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

Canvas Art

Hi Lovelies,

Today I want to share this canvas that I made.  I've been playing in Gimp again.  I made the flower/writing picture & butterfly in Gimp.  I was trying to make a card from scratch on Gimp.  I got the size a little wrong (too big) but was happy with the Butterfly (from Hero Arts digi kit Flutterbies).

I learnt how to layer brushes & to stop them from showing through each other.  I then coloured the flower image in with Distress Inks. The butterfly is coloured with Copics.  The quote is done with Rub-Ons & I've used "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Echo Park (under the quote) & a piece of brown bazzil.  I've also coloured the canvas with a mini mister filled with water, Pearl Ex & Vivid Ink Aqua. I had an "Aha" moment with colouring the canvas.  I didn't want to paint the canvas (takes way to long for me) so thought I'd try the mini mister & ink.  I discovered that if you spray a little too much get a tissue & dab at the canvas & that works a treat.  I got just the right shade by doing this.

 This is a side view of the canvas so you can see the colour difference :o).  In the bottom right corner is the mini mister & Ink that I used.  I'm still trying to get my photography better.  I am trying a new location to photograph my items & at a different time of day.    

Also I want to thank everyone for their well wishes for my girls.  They are both doing really well now.  The antibiotics seem to have kicked in & their eyes are so much better.  Even their colds are getting better.  Hopefully tomorrow Emsy can go back to school, I'm just a bit unsure if Emsy's allowed to take her medication to school & if anyone is allowed to give it to her.
  
Thanks for stopping by tonight & happy crafting everyone.

Supplies:
Distress Inks: Walnut Stain, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint
Copics: E08, E25, BV00, BV02, BV04
Li'l Davis Designs Tinseltown Glitter, Rub-Ons, Brownie 2104, 
Canvas,
Modge Pod,
Holly Jolly Christmas by Echo Park
Bazzil
Mini Mister
Pearl Ex
Aqua ink by Vivid

Best Fishes

Hi Lovelies,

As promised in my last post here is the set of cards that I had made for a few challenges.  From memory (which isn't that great) I do know that I had hoped to enter these into the A Blog Named Hero challenge (for using kraft on your project), one of my fav sketch challenge blogs (can't remember which one though ;p) & finally Simon Says Stamp challenge (Animal antics). I did manage to make these cards (except for the sentiment) before the deadline, but unfortunately I didn't get them photographed & uploaded in time.  So I then decided to add a computer generated sentiment, which reads Best Fishes.  I am still learning about spacing, sizing & about a gazillion other things on Gimp so my sentiments are a bit skew-if.

Well I have to go now.  Both my girls have conjunctivitis & gunky ears at the moment.  Which means it's medicine time again.  On top of this we are all suffering with colds - I will be so glad when winter is over.  Bring on the sunshine :o)

Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxo

Supplies:
Photos Edited in PicMonkey 
Copics:  Y38, Y35, YR68, YR04, R05, R29, R14, C9, C5, C3, C1, B39, B32, B29, B18, B23
Kaisercraft: Stamps CS968 Whale, CS966 Seahorse, Gems
Distress Inks:  Peacock Feathers
Font:   Always forever - Dafont
           

I love Gimp

Hi Lovelies,

How are you all tonight?  I've been doing some crafting of a different sort tonight.  I've finally installed Gimp onto both of the family's computers.  Then I've been  busy downloading freebies - fonts & brushes.  I have also been using "old" freebie downloads that - I had saved to a USB stick from when we had the "Dino-computer".  My new blog header & this little badge I made with one of those old saved freebies.  I had it stored under Digi Chick, I'm not sure but I think this is the place to go.  I think this must be a retired freebie as I can't seem to find it. But don't let that stop you from checking out the site.  I have wanted to change the look of my blog for a long time now.  I just haven't been that techno savvy to do anything about it.  So for the last two days (in between mummy stuff) I've been You-tubing how to's as well as blog surfing how to's.  So if you are interested you can go to my You tube thingy here to see what I've found or you can go to this blog as she has some really good (easy to follow) tutorials on how to make blog headers & buttons.  I'm going to head back there again soon to see what else I can make :o).

I've also made a set of four cards. Very simple (for me) just some Copic coloured stamp images on kraft paper & some gems.  I hope to blog them tomorrow even though I'm pretty sure I've missed the deadlines for challenges that I'd made them for ;p.

Well I guess I've bored you enough for one night.  Happy crafting my friends xoxoxo

Butterfly's & Christmas

Hi Lovelies,

Last night I found a little time to play along with two of my favourite challenge blogs, Hero Arts & Try Stamping on Tuesdays.  Both challenges have sketches (my favourite kind of challenge) at the moment.  I was inspired by a pair of jeans that Lils' owns for the butterfly card.  She has two butterflies embroidered on them in pink & yellow thread.  The Christmas card was made because I had this cute Bugaboo Digi image already printed up.  Which made for two quick & easy cards.  I used Copics to colour both images. I don't know about you, but I find it therapeutic to colour in.  Especially since I've gotten a bit smarter & check to see what papers I have that I can co-ordinate with the images.  The pattern paper is "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Echo Park.  The pale pink paper has a hounds tooth pattern on it (not a stamp).  My wonderful friend Alice sent me this paper pad & I love it.

Well I had better do some mummy stuff now (just got home from Mothers' group & fed the kidlet) like putting Lils to bed for her afternoon nap, clean up the toys in the lounge & get Emsy from school.

Have a wonderful day xoxoxo