Window Card

Hi everyone,

 

Hope that you are well and that you weekend has been good.

 

Its time for a new challenge at Come and Get It Challenges and this week it is Window Cards. 

So what would you create for this challenge? 

 

For some inspiration pop over and see the rest of the Design Team have created and join us, we would love to see your creations!!

 

For my card I have created a house window, I was inspired by the tutorial I found here which was created by Kristina Werner.

 

I have used Pear Pizzazz for the base of my card with Blushing Bride, Perfect Plum and Whisper White cardstock.

 

The curtains have been created using some of the Nursery Nest DSP and my butterflies using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  Besides ‘bling’ this Die would have to be the next most used item in my stash :)

 

The sentiment is from Perfects Words Hostess set and I have stamped it on a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock in Perfect plum. 

 

The sentiment reads “ Amazing, Awesome, Talented… You”

 

Here is the front of my card:

 

 

 

Supplies

Stamp set: Happiest Birthday Wishes, Perfect Words (Hostess)

Card: Pear Pizzazz, Perfect Plum, Blushing Bride, Whisper White

Ink: Perfect Plum

Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Decorative Label Punch, 1/2” (1.3 cm) Pear Pizzazz Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Nursery Nest DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

The ends of Whisper White cardstock with the sentiment were  punched out with the Decorative Label and the last part of the sentiment was wrapped around to the inside of the card.

 

There is also an some  Pear Pizzazz Stitched-Poly Ribbon down one side of the insert in the inside of the card and some more butterflies.  I added “Happy Birthday” sentiment from the Happiest Birthday Wishes set just below the butterflies.

 

Here is the inside of the card…

 

 

 

 

This little card has grown on me and it was fun to create.

 

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

 

Tuesday Alchemy Challenges – # 15 Beautiful Butterflies

Southern Girls Challenges - #45 Dying to Diecut or Punch

Lady Bugs Crafts Ink Challenges – # 61 Something with Wings

 

 

Have a great week… 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

Who inspires you?

Hi everyone,

 

I have created a card and the sentiment is “You Inspire Me”.  What powerful words!

So who inspires you?  I think I am inspired by many people as I believe that you can be inspired in so many ways.

 

I will leave you with that thought and share with you my card I made.

 

The layout was inspired (there is that word again) by the sketch layout at Create with Connie and Mary and colour choice was found at Paper Pal Arts.

 

I have used Chocolate Chip for the base of my cards and I have made great use of the Big Shot.

 

I am in a butterfly mood once more and used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die and Beautiful Butterflies Die.  The background of the Certainly Celery card stock  and on the large butterfly was created using the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder.

 

The sketch contained a curvy line so that is why my little butterflies are sort of in a curly line and some of the retired Very Vanilla Velvet Designer Ribbon has been attached to the main butterfly.

 

Here’s my card:

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Perfect Words (Hostess)

Card: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla 
Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories:  Very Vanilla Velvet Designer Ribbon (Retired), Beautiful Butterflies Die, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Modern Label Punch, Corner Punch, Pearls, Dimensionals,  SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

Now did you notice no ‘bling’, I have gone for pearls instead :)

 

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

 

Create with Connie & Mary – # 196 Sketch

Allsorts Challenge – #149 Bingo (used Green, Ribbon, Pink)

Delicious Doodle Challenge – #16 Texture

Stamps Fun = Creativity Challenge – # 94 Butterflies

Pals Paper Arts Challenge - #132 Colour Challenge

 

Hope that you week has been good, thanks for stopping bye come back soon…. Meg

For the Guys

Hi everyone,

 

I have had a great time making this card.  There are so many challenges out there at the moment to create a male card, which is a challenge in itself and something that I do not do often except for Father’s Day or Dad’s Birthday.

 

I really only have one male stamp and it is the retired SU Motorcycle image and that is because my Dad loves bikes.

 

So with this one stamp I was on the hunt for different colour schemes and a sketch to fit my look.

The sketch is from Seems a Little Sketchy.

 

I found my colour inspirations in the Spice Cake DSP which is the current Summer Mini and I have used Soft Suede, More Mustard, River Rock and Very Vanilla.

 

I stamped the bike in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla cardstock and I then used the stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the image again with Versamark so that I could emboss with clear embossing powder.

 

I used a dauber to sponge some More Mustard Ink around the edges of the Very Vanilla card stock and then used the Colour Spritzer Tool to create Soft Suede ink spots on the cardstock.

 

The sentiment is from the Perfect Words Hostess stamp set which is stamped on Very Vanilla Card stock in Soft Suede and punched out using the Modern Label punch.  I then trimmed the ends and sponged some More Mustard ink on the edges.  I layered the Very Vanilla sentiment on a punched out Modern Label which is in More Mustard cardstock.

 

The River Rock strip was ripped and added a much loved and often forgotten Vintage Brad to finish off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Motorcycle, Perfect Words

Card: More Mustard, River Rock, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, VersaMark

Accessories:  Modern Label Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, Clear Emboss Powder, Antique Brads, Spice Cake DSP, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow – did you guess what is missing and is the norm for me?  Yes ‘Bling’, I didn’t think it was appropriate this time :)

 

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

 

Seems a Little Sketchy – # 9 Sketch Challenge

Pile It On - #13 For/From a Man

Paper Playtime - #70 For the Guys and Include a Sentiment

Divas by Design – #28 Stamp Something

Sweet Stampin – Anything Goes

Stampin For The Weekend – # 6 Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog – #37 Anything Goes

Simon Says Challenge – Anything Goes

Love to Create – # 8 Masculine

Cards for Men - #7 Great Outdoors

 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you 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

Piggy Best

Hi everyone,

 

I have created a card today which suits a couple of challenges.

 

The sketch from Stampin Queen’s Sketches and an animal theme from There She Goes you had to use the sketch, unfortunately I missed adding my card but regardless I had fun.

 

I also decided to try the challenge from Simon Says which was to use 3 different papers. 

 

You know this is not as easy as it sounds, well for me it was a challenge.  Layering cardstock I find easier then layering 3 different papers. 

 

In the end I decided to use the Cheerful Treat DSP pack and the piggy image from the Button Buddies stamp set.

 

I took colour inspiration from the DSP pack which is  Concord Crush, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White.

 

I stamped the little piggy in Melon Mambo and then used the 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Circle punch for his body, which is one of the layers of DSP. I then layered him on the stamped image.

 

I stamped the image again in Melon Mambo and then punched his nose out with the small circle punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack. 

 

His little body and nose have been added to the card with Dimensionals to give him a little bit of depth.

 

 

 

 

Can’t you see that he is smiling at you with his lovely bright eyes – yes I used my favourite accessories, Rhinestones for his eyes!

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Perfect Words (Hostess), Button Buddies

Card: Concord Crush, Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Concord Crush

Accessories:  1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Circle Punch, Cheerful Treat DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

I thought he was the BEST!  so the sentiment suited fine :)

 

I will enter this card at the challenges found at :

 

Simon Says Stamp Challenges – 3 different papers

Addicted to Stamps Challenges -  Birthday card with dots

The Corrosive Challenge - #143 Another Dimension

Paper Sundaes Challenges - #190 Circles

 

 

Thanks for stopping by…. come back soon….. Meg

Your Fantastic Card

Hi everyone,

 

Things came to a holt over the past week. 

 

With all the rain we have had lately the phone line had too much water in the underground cable and it stopped.

 

Then the computer stopped and would not work :(

 

Now everything seems to be back on track again :)

 

Below is a card I created with the colour challenge from Paper Players Challenge # 82:

Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Soft Suede and Very Vanilla.

 

 

I used Soft Suede for the base card and one of the sentiments from the Perfect Words Hostess Stamp Set.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Perfect Words (Hostess)

Card: Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla 
Ink: Soft Suede, Poppy Parade

Accessories:  Boho Blossoms Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive, Retired Soft Suede Ribbon

 

 

Thanks for visiting again, see you back soon!

 

Take care … Meg

Feeling Flirtatious….

You know when you get something new like the current 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue or a copy of the latest craft magazine, there is always something you just have to have or some new technique you just have to try.

 

Well one of these things I had to have from the new catalogue was the Flirtatious Speciality DSP.  I loved the bright happy colours like Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White.

 

But the paper co-ordinates so well with the Delicate Doilies stamp set – yes you guessed it another thing I had to have :)

 

So I am not letting these things gather dust – both the DSP and the stamp set have seen the light and are ready for a challenge.

 

I hardly ever use buttons so I wanted to complete the current Recipe Challenge at The Pink Elephant Challenges 

 

This weeks challenge is a
Recipe Challenge
1 Image, 2 Pattern Papers, 3 Buttons

 

 

I also found a different card layout at the The Sweet Stop  and I thought this layout would be good for the 2 Pattern Papers required for the Recipe Challenge above:

 

 

 

 

……. now I just had to put it altogether!!!!

 

 

I co-ordinated the cardstock with the Flirtatious DSP and used Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White cardstock for my card.

 

The end result:

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Delicate Doilies, Perfect Words (Hostess set) 

Card: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Word Window Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Flirtatious Speciality DSP, Sanding Blocks, Cutter Kit, Mini Glue Dots, Ice Cream Parlor Buttons (retired), Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

You can faintly see in places on the DSP, that I have sanded the paper and I have used the distressing tool which is part of the Cutter Kit on the layer of Wisteria Wonder cardstock.

 

I often think afterwards that it would be good if I used the sanding blocks but never remember so I am happy that I remembered this time.

 

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

 

Crazy4Challenges – Lots of Layers & Embellies, yep have a few layers with buttons

Craft Your Days Away – Distressing,  yep have this too.

 

Hope your day was good, thanks for visiting once more.  Until your next visit keep safe and well…. Meg