Paper Blooms - Challenge #5 - Inspiration

This weeks challenge at Paper Blooms is an inspiration challenge of the above dishes.

Here is my card which was inspired by the dishes and my first entry to a Paper Blooms Challenge. You should go and check out the DT creations over at Paper Blooms

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 61 - "Leaf it up to me"

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is to put a leaf (or two or three) on your card. Stamp it, draw it, cut it out, use an image or the real thing, but there must be at least one leaf on the card.

Sorry about the photo, I will try and take another one later on.

Image is from Pink Petticoat

Sentiment - computer generated with a stamped stem from a Penny Black Transparent Set.

Paper - DCWV - Blossoms & Butterflies.

Nestabilities used for the circles and scalloped circles.

Rain Dots - Kaisercraft

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

The Pink Elephant Challenge #12

This weeks challenge at TPE was a sketch, this is my creation from the sketch.

Paper - Kaisercraft

Bazzill Cardstock

Flower - Stash

Sentiment - Design Runner

Scalloped Border - Fiskars

Ink

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 60 - Say "What"

Inside - "Another Birthday - Weren't you old enough last year"

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is Say "What"
The sentiment "What" should appear on the card - it can be inside or out.

Paper - Green stack - DCWV
Bazzill Cardstock
Cricut - BB & PS

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

MTTC - Challenge #59 - Black & White Plus One

This is my first challenge with MTCC.

This weeks challenge is a colour challenge of Black & White Plus One. The plus one is any colour of your choice.

I used Black & White Plus Orange.

I have decided to use this card for my Card Swap on the Cricut MB for May - Female Birthday is the theme.

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 59 - A Certain Sentiment

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is - A Certain Sentiment.

Today's sentiment: "I Miss You" or something similar.

The picture is a free clipart from a Vintage site, I cannot remember where as I downloaded it a long time ago.
Black & White Printed Paper is from Funky Hand - Salt & Pepper.
Sentiment - Computer Generated
Cardstock - Bazzill
Raindots - Kaisercraft

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 58 - Something's Fishy

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is Something's Fishy.

Put at least one image of a fish on your card. This can be in the form of a stamp, patterned paper, a hand-drawn image, or anything you can think of.

I received a large envelope today and the inside of that envelope looked interesting, so that is what I used to print the fish on from Pink Petticoat and to mat the bottom rectangle.

Plain coloured cardstock is Bazzill.

Droplets are Kaisercraft

Doodling

Computer generated sentiment - I am not sure I like how big the wording is so I think I will change it.

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

Card Patterns #12 and Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 46

I used the sketch from Card Patterns #12 and the criteria for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 46 - Anything Goes.

Paper - Sweet Stack - DCWV

Bazzill - Cardstock

Nestabilities - Scallop circles

Swiss Dots Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Stamp - Cupcakes - PB Every Which Way - Transparent Set

Red Pearls - Kaisercraft

Sentiment - Inkadinkado

I am not sure if I can combine the 2 challenges, if I am not able please let me know and I will make another card for either challenge.

Have a nice day and happy crafting

365 Cards - Day 57 - Super Sketchy Sunday

Today at 365 Cards is Super Sketchy Sunday.

This is my take on the sketch.

Paper - Sweet Stack - DCWV

Bazzill & DCWV - Cardstock

Rhinestones & Red Pearl - Kaisercraft

Sentiment - Unknown

Ribbon - Cut from Wild Card on my Cricut

Gel Pen

Ink

Swiss Dots used on the Ribbon

The little cupcake is cut from the Sweet Stack as well.

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 56 - See Through Saturday

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is See Through Saturday.

Here is what Pam had to say about the challenge:

How about an acrylic (clear) card? I love when I come across these on other blogs, so I thought we'd give it a try.

So here's the challenge: Use it as the card base - front, back, or all - otherwise anything goes.

CHALLENGE - It was a big challenge for me, I have never made one before so it was another first for me - Thank You Pam - you are really taking me out of my comfort zone - LOL.

This is the card I came up with - I think I should have left the stampin circles off the front of the card and I might add bling to the outside circle?

I used my Nestabilites for the shapes

Bazzill Cardstock

Ribbon

Cake Image - Paper Chic

Circle Images - Kelly Panacci - 360 Degrees.

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

Basic Grey - Challenge 32 - Christine's Sketch

This weeks challenge at Basic Grey was a sketch by Christine.

This is my take on her sketch, I did not have a suitable image that I liked for the card so I just used a sentiment - I hope it still qualifies for the challenge.

Paper - Sugared

Cardstock - Bazzill

Misc - Flowers and Buttons

Sentiment Stamp - Hero Arts Clear Design Birthday Messages.

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 55 - Card Recipe

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is a Recipe.
Wouldn't it be nice if you just had a simple recipe to follow that only allowed for variation in colors/patterns?
Here's the recipe for this card:
5x5 card (solid colored card stock - may be smooth or textured)
4x4 patterned paper (you may alter the edges if you'd like)
1 shape (circle, square, star, heart, etc.) - must be solid color
3 jewels
alpha stickers
That's it! Nothing more. Can it be done, and done well?

I did struggle with this challenge a bit due to not owning a lot of alpha stickers and trying to find paper to match the few that I did have.

My Recipe
Bazzill cardstock used for the base card
Patterned Paper - I am afraid I do not know the brand as I had cut the strip off when I previously used it. - I inked the edges of the paper.
Bazzill cardstock for the Circle
Kaisercraft jewels placed in the centre of 3 flowers on the patterned paper.
Misc Stickers - I had trouble with this because I don't buy alpha stickers, but I did purchase a cheap mini album which had these alpha stickers in it - saved the day.

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

Award - Makes My Heart Smile

I received this award today from Pam - Mackenzie Mae Designs. Pam is the owner who came up with the idea of 365 Cards - 365 Cards. Pam's designs are just beautiful and very creative. She always leaves encouraging and lovely comments on everyone's blog which is very heart warming.

The rules for the award:
The winner may put the logo onto their blog.
Put a link to the person who sent you the award.Nominate 10 blogs.
Put links to their blogs.
Leave a message for the nominees.

Michelle M - Journey of a Gypsy

Amy - Tsuruta Designs

AUsome Mum - Diana - Diana’s AUsome Creations etc

Alicia - Playing With Paper

Jana - I Cant Wanna

Deanne - Just Wasting Time

Stephanie - It’s My Life

Kristie - The Kristie Sessions

Karen Lee - A Place to Share My Stuff

Bex - Bex View

Have a nice day and happy crafting.

365 Cards - Day 54 - Recycled Elements

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is Recycled Elements - We were challenged to recycle at least one thing and add it to our card. We were asked to look around and see if we can find something that might not ordinarily be used on a card. I am not sure if my card fits the challenge description.
I used a muesli bar box for the base of the card and the tag.
100% Recycled Double Sided Cardstock from K&Company for the flowers.
Recycled & Biodegradable Twine - from my DH gardening supplies.
See D's Stamp - Cabana
I used nestabilities for the flowers and then sanded the edges.

And my last recycled element was the light box I took the photo of the card in - I made it out of an empty Nappy Box and cutting one side out and added some Picture Framing Backboard around the sides and a halogen lamp.

Have a nice day.

Another Award!!!!!!

I received this award from Diana, Bex, Deanne, Rose and Alicia who are very talented and generous ladies whom I have 'met' from 365 Cards. They always take the time to visit my blog and leave encouraging and lovely comments. Thank You ladies for this Award.

The Karma Award: These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind of bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.

Now I need to pass this award onto 8 bloggers

Karen Lee - A Place to Share My Stuff
Jana - I Cant Wanna
Cin - 2Cin
Maz - Natures Workshop
Brigit - BB Creations
Stephanie - It’s My Life
Jeannie - Dragonfly Journeys
Chrissie - Simply One Of A Kind

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 53 - Fun With Fruit

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is Fun With Fruit - We were asked to create a card with fruit on it.
Sorry about the picture it is a bit dull - I will try and take another one in the morning and post it.
Patterned Paper - Pink Petticoat
Image/Sentiment - Pink Petticoat
Misc Ribbon
Ink

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 52 - Tuesday's Trio

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is Tuesday's Trio -
Brad, Blossom, and Circle.
We were asked to use these three items somewhere on our card.
Paper - DCWV - La Creme
Flowers - Stash
Sentiment Stamp - Hero Arts
Ribbon
Brads
Circles - Nestabilities
Rain Drops - KaiserCraft

I made a card today for 2s4y that also fits the challenge as well.
Here is my card

Have a nice day.

2S4Y - Laura's Sketch #24

This is my take on Laura's Sketch #24 from 2S4Y.

Paper -DCWV - Garden Party

Scalloped circle - Nestabilities

Fabric Flower

Bling

Ink

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 51 - Picture This

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is Picture This - The flower photo above was supplied to give us inspiration. This is what I came up with - due to the colour and being 10.30pm I am unable to acquire a good photo - but I will try again tomorrow. I am not sure about the Hibiscus flowers - I think I will change that to a big Black and Red flower.

Have a nice day.

Lemonade Award

I received my very first blog award from Amy Tsuruta Designs who I 'met' through 365 Cards.
She is on the DT for 365 Cards and always has an encouraging comment on my challenge cards, even if they are very ordinary at times. Go check out her blog her creations always give me a smile and are alway such fun.

The Lemonade Stand Award is for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude.

To pick up the Lemonade Stand Award:

- Comment on this blog.

- Cut and paste the award logo and use it in your own blog.

- Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.

- Link to your nominees within your blog post.

- Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.

- Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

I would like to nominate the following 10 awesome bloggers for this award:

Alicia - Playing With Paper

Vicky - Paper Girl

Tammy - Addicted to Paper

Ivolina - My Craft Inspirations

Debbie - Dolce Deb’s Designs

Fabric Butterfly - Fabric, Paper and Stamps...OH MY!
Ginny - My5Bratz Creations
Diana - Diana's AUsome Creations Etc
Jana - I can't wanna
Michelle - Bohemian Gypsy

Thank you ladies for all of your encouraging comments on my 365 Cards - card challenges.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 50 - Super Sketchy Sunday #7

Todays challenge at 365 Cards was the sketch above.

I have not placed a sentiment on it as yet, because I am not sure if I like it or not.

I used all DCWV - Plain and Printed Paper (Whimsy Stack)

Kaisercraft - Rhinestones

Misc Ribbons & Flowers

I used Cricut Design Studio for the Oval and Nestabilities for the archers.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 49 - Accordion Card

Today's scoring challenge at 365 Cards is to create an Accordion Card.

This is my first attempt at this type of card - I found instructions on the Scor-Pal site and just adjusted the measurements to they card size I required.

I have not place a sentiment inside the card as yet - but I think I will give it to my Mother for Mother's Day, now to find the right sentiment.....

I used my Scor-Pal score the folds.

PP - Heidi Grace - Vineyard Flowers

Rhinestones - Kaisercraft

3D Butterflies - Misc Die Cut set

K & Co embellishments - Flower/Tag/Index Tab.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 48 - Score A Pattern

Today's scoring challenge at 365 Cards is to score your pattern. This can be very simple or it can be fancy, and either way the resulting texture can really add nicely to the overall look of the card.
I used my Scor-Pal to make the score lines in my card.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 47 - Pop-Up Card

Today is the 5th day of Scor-It week at 365 Cards.
Today's scoring challenge is a Pop-Up Card. For a link on how to make the card on the site, pop over to Amy's blog.
I used my Scor-Pal to make the folds, this is my very first Pop-Up Card.
PP DCWV Sweet Stack
Ribbon - Making Memories
Flowers & Brads - Stash
h & b - cut on Cricut with Pooh Font Cartridge.
Stamped words - Misc Stamp

Have a nice day.

2S4Y - Kazan's Sketch #24

I made this card from Kazan's Sketch #24 from 2S4Y, I used Basic Grey Papers and Wild Card for the Owl Frame.

I really did not like the paper too much, but now that I have made this card I like it a little.

Have a nice day.

Card Swap - April 09 - Kids Birthday

This month's Aussie Card Swap on the Cricut Messageboard is Kids Birthday and these are my cards.

The only cricut on the cards is the Framed border around the images - it is a frame from Wild Card.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 46 - Matchbook Card

Today is the 4th day of Scor-It week at 365 Cards.

Today's scoring challenge is a Matchbook Card. For Step-by-step instructions on how to make the card on the site, pop over to Kristie's blog for a tutorial.

I used my Scor-Pal to make the folds, This is my very first Matchbook Card and I found it quite easy to make following Kristie's instructions.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 45 - Tri-Fold Card

Today is the 3rd day of Scor-It week at 365 Cards.

Today's scoring challenge is a Tri-Fold Card. For Step-by-step instructions on how to make the card on the site, pop over to Tammy's blog.
I used my Scor-Pal to make the folds, This is my very first Tri-Fold Card and I found it quite easy to make, but I think my card is one of those "What Was I Thinking" with the papers.

Have a nice day.

The Pink Elephant - #10 - Pink, Green & Yellow

This weeks challenge at The Pink Elephant was to use Pink, Green & Yellow and this is my entry. I think it needs something else on it - but I do not know what....

Image - Pink Petticoat

PP - HOTP

Bazzill card stock

Sentiment - Misc Stamp

Have a nice day.

Day 44 - Money Holder

Today at 365 Cards is the second day of Scor-It Week.
Today's scoring challenge is a Money holder. For Step-by-step instructions on how to make the card on the site, pop over to Gloria's blog.

I used my Scor-Pal and Pink Petticoat images and Printed Paper and a little flower bling.

I only had a $10 note in my wallet to show the pocket.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 43 - Gift Card Holder

Today at 365 Cards is the first day of Scor-It Week.

The first scoring challenge is a gift card holder. Pam provided a tutorial on how to make one on her personal blog .

I have never made a gift card holder before, but following Pam's tutorial and using my Scor-Pal I found it very easy to put together until I had to decorate it - I looked at it for a long time and tried a lot of different combinations before I came up with this simple design. I think I need more practice on decorating little projects, I will have to make a few more of these gift card holders for Christmas.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards is having a Scor-It-Week!!!!!

Starting Sunday- 12th April 2009, instead of a sketch, they will kick off the week with a scoring challenge, and each day the rest of the DT will bring you their take on a challenge, along with a tutorial on their blogs. We'll also be blogging about the very popular Scor-it Board and Scor-it Mini. Don't worry, though, you don't need anything other than a simple scoring tool (a bone folder or stylus will do)to participate.
So hop on over to 365 Cards and take a look around and join in on the fun.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 42 - Stampin' Saturday

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is to Stamp a background pattern on some card stock - otherwise, do not use patterned paper, but feel free to stamp away!
I am fairly new to stamping so my creation is not quite perfect - but as it is a challenge I had a go.
Stamps Used:
Kelly Panacci - Funky Flowers & 360 Degrees for the background.
Misc Swirl stamp for the middle border.
Hero Arts - Birthday Messages.

Have a nice day

365 Cards - Day 41 - Feel Better Friday

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is to make a Get Well card that has 5 flowers on it and this is what I came up with.

I stamped the flowers on the cardstock first and then 3D the top 3 flowers.

Have a nice day.

365 Cards - Day 40 - Spring Break

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is a nod to spring breakers everywhere. For this card, we were asked to use the sun, sand, and surf to inspire us, and this is what I came up with.

Have a nice day.

Card Patterns #9

This weeks challenge at Card Patterns was the above sketch, and here is my take on the challenge.

Have a nice day.