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!!

LPoCF #222 Stream Side Studios

 Hello again,

I hope you have all had a wonderful start to the New Year, mine has been quiet, hot and wet. Summer brings our area large numbers of tourists, some of whom have difficulty following 'closed' signs. Three helicopters to rescue and/or check people were safe to wait for local Police Rescue squad to walk into their location on closed hikes and then walk them out. Undoubtedly discussing why some areas are closed. In our case there are multiple landslides in the bush, affecting the hikers, canyoners, and 'photo opportunity' seekers for IG. Sorry for the rant, two years ago a father and son died in a landslide in the valley. 

  I am back again with my teammates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Stream Side Studios who kindly allowed each of us to choose a digital set to work with I chose Berry Sweet Mice. 

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Prize 3 Digital Sets up to $15

Here is my card-

What I used-
White cardstock 
Stream Side Studio's set Berry Sweet Mice
5x7" card blank (12.6x17.8cm)
Faber-Castell coloured pencils
Kaisercraft 'Party' paper
Clear embossing pen, inkpad and powder (sprinkles and flame are heat embossed)
Sentiment stamp from stash heat embossed in clear.

I would like to enter this card in-

Crafting Happiness #157 Celebrations of any kind (Edit: I was too late)

Make My Monday #217 Happy Birthday

Polkadoodles week 2 Anything goes

Seize the Birthday Embossing wet or dry (sprinkles, flame and clear sentiment across middle of cake)

Crafty Calendar Challenge January 'Anything goes'

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week....

Megan

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 All Dressed Up

Hello again,

Today brings us to another all new Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are being sponsored by All Dressed Up who kindly gave the team two images to work with, one being this cute image Koala Hugs, I have only ever seen one wild Koala, while on a holiday as a kid, we wondered why all these people were gathered around the base of a tree, one pale grey backside was all you could see many metres above the ground. 

Card making mojo is still missing and family history has been going great guns, I have been helping a friend start their tree and finding some interesting 'secrets' which have needed careful consideration of older generations...

Weather wise, a week of high winds peak gusts at 97km/h have seen branches in trees snap and then need cutting up for the green waste bin, grey wintry days with a few lovely sunny ones and if the wind is not blowing they are lovely and warm (well for here). 

Did you know that there are over 600 varieties of Eucalyptus trees and Koala's can only eat about 50 of them...

All Dressed Up

Prize 2 Images

Challenge Blog

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Instagram

Here is my card:- currently sentiment free with absolute chance it will become a Christmas card for the UK cousins in Leicestershire or Scotland

What I used:-

White C7 card blank (12.6x17.8cm)

Jocelyn Proust- Designer papers 'Australian Wildlife' (shows eucalypt leaves & flowers) 15cmx15cm.

Grey card scrap

Derwent and Faber-Castell Coloured Pencils

MFT Pierced circle die

I would like to enter this card in:-

All Dressed Up July Challenge (Anything you want)

A Perfect Time to Craft Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes optional Nautical

Challenge Up your life Patterned Papers

Crafting Happiness Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge July #4 Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenges #4 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 message, I truly appreciate them all.