Snow Elf - TSOT

Hi everyone,

This is my second blog post for today (amazing I know!).  If you would like to see another cute elf card please feel free to scroll down or go here.

This card is for the latest TSOT challenge here.  I really like sketches they seem to help getting the creativity going.

I just love these cute images & those PP from the wonderfully lovely & talented Alice.  I'm not completely happy with the way I coloured the snow elf, but I think it works.  I think snow is a difficult thing to colour. On this card I tried using a nestibility inside another one to make the frame around the sentiment.  I really like how it turned out.  I seem to get stuck in a rut, so mixing things up & trying new things is one way to stay fresh & helps to keep the mojo running.

Well folks I'm off to go & get my Emsy from school.  Hope you're having a wonderful day where ever you are.

Holly Jolly Christmas - Echo Park
Nestibilities - Labels fourteen
Cuttlebug
Clear button
Ribbon
Fiskars Border punch - not sure on the name
Kaiesercraft Stamp - CS926 Christmas
Copics:
Tunic, Shoes & feather: YG63, YG67
Hat, Leggings & Belt: E43, E29, E27, E25,
Skin: E50, R00, R11
Hat: R29, R46, R59
Broom: E08, E15, E18, E31, E33,
Snow: B000, B00, B01
Buttons: C3, C5, C7
Carrot: YR04, YR68

Cracked Elves - Jingle Belles challenge

Hi everyone,

Well I finally did it last night!  I made a card for a challenge - woot woot.  I even broke out my Copics (almost forgot how to use them).

 This is the sketch for the latest Jingle Belles challenge here.

I brought a set of Cheeky Elves from Make 'it' Crafty.  At the moment this set is on sale (bonus!).  I brought this set whilst my Mum was here on hols & have finally gotten around to using them.  This is quite a big card for me it measures 5.5 x 5.5 inches.  I think the size is perfect for this sketch, especially since I'm still trying to perfect my digital image sizes.

I hope you enjoy your day & thanks for stopping by :o)

Digi Image: Cracked Elves from Make 'it' crafty
Holly Jolly Christmas Paper pack by Echo Park
Kaisercraft Pearls
Embellishment Stickers
Cuttlebug
Nestibilities - Circles
Tumbled Glass - Distress Ink by Tim Holtz
Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, R00
Hats/Cracker: YG23, YG17, YG67, R29, R46, R59
Feather: YG03, YG63, YG67
Clothes: RV34, RV17, RV69
Belt, Shoes & Buckle: E43, E57, E47, Y35, Y38, YR23

Bold Blossoms & a few other pattern papers

Hi there,

Yup I am getting back into crafting again (phew!).  In amongst snake kid wrangling. For your viewing pleasure (I hope) I have the last Pattern Paper set that I was asked to do something with.  I am so glad that I have managed to do it justice.  I think having access to Pinterest has helped me in a HUGE way ;o).

 Ok here are some more cards that I've made with the different pp packs I was given.  Starting from the top left we have:  Rose Bouquet, Bold Blossoms, Twilight Florals & another Bold Blossoms.  I am loving trying out new ideas & stretching myself to leave my comfort zone.  As I have to use supplies that can be easily gotten from Daisy Chain.  Which means my beloved stamps (mostly older Hero Arts) have to have a bit of a rest.  But don't worry Later today I'm hoping to play in some online challenge blogs.  

 I love this LO of Emsy!  It just seemed to flow really easily.  I used Bold Blossoms pp for this LO.  I must admit I used a sketch/LO from Pinterest as my base.  I then had to make a quick trip to Daisy Chains to just get the dark brown bazzil.  Well good intentions don't count do they?  I ended up spending just over $30 instead of $2.  The Butterfly mask was too hard to resist no pun intended (well maybe just a little).  Plus I gave in & brought a Butterfly punch,  I've been wanting one for ages.

 This Post-it note & pen organiser I found on Pinterest (yes I'm an addict to that site).  It was really easy to make.  I just had to "tweak" it a little, because I can never just follow the instructions!  I added a box? for the  pen to sit in at the bottom so it stays inside the folder & I added the sleeve to keep it all together.  This is also another Bold Blossoms pp.  The base is a Bazzil Dot green.  I am going to make two more of these for Emsy's teacher & teachers' aide.  As part of their Christmas baskets.

Well that is all from me today.  I have uploaded these cards (with tags) to my Flickr photostream here.  If you want to see what I used in detail.  Have a great week ahead xoxoxoxo

Black Tie & florals

Hi there all my blogging buddies,

I guess it's been a while since my last post.  I've been busy to say the least.  My mum came over from W.A. (the other side of Australia) for a three week holiday.  It was such a wonderful time & I really do miss her since she went home again.  As do my two girls & my dh - he's her favourite (& only) son-in-law ;).  While my Mum was here she helped me clean & tidy up my downstairs area.  Trust me when I say it's a two person (of the crafty persuasion) job.  We did a lot of donating & binning over three days.  That was just for where the girls played & my sewing area.  I finally tackled my Scrapping/card making area last week - phew what a job that was.  It is so much tidier & easier to find stuff now.  Plus I have the added advantage of being able to use my whole desk, instead of six inches (yep I am a slob!).

I have also done some Scrapping & card making as well.  My LSS Daisy Chain has asked me to use some of their products to display in the shop.  So for your viewing pleasure here they are.

 This range of papers is called Black Tie Affair.  I did find it a little challenging at first to use these papers, but after visiting my Pinterest board Card & Scrap-booking Inspiration.  I soon found some sketches that I could use as inspiration.

 This range of paper is called Rose Bouquet & so far it's my favourite.  I was extremely happy with the way the LO came out.  I adore those pictures of Lilly - my very good friend Helen took them for me so they are extra special.

This range is called Twilight Florals.  I am not use to working with some of these colours so have only made the one card so far.  I'm hoping for some more ideas to flow from browsing the net (& especially Pinterest).

I am planning on uploading individual pictures of all of these cards & LO's to my flickr account here. So if you'd like to see them individually please feel free to drop on by :o).

Hopefully I will get some more LO's & cards uploaded that I did for Barbi (Daisy Chain's owner) just before my mum arrived.

Well I'm off as I have one more Paper range to play work with & a few challenge cards to do for the Nov/Dec 2012 challenge over at Die Cut Divas.

Love Notes for you

Today I actually have something to share with you all.  This card is for the current TSOT challenge which can be found here. I've sort of deviated from the sketch but hopefully this is still ok to enter.  Sorry for the crappy photo (I used my phone again & took this at 11pm) but I was so happy to actually have made something worthy to share, so I couldn't wait till tomorrow.  Do you love the gorgeous stamp?  I do, it's called Rose Corset by Stampendous.  I've been itching to use it since the wonderful & gorgeous Dawn gave it to me (in person mind you) :o).  Thank you for all my wonderful goodies Dawn, I'm loving them all.

Well lovelies, I had better be going, as I have one kidlet asleep in my bed & she needs to bunk in with her sister so that my dh has somewhere to sleep when he gets home in a few hours.  It's like musical beds around  here lately.

Hugs to you all & happy crafting xoxoxoxo

Supplies:
Copics: RV34, YG11, C5, B000, B00, B01, B02,
Stamps:     Stampendous CRP146, Cling Rose Corset
                Hero Arts CL181 Messages, S5213 Dots & Flowers
Inks:         Tuxedo Black by Momento
                Peacock Feathers Distress Inks 
                Mersa Mark ink
Ribbon unknown,
Clear Embossing powder
Uniball Signo Gold pen
Kaisercraft Bling - aqua?
Papers:      Pinkpaislee Sweetness
                Bazzil blue
Manilla tag.

Mixed Post

 Hi,

This is a bit of a "Mixed Bag" post.  I've been busy over the last week.  I've got a little bit of craft mixed in with day to day stuff.  So go get a cuppa & enjoy :o).
 
Smudge "that mongrel" cat of mine, has been at it again.  This is her latest gift - a Tiger Snake.  It's a little one only 2-3 feet long.  As an added bonus it was still alive (sort of).  I swear the cat has a death wish & it's not even Spring yet.  Talk about a wake up call.  I have no idea where she found this guy as it was night time & snakes have usually gone to ground by then.  All I can say is thank goodness we have a screen door or things could have gotten nasty.  I have gotten use to opening the wooden door to see this on the other side of the screen door.  Crazy cat with death wish.  She must be down to about 4 lives now!

 Here is a simple LO I've done, featuring my friend Dawn & my two girls.  It was taken not long after Lils was born, 2 years ago.  But like all things second child related I've not done much in the way of scrapbooking for Lils.  Emsy has 4 scrapbooks & Lils has about 5 pages, such is life.  I have set myself a mini goal to do more scrapping.  I've also decided to add stamping in some way.  Since I have so many beautiful stamps, inks & Copics. On this LO you can't see the stamping but if you look carefully you will see a bow on a tag (near Emsy's head) I've stamped some birds on that & coloured them in with Copics.That is where I've added my journaling, as I didn't want the journaling to take away from the LO.   

Here is a picture of me after I did a 10km Fun Run (or in my case 10km waddle).  Also there was a  Storm Trooper/Clone Soldier (Star Wars) with R2D2 strapped to his back.  I am pretty sure he didn't run, just mingled with the crowd.  This happened yesterday.  We went from Alex Beach Surf Club to Cotton Tree & back again.  I was so happy with myself after I completed the run waddle.  I did the race in just under two hours & had the best time.  I decided to do the run with some of the mothers from my mothers group.  We got separated & they all finished ahead of me.  But they where waiting for me at the end & cheered me on.  They are the best!!! We are talking about doing this again next year.  I used Endomondo to track my progress.  I was averaging about 11 minutes per km.  Which isn't too bad, considering I have a cold & woke up with Conjunctivitis Manky Eyetist.  I stopped on the run to ask a really nice Ambo officer to put some drops in my eye (I stole Emsy's drops).    

 This is a card made with some goodies that the lovely Cathy sent to me as a thank you for a prize she had won.  The flower is a sticker from Penny Black, isn't it gorgeous.  I used some of my leftover Basic Grey Porcelain pp's & the ribbon is also from Cathy.  This card is to say Doug & I are going to his nephew's wedding.

Well I'm off to get lunch, pull the washing in & get the husband/kidlet organised ;o)
Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxo

A little bit Christmas

 Hi Lovelies,

How are you all?  I am a happy Mummy at the moment :o).  I've started crafting again, my girls are well, & I'm blogging again.  With that in mind here is another card that I made using kraft & Holly Jolly Christmas by Echo Park.  I also used some Tim Holtz glitter spray (I should really remember to write these things down, especially when I go upstairs) in red & an older Hero Arts stamp.  I am also loosely basing the design on a Hero Arts sketch that is going at the moment.  I've made three of these cards & they are all four inches square.

This next card I made based on the Jingle Belles sketch that is now over.  Using more of the Holly Jolly Christmas paper.  With a bit of red bazzil behind it.  I stamped the sentiment with Distress Ink  & added a Christmas coloured button with green & white twine.

Well it's time I went & did some more "mummy" stuff...........................sorry got distracted by Robson Green on Bookaboo! Well I'm outta here - happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxo