Christmas Village

Hello again,

Well I've been a little slack on keeping up with my Christmas card making this month and finished this easel card off last night… 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Bugaboo image ‘ Fancy Sunbonnet Christmas Stuff'

Derwent and Faber-Castell Pencils

Pale grey cardstock (generic)

Leaf cardstock (AC)

Yellow, red and dark grey scrap cardstock

Kraft cardstock

Green paper from Carta Bella ‘Christmas Time’ paper pad

MFT Dienamics Wood grain Fence

Memory box Festive lights

Memory box frosted spruce

Memory box Christmas lights set

Poppystamps Fremont Pine landscape

Marianne Design Horizon Village

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots & Tiny Bubbles embossing folders

Star stickers from stash

Sand, Cocoa, Brown and Black ink (versa fine, Memento and colour box)

MFT gift tag greetings stamp set (I have masked off sections of two sentiments for the greeting)

Fiskars Corner Rounder punch

Adhesives:- PVA glue, double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 months of Christmas Challenge #17 optional theme non-traditional colours

Jingle Belles Banish the Holiday Blues

Crafting by Design Get Ready for Christmas May Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts #283 Use a Sentiment

Hiding in my craftroom #252 Any holiday

52 Christmas card throwdown May Stash Challenge Use punches or Dies 

Christmas Card Challenges #26 optional Challenge- Colour Challenge

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have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message. I truly appreciate them all!

Get well

Hello again,

I had some grand plans today, but spent way more time asleep than I wanted, still recovering from my trip to the big smoke, so I have only one card ready to show you. 

I decided to make a card for this weeks FTHS Sketch with a tWist challenge using one of the images I coloured early in the week.

I promise that I have coloured a shadow and ground but it's not that obvious in the photo, the sun was setting and I used a light to take the photo

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
FTHS Birdbrain
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
White 14cm square card blank
orange card stock (generic)
cascade card stock (AC) 
Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid
Lawn Fawn Riley's ABC's
scrap paper (doodlebug, bobunny dots & magazine)
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
MFT Pierced Circle Die
Diamond Glaze on syrup drip and spoon
Stanley knife, steel rule, craft mat

I would like to enter this card in:-
FTHS Sketch with a tWist #153

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge May Anything goes
Crafting with Dragonflies #58 Animals
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge May Anything goes
Snippet's Playground week 231 Anything goes with snippets 

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

P.S. A HUGE thank you to all the lovely ladies for all the kind comments you leave me :-)

Mice Christmas…

Hello again,

How’s your weather going? It’s 5.5C here with the wind chill making it more like 0.8C Brrrrr…

I’m trying to keep on top of my Christmas card making and have made this card to participate in a variety of challenges, I have taken this fortnights Sketch from the team over at Bugaboo, the use of non-traditional colours from the team at 12 Months of Christmas, layering from Holly Jolly Christmas and used one of Bugaboo stamps Christmas digi’s featuring some very cute little mice…

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Purple cardstock

Doodlebug Design Christmas paper pack

Quilted metallic paper (generic)

Bugaboo image

Faber-Castell & Derwent Pencils
Metallic Silver Bic Mark-it Pen

MFT Pierced circle die

Lifestyle Crafts nesting scalloped circle die

Sequins from stash

Kaisercraft Home for Christmas sentiment stamp

Violet Colorbox ink pad

Adhesives: Double sided tape, Diamond glaze

Stanley knife, steel ruler, craft mat

White card

I would like to enter this card in:-

Stella Says Sketch #409

12 Months of Christmas Challenge #17 Non-traditional Christmas Colours 

Holly Jolly Christmas- Lots of Layers

Rudolph Day Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra May

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge #64 Christmas Cuties

Crafting by Design- Get ready for Christmas May

613 Avenue Create #171 Anything goes with optional twist

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #34 Anything goes
Cute card Thursday #427 Holiday/vacation

Thank you for looking in…

Have a fabulous week….

Megan

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Anniversary Birds

Hello again,

Well, since I have showed you the card I made on behalf of Mum & Dad yesterday, I thought I would also show you the easel card I made for them, this one is also bird themed, I love birds and when I first got my Cuttlebug many years ago I fell in love with the MFT Contempo Bird Die set and it made its way into my die box… this is the first time I have used it!!!

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Kaisercraft paper pack ‘Blue Bay’ Collection with sticker sheet (black lace design)

Kaisercraft co-ordinating Collectables Die cuts

Couture Creations Ornamental Lace die

Sullivan’s Bling Swirls

Ribbon from stash

Black brads

Scrap pink linen paper

MFT Contempo Cage and Bird die

Tiny Heart Hand punch

Kaisercraft Mini Clear Stamps ‘Occasions’

Stanley Knife, Steel ruler and craft matt

Adhesives:- PVA Glue, Double-sided tape, foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Snippets Playground Week # Must use snippets

Lil Patch of Crafty friends #34 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge May Anything goes with patterned paper

Aud sentiments Challenge #155 Anything goes with a Sentiment 

ABC Challenge H is for Heavy 

Happy Little Stampers May Anything goes with a Die-cut

Crafty Sentiments- Something with Wings 

Crafting with Dragonflies- Congratulations, Wedding OR Anniversary

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Have a fabulous weekend...

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all the kind ladies who leave comments for me, I truly appreciate them all!

Little PigWit

Hello again,

Well while I’ve not been overly creative in the past few weeks, I have started to get my mojo back, I printed off a stack of images to colour including this months Stamp of the Month Challenge image for From the Heart Stamps the incredibly cute Hamlet PigWit in the planter… this is the first of Faith’s PigWit images and I quickly bought some others during her release of eight new digi PigWit stamps. If you would like to join in with this challenge you can either buy Hamlet PigWit in the planter From the Heart Stamps store or if when you spend $10 you can enter code SQUEAL and you will receive the image for free, if you play along all year you will collect 12 of Faith’s amazing Digi Stamps and she has currently got a few freebies in store…

I have decided to use the current From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge as well…

Apologies for the quality of the photo, local area is currently being burnt off to lessen damage caused by any fires during the hot Aussie Summer, smoked in although not as heavily as previous burns...

Here’s my card:-

What I Used:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month image May

White card

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White card blank 10.5cm x 14.8cm

Brown paper from stash

Amy tangerine paper pad ‘Ready Set Go’

Shhhh!!! Patterned spine from Amy tangerine pad

MFT Pierced circle dies

Craft Matt, Stanley Knife, Steel ruler, scissors

Flower sequins from Lawn Fawn

Adhesives:- Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge May 

From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge #152 

Crafting from the Heart #312 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #176 Anything Goes 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

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Have a great weekend..

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all the kind ladies who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all...

Love Birds

Hello again,

Today I am sharing one of the cards I made for my brother and sister-in-law’s first wedding anniversary, which was almost a month ago... where did that time go?...

Last year not long after their wedding one of my Aussie card making magazines arrived with this very cute and wonderfully coloured image from Ppinky Dolls, called love in the air, which my Mum felt would make a perfect anniversary card for them, as at the reception they had a large bird cage card holder and lots of antique bird cages sprayed in various colours hanging from the ceiling with vines and fairy lights, their wedding cake also had bride and groom birds on it…

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

14cm Square card blank

Ppinky Dolls image ‘Love in the Air’

Derwent Academy Pencils

Lily of the Valley Bonnets & Bowties paper pack

Silver glitter card

Bella! Droplets

MFT Pierced oval die

Stamp sets various cover gifts & Kaisercraft Mini Clear stamp set

Memory box Sketchbook ‘Love’ die

Pink heart rhinestone

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Stanley knife, cutting matt, steel ruler

Adhesives:- double-sided tape, foam tape, double-sided adhesive paper, Diamond glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafty Sentiments Something with Wings

Not just Cards #32 May Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #34 Anything goes

Craft your Passion #312 Anything goes

Aud Sentiments challenge #155 Anything goes with Sentiment

Simply Papercraft for all Ocassions #29

Little Miss Muffet #138 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #176 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge May

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Have a fabulous weekend….

Megan

Mother's Day

Hello again,

I'm back to share the card I made for Mother's Day last Sunday, I'm only now getting time to share it with you, I decided to make my very first box card and made it a little taller to fit a 5x7" envelope. I wish that I had used a slightly darker shade of pink ink so you can see the butterflies pattern a little better...

Here's my card:-

What I used:-
Half a AC 12" wave card stock left over from a previous project
Cream coloured card generic pack
Lily of the Valley Bonnets & Bowties Patterned paper
Faber-Castell Pencils
FTHS Apple blossom image
Netty's Cards Freebie  sentiment
MFT Die-Namics Royal Leaves
MFT Die-Namics Pierced oval die
MFT Die-Namics fresh cut grass die
Creative Dies Rolled Roses (magazine gift)
Lifestyle Crafts nesting circle die
Kaisercraft Stamp and die set 'Butterflies'
Pink & green card/paper scraps
Pink & black colorbox inkpads
Iridescent white sequin flowers
2.5mm silver rhinestones
Acetate- I tried to buy some, was told it is no longer available, scrounged some packaging from an embossing folder from my un-emptied craft bin
Stanley knife, steel ruler, scoring board, bone folder, 
Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam-tape, Diamond glaze


I would like to enter this card in:
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge May
Catch the bug May Anything goes 2nd Entry
Snippets Playground week 228 Must use snippets
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge May
Lil Patch of crafty friends #33 Anything goes

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Have a great week...
Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind ladies who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Friends Birthday

Hello again,

I’m sure that many of you are asked to make cards for friends by relatives and today I am sharing a card I made for one of my Mum’s friends birthday, Mum and her friend met many years ago when my older brother started at preschool, think early eighties, both recognised the other but it was not until they got talking that they realised why… They had both worked pre-kids in the centre of Sydney, my Mum in a bank and her friend at a supermarket nearby, one serving the other back in the day when shoppers were handed the goods they asked for, not just picked them off the shelves themselves; they have remained friends since they met all those years ago.

Mum's request was for something feminine as her friend had four sons and her hubby, girlie is something she doesn't get often. 

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo Fancy Rose Vase image

Derwent & Faber-Castell pencils

Pearlescent Black & white chevron paper

Pink card stock

Grey card stock

Merci vintage woodland textured paper

Impression Obsession Border Duo set 1

MFT Pierced fishtail flags

MFT Pierced circle die

Ultimate Crafts Jadene: Happy Thoughts Butterfly

Marianne Design Craftables Basic Round with lacy edge

Wild Rose Studio Birthday Circles

Spell binders m-bossabilities Splendid 5x7”

Silver Stickles

Black Colorbox cats eye ink pad

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, Foam tape, PVA Glue

Stanley knife, steel ruler, craft mat

I would like to enter this card in:-

Catch the Bug May Anything goes

Crafting by Design May Anything goes

Come and get it Challenge For a Woman

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #33

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge

Thank you for looking in...

Hope you have had a wonderful weekend...

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all the kind ladies who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all...