Congratulations Cacti Card

Hello friends - it is hard to believe it is the last day of summer here and it will be officially autumn when we get up in the morning - the cooler weather is very welcome after the heat waves that have been all over Australia.  While there are a few warm days still to happen it seems only right to share this card....

I have used a negative Die in a darker green from the Spellbinders Cacti Wild and Free by Debi Adams and inserted a cacti from the same Die set in a lighter green.

I have sponged the cacti using Imagine Inks and highlighted the embossed areas using a white gel pen - to give definition.  This has been popped up onto white card stock and then angled onto lightly corrugated cardboard using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  A Seth Apter Robo Square Die has been cut from stamped card stock and layered over the Cacti.

The sentiment has also been cut from stamped card stock using the Sentiments One Die D-Lites and glued onto the layered card base.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations -  Always Anything Goes

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Anything goes 

Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Die Cuts

The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede – Anything Goes or Birthday Cards

Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers Dies - Always Anything Goes with Dies

The Sisters of Craft - Always Anything Goes

Take care friends - 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}}} and happy crafting

Wanna Meet for Coffee?

Hello friends - coffee time LOL!  Wouldn't it be great if we could get together for a coffee in real life - my coffee is always on - so drop by if you are in the area! Wink:wink! 

I had a lot of fun creating this card using Spellbinders Seth Apter Turnarounds set 2 stamps and Imagine Ink in Espresso Truffle to create my own backgroud paper.  I have also used some background stamps from my stash and added these lightly and randomly to the background paper.

The coffee cup is from the the Flourishes lc set My Cup Overflows have been coloured using Chameleon Pens, This has been cut/embossed using Spellbinders Standard Circles SM and popped up onto a lightly larger Circle using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  The circles have had some highlights added using the same Chameleon Pen as the cup. 

The sentiment, also from the Flourishes lc set My Cup Overflows has been stamped using black ink, trimmed and adhered to the lower left side of the card front.  This has been popped up onto a pre-cut card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape.

                                             This card is linked to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Di's Digis Designs - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede - Anything Goes or Birthday Cards

Eclectic Ellapu - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations - Always Anything Goes

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Sentimental Journey 

Colour Your World with Lacy Sunshine - Always Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle - 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}}} and happy crafting

Flourishes lc - Love you to Bits

Hello friends, today I have a card to share using one of the images from the Flourishes lc Thanks a Bushel stamp set - how adorable is the rabbit?!  I have also created my own patterned papers using leftover prices of papers - you know those ones that you don't want to part with - I have so many of them....

The image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  

It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L  3D Foam Squares, onto the Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole Die Set .  The Die has been used as a Stencil, sponging Delicata in Golden Glitz and a Sponge Dauber. The sentiment is from the Small Words of Love and Kindness stamp set has been stamped using Tuxedo Black Ink and hand cut, then popped up underneath the layered image using 3D Foam Squares.  A Mulberry Paper Rose has been adhered with liquid glue.

The patterned paper has been cut into squares and layered onto recycled cardboard, cut to size using a Matting Die and lightly sanded.  Each of the squares has been paper pierced by hand.  This has all been adhered to a pre-cut card base using Adhesive Sheets 4 x6.  A strip of corrugated card has been adhered to the lower portion of the card front, white braid has been adhered using liquid glue.  I have finished off using  Want2Scrap pearls and a recycled button.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Di's Digis Designs 2W, - Die Cuts and/or Punches

Simply Papercraft Challenge - Anything Goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Alphabet Challenge - Y for You Choose

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with a twist: Thoughts of Spring

Crafting With Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers -  Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge Week - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Love

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Anything Goes link-up - Anything Goes

Crafty Awesomeness - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes with Patterned Paper

Dies R Us Challenge - Think Spring

Eclectic Ellapu - 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}}} and happy crafting

Art Journal - What if I fall...

Hello friends - today I am taking you on my Journaling Journey with me - I am  slowly working on my first Art Journal - something I am loving but it is a process.  I have worked 'within the lines' for so long that 'colouring outside the lines' does not come easy when I first start - I think it gets easier with each page - baby steps!!

I am very blessed to have been inspired by so many wonderful artists - my journey with the Australian Mixed Media Roadshow has certainly opened by eyes to life beyond paper - while at the same time showed me that I can work with paper and still create Mixed Media projects - there really are no set rules...- it is a matter of shaking off those things which limit us and open up our minds....

My husband - my biggest supporter - says I am transitioning - whatever that may mean - as long as it does not involve hormones I am okay with it.  Wink:wink!  Then there are the wonderful artists on the Roadshow who encourage me LOUDLY to 'come over to the DARK SIDE!' LOL not naming names Michael DeMeng!!  Then there are the words of encouragement from John Creighton Peterson - 'look at you girl - getting in touch with your dark side!' LOL!  That makes me laugh.  Of course the Seth Apter was quietly working away inspiring me and giving me a nudge here and there...LOL!  I am grateful to these guys an the amazing ladies who are part of my journey - taking me out of my comfort zone and to new places artistically! 

 Seth - well he was just encouraging every time we chatted about art - and I have to say I am greatly inspired by Seth's stamps, dies and stencils - I seem to use them a lot when it come to my take on Mixed Media....Seth actually was a key person in helping me define the whole Crafter/Artist thing...if you know what I mean - along with Linda Molden Peterson - who is amazing and I had the honor of meeting in Phoenix on a Spellbinders Retreat....anyway enough about that...

So here you have it - my 'What if I fall...' page - you may have guessed, I am hoping to fly!

You can see my other pages HERE

Take care friends - 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}}} and happy crafting

Want2Scrap Chipboard Embellishment Layout

Hello Friends - I have a layout on the Want2Scrap Blog today, there are always photos that need to be scrapbooked - especially since the arrival of my beautiful grandson nearly 2 years ago.  I love all that Want2Scrap have for scrapbooking and have had a lot of fun with their chipboard.

You can see all of the details and the project in full by clicking HERE.  I would love to hear what you think.

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}}} and happy crafting

Dog-Gone Forgot Your Birthday

Hello friends, I am popping back with another 'pug-a-licious' card for you - this one of for a belated birthday - you know the ones you thiink of often, but before you know it, has been and gone - but that doesn't happen to you right!?! LOL!  These cards are fun to create and a great way to unwind between deadlines - I know, it is a hard job but some one has to do it! Wink:wink!!

My card base has been cut using the Spellbinders  A-2 Matting Basics A Card Creator Etched Dies and the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6" Platform.  The image has been coloured the image using  Chameleon Pens and the background created using Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon inks in Electric Blue.  White splatter has been added using white paint.  A computer generated sentiment has been added to the lower portion of the card.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

The Crafty Addicts - Anything goes

Die Cuttin' Divas - animals

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

Artistic Inspirations - Always Anything Goes

CAS on Sunday - Critter

International Art & Soul - Recycling

The Corrosive Challenges - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Di's Digis Designs - Include an Animal

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar – Birthday

Craft for the Craic - Something with 2 on it (2 mediums, colors...) - two layers, two pugs

Animal Friends Challenge - No designer paper

Take care friends - 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}}} and happy crafting

Flourishes LC - You are in my Prayers

Hello friends, today I have a card to share using one of the New Release sets from Flourishes lc - called Small Words of Love and Kindness stamp set - these sentiments are small, they add a the perfect touch to a card that is from the heart.  I have combined it with the Year in Flowers 2 stamp set.

Year in Flowers 2 

Small Words of Love and Kindness

Perfectly Pierced Hour Glass Die Set

The image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up; using 3D Foam Squares on a Die Cut.  

The sentiment from the Small Words of Love and Kindness stamp set has been stamped using the wonderful new sentiment sets using Tuxedo Black Ink and cut/embossed using the Perfectly Pierced Hour Glass Die Set .It is then popped up onto the Filigree Die cut, embossed white card stock using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, this has all been layered onto a pre-cut card base.

A beautiful double seam binding bow has been adhere to the left of the layered Dies and a button with a twine bow threaded through has been glued to the knot.  Finishing off using Want2Scrap green pearls.

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}}} and happy crafting

Flourishes My Funny Valentine

Hello everyone - I could not resist sharing a card created using Flourishes set called My Funny Valentine illustrated by Lauren Pope, it is perfect for so many more occasions.

My Funny Valentine

  The image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares. The sentiment has also been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and die cut using a heart die.  The inside has been sponged using pink ink and a sponge dauber.  This has then been popped up onto the image using 3D Foam Squares.

Layered Dies are a perfect background for this whimsical image, along with Want2Scrap Bling and some pompom trim - and pearls - yes there has to be pearls! - who says you cannot mix whimsical with elegance!! 

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}}} and happy crafting

                                 

Flourishes LC - Endearing Rose

Hello friends, today I have a card to share using one of the New Release sets from Flourishes lc - called Endearing Roses - who doesn't love roses?! I have also used one of the sentiments from the Small Words of Love and Kindness stamp set.  While the sentiments are small, they add a the perfect touch to a card that is from the heart.

Endearing Roses

Small Words of Love and Kindness

Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole Die Set . 

The image has been stamped onto Flourishes Classic White card stock using black ink and coloured using Chameleon Pens.  It has been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors popped up; using 3D Foam Squares on each end  onto Authentique Paper Authentique Paper which is available in the Flourishes LC Store.  The patterned paper has been die cut using the Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole Die Set . 

The sentiment from the Small Words of Love and Kindness stamp set has been stamped using the wonderful new sentiment sets using Tuxedo Black Ink and cut/embossed using the Tailor-Made Classic Keyhole Die Set . The Die has been used as a Stencil, sponging Delicata in Golden Glitz and a Sponge Dauber.  It is then popped up onto the layered image using 3D Foam Squares.

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.  May God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting