Oh Christmas Tree!

I've decided I really need to hurry up and get my Christmas cards done, so I'll be hanging out in my craft room for the next few days. There are so many challenges that I want to do this week, so I've combined three challenges to make this card. I've used the sketch #51 from Papertake Weekly blog, the theme from Daring Cardmakers - Spots and Stripes, and The Pink Elephant blog theme of using the colours RED, BLUE and GREEN.

I used the tree stamp from the 'Hooo Loves Christmas' stamp set from AnnaBelle Stamps. I stamped it onto some grungy green Kaisercraft designer paper, coloured the baubles with a red PrismaColor marker and put some Dimensional Magic over them to give more dimension. The spotty and stripy papers are from the Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival 6 x 6 paper pad, the greeting is a rub-on by Imaginesce and I've added some white grosgrain ribbon, some aqua satin ribbon and some skinny red satin ribbon finished with a bow. The blue and red cardstock are from Pedigree Papers.

Thanks for looking, hopefully I'll be back tomorrow with another card!

Dad card.

Father's Day is creeping up fast here in Australia, it's only a couple of weeks away now, so time to make a few cards for the occasion. I used Papertake Weekly's Sketch #46 for my card.

I used a stamp from the Stampin' Up set 'Seaside Sketches' and water-coloured it using Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I kept going with the distressed look and used some grungy looking Basic Grey DP, distressed on the edges. The striped DP is by Kaisercraft, added some chocolate brads and some alpha stickers.

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Simply Sweet!

Hi everyone, I'm back again with a card which is suitable for 3 challenges!

Firstly, Annabelle's Bling Sketch Challenge.
Second challenge is Pink Elephant's - add GREEN to your colour combo.
Thirdly, Papertake Weekly - Buttons, bows, brads and bling - Use one or all four combinations.

Edited to add: I've just found a fourth challenge for my card! Saturday Spotlight is having a 'Clean it Up' CAS (Clean and Simple) card challenge this week!

I used a new stamp that Andrea, from Annabelle Stamps kindly sent me just for entering one of her Simply Saturday challenges on her other blog, Andrea's Stampin' Moments! Andrea also sent me some of her Sprinkles (bling), which I've used on my card also. The greeting is from the My Favourite Things - 'Here's the Scoop' stamp set.

I coloured the image with Copic Markers, and since I don't have enough colours yet, I used Prismacolor Pencils to blend and highlight the Copics. I think it turned out OK, let me know what you think!

The Design Paper is from the Basic Grey Urban Prairie 6 x 6 paper pad.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a great day!

Two cards today!

Hi everyone! I've just finished another Chemo cycle, so I'm back in action again. I actually made these 2 cards on the weekend, just haven't had a chance to post them to the blog yet.

I've had both of the stamped images, coloured, and sitting on my desk for weeks now! I thought they would both fit the bill for the Get Sketchy card challenge #25, and the Toile Blossom card below also fits the criteria for Papertake Weekly's gingham or checks challenge.


I used a stamp from Stampin' Up's Toile Blossom set (retired now), and water-coloured the image with Tim Holtz Distress inks. The background paper is by Basic Grey and I've added some pink gingham ribbon.

This 2nd card is more male oriented. I used a pheasant image by Viva Las Vegas stamps, also water-coloured with Tim Holtz Distress inks, added a bit of raffia and the striped DP is by Kaisercraft, which I've pierced around the borders.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, hope you have a wonderful day!

Male Birthday Card.

I needed a birthday card for my future son-in-law, and decided to use this week's Sketch #31 from the Papertake Weekly blog.

The seashell stamp is by Ferngully Stamps, an Aussie company, the greeting is by Flourishes. The background for the seashell stamp is called 'Al Foil' from a Technique Junkies Newsletter. The Cuttlebugged piece is a mosaic embossing folder done on Core'dinations Black Magic cardstock, the pale orange background is the same Core'dinations cardstock but reversed. I don't know who the DP. is by, I think it's handmade paper and it has no identification on it. I added some black triangular brads, a seahorse charm and some thread.

Thanks for looking, it's back to chemo for me tomorrow, so I might be a bit scarce for a few days.

Ouch!!

This is another 2 challenges in one card! The 1st challenge is a sketch for 2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's sketch #32. The 2nd challenge is for Papertake Weekly, the challenge was to use colours or things, relating to one of the 4 seasons - I've used the colours of Autumn.

I used a digital stamp by Dustin Pike.......poor little "ouch" dragon! I used Prismacolor pencils and odourless mineral spirits to colour him. All cardstock is Stampin' Up, gingham paper by Christina Re, and a stamped Flourishes greeting.

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Papertake Weekly Challenge.

I've had a heap of new rubber delivered this week so I used my new Stampin' Up - Upsy Daisy set for this card for Papertake Weekly's Dawny's Sketch #13 - I turned the sketch upside down. I've been really hanging out to get the new In Colours too.......I lurve Baja Breeze!

I was looking for some ribbon to put on the card and discovered this gorgeous piece of lace was a great match for the Baja Breeze cardstock! I added a piece of thin chocolate coloured satin ribbon over the top edge of the lace.

All cardstock is Stampin' Up, used Baja Breeze ink over the cuttlebugged background piece, the daisies are stamped with Color Box dark brown chalk ink.

Hope you are all having a great day.......it's a beautiful Autumn day here in Melbourne, lovely and sunny!

Happy Easter!

I'd just like to wish all my blog readers a Happy Easter! I hope you are able to spend some time with your family over the holiday. I'm going to visit my Dad tomorrow and will catch up with my daughters and family on Sunday.

I've made two Easter cards today, the 1st one is for Papertake Weekly - Dawny's Sketch #12.

The 2nd card is for CPS 110

I used Basic Grey Urban Prairie 6 x 6 papers for both cards.

Thanks for visiting today!

Happy Blogoversary/Anniversary!

Today is my 1st Blogoversary, and I didn't plan it this way, but I've made an anniversary card today!

This started off being a card for Kazan's Sketch #19 over at 2 Sketches 4 You, but it also qualifies for Caardvarks Heart Challenge and Papertake Weekly's Hearts and Flowers Challenge - so it's a triple challenge card!

This is just an easy to make card using Designer Papers (green is MM, plum is Cloud 9), die-cut shapes and a Vickie Enkoff greeting stamp.The vellum flowers, leaves and strip are by Cloud 9. Also used burgundy thin grosgrain ribbon, Curved Rectangle Nesties and red metallic heart.

ps. Don't forget to enter for my blogoversary/10,000 hits blog candy if you haven't already. The post is at the top of my blog posts HERE.

Three card challenges in one!

I needed to make a quick birthday card for my daughter's boyfriend whose birthday is today! I managed to knock over 3 challenges in one for the card!

I used this week's Cuttlebug Challenge of sand the embossing - I used Black Magic Core'dinations and sanded it back to reveal the turquoise core.

The 2nd challenge is using the CPS sketch #98

The 3rd challenge is the Papertake Weekly one, Seeing Spots - use spots, dots or circles on your card. I used the Cuttlebug Spots and Dots embossing folder, spotted Designer Paper, put some dots around the oval layer with a white Signo gel pen, used some round brads and pricked some dots around the aqua layer.....and used a red Kaiser gem for the bird's eye!

The Happy Birthday stamp is by Penny Black, the arrow stamp is by October Afternoon. The black glitter bird sticker is from The Sticker Cafe. Ink is Impress Teal dye ink, I inked up the stamp with Versamark, then the Impress Teal so I could clear emboss it. The ovals are cut with Nestabilities dies.

...hope it doesn't look too girly for him!