Simon Says Fathers Day Challenge

I made this card for the Simon Says Father's Day Challenge. I'm from Australia, and Father's day here isn't until September, but I thought this would be a great opportunity for me to make a "Dad" card, that's not father's day, and give it to my dad. He's so wonderful, and among other things, he does so many jobs around the house for us, so I made this one with the tools on it as a thankyou to him for everything he does. I couldn't ask for a better Dad :)

Stamps: Mix 'n' Mugs (Flourishes)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White
Papers: Dilly Dally (My Minds Eye)
Accessories: Bag O Buttons buttons, We are Memory Keepers twine

Don't Mind Me!

Hi there! This is my card for the Viva La Verve May week 5 sketch. It's supposed to be clean and simple, but I just couldn't help adding a few extra things :) The three back panels are cork, and are glued on to white cardstock with a glue gun - definitly not my favourite material to work with, but I just love how it looks! The cute bunny stamp is from The Cat's Pajamas, and is coloured in with Copic markers.

Stamps: A Girl and Her Cake (The Cat's Pajamas)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: So Saffron, Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: Rosy (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: MFT Dienamics jumbo scallop border, The Cat's pajamas flower and cloud border, Stampin Up twine, Cork, My Mind's Eye button

You Make A Difference

I love giving cards that are not birthday or thankyou, because they're not always expected and it always puts a smile on the recipients face. Sometimes the people around us should be reminded of how wonderful and important they are. So I made this card with that in mind.

Stamps: Bloom & Grow (Verve), All A Flutter (Verve)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso
Cardstock: Vanilla & Early Espresso (Stampin Up)
Papers: Portrait (Crate Paper)
Accessories: Spellbinders heart, Prima flower, Martha Stewart border punch, Verve Leaf die, Sewing machine, Tim Holtz edge distressor

Happy 50th

We were invited to a neighbours 50th birthday barbecue so I made this card for him. I am just in love with these ballons from Verve's Party Time stamp set. So great for male cards! You can't really tell in the photo, but the edges of the circle are shaded with a very light blue. I stitched around the edge of the card, as well as the diamond in the middle. The balloons are coloured with Copic markers. 

Stamps: Party Time (Verve)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Grey
Papers: A Boys Life (Echo Park)
Accessories: American Crafts Thickers, Stampin Up ribbon, Spellbinders circle, Sewing machine

Viva La Verve May Week 4

I just love this image from the Zinnia's stamp set from Flourishes. I wanted to do the flowers a bright colour with a black/written background, and am really happy how this turned out. I had to faux stitch in black marker as I didn't have any black cotton! And I also went over the little leaf things on the vase with black marker to make them stand out a bit more. The sentiment is from Verve's new Joyful Blooms set.

Stamps: Zinnia's (Flourishes), Joyful Blooms (Verve)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette (Stampin Up), Copics
Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White
Papers: Portrait (Crate Paper), Postale (Collections)
Accessories: Stampin Up ribbon, Spellbinders circle and scallop circle, paper piercer, black marker, Tim Holtz edge distressor, Stampin Up oval punch

Mojo Monday 241

I made this for Mojo Monday 241. It was a good excuse to use some of my new Verve stamps! I love the sentiments on their Words Cannot Express set. But what I like most about the set, is that the sentiments are long and can be used on large circles or can be used to fill large spaces. I often find I'm stuck with smaller sentiments that look a bit out of place on a larger area, so I bought this stamp set specifically to help with that! I painted the edge of the flowers with white acrylic paint, as they were originally gold, and sponged the edges of the circle with frayed burlap ink. I stamped the butterfly image (verve), on the same paper as the backgroud paper.

Stamps: Words Cannot Express (Verve), All A Flutter (Verve)
Ink: Early Espresso (Stampin Up), Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz)
Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)
Papers: Portrait (Crate Paper), Portabello Road (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Prima flowers, lace and ribbon (Fantasia Scrapbook store - Australia), white acrylic paint, sewing machine, edge distressor

Male Birthday

I've got a male birthday card for you today. Both my husband and dad love fishing so I bought this stamp set to do cards for them. I just got a few new copic markers, and thought the blue/green I used for the hat matched well with Stampin Up's Baja Breeze. The grey looked a little drab so I used a cuttle bug folder for the background piece, and a white gel pen for the two pieces behind the main picture.

Stamps: What a Catch (Flourishes), Occaisions (Kaisercraft)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Soft Suede, Basic Grey, Whisper White (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White
Papers: N/A
Accessories: Stampin Up button and twine, white gel pen, cuttlebug folder

Viva La Verve May Week 3

Hi there! have I told you how much I love My Mind's Eye papers? Probably! I love all the weathered wood patterns. They just make such great backgrounds for my cards! This one is from their Dolled Up collection. The sketch is Viva La Verve May Week 3. I coloured the image in with copic markers. My sewing is very wonky, as I haven't quite figured out how to sew around corners yet! But sometimes, having things a little imperfect just adds to the uniquness.

Stamps: Big Wish (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo black, Copic markers

Cardstock: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Marina Mist (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: Dolled Up (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Doilie (my stash), Prima flower, Sewing machine

Simon Says Stamp Cupcake Challenge

In a post a while ago, I used a cupcake exactly like this. I intended to make a couple of those cards, but never did, so I have a few of these cupcakes already coloured and ready to use! When I saw the cupcake challenge over on the Simon Says Stamp blog, I knew it was the perfect time to use one! I decided to try some zig zag stitching using some paper scraps, and am pretty pleased with my fist effort! The two rows on the right were pretty wonky, so I decided to put the doilie and cupcake over that! Should I have said that? Lol!

Stamps: Cupcakes (Hero Arts)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Rose Red (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White
Papers: Miss Nelly (Kaisercraft)
Accessories: Doilie (my stash), Ranger liquid pearls, Sewing machine

Pretty In Purple challenge

I made this card for the Flourishes Pretty in Purple challenge. I rarely use purple, as I find it quite a dificult colour to work with. And is it just me, or do a lot of the paper companies hardly ever have purple in their collection? I have over 50 paper colletions, past and present, and only one of those has purple in it! (Hence this card with no pattened paper on it!) Anyway, about the card! The image is from Flourishes Year in Flowers 3. I didn't have the copic markers to match the cardtsock, so I coloured them with watercolour crayons and blender pen from Stampin Up. The frame is painted white, and it only has one coat of white paint on it. I was planning to do several to make it extra white, I decided to leave it at one coat because I liked the contrast. I painted the edges of the purple cardstock with the same white paint.

Stamps: Year in Flowers (Flourishes), Small Phrases (Verve)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Cardstock: Whisper White, Perfect Plum (Stampin Up)
Papers: N/A
Accessories: Kaisercraft flower, Imaginarium Designs chipboard frame, Stampin up twine, Ranger liquid pearls, White Lace (Spotlight), White acrylic paint, Spellbinders diamond, Stampin Up watercolour crayons and blender pen

Monster Birthday

This is another card I made for my Nephews third birthday coming up in June. I like to keep kids cards relatively simple. At 3 years old, he's not really going to appreciate distressed edges, embossing, or embellishments! Lol! I did sew around the edge though! I coloured the monster with copics, but the balloon is stamped and cut out of the same blue paper in the lower panel.

Stamps: Monster Fun (Hero Arts)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: A Boys Life (Echo Park)

Accessories: Paper piercer, sewing machine



Thanks So Much

This card is for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge, which was to use pink in your card. Before I really got addicted to making cards, pink was one of my least favourite colours. But I love using it on my cards now, and just adore it! I think my all time favourite paper collection is Blush by My Mind's Eye. I rarely use a whole 6 x 6 paper pad before I get sick of it, but I am down to my last few scraps of my Blush pad and I'm wanting more!!! So this card used up some of those scraps. Strips of scrap paper can be a quick and easy way to get rid of all those off cuts!

Stamps: Celebration of Thanks (Verve), Butterflies and Blossoms (Flourishes)
Ink: Early Espresso (Stampin Up)
Cardstock: Kraft (Stampin Up)
Papers: Blush (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Prima flower, Dusty Attic chipboard flourish, Tim Holtz edge distressor

Just For You

Hi everyone! It's the start of another month, and that means it's Mojo Monday contest time! I really love sketches like the one this month. I had to position the smaller flower a bit different from the sketch, but everything else is exact! I used Verve's Sweet Treats stamp set and My Mind's Eye paper! My sewing is get much straighter too! Woo hoo!

Stamps: Sweet Treats (Verve)
Ink: Soft Suede (Stampin Up), Old Paper (Tim Holtz)
Cardstock: Very Vanilla (Stampin Up)
Papers: Fiddlesticks (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Prima flowers, Bag o Buttons buttons, Stampin Up twine, All My Memories ribbon, sewing machine

On Mother's Day

Oh boy this sketch was a challenge! It's Viva La verve May Week 2. I really struggled with this one! I'm sorry the phot is so dark, I hope you can all see it okay still! The flower image is from the Cherry Blossoms stamp set from Flourishes. I made the flowers using the Boho Blossoms punch from Stampin Up. I punched 4 of the largest blossoms out, scrunched them, opened them flat again and joined them with a brad, then scrunched each layer individually to the middle and pulled them out slightly. I had another go at sewing again, and I'm realising that I need ALOT of practice!!

Stamps: Cherry Blossoms (Flourishes), Blooming With Love (Stampin Up)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White

Papers: Dolled Up (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Lace (Spotlight), Stampin Up Boho Blossoms and oval punches, Ranger liquid pearls, sewing machine

Happiest Wishes

I do love vintage style cards, but don't do them often because I find them quite challenging. But this card has to be my favourite vintage card I've done! Well, it's as vintage as I get! I love yellow, and kraft together and when I saw this paper from the My Mind's Eye Be Amazing collection, I had a good excuse to put the colours together!  

Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes (Stampin Up)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz)

Cardstock: Basic Black, Kraft (Stampin Up)

Papers: Be Amazing (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Dusty Attic chipdoard border, My Mind's Eye burlap, Bag O Buttons buttons, Stampin Up twine, Prima flower, Tim Holtz edge distressor, Spellbinders circle and scallop circle, Martha Stewart butterfly punch



Thanks So Much

I can only take credit for half of this card. I had a Stampin Up workshop at my house for a couple of my friends who are interested in making cards at the end of last year. The demonstrator made a lovely card with us with this pink butterfly and doily accent on the front. I needed a quick thankyou card and decided to take the butterfly off the one we made with her, and use on my own card. I added a white Spellbinders tag and lacey circle, a white doilie, embossed panel with ribbon on it, and a layer of paper and cardstock. I just love the weathered wood papers from My Mind's Eye. They make an ordinary project really stand out!



Stamps: Tiny Tags (Stampin up)

Ink: Basic Black (Stampin Up)

Cardstock: Rose Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: On The Bright Side - Two (My Mind's Eye), Flirtacious Specialty (Stampin Up)

Accessories: Beautiful Butterflies die, Vintage wall paper embossing folder, Flirtacious fabric, vintage brad, twine, jewellery tag punch, ribbon (all Stampin Up), Spellbinders tag die and lacey circle die, cuttlebug embossing folder 



My first attempt at sewing!!!!

Oh my gosh! I just sewed on my first card!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! If you saw an earlier post, I said it was my goal to sew on a card before the end of May. Well, I've done it a lot sooner, and I must say, I love it!!!! I think I will find it hard NOT to sew on my cards now, I'm totally addicted! In saying that though, my first attempt was VERY wonky! But considering I have no sewing experience, it's not too bad. I can only get better right? It makes me even more in awe of all those talented ladies out there who sew perfectly on their cards!

Stamps: All Year Cheer II (Stampin Up - retired)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette

Cardstock: Whisper White, Barely Blush (Stampin Up)

Papers: Be Happy (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: ZVA Pearls, Buttons (bag o buttons), Prima flowers, Doilie (my stash), Tim Holtz edge distressor, Spellbinders heart and scallop heart diessewing machine

To The Moon And Back

I had every intention of creating a baby card when I got out my "To The Moon" stamp set from Verve. But as I sat there trying to come up with a plan, I thought about these little robot stamps I had tucked away and thought the one with the heart on it would be so cute together with the "I Love You To The Moon and Back" saying. I stamped both on Kraft cardstock and lightly coloured the edges of the robot in with a blender pen and Soft Suede ink pad. I stamped the robot on the pink paper as well and just cut out it's heart to add to the main robot. The sketch is for Viva La Verve May Week 1.
Stamps: Robot Trio (Hero Arts), To The Moon (Verve)Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Soft Suede (Stampin Up), Frayed Burlap (Tim Holtz)
Cardstock: Kraft, Soft Suede (Stampin Up)
Papers: Blush (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories: Stampin Up ribbon, button and twine, ZVA pearls, Stampin up heart punch

Happy Birthday



I just bought the Spellbinders ribbon label die set and couldn't wait to use it! I have to be world's worst bow tier so these ribbon labels are a great way for me to put ribbons on my cards without having to tie them in a bow! You can't see it well, but there are 3 layers of white cardstock behind the main yellow panel punched with a doily lace punch and layered on top of each other. I curled the wires of the flowers and distressed the edges of the pink paper.

Stamps: Big Wish (Verve)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Pink Pirouette

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: Happy Days (Echo Park)

Accessories: ZVA pearls, Prima flowers, Stampin Up ribbon, Martha Stewart border punch, Spellbinders ribbon label die, Tim Holtz edge distressor

Thanks So Much

As I said in my last post, I think painting flowers is my new favourite thing! It's such a great way to match your flowers to your project! This one was bright yellow and I painted it with antique white paint (which is a cream colour). I also lightly painted the edges of the papers for a bit of a shabby look. The papers are My Min's Eye, Howdy Doody. The faux stitching on the oval is done with a Close to Cocoa Stampin Up marker.

Stamps: Wordy Birds, Sunny Days (Verve)

Ink: Soft Suede, Close to Cocoa Marker (Stampin Up)

Cardstock: Very Vanilla (Stampin Up)

Papers: Howdy Doody (My Min's Eye)

Accessories: Prima flower, button (Bag O buttons), Stampin Up twine, Spellbinders oval and scallop oval

Happy Birthday

I had this image already coloured and sitting in my scrap pile waiting to be used, and thought the colours would match perfectly to the soft shades of this paper. I lightly painted the blue flower with white paint to soften the colour of it, as it was quite bright. I have a lot of little flowers that are either bright or have a little too much glitter, so I think painting them is going to be my new favourite thing! I just used a water based, non toxic acrylic paint.

Stamps: Year in Flowers 3 (Flourishes), Small Phrases (Verve)
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics, Pink Pirouette
Cardstock: Whisper White, Baja Breeze (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White
Papers: Charlotte's Dream (Kaisercraft)
Accessories: Prima flowers,  Buttons (Bag O Buttons), Lace (Fantasia Scrapbooking), Stampin Up twine, Doilie (my stash), Stampin up scallop border punch, Kaisecraft white paint, Ranger liquid pearls


Happy 3rd Birthday!

I made this card for my nephews 3rd birthday coming up in June. I used papers from the It's A Boys Life collection from Echo Park. They're great for little boy cards. I coloured the image with copic markers and stampin up ink, and it's adhered with dimensionals. The button is navy, although it looks really dark in the photo.

Stamps: Hot Rocketz (Stampendous)

Ink: Night of Navy (Stampin up), Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Cardstock: Whisper White, Riding Hood Red (Stampin Up), Neenah Solar White

Papers: A Boy's Life (Echo Park)

Accessories: White thread (We are Memory Keepers), Stampin Up button, Number 3 (Cre8tiv) 

April Diva Dare Challenge

This sketch is for Viva La Verve April Week 4, and boy was it a challenge! I sat at my desk for probably half an hour before I came up with anything decent! But I decided to take on a second challenge - the April Diva Dare challenge, to use kraft, corrugated cardboard or chipboard on your card, and that got the creative juices flowing! I used a crimper on some kraft cardstock for the arrows, as well as distressed the edges and sponged them with white ink. The flower is a prima flower, but the centre was a bit ugly, so I ripped it off and stuck on a small prima rose on it instead. If I could sew, I would've stitched the edges, but instead I just paper pierced :( Going to sew on a card before the end of May. That's my new goal! Anyway, i didn't want a large sentiment on the card so I used a small Happy Birthday from Verve's "Big Wish" stamp set.

Stamps: Big Wish (Verve)

Ink: Crumb Cake, White craft ink (both Stampin Up)

Cardstock: Whisper White and Kraft (Stampin Up)

Papers: This & That (Echo Park)

Accessories: Prima flowers, Buttons (bag-o-buttons), Stampin Up twine, Lace (unknown)

Thoughtful Deed

I just love the fresh colours of these papers. So perfect for a cheery thankyou card. It's Autumn here is Australia and I think grey, orange and aqua are perfect Autumn colours together! The pleated satin ribbon is from a local scrapbook store and I'm unsure of the brand sorry, it was off a reel.

Stamps: With Gratitude (Flourishes)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: On The Bright Side - Two (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Prima flower, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Ribbon (unknown), Ranger liquid pearls

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge

I made this card for the Simon Says Stamp "Anything Goes" challenge. I am loving the wood backgrounds in the My Mind's Eye collections. It's actually inspiring me to make a few scrapbook pages! These papers are from the On The Bright Side - One collection. Can I also give a shout out to Simon Says Stamp - I'm from Australia and order from them regularly. They have great customer service, great shipping deals for international customers, and my order always arrives quickly. Love them! Definitly shop there if you don't already!

Stamps: Sincere Salutations (Stampin Up)

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: Whisper White (Stampin Up)

Papers: On The Bright Side - One (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Doilie (my stash), Yellow prima flower, white flowers (unknown), Spellbinders label