Try Stampin' On Tuesday Sketch 103

Hi Lovelies,

I really like this sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday, as I can see it being used for so many different cards.  Today I made a guy card (& aren't they hard to do!).  I really enjoyed stepping out of my normal card making comfort zone to give this ago.  It helped that the pp that I used for it was more "manly" than what I normally use.  I am really enjoying experimenting lately & seeing what works for me & what doesn't.  I think it's stopping me from becoming bored.  

So why don't you come & play with us this week I can't wait to see what you come up with.  

* Edited I have entered this card into the latest challenge at Make my Monday.   A new new blog to me, thanks Mynnette for letting me know about it. 

Supplies:

Pattern papers: Note to self by Echo Park

Stamps: Top Bloke by Paper Xtra, CL272 All Occasions by Hero Arts

Copics:

Skin - E0000, E50, E21

Shirt & Overalls - B32, B23, E31, E33, E35

Spanner - C-3, C-5

Cuttlebug

Nestibilities - Label Two

Baker's Twine

Momento Tuxedo Black ink  

Daily Musings

Hi Lovelies,

My girls & dh have gone out for the arvo so I thought I'd pop in do a quick post.

Thanks to everyone for their well wishes on the "floods".  Looking out my kitchen window you wouldn't think that there where flash flooding anywhere on the Sunny Coast.  We have blue skies, big white fluffy clouds & sunshine abounds.  As I sit here typing this the sweat is pouring off me!  Anyone want to swap?  I'd love some cooler weather right about now, snow even sounds heavenly.   I know we are never happy with the weather we have are we.

  

We got back from the Gold Coast just as Oswald hit the south east corner of Queensland.  Which I am thankful for, we timed our mini holiday just right.  There is so much damage around even locally.  Our house is on a hill so we don't have the problems a lot of other people do.  It's now a case of drying the inside out due to the humidity.  At the moment I have all the windows opened hoping to catch a breeze.  We went for a drive yesterday (trying to find an open play centre to take the girls to) & the amount of water still there & the trees (some really big ones) that had blown over in the gale force winds, just incredible.  Makes me feel very lucky at the moment.  I cry every time I see the news, I feel for all those people who are caught up in it.  Or extremely mad at the idiots who deliberately drive into flooded roads, or swim in the swollen creeks.  Not only are they putting their lives in danger but are doing that to the S.E.S. workers as well (S.E.S. = State Emergency Services).  Most of whom are volunteers.  

So today we have been shopping (hadn't done that for a while), went to Emsy's school to get her books & had a quick chat to her new Teacher (very lovely lady).  I have now unpacked all the groceries & this arvo my list of "Things to do" are to cook/pack the meat away into meal sizes.  Make some biscuits & maybe a cake or two, cover all of Emsy school books.  I can see some unused scrap papers being used as there was only clear contact at Big W.   Make sure Emsy has everything she needs organised for her first day at School tomorrow.  She's excited as she has discovered Lisa is going to be in her class - her BFF at the moment.  She even found her desk in the class room.  It looks amazing, I'm so excited for her & am a bit sad that she is going back to school.  Even though I could quiet happily "strangle" (not literally ok) them some days I love having the girls around.  I think Lils is going to miss Emsy when she goes back to school.  So I can see a few tanties in the future week or so.  

Have a great day everyone & happy crafting

Butterfly Wishes

Hi Lovelies,

How are you today?  Well I'm nearly floating away here, Oswald may not be a cyclone any longer but he's not ready to give up without a fight.  They are saying we have at least another 24 hours of rain & gale force winds to look forward to.

Well onto today's card, I used this wonderful sketch from Retro Sketches.  

When I saw this sketch I knew I wanted to use Washi Tape on this card.  I then hunted up some more purple pp & a button to compliment it.  I paper pieced the butterfly onto white c/s, I also used the purple pp to separate the white layers.  I also add some Victorian Velvet Distress Ink to the edge of the Butterfly panel just so it stands out more from the Washi Tape.  

Supplies

Cardbase

Rose Bouquet Pattern Paper

Kaisercraft - Botanical Odyssey

Hero Arts - CL272 All Occasions

Copics - Black 100

Unknown purple button

Scrappers Floss - Neutral

Washi Tape 

Versafine Ink - Black Onyx

Happy Australia Day

Hi Lovelies,

Today in Australia it is a special day.  Every year on the 26th of January we celebrate Australia Day.  Normally we do this with BBQs, parties etc.  Most Capital Cities have fireworks displays & planned events.  These include becoming an Australian Citizen & Australians of the year, of which there are a few different categories.  

So in honour of our National day I have created this Distress Inked image on watercolour paper.  It measures 4.25" x 5.50" about the size of card.  I am planning on putting it onto the front cover of my 365 Grateful/Art Journal/Smash Book.  I love these colours as they remind me of the outback at sunset/sunrise.  The dandelions are a perfect addition to represent the dry harsh outback.  The water dots remind me of sunshine on glass. 

Have a great day, enjoy your weekend & if you are an Aussie Happy Australia Day Mate :). 

Supplies:

Watercolour Paper

Distress Inks - Walnut Stain, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Wild Honey, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Stormy Sky, Chipped Saphire, 

Onyx Black Versafine Ink

Hero Arts - G4917 Dandelion

Water.

     

CAS(e) for the Guys

Hi Lovelies,

I hope you don't mind me posting about our holiday (see previous posts).  I wanted to share some of my "family" life with you all.

Anyway onto today's post, which is all about CAS(e) this Sketch latest sketch.  When I saw the sketch, I immediately thought of a male birthday card.    I don't know why but lately I have been seeing guy cards everywhere & they inspired me to make one today.  

I really love the simple lines of the sketch & I'm really happy with my card.  I decided to put the sentiment on either side of the horizontal strip, so you could see it clearly.  Which let me use the whole sentiment that way.  Normally I just use the Happy Birthday part of this stamp.  Yes I do cut up my stamps (& sometimes I even manage not to lose them lol) as they then give me more choices when I use them. Another reason I love this sketch is I used up scraps to make this card.  I am a lover of scraps being used up.  It's so satisfying seeing scraps used & making a wonderful card/project with them.  

Thanks for stopping by today & happy crafting my friends

Supplies:

Card base

Pattern Paper - Darling Dear by My Mind's Eye

Hero Arts - CL272 All Occasion messages & tree stamp

Ink - Onyx Black by Versafine

More pics from the Gold Coast

Hi Lovelies,

I thought I would share some more photos from our mini Holiday. We are home now, after spending the morning at Movie World & then visiting Nanny (Doug's Mum) on the way home.  We lucked out with the weather as it started raining (from an ex cyclone) on the way to Nanny's.

As promised here is a photo of Doug with the girls or as I affectionately call them "My three kids" ;o).  We had a great time.  My girls are keen water babies so we spent a lot of time at the pool.  

I love the photo of Lilly on the back deck of our villa.  She is so proud of her new T-shirt which has a picture of Baa Baa the sheep.  Well that is what we told her, I think it is actually a llama.  Baa Baa is Lilly's most prized possession. 

Have a great day & happy crafting everyone. 

Penguins, Dolphins & mermaids ;o)

Hi Lovelies,

Today I thought I would share with you some more photos from our mini Holiday.  It's nearly over, Thursday we check out & head home.  (I'm writing this on Wednesday) We had a fun day yesterday at Sea World & I have uploaded some photos from the SD card.  We also spent this morning in one of the three park's pools.  We like the water slide at this pool.  

Lils really liked the penguins, we missed them last time we went.  You enter their area to see the underwater viewing first & then walk up to see them in their enclosure.  We couldn't get over how big they are.  Some of them stand at least 2 feet tall, amazing creatures really.

The dolphins are just amazing, gorgeous beautiful creatures.  I was really surprised at how friendly they seem & they where really easy to photograph even when not performing.  I saw two in one of the pools side by side with their tails out of the water as if showing off.  Wish I had the camera for that.

Here are my two girls on one of their many slides down the slippery dip.  If you look carefully you can see the back of my dh's head on the second photo.  I will upload a really cute photo of him & Lil's at a later date. 

Well we are having lunch before deciding what to do next.  Happy crafting & have a great day my friends.