A Splash of Colour

Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick card I wanted to share with you. 

 

I have used the current colour challenge at The Play Date Cafe , Black and White with a splash of Mustard – interesting don’t you think?

 

I was inspired by the current challenge at CASE Study Challenges for the layout and the butterflies - you can see the challenge here.

 

I have used Basic Black for the base of my card, added a layer of Whisper White card stock and some of the Speciality DSP Mocha Morning.

 

I created a tag and then created a border on the bottom with the Eyelet Boarder Punch.  My splash of colour is More Mustard and  I have used a dauber to add some ink to the edges of the tag.

 

I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die and created some butterflies in Basic Black, More Mustard and Whisper White.  I created three butterflies, layered them together using the three colours and added some ‘bling’ to the top layer.

 

The top of the tag has some ribbon- Basic Black Grosgrain and Whisper White Taffeta.  The sentiment is from the Tagtastic Hostess set.

 

The Tag, sentiment and butterflies were added to the card using dimensionals.

 

Here is my card….

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Tagtastic Hostess Set

Card: Basic Black, More Mustard, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, More Mustard

Accessories:  1/4” (6.4 mm) Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, 3/8” (1 cm) Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Mocha Morning Speciality DSP, Daubers, Large Oval Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I am happy with the card, it looks a little elegant – maybe its the black flocking on the paper?  LOL

 

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

 

The Play Date Cafe Challenge – Black and White with a Splash of Colour

CASE Study Challenge – # 91

My Craft Spot Challenges - #56 Congratulations

Ooh La La Creations Challenges – Ribbon and/or Twine

 

Keep safe and keep creating, see you next time…. Meg

Layer Punch Flowers

Well I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was busy but us girls - my Mum, my daughter and I had a lovely dinner together on Saturday night :)

 

Now on to the card I wanted to share with you.

 

The layout is the Mojo Monday layout # 237 and I have combined it with the colour challenge from Play Date Cafe which is very bright Orange and Pink with White.

 

I used the Triple Layer Punch and I punched out 4 flowers in Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo.

 

I used the outline of the Melon Mambo flowers and attached them to a Whisper White  strip of card stock.  I added dimensionals to the back of the Tangerine Tango punched flower and lined it up the Melon Mambo outline with some ‘bling’ to the centre of the punched flower. 

 

The base card of Tangerine Tango was embossed with the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder and I swiped the Tangerine Tango ink pad across the card stock.

 

I daubered a light touch of Tangerine Tango ink to the edge of the Whisper White strip but I wanted to add a little bit more.  So with a scrap of Melon Mambo card stock I punched out a border with the Lace Ribbon Border punch.  I cut the border in half and daubered some Whisper White craft ink on the Melon Mambo border to soften the colour a little.

 

The sentiment “Cherish” is from the Baroque Motifs stamp set and has been punched out with the Modern Label punch.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Baroque Motifs

Card: Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Whisper White Craft Ink

Accessories:  Triple Layer Punch Blossom Bouquet, Modern Label Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Stripes Textured Impression Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

This is different to my normal cards but I just gave it a try to see what I would get – as a number of my other stamping buddies say “it’s only cardstock” and you don’t know until you try.

 

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

 

Mojo Monday Challenge - #237 Sketch

Play Date Cafe - #128 Colour Challenge

Fussy and Fancy Challenge - #61 Punches / Dies

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge – Stripes or Checks, you chose

 

Thanks for visiting once more, see you next time… Meg

Birthday wishes

Hi everyone,

 

Just a quick post to share a card that I have recently created.

 

I have gone with lots of  layers and I used the Stripes Textured Impressions and Elegant Lines Embossing Folder.  The Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die is still a favourite and they have been decorated with a little bling.

 

The stamp is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes Hostess Set.

 

 

 Supplies:

Stamp set: Happiest Birthday Wishes

Card: Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

Ink: More Mustard, Baja Breeze

Accessories:  1-3/4” (4.4 cm) Scallop Circle, Eyelet Border Punch, Stripes & Elegant Lines Texture Impressions Embossing Folders, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

The colour challenge was a little tricky but I like the card and it almost looks like the Happy Birthday is a flower on the swirls from the embossing folder.

 

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

 

The Play Date Cafe – # 124 Colour Challenge

Gingerloft Challenge – # 63 Happy Birthday

Stampin’ Royalty Challenge - #116 Sketch

 

Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you back soon….. Meg

Hello Hello Hello

And Hello once more :)

 

All the greetings are because I used the ‘hello, hello, hello’ sentiment stamp from the Happy Greetings stamp set in the Summer Mini Catalogue. 

 

The card base is Basic Gray which has been dry embossed using the Big Shot and the Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  This is a great folder and just adds that little bit to the background.

 

The colours are from the colour challenge at The Play Date Cafe – Basic Gray, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black and Whisper White as the neutral.

 

The layout is from the sketch at Create with Connie & Mary which you can see here.  I have flipped the sketch around and used the wonderful Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die to create the butterflies.  This Die is one of my favourites at the moment (of course don’t forget the ‘bling’) as I love how the butterflies are embossed and cut at the same time when the folder goes through the Big Shot. 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Happy Greetings

Card: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black

Accessories:  1-3/4” (4.4 cm) Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8” (3.5 cm) Circle Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

There is normally some bling on my cards – so you will not be surprised to see it on the little butterfly.

 

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

 

Create with Connie & Mary – #192 Sketch challenge

The Play Date Cafe – # 122 colour challenge – Charcoal, Ash, Butter

Totally Papercrafts – Favourite things

Divas By Design – Favourite things

Paper Take Weekly – Anything Goes

Secret Crafters – No image Just Words

 

Thank you for visiting my little creative corner, 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

Hello Baby

Hi everyone,

 

Hope your weekend has been great or that it will be great – depending on where you in the world.

 

The weather here in Sydney has been lovely again today, a little humid but there is a lovely breeze blowing now and you can hear the birds chattering away.

 

A lovely friend of mine had a little girl about a month ago and I finally caught up with her today and meet little Christina for the first time. 

 

I took over a small gift and I made a card, not in the traditional pinks.  I used some of the colours from the Spice Cake Designer Series Paper and the happy little elephant image from the Elebration stamp set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Elebration, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card: Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Very Vanilla
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip 

Accessories:  Word Window Punch, 38” (1cm) Velvet Very Vanilla Designer Ribbon, Spice Cake DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I really like how the card looked when finished and the ‘bling’ on the balloon was an added touch.

 

I will enter this card at the challenges found at :

 

My Time Made Easy – Sketch Challenge # 49

Moving Along With The Times – Lots of Layers, at least two

The Play Date Cafe – Colour Challenge, Baby Blue, Orange, Basil
– my colours inspired from the Spice Cake DSP include Pear Pizzazz for the Green, Baja Breeze for the Blue and More Mustard for the Orange.

 

I am off to organise a little person for school tomorrow and do some chores.

 

Thanks for coming back to visit – take care and see you again soon…… Meg

My Friend

Evening everyone, how are things with you?

 

I had planned a night of lots of crafting but I have been reading this book called Unearthly by Cynthia Hand and I couldn’t put it down until I finished it!

 

It was a great book and I am now on to the second novel in the trilogy but I have left that aside to start tomorrow night :)

 

I do have a card a wanted to share with you which I created using the Pals Paper Arts Sketch (PPA) and the colour combo at The Play Date Cafe.

 

I could not resist the colour challenge of Black, White with a splash of Hot Pink at The Play Date Cafe and I have flipped the sketch from PPA.

 

I used Melon Mambo as my splash of hot pink and the Fifth Floral stamp set for the images.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Fifth Avenue Floral, Perfect Punches

Card: Basic Black, Whisper White, Melon Mambo
Ink: Basic Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories:  Eyelet Border Punch, Curly Label Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

There is always a little ‘bling’ on my cards – you should know by now it is one of my favourites, just adds that extra touch.

 

Hope your week is going well… see you next time.. Meg

How is your week going……

Well its Tuesday evening and my little girl has settled back into school, so I am off to work again tomorrow after a few days break.

 

I have been busy doing some tidy up in between school drop off and pick up – you know time flies from the time you drop children off and until you pick them up again!

 

But I have been playing with a few challenges and I have used Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo and Whisper White to create some cards.

 

These are the colours that I matched to The Play Date Cafe colour challenge and the colours are all In-Colors.

 

I have also used the sketch from Create With Connie and Mary for the card layout.

 

 

I used the lovely verse from the Just Believe stamp set and I also got to use the Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder on the Lucky Limeade cardstock.  I have been wanting to use this embossing folder for sometime now but not had the right inspiration.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe

Card: Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Ink: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, 3/16” Corner Punch, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, 3/8” (1  cm) Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

Unfortunately the picture has not captured the embossing very well and my ‘bling’ or Rhinestones look like silver brads!

 

I finished the above card and then made another card with the same layout, same colours (except the Island Indigo) and used the lovely but forgotten Creative Elements stamp set.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe, Creative Elements

Card: Concord Crush, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  3/16” Corner Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

I used the Rock n’ Roll Technique with (Pear Pizzazz & Concord Crush ink) on the flower image  and stamped the swirl image with Pear Pizzazz.  Don’t ask me why I used the Pear Pizzazz instead of the Lucky Limeade ink pad as I couldn’t tell you but it still looks ok and I think it has come out darker than the Lucky Limeade would have.

 

Again I have used a little ‘bling’ – one of my favourites Rhinestones but again they look like brads! 

 

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

 

Moving Along With The Times Challenge – # 133 Blooming Marvellous

Truly Scrumptious Challenge – #72 Something Forgotten

Everybody-Art-Challenge - #177 Swirls

My Time To Craft Challenge - #171 Your Favourite Embellishment

Lollipop Crafts - #65 Anything Goes

 

Wow, two cards at the one time I am impressed with myself :)

 

Hopefully when I catch up with some friends on Friday night I will be able to do this again but I will not hold my breathe on that one, as we normally do more talking then stamping!

 

Thanks for visiting once more, see you next time….. Meg

For You

 

Hi everyone how was your weekend?

 

Mine was great!  I caught up with a friend of mine I have know since were 5 years old and every time we catch up it is wonderful.

 

Our children all played together and it was nice to get away for the weekend.  I think sometimes we forget to stop and just enjoy times like this.

 

That was my weekend but now on to the card I have created for two challenges.

 

The sketch challenge from Create with Connie and Mary and the current Play Date Cafe Challenge.

 

 

 

From the picture inspiration at the Play Date Cafe I have used Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz and and Very Vanilla.

 

I have used Riding Hood Red for the base of my card and I have also used some of the Botanical Gazette DSP from the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Nature Walk, Clearly for You

Card: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive Very Vanilla
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  3/8” (1cm) Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I used a dauber to add a touch of Cherry Cobbler to the edges of the DSP.

 

I love the image of the butterfly on the DSP, they just seem to be flying in the background.

 

Thanks for visiting again, please come back soon.

 

Until next time keep creating…. Meg x

It’s Black & White with a Splash of Green

Hi everyone,

 

How was your weekend?  Hope your week is off to a good start!

 

I did go to the movies with my Mum and saw “Water for Elephants” – it was a very good movie but I the circus master was a very cruel man! 

 

I know that they say that the book in normally better than the movie but for this movie I do not believe I could read the book.  I must say the elephant in the movie was beautiful – as beautiful an elephant can be !

 

On to crafty things and I have a card to share with you.

 

The colours have been inspired by the challenge at The Play Date Cafe – It’s Black and White with a touch of Green.

 

The sketch layout was from Sketch Frenzy Friday – this sketch has closed but I liked the simplicity of it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have used Basic Black for the base of the card and I have embossed the Whisper White in the Big Shot with the Elegant Lines embossing folder.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Clearly for You, Pocket Silhouettes

Card: Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories:  1-3/8” (3.5 cm) Circle Large Punch, 1-3/4” (4.4 cm) Scallop Circle Extra-Large, 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, White Uni-ball Signo Gel Pen, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

This was a really quick card to do and I just love the large striped grosgrain ribbon.

 

What do you think?  Leave me a message if you get a chance and visit again soon! 

 

 

Meg x

Just for You Challenge

Have you checked out the latest colour challenge from the Play Date Cafe PDCC72?

 

No, well here is a picture of the challenge below as well as the card I have created…..

 

 

 

There are so many wonderful colour inspirations in this picture.

 

From this picture I have created a card with the colours: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White.

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Sweet Summer, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card: Tempting Turquoise, Regal Rose, So Saffron, Whisper White
Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose

Accessories:  Word Window Large Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Jumbo Brads Silver 5/16” (7.9 mm) Neutrals, Dimensionals

 

 

There are so many colours in this picture you could easily create another card completely different.

 

Until next time…… Meg x