LPoCF #246 All Dressed Up

 Hello again, 

We have been enjoying our summer weather, including some spectacular storms, again the local river system for Sydney's water supply was under flood watch, as the dam is sitting at 98% full, one decent downpour across the catchment and they open the flood gates. Some poor Sydneysiders have been without power for four days, ours was out for one day, while waiting on news from an ill family member from interstate, was not ideal, not even mobile reception was working.

Today brings us to another all new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by All Dressed Up who kindly allowed two of the Design Team to choose an image to share, I have chosen Strawberry Patch, I printed the image twice and coloured both, I could not decide which one I liked better and have made two cards. I am sure that I had some paper with strawberries on it but when I went looking, I could not find the one I was thinking of.... so, either I have used it, or maybe imagined it... does that happen to anyone else???? 

All Dressed Up

Prize 2 Images

All Dressed Up Challenge Blog
All Dressed Up Shop
All Dressed Up Facebook
All Dressed Up Instagram

Here are both of my cards:

Green 

Blue 

What I used:

All Dressed Up Strawberry Patch Digital Stamp

Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

White Square card 13.8cm

Cricket cardstock (American Crafts) 

Doodlebug Design 'Fruit cocktail' patterned paper

CCD Cross Stitched nesting dies

Bow (from a discount store)

Mulberry Flowers (craft show) 

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Sullivans 'Ocean' cardstock

White cardstock

MFT Pierced Square die

Nesting circle and scalloped circle dies

Memory Box Arboscello Tree die

Marianne Design butterfly punch die

MFT grass die

CCD cat die

tiny butterfly punch

crafters Choice pastel basics paper pad

scraps used blue, brown, green and white

Adhesives- Glue stick, PVA in fine tipped bottle, Double sided tape

I would like to enter these cards in:

Green

Polkadoodles Challenge 2 week 1 Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore January Anything goes
Colouring with Pencils (Kleuren met Potloden) Anything goes

Blue
Crafty Calendar Challenge Add a die cut
Creative Inspirations Challenge Anything goes missed cut off

Thank you for looking in..

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many thanks to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

Ombre in Pinks

 Hello again,

Well, the last day of 2024 has arrived and here I am with a new Christmas card to start off my new stash of cards for Christmas 2025. I only just managed to get my skates on to join in with the last months challenge with the lovely ladies at Group of Seven, this time I have managed to get going and making my card early this month using the design element of Ombre. 

I have used three of my Distress Oxide inks on plain cardstock starting in the middle with Picked Raspberry ink allowing the edges to soften as I move away from the centre, adding Spun Sugar ink to one end and blending over the top of the softened edge of picked raspberry, finally I opted for using Seedless Preserves starting at the edge of the card and working inwards to the softened edge of picked raspberry, ending up with variations from light to dark from the top down.

I have used Darkroom Door stamp set 'Brushed Christmas Vol.1' tree and star stamp which are heat embossed in Wow! Superfine Silver glitter powder adding a sentiment from LOTV 'Large Christmas Greetings' in White embossing powder. Adding a doodled border around the piece before adhering to the card base. The embossing ink was drying quickly in the heat, and we are expecting a cool change in a couple of days, before another return to mid 30C's

Here is my card:

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
White cardstock
Distress Oxide inks Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves
Darkroom Door Brushed Christmas Vol.1 
LOTV Large Christmas 
Clear embossing ink 
Embossing powders White and silver glitter

Black fine line pen

I would like to enter this card in:
Gallery at Group of Seven Design Element Ombre

Rudolph Day Anything Christmas goes
We Love Stamping optional 'Winter' playing Anything goes
Creatalicious Challenge #284 Anything goes optional Christmas or New Year
Peace on Earth Challenge #78 Anything Christmas goes

Thank you for looking in...

Wishing you and yours A Happy, Safe and Healthy 2025

Megan

Flower Power

 Hello again,

In my effort to join in some of the techniques shown over with the lovely ladies at Group of Seven, I have made a mostly white on white card for technique of Textured backgrounds using die cuts. I have used a floral die cut which had a variety of sized flowers glued them down to the card front and added triple cut sentiment dies inside a golden frame. 

What I used:

White cardstock

Mystery dark pink cardstock

12.6x 17.8cm card blank 

Cheery Lynn Shasta Daisy strip die

MFT Happy birthday sentiment die

Butterfly die (mystery brand- let me know if you recognise it) 

Gold glitter card stock

Stitched rectangle dies

Clear crystal flat backed gems

I am adding this card to 

Group of Seven Gallery Textured background with die cuts

A Cut above December anything goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog optional Use your dies

NBUS Challenge 69 I am not sure how long this flower die has been in my stash! First outing, it even left some of the colour from the metal die behind (Cheery Lynn purple)

I hope you are all recovering after the holidays, we woke to an early morning storm which has started a bushfire from a lightning strike a couple of hours away.... the middle of a heat wave and high winds make storms more dangerous to the Aussie bush.

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week

Megan