Birthday Flowers

Hello Blog Friends,  I hope you have had a relaxing weekend - it has been a long weekend here - with today being Australia Day - it is highly likely that most Australians had a BBQ with sausages and lamb, or a meat pie - with sauce and lamingtons - and for those who love vegemite...today is the day to enjoy it....

Today I am sharing a birthday card - a quick and easy one - we need those at times - don't we!!  I have used the Rosette Wall Spellbinders Celebra'tions™ 3D embossing folder, that has been embossed using the Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine. The sandwich (stack from bottom up): B-Pink Embossing Plate, 3D Embossing Folder with Media Inside and D-Raspberry Adapter Plate.

The next layer is from Authentique Paper - and the precut flowers are from Kaisercraft.  The sentiment is from Fun Stampers Journey.  The Corrugated card has been sponged using  IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Ink in Wedding Dress and a Sponge Dauber.  Finishing off with Washi Tape and vintage lace.

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:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap Challenge  - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Amusing - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Hearts and/or Flowers

Left of Center Creative Challenges - Layer It Up

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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Flowers Galore

It is always good to have some extra cards in hand - I love this pre-embossed paper, such a great paper to colour.

Making cards on mass is not what I do - I get bored - so four cards was pretty good for me.  I did make each one slightly different - the colours vary as well as the embellishments.

I have coloured using IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Markers and an Aqua Brush.  Each card has been cut/embossed using the A2 Curved Matting Basics A Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.   

The sentiments and trim vary with each card - one from My Fun Stampers Journey, Stampin' Up, Penny Black Inc and a clear stamp from my stash.

The bling is from Want2Scrap, I have also used  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L -  E-Z Dots Permanent  Adhesive Runner on this card.

I have also used embellishments from My Fun Stampers Journey and May Arts.

These cards are for the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Stampelsonne Challenge - Anything Goes

Docerela Creations Challenge - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee and Cards Challenge - Christmas

Brown Sugar Challenge - Christmas

Art By Miram Challenge - Anything Goes

A crafty Mess Challenge - Anything Goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps & Scrapbooking - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Anything Goes (runs until the new year)

Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes!

Crafting Musketeers - "Use Bling"

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

The Sisters of Craft - 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}}}

 

Get Well

Hello Blog Friends - I hope this gorgeous sun flower brightens up your day as ,much as it did mine when I received a surprise birthday card, some time back, with this stamp inside from a lovely crafting friend.

Before I cut the image out by hand (fussy cutting) I have coloured the My Fun Stampers Journey image using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Markers.

The Lacey Circles Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities and Gold Majesty Circles Spellbinders® Imperial Gold die have been layered using Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D  Foam Squares

The sentiment is from SRM Stickers and has been adhere to the Fancy Tags Two Spellbinders® Shapeabilities.  All dies have been cut using the  Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

This card is linked to the following challenges: 

Card Mania - Flowers

 Cheerful Stamp Pad - Sentiment

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy  - Bright Colours

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge - Colours of Autumn

 Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Outdoors

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

IDIC - Anything Goes 

Vintage Stamping Challenges/Flonz Craft - Summer Blooms 

A Sprinkle of Colour - Anything Goes

Bastel-Traum - summer 

 Die Cut Divas - Use at least one Embellishment

Altered Eclectics - 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}}}

Penny Black - Truly Great Friends

 Sometimes at night, when the family go to bed, I take myself off to The Studio, put aside Design Team work and create just because I can!!  Sometimes times gets away from me - but we won't go there! LOL!

I have used one of the Truly Great stamp set from Penny Black Inc.  Stamped using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaMagic™ Chalk Pigment Ink in 

Some flowers from my stash have been added - these are off some artificial flowers I found at one of the thrift stores - love that!  Oink lace has been added, followed by narrow white ribbon.  The pearl bling is from my stash that has gathered along the way.

The Houndstooth background stamp is from My Fun Stampers Journey

and has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento Luxe™ Mixed Media Pigment Ink in Rose Bud.  I have also used Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L- 3D Foam Squares and E-Z Runner Adhesive.

This card is for the following challenges:

 Catch The Bug - Anything Goes 

Hiding in my Craft Room - Spring Colors

My Sheri Crafts  - Bling it on 

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Lace and Pearls

ABC Challenge - G is for Girls

Card and Scrap - Use Dies

  Cards Galore Encore - Use a stamp or digi stamp

 Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Flowers

Ladybug Crafts - Spring is here

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 

Docerela Creations - Anything Goes

  Left of Center Creative Challenges - Die Cuts 

Simply Create Too - Shop in Your Stash

Sister Act Card 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}}}

Carved Damask Card

 Hello Blog Friends - it is always a pleasure to have you visit.  I hope that after the Christmas rush you are able to wind down for the last days of 2013 - it will be 2014 before we know it - are you ready?!

I have had fun creating some cards - 'just because' - using those things I have had on my desk from previous projects - it is always a good feeling to see them used and to see the desk top slowly appearing - for a short time anyway!

This image is from My Fun Stampers Journey - Carved Damask ATS Collection and has been stamped using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink and coloured using Memento™ Dye Ink Markers.

Carved Damask

 

The image has been cut out using the Grand Calibur® Machine 

and Decorative Labels Twenty-Eight Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities®.  The background Dies are Butterfly Corner Shapeabilities®

 The Graphic 45 - Secret Garden paper has been embossed using the Lovely Lattice  M-Bossabilities™ folder and then lightly sanded using a sanding block.

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The pearls are from Want2Scrap©.  I have also used Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ - E-Z Adhesive Runner

This card is for the following challenges: 

Pumpkin spice - Anything Goes 

Alphabet Challenge - W is for Whatever You Wish 

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Something New (Spellbinders Die)

 Docerela Creations- Anything Goes 

Fun with Shapes - Bling Bling

Crafty Creations - Anything goes  

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Anything Goes 

Tok Bobok - 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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AIR Tutorial #3 - VersaColor and Goosebumps Challenge

I am sharing my third Tutorial for September as an Artist in Residence for IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® - the Artist Challenge is to use IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink and IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray/ Dauber.

 

 

 Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators
• IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Texture Spray.
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Violet
  
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Canary
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Turquoise
  
  

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S5-192 Diamond Effects Spellbinders™ Nestabilities® Card Creator
• My Fun Stampers Journey - Houndstooth background stamp
• Penny Black Inc. - Social Butterfly clear stamp set

Other:   Want2Scrap© - Baby Bling; SRM Stickers - Wishing You Well; yellow card; white card; double sided tape,Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - E-Z Tape Runner;  Dodz 3D Clear Adhesive Dots

Using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Turquoise, stamp the

My Fun Stampers Journey - Houndstooth background stamp, onto white card.  Trim to the size of the image and adhere to the card base.

 

Cut one (1) Diamond Effects Nestabilities® Card Creator #3  in white card.  

NOTE:  Spellbinders number their Dies from smallest to largest - the smallest being #1

Adhere into a scrap of white card - I used a Mega Oval Die that I had in my stock - this is to give a base to mount the sentiment onto.

Using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Violet stamp two of the larger butterflies from the Penny Black Inc. - Social Butterfly clear stamp set, followed by two of the smaller butterfly in VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Canary.

Colour around the edges of the  large butterfly using an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Fantastix™ Multi-Purpose Applicators and the VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Canary and the inside of the smaller butterflies wings using VersaColor™ Pigment Ink in Turquoise. Layer the butterflies a shown in the photo below.

Attach Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L® - Dodz 3D Clear Adhesive Dots to the back of the layered butterflies and attach to the top and bottom corners of the sentiment frame.  Adhere the sentiment onto yellow card and cut out using a Circle Die and adhere to the center of the frame, using foam dots.  Apply three of the Want2Scrap© - Baby Bling onto the butterfly body.  

 

Finish by applying the  IMAGINE Crafts® GooseBumps™ Dauber Top to add some shimmer to the wings of the top butterfly.

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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