Papertake Weekly Challenge Sketch #29

Just a quick post today to show you the card I made for Papertake Weekly's Challenge Sketch #29. I am off to Port Stephens to visit my mum and dad and to start baking for Christmas.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Sage Shadow, Very Vanilla; Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly Mini Stack.
• Stamp: SU Season of Joy.
• Ink: SU Sage Shadow; Versamark.
• Accessories: SU Silver Embossing Powder; Martha Stewart Border Punch; Ribbon unknown; Glitter Glue.

Colour Q - A New Challenge

I found another new challenge to play along with - I am so addicted LOL. This one is the ColourQ Challenge where they take images and use the colours to inspire us (Like the old Kristina Werner colour challenge for those of you who remember it). This one was a bit of a challenge for me because I am really into traditional Christmas colours this year so I wanted to have a go to push myself out of my box. The colours this week are Pink Passion, Pretty In Pink, Gable Green, Bermuda Blue and Kraft/Neutral.


Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Passion Pink, Gable Green, Bermuda Bay, Kraft; Cosmo Cricket Jolly By Golly Mini Stack.
• Stamp: SU Tags For All.
• Ink: SU Passion Pink, Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise.
• Accessories: SU Grosgrain Ribbon Tempting Turquoise, Passion Pink; American Crafts Thickers;

Well that's me for today!

Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger

Every Tuesday Moxie Fab World has a "Trigger" to inspire us to create. I haven't played along before but when I saw this weeks I knew I had to make a card based on it. This fabulous patchwork stocking is from Pottery Barn and of course it called to be turned into yet another Christmas Card - I am sure we are all over Christmas Cards but I still have quite a few to do so the next couple of days any challenge I do will most likely be Christmas themed... sorry. Here is my card:

The brilliant thing about this card is I have managed to use all those little scraps of paper left over from other projects.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Whisper White, Ruby Red. Assorted papers from SU, Basic Grey & Kaisercraft.
• Stamp: SU Snow Swirled.
• Ink: SU Ruby Red.
• Accessories; SU Silver Brads; Beaded Fringe from Spotlight.

I will probably be back later today with more...

Cardvaarks Colour It & Sweet Sunday Sketch #46 (Again)

Well I decided to have another crack at Sweet Sunday Sketch #46 again because I really liked the layout and also I had a go at colouring an image for Cardvaarks Colour It Challenge. I am not very proficient at colouring images, I am never very happy with the final product so I decided to have a go at a small image from Hero Arts that I recently bought.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Soft Sky, Old Olive, Whisper White; Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Mini Stack DSP.
• Stamps: SU Short & Sweet; Hero Arts Christmas Bird.
• Ink: SU Basic Black, Purely Pommegranite, Old Olive.
• Accessories: SU Pastels Bashful Blue; SU Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon; 1 3/8" Punch and Scallop Punch; Martha Stewart Circle Cutter; Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.

Thanks for stopping by,

Sweet Sunday Sketch #46

Today I decided to do another Christmas Card today using Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch #16.

I haven't sent any cards out yet (and it december is tomorrow!) and I am due to hand over a stash for the Laman St Art Bazaar in Newcastle this coming saturday so I thought it was time for me to start going into creative overdrive. Arrrrgh!

Supplies:

• Paper: SU CS Kraft, Rose Red; Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Mini Pad; Kaisercraft Pear Tree.
• Stamps: Snow Swirled.
• Ink: Versamark.
• Accessories: SU White Embossing Powder; Martha Stewart Ribbon; White Gel Pen.

Have a fabulous week and I will be back tomorrow with some more creations!

Get Sketchy #16 & Etsy Inspired Challenge

I love Etsy so much and have found a neat challenge site - The Etsy Inspired Challenge. It is so much fun! If you have never played before the concept is that each week a store from Etsy is selected to inspire us to create. This week the store was the Barefoot Weaver and I just loved the colours of the the scarf below and thought that would be perfect for an autumn themed card which is the bonus challenge for the Get Sketchy Sketch #16.

Supplies:

• Paper: SU Razzleberry CS; Basic Grey Indian Summer Mini Pad DSP.
• Ink: SU Dusty Durango.
• Accessories: American Crafts Thickers - White; Kaisercraft Adhesive Rhinestones; Assorted Ribbon Unknown.

Thank you for stopping by,

The Divine Influence

Just a quick note to let you all know I have just put up my first post for The Divine Influnce.
I have featured one of my favourite designers Amy Heller from PAUSH Designs who's work is so inspiring. Please head on over and check my entry out here.

OMG I Did A Challenge!

That's right folks I have finally made a return to the card challenges!
I love challenges so much because they really help inspire me and get my creative mojo flowing. One of my favourite challenges in Taylored Expressions because I love Taylor and her DT's work and always get something out of it. This week's sketch was #92 and I took some inspiration from a couple of places to put this card together. Firstly from Kristina Werner who is doing an amazing job presenting 25 cards for Christmas via video if you haven't seen them check it out! I also took some inspiration from the Moxie Fab World site where they are getting inspiration from Christmas In The Old Country.
I am also putting this card into the technique challenge over at Stamp TV - what a great site, there is heaps of fun stuff to check out over there so Thank You to Kerrie for letting me know about it!

Supplies:

• Paper: SU Kraft, Pretty In Pink CS; Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses DSP.
• Stamps: SU Dasher and Short & Sweet.
• Ink: Versamark
• Accessories: SU White Embossing Powder, Word Window Punch; White Gel Pen; Ribbon Unknown.

To all my friends in the US, Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Wreath and Something Divine...

This year I moved into a new flat and I don't really have any Christmas decorations so I decided to make a wreath which I was going to hang on my wall but I might put out on my front door.

After I came up with the idea I thought it might be a bit tricky to put together but it was so easy I surprised myself!

Here's how I did it:

First I got a sturdy piece of cardboard (I cut up a cardboard box) traced the circle and used my circle cutting tool to cut out the middle. Once it was all cut out I painted the whole thing with some Antique White acrylic paint so any parts that weren't covered would blend in with the flowers.

I used three sheets of SU CS in Whisper White, Very Vanilla and Kraft and used my So Swirly roller on each. I started with the Kraft cardstock using Versamark ink and heat embossing it silver, at this point I thought I was going to use a ridiculous amount of embossing powder so I decided to use plain ink on the other two pieces. On the white I used Going Grey and Sahara Sand for the Vanilla. Then I went to work using my 5 petal flower punch to cut out as many flowers from each sheet as I could which I then adhered to the base. I put a layer down flat and then in all the spaces between I bent the petals out so they looked more "life like".

Finally I added some Kaiserkraft rhinestones and a silver ribbon to give the whole thing a bit of sparkle.

Now for my Divine news... I have been selected to be part of the fabulous team over at The Divine Influence. This means that once a fortnight I will be writing about some of the talented and divine crafters out there in blogland. My first post will be this friday and I am super excited but if you haven't checked out the blog yet head on over and see Jessica's post about the amazing Rach which you can see here.

Enjoy your day!

Holly Wreath Cards...

A while back I saw a fantastic idea that Donna from Butternut Sage Designs Blog had come up with and I loved it so much I had to CASE it for some Christmas cards. She had used the fabulous tree from the SU Pendant Park set to create Holly Wreaths (you can see her fabulous card here).

And here is my take:

To make the holly wreath I used the indispensable stamp-a-majig and masked the card and then stamped the tree upside down.

Supplies (All supplies are SU)

• Paper: DSP; Whisper White, Real Red CS
• Stamps: Pendant Park, Snow Swirled
• Ink: Old Olive, Basic Black
• Accessories: Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Red Glitter Glue (non SU)

Thanks for stopping by,