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

Spellbinders Cascading Butterflies Tutorial

Hello everyone - I hope you are all well!!  I have a tutorial for Spellbinders - the card today is so quick and easy - if you blink you might miss it! Okay it might take a little longer than that but you will be impressed just how quick and will be left wanting this Cascading Butterfly by Licensed Designer Donna-Salazar 

Spellbinders Products:

• S5-242 Donna Salazar Designs Cascasding Butterflies
• SCP-013 Whirl White
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Other: Liquid Glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares Imagine Crafts: Sponge Daubers; Radiant Neon Ink in Electric Yellow; small buttons; small Mulberry Paper Rose; Want2Scrap; 72 Count - Pink Pearls - Self Adhesive; Kaisercraft: sentiment sticker

1. Cut/emboss Cascading Butterflies using patterned paper.

2. Remove the Butterflies from the Die and set to one side.

3. Adhere Cascading Butterflies to the patterned paper using liquid glue.

4. Pop up butterflies inside the Cascading Butterflies using 3D Foam Squares on the wings and glue in the center.

5. Sponge the wings using Radiant Neons in Electric Yellow.

7. Adhere buttons/rose onto the butterflies using liquid glue.

8. Add pearls to the center of the buttons and to the remaining butterflies.

9. Add sentiment sticker to the lower right hand corner of the card.

10. Adhere patterned paper to a pre-cut card base using 3D Foam Squares.

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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Social Butterflies

Hello friends - always nice to have you visit.  Today I am sharing a card created Mixed Media card using Penny Black Inc. Social Butterflies stamp set - these are some of my favourite butterflies - designed by my lovely friend Laura Kirste.

I am really enjoying creating my own backgrounds - patterned or collage.  For this card I have stamped the butterflies first, then sponged the layer using Imagine Crafts Inks and stamped random images on it.  The butterflies have been coloured using the beautiful summertime colours of Radiant Neon Inks and a Sponge Dauber - so easy, as well as being effective.   Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L E-Z Adhesive Runner and 3D Foam Squares have been used on this card. I think this card would be suitable for so many occasions - or just because!

This card is linked to the following challenges

Crafty Boots - Summer

Stamping Sensations June Challenge - Feature a Creature

Our Crafty Corner - Always Anything Goes

Elliebelles Creative Moments Critters and Creatures -  Linky Party #5

Where the HeART is - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps - Anything Summer + a Stamp

Bunny Zoe's Crafts June Challenge - Summer

The Mixed Media World Challenge - Glam Grunge

Artistic Inspirations Challenge - Anything Goes

We Love 2 Create - Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Crafting From the Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting with Dragonflies - Card with Dragonflies or Butterflies 

Lacy Sunshine's Challenge - Anything Goes

Hannah & Friends - Butterfly

Simon Says Stamp - Animal Magic

Stampaive and More - Summer

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/ Summertime

Take card friends and 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

Birthday Butterflies

Hello friends - it has been a busy week for us here with one thing and another - the most important being our grandson Noah's first birthday party - although his birthday is this Wednesday, his Mummy and Daddy held it early to fit in with days off and interstate family being able to visit - I will share some photos when they are edited.

One of the things I love doing with Spellbinders Dies - is using the Negative Dies - this one from Labels Forty makes a perfect frame.  I have adheres it onto yellow cardstock that has been cut slightly larger.  This is all layered onto a pre-cut white cardbase.

The gorgeous butterfly is the Spellbinders Outrageous Butterfly - and just begged to be coloured brightly using the Imagine Crafts 'featuring' Tsukineko Radiant Neon Inks and a sponge Dauber. This has been adhered to a Standard Circles LG so it did not get lost in the yellow background.  Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner and 3D Foam Squares have been used on this card and Want2Scrap bling has been added to the button.  Finishing off with Celebra'tions Hip Hooray Sequins.

This card is for the following challenges:

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Crafting With Friends Challenge - Anything Goes

Card Mania - Spring

Scrapper's Delight Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting Musketeers - Spring is in the Air

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' April Challenge - Anything Goes

 - Twist - For a woman or girl

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Make it Girlie

Creative Craft Cottage Challenge - Feminine

The East Wind Challenge - Make It 3D

CCC Digi Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy -  Female Birthdays

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything Goes

Take card 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

International Ambassadors Unofficial Butterflies and Flowers Blog Hop

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Welcome to the International Ambassadors Unofficial Blog Hop - we have really enjoying the Blog Hops and hope that you are too.  Our goal is to bring you lots of inspiration as you stop by each Blog.  Each International Ambassador has our own style and I am sure there is something to inspire everyone. This month - the theme is butterflies and flowers - something tells me things are going to be very pretty as you Hop along!!

Spellbinders Products:

• S4-137 Classic Scalloped Hearts
• S5-086 Bitty Blossoms
• SCD-012 Pierced Rectangles
• SCP-001 Sea Spray
• SCP-014 Cuddle Cream
• PL-001 Platinum Die Cutting and Embossing Machine

Preferred Partner Products:

• Want2Scrap: 72 Count -Silver Rhinestones - Self Adhesive
• Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: E-Z Adhesive Runner, 3D Foam Squares

Other: Liquid Glue; patterned paper; pink buttons x2; Kindy Glitz

1. Cut/emboss Pierced Rectangles #5 #6 (#1 being the smallest)using 12" x 5" Cream cardstock, scored in the center - make sure the fold is inside the cutting blade to create the card base.

2.  Cut/emboss Pierced Rectangles #3 #4 (#1 being the smallest)using patterned paper.

3. Pop patterned paper up onto card base using foam tape.

4. Cut/emboss two (2) Classic Scalloped Hearts #1 #2 (#1 being the smallest) using patterned paper

5. Adhere #2 Classic Scalloped Hearts together at the small end, overlapping to get the size you are wanting.

6. Adhere the smaller hearts onto the larger using liquid glue and popping up the outer edges with 3D Foam Squares - as shown in the photo above

7. Cut/emboss one Bitty Blossoms #2 (#1 being the smallest) using cream cardstock

8. Sponge the edges if desired and roll the flower, gluing the base - you can see a video here for 

9. Adhere the Bitty Blossom to the center of one butterfly, add shimmer randomly to the edges of the petals.

10 Adhere a small pink button to the remaining two butterflies, adding a medium white pearl to the center

11. Cover the outer rim of the button using liquid shimmer - allow to dry.

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial and are inspired to use your heart dies a little differently.  Make sure you pop in and visit the other International Ambassadors - these girls are amazing - each one is picked to be an Ambassador for their country because they are seasoned designers and so inspiring, they also stand as talented designers in their own right - as you will see!!!  The list of International Ambassadors is below, in case you get lost along the way.

Christina Griffiths - England

  Linda Lucas - Australia (you are here)

Yvonne van de Grijp - Netherlands

Christine Emberson - England

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

Birthday Butterfly

Good morning Blog Friends - it is Saturday here and we are enjoying the weekend - I have a quick post for you today as I am still fine tuning for being part of the Art is You Australian Mixed Media Roadshow - how exciting is that - I still have to pinch myself!!

Butterflies never seem to be too far away from my cards, but I cannot help myself - and seriously - who does not love butterflies!!  This one is from a pack my daughter gave me - the last one too, they make it so easy to create something pretty. 

The butterfly has been layered onto the Labels Twenty Spellbinders® Nestabilities® which has been cut/embossed using the the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.  The Die has been used as a Stencil and sponged using  Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Delicata in Golden Glitz.

The sentiment is from  Penny Black Inc. and has been adhered to the Fancy Tags Two Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®  The Nestabling is from Want2Scrap.  Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L - 3D Foam Squares and E-Z Runner have been used on these cards.  

This card is linked to the following challenges: 

Animal Friends Challenge - Must have an Animal SUMMER 

Artistic Stampers -  must use rubber stamp "Anything Goes" 

Mema's Challenge - ANYTHING GOES

Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday: Anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Fitztown - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy - 'B' Items (bling, brads, black, brown)
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Scrapping4fun - Something Girly
Sister Act - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Lazy days of summer 

Our Creative Corner - 'Summertime' 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -  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 - Smile

Hello Blog Friends, I have a bright and cheerful card for you today - as our temperatures drop in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought it would be nice to remember the warm summer days in the garden.

I have used the Penny Black Inc - kisses in the sun image.  This has been stamped onto white card  using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black and cut out using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Machine and the Labels Twenty-Nine Spellbinders® Nestabilities®.

A second image has been stamped and the butterfly cut out by hand, then coloured using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neons™ in Electric Yellow, Electric Pink and Electric Coral.  The remaining image has been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink.

The sentiment is from the edge to edge transparent set by Penny Black Inc and has been popped up on I have used Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L- 3D Foam Squares.  The background paper is from Authentique Paper and the bling from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following challenges: 

 Ladybug Crafts - Spring is here

Eclectic Ellapu -  (Pink Team Challenge): Wings; (Purple Team Challenge): Flowers and Butterflies.

 Bearly Mine  - One For The Girls

Card and Scrap - Use lace and/or Ribbon

Just For Fun - Anything Goes 

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts  - Celebrate Spring 

 Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Lace and Pearls

 My Creative Moments Word Play Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs March Challenge - Favourite Die Cuts

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow - Photo inspiration

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}}}