‘Peace on Earth’

Hello again,

Well after one full on week, a week of peace and quiet reigned whilst I slept on the lounge as I recovered from the chest infection I picked up visiting a club with my Uncle and Aunt over a week ago my Aunt is a huge fan of a local Ukulele group and invited us to come too, the antibiotics have kicked in but still feeling a little under the weather…

I decided to finish off a card I partially made for the recent Bugaboo Christmas in July challenge which I tossed aside after realising that it did not meet the challenges…

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

Bugaboo image Ava Mistletoe fairy

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White 5” x 7” card blank

AC Rouge cardstock

Gold, red, white and cream paper and card scraps

Gold embossed music script card (magazine)

Vintage style card stock from ancient DCWV Christmas stack

Fiskars scallop border punch

Red ribbon

Poppystamps small garden sprig and garden sprig dies

Marianne Design Poinsettia die

MFT small fancy flourish die

MFT Pierced Oval die

Lili of the Valley sentiment

Memento Tuxedo Black

Adhesive Pearls

Liquid Pearls Buttercup & Rouge

Fiskars small flower hand punch

Black fine line pen

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA Glue

I maybe back later this week (or not), to hopefully share some of the 6 male birthday cards I have made in the last month...

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 months of Christmas link up #19 Optional theme Christmas Blooms

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #291 Use a sentiment

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge extra July

Winter Wonderland Use your dies and Punches or Add a charm

Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends #38 Anything goes

Crafting by Design Christmas in July

Snippets playground week 239

Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo

Christmas card Challenges #34 Anything goes

Hiding in my craft room #260 Christmas in July

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. I would like to thank all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all! 

Bugaboo Christmas in July Final Day

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Well today brings us to the seventh and final day of this years Christmas in July Celebration and fun Challenges over at Bugaboo’s Catch theBug Blog. Today brings us to Freebie Friday and a Colour Challenge which you can see below.

When I first saw the Fuchsia picture and the colours selected from it I was a little concerned about my paper choices, but in the middle of the night I remembered that I have some Doodlebug Design Papers that came with a 100 sheet block which would fit the colours nicely, mixed in with another paper pack from Doodlebug Designs I bought more recently.

I coloured parts of the image twice so I could layer up Rudolph’s shirt and the top two presents on some foam adhesive, I also added some Diamond glaze to his nose, eyes and antlers… I could have sworn I had some gold stickles for his antlers… never mind it looks fine with the glaze and silver frame…

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5”x7” card blank

Bugaboo Image Rudolph Presents (Friday Freebie)

Faber-Castell Pencils

Amethyst (AC) cardstock

Doodlebug Design Papers ‘Holiday Trimmings’

Doodlebug Design Papers ‘Christmas pack’

Silver glitter cardstock

Fiskars Scalloped border punch

MFT Stitched oval Scallop Frame

Wplus9 Timeless tags

MFT Gift tag greeting Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Darice Bakers Twine

Francheville glittered enamel dots

Purple gel ink pen

Clear sequins from stash

Diamond Glaze

Adhesives:- Diamond Glaze, Double-sided tape & sheet, foam tape

Stanley knife, steel rule & cutting mat, fine point scissors

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 7- Colour Challenge 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ July Anything goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Inspired by a song (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) 

ABC Christmas Challenge N is for No Rules 

Di’s Digi Design Challenge Christmas in July

Little Miss Muffet #142 Anything Goes 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge extra July Anything goes

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. A huge THANK YOU to all the lovely ladies for taking the time to leave me a comment, your kind words are truly appreciated

Christmas in July day 6 Photo Inspiration

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Today the lovely ladies of Catch the Bug challenge have an inspiration photo for us which you can see below, being an Aussie, seeing Santa at beach locations is reasonably common during the festive season (on TV for me), sometimes Santa even arrives via boat at coastal locations, much to the delight of the young, young at heart and visitors from abroad.

I took my inspiration from the beach location, the inviting water and the fun you can have at the beach; 

I have used another of Jodie’s Bugaboo images Trop Santa Surfing which you can find here in store. This month Jodie is celebrating Christmas in July with a lovely gift for us all 50% off the whole store, a great time to collect some more of her fabulous work…

I used up some paper scraps from a discount store brand water colour printed paper pad and a scrap of Sunflower cardstock to create a beachy scene, adding Stickles to the torn edge of the paper as the bubbles that form on the sand as the waves comes in. Santa was coloured with Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils and adhered with some foam tape.

I have borrowed an old sketch I found online with a search for sketches it came from, From the Heart Stamps. I wish I had used a larger rectangle of embossing so that it can be seen more easily. I finished off the card with a sentiment from Lili of the Valley and a flower that  is meant to be a frangipani... this card will be headed to one of the relatives in either England or Scotland.

Here is my card:-

(My photo does not do the colours much justice, all much more vivid in real life....)

What I used:-

5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo Image Trop Santa Surfing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Amy Tangerine design papers

Merci water colour mini stack (Big W Australia)

Dark blue & crimson cardstock

Scrap white & sunflower cardstock

Tickled Pink & Sprinkled Sugar Stickles

Glitzee Blue glitter glue

Buttercup liquid Pearl

Embossing folder Darice Holly Vines

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circle dies

Memory box fancy blossoms

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Lili of the Valley Christmas Circular Sentiments (set 5)

White gel ink pen
Fiskars Corner Rounder punch

Adhesives:- double-sided and foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 6 Photo inspiration 

Glory of Christmas Challenge Use two patterned papers 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything Christmas 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ July Anything goes

Christmas card Challenge #32 Optional challenge Snowmen

Snippets Playground week 237 must use snippets

12 Months of Christmas link-up Challenge #19 Optional Challenge Christmas Blooms

A snowflakes Promise #26 Summer time

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Have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. A huge THANK YOU to all the lovely ladies for taking the time to leave me a comment, your kind words are truly appreciated

Bugaboo Christmas in July Recipe Day 5

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Well we are past the half way mark in this years annual Christmas in July celebration and challenge week, today brings us to Humour me Wednesday and a recipe challenge.

Recipe:

Make it Funny (Crabby Cat and Sentiment)

Use scallops (Lawn Fawn Stitched scalloped border)

Bling (sequins)

Layers (four)

I chose Crabby Cat Christmas from my collection of Bugaboo images simply because I had to use this hilarious sentiment from Create with TLC from last years Christmas Digi Club, my Uncle will probably receive this card and it will give him a laugh… Paulette has relaunched her store this year and right now only a fraction of the Christmas sentiment kits she has in her collection are available with more to come undoubtedly as the Festive season approaches. This month Paulette has join forces with Desire from her Design Team to host an all new Challenge- Anything goes with a TLC image or sentiment challenge.

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo image Crabby Cat Christmas

Create with TLC 

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Rouge Cardstock (AC)

DCWV Glittered Christmas stack

Brown, Green & White card scraps

Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop die

Memory Box Grand Merry Christmas

MFT Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX

Poppy Stamps Die Peaceful bird

Sequins from stash

Fine Line black pen

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam tape and Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 5 Humour me Wednesday and Recipe

Create with TLC Challenge #1 at Doing life Anything goes with TLC 

Glory of Christmas Challenge Use two patterned papers

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything Christmas

Poppystamps Challenge #22 Fly away with me (must use Poppystamps die or stamp) 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #37 Anything goes

Crafting circle July Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. A huge THANK YOU to all the lovely ladies for taking the time to leave me a comment, your kind words are truly appreciated.

    

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 4-Bingo

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Todays challenge over at Catch the Bug brings us a great Bingo Challenge; I have chosen the image called Mouse Ornaments which you can find here at Bugaboo Stamps… Jodie is also sharing the Christmas Spirit with 50% off the entire store for the month of July!

  

Below you can see the bingo chart I have taken the diagonal corner from the bottom row Stripes, Bugaboo image and Embossing to create my card. I’m combining this challenge with this weeks challenge over at Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge which is to use purple on the card… and the lovely ladies over at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge would like to see a card Inspired by a Song... I used to sing The Cat and the Mouse Carol in Primary School....

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo image Mouse Ornaments 

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

AC Turquoise cardstock

AC Amethyst cardstock

Sugar and Spice Studio paper

Embossing folder Couture Creations Small Dots

Tiny pink brads from stash

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circles and Nesting scalloped circles

MPress nesting scalloped circles

Sentiment from TLC Creations

Black fine line pen

Tickled Pink, Sprinkled Sugar Stickles

Aqua Glitzee glitter glue

Stanley Knife, steel ruler and cutting matt

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 4 Bingo Challenge

Crafting by Design Anything goes July

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #289 Use Purple 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge July

Christmas cards All year Round Anything goes July

ABC Christmas Challenge N is for No Rules 

Craft your Passion #320 Anything goes July

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Inspired by a song I even managed to find a rendition here 'Cat and Mouse Carol' so much nicer than we did in Primary School

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. A huge THANK YOU to all the lovely ladies for taking the time to leave me a comment, your kind words are truly appreciated

Tag you're it- Day Three

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Well today brings us to another challenge with the lovely ladies over at Bugaboo Stamps Challenge Blog Catch the Bug, todays challenge is an easy one. Make a gift tag mine is plain and simple, I have left the ribbon off after learning my lesson not to cut them too short last Christmas, I will add some ribbon when it's time to wrap up some presents...

Just in case I haven't mentioned it, ;-) Jodie is celebrating over at the Bugaboo Stamps Store too. 

Here's my tag:-

Now I'm off to make a birthday card for my Dad... 

What I used:-
Francheville Christmas Basics tag pad 11.3cm x 6.5cm

Bugaboo image Christmas Brat Boy Stocking

Derwent and Faber-Castell Pencils

Scrap glitter card stock

Impression Obsession Greeting  top edgers

Adhesives: Foam tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this tag in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 3 Tag your'e it

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra July 

Craft your passion Anything goes #320

Crafting by Design July Anything goes

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. A huge THANK YOU to all the lovely ladies for taking the time to leave me a comment, your kind words are truly appreciated

Beary Merry Christmas Day Two

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Today brings us to day two of the Christmas in July Celebrations over at Catch the Bug, todays challenge is a sketch challenge (below) which I sort of started on one card but ended up making a different one altogether, putting the half done vintage-y one aside for a modern Christmas coloured number. Jodie is also celebrating Christmas in July over at the Bugaboo Stamps store everything is 50% off for the whole month of July!

Here is my take on the sketch:-

What I used:-

White Square card blank

Bugaboo image Mini Set Winter Bears 

Faber-Castell Pencils

DCWV design paper (ancient set)

Lime green corrugated cardstock

Scraps of blue and green card stock

Glittered border from stash

2.5mm silver rhinestones KaiserCraft

Silver Glitzee Glitter glue

White Wink of Stella Pen

Sentiment from Pink Gems 

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circle and scalloped circle dies

Couture Creations nesting rectangle die

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam tape and Xyron Sticker maker

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 2

    

Christmas Cards All year Round Anything goes Christmas Theme

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything goes Christmas

Bizzy Bec’s Store Blog July Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #37 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

Bugaboo Christmas in July... Day One

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Today brings us to the sixth annual Christmas in July event with the wonderful design team ladies over at Bugaboo Stamps Catch the Bug Challenge Blog. I used to join in the fun at home not game enough to have a blog or enter any challenges so this is my second year of joining in the fun and games online. There is a whole weeks’ worth of fun planned, a recipe challenge, a colour challenge a bingo challenge and more! You can see the full list here at the Catch the bug blog.

Todays challenge is Snowmen or Snowflakes, I’m being a tad cheeky with today’s entry which you can see below… my card features one of Jodie’s Summer Santa range called Trop Santa Tube and I typed my own sentiment printing it onto some scrap cardstock found lurking on my desk…

Talking about snow current predictions are for snow this week, although the rain will likely make it melt if any actually makes it onto the ground… I have bought my science loving niece a can of make-it-yourself snow for Christmas this year.... 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Bugaboo Image  Trop Santa Tube

Faber-Castell pencils

White 10.5cm x 14.8cm card blank

Free papers from ‘Die-Cutting Essentials’

Scrap white cardstock

Scrap of metallic silver card stock

Sprinkled Sugar Stickles

Poppystamps Giovanna Snowflake die

Carl Carla Craft snowflake punch

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape and PVA Glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day1 Snowmen or Snowflakes

Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge 'Snowflakes'

Christmas Cards All year long are back with 'Anything goes'

ABC Christmas Challenge 'N is for No Rules' 

Glory of Christmas Challenge 'Two or more Patterned Papers'

12 Months of Christmas Link-up optional Challenge 'Christmas Blooms'

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra July 'Anything Christmas'

Thank you for looking in....

Have a great week

Megan

Butterfly Wishes

Hello again, 

My friends Daughter in law is having her birthday soon and I was asked to create a card and use some Japanese Paper on it if possible. Metallics seem to be in at the minute with crafters and decorators and I raided my stash of scraps for some gold card, I found two suitable pieces, in separate places (I keep big scraps in an A4 display book, little scraps are in zip-lock bags by colour)

I haven't tried using both an embossing folder and die together on same card I wasn't really sure whether I should be embossing or die cutting first, I tried both ways and eventually decided that the Piestra tile die was delicate and embossing after cutting made the fragile joins break away, so emboss first cut second in this case, I can see this working the other way round for other less delicate dies and shapes.

I’m also wishing I had covered the card blank in black paper or card stock to give the card more definition or oomph…

I finished this card on Saturday afternoon and this morning discovered over in Snippets Playground Brenda had created one incredibly similar which you can see here, I promise I haven't copied her work Miss Di... 

This card is currently winging its way all the way to Japan while my friend takes some time off to visit her family...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 10.5cm x 14.7cm

White card stock

Memory Box Piestra Tile die

Elizabeth Crafts Butterfly die overlay #2

Elizabeth Crafts Butterfly Silhouette die

Gold mirrored card stock

Japanese Paper

Elizabeth Craft bunch of flowers 2 die

Poppystamps Classic Ribbons Die

Spellbinders m-bossabilities Folder EL-005

Black and white scrap card

Paper Smooches Sentiment sampler stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, P.V.A. glue & foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Challenge 183 Anything goes with a twist American Beauty- use a Rose

Crafting by Designs July Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge 28 Anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge 112 Anything goes

Snippets Playground week 236 Must use snippets

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 37 Anything goes

Simply Paper craft for all Occasions 32 Anything goes

Poppystamps Challenge 22- Fly away with Me---must include one stamp or die (Poppystamps Classic Ribbons)

Thank you for looking in...

Have a Wonderful week...

Megan

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