Use It Tuesday Guest Designer

Hi everyone,

 

A little while ago I was lucky enough to be picked as a winner for one of my cards at Use It Tuesday Challenges and I was asked to join them in one of the their upcoming challenges.

 

So I am very thrilled to be joining them for their current challenge which is to :

 

Make Something Patriotic for any Country.

 

 

Do you still need some inspiration ?  Well you can pop over to the Use It Tuesday blog by clicking here and see what great creations the Design Team have made to help inspire you!

 

What did I do?

 

I could not go past my home country and with some many wonderful things here in Australia, I had a hard time picking one thing. 

 

I do not have any Australian stamps, so I have decided to see what I could come up with using the punches in my stash!

 

I found wonderful inspiration to create so many great projects at Valita’s Designs.  Vatlita is a very talented lady and you can check out her blog here.

 

After some other searching I found Valita’s video on U-Tube to create an Australian Gum Blossom Card.  The link to the video has been added if would like to have a look.

 

Australian Gum Blossoms are found on our Eucalyptus Trees.  The blossoms are normally a red colour and they are housed in little nut case. 

 

I have created one open blossom and one that is still opening both using Cherry Cobbler cardstock and the nut case is in Soft Suede.

 

I have added some extra Soft Suede ink to the nut case which has been created using the Blossom Petal Builder and the 1 3/8” Circle Punch.

 

The Cherry Cobbler cardstock was cut and the tips of the open blossom were dipped in gold glitter.

 

My leaves have been created using the Blossom Petals Builder and the Little Leaves Sizzlit Die.  The card stock is Old Olive and Early Espresso.  The sentiment is from the Occasional Quotes stamp set.

 

Here is my card….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Occasional Quotes

Card: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Blossom Builder Punch, Little Leaves Sizzlit Die, Gold Fine Galaxy Glitter, Glue, Mat Pack, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe that we enter challenges we do so to make ourselves look at what else we can create and I found this to be a great challenge to do just that!

 

It has been a great fun!!

 

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

 

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too Challenges - #16 Country Where You Live

Try It On Tuesday Challenge – Anything Goes

 

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

Flowers & Butterflies

Hi everyone,

 

Hope that your week is going fine and that you are all well.

 

I have posted before that at times I take my inspiration from the colour choices in Design Series Papers and I must say one of my favourite papers at the moment is the Attic Boutique DSP in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

 

The paper has colours: Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla and Whisper White.

 

I wanted to use some yellow and I knew I had some Daffodil Delight ribbon, so used a section of the DSP with some Daffodil Delight on it.

 

So my colour choices are Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. 

 

I have used my ribbon, ‘bling’ of course and something that I rarely use - some pearls, so I have gone very girly!  I am collecting a number of cards Mum would like, so my choice for Mother’s Day will be interesting :)

 

The sketch for my card is from Sketchy Colors and you can see it here.

 

I have used the Just Believe stamp set and my Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  If you haven’t used this die, it embosses the butterflies and cuts them out in one go!  I keep the extra butterflies that I do not use in a container and they always come in handy.

 

The image was stamped in Daffodil Delight and sort of wiped with the Soft Suede inkpad before I stamped it on Very Vanilla card stock.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe

Card: Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Very Vanilla
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, 1/4” (6.4 mm) Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon (Retired), Basic Rhinestones, Pearls, Attic Boutique DSP,  Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I nearly gave up with the layout because I could get the right look but once I added the other piece of DSP on the top section of the card, I was happy.

 

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

 

Sketchy Colors Challenges - #116 Challenge

Creatalicious Challenges - #33 Butterflies and Flowers

Craft Room Challenge – Emboss It
Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge – #106 Use 3 of something

SUO Challenges - #44 May is for Mothers

Celebrate the Occasion – Mothers Day

Crafty Sentiments – Mothers Day

Ribbon Carousel Challenges – Word to Mother

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge – #97 Motherly Love

Use It Tuesday Challenge - #31 All about Mum

Crafty Boots Challenges - #4 Yellow

Love to Create Challenges - #14 For Mum/Special Lady

The Pink Elephant Challenges – All about Mum

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge – Use Ribbon

Lollipop Crafts Challenge – #79 Mama Mia

Kaboodledoodles Challenges - #118 Honouring Mothers

 

Well I am off to make a cup of tea, thanks for visiting my little creative corner and I hope to see you back soon…. Meg

Imagine

Hi everyone – the middle of the week and I hope it is all going well for you :)

 

Just wanted to share a card with you that I have created.

 

I found the latest colour challenge at City Crafter Challenges which is to use black/grey and white with a hint of pink.

 

Now what girl doesn’t love pink and I love the neutral challenges that have just a hint of colour, so I combined the colours with the Clean and Simple sketch #186.

 

I used the wanted to do something different with the sketch that had circles or something that I could create in a circular shape.  The stamp set that I decided to use was Just Believe, which has been sitting around for a while, so I used the circular flower image and stamped it in Pretty in Pink on Whisper White cardstock.

 

Now I didn’t want to use all circular shapes on the card but I need something smaller but fitting with the flowers. My answer – the  trusty Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die it  just jumped out at me once more.  So I cut out three small butterflies in Basic Black cardstock.

 

The sentiment “Imagine the Possibilities” is from the Word Play stamp set and there is always room for ‘bling’ so I dressed up the butterflies :)

 

All the circle images and butterflies have dimensionals on them just to add a bit of depth.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe, Word Play

Card: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Whisper White
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black

Accessories:  Beautiful Butterflies Embosslits Die, Eyelet Border Punch, 1-1/4” (3.2 cm) Circle Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm not too bad, I think I like it :)

 

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

 

City Crafter Challenge – # 105 Hint of Pink

Clean and Simple - #186! Sketch challenge

Use it Tuesday – #29 Anything Goes (plus use hoarded item)

Lollipop Crafts - #76 Spring Fling

My Craft Spot Challenges - #52 Make It Pop

Make It Monday Challenges - #85 Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes Challenges - #116 Anything Goes

Pile It on Challenges - #16 Make it Pop.

 

Please email if you require any more information on any my posts or leave me a comment so I can visit you too! 

 

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