Kelly Jean Cards

Valentine Hearts!

2012-02-06T09:00:00.040+11:00

It is now time for Challenge #17 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and as it is coming up to Valentine's Day our theme is 'hearts'. We want to see all your craft projets that involve love! For my card I have used one of the gorgeous stamps from Hooked On Craft called 'Valentine Bear' and I coloured him with copics and added some glitter to his heart and some glossy accents. All my beautiful flowers, leaves, buds and trinket pin are from Hooked On Craft.

Hooked On Craft has a special on at the moment with FREE (yes free!) shipping (incuding international!) on orders over $75! So head over to Hooked On Craft and stock up on all the gorgeous products!

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our Valentine's 'heart' challenge!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Animal antics
- Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog Challenge #58; love is in the air
- Come And Get It Challenges Love
- Sentimental Sundays Challenge #88; feel the love
- Squiggle Stamps Blog All loved up

My easel-style card:

Close up of the top of my card:

Close up of the bottom of my card:

Side view of my easel card:

White And Hearts!

2012-02-05T09:00:00.035+11:00

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge at Bizzy Becs Challenges and congrats to the winners! For our February challenge we want to see projects that are all white (except your image) and include a heart somewhere. Now this really was a big challenge for me becuase I love bright colours. For my card I used one of the gorgeous stamps from CC Design Stamps called Neva and I have coloured her with copics and used some glitter spica pens for added sparkle (if Bizzy Becs does not have this stamp in just email her and she can order it for you!). I cut my snowflakes out using Spellbinders 'create a flake three'.

As a bonus for this month's challenge Bizzy Bec is offering 2 prizes!!! The prizes are 1 memory box die each! Check them out at Bizzy Becs.

Please join us at Bizzy Becs Challenges for our new 'white with heart' challenge! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #8; white on white
- Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #19; blue and white

Birthday Blues!

2012-01-30T22:19:00.002+11:00

Here is a birthday card I have made for a male. I find it so difficult to make cards for men becuase I love covering my cards with lots of embellishments (especially pretty flowers!). I had a go and here is what I have come up with. My stamp is one of the cuties from The Greeting Farm (*sigh!* how I love The Greeting Farm stamps!) and he is from the 'my guy Ian' set. I have coloured him with copics and added some sparkly spicas as well (I could not make a card without some form of sparkle!). I used a Martha Stewart punch-around-the-page for my background paper and added some metalic 'masculine-looking' brads to the papers as well.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Anyone For Anya? Recipe challenge; 3 papers, 2 embellishments (I have used brads and ribbon), 1 image

- Fashionable Stamping Challenges Challenge #14; make it a guy thing
- Stampalot Challenge January Challenge; monochromatic
- Shopping Our Stash Challenge #36; winter blues

Beary Bright!

2012-01-23T09:00:00.032+11:00

We are now onto challenge #16 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and our theme is "something bright". Now I love bright colours and bling so this was a nice and easy one for me! I have used one of the gorgeous little bears from Hooked On Craft called 'honey bear with flower' and I have coloured him with copics and added a little glitter to his flower. My cute bright flowers are also from Hooked On Craft as is my sentiment on my tag. My swirl is a Magnolia doohickey and I embossed my pink co-ordinations paper with my cuttlebug then added some bling (of course!).

Please join us for our latest challenge at Hooked On Craft Challenges! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's bright creations!

Snails In Love!

2012-01-09T09:00:00.031+11:00

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. It is now time for challenge #15 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and the theme this fortnight is 'try something new'. I recently purchased distress inks and distress re-inkers (I accidently found myself purchasing every colour, but my excuse it that I got them on sale!). I have never tried to colour with distress inks so I thought this challenge was a perfect opportunity to have a go. I actually found it quite difficult to do, but I had fun so i'll definitely keep practicing! My cute stamp is called "two snails on a heart" and is from Hooked On Craft. My gorgeous flowers and leaves are also from Hooked On Craft and are new items! I love the quality of the flowers and these new ones are stunning (especially the flower buds!). My background hearts were cut out with Spellbinders and my birds and small hearts are Martha Stewart punches.
Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our 'try something new' challenge! Can't wait to see what new things you all come up with!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- The Paper Players. Challenge #77; all you need is love
- Delightful Challenges. Have a heart

Hearts For You!

2012-01-05T09:00:00.039+11:00

We are now onto our January challenge for Bizzy Becs Challenges and the theme this month is "anything goes"; how easy is that? For my card I have used another of the beautiful girls from the Gorjuss Stamps range called 'I found my family in a book'. I coloured her with copics and surrounded her with little hearts which were left over cut-outs from my Spellbinders 'heart circles' die. My butterfly border was created using a Martha Stewart 'punch around the page' and my little green butterfly and the swirl are 'Magnolia doo hickey' dies.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp New Something; (My spellbinders 'heart circles' die is new)

- Totally Gorjuss Challenge #112; happy

- Victorine Stamps. Challenge #24; punch challenge

Happy 96th Birthday Pop!

2011-12-28T22:19:00.001+11:00

This friday will be my Grandfather's 96th birthday; happy birthday Pop! I have made a card for him using my Cricut (my pink Cricut of course!). My numbers were cut out using 'Hello Kitty font' cartridge and my background shape was made using 'elegant edges' cartridge. My circle shapes were all cut out with Spellbinders dies and the light blue circle shape was embossed with my Cuttlebug. My birthday sentiment is a free sentiment from Bizzy Becs Store Blog.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- Sweet Stamps. Challenge #47; celebrate
- Tip Top Challenge. Challenge #66; anything goes
- Anything Goes Challenge Blog. Challenge #57; the color blue and one other color

Christmas Gingerbread Houses!

2011-12-25T19:37:00.001+11:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

I can't believe it is Christmas day! I hope you are having a wonderful day where you are!

Every year I make gingerbread houses and I would like to share some pictures with you.

Gingerbread ingredients; lots of butter and sugar!:

Mixing together to form the gingerbread dough:

My gingerbread house pieces cut out and baked, then coated in chocolate on one side to make the house stronger:

House stuck together with more chocolate, all ready to decorate!:

Decorating the house (the fun bit!):

I would like to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year!

Much love to everyone xxx

Christmas Telescoping Cards!

2011-12-22T21:58:00.000+11:00

Here is some Christmas cards I made using a 'telescoping' card design which is a fun expanding card (I followed a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers for this design). I used a whole heap of gorgoeus Christmas themed stamps from Pink Cat Studio for my cards which are cute and fun to colour too! For my Christmas cards that I give away I like to make the one design and then just change the stamps and colours to save time. I made 14 of these cards!

Hope you like my telescoping cards!

I am entering my cards into the following competitions:

- Charisma Cardz Challenges Week 50; anything goes

- Creative Inspirations. Challenge #143; anything goes

- My Time To Craft. Challenge #169; winter pals

Here is a couple of pictures of all of my telescopic cards together:

Santa Scroll Tags!

2011-12-21T21:34:00.002+11:00

I just love Christmas, it is such a great time to get creative and I love giving friends hand made gifts! Here I have made some Christmas tags to go with some Christmas cookies. I used my Cricut (love my pink Cricut!) and cut out cute Santa and his scroll using my 'Christmas cheer' cartridge and added some glitter to his hat and beard and put a little bling on the end of his hat. I inked the edges of the scrolls with distress ink and stamped individual initials onto the scrolls (I used the first letter of people's names who I am giving the tags too). Then I used my 'winter frolic' cartridge to cut out the tag itself. I stuck my tags to little containers filled with home-made cookies to give away as gifts to friends.

Hope you like my tags!

I am entering my tags into the following challenges:
- Cricut Cardz. Challenge #98; Christmas-tag your it!
- Fantabulous Cricut. Challenge #91; Trimming with a tag
- Anything Goes. Challenge #56; Anything but a card (optional tags for Christmas)
- Top Tip Tuesday. Challenge #65; Anything Christmas. I have a top tip!; at Christmas time it is hard to come up with multiple designs for Christmas cards to send to friends, so I just make one design and repeat it for all the cards I need to make. I usually vary the stamps and colours that I use but the design layout is the same for all my Christmas cards making the process of hand making all your Christmas cards a lot easier and much less stressful!

My home-made cookie filled containers with the tags on them:

Jingle Bell Ride!

2011-12-20T20:37:00.001+11:00

Last month I was thrilled to win a challenge at Try It On Tuesday and i was even more thrilled when they asked me to be a guest designer! Our challenge this time is 'anything goes'! Being the Christmas season I made an easel-style Christmas card featuring one of the gorgeous horses designed by Crissy Armstrong called Jingle Bell Ride. I coloured my stamp with copics and added some glitter for added sparkle. I embossed my tag (on the bottom half of my card) and my background green core-dinations paper with my cuttlebug then I sanded the embossing back to reveal the core of the paper and added bling to the holly leaves. My red background paper was created with a Martha Stewart punch-around-the-page (love Martha Stewart punches they are the best!). My pointsettia flowers are from Hooked On Craft.

Please join us at Try It On Tuesday for our 'anything goes' challenge! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's creations!

I am entering my card into the following competitions:
- Sundays With Crissy. Anything goes
- Stampalot Challenge. Bingo; I have used punch, tags, ribbon
- Bling It On. Christmas

My easel card:

Close up of the top of my card:

Close up of the bottom of my card:

Side view:

Sunny Australian Christmas!

2011-12-19T23:08:00.001+11:00

Here is a couple of Christmas cards I made for some friends featuring two very cute stamps from La La Land Crafts; 'sunny Christmas Marci' and 'sunny Christmas Luka'. Here in Australia it is usually hot on Christmas day so when I saw these two 'sunny' looking Christmas stamps I knew I had to get them! I have coloured my stamps in with copics and added some glitter for sparkle (I seem to be using glitter a lot lately; I love glitter!). My circular sentiments are free from Bizzy Becs Store Blog. The design of my two cards is called a 'telescoping card' which is an expanding layered card and I followed a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers. Telescoping cards are so much fun; I made a lot of them this Christmas!

I am entering my cards into the following challenges:
- La La Land Crafts. December customer gallery
- Paper Sundaes. Challenge #100; celebrate!
- Drunken Stampers. Challenge #80; glittery holiday
- Totally Gorjuss. Challenge #111; for someone special
- Card Making Mamas. Challenge #35; Christmas
- Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge. Challenge #52; monochromatic and sparkle

My cards closed:

Middle section expanded.You can write a message in this section of the card:

Close up of the bottom section of my cards with the cute stamps:

My two cards fully expanded:

Christmas Baking!

2011-12-18T22:28:00.003+11:00

Christmas is now just one week away! Today I had some baking mo-jo and thought I would make some edible yummy gifts. I thought I would share a couple of pics of what I made.

Here is some cute little Christmas 'plum puddings' (these are actually biscuits with melted white chocolate on them). They are very easy to make and look very cute:

Next I made some delicious gingerbread cupcakes with vanilla buttercream icing:

I got the recipe for my cupcakes from a fantastic cupcake recipe book called "The Crabapple Bakery Cupcake Cookbook" by Jennifer Graham which has heaps of great recipes.

Hope you like my pictures!

Christmas Time!

2011-12-12T09:00:00.011+11:00

We are now onto challenge #14 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and our challenge this fortnight is "Christmas" so you can enter with any papercraft involving Christmas. I hope everyone is working on all their Chrismas cards! For my card I used a gorgeous Christmas bear stamp from Hooked On Craft and I coloured him with copics and added some glitter to his star. My flowers, holly leaves and bling are also from Hooked On Craft.

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our Christmas challenge!

Christmas Winter Fairy!

2011-12-05T09:00:00.032+11:00

Well December is here and that means the start of another fun challenge at Bizzy Bec's Challenges! Our challenge this month is 'Christmas'. For my design team card I have used a gorgeous new stamp designed by Sylvia Zett called Winter Fairy and I have coloured her with copics and added some glitter for added sparkle. My holly branch was cut out on my Cricut using my 'winter wonderland' cartridge and my bird and bird's nest are from Prima. My snowflake was cut out using Spellbinders 'create a flake 3'.

Please join us at Bizzy Bec's Challenges for our 'Christmas' challenge! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's creations!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Challenges. Anything goes
- Come And Get It Challenges. Anything Christmas
- Bling It On. Christmas
- Southern Girls Challenge. Challenge #33; ribbon madness
- Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog. Winter

Winter Wonderland In A Snow Globe!

2011-11-28T09:00:00.054+11:00

We are now up to challenge #13 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and our theme for this fortnight is "winter wonderland". I am so excited that it is nearly Christmas, so I made a Christmas card featuring a snowglobe! My cute stamp is 'reindeer in sleigh' from Hooked On Craft and I coloured him with copics (how cute is he??!!?!!). I cut my snowglobe out using my Cricut and 'christmas cheer' cartridge. Over the top of my globe I cut out transparent paper to give the effect of glass and added some white coloured glitter at the top for 'snow'. My goreous poinsettias, holly leaves, bling, trinket pins, and sweet little snowflake charm are all from Hooked On Craft. I added candy cane stickles to the poinsettias to give them a glittery Christmas feel and I added diamond stickles to the edges of my snowglobe for added sparkle.

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our 'winter wonderland' challenge! Can't wait to see everyone's papercrafts!

Vintage Navaeh In Red!

2011-11-27T22:28:00.000+11:00

When I first saw the stamps designed by Krista Smith I new I just had to have them! They are just so gorgeous and so fun to colour. Here is a card I have made featuring one of the gorgeous images from Saturated Canary called Navaeh and I have coloured her with copics. I used a Martha Stewart 'punch around the page' on my red paper background (I just love Martha's punches!). I have also used some Prima flowers and butterflies. My roses and rose buds are from Hooked On Craft.

Let me know what you think! I just love reading everyone's comments; thanks so much.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Saturated Canary Challenge. Challenge #5; anything goes
- Just Some Lines. Tic, tac, toe. I have used glitter, digi, and a punch
- Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge. Challenge #162; borders and flowers
- Hanna And Friends. Challenge #121; red and another colour
- Top Tip Tuesday. Challenge #61; more than one fold
- Ooh La La Creations. Challenge #93; bingo. I have used pearls, flowers, and lace

My easel-style card:

Close up of the top of my card:

Close up of the bottom of my card:

Side view of my card:

Twins Are Twice As Nice!

2011-11-27T00:08:00.001+11:00

Here is a card I have made for my friend who has just had twin babies! I found my sweet stamp at Lili Of The Valley and I was so happy becuase I hadn't seen any twin stamps before. My friend has had a little girl and a little boy so I thought a blue and pink card would be perfect! My flowers are from Hooked On Craft.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- Lili Of The Valley Challenge Blog. Challenge #122; anything goes
- Card Making Mamas. Challenge #34; sentiments
- Dutch Dare Card Challenges. Challenge #140; recipe. I have used ribbon, images, patterened papers and layers.
- Moving Along With The Times. Ribbons and bows
- Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps Challenge Blog. Challenge #91; anything goes

Little Red Loves Apples!

2011-11-20T21:04:00.001+11:00

Here is another card I have made featuring a sweet little lady from the Gorjuss Stamps range called 'little red'. *Sigh*, I am quite addicted to these stamps and Bizzy Becs has them on sale! I have coloured her with copics and inked the edges with 'walnut stain' distress ink. For my swirly background I embossed some core'dinations paper with my cuttlebug then I sanded it back a little to make the swirls stand out a bit more. My tag was cut out on my Cricut using 'tags, bags, boxes and more' cartridge and my apple was cut out with my 'doodlecharms' cartridge. Hope you like my card!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Totally Gorjuss. Challenge #107; swirly whirly
- Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Challenge #128; sketch
- Southern Girls Challenge. Challenge #132; embellishment bingo. I have used glitter, ribbon, embossing
- Paper Crafting Journey. Challenge #23; embossing
- Desert Islands Crafts Challenge. Challenge #20. I used 2, 7, 9 and 10

Criss Cross Card!

2011-11-14T09:00:00.068+11:00

A big thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge at Hooked On Craft Challenges; your Halloween creations were wonderful! Congratulations to the winner and top 3! We are now onto Challenge #12 and our theme this fortnight is 'something punched'. You can use all your favourite punches (Martha Stewart are my favourites!) and die cuts for this one. For my card I created a 'criss cross' card where the centre pulls out. I found a tutorial for this style card here and thought I would give it a go. For my stamp I used one of the gorgeous birds from Hooked On Craft and coloured him with copics. I cut the frames behind my stamp out with Spellbinders 'beaded ovals' and embossed one with my cuttlebug and sanded the paper back to highlight the pattern. My punched border is a Martha Stewart punch and I inked the edges of my papers with Distress Ink in 'walnut stain'. All my flowers, leaves, buds and berry head stamens are from Hooked On Craft. They started off white and I coloured all of them with my favourite Glimmer Mist (love, love, love Glimmer Mist!) in 'peacock', 'creme de chocolate', 'dragonfly' and 'dazzling diamonds'. My cute little key charm hanging off my ribbon and my bling are also from Hooked On Craft!

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges, can't wait to see everyone's punched papercrafts!

I am enterring my card into the following competitions:

- Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog. Challenge #53; Floral frenzy
- CES Challenges. Challenge #61; Roses and ribbons
- Drunken Stampers. Challenge #78; Up in the air
- Dutch Dare Card Challenges. Challenge #138; Punch time
- Cooking It Up With Katie. Challenge #83; Fold some fancy flowers

My criss cross card:

My card with the insert removed:

My insert (where you can stamp a sentiment and write a message):

Princess Meets Her Prince!

2011-11-13T22:38:00.002+11:00

Here is a stair-style card I have made featuring two of the gorgeous stamps from La-La Land Crafts; Princess Marci and Prince Luka. I just adore La-La Land Crafts stamps, and I must confess, I own a lot of them now! But I just can't resist; they are too cute! I coloured Marci and Luka with copics and added some bling to them (I felt that Luka's crown was calling out for bling!) I cut out the castle and the cute unicorn in the background of my card using my Cricut and 'once upon a princess' cartridge.

Hope you like my card!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
- La-La Land Crafts. November customer gallery
- Moving Along With The Times. Fairy Tale Cards
- Our Craft Lounge. Challenge 91; Once upon a time
- Charisma Cardz Challenges!. Challenge #44; Cutesy

Background of my card; princess castle and a unicorn!:

Side view of my step card:

Exciting News!

2011-11-05T09:00:00.069+11:00

I have some exciting news to share! I have been picked as one of the new Design Team members for Bizzy Becs Challenges! I am absolutely thrilled and so excited to be working alongside such talented people. Now, onto the November challenge (and my first as a new Design Team member!); this month the theme is 'circles'. This can be circles anywhere on your creation; circle card, scalloped circles, circles on your papers, etc. For my card I have made a circular easel card featuring a stamp from the Gorjuss range called 'toadstools'. I coloured her with copics and added some glossy accents to her hat and boots. I just love this range of stamps and I must confess I have bought many of them! My sentiment is a free one (yes; free!) from Bizzy Becs and I inked the edges with distress ink in 'faded jeans'. I cut out my snowflakes with glitter paper using spellbinders 'create a flake three' and added some extra bling (you can never have too much bling!). Gorjuss stamps, copics and spellbinders are all available from Bizzy Becs online store so go and have a sicky beak at all the goodies for sale!

Please join us at Bizzy Becs Challenges for our 'circles' challenge! Can't wait to see what fabulous projects you all come up with!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Glitter Geeks. Challenge #22; Snuggle up
- Card Making Mamas. Challenge #32; Cut it out
- Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog. Challenge #44; Teal
- Stamp Insanity. Challenge #79; Chill out!
- Try it on Tuesday. Unusual shaped card

My circle easel-style card:

Close up of the top of my card:

The bottom half of my card:

Side view of my card:

Happy Halloween!

2011-10-31T09:00:00.072+11:00

Happy Halloween everyone! Today is the start of Challenge #11 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and the theme this fortnight is 'Halloween'! I am so excied for Halloween and I just adore all the Halloween themed stamps at Hooked On Craft. For my card I have made a spooky graveyard scene! I used my Cricut and 'Happy Hauntings' cartridge to cut out my Frankenstein, graves, and skeleton. My background house was cut out on Cricut as well with my 'Pumpkin Carving' cartridge. I inked my edges with distress ink in 'tea dye' and 'walnut stain' to give it a kind of darker feel.

Please join is at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our 'Halloween' challenge! Can't wait to see all the fabulous creations!

Hope you get to eat lots of lollies and chocolate today! (Well, at least I will be! At the bottom of this post is a pic of yummy Halloween cupcakes I made!).

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Secret Crafter. Challenge #158; Spooky or whimsical
- Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge. Challenge #106; Halloween
- Glitter Geeks. Challenge #21; Ghosts and ghoulls. spiders and spooks

Background of my card with a spooky house in the distance! Watch out; that house is number 666!:

Cute little bat bear with glittery wings!:

Wizard cat relaxing on a grave:

Frankenstein!:

Cute ghosts:

Side view of my step-style card:

Here is a pic of some Halloween cupcakes I made too! They have spooky yucky body parts in them like ears, feet, teeth and fingers! Don't worry though, they are made of sugar so I still have all of my limbs! They are white chocolate mud cupcakes with mango icing; yummo!:

Baby Shower!

2011-10-27T23:28:00.002+11:00

My friend Karen is about to have twin babies so I wanted to make her a baby card. I don't get to make many baby cards so I had fun doing this one! I wanted to make a card with a washing line with baby clothes on it. My friend is having a boy and a girl so I made little girl clothes and little boy clothes! I cut my clothes out on my Cricut using 'everday paper dolls' and 'paper doll dress up' Cricut cartridges and then I inked the edges with 'tea dye' distress ink. I found a stash of tiny little buttons which I purchased ages ago from a craft show so I glued them onto the clothes; how cute are they? I also found a cute little picket fence and tiny little pegs that I had not used yet either so I finally got to use them on this card. It's amazing the goodies you find when you clean up your craft room! My flowers and tiny leaves are from Hooked On Craft and are glittered with stickles.
Hope you like my card!

I am entering my card into the following competitions:

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge. Anything goes
- Pile It On. Challenge #43; Be happy!
- The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge # 3; One for the girls
- CES Challenges. Challenge #59; New beginnings

Bee In The Blooms!

2011-10-24T22:05:00.000+11:00

Here is a card I have made featuring a gorgeous stamp from Mo's Digital Pencil. Her name is Bee and she is a gorgeous summer fairy! How lovely is she? I just love the digis from Mo's Digital Pencil. I have a number of them now and this one is one of my favourites. I have coloured her with copics and added some bling to her flowers and antennae. I also couldn't resist a splash of glitter on her wings (if I was a fairy i would want glittery wings too!)! My circular sentiment stamp was free from Bizzy Becs Store Blog (there are other cool free sentiments too!).

Hope you like my card!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Challenge #124
- Mo's Challenge Blog. Challenge #105; Fave mo image and sentiment
- The Corrosive Challenge Blog! Challenge #135; Flying Things
- Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge Challenge #18; Spots and stripes
- Southern Girls Challenge Challenge #30; Stripes and polka dots

Something Spooky!

2011-10-17T09:00:00.005+11:00

I can't believe we are already up to challenge #10 at Hooked On Craft Challenges! All the entries for our last challenge were amazing and it was a pleasure to look at everyone's blogs. Now, our challenge for this fortnight is "Something Spooky". I am very excited about this one becuase I love Halloween! For my card I have used one of the gorgoeus Halloween cats from Hooked On Craft. Isn't he so cute sitting ontop of the sparkly pumpkin? I coloured him with copics and added glossy accents and glitter. My background frame was cut out using my Cricut and 'happy hauntings' Cricut cartridge. I finished my card with some cute Halloween bits and pieces and some bling (by the way my cute ghost glows in the dark!).

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges! I can't wait to see everyone's 'something spooky' papercrafts!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Paper Sundaes. Challenge #91 Halloween
- Addicted To Stamps Challenge. Challenge #15 Halloween
- Hanna And Friends. Challenge #115 Halloween
- Cupcake Inspirations. This weeks inspiration cupcakes are gorgeous Halloween ones!
- Through The Craft Room Door. Challenge #12 Happy Halloween

Under The Sparkly Sea Is Where Mermaids Will Be!

2011-10-16T17:33:00.001+11:00

When I saw this cute mermaid at Make It Crafty I knew I wanted to colour her fabulous hair with my favourtie colour pink! This lovely mermaid is called Siren Lorelei and can be purchased from Make It Crafty. I coloured her with copics and added sparkly glitter to her hair and tail. I went a little 'glitter crazy' with this card and used loads of glitter paper and bling and I also glittered my small seashells which I put on the bottom of my card. You can never have too much glitter right?!??!! I distressed the edges of my paper and used a Martha Stewart punch for the middle panel.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- A Gem Of A Challenge. Challenge #32; Sketch challenge
- Truly Scrumptious. Challenge #67; Distressing
- Craft Your Passion Challenges. Challenge #79; A card for all occasions
- Anything Goes Challenge Blog. Challenge #51 Die cuts/punches or both

Trick Or Treat!

2011-10-15T02:16:00.004+11:00

Halloween is coming and I am so excited! I love all the fun spooky things and all the delicious lollies and chocolates! I also love playing with my Halloween stamps. Here is a Halloween side-step card I have made featuring the very cute 'skeleton Luka' from La-La Land Crafts. I have coloured him with copics and added some glossy accents to his treat bag and hat. My halloween haunted house was cut out on my Cricut using my 'mini monsters' cartridge. My spooky lamp post and grave were also cut out on my Cricut and I distressed the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink in 'walnut stain'.

Please let me know what you think!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- La-La Land Crafts. October customer gallery

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog. Halloween / Goth

- 7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog. Challege #32; Happy Halloween

- Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges. Fall or Halloween

- Creative Card Crew. Spooky fun

- Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central. Halloween

- Cupcake Inspirations. Challenge #131 (I picked the Halloween cake!)

Side view of my side-step card:

Newborn Joon In A Field Of Flowers!

2011-10-09T20:07:00.001+11:00

Here is a card I have made featuring a gorgeous stamp from Whimsy Stamps designed by Crissy Armstrong called 'Newborn Joon'. She is just so cute, I just love her! She is coloured with copics and I added a dash of glossy accents to her bow. I thought she would look cute sitting in a field of flowers so I added heaps of them! My butterfly border punch is a Martha Stewart 'punch around the page' (how good are Martha's punches? I love them!). My 'thank you' sentiment was cut out with Spellbinders 'fancy tags'. I finished off my card with bling of course!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Sundays With Crissy. Challenge #22; Thanks
- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Challenge #122; Sketch
- The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges Challenge #10; Punches / Dies
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Sparkle and bling!
- C.R.A.F.T. Challenge; Challenge #123; Bright colours

Cupcakes Anyone?

2011-10-03T09:00:00.055+11:00

The entries for last fortnight at Hooked On Craft Challenges were amazing! Thanks to everyone who entered!

This fortnight the challenge is "anything but a card". Now this was a real challenge for me becuase I am so used to making cards! For this challenge I have made cupcake holders with delicious cupcakes inside. I cut out my cupcake holders on my Cricut using my 'sweet treats' Cricut cartridge. Then I decorated them with flower lace ribbon, flowers, rose buds, bling and pearls all from Hooked On Craft. I used some of Hooked On Craft's gorgeous trinket pins and put them in my cupcakes for added decoration!

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our "anything but a card" challenge! Can't wait to see the gorgeous papercrafts you guys come up with!
Now, i'm off to eat some cupcakes! By the way, my cupcakes are chocolate mud with caramel butter cream icing; yummo!

My cupcake holders:

Ribbon And Lace!

2011-09-19T09:00:00.033+10:00

A big thank you to everyone who entered the last challenege at Hooked On Craft Challenges! Your craft entries were amazing and I am blown away each fortnight by everyone's efforts! Well it is now time for challenge #8 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and this time the theme is "Ribbon and Lace". For my card I have used one of the gorgeous new Geisha bear stamps from Hooked On Craft called Geisha Bear With Fan; how cute is she? My flowers, bud and bow ribbon, flower lace ribbon and paper lace doily are all from Hooked On Craft. I have gone with an asian theme for this card and I just love my asian inspired papers! I have had that paper stack for a while but had not used it yet. I just love the cute panda paper!

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for our' ribbon and lace' challenge! Can't wait to see all your awesome craft projects!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Die Cuts Dream Challenge Blog. Challenge #98; flower power
- Fab 'n' Funky Challenges. Challenge #90; 'eyes down for bingo'. I have used embellishment, ribbon, die cuts.
- Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog. Challenge #37; flowers
- One Stop Craft Challenge. Challenge #149; girly
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!. Simon says sing it! (Song or film title inspired). My card is inspired by the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha"

Party Princess!

2011-09-18T20:00:00.000+10:00

Here is an easel style card I have made featuring a gorgoeus stamp from Sugar Nellie called 'party princess'. I have coloured her with copics and some glossy accents. I just love her crown and little bear! I spritzed my flowers with Glimmer Mist (sigh! I just love Glimmer Mist!!!) in 'cherub pink', 'hot chocolate' and 'strawberry shortcake'. My cute trinket pin and pearls are from Hooked On Craft.
Let me know what you think! I just love reading your comments.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

The Sugar Bowl. Challenge #67; sketch and 'use your scraps'
The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges. Challenge #9; pearls
Marianne's Design Divas. Bloom and grow
Ruby's Rainbow. Challenge #12; 'for the girls'
Anything Goes Challenge Blog. Challenge #49; Vintage/ Shabby Chic
Cute Card Thursday. Challenge #182; Anything Goes!

My easel style card:

Close up of the top of my card:

Close up of the bottom of my card:

Side view of my easel card:

Spring Has Sprung!

2011-09-05T09:00:00.019+10:00

I can't believe we are already up to challenge #7 at Hooked On Craft Challenges! Thank you to everyone who entered the last challenge; your papercrafts are fantastic! The challenge this time is "spring has sprung". Here in Australia it is starting to get a little warmer and flowers are starting to bloom. For my Design Team card I have used a very gorgeous little puppy with a sweet little ladybug stamp from Hooked On Craft. The wheelbarrow was cut out using my Cricut and 'walk in my garden' Cricut cartridge and embossed with my Cuttlebug. The cute little lady bug at the top was also cut out using Cricut and 'create a critter' cartridge. My bling, doily, trinket pins and flowers are all from Hooked On Craft. My red flowers were white but I glimmer misted them with 'mel's diner' and I spritzed my white flowers with 'irridescent gold'.
Join in the fun of 'spring has sprung' at Hooked On Craft Challenges!

Things With Wings!

2011-08-22T09:00:00.002+10:00

We are now onto Challenge #6 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and the theme is 'things with wings'. I thought I would have a go at making a gate-styIe card which opens up from the center. I have used gorgoeus butterfly stamps from Hooked On Craft on both the inside and the outside on my card and they are all coloured with copics. My flowers are also from Hooked On Craft and I have added glimmer mist to colour them and to make them sparkly!
Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges, we can't wait to see what you guys come up with for our 'things with wings' challenge!

Front of my gate-style card:

The card opening:

The inside of my card:

Sweet Treats!

2011-08-08T09:00:00.036+10:00

Thank you so much to everyone who entered our last challenge at Hooked On Craft Challenges and congrats to the winner and the top 3!! Awesome work guys!
Well now we are onto challenge #5 and the theme is "sweet treats"! Now I love sweet treats (I have a sweet tooth....) so I had so much fun making this card. When i saw the cute honey bear stamps at Hooked On Craft I thought they needed a lovely bee hive home! I have made an easel card featuring a bee hive that I made using my Cricut and 'walk in my garden' Cricut cartridge. My bees are also made on my Cricut using 'create a critter' Cricut cartridge. My honey bear stamps (how cute are they?!?!) and flowers are from Hooked On Craft. My flowers were white but I used 'yellow daisy' and 'black magic' glimmer mist to colour them. To get the two-toned yellow and black flowers I first sprayed them with 'yellow daisy' glimmer mist then I dipped the edges of the petals in 'black magic'.
I can't wait to see what 'sweet treats' papercrafts you come up with so join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges!

My 'sweet treats' easel card:

Close up of the top of my card:

Close up of the bottom of my card (how cute is the honeycomb paper?!?!):

Side view of my easel-style card:

Cute And Cuddly!

2011-07-25T09:00:00.001+10:00

We are up to challenge #4 at Hooked On Craft Challenges and the theme of the challenge is "cute and cuddly". Now I just love all things cute and cuddly so this was a fun challenge for me! I thought I would have a go at making a 'stair' card. I have used a gorgeous set of bear stamps from Hooked On Craft and I have coloured them with copics and added a touch of glossy accents. My large butterfly and flowers are also from Hooked On Craft and I have spritzed them with glimmer mist (as always!!!) and added some stickles too.

Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges for the latest challenge. I can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

My cute and cuddly bears playing:

Side view:

With Love!

2011-07-11T09:00:00.032+10:00

We are now up to Challenge #3 at Hooked On Craft Challenges! Thank you to everyone who entered, you guys are amazing and so talented. I love seeing what everyone comes up with! The ideas are really inspiring and I love checking out everyone's blogs.
Challenge #3 is "With Love". This includes anything to do with 'love'; so hearts, weddings, love, caring. As long as we can see 'love' in some form on your papercrafts you are in with a chance to win!
Here is my "with love" card. I have made an easel-style card featuring a gorgeous little bear and bee stamp from Hooked On Craft. My bee trinket pin (how cute is he?!), flowers and rosebuds are also from Hooked On Craft and I have doused them with Glimmer Mist. I have also used Martha Stewart punch, glitter paper, glossy accents and bling.
Please join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges; I can't wait to check out everyone's blogs for more inspiration!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- One Stitch At A Time; Challenge #70 Anything goes
- Charisma Cardz Challenges; Challenge #37 All about flowers
- Craft Your Days Away; Challenge #24 Fancy folds
- Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog; Cute and cuddly
- Alphabet Challenge Blog; J is for just one word
- The Rubber Cafe; Shape it up

Top half of my easel-style card:

Bottom half:

Side view:

Ahoy Mateys!

2011-07-10T18:08:00.000+10:00

When I saw this cute little pirate stamp I knew I just had to have him! He is "Brave Captain" by Nellie Snellen and I think he is just so sweet. I have coloured him with copics and chalk and added bling around him as his 'treasure'. I recently bought a gorgoeus paper stack full of awesome pirate themed papers so I have used them in this card too. Ahoy me hearty!

Let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Challenge #109
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; A stitch in time. I have stitching on my paper aorund each skull jigsaw piece.
- A Gem Of A Challenge; Challenge #25 Let's hear it for the boys
- Paper Crafting Journey; Challenge #14 For him

Fairys And Unicorns!

2011-07-03T19:51:00.001+10:00

Here is another card I have made featuring a gorgeous stamp deisgned by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps called "Wee Snippet and Mystic". Isn't she just gorgeous? I have a number of Crissy's stamps now and I just love them. I have coloured her with copics and added glossy accents and glitter. On my flowers and rose buds I put some glossy accents on them and then dipped them in glitter so they are nice and sparkly. My cute little butterfly trinket pin is from Hooked On Craft. I have also used glitter paper, bling and pearls.

Let me know what you think, I love hearing from you guys!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Flutter By Wednesday; Challenege #160 Open
- Magical Monday Challenge; Sketch challenge
- Bunny Zoe's Crafts; Challenege #13 Fairies
- The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges; Challenge #4 Sugar and spice - all things girly
- One Stop Craft Challenge; Challenge #138 Tag your it!
- All Sorts Challenge Blog; Challenge #110 Free and Easy July

Singing In The Rain!

2011-07-02T22:48:00.002+10:00

Here is a card I have made featuring a very cute little lady named Gillian. This digi stamp is called 'Singin In The Rain' from Prairie Fairy Designs. I just love these series of 'Gillian' stamps from Prairie Fairy Designs becuase she is just so darn sweet! I love her glasses the most and I could not resist adding glossy accents to them. I have coloured the image with copics and added pearls, bling, lace and a nice big flower (coloured with Glimmer Mists of course!). My sweet little butterfly trinket pin is from Hooked On Craft.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- Prairie Fairy Fridays; Challenge #56 Swirls and pearls. I made a swirl with pearls!
- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Challenge #108
- Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog; Challenege #44 Get well/Thinking of you/Just because
- Stamp Something; July digi day

Show Us Your Flowers!

2011-06-27T09:00:00.014+10:00

We are now onto challenge #2 at Hooked On Craft Challenges! I can't believe all the fabulous enteries for the first challenge. Thank you so much to all who entered, all the DT were absolutely blown away with how good all of the entries were; you guys are so talented! It really was a pleasure to go and check out all of your blogs.
Challenge #2 is "SHOW US YOUR FLOWERS". How great is this challenge? I adore flowers so this was such a fun theme for me! I have made a flower pot card. This card is quite easy to make and the centre part pulls out and has room for a sentiment. I found a tutorial for this card at Inspirational Tips, Techniques and Tutorials. My stamp, flowers, leaves and lace are all from Hooked On Craft.

So break out all your flowers and decorate your papercrafts with them and join us at Hooked On Craft Challenges! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

- CES Challenges; Challenge #42 Anything but square
- Simply Create; Challenge #46 Fly with us
- Ruby's Rainbow Challneges; Challenge #6 Flowers

Closed view of my flower pot card:

Pulling out the center:

Top of card with room for a sentiment:

The bottom 'pot' of the card:

Sweet Purple Blossom!

2011-06-19T21:13:00.000+10:00

Here is a card I have made using a very gorgeous digi stamp called "Sweet Blossom" from Wee Stamps. I just adore all the stamps from Sylvia Zet and this one has to be one of my favourties! I think I own nearly all of them now, so please Sylvia; we want more of your gorgeous stamps! I coloured my stamp with copics and added some bling to her flowers (I love bling nearly as much as I love glimmer mist!). My flowers have all had a good dose of glimmer mist in 'fully purple', 'pop rocks' and 'spring rain' so they are nice and shimmery.

Please let me know what you think, I love everyone's comments!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Sketch #106 (my favourtie sketch challenge blog! Thanks ladies!)
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Lets play bingo. I have used 'shape, lace flowers'.
- Craft Your Days Away; Monochrome. I have used all purple tones.
- Southern Girls Challenge; Challenge #21 Anything Goes
- The Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges; Challenge #3 Petals
- Whoopsi Daisy Challenge; Make it free and easy
- Cute Card Thursday; Challenge #169 Birthstones. 'Amethyst'

Anything Goes at Hooked On Craft Challenge #1!!!

2011-06-13T09:00:00.018+10:00

This is an exciting post for me today becuase it is my first one as a Design Team member for the fabulous company Hooked On Craft! I was thrilled when Karen from Hooked On Craft asked me to be on the DT and I am so happy we are now ready to start challenges!!! Challenges will begin every second Monday at 9am (Australian time) and will run for 2 weeks. Challenges are open to everyone all over the world, and all forms of papercrafting are accepted.

The first challenge is "Anything Goes!", how easy is that? Hooked On Craft are offering a great prize too so come over and join in the fun at the Hooked On Craft Challenges blog!

I can't wait to see what you guys make!

Here is my card for challenge #1 'Anything Goes!". I have used a very sweet bear from Hooked On Craft and he can be purchased here. All my flowers, lace, bow and trinket pin are also from Hooked On Craft. As usual my flowers started of white but I used fabulous Glimmer Mist to colour them (yes, I am still obsessed with Glimmer Mist!).

Hope you like my card and can't wait for you to join us over at Hooked On Craft Challenges!

Moonlit Ride!

2011-05-29T19:25:00.003+10:00

This card is a first for me; the first time I have used NO flowers!!! I am sure the next card I make will have tons of flowers on it to make up for it though! I am absolutely in love with these series of stamps designed by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps. This beautiful Carousel Horse is called "Moonlit Ride" and I have coloured him with Prismacolour Pencils and added sparkly glitter to his mane. They are absolutely amazing stamps; I own 6 so far but this is only the second one I have used! Slap on the wrist for me, but I just had to have them and I am sure I will use them all. Behind my horse I have used glitter paper which I have cut out with Spellbinders 'beaded circles' dies. My sweet little bows are from Hooked On Craft; love this store!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Card Patterns; Sketch #117
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Stars and stripes. I have stripes on my paper and stars on my stamp and around my spellbinders die cut
- Ladybugs Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog; Challenge #29 Animals
- Sew Many Challenges; Challenge #55 Circles
- Hannah And Friends; Challenge #95 Lace and Pearls
- Crafting For All Seasons; Challenge #1 Anything goes. This is a fun new challenge blog with lots of inspiration from the design team cards!

Pink And Orange Silver Fairy!

2011-05-28T19:09:00.001+10:00

When I saw that Wee Stamps had some new release digi stamps available I could not wait to colour them in! Here is one of them, "Silver Fairy", and she is my favourite of the new releases. I am a sucker for anything with gorgeous wings! I have coloured her with copics and added sparkly glitter to her awesome wings. I have cut out my sentiment with a Spellbinder die which is part of the 'fancy tags' set. I have also used glitter paper, pearls, lace and bling!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Sketch #103. This is my favourite sketch challenge blog! Great sketches ladies; thank you!
- A Spoon Full Of Sugar; Challenge #153 Things with wings
- Stamp Something; Something sentimental - use a sentiment
- Totally Papercrafts; Challenge #68 Pink and girly
- Paperplay Challenges; Blossoms and blooms

Summer Fruit Picnic With Adele!

2011-05-22T19:02:00.003+10:00

Here is a card I have made for fun with a 'summer picnic' feel to it. My gorgeous stamp is "Adele enjoying fresh apples" designed by Sarah Kay for Stampavie and I have coloured her with Prismacolor pencils. I have added Stickles to my flowers to make then nice and sparkly. My sentiment is from Hooked On Craft and my tag was cut out with Spellbinders "fancy tags". I also used Spellbinders "beaded ovals" for the red core'dinations paper beind my stamp. I embossed it with my cuttlebug and lightly sanded it back to make the embossing stand out.

Let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Stampavie And More; Summer
- Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog; Sketch challenge and 'in the garden' theme
- The Lollipop Ladies; Challenge #20 fruit salad and a bonus challenge of square
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Spakle and shine!
- Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge Blog; Is that oranges I can smell?!
- A Spoonfull of Sugar; Challenge #152 Anything goes

It's Getting Cold Outside!

2011-05-20T19:03:00.000+10:00

It is starting to get a bit cooler here in Melbourne, Australia so I thought I would make a winter card! I have used the very sweet 'winter marci' from La-La Land Crafts. I just love these stamps, they are so cute and fun to colour as well. I fear it may not be much longer till I accidently buy all of them...... I have used my new Prismacolour pencils to colour her (only my second go with these pencils, but i'm loving them!). My mesh ribbon, bud and bow ribbon (how awesome is that ribbon? I love it!), tiny bow, flowers, and leaves are all from Hooked On Craft. I thought I would have another go at distressing, so I have distressed the edges of my card with a 'Heidi Swapp edge distresser'. I'm glad I purchased it because it is cheap, easy to use, and it works well!

Stay warm everybody!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Challenge #102. Love this sketch challenge blog! The design team always leave me such lovely comments too - thanks ladies! :-)
- La-La Land; Customer gallery for May 2011
- Creative Craft Challenges; Vintage and/or distressed
- Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog; Challenge #28 No sentiment
- Cupcake Inspirations; Challenge #111. Some delicious looking photos of cupcakes with blues, whites and pale greens in an 'outdoors' theme. The pictures of the cupcakes on this challenge blog always make me drool.....yummy! Now, if you will excuse me i'm off to find myself some yummy cupcakes to eat!

Princess And The Frog!

2011-05-18T21:36:00.005+10:00

Here is another card I have made just for fun! My stamp is a gorgeous digi called 'Princess and the frog" and is designed by Sylvia Zet for Spesch Stamps. I recently got a set of Prismacolour pencils and this is the first card I have made with them (I of course needed to buy all 132 colours......). This is my first go at colouring with them and I love them! I need to practice a lot more with my colouring but i'm having fun playing! My flowers, buds, and butterflys are all from Hooked on Craft. As always I have used fabulous Glimmer Mist on them all and added a touch of Stickles as well. This time I have used 'yellow daisy', 'rum punch', 'Mel's diner' and 'peacock' glimmer mists. The colour combination I have used for my card is very different from what I normally would do (i'm really a pink girl!) but I think it has turned out quite cute with yellows, reds and blues.

Thanks for your comments everyone, I love reading them!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Inspirational Card Sketches; Challenge #115
- Creatalicious Challenges; Challenge #22 flourishes. I have formed a flourish with my rose buds!
- Stamping Vacation; Yellow flower
- A Spoon Full of Sugar; Anything goes
- Cupcake Craft Challenges; Challenge #142 In the garden. I have used flowers, butterflys and my digi stamp has a cute little frog!
- Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog; Lets play tic tac toe! I have used digi, lace and flowers.

Happy Birthday Maddy!

2011-05-16T18:55:00.010+10:00

Here is a card I have made for my Niece's birthday. I thought I would have a go at a gate-style card which opens from the middle. I seem to make a lot of easle-style cards, which I love, but I wanted to try something different and it was fun to make. I just love the stamp; it is part of a collection of gorgeous Carousel horses designed by Crissy Armstrong for Whimsy Stamps. This one is called 'untamed love' and I have coloured him with copics and added some glossy accents. For my flowers I used glimmer mist in 'tattered rose' for some added sparkle (I must use glimmer mist somewhere on my cards every time no matter what!). I have also used ribbon, bling and lace. Enjoy!

Please let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sundays With Crissy - Challenge #17 Flowers
- Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog; Challenge #40 Happy Birthday
- Creative Inspirations; Challenge #111 Decorate the inside of your card
- Delightful Challenges; Flowers
- My Time To Craft; Challenge #140 Scallops
- Stamp Something; Anything goes
- Craft Us Crazy; Something new and all our favourites. My 'new' is my Carousel horse stamp and my 'favourite' is flowers with glimmer mist!
- Bunny Zoe's Crafts; Challenge #12 Lace

Front of my gate-style card:

Opening the card:

The inside of my gate-style card, with a little bit of room to write a personal birthday message:

Happy Mother's Day!

2011-05-08T21:13:00.001+10:00

I hope all the wonderful Mother's had a lovely Mother's Day today! Here is the Mother's Day card I made for the best mum in the whole world; my mum! My sweet bear stamp is designed by Penny Johnson for Stampavie called 'bird and bear'. I coloured him with copics and highlighted the flowers of the stamp with glossy accents. My flowers, buds and leaves are all from Hooked On Craft. As usual they all started off white and coloured them all with Glossy Accents in 'strawberry shortcake', 'tattered rose', 'honey dew mist', 'meadow green', and 'flower power'. I am having lots of fun lately with making two-toned flowers!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Paper Kutz Challenge; Mother's Day
- Prairie Fairy Fridays; For the girls
- Southern Girls Challenge; Let's hear it for the girls
- Copic Oz; Challenge #10 Celebrate women
- Tuesday Throwdown; Mother's Day
- Craft Us Crazy; Mother's Day and flowers
- The Sisterhood of Crafters; Mother's Day

Here is my easel-style Mother's Day card:

Close up of the top half of my card:

Bottom part of my card:

Side view:

I Heart Cherrie!

2011-05-04T22:05:00.001+10:00

Here is a 'thank you' card I have made for a friend. My cute stamp is "Cherrie" from Tickled Pink Stamps and I have coloured her with copics and added glossy accents and sparkly glitter to the heart she is holding. My doylie, flowers, leaves, and the embossed sentiment on my tag are all from Hooked on Craft. As usual I could not resist spritzing the flowers and buds with lots of lovely sparkly shimmery Glimmer Mist! I used 'tattered rose', 'timeless lilac', 'honey dew mist', 'yellow daisy', 'creme de chocolat' and topped them all off with a dash of 'iridescent gold' for added glitz. I have also used Martha Stewart punches and embossed my yellow core'dinations paper with my cuttlebug.

I am entering this one into the following challenges:

- Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges; Lace and pearls
- CLP Challenge Blog; Sketch challenge #36
- Craft Your Passion; Anything goes
- Cupcake Craft Challenges; Something beginning with 'C'. The name of my stamp is Cherrie and I have used copics to colour her.
- The Emerald Faerie Challenge Blog; Anything goes. This is a new challenge blog and there are gorgeous digis up for grabs! I have my fingers crossed that I will be the lucky winner!
- Creative Inspirations; Challenge #110 embossing. I have embossed my sentitment with embossing powder and also embossed paper with my cuttlebug.

Thank you to everyone for leaving such lovely comments on my blog, they are really appreciated! :-)

Happy Birthday Dragon!

2011-05-01T19:21:00.004+10:00

I always find it hard to make cards for males. I just find it so hard to resist the urge to add flowers and glitter to everything! I have had a go anyway and this was the result. My dragon stamp is 'Auroa' designed by Lisa Victoria from Sweet Pea Stamps and I have coloured him with copics. I cut my tag out on my Cricut and my embossed sentiment is a stamp from Hooked On Craft. I have used Spellbinders dies called 'lacey squares' to cut out my background squares behind my stamp.

Let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Sketch #99
- Creative Craft Challenges; Recycled. The strips of blue paper on my card are made from recyled paper
- Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog; Reuse, reduce, recycle. The strips of blue paper on my card are made from recyled paper and my blue ribbon was left over wrapping from a present
- In A Sweet Pea Dream; Anything goes!
- Fab n' Funky Challenges; Red, white and blue
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog; Anything goes!

She Who Wears The Crown!

2011-04-25T21:00:00.001+10:00

I have had lots of card making mo-jo this weekend; yay for me! Here is an easel-style card I have made using a Princess theme with blue and green tones. My stamp is "Princess Anya" from The Greeting Farm and I have coloured her with copics and added some sparkly glitter to her crown and star wand. My gorgeous 'bud and bow' ribbon and small bow are from Hooked On Craft. The small bow and all the flowers have all been spritzed with Glimmer Mist (of course!). I love the two-toned effect I got on some of the flowers. To get these colours I used Glimmer Mist in 'honey dew mist', 'pop rocks', 'fully purple' and 'spring rain'. I cut the crown (on the base of my easel card) out on my Cricut using 'once upon a princess' cartridge and added glitter and bling.

Let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following competitions:

- Card Patterns; Sketch #112
- Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog; Fancy Folds
- Cupcake Inspirations; A gorgoeus picture of a purple and green cake with a princess
- A Spoonfull Of Sugar; Let's celebrate!!
- Craft Your Passion Challenges; Show us your layers
- Prairie Fairy Fridays; April showers bring May flowers!
- Top Tip Tuesday; Open challenge

Easel card:

Top half of card when it is closed:

Close up of the bottom of my easel card:

Side view of my easel card:

Pretty Little Dee Dee In Pink!

2011-04-23T12:40:00.001+10:00

Here is a Birthday card I have made using a gorgeous little lady named "Dee Dee" from The Greeting Farm. I have coloured her with copics and added glossy accents to highlight her bows, boots and part of her clothing. This is my first attempt at colouring darker skin with copics and although I am not completely happy with my colouring I still think she is pretty darn cute! My tag was cut out on my Cricut using 'tags, bags, boxes and more' cartridge and my embossed sentiment is a stamp from Hooked On Craft. My flowers are all from Hooked On Craft also and I sprayed them with Glimmer Mist in 'black cherry', 'strawberry shortcake', 'black magic', and 'dazzling diamonds', and I added a touch of Stickles. I love Hooked On Craft's teeny tiny little flowers (on my tag); I have never seen flowers so small and they are perfect for little areas that need a little something!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Card Patterns; Sketch 111
- Cupcake Craft Challenges; Lots of layers
- Let's Ink It Up; Show us your stitching
- Pile It On; Smells like rubber
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Emboss it!
- The Rubber Cafe; Polka dots!

Happy Easter!

2011-04-23T12:20:00.004+10:00

Happy Easter everyone! Only one more sleep till the Easter bunny comes and I can't wait to eat lots of chocolate! Here is an Easter card I have made using a long-neglected stamp designed by Tina Wenke from Stampavie called "Easter Parade". I bought this stamp years ago but never got around to using it so I was determined to ink it up this year. I have coloured it with copics and added some glossy accents. My flowers and leaves are from Hooked On Craft and they were actually white but I used Glimmer Mist (*sigh*, how I love Glimmer Mist!) in 'cherub pink', 'pop rocks', 'key lime pie', and 'dazling diamonds'. My cute doylies are also from Hooked On Craft. From my background panel shapes I have used Spellbinders 'beaded circles' and 'beaded ovals'.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Challenge #98
- My Time To Craft Challenge; Challenge #137 Easter Wishes
- Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog; Challenge #63 Thought of Spring/ Easter
- Creative Inspirations; Pet/ Animals
- Craft Your Days Away; Challenge #18 Easter
- Copic Oz; Easter challenge
- Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog; Challenge #87 It's Easter Time!

Spring Puppy!

2011-04-10T16:52:00.003+10:00

Here is a card I have made featuring a sweet puppy and lots of ladybugs! My puppy stamp is from Hooked On Craft and he can be found here. The big colourful butterfly is also from Hooked On Craft. I have coloured them with copics and added some glossy accents. My flowers and leaves (all from Hooked On Craft) started off as white and I spritz them with Glimmer Mist so I could get the exact shades of colour I wanted. Ahhh, glimmer mist; I just can't live without you! I punched out the fence with a Martha Stewart fence punch. I just love the quality of Martha's punches. They are more expensive than other punches but they are well worth the money. I have also added pretty pink butterflys and a sweet little ladypug trinket pin from Hooked On Craft too.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; It's time for spring colors/ Easter
- Tuesday Throwdown; Spring theme
- Creative Inspriations; Punches and or dies
- Craft Us Crazy; Happy Easter and or spring
- The Rubber Cafe; Easter / spring
- Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog; Raise a smile. I am so glad I discovered this blog, it has such fun and different challenge themes!

Close up of pink butterfly (I could not resist adding bling!):

Blonde and Blue For Karen!

2011-04-04T21:18:00.002+10:00

Here is a card I have made for my friend Karen for her Birthday on Sunday. She loves blue so I have done a blue theme with a bit of brown for contrast. My very sweet stamp is from the "Miss Anya Collection" by The Greeting Farm; isn't she so pretty and sweet? I have coloured her with copics and added some glossy accents (glossy accents is yet another craft item I am obsessed with!). I have used glitter core-dinations paper in the background and embossed it with my cuttlebug. I love core-dinations paper, and their glitter paper is so sparkly! I have embossed my sentiment with Zing embossing powder in Copper glitter finish. My flowers and leaves are from Hooked on Craft and I could not resist spritzing them with a dash of Glimmer Mist (yes I am still obsessed with Glimmer Mist!) in bubbles, peacock, bronze, and dazzling diamonds. My leaves were originally white but I made them two-toned by giving them a spray of Glimmer Mist as well. The paper I used behind my Anya stamp is.....yes, you guessed it, glimmer misted too! I also added a touch of Stickles to my flowers in cinnamon, copper, waterfall and crystal for added sparkle!

Happy Birthday Karen!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog; Domi's Sketch!
- Allsorts challenge Blog; Blooming Blossoms
- Charisma Cardz Challenges; Challenge #13 Bling and Sparkles
- Fab n' Funky Challenges; Challenge #66 Shabby Chic
- Simply Create Challenges; Do it yourself
- Tuesday Throwdown; Florals

Julia The Purple Ballerina!

2011-03-27T15:48:00.001+11:00

I have made this card for my friend Julia becuase it is her birthday today! Happy birthday Julia!
My stamp is one from a range of stamps called La-La Land Crafts that I discovered last weekend when I went to a craft show. When I saw them I knew I was going to have to buy heaps of them and by the time I left the craft show I had accidently purchased 6 of them! This sweet little ballerina is called 'Marci Ballerina' and she is just gorgeous. I coloured her with copics and added a row of little pearls in her hair. My friend has lovely long black hair and her favourite colour is purple so I tried to colour the stamp to look like her. My flowers are spritzed with Glimmer Mist in 'timeless lilac', 'creme de rouge' and 'spring rain' (yes, I am obsessed with glimmer mist too and I am too scared to count exactly how many I have purchased....). I also used lace, ribbon, pearls, bling and gorgeous deep purple glitter paper.

Let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Friday Sketchers; Sketch #147
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Mother's Day/Girly Challenge
- Fab n' Funky Challenges; 'Do it more than once..!'
- Pile It On; 'Pearls and Rhinestone and Bling, Oh my!'
- La-La Land Crafts; March customer gallery
- Allsorts Challenge Blog; For a Special Lady
- Cupcake Craft Challenges; Monocramatic

Top view of my easel-style card:

Close up of the top of the easel card:

Close up of the bottom section of the easel card:

Happy Birthday Julia!:

Side view:

Mmmmmm....Milkshake!

2011-03-15T20:53:00.006+11:00

Here is an easel-style card I have made using pink, grey and black tones. I could not resist using my favourite things on this card; glitter, glimmer mist and glossy accents! My stamp is an adorable bear drinking a milkshake from Hooked on Craft; isn't he so cute? I think he is really enjoying that delicious looking sugary treat! Mmmmmmm yummo! I have coloured him with copics and added glitter and glossy accents. My flowers and leaves all started off as white but I spritz them with glimmer mist in 'viva pink', 'black magic', 'hot chocolate', and 'bronze' (except for the black flowers but I spritz them too!) . I think I am obsessed with glimmer mist and I seem to be 'accidently' purchasing more and more colours. But you can never have enough, right? My doilie, lace and flower ribbons, leaves and flowers are also from Hooked on Craft. In the background I have used some core-dinations paper and I embossed it with my cuttlebug and lightly sanded it back to reveal the light pink colour underneath.

Let me know what you think! I love reading everyones comments.

I am entering this card into the following competitions:

- Friday Sketchers; Sketch #145
- Charisma Cardz Challenges!; Easel cards
- Let's Ink It Up; Embossing
- Simon Says Stamp; Anything Goes!
- Little Claire's Ideas and Inspiration Blog; Flowers
- Tuesday Throwdown; Lace

Easel Card:

Close up of the top of the card:

Close up of the bottom of the card (love the glimmer misted flowers and leaves; so sparkly!):

Side view of easel-style card:

Be My Valentine?

2011-02-15T19:32:00.002+11:00

Here is another card I have made for Valentine's Day using another georgeous stamp from Hooked on Craft. I think the new series of Valentine's Day stamps from Hooked on Craft are just so sweet! All Hooked on Craft stamps are so fun to colour. This sweet cupid can be purchased here. My sentiment is also from Hooked on Craft and can be purchased as part of a set here. Good news is they now sell embellishments such as flowers, ribbons and doylies! Yay! I love buying new goodies! I have used Hooked on Craft's doylie, leaves, roses, rosebuds, gardenia and their awesome metalic lace. The metalic lace is gorgeous and so easy to cut with sissors becuase it does not fray. My stamp is coloured with copics and I have added glossy accents to cupid's bow, heart and wings. I love glossy accents; I think they look great and add a lovely dimension to stamps.

I am entering this card into the following competitions:

- Charisma Cardz Challenges!; Mythical/Fantasy. I have used a sweet little cupid.
- Craft Your Days Away; Photo inspiration. The photo is of a white cake with gorgeous red roses and ribbon
- Creative Inspirations; Challenge 98 Red, pink and white only
- Cute Card Thursday; Challenge 151 Hearts and flowers
- Fab n' Funky Challenges; Challenge 59 Tempting texture
- Friday Sketchers; Sketch 141

Let me know what you think!

Cupid's Heart!

2011-01-29T10:44:00.001+11:00

Here is a card I have made to celebrate Valentine's Day which is just around the corner! My stamp is a gorgeous little cupid from the new 'Valentine' series of stamps from Hooked on Craft and he can be purchased here. He is coloured with copics and I have added stickles for sparkle! I have gone all out with the Valentine's Day theme for this card and I have used hearts everywhere I could, and I could not resist glittering a few of the hearts too. I added a heart button with a little dangle charm hanging off it with a star shaped charm at the bottom which says "Just For You". I have distressed the edges of my paper panels and my stamp. My flowers and sweet little bow are also from Hooked on Craft.

I am entering this card into the following challenges;

- Mojo Monday; Sketch challenge
- Craft Your Days Away; Love
- Pile it On; Love is in the air
- Tuesday Throwdown; Distressing
- Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings; Heart theme
- Kaboodles Doodles Challenge Blog; Bling it up!

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers!

2011-01-23T21:28:00.001+11:00

Here is a sweet easel-style card I have made using The Greeting Farm's 'Dahlia'. I just love her! I have coloured her with watercoloured pencils and highlighted parts of the stamp using glossy accents to really make the image 'pop' (I am loving glossy accents and seem to be using it all the time now!). I love flowers, bling and pearls so I have used heaps of them for this card. For the dark blue background I have used core'dinations paper which I embossed then lightly sanded it back to make the embossing stand out. I also finally pulled out my sewing machine and had a go at stitching! (the green panels are stitched). For my bow in the corner I tied it using the 'bow easy'.

Let me know what you think!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- Card Patterns; Sketch challenge
- Stamp Something; 'Cute somethings'. I think Dahlia is pretty darn cute!
- Splendid Stamping With The Greeting Farm; 'Pop!'. I have used glossy accents to make my project pop!
- Paper Cutz Challenge; 'It's your choice'
- One Stop Craft Challenge; 'More than one fold'. I have used an easel-style card.

Close up of the top half of the card showing Dahlia with glossy accents:

Bottom of card:

Side view of the easel-style card:

Ribbet!!!

2011-01-22T19:27:00.000+11:00

I have had lots of mojo today so I have completed another card. This card features a very sweet little froggy who is part of the new Valentine's Day stamps from Hooken On Craft and he can be purchased here. My 'for you' sentiment and my flowers are also from Hooked On Craft. The green rose was actually a white rose but I spritzed it with a dash of 'key lime pie' glimmer mist. I have coloured the cute frog with copics and then I went over the hearts and the flowers with a coating of glossy accents. The copic colours really 'pop' with the glossy coating!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- Friday Sketchers; Love this week's sketch!
- Fab 'n' Funky Challenges; 'Animal Magic'
- Icopic Lover; 'Purple, green and orange'

Viva Pink!

2011-01-22T16:34:00.002+11:00

For this card I have used my three favourite colours; pink, pink and pink! My lovely stamp is called 'Bookworm Fairy' and is designed by Hannah Lynn and she can be purchased from Crafts And Me. I have coloured her with copics and added some glossy accents for added shine! For my 'dotty' background paper I used a sheet of core'dinations paper and embossed it using my cuttlebug and 'tiny bubbles' embossing folder, then I lightly sanded it back to make the dots stand out a bit more. For the edges of the paper I have used Spellbinders dies called 'deckled mega rectangles large' and 'large deckled rectangles'. I also used a pair of Fiskar's 'deckle' sissors. My flowers are from Hooked on Craft and I have used a 25mm pink paper flower and also a 14mm pink paper flower. I spritz the flowers with Glimmer Mist in 'cosmos' for some sparkle (I love, love, love glimmer mist!).

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- Crafts And Me Challenges; 'Monochrome'. My monocrome colour is the best colour ever (pink)!!!
- My Time To Craft Challenge; 'Spots and dots'
- Cute Card Thursday; 'Recipe 1,2,3!'. I have used 1 image, 2 flowers and 3 background papers (panels).

Sweet Little Cupid!

2011-01-22T15:23:00.000+11:00

Here is another of the gorgeous new Valentine's Day stamps from Hooked On Craft. How cute is this gorgeous little cupid? I love his big heart! He can be purchased here. I have coloured my cupid with copics and for the heart I have used glossy accents and micro beads. The gardenia flower and sweet little gingham bow are also from Hooked On Craft. I have also used my Spellbinders for behind my stamp which can be purchased from Simon Says Stamp.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- Mojo Monday; Love this sketch blog!
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog; 'Simon Says....Bingo!'. What a fun challenge! I have used punch/die cuts, flowers and gems

Bzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!

2011-01-22T15:00:00.002+11:00

I am very excited about the new range of stamps from Hooked on Craft! This gorgeous little fella is part of the just released Valentine's Day stamps, but I think he is not just for Valentines! I just love his sweet little face and cute little heart shaped antenna! He can be purchased here. I have coloured him with copic markers and added some glitter and stickles for glittery-goodness. I have shaded around my stamp with some grey chalk and I have also used a dash of glossy accents. The background paper I have used has sweet small little bees on it too! All the flowers (including the gorgeous yellow gardenia flower in the top corner) are also from Hooked on Craft. They now sell an awesome range of flowers, leaves and butterflies, and I (of course) had to buy a large amount of goodies!
Another new thing I have recently discovered is Spellbinders (when I say 'discovered' I really mean 'went on a spending spree for'...) and I have used some for the black background and the yellow glitter background too. The style is 'lacy squares'. I have found that Spellbinders have a lot of cool shapes to cut out that I can't do on the Cricut.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- Kabboodles Doodles Challenge Blog; 'Black & White + 1'. I have used black, white and yellow!
- Let's Ink It Up!; Challenge #8 'Anything Goes'
- Sweet Sketch Wednesday; Just recently discovered this blog and I had fun with this week's sketch!

Tea party anyone?

2011-01-19T16:40:00.002+11:00

Here is a card I have made using a stamp of a lovely little lady having a tea party named 'Gabrielle' from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps. I have coloured her with copics and a touch of copic spicas for added sparkle. The flowers, leaves and the cute little gingham bow I have used are from Hooked on Craft. For the flowers I have used 25mm pink paper roses and I have 'spritzed' them with a dash of Glimmer Mist in 'bronze' for some golden glitz. The leaves were actually originally white leaves but I coloured them with Glimmer Mists in 'cosmos' and a dash of 'bronze'. You can purchase Glimmer Mists from Simon Says Stamp. I love using the white leaves and colouring them that way you can have any colour leaves you like!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - The challenge for this week is a sketch challenge
- Stamp Something - 'Anything Goes'
- Kraftin Kimmie - 'Fancy Florals'
- Cupcake Inspirations - This week's cupcake inspiration is a lovely cupcake featuring pink, peach, black and white tones

Crafts and Me - Easel-style birthday card

2011-01-01T10:09:00.003+11:00

Here is an easel-style birthday card I have made for my mum's birthday. The stamp I have used is designed by Hannah Lynn and is called 'Glacier Lily Fairy' and she can be purchased from Crafts and Me. I have coloured her with copics and I have also used copic spicas for added sparkle! The sentiment I have used is from Bizzy Becs Store Blog. I love flowers so I decorated my card with lots of them. My motto; you can never have too much bling, flowers or pink!

I am entering this card into the following challenges;
- Crafts and Me Challenges; Challenge #20 'Anything Goes'
- Mad for Markers Challenge Blog; 'Anything Goes'. I love my copics and have used them to colour my stamp.
- Stamp Something; 'Something with glitter'. I have used my copic spica glitter pens for glittery sparkle!
- Copic Creations; Challenge #41 'Sparkle'. I love my copic spicas!

Easel-style card:

Glittery Copic Spicas!:

Close up of the top half of the card; I love how sparkly the copic spicas are:

Close up of bottom half of the card:

Side view of my card:

Let me know what you think!

Hooked on Craft - Card For a Male!

2011-01-01T08:48:00.000+11:00

I find it quite hard to make cards for males becuase I never seem to have male-orientated images. Hooked on Craft has a fantastic range of vintage car stamps which look great on cards for males (or for females that like cars of course!). For the following card I have used one of the awesome vintage cars from Hooked on Craft which can be purchased here. They have a number of different vintage car stamps so check them all out here.
I am entering this card into the latest challenge at Mojo Monday which is a sketch challenge.
Let me know what you think!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes!

2010-12-27T21:04:00.002+11:00

I have made this card for the latest challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog which is 'anything goes!'. I have used a gorgeous stamp from Stampavie's Tina Wenke which is called "mouse with sunflower" and I have coloured him with copics. How cute is he with his big flower? :) I made the background swirl and the frame around my stamped image using my cricut machine. I have also used a Martha Stewart border punch and Spellbinders 'ribbon tag trio' for my sentiment; both of which can be purchased from Simon Says Stamp.

Kenny K - Name Those Kittens!

2010-11-12T22:14:00.000+11:00

Kenny K Downloads is about to release some very saucy new digis and there is a really fun competition in which you can name them! Check out Bearly Mine Crafts for more info on how to enter.

Here is a pic of the soon to be released digis:

Here is my names for them:

A. Tantalising Tess

B. Harlot Nights

C. Vroom Vroom Valentine

D. Mizz Bonnie

E. Kraving Karen

F. Queen Harley

G. Wild Wendy

H. Miss Devine

I. Luscious Lexy

J. Juicylicious Julia

K. Kalamity Kelly (my personal favourite becuase it has my name in it - hee hee!)

L. Tee Rouble

Kenny K - Christmas

2010-11-07T00:19:00.000+11:00

Christmas is on it's way so I thought I would make a Christmas card for the latest challenge at Kenny K Krafty Girlz Challenges; 'anything goes'. I have used the very saucy 'Mrs Claus' from the new Christmas Digis from Kenny K Downloads. She is coloured with copics (as always!) and decorated with stickles for lots of glittery sparkle.

Tickled Pink Stamps Monthly Challenge #6

2010-11-03T20:56:00.000+11:00

Here is a card I have made for the latest monthly challenge at Tickled Pink Stamps Monthly Challenges. Becuase I love my Lil Lolita Stamps I have used "Willow" and she can be purchased from Tickled Pink Stamps. For the tag on my card I used my Cricut machine and 'From my Garden' Cricut cartridge.
Enjoy!

Pink Sweet Pea Stamps Easel Card!

2010-10-30T11:13:00.003+11:00

Here is a card that I have made that features lots of my favourite things; Sweet Pea Stamps, flowers, bling and pink! It is a round easel-style card which are really fun to make and it is a great way to display your card. For my image I have stamped "The Dragonfly", designed by Ching Chou Kuik from Sweet Pea Stamps. My stamped sentiment is also from Sweet Pea Stamps and it comes with another stamp called "The Moth".
I am entering this card into the following challenges:
- "In A Sweet Pea Dream". 'Things with wings'. This is the new Sweet Pea Stamps blog and there are great challenges to enter.
- Sweet Pea Stampers. 'Easel Card'. There are lots of gorgeous design team cards to look at for inspiration!
- Stamp Something. 'Stamp something with some pink'. Another great blog. My favourite colour is pink so this was a good challenge for me!
- Crafty Purple Frog Challenges. 'Anything Goes'. Great theme for a challenge!

Here is my card:

Here is a close up picture of the top half of the card:

The bottom half of the card:

Close up of my Sweet Pea Stamp. I have used stickles on the dragonfly's wings:

Side view of my easel-card:

Butterfly Bear Card!

2010-10-28T21:49:00.000+11:00

Here is a card that I have made with a few challenges in mind. Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog has a great theme of 'Punch em!'. I love Simon Says Stamp and I recently purchased a Martha Stewart punch-around-the-page border punch from the Simon Says Stamp website called 'Monarch Butterfly' so I thought I would use that for this challenge. The One Stop Craft Challenge Blog had a photo for inspiration featuring pink and green tones. It is a great blog with fun challenges and awesome prizes. Also Wild Orchard Challenges has a great theme of 'pastels'. Wild Orchard Crafts has many great items for sale and I love their handmade mulberry flowers. My gorgeous stamp is actually one of my favourites from Hooked on Craft. How cute is my bear sitting on his mushroom? I could not resist adding stickles to his nose! He can be purchased here.
I hope you like my card. I would love to hear what you think of it!

Kenny K - 2 x 2 Challenge

2010-10-27T20:53:00.000+11:00

I have designed this card for this week's challenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenges which is '2X2'. I have used 2x2 flowers, 2 ribbons and 2 papers. My gorgeous digi stamp is "Xmas Shopping" from Kenny K Downloads and she is one of the gorgeous new release Christmas digis! I have coloured her with copics and added stickles for glittery sparkle.

A Sweet Pea Christmas!

2010-10-26T13:40:00.002+11:00

Christmas is not too far away now, so here is a Christmas card I have made. The gorgeous stamp is "Holly Fairy" from Sweet Pea Stamps and she is designed by Ching Chou Kuik. She is coloured in with copic markers (as always!) and copic spicas. I have embossed my Christmas sentiment with metallic silver embossing power and used silver metallic brads on the flower and on my stamped image. Sweet Pea Stamps has a new blog called 'In a Sweet Pea Dream' and the theme this fortnight is "all about Christmas" so I am entering this card into that challenge. I am also entering this into the fabulous 'Christmas Stampin' All Year Long' blog where the theme this week is 'something metallic'.

A Double Spook!

2010-10-24T21:35:00.000+11:00

With Halloween being less than a week away now, here is another Halloween card I have made. I seem to be making a lot of spooky stuff lately! My lovely couple behind the spooky window is 'Frankie Frankenstein' and 'Ghost Willow' digis from the "Lil Haunts" range from Tickled Pink Stamps. I just love them! I cut the window out using my Cricut and 'October 31st' cartridge. I used jac paper (double sided sticky paper) and then covered it with loads of sparkly glitter! The cute owl is also cut out using Cricut and my 'Happy Hauntings' cartridge.

I am entering card into the following challenges:
- Lil Lilita Boutique Challenges; the layout of this card is based on a sketch for this week's challenge. I love Lil Lolitas!
- Fab n' Funky Challenges; 'Things that go bump in the night'. Great blog with lots of awesome cards.
- Creative Inspirations; 'Spooky'. This is another great blog. The design team's cards are fantastic.

"Please, come into our home........If you dare!!!"

Halloween Is Coming!

2010-10-20T21:14:00.006+11:00

Halloween is just around the corner so I have made a spooky (but cute) Halloween card! I had so much fun making this, I got to use my Cricut, Hooked on Craft stamps, Cuttlebug, and loads of glitter! The card is a round easel-style card. For the spooky tree background of my card and the spiderweb base I used my Cricut and my 'Pumpkin Carving' cartridge. I cut out jac paper and then glittered it.

I am entering this card into the following awesome competitions:
- Kaboodle Doodles Challenge; 'Let's Go Batty!'. What a great theme for a Halloween challenge! I love spooky bats!
- The One Stop Craft Challenge Blog; 'Halloween'. Check out the design teams cards, they are awesome!
- The Cuttlebug Spot; 'Totally Frightful'. I love my Cuttlebug and this is a great challenge blog. Everyone should get out their cuttlebug's and enter some challenges!
- Cupcake Inspirations; 'Challenge 81'. I love this blog; crafty inspirations from yummy cupcake pictures!
- Crafts and Me Challenges; 'Halloween'. I just recently found this blog and it has awesome cards.

Side view of my easel-style card:

This gorgeous little bear is so cute and so is his friend the scarecrow! He is from Hooked on Craft and you can purchase him here. I have coloured them in with my copic markers:

This cute little pumpkin is also from Hooked on Craft. He is actually part of a larger stamp, but I just cut out the cute the little pumpkin to use on my card. The whole stamp can be purchased here:

How cool is this moon? This moon and the bats are from 'October 31st' Cricut cartridge. I cut them out with jac paper and then used glitter to make them sparkly:

This is a cute little witch that I cut out using my Cricut and 'Happy Hauntings' cartridge. I used stickles on her hat and broomstick:

Here is the base of the card which I cut out using 'Pumpkin Carving' Cricut cartridge. The 'Happy Halloween' sign is from the 'Halloween Sign' Cuttlebug embossing and die set. I used a bit of sandpaper on it for added effect. The cute little spiders are from 'Doodlecharms' Cricut cartridge and they crawled all over my card and made themselves at home on my glittery web! Eeeeeekkkkkkk!:

Happy Halloween!

Halloween Treat Box!

2010-10-16T18:04:00.000+11:00

Here is a cute little Halloween treat box that I made for The Cuttlebug Spot (theme is 'Halloween Treats') and Stamp Something ('Halloween Somethings'). I normally just make cards so this is something a little different and fun! I recently bought some new dies for my Cuttlebug so I had a bit of a play with them for this box. I used my Cricut machine and 'Tags, Bags, Boxes and More' cartridge to cut out the base of the box. The gorgeous stamps I have used are from Hooked on Craft and I have coloured them in with copics. I finished off my Halloween treat box with bling!

This cute little ghost is holding a toffee apple lolly and he can be purchased here. In the background I have used 'Gem Rox' Cuttlebug embossing folder:

For this side of my treat box I have used 'Halloween Sign' Cuttlebug die and embossing set. Once I embossed the sign I rubbed it a little with a sandpaper block to give it a bit of an 'aged' look. In the background I have used 'Forest Branches' Cuttlebug embossing folder:

On this side of my box I have a very cute little Halloween kitty and he is holding his own treat bag! He can be purchsed here. For the background I used 'Tiny Bubbles' Cuttlebug embossing folder:

On the last side of my box I have used two cute bats which are part of a Cuttlebug 'Disney Halloween' die cut and embossing set. I have also used 'Pumpkin Harvest' Cuttlebug embossing folder in the background:

Top of the box with bling:

The inside of the box is the best bit becuase it opens up to reveal.......Yummy treats!!!:

I hope you have enjoyed my post. Think I am going to go and enjoy some of those treats now.....!

Cupcake Inspirations with Hooked on Craft!

2010-10-16T11:54:00.001+11:00

I love cupcakes so when I found a card making blog called Cupcake Inspirations I was very excited! The inspiration for their challenges comes from pictures of delicious looking cupcakes; yummy! I have also made this card for the latest challenge at Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog where the theme is 'Celebrate All The Colors of Fall' and I am quite happy with how it turned out. I adore flowers so I have randomly covered the whole card with pretty flowers and bling. The gorgeous stamp I have used is from a fun new Australian company called Hooked on Craft and I have used one of my favourite stamps which can be purchased here. How cute is the butterfly bear holding a flower? I love him!
Now, please excuse me, I am off to eat a cupcake!

Make It Christmas with Kenny K!

2010-10-15T21:41:00.000+11:00

I have made this card for this week's challenge at Kenny K where the theme is "Make It Christmas". Christmas is my favourite time of year and I am very excited that it is just around the corner. Kenny K has new digis out especially for Christmas and when I saw them I knew I had to have them! This saucy lady is called 'Xmas Hottie' and she can be purchased from Kenny K Downloads. I have coloured her with copics and, as always, have used stickles for added sparkle! The backgound of my card is actually fabric, not paper. I simply cut some fabric and glued it onto the back. I have wanted to try using fabric on a card background for a while and I am quite happy with how it turned out.

Haunted House with Hooked on Craft Stamps and Copics!

2010-10-11T21:33:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone!
I spent last weekend playing with my cricut and my new cartridge; 'Happy Hauntings'! Here in Australia we don't really celebrate Halloween, but I love all cool and cute Halloween stuff. I decided to make a 3D Haunted House using 'Happy Hauntings'. I also used 'October 31st' and 'Mini Monsters' cricut cartridges for some added detail. As always I wanted to add some cuteness so I decorated the house with Hooked on Craft stamps which I coloured with my copics (as always!). Hooked on Craft has awesome Halloween stamps! I put a little tealight candle inside the house to make the orange windows glow spookily! The whole thing took ages to make but I think it was worth it. I had a lot of fun (....and a little bit of frustration!) in putting this together. I really hope you enjoy this post and please let me know what you think!

I am entering this into the following awesome challenges:

- Copic Oz "All together spooky". Copic Oz is an awesome blog site to get more information on copic techniques.
- iCopic Lover "Black Orange and Purple". icopic Lover is another cool copic blog!
- Copic Creations. "Orange". This is another great site that I found. The design team's copic colourings are great.
- Stamp Something "Something Punchy". Another cool blog! I love my Martha Stewart puches so I have used the awesome "Iron Fence" punch.

Here is the haunted house from the front:

Here are some close ups of the stamps which are coloured with copic markers.

This stamp is Bat Bear (H-0007 Halloween Bears Small) and he is perched on the roof on his glittery web; ready to fly down and scare at a moments notice!:

This is Bear Dracular (H-0008 Halloween Bears Small) who wants to suck your blood!:

This is cute little Bear with a couldron, cooking up a spooky poisonous potion for you! (H-0011 Halloween Bears Small):

This is a cute little Ghost coming out of the chimney (H-0005 Ghosts). I found him the most challenging to colour with my copics because he is mostly white, so I used blue and grey tones to give him a bit of dimension:

Close up of the spooky grave with a mysterious hand! Who's creepy hand could it be?! I hope it is not coming out of the grave!! Eeeekkkk!:

Here are some more pictures of around the house from different angles:

Enjoy!

Bizzy Becs new blog!

2010-10-10T19:48:00.000+11:00

Hello everyone!

Bizzy Becs now has a new store blog! She is offerning candy so head on over to the new blog and enter to win some cute fun stuff!

Double Pouch Bag and Matching Card

2010-10-05T22:58:00.000+11:00

This post is a little different! I have created a double pouch bag and matching card for the challenge at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long. I loved this challenge becuase it made me try something I have never done before; a bag! I love Christmas and I adore Gingerbread Men so used them on my bag and card. My gorgeous gingy men stamps are from Hooked on Craft and I used C-0009 Gingy on my card and C-0012 Gingy on my bag. How cute is the gingerbread man sitting on the marshmellow? I have put them both on tags to keep in with the Christmas spirit! I have also used cute little gingerbread men glass pebbles and my Martha Stewart gingerbread man border punch.The tutorial for how to make a double pouch bag can be found here. Please let me know what you think!

Here is the bag and card set together:

The card:

The bag:

Who doesn't love chocolates?

Bling It On With Kenny K!

2010-10-05T22:28:00.000+11:00

I have created this card for this week's Kenny K Krafty Girlz Challenges; Bling it on! I love bling and I love Kenny K digis so this was a great challenge for me! I have used the very cool 'Devilish Donna' from Kenny K Downloads; isn't she cute? Gotta love her wings! I have coloured her with copics and I have added bling and stickles for glittery fabulousness!

Pink and Brown Challenge!

2010-10-03T20:29:00.000+11:00

I have made this card for the current challenge at Cupcake Craft Challenges where the challenge is to make a card using pink and brown. This was a fun challenge for me becuase I love, love, love pink (as you can probably tell from the colour of my blog!)! I have used a gorgeous stamp from Hooked on Craft which is part of a very cute series called 'Butterfly Bears'. The one I have used is B-0010 Butterfly Bear and it can be purchased here. I coloured my stamp with copics and added stickles and bling for lots of sparkle! For my background I used my cricut machine and 'storybook' cartridge.

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz Challenge #12

2010-10-02T00:47:00.000+10:00

This card is for the current sketch callenge at Kenny K's Krafty Girlz challenge. I love sketch challenges becuase they give me great ideas for card layouts. I have used "Troublemaker" from 'The Glam Gang Collection' by Kenny K and she can be purchased from Kenny K Downloads. I love these digi stamps!

New stamp company; "Hooked on Craft"!!!

2010-10-01T22:38:00.000+10:00

I have made this card for the exciting launch of an awesome stamp company in Australia called Hooked on Craft! The stamps are made of high quality clear polymer and the designs are gorgeous.They are fantastic to colour with copics too. I am thrilled that I have been chosen to be on the blog design team! Check out the new blog too; Hooked on Craft.

One of my favourite themes is Halloween and Hooked on Craft has a gorgeous set of Halloween Cats. For this card I have used H-0018 Halloween Cats Large. I have coloured this cute stamp in with copics and I have used sparkly glitter paper for my night sky!

I will be making more blog posts with these awesome new stamps so check back soon for more ideas!

Ticked Pink Stamps Monthly Sketch Challenge #5

2010-10-01T22:04:00.000+10:00

I have made this card for this month's sketch challenge at Tickled Pink Stamps Monthly Sketch Challenge. I love Tickled Pink Stamps! They are an Australian company and their prices are awesome. In this card I have used a gorgeous girl from The Greeting Farm and she is from a set called "Sweet n' Toxic". I purchased the set from Tickled Pink Stamps.
I wanted to make something different for this sketch challenge, while of course sticking to the sketch. I decided to make my background 'panel' using flowers instead of the usual paper. I also put cute little handmade fimo faces in my flowers to give them 'personality'!!! I hope you like my card, let me know what you think!

Stitch It!

2010-09-21T20:45:00.000+10:00

This card is for the Krafty Girlz challenge at Kenny K's where the theme is 'stitch it'. I decided to use faux stitching on my card around the edges of each part. My stamp is the very saucy "Bodacious Bev" from the 'Gothik Angelz' set and she can be purchased from Kenny K Downloads. I recently bought a couple of Kenny K digi stamps and I love them! They are so much fun to colour.

Cute As A Button!

2010-09-19T21:43:00.000+10:00

I made this card for this week's challenge at Lil Lolita Boutique which is to create a card with buttons. I went a little crazy with this challenge and decided to make a card that actually was a button! I went through my paper stash and found some cute paper that had buttons all over it too. I also finally got to use some of my button stash! The lovely lady sitting on my giant button card is the very cute-as-a-button '60's Hippie Willow' and she can be purchased from Tickled Pink Stamps. I even found some very tiny buttons to decorate Willow with too!

Here is the easel-style card closed:

The card open:

Here is an up-close picture of 60'sWillow; I put buttons in her hair, on her pants, and I gave her a cute little button necklace!:

Side view of my easel card:

I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please let me know what you think of my card!

Borderbilities - Christmas Stampin' All Year Long!

2010-09-17T23:18:00.000+10:00

I made this card for the challenge at Christmas Stampin' All Year Long which is to create a card using any type of border punch. I just love this challenge blog's moto of "where the spirit of Christmas never ends"! How sweet is that? Anyway, back to my card, I have used a Martha Stewart border punch and a very cute stamp called "Lily Snowflake Fairy" from Pink Cat Studio.