Cupcake Day

 Hello all, 

I spent today doing physio exercises; did you know there's an App for that! Through the local hospital too! Then I decide to dig out some of the colouring I did while I was in Hospital last year. I coloured the citrus cupcake from Beccy's Place in, which the nurses thought looked good enough to eat. I am not sure what is going on with the orange slices in the corners, they are far more subdued and not at all neon in real life.

I Have followed a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2, which you can see below.

Here's my card

What I used

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Beccy's Place Citrus Cupcake Digital (no longer available)

Faber Castell coloured pencils
Sugar and Spice 'Jewel' patterned papers (from Spotlight in Aus and NZ)
dark green paper
black, orange and yellow scrap papers

MFT Pierced square dies

Elizabeth Crafts 'Happy Birthday' sentiment die (layered 3x)

Magazine freebie bicycle wheel die (orange and lemon slices- ds-taped to white cardstock and fussy cut)

Adhesives: Double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 March using sketch 144

613 Avenue Create March Anything goes

Paper Rocks Scissors March Anything goes (scissors-fussy cutting cupcake)

Colouring with Pencils March Anything goes using coloured pencils

Crafts Galore Encore March anything goes

Cut it Up #352 Forever Green

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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!

Rudolph Day Purple Baubles

 Hello again,

I was one of the top 3 for Rudolph's Day for December last year, I am joining Helen this month as a Guest Designer. My Christmas card features stamped baubles from Beccy's Place heat embossed in Platinum embossing powder and coloured with smooshed Distress Oxides Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet painted onto the baubles.

Here is my card: 

What I used:
White 14cm Card blank
White cardstock
Black paper
Purple glitter paper
Couture Creations 'Be Merry and Classic' Paper
Beccy's Place Festive Baubles Clear Stamps
Distress Oxide Inks, seedless preserves, picked raspberry and wilted violet
Clear embossing ink
Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Marianne Design Star punch die
Star hand punch
MFT Pierced Circle die
Brads

Adhesives Double sided tape and fine tip pva glue

I would like to enter this card in:

12 Months of Christmas Link Up Optional Couples

ABC Christmas Challenge C and D (d is for Die cut circles and stars)

The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #177 Anything goes (edited- ended already)

Crafts Galore Encore #132 Anything goes

Crafters Cafe #316 Anything goes optional Spots and/or Stripes

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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!

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

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

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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

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Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

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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 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

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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

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Have a wonderful day...

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 #224 Beccy's Place

 Hello again,

Today I am sharing a card made for the latest challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we are sponsored by Beccy's Place who allowed each team member to choose an image from her store. I have a very large number of Beccy's Digital Stamps and I have used two images and a sentiment from my set of Cafe Elements. Iced Coffee, Coffee Cupcake, and Give me Coffee sentiment.

Beccy's Place

Prize $10 AU Gift voucher

Here is my card: -

What I used:-

White card blank
Beccy's Place Cafe Elements 
Faber-Castell coloured pencils
Woodware Circles (out of stock) 
Clear embossing powder and ink
Kraft paper

Paper Rose Au Sized stitched rectangles.
Snippet of striped paper
Blue and white card stock

scrap of corrugated card behind the cake to pop it up (out of foam dots)

Adhesives: Double sided tape, PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

Beccy's Place Challenge Anything goes with Beccy's Place Stamps
Creative Inspiration Challenge #11 anything goes (closed)
Paper Funday Challenge #62 Anything goes optional No patterned paper
Ally's Angels #79 Anything goes.
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional Love letters
A Perfect time to craft Anything goes

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Have a wonderful week....

Megan

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

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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

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Have a wonderful week

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!