Couple of Cards

 Hello again, 

I'm enjoying a couple of much cooler days after a week long heat wave 33C+, my poor budgies are all fluffed up trying to keep warm (14C) and have started moulting... while running back-up on my computer this morning I decided to make another Christmas card for my stash. This one is number 8 for the year... 

This card is a total scrap/snippet job I stamped the dog onto a snippet of white card stock and heat embossed in black powder before scribbling with watercolour pencils on another scrap of card and painting them onto the image. I die cut the sentiment from a scrap of silver paper and on the photo the Christmas looks a little lost against the background, not so bad IRL. The holly and berries were cut from some more scraps from Doodlebug papers.. the green leaves are from a different paper pad there are flowers on the back.... 

MFT Deck the Howls stamp set

Doodlebug North Pole/Santa Express Papers

Scrap silver paper with Adhesive sheet on back

Spellbinders 'Christmas' sentiment die

MFT 'Wishes' sentiment die

MFT Stitched inner/outer rounded rectangle die

Cottage Cutz Holly and berries die

Wink of Stella on ornaments

I would like to enter this card in:

Scrappy Mo's Rudolph Day Challenge

Snippet's Playground #395

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything Goes optional CAS

I have also made one birthday card using my distress oxide inks smooshing them on my gelli plate, spritzing with water, heat drying before moving on to the next colour. I then using the same colours to paint the heat embossed butterfly adding a tiny drop of water so the colours are brighter inside the stamped image.

edit... not sure how but forgot to add the watermark over my card...

Katzelkraft Daisy Butterfly

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio, Wilted Violet and Fossilised Amber

Clear embossing ink

Whispers Opaque and black Embossing powder

Pink, white, silver card 

MFT Essential Sentiments stamp

MFT Pierced fishtail flag die

Waffleflower C7 layered stitched dies

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge Blog 'Happy Birthday' Challenge

Mix it up Challenge blog Anything goes with option of bleaching

Happy Little Stamper Watercolour challenge

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in.... 
I hope you have a wonderful weekend...

Megan

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

LPoCF 6th Birthday- Ching Chou Kuik

 Hello again, 

Today brings us to another new challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this month we are Celebrating our 6th Birthday and this fortnight we have two lovely sponsors offering prizes and they both kindly gave the members of the Design Team images to work with.

Ching Chou Kuik

Prize: Same two images used by Design Team

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chingchoukuikdigitalstamps/?ref=br_rs

Blog: https://cck-digitalstamps-challenge.blogspot.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chingchoukuik/

Leann's World 101

Prize 2 Images

Blog: Leann's World 101 Challenge Blog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1836531013324656/

I have used an image called The Moment from Ching Chou Kuik to make a birthday card which I think will be for my Mum, who loves to  read and drink tea. I have used some very old paper from a magazine including the lovely label, another magazine freebie a shrink plastic butterfly which is resting on the side of the teacup and doesn't look quite so dark in real life.

We would love to see any and all crafts you are working on, all handmade crafts are welcome. 

I would like to enter this card in:-

CCC Digi Creations #121 Include a sentiment
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes

Ching Chou Kuik Digital Stamp Challenge 'Happy Birthday'

Bizzy Bec's Store blog Challenge January Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #136 Must use a Digi Stamp

Thank you to all my blogging friends and visitors, I appreciate your visits.
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

Christmas Leftovers

 Hello again, 

Summer is in full force here in NSW again, I've finally had to swap pants for shorts, we have had temperatures down as low as 9C here up until now (31C), less summer more winter. Glad that there are only 4 fires currently burning in NSW, not like this time last year with the number of Bushfires and how close they were to our home. 

I've been trying to use up the ends of a 6" paper pad currently sitting on my desk, it has just one sheet that is whole, the rest are bits and pieces of varying sizes, I have used up some of the strips to cover two pieces of pre-cut card to fit a C7 card blanks, I did the same with some bits from a second Christmas paper pad that also had many bits where I'd die cut shapes from leaving narrow pieces to make two more Christmas cards for my stash for 2021....

Doodlebug Design 'North Pole' paper pad

Couture Creations 'Be Merry and Classic' paper pad

What I used:-

Doodlebug 'North Pole' Paper pad

CCD Merry Christmas die

Clearly Besotted 'Jingle Bells' Stamp and die (sand, cocoa and cardinal red ink pads)

black fine line pen

White card scraps

Couture Creations 'Be Merry and Classic' paper pad

Black, cream, gold and distress oxide scrap papers 

MFT Little town of Bethlehem Die

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes stamp

MFT sentiment strip die

MFT Stitched circle die

Clear embossing ink

Gold Embossing powder

I would like to enter these cards in:

Reindeer Card-

A new to me Christmas Kickstart Challenge #46 Such a Deer

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #524 Feature a Creature

12 Months of Christmas Link-up #73 Anything goes optional Clean and Simple

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge Anything goes

Christmas 24 Challenge #025 Anything goes

Bethlehem card:

Christmas Crafts All Year Long A is for or B is for Bethlehem, black, blue

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Anything goes optional Stockings

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #30 Anything goes

Snippets Playground #394 Anything goes with snippets

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful weekend..

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank You to all my blogging friends and visitors who stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate you all!

Happy New Year!

Hello again,

Welcome to 2021, may this year be a Happy, safe and healthy year for all of you and your loved ones. I hope to be able to spend more time crafting and in blogland this year, although that may depend on the physio and how my body reacts to it and the travel involved getting there and back.

We have begun this year with new Covid rules here in NSW, we all must wear a face mask in any indoor places, shared cars, public transport etc. with a $200 fine for no compliance. I think today in the Sydney basin there were 3 cases of community transmission, related to a patient transport worker who transported a returning passenger from overseas. I don't think that I would have believed if someone told me that I would enter a bank wearing a mask and get served without the security screens being activated.

I hope you have all had a wonderful, if quiet Christmas and New Year. I have already made a start on this years Christmas cards, with some lovely new Australian papers and dies. These will be kept aside to head over to our English and Scottish relatives at the other end of this year. I have used up several scraps of various silver papers, I think I like the mirror card ones best. Birds featured- Pink Galah, White Cockatoo, Laughing Kookaburra and Currawong

I have also found and had the time to ink up the Clearly Besotted stamp and die combo I won in Di's Snippets Playground Christmas draw in 2019, it went missing when our ceiling leaked all over my craft cupboard and I only found it again in the last few weeks.... so my Christmas card count is off to a good start, 5 cards in one week... 

What I used:-
4x 12.6x 17.8cm (C7) card blanks
Francheville Designer Squares 'Jocelyn Proust' Australian Wildlife paper (Spotlight)
Silver paper/card scraps

Various scrap papers to co-ordinate with the patterned papers
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites Holiday Sentiments
Paper Rose Die Gum leaf border die
Double sided Adhesive sheet and tape
DL card blank 10x21cm
Clearly Besotted 'Jingle Bells' stamp and Die
Cocoa Colorbox inkpad
Sand and Cardinal Versacolor ink pads
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
White and red scrap cardstock
Scrap of Doodlebug striped paper
Black Fine line pen
CCD Pin dot square die

I would like to enter these cards in:-

Gum leaf Christmas card:
613 Avenue Create Use your New Crafty Goodies
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #523 Anything Christmas Goes
Crafts Galore Encore #83 Anything goes
Make My Monday Challenge #139 Use something New (New papers, New gum leaf die)

Clearly Besotted Reindeer:
Christmas 24: #25 Anything Goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything goes
Snippets Playground (snippets of white card, striped and red cardstock)
12 Months of Christmas link-up- #73 Anything goes or Clean and Simple

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Anything Goes or Stockings

Thank you for looking in, I hope you are all safe and well in your part of this world.

Thank you for any comments from my blogging friends and visitors, I truly appreciate your visit.

Have a wonderful week...

Megan