Filigree Cross

It was 'Love at First Sight' for me when I saw the Spellbinders Crosses Two  Shapeabilities

so much detail and gorgeous filigree - it was definitely 'calling my name,' especially when I am creating Easter cards at the moment.

I have layered it onto the Spellbinders Floral Ovals Nestibilities - can you tell I am loving this new Die too - the paper piercing around the oval is such a gorgeous touch.

The sentiment is computer generated and has been cut using the Fancy Tags Shapeabilities.  All of my Dies have been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine - it certainly makes it easier because you can cut so many Dies at once!  The patterned paper has been embossed using the 'B' sandwich from the Enchanted M-bossabilities Embossing Folder

One again another quick card, but not lacking any details, thanks to my lovely Spellbinders Die Templates - what did I ever do without them? LOL!

This card is for the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - D for Dry Embossing

Card Crafter's Circle - Easter

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - 3 of a kind  (3 Dies used)

Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes

Just Add Ink - Easter

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts - Easter

4 Crafty Chicks - Easter

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - Easter

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter

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!

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Happy Easter

I am back to share something a little bit cute today, just to' mix it up a bit!'  One of the things about selling your cards is that you have to do a variety of styles, not all of them your own 'comfort zone!'

I have had this image for over two years *head hung in shame* and decided it was time to get it onto a card, especially with Easter approaching so quickly.

I have cute the image out using the Spellbinders Labels Twenty One, using the Die Template as a mask before taking the image out - I always love the look of this technique.  My Die has been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine .  Some added Bakers Twine and a button.

Shimmer added to the egg shell - using 3D Kindy Glitz

Finishing off with a sentiment and some brads. 

This card is for the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Easter

Aud Sentiments Challenge - a project with the sentiment "Happy Easter"

Charisma Cardz - Easter

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes

Delightful Challenges - Easter

Moving Along With The Times - Cute and Cuddly

Paper Play - Easter

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Easter/Spring

My Mum's Craft shop - use a rubber stamp

Paper Shelter Challenge - Easter

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter

Ruby's Rainbow - Easter  

Scrapbook Sisters - Easter

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter & or Animals

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!

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Easter Greetings

I love to create but there are those moments when I feel panic set in - one of those being this week when the local store that sells my cards needed a top up of 40 cards....Now, I know that is a good thing but it also sent my stock of  'reserves' back a bit - not a great feeling....especially when they ordered 12 Easter cards on top of that!

Once my 'panic' subsided I got out my Spellbinders Die Templates, along with the Grand Calibur and was off to a good start.  Images was the next thing - so I printed off some free digi's from the Magic Moonlight Free Images Blog and I was on my way!

I cut out this image using the Spellbinders Labels Fifteen  and the Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die Cutting Machine    

The sentiment is computer generated - I cannot believe that I do not own one stamp with Happy Easter on it, or something along that line....I need to rectify that!  The sentiment is cut using the Spellbinders Ribbon Banner Dies

Some gorgeous crochet lace and Mulberry Paper Flowers and pearls - but you knew that didn't you! LOL!

and one very quick, vintage card is finished - it doesn't get much easier than this as the Girlz in my Card Design Class are going to find out tonight as we recreate this card along with one other....

This card is for the following challenges:

More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday - Easter/Spring

Paper Shelter Challenge - Easter

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter

 Ruby's Rainbow - Easter

Scrapbook Sisters - Easter 

Scrapalicious - Easter  

rhood of Crafters - Easter

Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - cute characters

Truly Scrumptious - Lace

Anything Goes Challenge - Get ready For Easter

Crafty Sentiments - Easter

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Eggs

Paper and Such Design - Spring Or Easter

Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes 

Top Tip Tuesday - Easter & Or Animals

Try It On Tuesday - Easter Theme  

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!

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PB Pink Paradise

It has been a few days between posts for me, which is unusual - it is not that I am not creating, but I am working on some thing I cannot show you just yet, but will be able to soon...

In the meantime I have been colouring some images I have had sitting around for a long time - colouring is so soothing - love it!

I have coloured an image from Penny Black - I love her images and was delighted to discover that they are more than just hedgehogs (LOL) although I do love them too....

The image has been cut using Spellbinders Labels Two and a Die from the Spellbinders Ironworks Accents Die.  I have cut this in half and framed the DieCut image with it - a different way to use your Dies - I love to find more than one way for each one - makes them so versatile!

The sentiment is from the retired Layers of Color Sentimental Banners clear art stamp set, which coordinates beautifully with the Spellbinders Ribbon Banners Die - that makes it so easy...and we love that!  All Dies have been cut with the Spellbinders Grand Calibur.

Lace, buttons and twine all help finish off this card and give it some dimension.

This card is for the following challenges:

Cheerful Stamp Pad - Anything Goes

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

Creative Stamp Friends -  Spring

Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes

Made Especially For You - cards - Distress

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Squigglefly - Anything Goes

Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central - Spring/Pastel

 Sisters - Spring is in the Air

Marks Finest Papers - Shades of Pink

Secret Crafter - Shabby Chic Vintage

Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - Easter or Spring

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!

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SSIC Layers

This weeks Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge is hosted by the lovely Miesje - who has chosen :

 "If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also give us everything else along with him?” Romans 8:31b-32

Miesje has challenged us to create a card or project that uses everything! The opposite of a CAS – toss on the embellishments and/or different papers, textures.

This challenge worked perfectly for me as I wanted to create a special Sympathy card for a dear friend who lost her husband and I wanted to fill it with all of the embellishments that she loves (and I do too) and have it overflowing with ambiance and love.

KandCompany paper, lace, pearls, Layers of Color Art Stamps, Spellbinders Paper Arts  Dies, Mulberry Roses, Seam Binding - all of those divine things we love to use.

Lots of details - anything but CAS and one of my favourite styles of cards !

This card is for the following challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Fancy Folds

Fussy and Fancy - Anything but a Square/Rectangle

Hotshot Crafts -  Ribbon

Our Craft Lounge - Spring

Simply Create Too - Spring

Stampin' For The Weekend - Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog - Anything goes

Create Me Pink - Tear it up and/or distressing

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Pretty Pastels

Paper Play - Spring colours 

Pixie Dust Studio - Use a few of your favourite things 

Crafts and Me - Spring colors

Ruby's Rainbow - Lace

Scrapbook Sisters - anything goes

Thank you to this weeks sponsor - our very own MariLynn who has donated this gorgeous flower

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

* Kristine * Linda (that's me) * MariLynn * Miejse * Peggysue * Traci M *

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!

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Say it With Flowers Video Tutorial

I am excited to be sharing my first Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial for Spellbinders Paper Arts.  This week is all about Flowers and we all love those don't we!!  Don't you just love the flowers that Karen added on her gorgeous tags last week....

I have had a lot of fun altering this Trinket Box - taking it from Trash to Treasure - you can find ut how by checking out the video - we would love to hear what you think!

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Filigree Easter Egg

For some unknown reason this post did not happen - so I am reposting it now.  I will be back later today with my first Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial for Spellbinders Paper Arts.

Easter is fast approaching and we celebrate in many ways!  I had a lot of fun creating this Filigree Easter Egg card - you can see all of the details on my Tutorial at Spellbinders Paper Arts. I would love to see you there!

I hope you are having a great week!  God bless you!

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Thoughts of God

It is a windy day here, so I am avoiding out in the garden...instead I am showing you a card with flowers - that counts - doesn't it!? LOL!  You have to give me points for trying!

I have used a sentiment for my focal point, it is from a retired Layers of Color art stamp set, called Dotted Dahlia, illustrated by NinaB Designs.

The sentiment has been cut out using the Spellbinders Standard Circle Nestibilities, that I have framed with the  Spellbinders Holly Accents Die, I cut the largest Motif in half the placed it each side of the Circle....giving an lovely filigree frame.  I have used the Spellbinders Grand Calibur to cut my Dies.

Mulberry Paper roses have also been added.

Buttons - I am loving using them lately....

My paper is from Pink Paislee - divine in every way!

This card is for the following challenges:

Celebrate the Occasion - Welcome Spring

Crazy Amigo Challenge - Spring 

Creative Card Crew - Vintage

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge - Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl's - Think Spring

Crafty Bloggers Network - Floral  

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

Lollipop Crafts - Sentiment is the Focus

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Spring

Use Your Stuff - Anything Goes

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}}}

Tweet of You

On this gorgeous Autumn day here in Canberra, I could not resist sharing a card created using a NinaB Designs image.

I could not resist this darling set, although 'cute' is not a style I do too often, I do enjoy 'going there' sometimes - it is a very different thought process for me...but one I enjoy!!

I have used The Craft's Meow set Tweet of You, illustrated by NinaB Designs, along with the Spellbinders Parisian Motifs Die, using the Die as a Mask to create a sponged frame on the inside of the Die Template. The Die has been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur.

Seam Binding - a must and a gorgeous Mulberry Paper Rose - such a divine combination (in my opinion)

Not too many layers (for me) yet added dimension and an extra touch of 'Tweet-ness' thrown into the mix! LOL!

This card is for the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Get Hippity with Ippity - Things with Wings

Incy Wincy Designs - Things with Wings

Love to Create - Anything Goes

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink - Things with Wings

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - JFF- Spring

Creative Craft World - Spring

Stamptacular Sunday - Cute as Button

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

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 Cool Colours

This weeks Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge is brought to us by the lovely MariLynn who has chosen:

'He made the moon to mark the seasons', Psalm 104:19

MariLynn's challenge is With the change of seasons this week, make a card/project showing something related to the new season.

While spring is on it's way for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere, here 'Down Under' things are changing and Autumn/Fall is on it's way - so I have used COOL colours, along with one of NinaB Designs New Licensed Dies for Spellbinders Paper Arts, called Sewing Elements, along with the Spellbinders Labels Four and Fancy Tags Three.  I love trying different Dies together, there are so many combinations - the possibilities are endless.

The Paper is My Mind's Eye™ - Lost and Found Collection and the gorgeous bling swirl is from Want2 Scrap.  The sentiment is from the retired Layers of Color Set Sentimental Banners

This card is for the following challenges:

Sugar Creek Hollow - Layers

4 Crafty Chicks - Chicks Rule

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Sentiment which represents a song (Happy Birthday)

Delightful Challenges - Someone Special (my daughter)

Moving Along With The Times - Special Lady (my daughter)

Paper Crafting Journey - Pretty Pastels

 Shelly's Images - Anything Goes

Stamp Man - Vintage

Stampin' For The Weekend - Shabby Chic Photo Inspiration

Thank you to this weeks sponsor Taylored Expressions

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

* Kristine * Linda (that's me) * MariLynn * Miejse * Peggysue * Traci M *

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}}}

NinaB Designs Dream Team Blog Hop

*** This post is a 'STICKY' until the end of the Blog Hop
 - please scroll down for new posts! ***

Welcome to the first ever Nina B Designs Dream Team Blog Hop!

 We are so thrilled to have you join us on this very special day. My friends and I have some projects to show you that feature the Nina B Designs' Spellbinders™ Paper Arts (Home Sweet Home and Sewing Elements), The Craft's Meow Stamps, and Want2Scrap bling.  If you came from Lea Lawson's Blog, you are in the right place, if not can click here and start at the beginning - there so many divine prizes along the way.

   Here is my project:

I used one of Nina's Licensed Dies for Spellbinders Paper Arts - Spellbinders Sewing Elements - you can see it below.  I also used Spellbinders Labels Sixteen and Spellbinders Parisian Motifs Dies and some gorgeous bling from Want2Scrap.  There are Close Ups further down the post

 Spellbinders Home Sweet Home

Spellbinders Sewing Elements

The Craft's Meow Sew Lovely The Craft's Meow Tweet of You Want2Scrap Borders and Corners Now we can't have a hop without giveaways, can we? Nina has added a fun twist to the giveaways. There is a prize hidden in each of the designers' blogs, so, I encourage you to comment on each of them to be entered in all the drawings. Now the rules:

• The prizes are hidden in the blogs and winners will be drawn randomly.
• One comment per blog please.
• The giveaways are open to everybody in the world!
• The winners will be announced on Wednesday, March 21.
• This is not required, but if you have projects using NinaB Designs stamps, dies and/or bling (see tabs above), please upload it to the NinaB Designs Flickr gallery, so we can all see your beautiful work. And who knows, I may have a Flickr fan giveaway someday :).
• This is not required, but please consider liking the following Facebook pages: NinaB Designs, Spellbinders Paper Arts, The Craft's Meow and Want2Scrap. These companies provided some of the prizes today. Join me in thanking them and tell them NinaB Designs sent you. Thank you, friends. :)

Here are the prizes that are being given away - 11 prizes and 11 stops in the hop:

I also used Spellbinders Labels Sixteen and Spellbinders Parisian Motifs Dies and some of the Spellbinders Precious Metals Rremium Craft Foils for the Sewing Machine, lightly sanding the embossing - don't you love the look it gives - this is so much fun to play with!

You can see it again on the scissors too.

and the sentiment is illustrated by NinaB Designs for The Craft's Meow.  Your next stop is Mona Pendleton.

Thank you for joining in our excitement with this fabulous team! Now, go be inspired as you visit these talented ladies:

Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas * Mona Pendleton * Viola Mahr * Nina Brackett 

God bless you!

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