Bugaboo Sketch challenge 615

Hello again,

I'm still working my way through some of the images I have coloured over winter, looking for some inspiration I decided to join in with the current Stella Says Sketch Challenge over at Catch the Bug, using one of Jodie's cute Christmas images and a mix of papers from my stash.

This is the current sketch:-

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
white 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7")
Bugaboo Stamps Christmas Mouse- Ornaments
White card for printing
Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils
Metallic silver gel pen
black and white card scraps
Check paper from 'Sugar and Spice' paper pad
Doodlebug Design 'Santa Express' 6" paper pad
Oval Die not sure of make
Fiskars scalloped border punch
Kaisercraft sentiment
MFT pierced fishtail flags die
Clear embossing ink
Black superfine Embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in:-
Catch the Bug Stella Says Sketch Challenge #615
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #198 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Spots and Dots
12 Months of Christmas Link up Optional theme Tweet Christmas
Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo Anything goes

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Have a wonderful weekend...
Megan

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CBD Get Ready for Christmas

Hello again, 

Today brings us to the beginning of another challenge with the lovely ladies of Crafting by Designs  and as always at this time of the month we have our popular Get Ready for Christmas Challenge. This week we are sponsored by Sheep Ski Designs who are giving one lucky winner their choice of 3 images from the store.

SheepSki Designs 

Prize 3 images of choice

I have used a lovely digi image from Sheep Ski Designs called Christmas Fairy  I decided to print two images out one is slightly smaller than the other. I have coloured the fairies with pencils then chose one of my nesting circle dies to die cut two silver baubles from my scrap box, one is simple glitter paper (non shedding!) the other an embossed paper with swirls through it. I made two square cards embossing a sentiment from the new Memory Box typewriter holiday sentiments stamp set and adding Wink of Stella to each of the fairies wings.

 

This challenge is open until October 2nd, you can add your project by using the Linky tool over at Crafting by Designs  Please be sure to link your project back to us.

Here are my two cards:-

 

What I used:-

Card blanks 13cm and 14cm square 

Sheep Ski Designs Digi Christmas Fairy 

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Wink of Stella Clear 

Memory Box Typewriter Holiday Sentiments

Pearlised Silver Embossing powder

Silver glitter paper

Silver and pink paper scraps

Distress Oxide background using Faded Jeans, Broken China and Peacock Feathers

Nesting stitched square dies

Nesting circle die

Adhesives:- Double Sided tape, PVA glue

I would like to enter these cards in:-

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Optional use patterned paper

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes or optional theme Tweet Christmas 

The Merry Little Christmas Challenge September Anything goes

The Merry Christmas challenge September Anything goes

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything goes

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Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

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Tweet Christmas wishes

Hello again,

Well I did say on my last post that I had been busy making Christmas cards and here is another, with a super cute free digi image called “Pippi” from Karin at Kajsans Scrap blog, these two little birds are incredibly cute and I have opted to make them little blue birds…. Two posts in one day, what a shock... 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

14cm square kraft card blank

White card for printing

Pippi digi image free 

Lawn Fawn plaid paper

Marianne Design poinsettia die

Scrap papers in red, green and gold

Poppystamps small sprig die

MFT pierced fish tail flags die

MFT pierced square die

Printed sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Fairy Krystal Glitter paint on hats

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Challenge Link up Tweet Christmas

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge optional twist tree

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas

The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan

Christmas Sketch Saturday

Hello again,

I hope all is well with each of you, I am still working my way through my collection of Christmas images that I have been colouring over winter and decided to join in with the ladies over at Sketch Saturday to give my mojo some more juice....

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6 x 17.8cm (5x7") card blank
Kraft card stock
Bugaboo image Reindeer Christmas goodies
Faber-Castell and Derwent coloured pencils
Red card stock
snippet of Doodlebug Design paper
snippet of gold foil paper
sentiment stamp from Beccys Place Aussie Christmas
MFT Pierced circle die
CCD Pinking shear circle die
Memory Box Jolly Jingle Bells die
Clear embossing ink
Black embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in:-
Sketch Saturday week 532
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge Anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge 198 Anything goes
Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge Anything goes


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Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A Huge thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

CBD Anglin' Andy

Hello again, 

Today brings us to the beginning of another challenge with the ladies of Crafting by Designs This week our challenge is ‘You’re the Man’ we are sponsored by Doctor Digi who are giving one lucky winner their choice of 2 images from the store.

Doctor Digi

Prize 2 images of choice

I have used a fun digi image from Doctor Digi called Anglin’ Andy  to make a Father’s Day card for my Dad which we celebrate in Australia during September. I coloured the image and then paper pieced Andy’s shirt and waders using some scraps from my stash, I have used papers and a die cut from the Kaisercraft ‘Sandy Toes’ paper pad. I heat embossed in clear some little fish using a stamp from Darkroom Door mixed bag of stamps I bought last year and finished Anglin’ Andy off with some Diamond glaze over his glasses.

This challenge is open until September 25th, you can add your project by using the Linky tool over at Crafting by Designs  Please be sure to link your project back to us.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Kraft Card blank 14.5cm square 

Doctor Digi Anglin’ Andy 

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Clear Embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Crafts4U sentiment die Happy Fathers Mothers Day

Kaisercraft ‘Sandy Toes’ paper pad and die cut

Darkroom Door Fish stamp 

Scrap black, olive and patterned cardstock

Adhesives:- Double Sided tape, adhesive sheet, foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bizzy Becs Store Blog Anything goes September
Crafting with Dragonflies #113 Anything goes Card only
Crafts Galore Encore #55 Anything goes September 

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned paper Challenge Anything goes 

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Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Christmas in Spring

Hello again,

A lovely Spring day here in Australia, we have been treated to a cloudless sky all day today. I have finally found some time to type up two of my Christmas cards I made earlier this month.

Here are my two cards:

On this first card I have used some of my Kaisercraft paper pad and I think a piece of paper from a magazine, along with a cute Santa image from Digi Stamp Boutique which used to have its own store but is now with Lily of the Valley, who are sadly having to close down all their digital stamps come the end of September.  

On the second card I have used another of Digi Stamp Boutique's cute Santa images, a white embossed panel and some scraps from my Christmas bag, I even used the strip leftover after cutting the scalloped border with my border punch.

What I used:-
2 white 12.6x 17.8cm card blanks
Kaisercraft 'Yuletide' papers
Magazine Freebie paper
Snippets of Christmas papers
Embossing folder from China
MFT Stitched Square and Fishtail Flags dies
Digi Stamp Boutique Cute Santa images
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
LOTV Christmas sentiment  stamp
Stamp-It Australia 'Long Christmas' sentiment stamp
Black and Gold embossing powders
Clear embossing ink
Pearls and Sequins from my stash

I would like to enter these cards in:-
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link up- Optional theme Tweet Christmas
The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything goes
CCC Digi Creations Use Pearls or Gems

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Have a wonderful week...
Megan

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LPoCF #90 AMB Illustrations

Hello again,

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have a lovely sponsor this fortnight AMB Illustrations will be giving the lucky winner Two packs from the store. 

AMB Illustrations

PRIZE 2 packs from store

I have used two images from our sponsors set Cute Christmas Reindeer, to make two Christmas gift tags. I have traced and doodled with a red gel ink pen around the inside of the die cut tag before removing the card from the die. 

Here are my tags:-

What I used:-

AMB Illustrations Cute Christmas Reindeer 

White cardstock

Faber Castell and Derwent Pencils

A5 cardstock for printing

Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad

Christmas sentiment stamps (one is Kaisercraft the other a mystery)

CCD Cross stitched tag die

Red and white gel pens

Ribbon and twine from stash

I would like to enter these tags in:-

Christmas Crafts All year Round... Anything but a card

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 

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Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

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Daisies

Hello again, 

Well blogger is being a pest, this is my third attempt to get this post up.... I nearly had the whole lot typed up and it just vanished and hitting undo worked until I tried to add something again....

Thank you for all the kind thoughts and well wishes after my surgery, I had no pre-cancerous cells this time! so rather than surgery every 6 months I have a reprieve and will have surgery to check up on things in 12 months.

This is the card I made last week for my Mum's birthday, I have used a similar layout and some of the same patterned paper I used on the rose card I shared here. The main image is a stamp I bought at the local craft show almost a year a go from a local Aussie stamp company but I cannot find it any where online... only the business side seems to have a website.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

12.6cm x 17.8cm (5x7") card blank

Heidi Swapp wide striped paper and glitter paper

Sugar 'n' Spice patterned paper

Stamp-It Australia 'Daisy Bunch' cling stamp

Prismacolor watercolour pencils + water

Ranger clear embossing ink

Wow! Ebony super fine embossing powder

Whispers Opaque Embossing powder

Sentiment stamp from Art Stamps Australia

Wplus9 wide scalloped border die

MFT pierced rectangle die

MFT pierced fishtail flags die

Brads and sequins from my stash

I would like to enter this card in:-

Daisy Chain Challenge #23 Birthday

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge September Anything goes

Always Happy Birthday Challenge September Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge optional twist butterfly

Aud Sentiments Challenge bingo plus sentiment  (die cut, flowers, two patterned papers)

The Flower Challenge #24 Anything goes

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all! 

CBD Nixie the Pixie

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our Anything goes challenge for September, we had so many wonderful entries in our August challenge,  we have two fabulous sponsors this month offering two winners a lovely prize.

Oddball Art by Lizzie Love  

$10 gift certificate for the store

Ppinky Dolls  

3 Digi Images

I have used a cute image from our sponsor Oddball Art called Big Eye Fairy Nixie the Pixie  on my card, I have used some old papers from my stash and coloured the image to suit, cutting the image out with my hexagonal Kaisercraft die then decided to add some mini honeycomb in the form of a die cut with some of the pieces replaced on foam dots.

This challenge is open until September 25th, you can add your project by using the Linky tool over at Crafting by Designs  Please be sure to link your project back to us.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 17.8x12.6cm (5x7”)

Oddball Art Big Eye Fairy Nixie the Pixie 

White card for printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Sugar and Spice patterned papers

Kaisercraft Hexagonal die

Scrap of mauve cardstock

CCD honeycomb die 

Wink of Stella clear

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafts Galore Encore #55 Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #545 Magical
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned paper challenge Anything goes September

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Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

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Rose Birthday

Hello again,

Seems like ages since I was last out here on my blog, I have had a much easier recovery post repeat surgery in mid August, so hopefully I get good news when I got back to the specialist this week... One of our family history friends is celebrating her birthday today and we gave her this card along with a new azalea plant which we happily found out will replace one that recently died in her garden.

I messed around with some scraps of card deciding on just which colour to make the rose, once I had settled on Raspberry versa color, I inked the stamp up carefully cleaning off the ink from the leaves and stem. Stamping first the flower portion before cleaning and reinking the leaves and stem in Olive versa color and stamping. I used MFT pierced fish tail flag die to cut the rose out then dug around in my large scrap file for the gold mirri card, found some deep pink cardstock and a wide striped paper from my stash.

I managed to smudge the ink on the rose, thankfully it blends in though. Apologies for the photo quality this one is the best of a bad bunch...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 5x7" card blank (12.6x17.8cm)
Heidi Swapp Marquee love paper
Darkroom Door Rose stamp (Full Bloom Vol 1)
Rasperry and Olive Versa Color ink pads
Gold mirri, black, white and deep pink cardstock from scrap files
Lawn Fawn Happy Birthday sentiment die
Tiny self adhesive gems
Fiskars Corner rounder punch
Wplus9 Scalloped border die
MFT pierced fishtail flags die
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, adhesive sheet, PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Always Happy Birthday Challenge
Snippets Playground #334
Crafting with Dragonflies #112 Spring has Sprung
The Sisterhood of Crafters Bloomin' Flowers
Seize the Birthday optional topping Rainbow

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have a wonderful week...
Megan

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