Enjoy the Journey

It's the year of the baby in my circle of friends. I'm expecting 10 bouncing bundles to arrive this year (at last count) & the first of many baby shower parties is coming up. I put this together this simple gate fold card for one of my oldest friends, who's due in a couple of short weeks (& I couldn't be happier for them!!).

As they didn't find out the sex, I kept my papers neutral but bright & used the rosette as a securing point for the gate fold.

     

Card ingredients include:

Stamps: Pregnant Belly & Carriage (Pintrest Freebies), Foot & sentiments from stash (origins unknown)
Copics: Skin: E50  E51  E53  R20  BV000
           Hair: E25  E59  E49
           Top: YG13  YG01  Y00
           Pants: B91  B95  B97
           Shoes/Ribbon: RV09  RV17  RV19
           Carriage: colours used are listed above plus C1 & C3
Paper: Grace Taylor Hopscotch paper pack
Dies: Spellbinders Curved Rectangle & Label One, Tim Holtz Rosette
Other: Vintage Photo Distress Ink, White Opal Liquid Pearls, Kindyglitz, Rhinestones

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

From the Heart Stamps #51: Sketch

Fan-tastic Tuesday #20: Make it cute or sweet

Craft Your Passion #198: Spots & Stripes

The Paper Shelter #143: All Wrapped Up

Outlawz Monday - Greetings #127: Anything Goes (Challenge Winner!)

Happily Ever After

I love weddings, but what I love even more is being asked to make a card for a special couple. Today's project was at the request of my darling sister who is lucky enough to be taking a well earned holiday over to New Zealand to help celebrate a close friends wedding.

Card Ingredients include:

Stamp: Cuddlebug Cuties Aurora, Kaszazz 'Happily Ever After' & 'Love'
Copics: Skin: YR00  E00  E000  R20  BV000
           Hair: E51  E53  E55
           Eyes: YG01  B04  B00
           Dress: B0000  B000  B00  B01  BV000
Paper: Kaiser Craft Sweet Pea, cardstock
Dies: Spellbinders Grand Labels #1, Spellbinders Curved Rectangles, Marianne Design Rose, circle punch
Other: Gathered Twig Distress Ink, Shimmer Chalk, Flamingo & White Opal Liquid Pearls, Kindyglitz

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


Sunday Sketch and Stamp #191
Cuttlebug Mania: All you need is Love
Clean and Simple Sunday #25: Lovey Dovey
Chalk-ah-lot #54: Wedding, Valentine, Anniversary etc
Sentimental Sundays: Lovey Dovey
The Pink Elephant #235: Love

Gorgeous!

My dear sister-in-law is celebrating her birthday at the end of this month & this simple easel card is what I put together for her.

Card Ingredients include:

Stamp: Sassy Studio Designs, Sassy Miranda (I'm the Featured Designer on the Sassy blog! Woo Hoo!!!) 

Copics: Skin: YR00  E00  E000  R20  R22  BV000

           Hair & Eyes: E25  E29  E49  B000  B14

           Clothes: BG10  BG11  BG32  BG13  RV14  RV17  C3

Papers: Kaiser Craft Butterfly Kisses paper pack

Dies: Spellbinders Curved Rectangle

Embellishments: paper pack cutouts, pink & white twine, hand stitching, gems

                        & kindyglitz            

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

  
Creative Card Crew Sketch #53
Seems a Little Sketchy Sketch #56
Crafting When We Can #61: Recipe: 1 image, 2 ribbons/twine, 3 main colours
Glitter n Sparkle #68: Stitching, real or faux
Crafting for all Seasons #69: For the Girls
Crafting by Design: Get your Girl on!
Little Red Wagon #221: CAS
Addicted to Stamps# 79: CAS

Have A Purrfect Day!

I love Sassy Studio Designs' image for this months challenge, Pin Up Cat. She is full of spunk! I loved colouring her & enjoyed putting this card together.

Papers used have been sourced from the following: Kaiser Craft Miss Nelly (pink), Frenchville Primary Basics (navy dots), Cre8tive Foil (silver) & DCWV Glitter (silver) paper packs. 

Sassy Studio Designs Pin Up Cat has been coloured with the following Copics:

Skin: E00  E21  E11  E20  BV000

Hair & Tail: R81  R83  R85

Bodice: B81  B85  B87

Shoes: C1  C3  0

Nose & Eyes: YG07  YG13  C7

I have used the following dies: Spellbinders Creative Book Pages, Magnolia Doohickey Swirl, Maryanne Design Creatables Rose & Leaf, Heart (?..). Sentiment has been handwritten. This card has been finished off with rhinestones & a splash of Kindyglitz.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Seize the Sketch #11

Sunday Stamps: It's a Pop of Pink!

ABC-Challenge: D is for Dazzle

Crafters Cafe Challenge: Bling it on!

Sassy Studio Designs Progressive Challenge #8: Hearts & a Sassy Sentiment

Summer Birthday Barbecue

Summer has certainly arrived here in little old Adelaide, Australia. We are currently in the middle of a week long heat wave. Today's high reached 43.7°C (& for all of my international visitors that's 111°F). Tomorrows high is predicted to be a mere 46°C (115°F!)

And what better way to celebrate a summer birthday than with a barbecue! Here is a quick card put together for my BIL. 

Papers used are from Sugar & Spice 'Outdoor Adventure' paper pack & edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I have layered them in a clean & simple layout with a strip of graph washi tape & simple arrow sentiment from cardstock edged with Gathered Twig Distress Ink & finished with a few black rhinestones. Both  the washi tape & sentiment are from Kaszazz. This charming bloke is 'Cool Edwin' from Magnolia (of course). He is coloured with the following Copics:

Skin: E00  E11  E21  R20

Hair: E27  E29  E49

Top: R17  R27  R29  R39

Pants: B91  B95  B97

Shoes: C3  C5  C7

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


Our Daily Bread Challenges #186: Sketch
Cards 4 Guyz #1: Happy Birthday
Magnolia Down Under #227: Summer Delights
Dream Valley Challenges #73: Boys/Men
Twisted Tuesdays Challenges #67: Mixed Signals
Magnolia-licious: Celebrations
Outlawz: Clean & Simple
Tip Top Tuesday: Clean & Simple

5 Cupcakes

Its a busy time of the year with many family members birthdays falling in January. Another niece is in the next few days & I've put together for her a triple fold card complete with 5 yummy cupcakes!

I used the CC Designs Brigitta with Cupcake stamp but added another cupcake to make 5 in total. I've used a Nestablilites Heart Circles die & laced some ivory ribbon through it to give some added detail. She is coloured with the following Copics:

Skin: E000  E00  E11  R20

Hair: E31  E35  E57

Clothes: RV000  RV10  RV32  RV17  B0000 B02  B12  E25  E27  E29

Cupcakes: RV04  RV09  RV000  RV10  RV32  RV17 V09  E25  E27  E29

I used the colour combo of pink, blue & white. Papers used were found in my stash. The cupcake stamp used on the inside of the card is from Kaszazz & is coloured with the same colours listed above. The card was finished off with some lace, washi tape, pearls & Kindyglitz.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

          

Bearly-Mine Challenges: Photo inspiration

Digi Sketch Challenge (S)

Cupcake Inspirations#243: Sparkles

Crazy 4 Challenges #218: Skinny Cards

Glitter n Sparkle #67: Bingo (bling, digi & lace) (Challenge Winner!)

Craftitude #56: Ribbons & Pearls

Sassy Studio Designs #211: Creative Technique (my creative technique is to lace ribbon through a die)

Divas By Design: Lets Celebrate

Die Cut Diva: Make it Glitter

Card Makin Mama's #78: Anything Goes

Treasured Memories

My brother's beloved pet dog of 14 years passed away naturally a couple of days ago & this card is dedicated to the Treasured Memories that pets provide.

Majority of papers are sourced from the DCWV 'Pocket Full of Posies Glitter Stack' paper pack, with the grid papers from my stash. The doily is a Cherry Lyn Design 'Waltzing Matilda'. All papers have been edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. 

The Magnolia image of 'Pink Tilda with Rose' was coloured with the following Copics:

Skin: E000  E00  YR00  R20

Hair: E25  E27  E29

Dress: YR30  YR20  YR21  R39  R85  R81  W3

Wings: G00  BG32

Rose: R81  R85  R39  G82  G99

The roses are die cut with the Maryanne Design Creatable Rose die from cardstock, rolled & edged with Kindyglitz. The Tilda image was die cut using Spellbinders Curved Rectangles, embossed & distressed with Antique Linen Distress Ink. Both of the sentiments are from Kaszazz.

This card was finished off with some White Swirl sheer ribbon (also from Kaszazz), rhinestones & finally some Kindyglitz on the wings, ribbons & flower.

I'm entering this into this card into the following challenges:


Feeling-Sketchy #77 (Top Pick!)
Magnolia-licious: Doilies
Midweek Magnolias #80: New Stash I used two new dies on this card, the Spellbinders Curved Rectangle  & the Maryanne Design Creatable Rose die, which I received as birthday gifts in December.
Cuttlebug Mania: Distressed
Just Inspirational Challenges: Girly

Sweet 6

One of my many nieces birthday is next week so here is a delightful little card for her.

The two polka dot & heart papers used are from a magazine freebie 'Me To You - With Love'. All edges were distressed & edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I used the Spellbinders curved rectangle dies for the image & tag. The tag was embossed & distressed with Antique Linen Distress Ink. The butterflies are from the Kaszazz Flutterby die set & are cut from scrunched & sanded Core'dination Black Magic Cauldron paper.

This cute little girl is from CC Designs & her name is Lil' Bug Emma. She was die cute & embossed before I added a swipe of pink shimmer chalk to the embossed surface. She is coloured with the following Copics:

Skin: E50  E51  E53

Hair: C5  C7  C9

Clothes: RV000  RV10  RV32

Wings: R24  R29  R39  R10

The card was finished off with a #6 button, some rhinestones & some kindyglitz.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday #327

Our Daily Bread Design Challenge #185: Recipe 2-0-1-4 For this recipe I used x2 bling (rhinestones & Kindyglitz), x0 ribbon, x1 button & x4 papers.
Outlawz Tuesday Colour Challenge: Red, Pink & Black
Cuttlebug Mania: Distressed
Divas By Design: Lets Celebrate
Just Inspirational Challenge: Girly
Inky Impressions: Something New I used my new curved rectangle dies & also the Black Cauldron paper.
Crafters Blog Cafe: Anything Goes

Get Well Wishes

After hearing my husband's colleague had been hit by a car, I figured that she might like a cheery, colourful card to help bring a smile to her face.

Coloured papers used are from the Kaiser Craft Butterfly Kisses paper pack. The background corrugated paper was recycled from the kids Christmas packaging & swipped with some Gathered Twig Distress Ink on the edges & the corrugations to enhance them. I coloured this cute little monkey from CC Designs Flower Power set using the following Copics:

Monkey: E50  E51  E53  E02  Y17  YR14  YR16

Flower: BV000  BV31  BV02  RV10  RV23  RV25  

Ladybugs: V09  V17

Background: BG10  BG32  BG13  B0000  B000

The sentiment & Tag #4 die are both from Kaszazz. After layering the papers I finished it off with some sheer ivory ribbon, rhinestones & a swipe of Wink of Stella on the flower.


I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


Retro Sketches #96
Chromatic Craze #6: Pink, Purple, Orange & Green
ABC-Challenge: C is for Colourful
4 Crafty Chicks #175: Get Well (Challenge Winner!)
Anyone for Anya: Corrugated Cardboard
Crafters Cafe #44: Animal Friends
Love to Scrap: Anything Goes
Card Makin Mama's #78: Anything Goes
Glitter n Sparkle #66: Anything Goes

Time to Celebrate!

Its the start of a brand new year, and what better way to start it with, than a celebration! I'm off this weekend to celebrate the Engagement of a special couple. 

I used the Sassy Studio Designs Katniss Girl on Fire image as my focal. I love this image as it can be used for so may different occasions (birthdays/weddings/parties etc). She is super gorgeous & is such a challenge to colour with all the folds.

I used the following Copics to colour her:

Skin: E000  E00  YR00  R20

Hair: Y11  Y15  Y26  E27

Dress: R22  R24  R27

BG11  BG32  BG13  BG18

RV000  RV11  RV32  R85

Papers used were from Kaiser Craft 'Fine & Sunny' paper pack. I used the Magnolia Doohickey Swirl die & blinged it up with some Kindyglitz. The flower was made with x2 of each daisy punch (small, medium & large). Both the 'Celebrate' & 'Sealed with a Kiss' sentiments are from Kaszazz. A splash more Kindyglitz on her dress & some rhinestones on the tag complete the card.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


Mojo Monday Sketch #326
Sassy Studio Monthly Progressive Challenge #7 - Katniss Girl on Fire
Glitter and Sparkle #65: Favorite Image (Top 3!)
As You Like It: Favorite Colour & Why (Teal is my favorite colour as it can be used for so many different themes: boy, girl, underwater, sky, baby. It suits all occasions!)
ABC-Challenge: C is for Colorful
Die-Cut-Divas: Make it Glitter
A Creative Romance: Something New (Engagement)
Crafty Little Fairies: Starting Over (Engagement)
Just Inspirational Challenges: New Beginnings (Engagement)
Cuttin & Stampin Challenge #52: Anything Goes
Inky Impressions #140: Anything Goes
Flat Friends #16: Anything Goes
Stampin for the Weekend: Anything Goes
Divas by Design: Anything Goes