Vintage Song Bird

Hello Blog Friends, it is Sunday evening here in the Southern Hemisphere, time to relax and get ready for the week ahead.  I am finishing up loose ends and trying to get organised for my trip to Phoenix Arizona with the Spellbinders people in 9 sleeps - time is flying and it will be here before I know it.

I love bird images and this one is no exception - I have the unmounted stamp but cannot recall who makes it.  If you know, please leave me a comment with the details and I will add it here! Thanks in advance!

The image has been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Markers, giving a soft watercolour effect,  I have stamped some sentiments and postmarks using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Teal Zeal.  This has then been cut out using the A2 Distressed Edges Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator.  I have used the Die as a Stencil and sponged the inside the lines using Rose Bud and a Sponge Dauber.  The paper is from KaiserCraft.  I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.

The bling is from Want2Scrap and the flowers are by Prima Marketing Flowers and the lace is from my stash.

This card is for the following challenges:

A girl who crafts - Always ANYTHING GOES

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper – Anything goes with Patterned Paper

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge - Anything goes - Use at least 2 different pattern papers

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog Challenge - Anything Goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking - Anything Goes

The Sisters Of Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper November Challenge - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Mema's Crafts November Challenge - Anything Goes

Card And Scrap Challenge - Layers

A Girl Who Crafts Challenge - 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! 

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Spellbinders Noble Rook Tutorial

 

I am sharing the Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog today - the theme is Halloween and although we do not celebrate it here in the Southern Hemisphere, I am certainly love the 'funky' colours.

  You can see the Step by Step Tutorial HERE.

 

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Spellbinders What a Treat Tutorial

 

I am sharing on the Spellbinders Blog today - and have been inspired by the colours of Halloween - you can see the Step by Step Tutorial HERE.

 

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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So Happy for You

I have always loved this patterned paper from  My Mind's Eye™ and decided it was too pretty to cover up. 

The simple addition of a strip of patterned paper, a sentiment from  from SRM Stickers and the bling is Baby Bling from Want2Scrap©

 

Along with an embellishment from Authentique™ Paper.    This has been cut one using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Machine and the Standard Circles SM Spellbinders® Nestabilities®

This card is for the following challenges: 

Our Creative Corner - Forgotten Things 

Oozak - Anything Goes/Die Cuts/Punches 

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes 

A.R.T. Card Challenge - Anything Goes

 Crafting By Designs - Anything goes 

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes 

Cuttin & Stampin Challenges - Use Your Scraps

A Little Bit Crafty Challenge - CAS

Fairies Challenge Blog Challenge - Birthday

Crafters Cafe Challenge - Die cuts or punches

 

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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All About You

SRM Stickers are great - especially when you are wanting to create a few quick cards - and that is exactly what I did.  I cannot believe it took me so long to use 'stickers' for my sentiments.

I love this sentiment - and have to say there are a few people who I could give this card to every day not just birthdays - but for the sake of this post - it is all about you on your birthday - let's just go with that shall we! LOL!

I have used  Diamond Effects Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Card Creator Dies - this is the negative of the #3 Dies in the set and so very effective - don't you think!?  The paper is offcuts from Authentique™ Paper and the tab on the side from Cosmo Cricket™

This card is for the following challenges: 

Clear It Out - Challenge: Boys/Men : Stash Item: Punches/ Die Cuts 

Cuttin & Stampin Challenges  - Use Your Scraps 

LEJ Designs - Lot's Of Layers 

Party Time Tuesdays  - Anything Goes

 Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Use at least 1 Button 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes 

Parade Your Crafts - Birthdays

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - Anything Goes + 3 Buttons 

Unstampabelles - Using Scraps and/or Old Stash 

Victorine Originals - Birthday

  613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes or Create Your Own Color Challenge 

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

hank 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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Spellbinders Tuesday Tutorial Video - Fall

I am sharing the Tuesday Tutorial Video on the Spellbinders Blog.  The theme is fall - for me in the Southern Hemisphere, fall is far behind me - but the autumnal colours, they are always divine and full of inspiration.  You can see the tutorial HERE.

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 Day

Hello Blog friends, I am making the most of a cold and wet day here and working on some blog posts and projects.  Today I am sharing a second card from the batch of ten I created the other night in a mad 'card frenzy'.

Can you pick out which one it is amongst this group?

This card is another quick and easy one using the gorgeous  papers from Authentique™ Paper.   The gorgeous chandelier is a silhouette from Want2Scrap©, along with the beautiful bling border.  The sentiment is from SRM Stickers.  The 'glow' of the chandelier has been added using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Dandelion.

This card is for the following challenges:
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Seize The Birthday - Must be Birthday Card - Anything Goes with optional "toppings" 
Divas by Design - Anything goes
 Scrappers' Delights - Birthday 
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Something Blue
 Created With Love Challenges - Anything Goes 
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 
Parade Your Crafts - Birthdays
Stamp and Create - Birthdays
Victorine Originals - Birthday 
 

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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Authentique Love

 Bits and pieces -  we all have them - whether they are stored neatly away, or they lay across our desks on mass!

 

I have made a batch of cards that have been created using everything that is lying on my desk at an arms length away - and believe me - the choices are many!

I have used Authentique™ Paper -  a new favourite of mine, along with 2013 Snowflake Pendant

Spellbinder® Shapeabilities® and Want2Scrap© Bling - very quick and very easy.  This card is one of 10 that I created last night, to build my supplies for the local shop that sells my cards.

This card is for the following challenges: 

Divas by Design - Anything goes

Creative Card Crew - Christmas 

Papertake Weekly - Make It Sparkle 

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Artistic expression Challenge - Anything goes or frame it

Tammy's Scrapping Corner challenge - Anything Goes

Created With Love Challenge - 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! 

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Want2Scrap and Susan K Weckesser Grunge Hearts Card

Incase you missed it, I am back to share the card I created for the Want2Scrap and Susan K Weckesser
week of inspiration - you can see it and all of the details by clicking here:

The list of products I used it listed below.

Lots of little details - pearls, pockets

Lace and roses - all the things I love

 and then there is the bling....irresistible!

Want2Scrap Products:

• Baby Bling Pearls - White
• 72 Count – White Pearls – Self Adhesive 
• Beautiful Bling Borders by Nina Brackett - Beautiful Blooms

Preferred Partner Products:

• S5-192 Diamond Effects Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Card Creator
•  GC-001 Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

Cross Promotional Products:

• Susan K Weckesser  Unity Stamp - A Little Grunge Love
• Authentique - Lovely Collection

Other Products:

• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®- EZ Runner - Permanent; Dodz™Adhesive Dots
  
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink - Love Letter; Rose Bud
• Crafty Secrets Images; Blue Card, White Card; Scissors

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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Spellbinders Savvy Saturday - Back to School

 It is always exciting to be sharing the Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog- this weeks theme is Back to School - I have created a layout also using Imagine Crafts / Tsukineko Inks and Want2Scrap Bling. 

I would love you to pop across and check out all of the details - make sure you let me know what you think - just click on the link.

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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Air Tutorial August - Authentique

I am back with my second Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Artist in Residence Tutorial for August - this months Theme Challenge is to use some of the gorgeous Authentique Papers - not a challenge at all - a pleasure!  I am using some of the gorgeous Seasons Collection.

 Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Peanut Brittle 
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  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• Authentique Paper -  Seasons Collection; "Autumn" Components Sheet
• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine 
• S4-409 Gold Majesty Circles Spellbinders® Imperial Gold

Other: Maya Road - flowers, Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse in LeCreme, Blue Seam Binding, White card, Kraft card, double sided tape, foam tape

Start by cutting and embossing one (1) Gold Majesty Circles Spellbinders® Imperial Gold Die with white card.  You are using the #5 and #6 Dies, #6 being the cutting edge, without it you will get a inlaid pattern on your card stock.  Before removing the card from the Die, use the Die as a stencil and sponge around the edges using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™ and Memento™ Dye Ink in Peanut Brittle 

 

Adhere the outside layer of the sentiment from Authentique on narrow foam tape, pop the middle portion of the sentiment into the center, using thicker foam tape to add extra height, as shown in the photos below.

Fold a  30sm x 11cm piece of card in half, forming the card base.  Adhere a piece of Authentique paper cut slightly smaller.  

Thread a length of Seam Binding through the Layered Dies Die before adhering it to the  patterned paper, tucking the ends to the back of the paper.  Add a double Seam Binding bow to the left of  the Layered Dies, as shown in the main photo.

Ink the outside edges of the flowers using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Delicata™ Pigment Ink and a IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber™.  Cut the stems off, and glue them to the Seam Binding bow, as shown below.

Finish off by adhering the Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse in LeCreme as shown below.

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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