Recycled Natures Beauty

Hello friends - it is Friday nught here and I am sharing a card using recycled packaging as my patterned paper - from my DD1's tea cup - I am sure you would agree it is too pretty to throw away.

The Nestabilities Royal Circle Etched Dies has been cut in half and placed either side of a pink Nestabilities Celebrations Pierced Squares Etched Dies using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares onto .  The teal medallion has been cut using the Shapeabilities Nestabilities Royal Circle Etched Dies Etched Dies - this has been adhered using liquid glue.  A snowflake has been popped up in the centre of the Nestabilities Royal Circle Etched Dies using 3D Foam Squares; this has been popped up onto a pre-cut card base also using using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

Want2Scrap white pearls have been coloured using Chameleon Pens and adhered to the centre of the Nestabilities Royal Circle Etched Dies. Nice and easy but so pretty - we have so many items that we can recycled - I love the uniqueness of this card - and if you are wondering - the cup is the same pattern and just as bright and pretty! 

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Use A Two Word Sentiment

Craft Rocket Challenges - Something Beginning With 'F' (Flowers)

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Sisterhood of Crafters - Use Your Dies

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Use Your Stuff - OLD AND NEW (old = recycled packaging/new = pearls)

                                           Crafty Girls Challenge - 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

                               

Recycled - Nature's Beauty

Hello friends - today I am sharing a card using recycled packaging as my patterned paper - from my DD1's tea cup - I am sure you would agree it is too pretty to throw away.

I have popped up a white Die cut from the Spellbinders Fairmont Labels using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.  The bird from Fiskars has been stamped using  Imagine Crafts Memento Ink in Teal Zeal.  This has been popped up onto a precut card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

A strip of Yellow Braid has been glued along the base of the patterned layer, three buttons have been glued to the braid and Want2Scrap white pearls have been adhered to the centre of the buttons.  Nice and easy but so pretty - we have so many items that we can recycled - I love the uniqueness of this card - and if you are wondering - the cup is the same pattern and just as bright and pretty! 

                                             This card is for the following challenges:

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes with a twist: Winter Blues

Everybody-Art-Challenge -  For Girls Only or Valentine

Sunny Day Crafting - Die Cuts 

Crafting from the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Imagine That! Creative Playground - Anything Goes

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. - Recycling

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - 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

Life

Hello friends, welcome to my new followers - thank you for sharing in this journey - you make it such a great experience and I appreciate the support you always give.  I hope you are inspired while you are here....if so, then I am happy!

I have been busy with the  Spellbinders Doily Art Celebra'tions™ 3D embossing folders - I love the way the pattern just POPS - these 3D Folders are amazing. I have sponged the Doily using Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko Memento Luxe Pigment Ink in Rose Bud.

FYI  NOTE: The sandwich for Celebra'tions 3D embossing folders in Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine (stack from bottom up): B-Pink Embossing Plate, 3D Embossing Folder with Media Inside and D-Raspberry Adapter Plate.

The LIFE image is from Unity Stamps and the bird by Fiskar - I love the script on it. I have used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.  The beautiful Bling is from Want2Scrap© 

This card is for the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge - lots of layers

Fussy and Fancy - Things with Wings

Kit and Clowder - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Little Claire's - bright and beautiful 

Crafting for all Seasons - Things with Wings

Artbymiran Challenge - Anything Goes

DoubleClick Skittles - use a bird

Stempelsonne Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -  Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Shabby Chic

 Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow 

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends 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!

{{{Hugs}}}

Bird Song

"A bird does not sing because it has the answer

It sings because it has a song"

-Maya Angelo'

I have always love the sentiment by Maya Angelo and could not resist the Fiskar stamp set when I saw it,  I have stamped the image using IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Espresso Truffle.  I have also used a Unity stamp as the main image, this too has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Espresso Truffle.  The card base and patterned paper has been cut using the A2 Curved Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator Die.  All Dies  have been cut using the Grand Calibur® Machine.  

The main paper has been embossed using the Doily Art Celebra'tions™ 3D embossing folder.  The doily has been inked using IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Rose Bud and a Sponge Dauber.  Seam binding has been added, along with a double Seam Binding bow, topped with bling.  I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares for dimension ,and E-Z Runner on this card.  

This card is for the following challenges:

Docerela Creations- Anything Goes

Art by Miran Challenge - Anything Goes

Wags 'n' Whiskers Challenge - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Polka Doodles Challenge Week 1 - Tic, tac toe - Die cut, Ribbon, Embossing

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Stamper January Challenge - Take a Stamp

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons -  Let's Get Sentimental

ABC Challenge - ‘A is for Anything Goes’

Die Cut Divas - ANYTHING GOES.....

The Crafting Cafe - Lots Of Layers

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}}}

Enjoy

Hello Blog Friends, I am enjoying the change of pace after Christmas - how about you?!  I am slowly working through deadlines for next year but at a civilised pace!!  I am also keeping up my supply of cards for the shop that sells them and these ones are a lot quicker that my others - a nice change of pace at times.

For this card I have used the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine and Labels Forty-One Decorative Accents - it is the insert from the #4 Die (the smallest being #1).  This has been layered onto the 5 x 7 Matting Basics B Die, that has been lightly sanded.  The bling is from Want2Scrap, I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L -  E-Z Dots Permanent  Adhesive Runner on this card.  

The image and sentiment are stamped using the Fiskar 'For the Birds' stamp set and   IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Ink in Espresso Truffle.

This card is for the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. -  Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges -  Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Anything goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything goes

Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Gies

Whimsy Inspiration - Anything goes 

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes 

Sweet Stampin - 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}}}

LOC Just a Note

The Bookmarks I have been making have been popular and I thought it was time I made a few more using the Layers of Color Joyful Noise art stamp set!  I love this G-clef and it is the perfect size for this project.

These bookmarks are great to use up those scraps of card stock, I no longer think 'what can I do with these scraps,' but look forward to making the bookmarks - they are so quick!  My DH and I had a stall at the Markets at the local Homestead last Sunday and I sold a few of these...along with some cards.

I cut the image out and attached it to some embossed CS, I love the texture this gives and the way it automatically dresses something up.  The top corners of the bookmark have been punched with the 'Sunburst' Fiskar Border Punch, I love finding more than one use for things - these corners are so pretty!

Some narrow gingham ribbon has been knotted over some lace and wrapped around the bookmark and three brads that are part of a RAK finished it off nicely.  I added a panel of the embossed CS to the back of the bookmark...I have found that 3-4 layers (in total) of CS make it strong - and that is a good thing!!  LOL! Ribbon has been threaded through an eyelet at the top of the bookmark and secured through a bead.

This bookmark did not make it to the markets, a neighbour saw it and bought it straight away - I think I had better make a few more!!

Thanks for looking and those lovely comments you leave me, you make my heart smile!!  It is Saturday night here and I am just chilling out, our kids have been out at various events and slowly returning home - I do enjoy this time on Friday nights, it is not that I can't craft any other time, I am blessed to be able to create whenever I want, within reason, I guess it is just knowing that tomorrow there is no rush to get out the door by a certain time, we can 'ease' into the day - beautiful!!  I hope you have a great weekend!!  God bless you!

{{{HUGS}}}

LOC Freebie - On my Heart

I have used one of the Layers of Color FREEBIES that are available for a limited time in conjunction with their New Release Party that is on 14-15 November - I am so-o-o ready to Party - how about you.!?  You can join in the fun and while doing so you might be the winner of a number of BIG prizes - click here to see how you enter.

I have used the Groovy Bird image and coloured it with chalks, and popped it up on dimensionals on a layered circle and scalloped circle. This was attached to DP that has a strip of white CS that I have used the Fiskar Sunburst Border Punch on, then sponged it and added a bow (oh yes, I am loving the Bow-Easy, it is that easy! LOL)  and some nail bling along the length of it.

The sentiment is from Our Daily Bread Designs...I won this set in the 'Three for Thee' challenge and this is the first time I have used it!  I love the scriptures and sentiment on this set, I know I will use it a lot!  I love to send cards with encouraging scripture and sentiments that come from the heart - this  ODBD 'Thinking of you' set certainly makes it easy!

I have finished off with the torn inked corners that I love to use and the nail bling, just to bring that pink in a bit more and a light touch of Kindy Glitz (which for someone that wasn't a  'blingy' person, I seem to use a lot! LOL) and there you have it!  It was a lot of fun colouring in this bird, it just seemed to take on a life of it's own - I didn't have any DP picked and just thought I would see what happened - just as well I found this DCWV DP or I would have been in trouble!!

This image and three others are available for you over at the Layers of Color so pop over there and get them - I would love to see what you do.  There are more being given away at the New Release Party this coming weekend, 14-15 November and great prizes to be won - it could be you who wins...remember - you have to be 'in it to win it!!'

This card qualifies for the Allsorts Challenge where we to bring out our 'bling' as you can see this Groovy Bird has been blinged  and shimmered, but the camera bever does it justice!
I will have another Sneak Peek for you this tomorrow - make sure you come back and check it out - is one of my favourite on the new sets...one of my nine favourites! LOL!  Thank you for coming by today - I love to see you have been, your comments are always so encouraging - thank you!

One last thing - if you are brave,  click here and see what we found in our garden this morning!!!

MOJOFRIDAY

MojoMonday is celebrating its 100th challenge this week and have been giving a new challenge each day - this one is Fridays challenge....I have used an older stamp I was given along with many others from a lady at the markets I first went to (thank Kelly) One of the boutiques that sells my cards was wanting some engagement cards and I thought this image would be perfect!

The circles are embossed with the 'Textiles' Embossing Folder and distressed with Tim Holtz Distressing Ink - Walnut Stain. The flower is from a Blog Candy that I won from Abby (of Abby's Garden) and the middle strip has been punched with the Fiskar Border Punch - Sunburst...I love the vintage look this border punch can take on when it is sponged along the edge!! I have added the sentiment layered on black CS and finished with a String of Half Pearls along the top of each embossed circle - unfortunately the flash has shown up the tape that they are on...but at least this way you can see how they look!)

Don't you just love Saturdays - it has been very quiet in our house as our girls are down the South Coast until tomorrow, they have been having a great time....but DD2 is finding it hard being away...the nights are hard for her and tonight she sent us a message and said, 'I am missing you...please ring me!' Naturally we did and she was in tears....awww...it is so hard when they are away and crying....poor baby, but some loving words from Mum and Dad helped and then I threatened to send her a video clip of my 'cranky face'....we hung up with DD2 getting a cuddle from DD1 - then Mum felt sad - should I ring her!?!? Emotions - who needs them!!?

Thank you for visiting, I do appreciate your comments - I love knowing when you have been!! I hope your weekend is relaxed and filled with friends and family! God bless you!

Babies in the House

How exciting to hear that my DH's cousins had twin boys last week, these boys are special and so far away...so I just had to make a card for them....I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge, which I have been wanting to get to, so was happy for the opportunity!

I used this adorable bear image that I was given in a box of stamps when I first started selling my cards at the local Markets, I thought it would be perfect for twins. I chalked the bears and popped them up on dimensionals, onto embossed CS. I have also used DP and ran a length of narrow gingham ribbon between them.

The sentiment is from a set from ISC called 'All About Me' that I won on the ISC Blog Hop, along with another set....I am looking forward to inking them up...I have plans to do so in the next few weeks! The sentiment circle has been inked and aged with SU Chalks/Pastels and the scalloped border is Fiskars thanks to Melinda80...I borrowed her punch months ago and sat punching along edges of scraps so I had a nice little supply for times such as this!

This is a relatively simple card but I am happy with the overall look - you can't really go wrong with bears can you - adorable!

I thought you might like to see the adorable babies , DH's cousin Agostino and his wife Jennifer sent them to us, the photos that is NOT the babies. They live in California, so we will not seeing them in the near future (sigh) so we savour any photos of times like this! My DH has only found his family in the last 10 years, the majority of them are in Italy, but Agostino and Jennifer (a Californian girl) are settled in the USA and have been for some time. DH was brought up in children's homes and values his family deeply! These darling boys are named Alex and AJ....these boys will be so well loved by not only their parents but the whole family - and we are many - we are FAMILIO!!!

Thank you for looking and for your comments, which make my day - I love knowing that you have stopped by! I hope your week is going along smoothly - mine is going so quickly!!! God bless you!

MMSC14 Baby Elephant Walk

It is time for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and I have done this one earlier than I usually do.....how could I resist this adorable little elephant from Layers of Color...I just want to 'squeeze' him - but he would probably do that to me! LOL! This image is from the Layers of Color - 'Polka Dot Parade.' The animals in it are gorgeous and will be showing up on my Blog in the near future - I need more hours in the day!! LOL!

Elephants are very special in Australia at the moment, as we have had the arrival of a beautiful baby boy elephant at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, he stole the hearts of the Nation and made the loss more bearable of our beautiful Koala Sam, who was seen world wide as he drank from the Firefighters water bottle and became the symbol of hope after 'Black Saturday' and the Melbourne Bush Fires.

I coloured this image with pearlised chalks, giving a lovely shimmer amongst the shading, The flag has Kindy Glitz added to 'bring it to life!' The gorgeous DP is from a Blog Candy that I received last week from Tracey in New Zealand (yay New Zealand) Tracey had included a pile of 6x6 papers and I am loving them all, I have 2 other cards cut out ready to put together with those papers. I have added some gold highlights to the DP with a Gold Gel Pen, but they are hard to capture on camera.

A length of lace runs behind the layered image, which I must add...the Labels 4 Nestie Die Cut is from a gorgeous package I received from Sabrina (aka okimom2girlz on SCS) You can see it here! Everything in it is perfect for me - what a blessing Sabrina - thank you so much! I have also added a Fiskars Border Punch which has been sponged and layered on black CS, with a Ribbon Tag and ribbon added (also from Sabrina) The final touch was the bling added along the bottom of the card and Nail Bling added to the Nesties - I love the Nail Bling, it is so subtle but adds so much!

Thank you so much for looking and for the comments you have been leaving - you make my day...I love knowing that you have visited!! It has been cold and wet here today....you know what that meant - yes...CARD MAKING!!! LOL!! I hope your day is full of love and laughter!!! God bless you!

EDIT: I have just come across the Whimsey Stamps Challenges which is all about Animal Magic and have linked this card to it - I just love finding new challenges!

Elegant Embossing

Time for some fun stamping...I have finished the order of twenty cards to be delivered tomorrow and needed a few general cards to go with them...I think I have eye strain from all the colouring of images over the past 3 weeks - 50 in all!! So I thought embossing would be a nice change. I have not inked up this Flourishes image before and I have to say, it makes a lovey card so easily! I sponged around the edges and also in the middle, adding a flower, which was part of a RAK from my friend Pam (aka pam124) and added a button!

This was layered on paper from Memory Box and knotted ribbon was added - this was also from Pam (aka pam124) .

I also used the Flora and Fauna set from Kaiser along with the SU Wonderful Words (that you have got to love!) and used the Fiskar border punch (Sunburst) very simple card finished off by adding some sponging and paper piercing! It is a popular card at 'The Shabby Attic' so I made it in a couple of colours! I am still thinking about inking the butterfly on the pink and green one!!

Thank you for looking, I know it takes time to comment and I appreciate all of the comments that have been left for me - I love hearing from you and read every comment - you bless me. I have also enjoyed popping across to each of your blogs and seeing so many gorgeous cards - there is so much inspiration out there!! God bless you!