Charlie - To Know Him is to Love Him

Hello and thank you for visiting with me today, I have a quick post to share with you, I have been enjoying some scrapbooking, something I love to do but seems to get very low on the list at times.

I printed twenty photos and sorted the papers to go with them and haven't touched them since - until now.  This layout is of one of our dogs - how could I resist this face?

I used the Spellbinders Banner Basic One as a feature for his name - and am loving the way it turned out.  The Dies have been used as masks, with Distressing Inks before popping the card out of them...and there is sponging...as always!  It goes without saying that I have used the Spellbinders Grand Calibur for Die Cutting - but I have said it anyway! LOL!

The sentiment is a RubOn from Kaiser and seemed so perfect - especially if you knew this dog - to 'know him is to love him!

I also used some divine Websters Pages DP, along with Stampin' Up DP from my stash, cutting out the dogs and popping them up on foam tape, slipping in some corrugated cardboard for texture.

I am working on another layout, that is very special to me and will be sharing it in the next few days!

This layout is for the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - The Colour Blue + 1 other colour

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes 

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes

Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations - Anything BUT a Card

Creative Inspirations Paint - Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum - Anything BUT a Christmas Card

Allsorts - Brown and Blue

Marks Finest Papers - Anything goes

Wee memories - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by today - I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas, we are enjoying the company of my BIG BROTHER who rode his motorbike across Australia to see us - the journey was EPIC and not without it's challenges - the excitement was  HUGE when he arrived, we have not seen him for eleven years and I am soaking up every minute.  Laurie is a talented musician and his music is filling our home and our hearts - it is wonderful, even moreso when I see him and our youngest sitting there jamming on their guitars or keyboard, their singing is music to my ears - moving me to tears at times - my kids laugh and say that I cry at everything! LOL!  At least these are tears of JOY!

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LOC Happy Christmas

It is Christmas Day here here in the Southern Hemisphere and I am just popping by quickly to wish you a blessed Christmas

while I am here I wanted to share this tag with you

I have fallen in love with this adorable Bee from the Layers of Color Honeysweet clear art stamp set

The Love Chapter clear art stamp set has been stamped along the edge and the Spellbinders Floral Doily Accent is added along the border.

The tag is from Stampin' Up and the Bee charm is from my stash.

A sentiment from the Love Chapter clear art stamp set and some fringing completes this tag...what do you think?!?

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure Make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

LOC Wonderfully Angelic

Hello - it is lovely to see you today!! It is a quick post form me today (yes I know - that would take us from the realm of miracles to wonders! LOL)

I am sharing a card I created using some Layers of Color images I had sitting on my desk just waiting to be make into a card

The collage background is from the Fairy Wishes clear art stamp set

 and this adorable Cherub is from the Angelic clear art stamp set

This sentiment is one of my favourites and is from the Flutterescent clear art stamp set - I love this font!

The stamped lace is from the set that totally lives up to its name - Beautiful Lace clear art stamp set

This is very close to a once layer card but still has the look of many layers.

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons - Christmas

Crafts and Me - Christmas

Digistamps 4 Joy - Christmas, no animals

Freshly Brewed - Christmas

I Brake For Challenges - vintage

Little Darlings Challenges - Christmas

My Mum's Craft shop - anything goes

Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters  - Christmas

C.R.A.F.T. - Pastelles for Christmas

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Cards und More - Monochrome Week

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure Make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

LOC Floral Blend

I am having a lot of fun with the new Nested Tea Cups Die Template, designed for Spellbinders Paper Arts by Laura Kirste Campbell owner and artist of Layers of Color

I have paired it with this gorgeous image from Layers of Color - the Dotted Peonies clear art stamp set.

The Nested Tea Cups and Class Ovals LG Die have been cut using my Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine, I have used the Die as a mask sponging before removing it from the Die

The image from the Dotted Peonie clear art stamp set has been coloured using SU Chalks/Pastels and a Blender Pen

The DP is from DCWV - Once Upon a Time Pack, Embossing is done using a Stampin' Up folder and ran through the Grand Calibur using the Grand Raspberry Plate - specifically for the Grand Calibur - and it works beautifully!

Bearly Mine -Anthing Goes

Cards und More - Monochrome

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink -  Something Old, Something new (old - DP, new - Die)

Corrosive Challenges - Anything BUT Christmas

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Sparkles Forum - Anything BUT a Christmas Card

The Crafty Pad - Anything But Christmas

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure Make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

SSIC LOC Rejoice

This is our last week of the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge for 2011 - the Design Team are going to be spending time with their families over the next two weeks and starting again on Sunday January 8, 2012.

This week Miesje has chosen the wonderful scripture:

"Glory to God in the highest, and on Earth peace, good will toward men"

Luke 2:14

and has challenged us to make a Christmas card or project that is Christian, image and/or sentiment must have the TRUE meaning of Christmas.

I have used the Layers of Color Christmas Verses, Glad Tidings and Touch of Elegance clear art stamp sets

I have also used the negative of the Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two Die as a frame for the Christmas sentiment, and added some paper piercing to the corners.

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything goes for Christmas

Marks Finest Papers - Make a Christmas card

One Stop Craft - Christmas Sparkle

Secret Crafter - New Year/Celebration

Sweet Stampin - Sparkle and Bling

Card Crafters Circle – Celebration

Card Makin' Mamas - Christmas

Glitter Geeks - Anything Goes

Raise The Bar – Christmas

Stampin For The Weekend - Christmas

Artistic Stampers - Christmas

Bling It On - Christmas

 Christmas Cards All Year Round - Anything Goes

Freshly Brewed Monthly Challenge - Christmas

Heidi's Hobbystuggu - Christmas

Scrappin Chic Challenge - Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas themed

A big thank you to our sponsor
Our Daily Bread Designs

Thank you too for being part of this amazing Challenge.  We love to see you play along each week and see the way you are inspired!  What a wonderul blessing to be part of this amazing group of ladies who share their art and their heart!  Have a blessed Christmas as we celebrate the birth of our Saviour and King - He is the' Reason for the Season' - may we always look to the GIVER not the GIFT!!

Make sure you stop by the Designers Blogs are some amazing inspiration - these ladies are inspirational on so many levels!!

* Chris * Grace * Kristine * Lisa * MariLynn * Miejse * Peggysue * Rebekka  * Traci M *

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

LOC Because of You

As it comes gets closer to Christmas I am trying to CLEAN UP my desk - but we all know this is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! LOL!  But I am having a lot of fun using the things that are on it...

For this Gatefold Card, I have used some gorgeous Pink Paislee Paper - totally gorgeous don't you think - combined with Layers of Color art stamps and Spellbinders Die Templates.  The card base is cut using Spellbinders Grand Labels Eleven

The flowers are from Wild Orchid - always beautiful!!  They are popped onto the Spellbinders Fancy Tags Three and cut using the Grand Calibur and the sentiment from the Glad Tiding clear art stamp set

The inside is as ornate as the front of the card, using Spellbinders Labels Ten and Sixteen, along with Layers of Color Old World Flourish clear art stamp set

The sentiment is from the Sweet Silhouettes clear art stamp set

Lots of layers and dimension here - as you can see!

This card is for the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - For Someone special

Sundays with Crissy - Anything Goes

I Brake For Challenges - vintage (all month)

The Paper Variety - anything goes

Sugar Creek Hollow - Thank you cards

Card Crafters Circle Challenge - Celebration

Just Tracy's Craft December Challenge - Celebrations

Stemmelsonne Challenge - Anything Goes

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure Make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

LOC FAF Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Christmas brings with it the traditional Hymns and Christmas Carols - there is none more traditional than the wonderful Hymn written by Johann Sebastian Bach - Gloria in Excelsis Deo, otherwise known as the Angelic Hymn or The Doxology.  My inspiration for Faith Art Friday at Layers of Color was this majestic Hymn.

Angels we have on heard high

Sweetly singing ore the plains

And the mountains in reply

Echoing their joyous strains

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Come to Bethlehem and see

Christ whose birth the angels sing

Come adore on bended knee

Christ the Lord the Newborn King

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

See him in a manger laid

Whom the choirs of angels praise

Mary, Joseph, lend your aid

While our hearts in love we raise

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Gloria, in excelsis Deo

Gloria in excelsis Deo

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

Luke 2:14

Amen and amen!

Product List: Layers of Color The Love Chapter, Christmas Verses clear art stamp sets, Vintage Medallion art stencil.
Spellbinders: Floral Doily Accents Die
Ink: Tim Holtz Distressing Ink - Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Walnut Stain
Tsukineko: Iridescent Embossing Powder
Card: Black Corrugated Card, Kraft Card stock
Misc: Recycled Christmas card, red bling

This project is for the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas Card

AiFactory - Christmas

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Any Winter Holiday Sentiment

Paper Play - Christmas

Rainbow Lady's - Angels

Shelly's Images - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - anything goes

Crafting for all Seasons - Christmas

Crafts and Me - Christmas

Creative Belli - winter/Christmas

I Brake For Challenges - vintage

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure Make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}

Little Darlings Challenges - Christmas

Spellbinders Design Team Call

Hello ladies - this isjust a quick post to share my exciting news with you - I am thrilled to say I made it into round two of Spellbinders DT Design Team Competition!

It is an understatement to say I am a little bit excited!  LOL!  You can see the announcement and the list of the other fabulously talented ladies who also made it into Round 2 HERE

Thank you all of those who have left me comments on facebook, emailed me and phoned - I am overwhelmed by the love and support - thank you so much!

6 weeks old

While I have you here I thought I would show you a couple photos of our new kitten - Teisha, she is 8 weeks old on Saturday.....and way too cute!

8 weeks old

and sleeps anywhere...

and everywhere...

and left her footprints all over our hearts!!!

Thank you for stopping by - I always love to see you!

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LOC Ornate Bird

I have been sitting here wondering what to show you as I have 24 posts in draft (as you do! LOL) - and then I realised I have not shown you one of my favourite projects

I created this sometime ago...in reality it was probably March - my friend Deb gave me some adorable glass bottles for my birthday and I was inspired to alter them

The border is created using the Spellbinders Floral Doily Motif Die using some gold DP I had stored away, after cutting it and embossing with the Spellbinders Grand Calibur, I sponged it lightly with Tsukineko StazOn - to give it that tarnished look - hard to believe it is paper isn't it - BTW - I have since discovered the Spellbinders Premium Craft Foils

A vintage button with the shank removed has been glued to the cork

The Medallion is part of an amazing RAK from my dear friend Gunn - I have saved this flower for months - I believe it may be a Tim Holtz embellishment.

and one of the birds from the Layers of Color Backyard Birds clear art stamp set has been stamped with Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Back Ink and coloured with Prismacolor Pencils, using Odourless Mineral Spirits and a clear glass small 'dome' has been added over it.

I have two more bottles to alter and will be back to share them when they are done!

You can see more of my projects in my Layers of Color Gallery, while you are there make sure Make sure you check out the other Design Team galleries there is so much inspiration waiting to be discovered, we are thrilled that Layers of Color is a Spellbinders Preferred Product Partner.

You can also check out Layers of Color Art Stamps on our FACEBOOK GROUP and have a look at the Layers of Color Art Stamps FLICKR GROUP where you can upload your LOC artwork and be inspired by hundreds of fabulous LOC creations! You are going to LOVE it!!

Making your creative world more colorful with Layers of Color!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}}