Ombre in Pinks

 Hello again,

Well, the last day of 2024 has arrived and here I am with a new Christmas card to start off my new stash of cards for Christmas 2025. I only just managed to get my skates on to join in with the last months challenge with the lovely ladies at Group of Seven, this time I have managed to get going and making my card early this month using the design element of Ombre. 

I have used three of my Distress Oxide inks on plain cardstock starting in the middle with Picked Raspberry ink allowing the edges to soften as I move away from the centre, adding Spun Sugar ink to one end and blending over the top of the softened edge of picked raspberry, finally I opted for using Seedless Preserves starting at the edge of the card and working inwards to the softened edge of picked raspberry, ending up with variations from light to dark from the top down.

I have used Darkroom Door stamp set 'Brushed Christmas Vol.1' tree and star stamp which are heat embossed in Wow! Superfine Silver glitter powder adding a sentiment from LOTV 'Large Christmas Greetings' in White embossing powder. Adding a doodled border around the piece before adhering to the card base. The embossing ink was drying quickly in the heat, and we are expecting a cool change in a couple of days, before another return to mid 30C's

Here is my card:

What I used:

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
White cardstock
Distress Oxide inks Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves
Darkroom Door Brushed Christmas Vol.1 
LOTV Large Christmas 
Clear embossing ink 
Embossing powders White and silver glitter

Black fine line pen

I would like to enter this card in:
Gallery at Group of Seven Design Element Ombre

Rudolph Day Anything Christmas goes
We Love Stamping optional 'Winter' playing Anything goes
Creatalicious Challenge #284 Anything goes optional Christmas or New Year
Peace on Earth Challenge #78 Anything Christmas goes

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Wishing you and yours A Happy, Safe and Healthy 2025

Megan

Flower Power

 Hello again,

In my effort to join in some of the techniques shown over with the lovely ladies at Group of Seven, I have made a mostly white on white card for technique of Textured backgrounds using die cuts. I have used a floral die cut which had a variety of sized flowers glued them down to the card front and added triple cut sentiment dies inside a golden frame. 

What I used:

White cardstock

Mystery dark pink cardstock

12.6x 17.8cm card blank 

Cheery Lynn Shasta Daisy strip die

MFT Happy birthday sentiment die

Butterfly die (mystery brand- let me know if you recognise it) 

Gold glitter card stock

Stitched rectangle dies

Clear crystal flat backed gems

I am adding this card to 

Group of Seven Gallery Textured background with die cuts

A Cut above December anything goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog optional Use your dies

NBUS Challenge 69 I am not sure how long this flower die has been in my stash! First outing, it even left some of the colour from the metal die behind (Cheery Lynn purple)

I hope you are all recovering after the holidays, we woke to an early morning storm which has started a bushfire from a lightning strike a couple of hours away.... the middle of a heat wave and high winds make storms more dangerous to the Aussie bush.

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Have a wonderful week

Megan

Merry Christmas

 Hello again, 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, I hope you all have a wonderful time spent with family and friends and some delicious food... I will be back online after Christmas hopefully before New years...

Well Christmas is upon us, after lunch today I am starting to make the dessert for tomorrow... we are expecting summer highs of 27C tomorrow and getting warmer as the weekend approaches. 

I need to print off some gift tags today as I have run out and so has the local store, I made this card for a friend who is travelling to see his parents for Christmas at the beach... the top seems to lean a little forward and perhaps the sentiment should have been placed down one side... 

scraps from cutting

What I used

White cardstock card base and printing 

Beccy's Place Sandy Christmas

Faber-Castell coloured pencils

Kaisercraft 'Sandy toes' paper

scraps of red, kraft card and some scrap Distress Oxide card (candied apple, twisted citron, antique linen and wild honey) 

Craft magazine sea horse and shell stamp and dies

Kaisercraft tree die

Impression Obsession ocean border waves and Sentiment dies

I would like to enter this card in:

Beccy's Place December Challenge

Little Red Wagon #787 Merry Christmas

Allsorts Challenge 812/3 Use your Dies or anything goes 

Digi choosday Challenge Anything goes week 50

Peace on Earth Challenge #78 Anything goes

Colouring with pencils Anything goes

Christmas Kickstart Challenge Anything goes #93

Snippet's Playground #496 Anything goes

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

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

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 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