Christmas Birds

Hi everyone,

 

Ready for some more Christmas Cards – I am!

 

It’s a new challenge at Holly Jolly Christmas and this week Julie has picked the challenge –
Tweet Christmas.

 

So what type of Christmas bird would you use?  For some inspiration click here and pop over to see what the other members of the Design Team have created and join in the fun!

 

Well for my Christmas Birds, I have gone for Christmas Owls and they are both dressed up for Christmas.

 

I do not really have any Christmas Bird images and so I went surfing on the internet and found a punch art tutorial which was created by Rebecca at Stamp 4 Joy using the Owl Builder and Bird Builder punches.

 

So I found all my scraps and started punching.  The Owls bodies were embossed in the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder before they were punched out.

 

The Owl’s hat’s have been created using the wing from the bird punch and the trim is created using the Word Window punch. 

 

The branch was hand drawn on a scrap piece of paper to create a template and then I used the template to give the outline to cut out on a piece of the Well Worn DSP.  I added a little Early Espresso ink to the outside edges of the branch when it was cut out.

 

The snow flakes from the Snow Swirled set were added to the base card, which is Old Olive have been stamped in Old Olive ink. Of course there is ‘bling’ added for good measure, love my ‘bling’.

 

The sentiment is also from the Snow Swirled stamp set and has been stamped in Cherry Cobbler, punched out using the Decorative Label punch.

 

The edges of the Top Note Whisper White layer and the sentiment have had Old Olive ink added with a dauber.

 

Here is my card….

 

 

 Supplies

Stamp set: Snow Swirled

Card: Old Olive, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Accessories: Word Window Punch, Owl & Bird Builder Punches, Well Worn DSP, Decorative Label Punch, Daubers, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Top Note Die, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Multipurpose Liquid Glue

 

 

 

They are both very cute and they are looking like they are behaving so that Santa finds them!

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Do You Stack Up Challenges – # 73 Little Birdie Told Me

Crafty Calendar Challenge (monthly) – Things with Wings

Cup Cake Inspirations Challenges – # 162 (Owl Cupcake photo)

Card Makin Mamas Challenge - #46 Feeling Punchy

Sundays With Crissy Challenge (monthly) – # 29 Things with Wings

Rubys Rainbow Challenge – # 29 Things with Wings

Totally Paper Crafts Challenge – # 118 Animals

Christmas Card Challenges – # 26 Bling

 

 

Thanks for visiting my little creative corner, hope to see you again soon….. Meg

 

 

Guy inspiration

Hi everyone,

 

I have some very exciting news -  I have been asked to join the Come and Get It Challenge (CAGI)Design Team for the next 4 months beginning May.

 

So I want to share with you my card I have created for the current challenge at CAGI which is  for the Guys. 

 

Don’t we all get stuck for with those guy cards, so this challenge is helping me build up my stash!

 

I have used the colours Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pool Party and Whisper White for my colour inspirations.

 

The stamp set used is the Nature’s Nest and the sentiment is from the Hostess stamp set Perfect Words.

 

The base of the card is Soft Suede and I cut a piece of Pool Party card stock and stamped the peacock feather from the stamp set on the card stock with Pool Party ink to create a little background.

 

I embossed a strip of More Mustard cardstock with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder in the Big Shot.  I then punched one side out with the Scallop Edge Border Punch.

 

The turtle has been stamped on the piece of Whisper White cardstock in Soft Suede and I added some More Mustard around the edge of the card with a dauber.

 

I inked the image again in More Mustard and added some highlights on the image with the Soft Suede marker before I stamped it on Whisper White scrap cardstock.

 

The second image on scrap was cut out and layered on the Soft Suede image with dimensionals.  I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to line up the sentiment.

 

I linked the layer of the Spice Cake DSP and main image with an antique brad thru the corners. These brads are another of my favourites and I often forget about them, maybe that is because I am running low and I am using them sparingly :)

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

 Supplies:

Stamp set: Nature’s Nest, Perfect Words

Card: Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pool Party, Whisper White
Ink: More Mustard, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Antique Brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Daubers, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Spice Cake DSP (retired),

Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

My little turtle looks like he is till trying to catch that Hare !

 

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge – # 215  One for Boys

DYSU Challenges – # 70 Circles

Creative Belli Blog Challenges – #142  Use Animal

Fab n Funky Challenges - #119 Celebrating Male-ness

Stampin’ for the Weekend – Layers (4 or more)

 

Hopefully you have been inspired to go and create a card for that favourite male in your life.

See you next time….. Meg

Happiness Always

Hi everyone,

 

Hope that you week has started off well.

 

I wanted to share a card with you that I created with the photo inspiration from Just Add Ink and the sketch layout from Come and Get It Challenges.

 

The colours I have used with the photo inspiration in mind are:

 

Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Crumb Cake and Whisper White

 

For the sketch, I created the circle area on the left hand side of the card with the smaller flowers from the Array of Sunshine stamp set and then layered the larger flower in the middle of the circle.

 

I stamped the larger flower in Pool Party for the first layer.  For the second layer of the flower, I inked the stamp with Pool Party and added a touch of Calypso Coral with markers before I stamped the image. The last layer is in Calypso Coral.

 

For the oval part of the sketch, I added a layered Calypso Coral butterfly with a smaller butterfly in Whisper White. Both butterflies were created using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die.

 

The smaller flowers in the right hand top corner were punched out in Pool Party card stock using the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch.

 

The sentiment is from the Happy Greetings stamp set which is no longer available but I felt it the sentiment suited my card.  The only other addition of course is ‘bling’.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Array of Sunshine (Hostess), Happy Greetings (Retired)

Card: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Pool Party, Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

The colours go so well together and I am have used this wonderful stamp set Array of Sunshine a few times recently and the song “A Little Ray of Sunshine” sung by Glenn Shorrock just keeps going around and around my head.  Hehe, just a random thought I had to share  :)

 

Anyway, I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Just Add Ink – #113 Photo Inspiration

Come and Get It Challenges – Sketch

Do You Stack Up Challenge - #67 Glitter/Bling

 

Your visit to my little blog is appreciated, so please come back soon…… Meg

Going Green

Hi everyone,

 

It’s St. Patrick’s Day on Saturday and nearly everyone is going green so I have joined in.

 

I have used one of my favourite greens – Old Olive, for the base of my card with a small amount of the DSP Paisley Petals.

 

I have tried to stay as green as possible but there is a little hint of colour in the DSP and I have stamped the Hello Blossoms stamp in Early Espresso and punched out the letters.  The word ‘hello’ has been added to the Always Artichoke image with Dimensionals.

 

For a contrast colour I have used River Rock other than that I am pretty green.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Hello Blossoms

Card: Old Olive, River Rock, Whisper White
Ink: Always Artichoke, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Oval Punch (Retired), Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, 5/8” (1.6 cm) Organza Ribbon Whisper White, Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon (retired), Paisley Petals DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I have also used some of the Whisper White Organza Ribbon and layered some retired Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Creative Belli Blog Challenges - #138 Sketch

DYSU – # 62 Go Green

Pile It On ! – Shades of Green/St Patrick’s Day

Inky Impressions – Use Green, Luck of the Irish

Phindy’s Place – Green

Raise The Bar -  # 95 Go Green

Delightful Challenges – St Patrick’s Day

Simply Create Too – I’m So Lucky

Alphabet Challenge Blog – C for Celebrate St, Patrick’s Day or Good Luck

Pixie Dust Studio – # 117 Irish

Make it Monday – # 80 Anything Goes

 

Before I go an Irish Blessing:

 

May you have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night and the road downhill all the way to your door – Unknown Author

 

 

Until next time…. Meg

Spring Butterflies

Hi everyone, hope that you weekend has been good.  It is always too short :)

 

Here is the card that I created with the sketch at Stampin Queen Sketches.  When I saw this sketch I immediately wanted to create some butterflies from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  And I think my card is creates a Spring feel with its soft flowing colours.

 

Blushing Bride has been used for the base of the card and I have embossed the very vanilla layer with Framed Tulips Embossing Folder.

 

The sentiment is from the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set and says :

 

“Hope your day is as happy as happy gets!”

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Flight of the Butterfly

Card: Blushing Bride, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla 
Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Framed Tulip Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslits, Pearls, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Certainly Celery Taffeta Ribbon (Retired), Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

Did you spot there is no bling but there are pearls instead :)

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Stampin Queen’s Sketches – # 29 Sketch

Colour Q - #127, Chocolate Chip, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery

Flutterby Wednesday – # 293 Spring with Butterfly, Fairy or Angel

DYSU - #62 Spring by Going Green

Inspired By – # 14 Inspirational Photo with Lots of Green

 

 

Have a wonderful week, please visit again soon…. Meg

Perfect Words

Hi everyone,

 

Just wanted to share a card I recently created with the lovely Paisley Petals DSP.  I really like the bold, bright print on the DSP and there are so many wonderful colours in this DSP.

 

The colours for my card have been inspired by the colours in the DSP and I have used Not Quite Navy for the base of the card.

 

A strip of Early Espresso which I have twisted and folded on itself and then I sanded the cardstock to give it a a little bit of a distressed look.

 

The lovely butterflies have been die cut in River Rock and Bravo Burgundy using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Perfect Words

Card: Not  Quite Navy, Early Espresso, River Rock, Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Tangerine Tango, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Not Quite Navy

Accessories:  Modern Label Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Blossom Party Dies, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Designer Sanding Blocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have also used the Blossom Party Die to create the flower and the sentiment is from the Perfect Words Hostess stamp set.

 

Of course there is always bling – it has to be my most used embellishment.

 

 

I would like to enter this card at the following challenges:

 

Sketch Frenzy Friday – SFF021712 Sketch Challenge

DYSU – #61 Things with Wings

Flutter By Wednesday - #192 Open Challenge

Cute Card Thursday - #206 Signs of Spring Challenge

2 Sisters Challenge Blog – # 80 Anything Goes

Always Crafting - Anything goes

Our Creative Corner – Over the Edge

Fairy Tale Challenge Blog – # 35 Spring

 

 

Have a wonderful Friday and thanks for visiting…… Meg

Bright Birthday

Hi everyone,

 

It has been a wonderful day, warm with no rain about 26 plus degrees and all the washing aired and dried.

 

The weather has now changed and the rain is bucketing down and the humidity is terrible!  Hopefully it will cool down during the night.

 

But I have had a chance to finish a bright birthday card.

 

I have used one of my old favourites for the base card – Pumpkin Pie with a touch of Chocolate Chip and Tempting Turquoise.

 

I used the Flower image from the Button Buddies stamp set and the sentiment is from the Happiest Birthdays Wishes Hostess Stamp Set.

 

The flowers in the vase were punched out using one of the punches from the Itty  Bitty Shapes Punch Pack.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Button Buddies, Happiest Birthdays Wishes

Card: Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Stripes & Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders, Decorative Label Punch, Cutter Kit
Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack,  1/8” (3.2 mm) Pumpkin Pie Taffeta Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I have used the Stripes and Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders in the Big Shot.  Just love how you can add a little texture with the Big Shot and these wonderful folders.

 

I have also distressed the Chocolate Chip layer with the distressing tool in the Cutter Kit and of  course I have used the Basic Rhinestones for an added ‘bling’ – another of my favourite things!

 

I have also linked this post to the challenges found at:

 

Anything Goes Challenges – Bingo Board Challenge, I used 2 or more Stamped Images, Your Choice & Die Cut/Punches

Paper Minutes Challenges – Colours: Orange, Turquoise & Brown

Scrapbook Essentials BC Sketch Challenges – Sketch Challenge

DYSU - #59 Layers Challenge

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge # 6 – Colours: Brown, Orange & Teal

Crazy 4 Challenges – Use Stripes & Polka Dots

 

 

Thanks for visiting once more, see you again soon …. Meg.