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Sunday, 21 June 2026

LPoCF #280 Pattie's Creations

 Hello again,

Today marks the Winter Solstice, my nearest big town had a crazy event yesterday called 'Winter Magic' the main street gets closed off to all (but emergency services) and up to 50,000 people crowd in to see local buskers, actors, musicians, and artists take over every store window, a street parade and creative stalls. Locals and visitors are encouraged to dress-up, children dress-up as favourite characters, adults dress up however they like movie characters, steam punk, fairies, butterflies, old fashions, I once saw a group dressed to represent 1920's wandering the street together, quite a commitment on the shortest day of the year, ladies in sleeveless dresses. This year the oldest hotel held a gala ball with the theme of Medieval. 

Now also marks the start of 'Yulefest' season, where many of the large hotels and restaurants in the area play host to traditional northern hemisphere Christmas with all the trimmings, if we are lucky we sometimes get a scattering of snow.

On to my card, today sees the beginning of another all-new challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Pattie's Creations who kindly allowed us to choose an image each. I have used a set called 'Holiday Cupcakes' to make my card.

We are still on the lookout for some new Design Team members, if you would like to join our team Kelly has more information here.

Pattie's Creations

Prize 3 images



What I used:
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7)
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils
Kaisercraft patterned paper pad
MFT Pierced scallop edge, square and circle dies
MFT pierced straight edge square die
Kaisercraft mini-Christmas sentiment stamp
memento Tuxedo black ink
Ivory linen textured card
Fussy cutting scissors
Adhesive double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:

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Have a wonderful week...
Megan

Sunday, 17 May 2026

#278 LPoCF SheepSki Designs

 Hello again,

We are still waiting for all the autumn leaves to fall, our trees are about half done, I watched multiple people last week stop, hold up their phones and I guess they record a short video. I was far more interested in the large group of Gang-Gang Cockatoo, I usually hear these long before I spot them, they sound like a rusty hinge creaking and have only ever seen them in small groups of four or five, this week I counted 19 all at once, flying in to eat gumnuts on the local Eucalypts. As usual with Aussie birds the male is more brightly coloured than the female. He has a distinct red head; the female and juvenile birds are plain black to grey.

Today brings us to a new Anything Goes Challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this challenge is sponsored by SheepSki Designs who kindly gave our team 2 images to work with, I have used Coffee and Cake #173 opting for the cake only for a birthday card. We are still on the lookout for some new members of the design team, if you would like to join us you can find out more information here.

Sheepski Designs 

Prize 3 digi Images
 

What I used:
12.6 x 17.8cm card blank (5x7)
SheepSki Designs Coffee and Cake Digital stamp
Green cardstock
Doodlebug Designs 'patchwork' paper
Green Gingham paper
Stitched scalloped border die (mft)
Circle and scalloped circle dies
Elizabeth Crafts Flowers and leaves dies
MFT pierced fishtail flags die
Versacolor Narcissus (coloured middles of flowers)
Memento tuxedo black ink
Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiments
Green enamel dots

I would like to enter this card at:
Paper Rock Scissors #16 Anything goes with paper and or scissors (scissors used to trim white scalloped border)
# 216 Double Trouble 3-2-1 recipe only (6 layers, Circle and fishtail flag, one cupcake)

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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.



Wednesday, 22 April 2026

Bleached Daisies

 Hello again,

I have made a card following this month's Group of Cardmakers, using the bleaching technique. I have used a scrap of water colour card which I used dylusions Funky Fuchsia and crushed grape spray inks and one of my potluck stamps from Darkroom Door that I bought before they closed down in Australia and recently re-opened in the UK. My potluck stamps are from the scraps, when the rubber had not quite made a full set, they saved the stamps that they could and sold them at a discount.

My stamp comes from the set called Viva la Flora Vol.2 it has a script background which doesn't show on my card as the texture of the water colour card comes through. Stamped in clear ink and heat embossed in black powder. Using bleach-soaked cotton buds on the flowers, I have added a sentiment from Art Stamps Australia.  

What I used
White card blank 10.5x14.8cm
Watercolour card (Micador from Big W)
Clear embossing ink
Black embossing powder
Art stamps Australia Sentiment stamp
Dylusions Spray ink Funky fuchsia and crushed grape

I would like to enter this card in:

NBUS Challenge #85 Daisy stamps first outing
We Love Stamping 'Spring' We already have one jonquil and anemone in flower, whilst all the trees are still only just starting to get their Autumn leaves changing colour her in Aus.

We are starting to get Autumn leaves in our area, which I fully expect to be overrun with tourists as they change as some of the elegant gardens in our area are cut off after several years of extreme weather has caused damage to the roads, some are required to get permits to enter their own streets some of which are several kilometres long, some people have had weddings cancelled as the venues have had to close to the public, some are used to getting 1000+ visitors each day over Autumn. 

That does not include the still cut main highway between Sydney and greater west New South Wales where convicts built the road in 1832 and it has recently failed, almost 200 years and used to transport B-double trucks laden with coal for export or quarry materials for construction. A Blog post from one of the local librarians shows a colourised picture and a story of a grisly murder from 1842, Caroline Collit's Blue Mountain's Local Studies.

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

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