Birthday Showers

Hello friends - I enjoyed a little time in The Studio and in an attempt to clear away the some of the layers (and there were many) on my desk - I ended up creating this masculine card - yes the 'dreaded man card!'.  I do love the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man and had an embossed image which I sponged over using Imagine Memento Ink in Desert Sand and Summer Sky.

The sentiment is from a Penny Black Inc. set. I have stamped it using Imagine Memento ink Rhubarb Stalk.  The tag has been adhered using Scrapbook Adhesives E-Z Adhesive Runner,  tabs and a button have been added to the card front and a ticket stub popped in, secured with a little glue.

The layers have been popped up onto a card front of patterned paper using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares..  This in turn has been popped up onto a pre-cut card base also using Canvas Corp patterned paper and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

Lavinia World Challenges - Anything Goes Using Rubber Or Clear Stamps

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Paper Shelter - Shades of Blue

The Paper Funday - Anything Goes/Optional Twist Friendship

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

A Perfect Time To Craft - Always Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes

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

Not Just Cards - Always 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

Penny Black - Bee-utiful Friend Tag Card

Hello friends, thanks for stopping by - I always love to know you have visited.  Today I am sharing a card created using one of the gorgeous Penny Black Inc. stamp sets and Chameleon Color Top Pens - not my usual colours but I am really loving the palette - it is so easily achieved using the Color Tops - andSpellbinders Dies.

I am sharing another card created using a gorgeous blooming tags stamp set by Penny Black Inc.  The images, including the bee, have been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black.

Extra details, including paint splatters, have been added using a White Paint Pen.  The card front has been cut/embossed using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Scored and Pierced Rectangles Etched Dies.

A die cut Scalloped Border has been glued across the centre of the card front, with a row of  narrow yellow RicRac adhered above it.  Want2Scrap Baby Bling Brown Rhinestones have been randomly added to the card front along with 250 Count  White Pearls.  The Penny Black Inc. sentiment has been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Sunshine, Sunflowers or Yellow

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Always Anything Goes

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

Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations - Summer

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge -"S" IS FOR? (Sunflowers)

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Use Your Create or Decorate a Container

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - Flowers

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

Allsorts - Feminine

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

Penny Black - Just for you Tag Card

Hello friends, thanks for stopping by - I always love to know you have visited.  Today I am sharing a floral card created using one of the gorgeous Penny Black Inc. stamp sets and Chameleon Color Top Pens - not my usual colours but I am really loving the palette - it is so easily achieved using the Color Tops - and SpellbindersDies.

I am sharing a card created using a gorgeous blooming tags stamp set by Penny Black Inc.  The images have been stamped using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black.

Extra details, including paint splatters, have been added using a White Paint Pen.  The card front has been cut/embossed using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Scored and Pierced Rectangles Etched Dies; The patterned card front has then been embossed using the Spellbinders Flourish Stitch Em-bossing Fold'ers Quilt It by Lene Lok and the Platinum Die Cutting Machine  has been used .

Narrow green ribbon has been added around the card front and a double bow has been adhered to the left side of the tag, along with a Little Birdie Crafts butterfly and flower.  Want2Scrap 250 Count  White Pearls have been added to the top of the tag on each corner.  The sentiment has been stamped using the Imagine Memento Ink in Bamboo Leaves.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes + optional: Water and/or Watercolor

Unicorn Challenge - Fully Loaded or CAS

Always Fun Challenges - MAKE A TAG

Colouring in Scrapland - ANYTHING GOES 

Dare 2B Artzy Challenges - Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - Flowers

The Corrosive Challenges -  Always Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes 

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge -  ANYTHING COLORING GOES 

Colourific Challenge Corner - ALWAYS ANYTHING GOES

QKR Stampede - ALWAYS 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

Most of all Be Happy

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you all had a lovely Christmas with family and/or Friends.  I am more than aware that Christmas can be a very hard and lonely time for people - if you are one of the latter, please know you were both thought of and prayed for!

I enjoyed a little time in The Studio today and in an attempt to clear away the gathering layers (and there were many) on my desk - I ended up creating this Mixed Media card.  I do love the Tim Holtz Umbrella Man and had an embossed image which I sponged over using Imagine Memento Ink in Teal Zeal.  The image has been outlined using Chameleon Pens Black Detail pen and a white paint pen.  Another Stampers Anonymous stamp has been used down the side of the the image and also been sponged lightly using Teal Zeal ink.

A Prima Stencil and texture paste have randomly been used around the embossed image - these have also been sponged using Imagine Memento Inks in Teal Zeal.

The butterfly from the Penny Black Inc. Social Butterfly clear stamp set  has been stamped onto Coral card stock using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black, fussy cut/hand cut using scissors and popped onto the lower right corner of the images. Details have been highlighted using a White Paint Pen and liquid glitter.  The layers have been popped up onto a card front of patterned paper using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares..  This in turn has been popped up onto a slightly larger pre-cut cream card base also using  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.

The sentiment is from Kaisercraft and the tag has been recycled from a gift I received some time back.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Always Anything Goes

House That Stamps Built - Anything Goes

The Male Room - Color Blue

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Washi Tape

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create  - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media 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

Penny Black - Happy Birthday Flowers

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  I have a card to share with you today that is focusing more on stamping, colouring and stencils, along with simple Die Cuts.

Stamp the Penny Black Inc. freshly cut cling stamp using Imagine Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black ink on angle on the bottom left corner of the card front, colour using Chameleon Pens.  Place your stencil of choice onto the card front and secure using low tack tape, sponge using Imagine Memento Ink in Teal Zeal and a Sponge Dauber, moving the stencil to fill the white spaces.

Cut/emboss the card front using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Scored and Pierced Rectangles Etched Die and the Platinum 6 Die cutting and Embossing Machine. Pop onto a pre-cut card base using  Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.

Cut/emboss the 'Happy' sentiment using the Spellbinders Happy Expressions Stamp and Die Set - Exclusive and black card stock.  Glue across the lower portion of the floral image. Stamp the co-ordinating sentiment using Imagine Memento ink in Tuxedo Black ink, trim and glue below the die cut sentiment. Finish by adding faux Enamel Dots using Imagine irRESISTibles Pico Embellisher in Tuxedo Black.  Layer onto slightly larger card stock, followed by a slightly larger pre-cut yellow card base using 

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes

Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap - Anything Goes

Not Just Cards - Always Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes 

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Crafty Creations -  Always Anything Goes 

Creative Moments -  Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge - Use a Sentiment

Artistic Inspirations - ANYTHING GOES

Crafting from the Heart - 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

The Apron Project 2018

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by.  I have a very special project to share with you today for a very special Cause -  the 2018 Apron Project was borne from a comment made by a young boy who likened the aprons to super hero capes.

Strength is the inner power to withstand whatever comes our way.  Strength is our capacity to endure in the midst of tests and as we grow in strength we are able to tackle life’s challenges with courage and determination.

The Apron Project was created by Australian Sallianne McClelland who has 30 Years in Event Management and is the current Board President for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter.

Artists from across Australia and overseas will once again unite to create works of art on aprons. In the last three years over 100 artists have presented more than 200 aprons and raised much needed funds for the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter.  Importantly they also raised awareness of the growing epidemic of Domestic Violence. 

I am excited to be taking part in this fabulous Cause - you can read all about it here.  I participated last year and made two aprons - my first ever attempt at this kind of project - but what a fabulous journey - a learning curve and well worth it in every way.  It was exciting to be part of a world wide event for such an amazing cause - the baby of my dear friend Sallianne McClelland.

I have used a mixture of Imagine Memento Fabric Pens, Chameleon Pens, paint and ink that can be used on fabric, along with Stencils by Penny Black Inc., Little Birdie Crafts, TCW and Dream Weaver.  I have also used stamps by Seth Apter of The Altered Page and created the background clouds and hills using torn paper and Fabric Markers.  The addition of a sun, some shadows and a few splatters and buttons as flower centres along the hemline.  The apron was ironed with a hot dry iron to seal the products.

This project is linked to the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge - Friendship

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

Unicorn Challenge - Use a Sentiment

Crafting from the Heart - ANYTHING GOES

Get Creative Challenges - ANYTHING BUT A CARD

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

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

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes + optional: Anything But A Card

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

Simply Growth

Hello friends, thanks so much for stopping by!  It is Sunday evening here and what a weekend I must say - like a number of places in Australia we have been on high alert for bush fires and even on the verge of  waiting for the word to evacuate - thankfully the risk was downgraded and the weather settled - I am still watching for updates in other areas...we are due for a long and HOT summer and will need to be on the alert.

I have managed to have a little time in The Studio and managed to create something a little different using a Penny Black Inc clear stamp set.  I have stamped the image using Imagine Memento Ink in Lulu Lavender and Grey Flannel inks.  The have been fussy cut/hand cut using scissors and popped up onto a cut/embossed Die cut using the second and third smallest dies from the Spellbinders A2 Modern Stationery Card Creator Etched Dies and the Platinum Die Cutting Machine - using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L 3D Foam Squares.

The layered image has been adhered to the left side of the card front using double sided tape. 

The sentiment is from the edge of patterned paper - possibly Authentique Paper - please let me know if you are sure where it is from.  This has been adhered to slightly larger card stock and adhered using Scrapbook Adhesives BY 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner Ultra.  Hand doodling has been added around the edge of the card front, which has been layered onto a pre-cut green card base.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes

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

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes - Twist - must have a sentiment

Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Jo's Stamp Shack Fun Day Friday Challenge - Anything Goes

Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge - Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes 

QKR Stampede Challenge - Anything Goes

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Always Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude Challenge - Anything Goes

Catch The Bug  - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin - Trees

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - THANKFUL  

Word Art Wednesday - 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