Clingwrap Christmas Trees

 Hello again,

I am joining in with the ladies at Group of Seven Cardmakers, this months challenge is Smooshing with Clingwrap. I have tried just about every type of paper or card I have, I discovered some photo paper pre cut 4x6" from my old printer ink box, which worked exceptionally well with this technique. I also waited for a cool change, being the middle of our Summer. I used Dylusions Spray inks in Funky Fuschia and Crushed Grape, adding a few sprays of plain water to the sheet of store brand  cling wrap then smooshing it onto the photo paper, it took a couple of days to completely dry, that cool change lasted several days including one when we turned on the heater....

I have used this one 4x6" (10x15cm) photo paper to make two Christmas cards, Marianne Design Craftable tree dies, unknown star die cut from silver paper. MFT Sentiment in Tuxedo Black ink.

I am entering these cards in:-

Group of Seven Cardmakers Gallery Smooshing with Clingwrap

Crafting Happiness 154 Christmas Trees

ABC Christmas Challenge Y and Z Your Choice

Christmas Crafts All Year long, Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #9 Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Water Colour Challenge

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

I hope you have all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year starting with a bang. 

Thank you for looking in, 

Have a wonderful week.

Megan

p.s. A Huge Thank you to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment. I truly appreciate them all.

LPoCF #220 Hetty Clare Christmas Penguins

 Hello again, 

Well, we are in the midst of a severe heatwave here in my part of Australia, as we live in a cool climate air conditioning is not usual for any homes! Sydney siders asked us to put the air-con on and were very surprised that we don't have it. 

Today brings us to another all new Anything goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are being sponsored by Hetty Clare who kindly allowed us to chose two images for the design team. I chose Christmas Penguins, I am using up another of my scrappy paper strips, all stuck onto snippet of white card and trimmed, I have an envelope on the back of the paper pads to store the snippets from other projects that are too nice to throw away.

Hetty Clare

Prize 2 Images

Here is my card-

What I used-
Hetty Clare Christmas Penguins 
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

White cardstock
Scraps from Bo Bunny 'Elf Magic' paper pad
Art Stamps Australia Sentiment Stamp

I would like to enter this card in:-

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Anything goes optional Festive Animals

Christmas Crafts All Year long Anything Christmas Goes

Creatalicious Challenges #273 Anything Goes last minute Christmas

The Sisterhood of Crafters Christmas

Christmas Kickstart #81 If it is Christmassy link it up

Little Red Wagon Merry Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties Something Cute and Christmassy

ABC Christmas Challenge Your Choice or Zebra

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. A Huge Thank you to all my kind blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

D is for Dove

 Hello again,

Another Christmas card, a stamped dove of peace (magazine gift) embossed the edges in silver with a background made using heat clear embossed 'script' stamp from Kaisercraft, this time I inked all over in Broken China Distress Ink.

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Kaisercraft 'script' stamp

Magazine gift Dove stamp

MFT sentiment stamp

Silver superfine embossing powder

Clear inkpad

Broken China Distress Oxide ink

Another visitor to the garden, Rainbow Lorikeet, they have been enjoying our Callistemon 'Little Johns' we have about 10 who regularly pop in for a feast!

I would like to enter this card in:

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge

Beccy's Place D is for Dove

613 Avenue Create Embossing wet or dry (wet)

Allsorts 756 Colours of Winter 

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes optional Cozy Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. A Huge Thank you to my lovely blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave a comment, I truly appreciate them all...

Two of a Kind

Hello Again,

 

I am back with another pair of cards, this time using unusual colours for Christmas, I inked an A4 sheet with Distress oxides, I used a scrunched up nappy wipe to add interest to the ink before over doing the water spray over a star stencil. Large stars are supplies I bought from a toy/craft supply store while working in a preschool, I think there must be about 5 of each of the five colours left to use up... added a doodled border in metallic purple, the silver pen appears to have dried out, stored in the same packet. 

What I used:

MFT Sentiment stamp
Prize Ribbon, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers
Clear embossing ink
Silver sparkle Embossing powder
Star Stencil

Purple Gel Ink pen

I would like to enter this card in:

Christmas Kickstart #80 (stars on cards, over sprayed stencil)
Beccy's Place S is for Stars
Merry Little Christmas Blog #53 Anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft Anything goes 
Most Magical Time of The Year Halloween and Christmas Challenge
Ally's Angels #76 Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional Cozy Christmas

Di's Digi Design Christmas no Red or Green

Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful weekend...

Megan 

p.s. A Huge Thank you to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Twin Trees

 Hello again,

Well, I am back with a pair of Christmas cards, to join in with some of the current challenges, getting ready for Christmas. 

I followed the instructions with the Group of Seven Cardmakers ladies to make this pair of cards, heat embossing the background using Kaisercraft 'script' stamp (5cmx13cm) four times for each card, I did this on a cooler night as the days before have been more like Summer, placed the Christmas tree stencil from a magazine over, inked with Mowed Lawn, Candied Apple and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide ink. Sentiment stamped onto scraps of red card stock and heat embossed in white powder. 

What I used:

Kaisercraft 'Script' clear stamp

Christmas Tree Stencil

Stitched rectangle die

MFT Christmas Stamps (sentiment)

2 white 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7")

Clear and White Embossing powders 

Distress Oxide Inks, Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Mowed Lawn, 

Red cardstock

Adhesives:- Double sided tape

I would like to enter these cards in:

Group Of Seven Cardmakers Gallery

Beccy's Place T is for Tree and twofer

Peace on Earth Anything goes Christmas

Allsorts Challenge 755 Christmas time

Happy Little Stampers Stencil Challenge November

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge November

613 Avenue Create Embossing Wet or Dry (Wet)

Daisy Chain Challenge Christmas/Winter

Crafty Calendar Challenge November Anything goes

Most Magical Time of The Year Halloween and Christmas Anything goes

Two visitors in the garden, Australian Magpies, adult bird at the front, baby bird at the back. As sweet as some Magpies are others are extremely territorial and these birds are known to swoop, sometimes causing severe injuries to those who wander, ride, play too close to their nests. 

Have a wonderful week...
Thank you for looking in...
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 them all!

LPoCF #218 Beccy's Place

 Hello all,

Time for a break from my Christmas card making with Beccy at Beccy's Place and time for another all new Anything goes challenge with my Team-mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by the lovely Beccy's Place and she gave us each a digi stamp of choice to work with, I have chosen Hot Air Balloon from the set called My Neighbourhood. I have carefully used some of my scrappy pieces from a Kaisercraft paper pad called 'High Tea' to paper piece the Hot Air Balloon.

Beccy's Place

Prize $10 Australian Gift voucher

Here is my card:

What I used:

12.6x17.8cm card blank

Beccy's Place Hot Air Balloon image

White card stock

Faber-Castell Silver and black pencils

Kaisercraft 'High Tea' Paper and sentiment

Marianne Design die Punched butterflies

Adhesives Double sided tape and pva Glue

I would like to enter this card in:

Polka Doodles week 46 Anything goes
Creative Knockouts Lots of layers
Ally's Angels #76 Anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #303 Feminine 

613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Embossing Heat or Dry

A Perfect Time to Craft Anything Goes (edited wrong link)

Crafts Galore Encore #116 Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by,

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

B for Blue and Bear

 Hello again,

I'm back to share a very quick card made using a Bugaboo digi from my stash, square card and some blue and green bauble patterned paper.

Here is my card:

What I used:
White 13cm card blank
Bugaboo Digi stamp

Faber-Castell coloured pencils
White card
Square stitched die
Silver star stickers

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday Card Challenge B is for Baubles, Blue and Bear

Thank you for looking in, 

Have a wonderful week

Megan

Same but Different Christmas

 Hello again,

I've gone back a couple of days to day 5 of Beccy's place challenge which is Same but Different, I have used clear embossing ink and powder to stamp poinsettias and holly from Poppystamps over an a4 sheet of card, I then cut it into pieces and used two different colour combinations of distress oxide inks.

Here are the two cards (we won't discuss the other piece it currently resides in WPB) edit reversed letters

What I used:

White 10x21cm card blanks

Poppystamps Poinsettia Peace stamps (old set)

clear embossing ink

clear embossing powder

red embossing powder

Kaisercraft die and sentiment stamp

Tuxedo black ink

Metallic silver tape

Distress Oxide Ink Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry, Broken China

Mini mister 

Wet wipe

Scraps red and silver card stock

Adhesive- Double sided sheet and tape

I am in two minds about whether I actually like the added red berries against the green.... 

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Day 5 Same but Different

 Edit link gone missing 

12 Months of Christmas Anything goes option cosy

Thank you for stopping by.. 

Have a wonderful weekend... 

Megan

G is for Green and Gold

 Hello again,

Trying to play along with the challenges with Beccy's Place annual Holiday Card Challenges, not keeping up so todays card has been duplicated and features a Gold die cut, against a two green papers from Kaisercraft

Here are my cards:

Apologies for the photo, the colours are really green and gold mirri card, we have the sounds of a storm brewing and photos were taken outside. Reddish reflection you can see is the red bricks, although it looks like the leaves are burning... 

What I used:
White c7 top fold cards
Gold mirri cardstock
LoTV sentiment stamps
Clear embossing ink
Gold embossing powder
Kaisercraft 'Australiana' paper pad

Paper Rose Gumleaf die 

I would like to enter these cards in

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday cards G is for Green and Gold

Have a wonderful week..

Thank you for stopping by...

Megan

Surf Life Saving Steve

 Hello again,

Well, I always start the year with the best of intentions of making a few Christmas cards each month, again I have not made nearly as many as I need. Today sees the start of Beccy's Place annual Holiday Cards Challenge, today I have gone as Australian as it is possible....

Australian Surf Life Saving Sand-man Steve is a Digi from Beccy's Place and I have coloured him in the traditional Surf Life Saving colours seen on Aussie beaches, although when the surf clubs have competitions against each other each club also has club colours..

Here is my card:

What I used:

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas Set- Steve
Top fold C7 card blank
Red cardstock
White cardstock for printing 
Rectangle die cut (resized to fit image)
Faber-Castell coloured pencils
Paper Rose Merry Christmas Die
Checked paper (Sugar and Spiced Paper) 

Adhesives- Double Sided tape, pva glue

I would like to enter this card in 

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday card A-for Australian

A Perfect Time to Craft Open challenge November

Digi Choos-day Anything goes week 43

Digi Design Challenge Sports Related (Surf Live Saving)

Cut it Up Add a Sentiment (shape and sentiment are both dies)

Use your Stuff Challenge Blog Anything goes

Thank you for looking in, 

Have a wonderful week,

Megan

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

LPoCF#216 LeAnn's World 101

 Hello again,

This week brings us to another all new challenge with my lovely team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are being sponsored by Leann's World 101 who kindly gave the team two images to work with, I have used Beetle Bug to make a birthday card. I have also delved into an envelope of scrap pieces from Kaisercraft Factory 42 paper pad, adding some die cut cogs from black and gold paper from the scrap box. I tried to add some sparkle to the headlights using my Wink of Stella pen only to discover that it has a huge leak in it and I had to very carefully clean up the spill on one of the headlights, it has slightly blurred the image.... 

LeAnn's Worls 101

Prize 2 images

Here is my card

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm (5x7) card blank

Black paper

White Cardstock (printing)

Beetle Bug Digital Image from LeAnn's World 101

Faber Castell coloured pencils

Kaisercraft Factory 42 paper pad

Sentiment stamp from Magazine

Embossing ink

Black Embossing powder

Cog Die- magazine set

MFT pierced oval die

Adhesives Double sided tape, foam dots, adhesive sheet (for the cogs)

I would like to enter this card in:

LeAnn's World 101 Challnege #65 Anything goes

PolkaDoodles Cardmaking, Craft Challenge week 41 Anything goes

Happy Liittle Stampers October Birthday Challenge Anything goes

Ally's Angels #75 Anything goes

Pattie's Creations Design #211 Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenges #7 Anything goes

Paper Funday Challenge #58 Anything goes optional twist yellow, orange and green

Crafts Galore Encore #116 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Autumn colours

I am off to use up some scrap only paper pads, you know, they are too nice to throw away, so all that is left of them is the tiny scraps, I think this may be a good way to use some of them up...

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week

Megan

p.s. A Huge Thank you to all my blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all. 

LPoCF#214 Patties Creations

 

Hello again,

Well Spring has begun its slow arrival here in my part of New South Wales, the first flowering Cherry tree flowers have started opening in the last few days and, I have spotted all three of our resident Blue Tongue Lizards out sunning themselves along the front of our house.

This week bring us to an all new Anything goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Patties Creations who allowed us to choose some images, I chose Roses in Milk bottle. I have gone extra clean and simple with just one patterned paper, bakers twine and some self-adhesive gems with the image and a die cut sentiment.

Patties Creations

Prize 4 images

Patties Etsy Store

Patties Creations Blog

Patties Creations Facebook 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7)

Patties Creations Roses in Milk bottle digital stamp

Snippet of doodlebug designs black spotted paper

snippet of black cardstock

Bakers twine

self adhesive gems x11

Elizabeth Crafts sentiment die 

Adhesives- double sided tape, glue dot

I would like to enter this card in:-

Patties Creations Blog- #210 any stamped or digital image

Snippets Playground #463 Anything goes with snippets
Sheepski Designs #78 Make it Feminine 
Ally's Angels #74 Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #6 Anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge #78 Dots and/or Stripes

613 Avenue Create September Anything Goes (**edit I had wrong link)

HLS Birthday Challenge 

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

p.s. A Huge thank you to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, especially as my mojo is missing... 

LPoCF #212 Sheepski Designs Wild Flower

 Hello again,

Well, another month has passed, and my mojo is still missing, spring is beginning to show, with the daffodils and jonquils out in force, unfortunately the local sulphur crested cockatoos dislike them and chew them off at the base. Our peach tree has the first of the spring flowers opening.

Today brings us to an all new Anything goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Sheepski Designs we were given a selection of images to use. I have used Wildflower Image 205 image was fussy cut after die cutting the main image with the branch of flowers lifted out of the die (if you understand that) 

Sheepski Designs

Prize 3 images

Sheepski Designs Etsy Shop
Sheepski Designs Blog Shop
Sheepski Designs Blog
Facebook
Instagram

This card may end up going to one of my Mum's kindy friends who is leaving the Sydney area to go about 8hrs drive north. 

What I used:

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

Sheepski Design Wildflower Image 205

White card for printing

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

Nesting circle and scalloped circle dies.

Waffle flower nesting 5x7 layers (scalloped rectangle)

Marianne Designs Craftables Butterfly Punch Die no longer available.

Patterned papers from two paper pads

plain pinks from my scraps box

silver self-adhesive gems

black fine line pen

I would like to enter this card in:

Di's Digital Stamp Challenge - Use a digital element (digi stamp)

Creative Knockouts Anything goes #501

Digi Choosday Anything goes week 32.

Creations in Pink #61 Anything goes in mainly Pink.

Crafty Calendar Challenge August Anything Goes.

Creative Inspiration Challenges #5 Anything goes.

Creatalicious Challenges #265 Anything goes optional Maritime

A perfect time to craft anything goes.

I am hoping to have a play with my Christmas sets during the week to see if my mojo is coming back, thank you for looking in... have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thanks to all my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF All Dressed Up

Hello again,

Today brings us to another all new Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are being sponsored by All Dressed Up who kindly gave the team two images to work with, one being this cute image Koala Hugs, I have only ever seen one wild Koala, while on a holiday as a kid, we wondered why all these people were gathered around the base of a tree, one pale grey backside was all you could see many metres above the ground. 

Card making mojo is still missing and family history has been going great guns, I have been helping a friend start their tree and finding some interesting 'secrets' which have needed careful consideration of older generations...

Weather wise, a week of high winds peak gusts at 97km/h have seen branches in trees snap and then need cutting up for the green waste bin, grey wintry days with a few lovely sunny ones and if the wind is not blowing they are lovely and warm (well for here). 

Did you know that there are over 600 varieties of Eucalyptus trees and Koala's can only eat about 50 of them...

All Dressed Up

Prize 2 Images

Challenge Blog

Facebook

Instagram

Here is my card:- currently sentiment free with absolute chance it will become a Christmas card for the UK cousins in Leicestershire or Scotland

What I used:-

White C7 card blank (12.6x17.8cm)

Jocelyn Proust- Designer papers 'Australian Wildlife' (shows eucalypt leaves & flowers) 15cmx15cm.

Grey card scrap

Derwent and Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

MFT Pierced circle die

I would like to enter this card in:-

All Dressed Up July Challenge (Anything you want)

A Perfect Time to Craft Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes optional Nautical

Challenge Up your life Patterned Papers

Crafting Happiness Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge July #4 Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenges #4 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week....

Megan

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

LPoCF #208 Dr. Digi

 Hello again,

It is almost time for the Winter Solstice here in Australia, the wind is freezing and the Snowy Mountains are expecting at least 1m (3feet) of snow over the next few days. Our largest town has a large Winter parade on the weekend closest to the solstice and in the past the main street is closed to traffic and 40,000 people fill the street. 

This fortnight brings us to another all-new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, our sponsor Dr. Digi kindly gave the design team our choice of 5 images to work with. I chose to use another Christmas image called Elliot and Elvis, my card is also a reminder of measure twice cut once, or perhaps to save even the smallest scraps....

Dr. Digi's House of Stamps

Prize 2 images
Dr. Digi Store
Dr. Digi Facebook

Here is my card:

What I used:
White 13cm card blank
Dr. Digi Elliot and Elvis digital stamp

Faber-castell-coloured pencils
Doodlebug design paper 'Santa Express'
red cardstock
Memento tuxedo black ink pad
Art stamps Australia sentiment stamp

I would like to enter this card in:
Happy Little Stampers June Christmas Challenge Anything goes optional make a scene
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything goes #50 (edit: missed the end)
12 Months of Christmas Anything goes optional inspired by a Christmas Song
Crafts Galore Encore June Anything goes

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

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

LPoCF# 206 The Paper Shelter

 Hello again,

Another month has passed and I have finally given into buying a new pack of white printing cardstock after putting it off trying to actually get to the store which is an hour away... I gave in and ordered it online which saved me money as I didn't get to browse the store... 

Today brings us to another All new Anything Goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight the sponsor is The Paper Shelter who kindly gave the team on digital set to use, these two cards make my 2nd and 3rd Christmas cards for the year, and I still have another two of the same images printed and not yet used. 

The Paper Shelter

Prize 3 Images

Shop

Blog

Facebook

Instagram

Pinterest

Here are my cards:

What I used:
2 white C7 card blanks 12.6x17.8cm
The Paper Shelter image Here We Go
Mistletoe Magic paper pad from My Minds Eye
Pierced square die (MFT)
Stitched circle die (MFT)

Pierced Fishtail flag die (MFT)
Cottage Crafts tree die (top card)
CCD Tree die (bottom card)
MFT tiny Christmas sentiments

Silver star from my pre-cut scraps box
Lili of the Valley Christmas Circular Sentiments

Adhesives: Glue stick, foam dots

I would like to enter these cards in:

A Perfect Time to Craft Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Optional Trim the Tree

The Paper Shelter Embellish it (die cut Christmas trees)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #50 Anything Goes

12 Months of Christmas Challenge #100 Link-up Optional Holiday Decorations

613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Flowers

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

 

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

LPoCF #204 Sheepski Designs 'Crackers'

 Hello again,

Autumn is on its way here in Australia, the trees are finally starting to change colour, this time last year the leaves had all been raked up and added to the compost heap... 

This week brings us to another all new Anything goes challenge with my teammates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, our sponsor this fortnight is Sheepski Designs who kindly gave the team a choice of images to work with. I have used the image called Crackers No 253 to make a Christmas card for my stash... 

Sheepski Designs

Prize 3 images

Esty Store
Blog Shop
Sheepski Designs Blog
Facebook
Instagram

Here is my card:

What I used:

Sheepski Designs Crackers image No 253

White A4 card to make 14.5cm square card blank

Pebbles Home for Christmas paper pad

Doodlebug design gingham-linen rainbow petite papers

Derwent and Faber-Castell coloured pencils

MFT Bitty Holiday Wishes

Tuxedo Black Memento ink

MFT Pierced square die

I would like to enter this card in:-
Christmas Kickstart Challenge #73 Gnome for Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore #110 Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers April Christmas Card Challenge
Make My Monday Challenge #198 Frame it
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #49 Anything goes (i missed the end)
12 Months of Christmas Link up- Anything goes optional favourite colour combination 

Thank you for looking in, I have been adding a lot of people to my family tree in the last few months and have had a few distant relatives contact me. I think I may have given one gent a surprise announcing that I was a descendant of a shared great great grandfather, having been married three times.

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

P.S. Thank you for dropping by, I truly appreciate the comments left by my blogging friends and visitors. 

LPoCF #202 Alex Syberia Strawberry Cupcake

 Hello again,

Well, we are enjoying (I am not enjoying the heat at all) an early Autumn heat wave and today we are expecting 34C (93F), I am sure my poor little budgies are getting confused, they are currently moulting and we hope they are growing their winter feathers and not summer ones... during the week I finally caught the NSW Water Dragon up the side of the house almost two stories up, current length 6.5 Brick courses...

Today brings us to another all-new challenge with my teammates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, and this fortnight we are being sponsored by Alex Syberia Design who kindly gave each of us a choice of her digital stamps to work with. I have used Strawberry Cupcake to make a birthday card.

Alex Syberia Design

Prize $15 gift card

Alex Syberia Design Shop

Facebook

Instagram- currently coming up as a broken or removed.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Alex Syberia Design Strawberry Cupcake 
Core'dinations cardstock
Blue and black cardstock scraps
white card for printing
Faber-Castell and Derwent coloured pencils
MFT stitched rectangle die
Happy Birthday top edge die ?Impression Obsession?
Wink of Stella 
4 blue brads
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Clean and Simple
A Perfect Time to Craft Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore #109 Anything goes
Ally's Angels Anything goes 
Happy Little Stampers March Birthday Challenge Anything goes
Alphabet Challenge Y is for Yummy

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week,

Megan

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

#200 LPoCF Mirtillamente

 Hello all,

Summer has finally decided to arrive in my part of Australia for the first time in four years we went above 32C, not something I truly like, at least the storm last night has cooled us down for the day... We bought a new printer, one that has individual inks you add to the device no cartridges, unfortunately the inks ran when using printed images for crafting with liquid glitters including wink of stella pen :( I will have to look into if/how to seal the ink. 

This fortnight brings us to Challenge #200 with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this week our sponsor is Mirtillamente who kindly gave the team three images to choose from. The prize will be two digital images of choice.

Mirtillamente

Prize 2 images

Mirtillamente Blog
Mirtillamente Shop
Ampolix Facebook group

I have used the image called Santa Ops Color to make a rather fast and flat Christmas card, I think the layered Die cut took the longest to dry. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Mirtillamente Digital image Santa Ops Color
C7 card blank 12.6cm x 17.8cm
White card for printing
Paper Rose Merry Christmas layered die
Paper Rose Stitched rectangle dies

Sparkle gold paper
Checked paper from a magazine

I would like to enter this card in:-

Digi Choosday Anything goes

ABC Christmas Challenge C for Checked and D for Die Cut

613 Avenue Create Anything goes Optional Red for anything but a heart

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week... 
Megan 

LPoCF#198 Conie Fong

 Hello all,

Wishing you all a very Happy, safe, healthy and Crafty New Year, I want to join in a few more challenges this year, it will of course depend on how I am feeling and if the physiotherapist will allow me to do more craft... 

Another New Year, I hope you have all enjoyed the celebrations of the start of a New Year, some locals let off illegal fireworks, there were no local fireworks, as a child I remember being taken to the local railway station with Dad and his binoculars to see the fireworks in Sydney, nearly 100km away, being in the mountains we can on a clear day see Sydney's skyline...

Today brings us to an all-new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Conie Fong who kindly gave the design team three images to work with, I have used Conie Fong Peonies in a Jar to make a start on birthday cards for the coming year.

Conie Fong Art

Prize three single images

Conie Fong Art Etsy Shop

Conie Fong Art and Design Facebook Group

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
Conie Fong Peonies in a Jar image
Faber-Castell and Derwent Coloured pencils
White 14cm square card blank
Kaisercraft 'High Tea' patterned papers
Art Stamps Australia sentiment stamp
Clear embossing ink
Metallic Silver super fine embossing powder
Circle and MFT Fishtail flag dies
three adhesive pearls
Double sided tape and foam dots for the sentiment
Diamond glaze added to the glass jar 

I would like to enter this card in:-

Digi Choosday week 1 Anything Goes

Ally's Angels (new to me) Challenge #66 Anything goes

Paper Funday Challenge #49 Anything goes

Creative Knockouts #485 Anything goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge January 2023 Add a sentiment (new to me)

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan