My Merry Card Corner: Creative Inspiration

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Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Cover Die Eclipse

Hello again,

Twice in one week, very unusual for me. Today I am joining the Gallery of Group of Seven Card makers, with a technique challenge- Cover die Eclipse. I will admit the first one jumped in the cuttlebug and I have ended up putting one beautiful card aside, and trying again with a more simple stamped image.

Darkroom Door African Tree stamped in Black soot Distress oxide ink, die cut with a MFT cover plate, and sentiment stamp from Clearly besotted. I think I should have stamped the image a little higher on the card, then the image would have been more evenly centred within the cover die. Definitely a technique to come back too. Another layer was cut out of the waste from the other card to layer up the diecut background

The stamp was in a 'scrap' set, when the rubber does not make a full stamp set or something was wrong with some part of a set, they sell the stamps that are suitable for use at a discount. I think this might look good as a jacaranda tree in purple.

What I used

Blue Edge Crafts Top fold 12.3x17.4cm card blank

MFT cover plate die

Darkroom Door African Tree stamp

Clearly Besotted sentiment 'Sweet little sentiments'

Distress Oxide black soot, candied apple

fine tipped pva glue

I am sharing this card with:

Group of Seven Gallery Cover plate Eclipse
NBUS today is the first time the tree has seen ink....
Crafter's Cafe #307 CAS
~~Creative Inspiration Challenge #13 Anything goes CLOSED~~
Simply Clean and Simple April Anything goes optional Weather

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...

Sunday, 18 February 2024

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

Sunday, 17 September 2023

LPoCF#214 Patties Creations

Hello again,

Well Spring has begun its slow arrival here in my part of New South Wales, the first flowering Cherry tree flowers have started opening in the last few days and, I have spotted all three of our resident Blue Tongue Lizards out sunning themselves along the front of our house.

This week bring us to an all new Anything goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Patties Creations who allowed us to choose some images, I chose Roses in Milk bottle. I have gone extra clean and simple with just one patterned paper, bakers twine and some self-adhesive gems with the image and a die cut sentiment.

Patties Creations

Prize 4 images

Patties Etsy Store

Patties Creations Blog

Patties Creations Facebook

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7)

Patties Creations Roses in Milk bottle digital stamp

Snippet of doodlebug designs black spotted paper

snippet of black cardstock

Bakers twine

self adhesive gems x11

Elizabeth Crafts sentiment die

Adhesives- double sided tape, glue dot

I would like to enter this card in:-

Patties Creations Blog- #210 any stamped or digital image

Snippets Playground #463 Anything goes with snippets
Sheepski Designs #78 Make it Feminine
Ally's Angels #74 Anything goes

Creative Inspiration Challenge #6 Anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge #78 Dots and/or Stripes

613 Avenue Create September Anything Goes (**edit I had wrong link)

HLS Birthday Challenge

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, especially as my mojo is missing...

Sunday, 16 July 2023

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