LPoCF #244 The Paper Shelter

 Hello again, 

We are in the midst of another heatwave for our area, I don't like the heat and is hitting earlier than usual for our area, the government have worked with private company to reopen 'Pondi' again this year equipped with a Surf Life Saving team after a father drowned last summer in the river and disused sand mine that was turned into an area for Western Sydney families to have access to a place to cool down. 

I have had a cortisone and anaesthetic injection to my ankle, not much change though... 

I am back with another new challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this is the last challenge for this year and will be open until the first few days of January next year! 

This is the second card I made; I forgot that the new printer ink runs if I add liquid glitters... I have instead added clear embossing powder to 'Rudolph's nose' and some white embossing powder to the ground and snowman.... 

The Paper Shelter

Prize 3 images

Here is my card: -

What I used:
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
The Paper Shelter 'Here Come the Christmas Penguins'
Faber-Castell Coloured pencils
White card for printing
Kraft paper 
Carta Bella 'Christmas Time' paper pad
xpress-it silver sparkle tape
Memory Box Bow
Silver glitter paper 
Fiskars border punch
Nesting Circle and Scalloped circle dies
Clear embossing pen clear and white embossing powder

Spellbinders Sentiment dies

I would like to enter this card in: -
613 Avenue Create Any Winter Holiday
12 Months of Christmas Link Up Anything goes Christmas
The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #174 Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in... 

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

Black and Gold

 Hello again, 

Well I feel like I have finally got some of my crafting mojo back after making 25 Christmas cards in the last month, I joined in with many of the Challenges from Beccy's Place and this card is one I did not get around to finishing, one of the extra prompts was Black and White plus one, I have a 6" paper pad from Couture Creations called Be Merry and Classic which is made up of black and cream or grey and cream designs, I also bought many years ago a pack of laser cut baubles with a snow flake design on it, I found one, not sure where the remaining have disappeared too. 

I have made a 5x7inch card and cut the paper in the middle to make it fit, covering the gap with a band of paper. I also dug through my bag of ancient gold peel-off stickers to add a fancy string to the bauble and also a peel-off sentiment. 

I have used a sketch seen on Kathy's blog Dunnit Again Designs which I resized to fit. When I eventually find the rest of the baubles, I will try adding different colours behind each one.. 

What I used: -

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

black paper 

two different gold cardstocks 

Be Merry and Classic Paper pad

peel off border and sentiment

I would like to enter this card in: -
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Winter Holiday
A Place to Start December Any holiday
Christmas Kick Start If it is Christmassy link it up
Crafter's Cafe 314 Anything goes optional Monochrome
Peace On Earth Challenge Anything Christmas Goes
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes

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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 al!

Stockings are hung

 Hello again,

Well I think this might be the last of my paper pad, all that is leftover now is 2 one inch squares and one rectangle. I traced a stocking die from when I first bought my Cuttlebug, I think it was a MFT stocking but cannot really remember onto some scrap cardstock and covered it with all the leftover bits from that paper pad. 

here are my scraps, already glued down plus the remaining three leftovers...

What I used:

White card blank 12.6x17.8cm

Couture Creations 'candy stripe' embossing folder

LilyBee Designs paper pad

Clear embossing ink 

Gold embossing powder 

Darkroom door sentiment strip Christmas 

Cottage Cuts holly and Berry die

Red, white and green card scraps

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Snippets Playground Anything goes with snippets

Peace on Earth Challenge anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

Koala up a Gumtree

 Hello again, 

I am down to the last two cards from the pile of scraps I started with at the beginning of November, I have two one inch squares and one rectangle of Santa's face left over... 

Today I have added all the little strips to a piece of leftover white cardstock and cut the overhanging pieces off (I still managed to save some of them) to add down the edge of one card.

What I used:

RAM Stamp Koala and Kookaburra

Faber Castell Coloured Pencils

LilyBee Designs paper pad

Marianne Design sentiment Dies

Silver glitter cardstock

Star hand punch

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

Two Kangaroo's

 Hello again,

I have been enjoying the reprieve from the summer heat over the last few days, the wet weather is being watched by the Bureau of Meteorology as it may turn into another La Nina event over the summer.

Another of the three cards I made the same card fronts of the previous ones are here and here. 

Digital Stamp from RAM Stamps in Adelaide, coloured and added to the pre-made card front. 

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

RAM Digital stamp Aussie Set

Beccy's Place Sentiment Stamp 'Aussie Christmas' 

MFT Pierced oval and fishtail flags dies

LilyBee Designs Paper pad

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Faber Castell coloured pencils

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

Cards Galore Encore December Challenge 

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week..

Megan

Pudding rich and rare

 Hello again,

I am trying to finish off the card fronts I have made using up the scraps and two whole pages from a much-loved paper pad, I am down to the last three card fronts and some additional scraps. 

Today I have managed to finish off four cards, the first is a square card which has 8 of the inchies and two rectangles to use them up leaving a central square to fill, last year international mail was slow arriving, so much so that the last of the Christmas themed stamp sets with magazines finally arrived in March, I got one of the sets out and inked up the little Christmas Pudding with some Distress Oxide ink 'ground espresso' coloured in with colouring pencils adding sentiment in memento tuxedo black finishing off with four hand punched stars.

What I used

13cm square card blank

LilyBee Designs paper pad

Magazine 'Chloe's Creative Cards Pudding stamp

Distress Oxide ink 'ground espresso'

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Memory Box Typed sentiment 

Star shaped hand punch

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday cards

613 Avenue Create Any Winter Holiday

Thank you for looking in,,, 

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

Ho Ho Hot!

 Hello again,

Today the sentiment on this card rings true, we are in the midst of a heatwave, fourth day above 30C. 

I am still working my way through some of the prompts for Beccy's Place Annual month long Holiday Cards, of Beccy's Sandy Christmas images, I found some clear stamps that are new too! While looking at Black Friday  sales. I scrolled through my Pinterest Sketches board for a suitable sketch I found this sketch from a lady called Tina and her blog called My Therapy, My Creations and decided that the Sandman with Surfboard would look good.

Here is my card: -

What I used: -

White 12.4x17.4cm card blank

Green, blue and black papers

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas

Doodlebug Designs gingham and linen rainbow prints

Beccy's Place Aussie Christmas Sentiment

Oval die

Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

Aussie Sleigh die

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Creative Knockout's #535 'Tis the Season
Digi Choosday week 46 

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Have a wonderful week..

Megan

Town of Bethlehem

 Hello again,

I have another Christmas card today I decided to cut a side fold card front in half, adding a metallic blue background to the inside of the card and using MFT Little Town of Bethlehem dies to create my card, adding layers of corrugated card to pop layers up and adding a Memory Box Star of Wonder on an acetate strip. The star is made up of four layers two are facing the front and two are on the back. 

I was not sure that I would be able to heat emboss the sentiment on the metallic paper, one because I have never tried to emboss on metallic paper, I did a test on some scrap first and second due to the current heatwave, I am most looking forward to the cool change predicted over the weekend... 

Here is my card: -

What I used: -
White 12.4x17.4cm card blank
MFT Little town of Bethlehem dies
Black, metallic copper and leather grained card
Gold paper 
Acetate scrap
Clear embossing ink
Memory Box Sentiment 'typewriter holiday sentiments'
Gold embossing powder
Hand star punch
Memory Box 'Star of Wonder' die

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards
Rudolph Day November Challenge

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Have a wonderful week...
Megan

Colour Change

 Hello again,

I am still playing catch up with some of the prompts for this months Holiday card Challenge at Beccy's Place, on day 8 the challenge was to Change colours, I have used a digi image of a Cockatoo from Ericraft not sure if she is still selling, using the same layout one coloured to fit with my current self challenge to use up one paper pad, I am down to three card fronts now!

We have a local a few towns away who is feeding the Sulphur Crested Cockatoo's on whole loaves of bread, whilst they enjoy the free feed (not their natural diet), they are becoming aggressive to anyone eating in the street, including a small child who kept moving around her Mum trying to keep away from the large bird... they can be from 44 to 55cm long... 

Card 1- sun was in   

Card 2 sun came out... 

What I used: -
White 12.6x17.8cm card blanks
Cockatoo with Christmas Present
LilyBee 'Christmas Cheer' paper pad
Red and Brown cardstock
Kaisercraft 'Under the Gum leaves' paper pad
MFT Stamps Itty Bitty Christmas
Tuxedo Black ink
Brads in brown and silver
Seam binding red and gold
Natural 1mm string
Adhesives: Double sided tape

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards
Peace On Earth Challenge (inspired by the birds)

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week..

Megan

Tartan or Plaid

 Hello again,

I am playing catch up with some of the prompts for Beccy's Place, Day 15 was another challenge to use checks, tartan or plaid. My Gran was Scottish, and it will always be called tartan...

I have used a sketch from Sketch Saturday to make my card using two strips of tartan paper and a red embossed panel using craft concepts 'Christmas Vine' embossing folder. 

Here is my card: -

not sure what the blue hue to my photo, will try again in better light...

What I used: -
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Red cardstock
Craft concepts 'Christmas Vine' embossing folder
Beccy's Place pre coloured Christmas Blooms 
First Editions Christmas Village paper
Stamp-It Australia Sentiment
Candied Apple Distress Oxide Inks
Clear embossing powder

Adhesives Double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Sketch Saturday #764

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Have a wonderful weekend...

Megan

Festive Foliage

 Hello again, 

I am still playing catch up with some of the earlier challenges with Beccy's Place, this card is for the 'F' prompt, Festive foliage, I have used one of the card fronts created with the scraps from my paper pad that is almost finished... 

Here is my card: - 

What I used: -
White 13cm square card blank
Beccy's Place Christmas Bloom (pre-coloured)
Red, green and white cardstock
Lily Bee Designs paper pad
Magazine freebie 'fern' die cut
Mystery Holly swirl die
Darkroom Door Christmas sentiment stamp
Clear embossing ink
Gold embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

Ripper Chrissy

 Hello  again, 

I keep diverting from that scrap paper pad, I am down to four card fronts to finish off, I have used another of Beccy's Place Sandman images for another Aussie card, adding some clouds in the sky and stamping on another sentiment from Beccy's Place Aussie Christmas clear stamps. 

Bucko and Champs Ripper Christmas

In Australia we have a Christmas Album from two men called Bucko and Champs, one being called Colin Buchanan and the other called Greg Champion, they have created Aussie Versions of traditional carols, when I was a preschool teacher, we always taught the children part of Aussie Jingle Bells from the same pair, Colin was also a fixture on Playschool... most of their songs are light hearted and fun, others reflect on loneliness and the 1974 cyclone 'Tracy' that struck Darwin in the small hours of Christmas Day killing 66 and decimating 80% of the city.

Here is my card: -

What I used: -

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas

Kaisercraft 'sandy toes' papers

Faber Castell and Derwent coloured pencils

Joy Crafts cloud dies

I would like to enter this card in: -

Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge week 45 Anything goes

Beccy's Place November month of Holiday cards

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes
The Holly and the Ivy Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

Q is for Quilt

 Hello again, 

I am again sharing a card made using up some of those scraps, I layed out some of the larger scraps to die cut using pierced squares and stitched rectangles adhered them to another plain card back, embossed using houndstooth embossing folder (Aliexpress) adding two tiny tags from LOTV Christmas stamps on some twine. 

Here is my card: -

What I used: -
White 13cm square card blank
Lilybee Designs Christmas Cheer paper pad
Houndstooth Embossing folder
LOTV Tiny Tags Christmas 
Clear embossing ink
Red embossing powder
Twine
Adhesives double side tape, pva glue

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday cards

Peace On Earth Challenge #76 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in... 

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many Thanks to my blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF #242 Sheepski Designs

 Hello again,

Well, my appointment didn't go as planned, I had hoped that the bony fragments would be removed, instead they are going conservative treatment with the plan to refer me to an Associate Professor in the new year after a 'diagnostic' injection of cortisone and anaesthetic to my ankle. My GP thinks that I may need a replacement ankle which was not an option 10 years ago. 

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 Sheepski Designs who kindly gave our team three images to work with I have used on called Pressie Time in the spirit of using up my scraps from one paper pad I have used one of only two whole sheets to create my card. 

Sheepski Designs

Prize 3 images

Here is my card: - 

What I used: -

White card blank 12.6 x 17.8cm

Sheepski Design Pressie Time Digi

Faber Castell coloured pencils

Lilybee Designs 'Christmas Cheer' papers

Cottage Crafts tree die

Memory box Santa Hat die

Paper Rose Merry die

Spellbinders sentiment Christmas die

Red and blue cardstock

Liquid enamel as pom pom on hat

MFT stitched inner and outer circle die

I would like to enter this card in:-

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards B is for Bear

12 Months of Christmas Link-up All Stitched up or Anything Christmas (stitching on both sentiment and circle dies)

Pattie's Place Anything goes with Stamped or Digital image

Merry Little Christmas Challenge 59 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many thanks to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

O is for Ocean

 Hello again,

Despite my intentions to only make cards using up all the leftovers of one paper pad, I decided that this one needed something slightly different, I have created a beach scene for one Aussie Sandman from Beccy's Place, using two papers from Kaisercraft 'Sandy toes' paper pad. 

What I used
Blue Edge Crafts white card blank 12.4x17.4cm 
Kaisercraft 'Sandy toes' paper pad
Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas set
Beccy's Place Sentiment Aussie Christmas set
Clear Embossing ink
Black embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Polkadoodles week 46 Anything goes

Kleuren met Potloden Colouring with Pencils Anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters Landscapes

Thank you for looking in... 

Have a wonderful week... 

Megan

J is for Baby Jesus

 Hello again,

I have deviated from my paper pad scrap cards today for a card featuring Baby Jesus. I stamped the image from Beccy's Place set Lamb of God in Memento London Fog ink before colouring with Derwent coloured pencils, I the re-inked the stamp and stamped directly over the top with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with clear powder... I made a mask from some scrap paper and added a Lavinia Stamp 'Christmas Words' with London Fog ink over the image. 

Here is my card: -

What I used: -

White 13cm square card blank
Derwent Coloured pencils
Beccy's Place Lamb of God Clear stamps 
black paper
Kaisercraft 'Yuletide' patterned paper
Lavinia 'Christmas Words' Stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black and London fog ink
Clear embossing ink and powder
MFT Cross-stitched rectangle
Kaisercraft Fancy Squares 
Memory Box Christmas Star
Scrap gold glitter card

I would like to enter this card in: -

Beccy's Place November Holiday Challenge J is for Jesus

Allsorts #806 Christmas

We Love Stamping Christmas

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!

K is For Koala

 Hello again, 

Well I am back again sharing another card made using up those scraps, today's card features another Digital stamp from RAM Stamps 'Aussie Christmas' set. 

What I used: -

White 13.5cm square card blank

RAM 'Aussie Christmas' Stamp

Lilybee Designs Paper pad

MFT stitched rectangle and rounded rectangle dies

Marianne Design star punch die

Red and yellow cardstock

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

MFT Itty Bitty Christmas stamp

Tuxedo Black inkpad

I would like to enter this card in

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Challenge

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #172 Anything goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

p.s. Many 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.

I is for Inchies

 Hello again,

Today I am sharing three more cards made using some of my scraps from Lilybee Designs I grabbed a pile of slightly larger scraps and used a 1" square die to cut as many as possible. I then worked out the layout and decided to make three cards all the same adding a large sentiment and a strip of glitter washi tape to one side, finishing off with some plain cardboard scraps in holly and Christmas stockings.

This set started out with 36 pages, here they are all dwindled down to two whole sheets and many many scraps, current count is 15 card fronts, most of which just need some finishing touches.

Now that these ones are finished, the cards with the holly and berries remind me of Christmas puddings with the decoration sitting on top.

Inchies

What I used: -

3x card blank 12.6x17.8cm
Red and White cardstock
MFT pierced square die
Lilybee Designs paper pad
plain cardstock scraps
MFT sentiment stamp
Clear embossing powder
candied apple and broken china distress oxide inks

Cottage Craft Holly and Berry die

Memory box or Poppystamps Stocking die

Xpress it glitter tape (I've had this for so long it no longer sticks down well)

I would like to enter this card in

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday card Challenge

Snippet's Playground Anything goes with scrap

Merry Little Christmas Challenge 59 Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan 

p.s. 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!

Z for Zigzag

 Hello again,

Three more cards to add to my growing stash, I have fussy cut three of Beccy's Place Christmas Blooms and added them to embossed backgrounds with heat embossed sentiment strip from Darkroom Door. I managed to tear the swirly die cut twice meaning I then spread the resulting swirls out further than on the other, hand punched stars using the scraps of glitter card as I used adhesive sheets to the back. I have jumped all the way to the end of the alphabet with Z for Zigzag. I have used the zigzag embossing folder in both embossed and debossed, unintentionally... 

Here are my cards: -

(top fold)

What I used: - 
White card blanks 12.6 x17.8cm and 12.4x 17.4cm (two side fold, one top fold)
White card stock
Beccy's Place Christmas Blooms Digital Stamp 
Gold glitter paper
Xpress-it glitter tape
Clear embossing ink 
Wow! Primary Apple Red and Gold embossing powder
Darkroom Door Christmas Sentiment stamp (Closed)
MFT Swirl
Darice Zigzag embossing folder
Crafts too embossing folder
Green card scraps
Cottage Crafts Holly die
Star hand punch

Adhesives Double sided tape, adhesive sheets

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Card Challenge

Allsorts Challenge #806 Christmas or Anything goes (first card with red tape)

Can you handle the Pressure? Optional warm drinks

Daisy Chain Challenge #91 Christmas or Winter

Digi choosday week 44 Anything goes

Peace on Earth Challenge #75 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful day...

Megan

S is for Scrap

 Hello again, 

Can you tell which card has the other half of the scraps? I have posted it in the last few days. Today I am sharing another card for Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Challenge, another gorgeous digital image from RAM Stamps 'Aussie Christmas' set, and some more of my cards made using up scraps.

What I used:- 

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

Lilybee Designs paper pad

RAM Stamps 'Aussie Christmas'

Faber castell-coloured Pencils

MFT Itty Bitty Christmas sentiment

MFT Pierced circle die

MFT Stitched rectangle die

Wink of Stella clear on hat

I would like to enter this card in:- 

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards

Thank you for looking in..

Have a wonderful week..

Megan

Christmas Emu

 Hello again,

I am attempting to join in with Beccy's Place Challenge for her annual Month of Holiday cards, I have also given myself an extra challenge of finishing one of my oldest paper pads, of which there was two whole sheets and a pile of scraps of various sizes, I have made 15 card bases using up these scraps from Lilybee Design Christmas Cheer 6" pads, now I have to get colouring and cutting.... 

E is For Emu

What I used:

RAM Digital stamp from her 'Aussie Christmas' Set

MFT rounded stitched rectangle die

MFT Stitched rectangle die

MFT Itty Bitty Christmas sentiment

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

Marianne Design Star punch die

Lilybee Design Papers

Yellow and Red cardstock

White 12.4x17.4cm card blank

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place Annual Holiday Challenge 'E' for Emu

Aud Sentiments Challenge 319 Glitter or Christmas

Polkadoodles week 44 Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas link-up All Stitched up or Anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge 91 Christmas

Girls Creative Fun Art of Scrap

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#240 Polkadoodles

 Hello again, 

Summer is definitely on its way, we are currently being serenaded (deafened) by thousands of Cicadas, I have seen several of the different varieties all (males) of which are noisy.... maybe not as loud as a few years ago when there was an abundance of double drummers, the local electricity company was around pruning plants away from overhead wires and stopped long enough to complain about the noise. I am off this week for my scans which will hopefully see my ankle repaired for the second time. 

Today brings us to an all new Anything goes challenge with my teammates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Polkadoodles who kindly allowed two of our team to choose images for us to use. I chose Polkadoodles new Pretty Poinsettia and made a non-traditional Christmas card. 

Polkadoodles

Prize 3 Digi images (no bundles)

Here is my card:- 

What I used: -
White Card blank 12.6x17.8cm (5x7")
Polkadoodles Pretty Poinsettia Digi image
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

Colourless blender pencil (Prismacolor)
American Crafts Bubble-gum cardstock
White cardstock
Darkroom Door Sentiment strip Christmas
Picked Raspberry Oxide ink
Silver and white paper scraps
Holly die (can't find the name anywhere) 
Self-adhesive pink rhinestones

I would like to enter this card in:-

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday week 41 Anything goes

Polkadoodles Anything goes Creative Craft Challenge week 42

A Place to Start October Anything goes optional Pink

Colouring with Pencils Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge U is for Unusual Colours or V is for Velvet

NBUS first time getting inky with the Darkroom door sentiment stamp

Jingle Belles Pink Christmas

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #165 Use the word Christmas (sentiment stamp)

12 Months of Christmas Link up Anything goes optional Chevrons

Thank you for stopping by...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

LPoCF#238 Mirtillamente Flowerz Flow 4

 Hello again,

The weather is beginning to warm up as Spring arrives in full force, I have already spotted one of our local blue-tongue lizards sunning itself in the yard, we have three regular blue-tongues who stop by, each has a tail of a different length as a defence mechanism they can shed their tails if threatened, leaving the predator with a tasty snack whilst they crawl away. One likes to be placated with fresh strawberries... the others are happier to be left alone.

I will am off to see an orthopaedic specialist who will hopefully be able to perform surgery on my ankle... and for a turn up for the books I don't have a three month wait to see a specialist, which would have brought me close to Christmas/summer holiday closures, I am being seen this week, likely to need mri on ankle and hopeful that something can be done... I have at some point (I know when) sprained my ankle with such force that I have ripped a ligament off the bone and brought several pieces of bone with it....

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 Mirtillamente Digital Stamps who kindly gave our team three images to work with, I have used Flowerz Flow No 4 to make a pretty birthday card.

Mirtillamente Digital Stamps

Mirtillamente Facebook

Mirtillamente Challenge Blog

Ampolix Facebook 

Prize two images

Here is my card:

What I used:

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

Mirtillamente Flowerz Flow No 4

Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

Lavendar cardstock

White cardstock

LOTV circular sentiment clear stamp (a Digital version available here)

Crafts too embossing folder

Memento tuxedo black inkpad

scalloped edge punch

Poppy stamps Tilda swirl die small

scalloped circle die

Memory Box Pippi and Isabella Butterfly dies

Silver mirror card strips

White flat backed self-adhesive pearls

Adhesives: Double sided tape, pva glue, foam squares

I would like to enter this card in:

Mirtillamente Challenge Blog #35 Anything Goes September

Polkadoodles Anything goes week #37

Seize the Birthday Anything goes optional Stripes

Creative Knockouts #530 Embossing Delights

Colouring with Pencils Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

LPoCF #236 Polkadoodles Pickles Hedgehog

 Hello again,

Well, our second month of winter has been fairly unremarkable, no snow at home but some a few towns west of here had snow flurries. I have been busy cutting and mounting a collection of seconds from the now closed Darkroom Door stamps, I got quite a good array of stamps. 

A new scan on an old injury and finally over the area I call the sore spot, revealed multiple avulsed bony fragments (avulsed =injury to the soft tissues either ligament or tendons which was significant enough to pull soft tissue and a piece of bone off at the time of the injury) and damage to a different ligament in my ankle and that there is actually something that can be done about the pain! 

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 Polkadoodles who kindly gave the team two images to work with, I chose Pickles Hedgehog Christmas Pudding and have made another Christmas card for my stash. 

Polkadoodles

Prize 3 Digital stamps (no bundles)

Here is my card:

What I used: 
White 14cm card blank
Polkadoodles Pickles Hedgehog Christmas Pudding
Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils and a Colourless blender Prismacolor
Carta Bella 'Christmas Time' Paper pad
Kraft paper
MFT Cross Stitched rectangle Die
Star hand punch
Adhesives Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter my card in:

Polkadoodles week 33 Anything goes 

Colouring with Pencils (Kleuren met Potloden) August Anything goes
Cheerful Sketches Challenge August I have rotated the sketch one turn to the left

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #17 Anything goes

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge #163 Christmas Critters

A Perfect time to Craft Anything goes

Pattie's Creation's #221 Anything goes

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

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

Happy Birthday Giraffe

 Hello again,

We are expecting snow here this week, we don't often get snow but have had some the last two winters. It brings Sydneysiders out and about in hopes of seeing snow without the multiple days travel or flight to our snow fields in Alpine regions of New South Wales, Victoria or Australia Capital Territory... 

Today brings us to another all-new challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends and this fortnight we are sponsored by Mirtillamente Digital Stamps I have used a digital stamp called Almost Cute Giraffe to make a birthday card. I have used an ancient sketch from somewhere, I am now having trouble finding it again

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Here is my card:-

What I used:-
Mirtillamente Almost Cute Giraffe

Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils
White linen card blank 10.5x14.8cm card blank
scraps of brown cardstock (I have my scraps in ziplock bags according to colour or alternatively in an envelope sticky-taped to the back of each paper pad) 
Lawn Fawn Happy birthday sentiment die
Adhesives: PVA glue, double sided tape, adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this card in:-

Mirtillamente Challenge Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #765 Raid your scrap bin

A Perfect time to Craft Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge Add a Sentiment

613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Floral Delight

Crafter's Cafe Anything goes optional add some balloons

Ally's Angels Anything goes

The Paper Funday Challenges Anything goes optional Critter Crazy

Digi Choosday Cardmaking Challenge Anything goes

Colouring with Pencils Challenge Anything goes

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!!