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

Thank you for looking in...

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!

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 

Thank you for looking in...

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

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

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

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.

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

Final Christmas cards for 2018

Hello again,

 Well I didn't anticipate that it would take me this long to make a new blog post in December, but with all the goings on and attempting to avoid the heat box I craft in during the hot summer weather today is the first time I have managed to find some time to blog. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year, Sydney is already on countdown for the big fireworks display, people already staking out their vantage points. Christmas Day down under was a hot day very much like Santa in the scene on the two cards below and there is no apparent end to the hot summers days we are having which are unusually hot for our area.

I have been making some changes to my blog in the wake of Google+ closing down in the next few months and as that was the only comment system available when I started my blog, in a simple click to swap to the now available blogger commenting system all previous comments have vanished, never to be seen again.

Two final Christmas cards which went to my city physio and local acupuncturist, this was my bank tellers favourite card last year and she has spent all of this year trying to find the red rubber version of the Aussie Santa from Make It Crafty which she found in November at a craft show.

Here are my cards:-

What I used:-
White 12.6.17.8cm card blanks
Cloud papers from 6" paper pads
Distress Oxide ink background (Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans)
Kaisercraft sand and boardwalk paper
Sugar Crystals Stickles
Ultimate Crafts Sydney Harbour and Opera House dies
Scrap papers, grey, off white (metallic sheen), sandstone and Christmas patterned
Make It Crafty Aussie Santa Digi
Beccy's Place Sentiment stamp (Aussie Christmas)
Fiskars corner rounder
Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils
Wink of Stella (liberally over beard and tinnie)
Clear embossing ink
Black embossing powder

I would like to enter these cards in:-
ABC Christmas Z is for Zero Embellishments
Christmas at Sweet Stamping Anything goes
Christmas Crafts All Year Round Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers December Anything goes with Dies
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 418 Anything Christmas or a New Year card
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything Christmas
Snippet's Playground #342- must use snippets

Wishing you all New year full of peace, good health, happiness, love and craft time

Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A Huge Thanks to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors, I love to read your comments. Thank you for visiting today...

K is for Kangaroo

Hello again,

Are you all getting tired of seeing Christmas cards from me yet? I've had a few days off and will have to play catch up so today I have a pair of cards that I made using a similar design from last year. I stamped the Kangaroo from Aussie Christmas by Beccy’s Place onto a A4 sheet and heat embossed them in black, both were coloured using Prismacolor watercolour pencils, painted in with water and then fussy cut out then added to my torn paper background made to look a little like the Aussie Outback, I added the windmill die cut and stamped the sentiment from Beccy’s set heat embossed in silver.

Here are my two cards:-

What I used:-

2 x white card blanks 12.6x17.8cm (5x7”)

White core cardstock (DCWV) 

Beccy’s Place Aussie Christmas clear stamps

Ultimate Crafts Windmill die

Kaisercraft Basecoat corrugated tin paper

White cardstock for stamping

White cardstock to adhere background to

Black and silver embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Double sided tape, foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards K is for Kangaroo

613 Avenue Create Christmas or winter

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all my friends and visitors who have wished me well with my shoulder and also a huge thank you to all who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment. I truly appreciate them all!