White with One

That title is a little funny, it is like I am talking about a cup of tea but I am not I am here to talk about our new challenge at Crafty Creations.

 

Our theme – White plus One

 

I have used Whisper White and Perfect Plum and again created a fairly clean and simple card.

 

Everything is SU except for the one rhinestone that I purchased from a dollar shop.

 

I have used the Framed Tulips and Lacey Brocade embossing folders. 

 

Plus the Lattice Bigz, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz and Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies.

 

The sentiment is from the Field Flowers stamp set.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

It thinks this card would lovely in a number of different colours.

 

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

 

The Crafty Bloggers Network Monthly Challenge – Die Cuts or Embossing

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge – Clean and Simple

Simon Says Stamp Challenge – Winged Things

CAS on Sunday Challenge - #31 Birthday to Die for

Crafty Calendar Monthly Challenge – Things with Wings & DT Call

Fairy Tale Challenge - #89 Butterflies

Wags n Whiskers Rubber Stamps Challenge - #126 CAS

 

Enjoy the rest of your week and thank you for stopping by.

 

Meg

Inkspirational DT CASE

Wow it is the 1st February, where did January go?!

And it has been two weeks since our last challenge at Inkspirational, so it is time for a new one.

Our challenge for the next two weeks is to CASE our DT member Yvonne.

 

Please come over the challenge blog have a look at our new and inviting blog layout plus see what the other DT members have CASED from Yvonne to inspire you to join us!

 

I have used all SU products except for the lace which is from my stash and the colours are a bit different and are from the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge:

 

Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana and Tangerine Tango.

 

I have used the Fields Flowers & En Francais stamp sets.  Added some butterflies which have been embossed and die cut using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit die.  Love bling, so there is bling and some Linen Thread too.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

and here is Yvonne’s card

 

 

 

 

I love the layout of the card – thanks Yvonne!

The colours used are bright but the card still looks soft and feminine.

 

 

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

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - #179 Anything Goes

AUD Sentiments Challenge - #99 Sharing Love

Milk Coffee Challenge – Valentines/Love

Crafters Cafe Blog Challenge - #48 Ribbon and/or Lace

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge - #69 For Girls

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge - Friendship

Created with Love Challenge - #74 Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps Challenge - #74 Anything Goes

Perfectly Rustics Challenge - #15 Show the Love

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend and I hope to see you over at Inkspirational soon.

 

Meg

Inkspirational Colour Challenge

This week’s challenge over at Inkspirational we have a great colour challenge to test your creative minds:

 

Raspberry, Turquoise and Gray

 

So give those creative minds a nudge and come over and join us this week – we would love to see you!

 

For my card I decided to use the Mosaic Madness stamp set for most of the stamping and added a sentiment and bow too.  The layout/design was inspired by the challenge at CASE Study.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Mosaic Madness, Field Flowers
Card: Tempting Turquoise, Raspberry Ripple, Smoky Slate, Whisper White
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Raspberry Ripple, Smoky Slate
Accessories:  Stitched Satin Ribbon, Dimensions, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I am quite happy with this card and it was fun to create.

 

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

 

Amusing Challenges – Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - #30 Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - #205 Use Bows

Jelly Park Challenge – Sentiment is the Key

Case Study Challenge - #159 CASE Card

Craftin Desert Divas Challenge – Anything with a Sentiment

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your week….Meg

CAGI Colour Challenge

Hi everyone, I am back from my trip to Melbourne to see my Sister and her family and also watch my three nieces dance in a competition in Ballarat.  So we travelled quite a bit.

 

They all danced wonderfully and I am very proud to them.  After catching up on some sleep I am back in the swing of things creating again before I start my new job this week. So it is all happening and all very exciting.

 

The first card I have created is for the Come and Get It colour challenge for this week.

 

We are challenging you to use some warm colours  - Red, Brown and Orange.

 

I have done some sponging with the three colours to create a background for the silhouette stamp.  The silhouette stamp was stamped in Whisper White and then embossed with clear embossing powder.

 

Here is my card

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Field Flowers, Serene Silhouettes
Card: Real Red, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Early Espresso, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Very Vanilla Ribbon, Basic Rhinestones, SNAIL Adhesive

 

Unfortunately the colours are not captured as soft in the photo as they are in real life but I love the simple layout.

 

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

 

Stemplesonne Challenge - #98 Autumn

Sarah Hurley Challenge - #84 Autumn Glow

Loves Rubber Stamp Challenge - #71 Show us  Fall Colours

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge - #166 Clean and Simple

Craft Your Passion Challenge- # 181 No Coloured In Images

Paper Pretties Challenge - #25 No DSP

Crafting by Design Challenge – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – #64 Clean and Simple

A.R.T Card Challenge - #16 Anything Goes

 

Thank you for visiting once more and have a wonderful week…..Meg

CAGI Sketch

If you love sketch challenges then you will want to have a look at our Sketch that Judy has created for us this week at Come and Get It.  Plus our challenge is sponsored by Bugaboo.

 

I love sketches and I just love all the parts to Judy’s sketch.  I have decided to go Black and White with some colour and my colour is Island Indigo. 

 

It is a little hard to see from the photo but I have embossed the Whisper White cardstock as well as the Basic Black cardstock under the ribbon.

 

Here is my card

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Bugaboo Best Wishes Dandelion, Fields Flowers
Card: Island Indigo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Island Indigo
Accessories:  1” Circle Punch, 1-1/4” Scallop Circle Punch, Island Indigo Ribbon (retired), Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and here is Judy’s sketch:

 

 

I think you can do so much with this sketch – what would you create?

 

I would like to also add this card to the following challenges:

 

Catch the Bug Challenge – June Bingo (Bugaboo Image, Flowers, Ribbon)

Sandy’s Crafty Creations Monthly Challenge – Anything Goes with Embossed Background

Southern Girls Challenge – Die & Punches

Crazy Amigo Challenge – Circles and Dots

 

 

Thank you for visiting and having a look around. Have a fantastic week and maybe we will see you over at Come and Get It…….Meg

Flowers and Butterflies

Hi everyone,

 

Wow, I am back from Convention and it has been a great couple of days.  I caught up with lots of people, made some new friends and got some great new ideas.

 

But for now I am helping my daughter complete an assignment and getting ready for the next week – it does not take long to fall back into the ‘normal’ routine :)

 

Its time for the new weekly challenge at Come and Get It and it has to be one of my favourite combinations – Flowers and Butterflies.

 

If you haven’t had a chance to participate in any of the challenges yet – give this one ago and if you need some inspiration pop over to the CAGI blog and have a look at what the other Design Team Members have created.

 

For my card I have used Soft Suede for the base card and I stamped some of the flowers from the Field Flowers stamp set on Very Vanilla.

 

I have used my markers Soft Suede and Pear Pizzazz for the leaves and stems of the flowers and the flowers are created using two step stamps. My colours are Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.

 

My butterflies of course have been created using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die and they have been layered together in a combination of Bashful Blue, Marina Mist and Very Vanilla cardstock.

 

The Color Spritzer Tool has been used with Crumb Cake and Daffodil Delight markers to add a little bit of colour.

 

A scrap of Very Vanilla cardstock has been punched out using the Modern Label punch and stamped with ‘for you’ and this sentiment is from the Clearly For You stamp set.  I have also added a vintage brad to one end and daubered with Soft Suede.

 

The top of the card and down one side has been torn and the edges rolled and I added some retired Soft Suede Ribbon along the bottom of the card.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Clearly for You, Field Flowers

Card: Soft Suede, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla
Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake

Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Modern Label Punch, Soft Suede Ribbon (retired), Antique Brads,
Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

At first I was going to stamp my flowers in pinks but I love the end result with the blue flowers.

 

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

 

Crazy 4 Challenges - #139 Add some butterflies

Crafy Ann’s Challenges - #66 Butterflies and Flowers

Shelly’s Image Challenges – Add 2 from a list

Perfect Sentiments Challenges – Anything Goes with Sentiment

Crafts and Me Challenges – Add Ribbon

Divas by Design Challenges – Anything Goes

My Time to Craft Challenges – It Takes Two

Shopping our Stash Challenges - #53 May Flowers

Love to Create Challenges - #17 Add Sentiment

 

 

Have a great week and I hope that you will visit again soon…. Meg

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Love…

 

Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick post to share with you a card I created using the colour challenge at Dynamic Duos and the sketch challenge at Clean & Simple #189.

 

The colour challenge at Dynamic Duos is their first challenge and the colours are Pool Party & Lucky Limeade and I have used Very Vanilla for my neutral card stock.

 

I have used the Framed Tulip Textured Embossing for the border on the Very Vanilla cardstock which is layered on Lucky Limeade base card.

 

Added a few more layers one in Lucky Limeade and one in Very Vanilla. I rounded the corners on one side of the Very Vanilla layer and stamped the flower stem image from Fabulous Florets stamp set (retired). The sentiment is from the Field Flowers set.

 

I added two butterflies in Pool Party, which were created using the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die and they have been added to the card with dimensionals and dressed up with some ‘bling’.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Fabulous Florets (retired), Field Flowers

Card: Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Very Vanilla

Ink: Lucky Limeade

Accessories:  Framed Tulip Textured Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

The Dynamic Duos Challenges – # 1 Pool Party & Lucky Limeade

Clean & Simple Challenges - #189 Sketch

Top Tip Tuesday Challenges - #76 Clean & Simple

Anything Goes Challenges - #66 Things with Wings

 

 

Thanks for visiting, have a great Friday... Meg

Flowers and Butterflies

Hi everyone, just one more day to the weekend – Yah!

 

Just wanted to share with you a card I created with the following three challenges in mind:

 

1. Paper Players Sketch challenge – #92 Sketch
2. Simply Stampin Challenges – Colour - Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Soft Suede & Very Vanilla
3. Sweet Stampin Challenges – Use more than 1 Ribbon

 

I have used Soft Suede for the base of my card with a layer of Marina Mist. The images and sentiment come from the Field Flowers stamp set.

 

I have not added ‘bling’ … but I have added some Pearls and they have been placed on the butterflies which have been embossed and cut using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die in the Big Shot.

 

As this stamp set is a two step stamping set I have used some Regal Rose to create the darker layer on my flowers but otherwise I have used only the colours in the challenge.

 

I have also changed the sketch a little but it is pretty close to the original layout.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Field Flowers

Card: Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Soft Suede Ribbon (retired), Chantilly Crochet Trim, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Pearls, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

I am happy with the

Hope that you like the card and I hope to see you back again soon.

 

 

 

 

Until next time, take care and keep creating…… Meg

Special Easel Card

Hi everyone,

 

I found a tutorial for an Easel Card with a Twist and I have finally created one.

 

I have used Regal Rose for base of the card and once more I have used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.

 

I added a little sample of the Cheerful Treat DSP and found in my stash the lovely forgotten Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon to create the bow.

 

The sentiment is from Field Flowers stamp set and the Elegant Lines Textured Impression Folder makes a great background on the Very Vanilla cardstock.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Field Flowers

Card: Regal Rose, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla 
Ink: Regal Rose

Accessories:  5/8” (1.6 cm) Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Decorative Label Punch, Eyelet Border Punch, Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Cheerful Treat DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

Hmm now who is the special person I would like this card…. decisions, decisions, decisions :)

 

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

 

Everybody Art Challenge – Easel Card

Craft Your Passion – Easel Card

Oldie But a Goodie Challenge – Mum’s The Word

Papertake Weekly Challenge – For the Girls or Mum

Dream Valley Challenges – Mother’s Day

Lexis Creations – Mother’s Day

Crafty Purple Frog Challenges – Pink & Girly

Delightful Challenges – Someone Special

Moving Along with the Times – Special Lady

Craft Cafe Challenge Blog – # 2 Ribbon and/or Lace

Little Miss Muffet Challenges – # 30 Easel, Shaped or Stepped Card

Shelly’s Images Challenge – Anything Goes

 

Have a great weekend everyone, hope to see you back soon…. Meg

Field of Flowers

Hi everyone,

 

I have been away for a few days celebrating my birthday and I have had a great time which included my my sister flying up for Melbourne to spend the weekend.

 

I caught up with my friends whom I stamp with on Friday night and had birthday cake and a cup of Tea.  Then last night I had a long talk to my best friend that lives in London.

 

This is the first chance I have had to do some crafting and I created a card with the Field Flowers stamp set.  It is a lovely 2 step stamp set and I have also used some of the Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon that is  in the Sale-A-Bration catalogue.

 

I have taken my colour inspiration from the Play Date Cafe challenge and the sketch inspiration from Moving Along with the Times.  The colours used were Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake and Lucky Limeade.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Field Flowers

Card: Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla
Ink: Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Regal Rose

Accessories:  1/8” (3.2 mm) Lucky Limeade Organdy Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folders,  Curly Label Punch, 1-3/4” (4.4 cm) Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones,  Dazzling Diamonds, SNAIL Adhesive

 

Unfortunately you cannot see from the photo the Dazzling Diamonds that I added to the centre of the larger flower and on the top of the smaller blossom.  There is always room for more bling of course  :)

 

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

 

The Play Date Cafe – Colour Challenge #121

Moving Along with the Times – Sketch Challenge

Stampin for the Weekend – Bingo Challenge #4, I picked Ribbons, Glitter, Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Challenge – Anything Goes

Our Creative Corner – Making Melody, song is Fields of Flowers by Sixpence None the Richer

Crazy Catz Weekly Challenges - #122 Punches and Dies

Hotshot Craft Blog Challenge – # 5 Ribbons

Polka Doodles – Week 9 Polkadots, Stripes or both

Divas by Design – Spots or Stripes or both

Pile it On – # 10 Are We Seeing Spots or Stripes or Both?

 

This is a nice little card and I am happy with the end result.

 

Thanks for visiting, I hope that you been inspired a little ? If so go and start creating :)

 

See you next time….. Meg