Recycled Birthday Chick

Hello friends, I have a very quick card to share with you today - using a recycled image - how adorable is this little chick - too cute to not be given a 'second chance!'

The card base has been created using the A2 Curved Matting Basics B Card Creator Etched Dies and the Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing Machine - 6"

The chick has been popped up using to the card front using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  The card front has been created using Chameleon Pens; with splashes of White paint added.  A computer generated sentiment has been added, along with some Want2Scrap Turquoise Baby Bling.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Pause Dream Enjoy - Birthday

Simon Says Stamp - Add a Sentiment

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Paper Minutes - Anything Goes

Retarte - Anything Goes 

Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge Blog - ANYTHING GOES WITH option of USE DIE CUTS OR PUNCHES 

Dragonfly Dreams - Animals

Pile It On - 3 Recycle

A Gem of a Challenge - Birthday Wishes

Imagine That! CreativePlayground - Anything Crafty 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

A Little Birdie Told Me

Hello friends, It is Monday evening for me and it has been a beautiful autumn day.  I spent some of the morning out in the garden with my grandson Noah, who loves playing with the hose and kicking a ball around - at the same time!!  It is a beautiful time of year.

Speaking of beautiful - this Scribbly Birds stamp set - by Dina Wakley - I have loved it since it came out - but it was so hard to get.  At the recent Scrap Girls Retreat one of the ladies happened to have a set for sale, as she had ordered two, by mistake.  My dear friend knew I was after it and got in very quickly for me - one happy stamper here!!

The image has been stamped using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black, then coloured using Versafine Ink in Vintage Sepia (love this shade of brown) and Memento Luxe in Rose Bud, using sponge daubers. 

The coloured bird has been hand cut and popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares onto white card that has been sponged using the same inks used to colour the bird then layered onto a precut cardbase.  The sentiment is from Stampers Anonymous Crazy Talk set.  Postmarks have been randomly added, along with Washi Tape and Linen Thread.  The precut base has been cut/embossed using 5x7 Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator and the Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations -  April - One for the Girls

Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

A Beautiful Mess -  Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar April Challenge - Anything Goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Birthday Sentiment or the No. 6 

Cre8tive Hands Friends - Anything Goes

Catch the Bug March Challenge - Anything Goes

In The Pink - Dies and/or punches  (in pink of course)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge - Use a punch or Die

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - 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! 

{{{Hugs}}} and happy creating!

Bird Song

Hello Blog Friends - I am sitting here listening to the rain, the occasional thunder roll and flash of lightning.  We love a good storm but don't get too many here in Canberra - so we try to make the most of them when they are here....there s nothing like going to bed and listening to the sound of rain on the roof - you know what I mean don't you!!?

I am sharing another card created using those bits on my desk - yes the pile does get smaller but you have to remember I add to it each day - so it is an endless battle - but I am not complaining! A lot of my product on this card has been sent to me in RAKs - Random Acts of Kindness - always so special to receive - thank you to those of you who have sent them - you know who you are - feel free to mention it when you comment!! 

I do have to add that this gorgeous bird image is from Crafty Secrets - it has been layered onto a preloved tag  and a button added to the side.

I am loving this ribbon from May Arts, the beautiful pearl swirls from Want2Scrap: 

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers -  Always Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Julia Spiri Challenge - Use Something Old

Creative Moments -  Always Anything Goes

Ruby's Rainbow - C10 -  Birds of A Feather 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Retarte - 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 creating!

In Sympathy

Hello Blog Friends, it is nice to be back sharing a card with you - I think I am finally getting control of my new laptop - I am not I-T savvy but am pleased that I have managed to work a few things out myself, along with creating some new watermarks - and this is one of them - it was fun working out all of the details - what do you think!?!

I have also managed a little time in The Studio and created this Sympathy card.  It is not always easy to create this kind of card, so I like to do them before I need one and want it to be pretty and make the recipient smile - if that is at all possible!

I have stamped the Stampers Anonymous image onto the Fleur de Elegance Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Decorative Accents using Imagine Crafts ‘featuring’ Tsukineko VersaMagic Multi-surface chalk ink in Aegean Blue.  The Die has also been used as a stencil, sponging around the inside edges, and the filigree edge using Aegean Blue and a Sponge Dauber.

The beautiful Mulberry Roses are from my stash and the divine pearl swirl is from Want2Scrap.  The sentiment is from SRM Stickers.  I have used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape and E-Z Adhesive Runner.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Words

DoubleClick Skittles - In The Sky  

Through The Craft room Door - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes 

Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything Goes

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Pastel Colors

Crafting From the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Boots - Monochrome

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps - Monochrome

Oh La La Creations Challenge - Feminine

Where the HeART is -  Add some text

Sweet Stamps September Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania Challenge - Pastel colours

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 creating!

Smile

Hello Blog Friends - I have had a little but of 'spare time' in The Studio and have enjoyed creating a collage style card using bits and pieces that are gathering on my desk - personally I love creating this way - it is a challenge to bring them together in a way that looks like 'it was meant to be!'

    The base for this card has been cut/embossed using the A2 Curved Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator.  I have used some gorgeous patterned paper I received in a RAK - I love it and it lends itself to collage style - in my opinion anyway! This has been layered onto the card base using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Crafty Foam Tape.

The bird image is from the Kaisercraft Fly Free Acrylic stamp set and has been coloured using Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Memento Inks.  The image has then been cut out by hand/fussy cut and popped up onto the pattered paper using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares. Kindy Glitz has been lightly added for a 'touch' of shimmer,

I have written the sentiment by hand, A precut frame has been adhered over the top and Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Shimmer has been added over the top.  This has been popped up onto an oval tag from the Fleur de Elegance Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Decorative Accents, this has been sponged using Tsukineko Memento Dye Ink in Teal Zeal and adhered using double sided tape.  Random 'dots' of Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Dandelion have been added to the background, along with Washi Tape.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy's Challenge - Add Embellishments

Cards in Envy - Inspired by a Song (Songbird by Fleetwood Mac)

Not Just Cards Challenge - Anything goes

The Corrosive Challenges - Mixed media 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create  - Anything Creative / Mixed Media/ Creative

Crafty Friends Challenge - something beginning with B (Bird)

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Stempelsonnen Challenge - Anything Goes

Glitter And Sparkle Challenge - Something beginning with G (glitter)

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 creating!

Buds and Blossoms

It is Saturday here and my feet are finally touching the ground after a wonderful time away at the Spellbinders Retreat - you may have seen my posts sharing some of it with you - if not here is a link to Part I and Part II .

  I am getting back into the 'creative zone' and will have lots to share with you over the coming weeks - in the meantime I am sharing a card I created before I left.  I have used one of the wonderful printed sheets from Crafty Secrets

The divine Spiral Blossom One Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®, adding colour using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Morocco and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™.  The greenery is from the Foliage Spellbinders Shapeabilities® - both dies have been cut/emboss using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting & Embossing Machine.

 

The bling is from Want2Scrap© - Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy Waves! by Nina Brackett

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Summer Sun

Creative Corner - Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Totally Papercrafts - Favorite Colors 

Animal Friends Challenge - Summer 

Card and Scrap - Anything Goes 

Crafters Companion - Animals

House of Gilli - Bright Colors/Anything Goes 

Just For Fun - Anything Goes 

Sunshine Mail - Anything Goes

Happy Campers - Summer 

Southern Girls - Things that begin with F (Flower)

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}}}