Anne Gaal in the spotlight.

Hi Lovelies,

Today I want share with you all some of my favourite blog posts from Gaal Creative.  Anne Gaal is our Guest Designer for May over at Die Cut Divas.  Not only does Anne do some of the most beautiful cards but also has some really wonderful tutorials.  Plus Anne writes some very interesting blog entries on how to be creative, what inspires her & so much more.  Every time I visit Anne's blog I come away feeling inspired.

Today I want to share with you all, this blog post 2 Looks from the same stencil

(photo shared with Anne's permission)

Don't you just love these colours that Anne has used on her cards.  I just love them both & honestly can't decide which I love the most.  

I would love for you all to visit Die Cut Divas Challenge blog & check out our interview with Anne & then pop over to Anne's blog & leave her some love there as well.  

TSOT Sketch #118 Mornings Suck ;)

Hi Lovelies,

It's that time of the week.  Where I get to share with you the latest sketch from Try Stampin on Tuesdays.  I must admit I groaned when I first saw this sketch.  I wasn't sure what to make of it.  But after seeing what some of the other DT members have made I soon had some ideas flowing.  Sometimes all it takes is to see what someone else has done to help the "creative juices" to flow.  So I hope that you pop over to the Try Stampin' blog & see what my fellow DT members have come up with.  They are constantly inspiring me.

I decided to use this cute Margaret Bugaboo Digi image, which I had sitting on my desk for awhile now.  I also pulled out my "Scraps" to see if I had any usable pieces & with that this card came into being.  I decided to stick with the red/aqua colour scheme when colouring Margaret in.  I added a touch of Glossy Accents to the mug & her glasses for some added interest. 

Supplies:

Red Bazzill c/s

Seen & Noted pp by Pebbles

Glossy Accents

Double sided tape

Foam adhesive

Copics - 

Hair - BV000, BV00,

Table - E43

Skin - E0000, E000, E00

Dress/Lips - R46, BG13, BG23 

Hi Lovelies,

Today over on the Die Cut Divas Challenge blog.  There is a tutorial on how I made this cute Table topper.  I would love for you to pop over & check it out.  They are so easy to make & really add some pizzaz to your party.  

Have a great day everyone.

Daisy Chain DT work.

Hi Lovelies,

Today I want to share with you some DT work I'm doing for Daisy Chains Scrapbooks.  These cards & two LO's will be displayed in the shop & at the upcoming Craft Show in Brisbane if Barbi likes them enough. 

I have been working with Kaisercraft's Remember Me range.  I must admit it's not something I normally would work with.  Sometimes it is wonderful to work outside your comfort zone don't you think?  I must admit my first two cards I wasn't that happy with but I'm loving these last ones I've done.

This is a 6.5" Scrapbook page.  I trimmed my photo down to just under 4" square.  As I wanted to showcase this gorgeous pp.  I stamped the Poppy at the bottom on some pale yellow pp from the range & added foam adhesive behind it to raise it up.  The title is from the pad.  All I had to do was ink around the edges to give them definition.  I love this photo of "Gra-Gra" (my mum) & Emsy when she was about two.  I'm going to send this over to my Mum when I get it back as I know she will enjoy it.  

This card is fairly simple with the hardest bit is paper piecing the flowers.  Once again I used Walnut Stain Distress Ink on the edges of everything.  When I saw the poppies I knew that I wanted to make a card that payed tribute to those that passed in wars (we celebrated ANZAC Day just recently).  I also think this would be a good sympathy card as well.  

I also challenged myself to make some Masculine cards with this paper range.  I wanted people to see they weren't limited with these gorgeous papers.  This is a fairly simple card, the chair panel is actually a Die Cut that came with the pad.  I used grey Bazzil for the base.  I added another Kaisercraft stamp set for the sentiment this time.  

This card I really love.  I'm thinking it would make a great Valentines, Wedding, Anniversary card. I made this into an easel card & added another Die Cut (with foam adhesive on the back) to keep it standing up.  The die cut says "Todays little moments become tomorrow's precious memories".  I added some Stickles to the centres of the poppies just because I wanted to "Bling it up" a little.

This is the second card I made with the "Blokes" in mind.  Although it would really suit anyone I guess.  The clock face is another Die Cut from the pad, as is the scallop border.  The sentiment is from  another Kaisercraft stamp set.

This is the 12 x 12 LO I did.  It's mainly Bazzil in Pinks, Red & Manilla.  I stamped the Butterfly twice & paper pieced it.  The poppies where stamped & then coloured with Distress inks & water.  I covered some chipboard letters in pp from the Pad.  On the red bazzill I randomly stamped the large poppy all over it.

Well that is it from for today.  Hopefully I will have some more a little later for you all.

     

Try Stampin' on Tuesday Sketch 117

Hi Lovelies,

I'm back with another Try Stampin' sketch.  I really struggled with this wonderful sketch.  So I can't wait to see what you all come up with.  I think I used way too many pp's on this poor card.  As much as I love sketches sometimes I find it really hard to come up with anything that I will be happy with.  I'm also trying to come up with something decent with these gorgeous pp & stamps by Kaisercraft as my LSS is waiting on me to do something with them.  Not only are they going to be displayed in the shop but they are also hoping to take them to the craft show.  So I really need to pull "the old rabbit out of the hat" & come up with something magical.  Anyway enough stalling here is my card.

Supplies:

Kaisercraft - Remember Me 61/2 pad

Kaisercraft - Clear Stamps Remember Me CS870

Red Bazzil

Card base

Double sided tape

Try Stampin' on Tuesday on a Friday (whoops)

Hi Lovelies,

*Hi there I thought I had set this post to schedule but didn't so I'm sorry I didn't get this up in time.  I promise to do better & check next time.

Yup it's sketch time :).  I just love seeing what you all create from these sketches.  I get so many ideas & think why the heck didn't I think of that! 

I have been asked by my LSS Daisychains to do some more DT work for them which can be displayed in the shop & at the craft show that is comming up in June.  So I put this card together from Kaisercraft stamps & 6" pad.  They are from the Remember Me range.  I did find the flower a bit of a struggle to colour, but am still happy with it all the same.  I think once I get my "colour eye" in this could be a great stamp to colour.  I love how the petals almost look 3-D.  I am even thinking about stamping it 3-4 times & then cutting & layering the petals.  How amazing would that look!

TSOT Sketch #115

Hi Lovelies,

It's another wonderful sketch from Try Stampin' on Tuesdays.  I am loving that I am slowly building up my cards again all by making two cards from each sketch.  I find that having a sketch cuts down on the amount of time that I waste.  So here is this week's sketch & my take on it.

This card was suppose to be a kids birthday card!  Funny how some cards have other ideas & I must admit I am pleased with the way this card turned out.  I had so much fun using up more scraps & I must admit I did cut into one piece of 12 x 12" pp for the background.  I stamped the butterfly three times.  Once onto the background square & then twice onto the yellow dot pp.  You can't really see it from this photo but I have layered the wings & used pop dots on the outer edge of the top wing & glue dots at the body just to make it more life like I guess.  I then added some Stickles to the wing tips just for added fun.  

This next card is just an example of what can be achieved with these sketches.  There is no stamping at all on this particular card.  I used pp & Stickers to create this one.  I had forgotten that I had these gorgeous stickers & was trying to find something else for the card when I stumbled onto these & as they say I had an "Aha!" moment & put this card together really quickly.  Had I planned this card I would have probably used a background stamp like this one & a soft Distress Ink like Bundled Sage or even Antique Linen.   

Please Note: That to be eligable to enter the Try Stampin' on Tuesday Contest that you must include stamping on your project.

Supplies:

Butterfly Garden:

Cuttlebug

Nestibilitities - Large Circles?

Pattern Papers - Seen & Noted by Pebbles, Darling Dear 6 x6" by My Mind's Eye, Good day sunshine by My Mind's Eye

Pop Dot adhesive 

Glue Dots

Kaisercraft Gems

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Stickles - Star Dust.

Pure Joy:

Bazzil - Green,

Pattern Paper - Hey Day by Studio Calico

Stickers - "Snuggle Bug" by Little Yellow Bicycle