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Hello Blog World,

Told you there would be more cards this week.  It is one of my main passions and now I am involved with love letters I now have an even bigger excuse to make more.

Today I am showing you a card I made using this image from Daring Card Makers




Just look at those colours all propped together, how can you not be inspired!

So with that in mind this is what I came up with.



I worked with what I had, I know my colours are a bit different but I loved the colours in the inspirational photo all lined up together so much that I wanted my card to reflect the same.  Hence the multi-coloured picket fence.



Mmmm sorbet! This is just lots of old scrappy bits of cardstock, some bakers twine, rub ons that have been in my stash for ever and making memories die cuts.  Oh and some kindy glitz to bling up the butterflies a bit.

So this week will be the reveal of my quilt I am really looking forward to showing you all that and don’t forget to check out my pins of the day on twitter.

Until then Happy Crafting

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Entering this card into the following challenges
Daring Card Makers
The Pink Elephant TPE143 – Flowers
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Love Letters Random Cards of Kindness

Hello Blog World.

Easter is over for another year I hope everyone had a safe and happy one.

Today I am here to show you another card, you will probably see a lot more in the coming weeks as I need to build to my stash up again and I have also just joined up to Love Letters: Random Cards of Kindness Inc.  This is a wonderful organisation who give cards to children in hospitals throughout the U.S.  I would love to do something here but I am yet to find anything so if anyone knows of anything similar in Australia please let me know.

Also if you are a card maker and have an overabundance of cards think about donating.

Anyway on to the card…
I took this week’s Clean and Simple Sketch FTL185 and colours from CR84FN Colour Challenge


And came up with this.



It is very clean and simple, but I like it.  I made the flowers myself by cutting out paper in a flower shape, crinkling and layering, then popped a brad in the middle to hold it all together.  I also added a touch of bling to the edges because when in doubt add glitter.

I have also used my liquid pearls to highlight the centre of each little flower on the blue paper and believe it or not the background paper is more of a peach than a pink, it’s just my stupid photography skills did not pick that up.



Exciting things this week, you will see as I said earlier more cards from me as well as the quilt reveal! 

Also if you’re on twitter look me up as I have been tweeting a random pin of the day, you never know what you might find.

Until then Happy Crafting

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Entering into the following challenges.

Clean and Simple Sketch FTL185

CR84FN Colour Challenge 51

The Pink Elephant TPE143 – Flowers

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge 127 – Clean and Simple

Greetings Card

Hello Blog World,

Easter is right around the corner, is everyone ready??

Just a quick post today to show you a new card.  The mood struck so I took advantage of it and came up with this.



I find it very bright and cheery and I had lots of fun cutting out the petals and distressing them.  This is one for my stash, but I may just send it down to my friend in Melbourne just because I miss her!

All supplies were from my extensive stash and include but are not limited to heidi grace paper, making memories brads, and generic cardstock and paper flowers.

Because of it’s cheery theme I have decided to enter in the following challenges.

Creative Card Crew –Spring
The Ribbon Carousel – Spring is in the air
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

And yes I know it’s not spring here in Australia, it is technically our Autumn but I am in sunny Queensland and it is going to be 30 degrees Celcius ( about 86 F) so it’s still quite warm here.

The long weekend is here, I am very excited, lots of housework to do, a BBQ and hopefully lots of crafting.  I am still binding my quilt, but I am only doing a little bit every night (I am very slow at hand binding).  Hopefully I can get this done by the end of the long weekend.

Until then Happy Crafting

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Surprise Surprise

Hello Blog World,

Just a quick post today to show you another card I have made. I seem to be back in the cardmaking business…I had so much fund making my thanks card for my friend on the weekend and with a few birthday’s coming up I thought “Hey why not, let’s make some more”.

So I took inspiration from the Clean and Simple FTL180 Sketch again but changed it up this time and paired it up with The paper players – Spring has Sprung Challenge (even though it’s autumn here)



And I came up with this. I guess it doesn’t really look like the sketch too much anymore…



Very spring has sprung if I do say so myself, also used a lot of scraps up and a flower punch for the flowers.  So this is for my stash as one of my goals this year was to give handmade cards for all events, so I need to build my stash up.

I am going to try my hand this week at a doggy bandana for my puppy so stay tuned.

Until then Happy Crafting.

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And Entering this card into the following challenges
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge 122 – Punches and Dies
The Paper Players Challenge #85 – Spring has Sprung
Clean and Simple FTL180 Sketch
Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant – Layers Challenge

Thanks

Hello Blog World,

I guess it’s fitting today that I am here to show you a thankyou card I made on the weekend for a dear friend that leant me her high pressure cleaner, because when I opened my email tonight before coming to write this I had an email from the lovely Alisha at Crafty Brooklyn Army Wife leaving me a lovely comment on my Raspberry and White Choc Croissant Pudding and Raspberry and White Choc Muffins and awarding my The Liebster Award - So thank you so much Alisha I am very honoured!




The  Liebster Award’s aim  is to bring attention to blogs with less than 200 followers.  If you are selected, you are meant to do the following.

1. Choose FIVE up and coming blogs to award the Liebster to (they must have less than 200 followers).
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog.
4. List the bloggers you are giving this award to with links to their sites.
5. Best of all, have fun and share the love!

So, in keeping with the Rules, here are my five blog choices, in no order.

1. Liz @ Here’s to Handy Andy
2. Linda @ Partycraft Secrets
3. Melissa @ Bee Divine Designs
4. Jan @ Huh, so this is a blog
5. Michelle @ Michelle Lea Designs

Check them all out they are great and definitely up and coming!

Now onto my card, not much to say about it really. Just a quick card I made for a friend using this weeks Clean and Simple FTL180 Sketch





Nothing too special, just quick and easy but straight to the point. Exactly what this girl likes.



I love the pearls!!! Had to do a close up of it!

I didn’t get all the sanding and painting done I wanted over the weekend so there will be more of that this weekend and hopefully do some more on my quilt.

Now go check out those blogs and until then Happy Crafting.

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Entering my card into the following challenges

Clean and simple FTL180

The Shabby Tea Room Week #103 Shabby Shutters

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – Punches and Dies ( tag is from a punch)

A Masculine Birthday

Hello Blog World,

Today is my beautiful husbands 43rd Birthday. Happy Birthday Bubba!!!

He got spoiled with lots of pressies in bed this morning, a new PC game, a book, socks and boxers, smelly stuff and some hair clippers. We also took him out to a buffet breakfast!

And in keeping with my goals for 2012 I made him a card.

I gathered all my bits and pieces on my messy work desk



Lots of blues for the only boy in our life.

Found this gorgeous sketch from Clean and Simple – Sketch FTL178, I just knew it was perfect when I saw it.




And put it all together. I thought I would give monochrome another try as I wasn’t overly happy with my first try last year.

And because I love bling and 3d I had to put some of that in there.



Needless to say he was very happy with his card, his presents and his breakfast.  We have family coming over this afternoon for cake! So I will be back later with some updates on that.
 
Until then Happy Crafting.

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Entering this card into the following challenges -
Clean and Simple Stamping FTL178
Crafty Cardmakers – Monochromatic Challenge
Creative Card Crew – Masculine Challenge
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – Favourite Things

Congratulations Card

Hello Blog World,

Just a quick post today to show you a card I have been working on for my dear friends in Melbourne who just had their first baby, a beautiful baby girl Serena.

I played around with the Mojo Monday Sketch



Played around with papers, even went into some new stuff (the crochet flower, purple card stock and butterflies) and came up with this.




I like it!  So I have used a bit of new stuff here as said an some old stuff and I think it came together nicely.

I am also entering in the following challenges

Mojo Monday 223
Dream Valley Challenges – Anything Goes
Crafty Catz – Use something new challenge
& The Pink Elephant – Hearts Challenge

Also on a cool note, a couple of blogs I follow shared this wonderful site Tagxedo, it makes a word cloud out of a web address or any words you submit, and you can play around with colours and shapes. So I put in my web address and this is what it came up with.



I LOVE it!!!! It’s interesting to see what words it chews out, have a go and share I would love to see others.

I didn’t get the pantry done, I think that’s going to have to wait for my week off soon but I have got my material all cut out for my quilt so I am going to go do some more sewing.

Until later Happy Crafting

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Rolled Paper Tree Cards

Hello Blog World,

I have seen a few rolled paper trees out there in blog land this year and thought what a nifty idea. 

Here are some of my favourites

Source: leslieashe.blogspot.com via Michelle on Pinterest

Source: http://thesimplylivingblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/paper-tree.html

Source”:http://adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com/2011/12/rolled-paper-christmas-tree.html

Go Check them out they are awesome, the second one even has a tutorial. 

Isn’t that bunting just darling!!

So ever since I saw my first one a few months back I knew I wanted to do something similar this Christmas.   All these creations are in frames or on canvases and used for decorations.   I didn’t want to do that, so I needed to make some extra Christmas Cards and thought hey why not??

So here is my take on the rolled paper trees in card form.



And then I wanted to change the colours up a bit and use up some scraps, so this one came about also



I can’t decide which one I like better, they are both different in their own little way, so they both appeal to me on different levels, and they were very simple to make!  I could definitely roll out a few of these in a day (pun intended sorry)

So I am going to enter these in the following card challenge -  Check them out there are some great cards out there.

Dream Valley Challenges – Christmas
Now I need to make some gift card holders (slowly ticking everything off the list), until then happy crafting.

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I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas…

Hello Blog World,

How I wish we had white Christmases' here in Australia, but ALAS!! it isn’t to be, it’s usually very hot so we tend to have salads and barbecues for lunches, this year we are thinking of having a picnic, we can’t decide between the lake or the beach… still have a few weeks left to decide.

Anyway to at least make me feel cooler with all this heat around I took the recent Clean and Simple Sketch FTL167



Combined it with Crafty Catz Challenge 109 – Snowflakes,  played around with some old basic grey papers and came up with this…



I love the big snowflake, and you can’t really see it but I have kindy glitzed (glittered) the whole snowflake so it’s very blingy!!

I can’t decide whether to take this to the market next month or to give away at Christmas this year, I might take it and if it doesn’t sell then give it away.

So here’s to a white Christmas in my mind only, one day we will head to the other side of the globe to experience it, but not this year.  So we will still enjoy our picnic and have a great day and try not to get too sunburned down under in Sunny Queensland.

I am off to do aerobics now, have had a few slack days and with my trip coming up I can’t afford to slack off too much. So until later happy crafting

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Photo Pegs

Hello Blog World,

Firstly WOW!!! I was top pick over at Creative Sketches for this card from this post.



Now I was only 1 of 2 entries but still pretty cool.  Check them out they have great sketches and deserve more entries! This week’s sketch is great and  I am going to try and do something with it on Sunday I think.

Now on to what else I have been making this week.

I was at the cheap shop last year, also known as the dollar store, when I was on holidays and came across these pegs.



They are about 4 inches tall and about an 1” wide and too cute to pass up at $3 each, so I bought 5!.

Well I finally got around to making them into something last week and this is what I came up with…




You place them upside down and they become photo, recipe or whatever you like holders.

I have one left and thinking of turning it into a magnet?? Not too sure yet.

Well it’s one day before the market, I have been slack and haven’t made too many more cards and I am off to help my sister in law today.  I will be back tomorrow or Sunday with how the market went, until then Happy Crafting

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