry paper. The stamp is by Innovative Stamp Designs, layered this onto some red textured cardstock. The mulberry paper is attached to a black cardstock layer with gold brads, then adhered to a folded red textured card.