Bleached Daisies

 Hello again,

I have made a card following this month's Group of Cardmakers, using the bleaching technique. I have used a scrap of water colour card which I used dylusions Funky Fuchsia and crushed grape spray inks and one of my potluck stamps from Darkroom Door that I bought before they closed down in Australia and recently re-opened in the UK. My potluck stamps are from the scraps, when the rubber had not quite made a full set, they saved the stamps that they could and sold them at a discount.

My stamp comes from the set called Viva la Flora Vol.2 it has a script background which doesn't show on my card as the texture of the water colour card comes through. Stamped in clear ink and heat embossed in black powder. Using bleach-soaked cotton buds on the flowers, I have added a sentiment from Art Stamps Australia.  

What I used

White card blank 10.5x14.8cm

Watercolour card (Micador from Big W)

Darkroom Door Daisy stamp 'Viva la Flora' Vol.2

Clear embossing ink

Black embossing powder

Art stamps Australia Sentiment stamp

Dylusions Spray ink Funky fuchsia and crushed grape

I would like to enter this card in:

Group of Cardmakers Bleaching Technique

Allsorts 847 In the Garden

Beautiful Blossoms Anything Floral goes optional mood board

Daisy Chain Challenge #106 No Design papers

Aud Sentiments Watercolour and/or Spring + Sentiment

NBUS Challenge #85 Daisy stamps first outing

We Love Stamping 'Spring' We already have one jonquil and anemone in flower, whilst all the trees are still only just starting to get their Autumn leaves changing colour her in Aus.

We are starting to get Autumn leaves in our area, which I fully expect to be overrun with tourists as they change as some of the elegant gardens in our area are cut off after several years of extreme weather has caused damage to the roads, some are required to get permits to enter their own streets some of which are several kilometres long, some people have had weddings cancelled as the venues have had to close to the public, some are used to getting 1000+ visitors each day over Autumn. 

That does not include the still cut main highway between Sydney and greater west New South Wales where convicts built the road in 1832 and it has recently failed, almost 200 years and used to transport B-double trucks laden with coal for export or quarry materials for construction. A Blog post from one of the local librarians shows a colourised picture and a story of a grisly murder from 1842, Caroline Collit's Blue Mountain's Local Studies.

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!

Trio of Snippets

 Hello again,

This fortnight Miss Di and Miss Sarn are Celebrating the 500th Challenge for Snippets Playground, with a request for Celebratory Snippets makes, I have been working on diminishing some of my snippets and cut an A5 piece of card stock in half and covered them in snippets, I have made three cards and as a bonus I cut one of the pieces in half again and now have an extra piece. I only managed to remember to take a photo of one partially assembled set of the 'before' pieces.

Pink snippets

Purple and Black snippets 

Neutrals

What I used

3 x 12.6x17.8cm card blanks

Snippets, lots and lots of Snippets straight cut (various widths)

2 A5 sheets

2 different CCD (Ali Express) on first card 

Star hand punch

Pink, purple, and brown snippets (larger pieces to layer and cover cards)

Fiskars Eyelet setting tools (they make perfect circles for the cars wheels, flower centres and dots over each 'i')

Waffle Flower C7 scalloped pierced die

Square stitched die 

MFT Happy Birthday sentiment die

Flower punch

Magazine Car die 

Elizabeth Crafts Happy Birthday die

Adhesives DS Tape and PVA glue in fine tipped bottle

I would like to enter these cards in:

Pink Card #1

Crafters Cafe #316 Optional Spots or Stripes

Snippets Playground Celebrate 500th Challenge

613 Avenue Create optional twist Lots of Love 

Purple Card #2

Neglected Stuff Challenge (I dug out my old flower punch) (second entry)

Vintage Car Card #3

A Cut above Anything goes 

Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #1 Scissors used to cut off all the overhanging snippets, also to cut car so the black layer showed in tyres and canopy

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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 6th Birthday- Ching Chou Kuik

 Hello again, 

Today brings us to another new challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this month we are Celebrating our 6th Birthday and this fortnight we have two lovely sponsors offering prizes and they both kindly gave the members of the Design Team images to work with.

Ching Chou Kuik

Prize: Same two images used by Design Team

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chingchoukuikdigitalstamps/?ref=br_rs

Blog: https://cck-digitalstamps-challenge.blogspot.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chingchoukuik/

Leann's World 101

Prize 2 Images

Blog: Leann's World 101 Challenge Blog

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1836531013324656/

I have used an image called The Moment from Ching Chou Kuik to make a birthday card which I think will be for my Mum, who loves to  read and drink tea. I have used some very old paper from a magazine including the lovely label, another magazine freebie a shrink plastic butterfly which is resting on the side of the teacup and doesn't look quite so dark in real life.

We would love to see any and all crafts you are working on, all handmade crafts are welcome. 

I would like to enter this card in:-

CCC Digi Creations #121 Include a sentiment
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes

Ching Chou Kuik Digital Stamp Challenge 'Happy Birthday'

Bizzy Bec's Store blog Challenge January Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #136 Must use a Digi Stamp

Thank you to all my blogging friends and visitors, I appreciate your visits.
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

LPoCF August Challenge

 Hello again, 

Well, we are hoping to avoid a second wave of Covid-19 here in NSW, we are still choosing to stay close to home, so still no little feathered friend for my lonely budgie. I started making face masks this week for our family and used pipe cleaners for the nose pieces, large scraps of quilting fabric for the inner and outer layers, they will all need a good wash, the fabric has been in storage for a few years and of all things the barrier layer is a pillow protector which is made from the same fabric as the government suggested re-usable shopping bag... I can breathe and not fog up my glasses, so a few more are in the works... need to sort out sizes, some need to be bigger others smaller....

Today brings us to an all new Anything goes Challenge over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, I have made two cards one of which is in the post... both for Family History Friends one who loves Autumnal Colours and the other for a Cool Climate garden lover... using Corner Roses Pre-Coloured from our Sponsor Fred She Said

Fred She Said

Prize $10 Gift Certificate

Here are my cards:-

What I used:-
2x C7 card blank 
Fred She Said Corner Rose Pre-Coloured set
Kaisercraft Basecoat paper, (1st card)
Kaisercraft Script stamp
Memento London Fog ink pad
Altenew Layered Poppy Sentiment (magazine freebie)
MFT Label maker Sentiments
Waffle Flower nesting stitched rectangle and stitched scalloped rectangle set 
Self adhesive pearls 
Kaisercraft Wandering Ivy paper pad (2nd card)
Newton's Nook Birthday Essentials Stamp
CCD Nesting Cross Stitched Fishtail Flag dies
Impression Obsession Border Duo set 1
Baby Blue Liquid Pearls
White cardstock
Clear embossing ink
Metallic Gold and Silver embossing powder
Fussy cutting scissors

I would like to enter these cards in:-
The Happy Craft Challenge Always Anything goes
Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes

Is anyone else finding issues with this new blogger, I have had to change several settings to get it to looks as a normal page, I kept getting big gaps after hitting enter to start a new line. Could they not have it set up like other programs... finding the same settings in similar spots... I had to highlight and play with it until I got it to look 'normal'... 

Thank you for looking in...
I hope you are all staying safe and well and following all the various health advice...
Have a wonderful week... 
Megan 

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

Aloe Birthday

Hello again,

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and you are looking forward to the new year. 

Summer is in full swing here in Aus, it is extremely hot and very smoky courtesy of the large bushfires burning either side of the mountains I call home. The now named 'Monster' Fire has burnt through 846,391Hectares of land, the fires on the other side of the mountains has burnt through 240,911hectares of land and as you can see the size of the land burnt out would eclipse the whole of the Sydney area. The fire at the bottom of the picture has burnt around the Warragamba Dam, which is Sydney's drinking water catchment. (Please note the greyed out areas represent where the fires have been, I have been unable to find a map which shows active fire burning- It is not all alight)

Blue diamonds represent fires burning at a Watch and Act stage
White diamonds represent grass fires, Vehicle accidents etc.
(also have yellow and red diamonds with the flame in it when fires are at a higher level)

One of the fires is called Grose Valley Fire and a video was recorded of the fire running up a 200m high cliff face which can be viewed here at the Guardian Website I have also heard that the area the fires have burnt in NSW is equal to the land size of Wales, the two fires above total 1,087,302 hectares, NSW has burnt through a little over 3million hectares.

Okay, no more fires for now on to the card I have made today, this one will be headed to my next door neighbour who loves succulents and cacti, her son has made her a little wooden train using scrap timber which she has planted out with a variety of succulents. I had started to draw a line inside the die before removing it, but it came out and I was left with scribbled lines I couldn't fix, so I coloured it all in... so much for my doodled edge...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
timber design paper
Vera Lane Aloe Vera digi image 
Kaisercraft texture die 'Geo Lines'
Kaisercraft Hexagon die
various scrap papers
MFT Label maker sentiments
Colorbox Black ink pad
Derwent coloured pencils
Black fine line pen


I would like to enter:
Christmas Snippet's Playground- any crafts using snippets
613 Avenue Create Anything goes option of zentangle/doodling
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes
Make My Monday Challenge #112 A Female Birthday
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes

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

Megan 

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

CBD Magnolia

Hello again, 

Well I thought I'd never get this card done in time for the challenge, freezing cold weather, mist bound, poor light for photography, multiple mistakes that ended up in the WPB. My sentiment panel is a little skewed but not so badly that I tossed the lot... this card is decidedly clean and simple for me.

Today brings us to a month long challenge with the lovely ladies over at Crafting By Designs this month we have been sponsored by Fred She Said Designs and I chose to work with the pre coloured set Magnolias, to make a birthday card for one of our family history friends who loves her garden.

Fred She Said Designs

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Navy leather grained cardstock
Polka dot paper
Fred She Said Designs Magnolia Pre Coloured Set LINK
Memory box Tessatina border die
Mpress Crafts nesting die
Sentiment stamps from craft magazine gift
Clear embossing ink
Wow! metallic super fine silver embossing powder
Kaisercraft adhesive pearls
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, glue pen

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafts Galore Encore #65 Anything goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge #230 Anything goes with a sentiment
Crafty Creations Challenges #393 Anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters Any Occasion
The Happy Craft Challenge Anything goes

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

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

CBD- For the Boys

Hello again,

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our challenge and this week the challenge is For The Boys, we have one fabulous sponsors this week Crafty Sentiments Designs will be giving the lucky winner their choice of 3 Digi stamps from their store.       

Crafty Sentiments Designs 

PRIZE 3 Digi Stamps

I have used a stamp set freebie from my magazine subscription to make a birthday card, the set includes a few flowers and pretty vase and a mason style jar which I have used here. I have stamped and heat embossed the mason jar, fish and sentiment in silver, gold and black. Using up some scrap distress oxide background pieces to make the jar and the fish, I die cut the circle background with some adhesive sheet attached to a scrap of black card, cutting it in two to make it fit across the width of the card front. Not that you can see them but I also heat embossed some extra fish in clear on the card front, before doodling in the border.

Here is my card:-

This challenge is open until March 19th, you can add your project by using the Linky tool over at Crafting by Designs. Please be sure to link your project back to us. 

What I used:-

White 10.5x14.8cm card blank 

Scrap distress oxide card and black card stock

Clear, Silver, gold, and black embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Magazine freebie stamp set

Black fine line pen

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, foam tape, adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this card in:-

Mix It Up Challenge blog Anything goes +optional inked background

Snippets Playground Use your snippets

Southern Girls Challenge- Flora and Fauna

The Happy Craft Challenge March Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…
Megan

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

Butterfly Birthday

Hello again,

I'm back to share another of the cards I finally sent to one of my friends who requested four female birthday cards, it was completely up to me what I put on the cards and this is one of them which I will admit to case-ing from my Pinterest boards, here is the link to the card I found addINKtive designs (Bronwyn), my slightly different version below... I was still trying to make the most of my large quantity of scrap paper and card, the pile of which never seems to shrink. As with most of the other cards I have tried to keep them as flat as possible to cut down on postage, rather than adding bling to this card I used single hole punched silver circles (they are metallic not that you can tell in the pic)

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 10.5x14.8cm card blank
CCD half doily die
CCD butterfly die
Scrap Kaisercraft paper (Blue Bay)
Scrap white, silver and glittered green paper
Hole punch (tiny/flat embellishments)
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Darkroom Door Sentiment (Full Bloom Vol.1)

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafts Galore Encore #61 Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers March challenge Anything goes with dies
Love to Craft Challenge blog Anything goes March
The Happy Craft Challenge March Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper 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 comment on my cards and creations, I appreciate them all!

P.P.S. Apologies for not being around, too many medical appointments and then the usual high pain days to keep up with all my blogging friends, fingers crossed the rehab doctor I see this week will have some answers, nine months with dominant hand in a sling is not much fun.

Friends

Hello again,

I needed a couple of cards for my Mums friends who celebrate their birthdays in the next couple of months, I won a stamp from Naughty or Nice Challenge (now closed) which features four ladies and as mum and her friends get together and there is just four of them this stamp is very fitting, I have stamped and heat embossed in black and used some of my many scraps to make clothes for them, I decided to use water colour pencils to colour/paint their pants and then paper pieced each of their tops. The sentiment is from darkroom door stamps and is heat embossed in silver before I cut it up. The inside has obligatory Happy Birthday and also one of the included sentiments from the set which says ‘here’s to another year of laughing at our own jokes’

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank 5x7”

White card scraps

White card stock

All patterned paper from My Minds Eye ‘Happy Day’ Paper pad (one of my first paper pads)

Pink cardstock

Lots of Love  Art Impressions stamp set

Friends stamp Darkroom Door

Black and Silver super fine embossing powder

Faber-Castell and Prismacolor pencils

Rectangle die

Fussy cutting scissors and Stanley knife

Adhesives:-Double sided tape, foam tape and PVA glue

 I would like to enter this card in:-

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge  October card challenge

Sisterhood of Crafters a little bit of humour

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge

Snippets Playground must use snippets 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper challenge

Thank you for dropping by,

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

Watercolour Birthday

Hello again,

Well I am still working my way through some of the cards I made whilst the internet was out, this one I finished off last week, it is headed to a lovely family history friend who has moved away from the area to be closer to her son and his family, she has recently moved houses again and we are waiting on a new address to send her card and some information we have discovered on her family. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 12.6 x17.6cm card blank (5x7”)

White and black cardstock scraps

Jane’s Doodles ‘Doodle Flowers’ stamp set

Clear embossing ink pad

Darkroom Door Simple Sayings stamp

Wow! Black super fine embossing powder

Stampendous Detail Gold embossing powder

Whispers ‘Seafoam white’ embossing powder

Prismacolor watercolour pencils (water and paintbrush)

Heidi Swapp striped paper

CCS Floral stamp set

Enamel dots and sequins from my stash

Fiskars corner rounder

MFT Fishtail flags die

Adhesives: Double sided tape, foam dots and Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bizzy Bec's Store blog August Anything goes 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge August Anything goes
Seize the birthday Optional topping water (water colour pencils)
Fabrika Fantasy Anything goes challenge
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #32 Anything goes

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

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

Winnie Balloon Days- Paper Piecing

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our Paper Piecing challenge which I am playing host, we have one lovely sponsor this week Polkadoodles  will be giving the lucky winner a voucher for three digi stamps from their store. 

Polkadoodles  

Prize voucher for 3 digi images from their shop

I have used one of our sponsors super cute digi stamps Polkadoodles Winnie Balloon Days to make my card. I printed the image off twice in draft to decide which size I wanted to use and would work best for my card before printing it onto cardstock to colour and then using the draft copy to tape my patterned papers to that I intended on paper piecing and printing it off again. I created a little scene for Winnie using more pieces of scrap papers from my stash who will know that some of the pieces came from my Christmas paper scrap bag??? Red and green spotty papers are easily used at different times of the year, I also busted through some white scraps to make the fence, clouds and punched flowers. Two clouds and the grassy edges in front of the fence are popped up on foam tape to add some dimension, I added the flowers to the ground after deciding it needed something a little extra to finish the card off.

This challenge is open until June 19th, and you can add your project by using the Linky tool on the Challenge blog here. Please be sure to link your project back to us.

Please drop by my team mates and leave them a comment on their cards too.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Polkadoodles Winnie Balloon Days 

White 5x7” card blank (12.7cmx17.8cm)

White paper for printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Single flower shaped hand punch 

American Crafts #Summer paper pad

Blue ‘sky’ Reminisce brand (bought as a mixed bundle)

Scrap paper/card from my stash (and paper pad listed above)

Joy Crafts cloud dies

MFT woodgrain fence die

MFT Freshly cut grass die

MFT Snow drifts die

Darkroom door sentiment (Simple Sayings set)

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Buttercup liquid pearls

Black fine line pen (draw in the balloon string I chopped off) 

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, PVA, Foam Tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Snippets Playground Anything goes with snippets

CCC Digi Designs #93 Anything goes
Always Happy Birthday Challenge theme Summer Birthday

Polkadoodles Anything goes wk23

Creative Craft Cottage #108 Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday #533 Anything goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge  #124 Spots and Dots

Crafty Gals Corner #167 Summer Colours

Aud Sentiments Designs Anything goes + Sentiment

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

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

LPoCF #82 Big Bunch

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge for Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you are making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have one lovely sponsor this fortnight Polkadoodles will be giving the lucky winner a £6.75 voucher for the store.

Polkadoodles

PRIZE £6.75 voucher

I have used a cute image Big Bunch from Polkadoodles to make a birthday card, I looked through my card sketches I have collected and used one I found on Pinterest, unfortunately the link goes to a private Stampin' Up page you need to log in to see... I have again used 15cm (6") paper pad and covered the gap in the middle with the second piece of design paper I found lurking in my scrap box. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White cardstock

12.6cm x 17.8cm card blank

Polkadoodles Big Bunch

Dark red, navy and white cardstock

Fancy Rectangle dies

Fiskars Lace border punch

Deep red seam binding

Gems, pearls and lace from my stash

American Crafts dots and stripes paper pad

Heart paper from scraps box

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Lili of the Valley Digi Sentiment tags LINK 

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, Diamond Glaze, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafting with Dragonflies 5th Birthday Celebration- Birthday Card

Always Happy Birthday Challenge optional theme Flowers 

CCC Digi Creations #92 Flower Power

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Crafty Catz challenge #417 Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #107 Dies and/or Punches

Polkadoodles Challenge week Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

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

LPoCF Challenge #78 Ribbon Roses

Hello again,

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge for  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have one lovely sponsor this fortnight Lemon Shortbread will be giving the lucky winner 3 Images of your choice as the prize.

Lemon Shortbread

PRIZE Three Images

I was given a beautiful image to work with from our sponsor called RIBBON ROSES, which you can find here in store Not sure why but decided that she would look good coloured in with yellow and oranges, not colours I usually reach for but it turned out well… after I had to fix a little mistake, I accidently cut off part of the flower and leaves after carefully cutting them out so they didn't get chopped off when I die cut the top of the image 😒, reprinting and colouring the flowers and leaves before popping them up on some foam tape

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

14cm square card blank

Image Lemon Shortbread- Ribbon Roses

White cardstock
White card 

Faber-Castell Pencils

Adhesive pearls

Crafter's Choice Pastel Basics paper pad

Pebbles basics paper pad

Fiskars Apron lace border punch

Pin dot rectangle die from China

Circle die

Wild Rose Studio Birthday circles stamp

Amber Colorbox ink pad

Adhesives: Double-sided tape, PVA glue, Foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

Daisy Chain Challenge #17 Spring

Creative Craft Cottage Make it Feminine
Love to Craft Challenge Blog- Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Pop it up 

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes
Lemon Shortbread Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in….

Have a Wonderful week…

Megan

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