CBD Anything goes August

Hello again,

I hope those in the North are enjoying their summer time, we have been having a run of cold, wet, foggy winter days here in my part of Aus. good weather to stay inside crafting. Today brings us to a new month long Anything goes challenge with my lovely team mates at Crafting By Designs, while my team mates enjoy a summer break this is the only challenge for the month. There are two sponsors this month offering two lucky winners a prize from their stores.

Di's Digi Stamps

Prize  $6 voucher to store

We R 3

Prize $15 Gift Certificate to store

I have used one of my favourite images from Di's Digi Stamp store Pots of Hedgehog Love, this was coloured earlier this year and I had pre die-cut it out then tucked it under my craft matt to keep it flat. I have used paper from Shimelle 'Star Shine' paper pad which I cut to fit the card after die-cutting the flower shape from the middle of the plain cardstock backing, okay so it wasn't quite even and I had to change plans and ended up with the two narrow strips top and bottom rather than just one at the bottom. I know, measure twice cut once.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 17.4x12.4 top fold card blank
Di's Digi Stamp Pots of Hedgehog Love
DCWV Neutrals cardstock
Flower die cut
MFT pierced circle die
Shimelle 'Star Shine' paper pad
MFT sentiment die cut
Clearly Besotted Sentiment stamp
Flower lace
Colorbox ink pad 'Midnight'
Tiny blue bling
Adhesives:- Double sided tape and Diamond glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional use colours of your flag
Crafty Creations challenge #395 Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #120 Summer
Seize the Birthday #170 Anything goes or extra topping Rainbow missed the end
Digi Design Challenge blog "Things with wings or a tail" (apparently hedgehogs do have tails- who knew)


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 take the time to leave me a comment. I truly appreciate them all.

Happy Mothers' Day

Hello again,

Well yesterday was Mothers’ Day here in Australia and despite my best intentions to have made Mum a card earlier than the day before, I was busy on Saturday creating a special card, I made a Joy Fold card for her this year it was much easier than anticipated to do too, it makes for a quite a heavy card though. I used a 15cm square card blank and cut down a second smaller square card blank to 11.6cm, cutting the front of the larger card in half and placing the second card with the fold opposite the larger and main cards fold, I had only one problem with the card, I allowed one of the tags and one part of the leaves to over hang the fold, meaning that once opened these became bent :-(, never mind the card was still appreciated by Mum. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Lili of the Valley Digi image ‘Bobby Socks’

Faber-Castell pencils

15cm square card blank

12cm square card blank (minus just 4mm down two sides)

Core’dinations cardstock ‘Pearl’

Lili of the Valley Bonnets and Bowties paper pad

Lili of the Valley Circular Sentiment stamp set

Lili of the Valley Tiny Tag digi sentiments set

Marianne Design dies CR1354 Butterfly punch

Marianne Design dies CR1248Circle and flower stitch

Elizabeth Crafts Curvy leaves die

Lifestyle Crafts nesting circle dies

Ribbon, lace and bling from my stash

Tiny paper flowers from Korean Paper Museum

Ranger Liquid Pearls ‘Silver Pearl’

Versa Colour ‘Orchid’ ink pad

Clear Embossing powder

Kaisercraft Mini clear stamp set ‘Occasions’ inside card

I would like to enter this card in:-

Di's Digi Design Challenge Fold it Fancy

Craft-a-holics R Us Spring colours or flowers

Aud Sentiments Challenge 179 Flowers and a Sentiment

Polkadoodles Crafting Anything goes week 18

Crafting by Designs May Anything goes

Love to Craft Challenge Blog May Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind visitors who leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Away in a Manger

Hello again,

Well I’ve left my monthly planned Christmas card make until the last week of the month again… so I have two to share in the next few days. I have deviated slightly from my current use my vintage stash with this card and used some brighter colours and papers from Lily Bee Designs from a 6"pad I sneakily cut the stripe paper in two and covered the middle with the second patterned paper... and I've not been drinking my picture is at a very severe angle...hiccup

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.7cm x 17.8cm card blank

Di’s Digital Stamp Izzy’s Nativity

MFT pierced square die

MFT Merry Christmas die

Kraft paper

Lily Bee Design 6” pad Christmas Cheer

Scrap of metallic red card

Adhesives:- Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

Rudolph Day at Scrappy Mo's Anything goes Christmas

ABC Christmas Challenge H for Home and I for Informal

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Optional Challenge Ghosts of Christmas Past- Vintage

Crafting by Design Get Ready for Christmas

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #330 Optional challenge For a Child

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra Anything Christmas

Digi Design Challenge Use Something Digital Image

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all the lovely visitors who stop to sign the guest book :-P Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I truly appreciate them all!

Wonderful Day

Hello again,

I know I was complaining of all the summer heat before but we have had every single day of this month has been wet, wet, wet. Current local rainfall for the month stands at 333mm that is one entire school ruler worth and some (13.11inches), we don't have proper storm water drains around here but could use some when the weather is like this, cars quickly become aqua-planes due to the amount of water flowing down streets. Much safer to stay inside and play with craft supplies I mean keep tidying my supplies! 😉

This card was made for one of my Mum’s friends, pretty, purple and anything you like was the request, I am still loving cute little hedgehogs and have coloured a few the last couple of weeks, so one found a home.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6 x 17.8cm card blank (5x7”)

Amethyst & Pool AC cardstock

White card for printing

Digi image from Di’s Digital Images

Design papers from Sugar and Spice Studio’s (Spotlight store for those in Aus)

Purple bakers twine

Fiskars scalloped border punch

MFT pierced Oval Die

Inkylicious Sentiment stamp (from the Playground)

Clear embossing ink

WOW black embossing powder

Enamel like stickers (Reject Shop for those in Aus)

Apologies for the photo, due to the weather I had to photograph with a light on, balanced in my hand along with the camera.

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafting by Design:- March Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends:- Challenge #54 Anything goes

CCC Digi Creations:- Challenge #69 For the Girls

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge:- Happy Birthday

Love To Craft Challenge Blog:- March Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

Hedgehogs

Hello again,

As I mentioned before I printed off an few images onto one sheet for upcoming birthdays, it was our neighbours birthday over the weekend and her and her son headed down the coast for a couple of days giving me some extra time to finish off her card  so rather than being a fairly simple one I went all out and made some rolled roses to embellish her card… 😊 and just as they were ready to leave we arrived home from the shops and her teenage son brought me in a tray of card board scraps quite possibly from their love of heading out to garage sales, one of the scraps worked perfectly with the colour scheme of the semi completed card and I couldn’t help myself I used it for the roses, so some of what she gave me is heading back into her home.

If I didn’t want the scrap card stock she said to dump it into her recycling bin (What!!!) as even if I can’t use it I try to pass it along to someone who will, I have shared it out some for me in colours I need or use lots of,  some has made its way to one of the friendly bank tellers, who will also pass along any she’s not interested in and the remainder will be headed to a card making lady who after retiring returned to the nursing home to teach card-making to the residents, they have loved the other bits and pieces I have passed along and will undoubtedly get some enjoyment from this lot. (box is a bit over 30cm square)

 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Diane Carubia Blooming lovely Hedgehogs digi stamp
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
My Memories cardstock
Green, cream and peach coloured cardstock
Fiskars Lace border punch (almost all hidden)

Peach lace

MFT Medium rolled rose die

MFT Royal leaf die
MFT Stitched Scalloped die
MFT Medium Leaf filled flourish
MFT Stitched line square frame (fitted perfectly behind the scalloped square)
Lili of the Valley circle sentiments
Clearly besotted Sweet little sentiments stamp
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle and Scalloped circle die
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Tiny pearls in flower centre
Pearl strip
Sullivan’s Bling flourish
Adhesives:- PVA glue, Foam tape, double-sided tape
  I would like to enter this card in:-

Di’s Digi designs challenge- Include an animal

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #51 Anything goes

Bizzy Bec’s Store blog February anything goes
Crafting with Dragonflies One for the girls
Craft’s Galore Encore Anything goes

Thank you for looking in today…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A huge Thank you to all the lovely ladies who leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

P.P.S Have had internet issues and specifically privacy and similar on one browser, using a different browser and it has played havoc with Blogger reading list, I can only scroll down a certain amount and cannot access all of the blogs I follow, my apologies if I don't get around to comment so often until I work out what went wrong (please read, I have tried every thing I know to fix problem and have referred problem to family tech support)

Howzat!!

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a card made for another young neighbour who loves to play cricket and has recently joined the local high-schools Duke of Edinburgh Award, so he is always off doing one thing or another. He and an uncle are planning on riding a 50km charity bike race as part of the Duke of Edinburgh award...

This is the closest I've come to a CaS card!

Here is my card:- 

What I used:-

White cardstock to make card 17.5 x 11.5

White cardstock

Just inklined Cricketer Digi stamp 

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Dark grey card stock

Studio Calico ‘Here + There’ collection scraps

Adhesives:- Double sided tape

Couture Creations nesting rectangle die

Steel Ruler and Stanley knife

Happy Birthday stamp from magazine cover gift

Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad 

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafty Sentiments Anything goes #18

Creative with Stamps #7 Add a Sentiment

Di's Digi Designs Anything goes

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Anything goes #41

613 Avenue Create Anything goes

Simply papercraft for all occasions Anything goes

Crafting Circle Anything hand coloured goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Thank you for looking in...

have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

Bugaboo Christmas in July Final Day

Hello again,

Well today brings us to the seventh and final day of this years Christmas in July Celebration and fun Challenges over at Bugaboo’s Catch theBug Blog. Today brings us to Freebie Friday and a Colour Challenge which you can see below.

When I first saw the Fuchsia picture and the colours selected from it I was a little concerned about my paper choices, but in the middle of the night I remembered that I have some Doodlebug Design Papers that came with a 100 sheet block which would fit the colours nicely, mixed in with another paper pack from Doodlebug Designs I bought more recently.

I coloured parts of the image twice so I could layer up Rudolph’s shirt and the top two presents on some foam adhesive, I also added some Diamond glaze to his nose, eyes and antlers… I could have sworn I had some gold stickles for his antlers… never mind it looks fine with the glaze and silver frame…

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5”x7” card blank

Bugaboo Image Rudolph Presents (Friday Freebie)

Faber-Castell Pencils

Amethyst (AC) cardstock

Doodlebug Design Papers ‘Holiday Trimmings’

Doodlebug Design Papers ‘Christmas pack’

Silver glitter cardstock

Fiskars Scalloped border punch

MFT Stitched oval Scallop Frame

Wplus9 Timeless tags

MFT Gift tag greeting Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Darice Bakers Twine

Francheville glittered enamel dots

Purple gel ink pen

Clear sequins from stash

Diamond Glaze

Adhesives:- Diamond Glaze, Double-sided tape & sheet, foam tape

Stanley knife, steel rule & cutting mat, fine point scissors

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 7- Colour Challenge 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ July Anything goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Inspired by a song (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer) 

ABC Christmas Challenge N is for No Rules 

Di’s Digi Design Challenge Christmas in July

Little Miss Muffet #142 Anything Goes 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge extra July Anything goes

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. A huge THANK YOU to all the lovely ladies for taking the time to leave me a comment, your kind words are truly appreciated

Holly's Tree

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a larger card I have had sort of half started in a box on my table found whilst tidying up my bit's, I found the picture called Holly’s Christmas Tree (from Di’s Digi Stamps) I had coloured while my niece was visiting last month and decided that this would finish off my half-finished model in the box. Time to be honest…. I had made the card for a completely different image which I then wrecked with a mess of double-sided tape and an extra layer of matting to make it super fancy, but the image ended up torn almost right through, it made its way to the recycling box… leaving me with the basic card already embellished and all.

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

Holly’s Christmas Tree- Di’s Digi Stamps

Derwent Coloured Pencils

White 5x7” card blank (12.7cm x 17.8cm)

Christmas Village paper from First edition

My favourite things Pierced oval die

Lace from stash

card and paper scraps

Marianne Design Poinsettia Die

White card for Printing

Fiskars Scalloped border punch

Cottage crafts Mini Holly Die

Self-adhesive pearls

Button from stash

White Opal Liquid Pearl

Memento Tuxedo Black

Sentiment stamp from Magazine

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

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Link-up- #14 Winter Scene (Optional)

Catch the Bug February Bingo Challenge Pearl, Flower,Designer paper

Crafting by Design February Anything goes Challenge

CRAFT Challenge #351 Christmas

Creative Craft Cottage #58 Lace &/or Pearls

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #269 Cute or Anythinggoes

Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends #28 Anything goes

Pixie’s Snippet’s Playground #217 Anything goes

Sparkles Christmas Challenge- Winter landscape

Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #12

Thank you for looking in today...

have a great week...

Megan

P.S. I felt very silly sitting making a wintry Christmas card in a pair of shorts and a singlet top, this week summer appears to have planned a last hurrah this weeks minimum will be 22C. To those who are cold stay warm and those like me stay cool.

P.P.S A huge thanks to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message when they visit, I truly appreciate them all!

Some extra Christmas Crackers

Hello again,

I hope you all have had a very Merry Christmas, had a lovely time celebrating with your families, I had a quiet Christmas at home with my parents…but my brother announced quite late (already posted the bulk of the Christmas Care package) that he and his family would be coming, my niece really announced this as you can imagine an excited 10 year old “I'm getting two Christmases this year!’, so just as well the second box of presents hadn't been sealed with the previously seen Christmas Crackers, I have now had to make a second set for us too, everyone needs a Christmas Party Hat... hehehe I got to pick my own...

I have used the three paper remnants from the previous set of crackers, added six more tags (they are back to back) scoured my very messy desk for some coloured images, which I thankfully found all three from different digi stamp companies. Scraps of white card to die cut the tags, scraps of cardstock, I basically started cleaning up my table and used what I found.... its really really messy!!

Here are my Christmas Crackers (set 2):-

What I used:-

Paper remnants from previous set

Coloured cardstock remnants from my scrap box red, yellow and blue

Digi Stamps from Di’s Digital Stamps Holly Pudding 

Bugaboo:- Kidz Christmas Boy and Dog

Freebie Pippi image

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Twine in various colours from stash (including a scrounged piece from rubbish bag)

Silver ribbon from $2 shop

Cracker strips from Riot art (Australia)

Gel ink pens in co-ordinating colours

W Plus 9 Timeless tag die

Lifestyle crafts Nesting rectangle dies

Mpress nesting square die

Steel ruler, Stanley knife, craft cutting matt

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, PVA glue

I would like to enter these crackers in:-

Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippets playground

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #261 Anything goes Christmas

The Glory of Christmas Challenge #74 Anything goes Christmas

I'm not sure that two Christmases is good for the doctors diet, let alone having added a third!! (another family catch up which has previously happened in August!) 

Wishing you and yours a Happy, safe, peaceful and Healthy New Year

Many thanks for looking in...

Happy New Year...

Megan

Fairy Merry Christmas

Hello again,

Well Christmas is just one week away and I'm finishing off my cards, I got busy colouring in this one and then realised that I really didn't need any more Christmas cards, so this became the tag on my sister-in-law's gift, but is large enough to cover a card front (well it was going to be card). Which was posted to them in time for Christmas only to have my niece announce two days later that she was getting two Christmases this year one at the beach and one with us a week later!! My brother plans to pack our posted gifts in the car and drive them back (a mere 13+ hour drive) he will arrive before my niece. 

As this is a Tiddly ink image I have decided to link it up over there, even though I used completely different colours than, traditional reds, greens and golds requested. Please feel free to delete if unacceptable... 

Here’s my Card:-

What I used:-

White card

Digi image from Tiddly Inks ‘Willow the Christmas Fairy’

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Fairy Krystal Glitter paint

Lifestyle Crafts nesting rectangles

Glitter paper

Cascade card stock

Pink Paper from Doodlebug Christmas Pack

Dark pink Ribbon

Purple Brads

Purple bling

Black ink (Memento Tuxedo Black)

Kaisercraft 'Home for Christmas' clear stamp

Fiskars Eyelet setter, Stanley knife, cutting matt and steel ruler

W Plus 9 Scalloped border die

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape and foam tape

I would like to enter this card/tag in:-

Tiddly Inks Holly Jolly:- Christmassy Reds, greens and golds (delete if unacceptable) 

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra:- Anything goes

Di's Digi Design:- Anything Christmas

QKR Stampede Challenge #170:- Christmas

Beccy's Place December Challenge:- Anything goes

Many thanks for looking in...

have a wonderful week... 

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I really appreciate them all!

To those who celebrate... Wishing you a Merry Christmas  and Happy, Safe and Healthy 2016 ...Megan

North Pole Christmas

Hello again,

Well in the last week of October I entered the Crafting by Design Monthly Christmas Challenge with some tags I had made which you can see here.

My tag project was chosen as one of their Saturday Spotlights and I was offered my first place in a Guest Design Team, can you see the smiley glow? I was offered two choices of challenges to be a Guest Designer and chose to participate in: 

Here come the Holidays Challenge

The lovely ladies of the Design Team have created some wonderful cards and projects as inspiration and we hope you will join in the challenge, there are some lovely prizes to be won from three fabulous sponsors, 

Oak Pond Creations

Dr. Digi

Aliciabel

This challenge isn't just for Christmas, 
you can add any project for whatever holiday
you celebrate this month!

Since this is our last challenge this year,
we're super excited to have 3 sponsors and loads
of inspiration projects from our Design Team and
Guest Designers.  

I made this easel card as my project:

Just the front

 I used the Fishtail flags die to create the sentiment flag altering its size by matching up the piercing and re-cutting the end, I repeated this for the sentiment on the easel base cutting a coordinating rectangle stopper.

What I used:-

White 14cm Square Card blank

White card stock + scrap

Digi Image Decorating Deer Di’s Digi Stamps

Dark Brown card stock

Doodlebug Design Paper pad ‘Santa Express’

Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils

Sentiments from Desert Diva and Cuddly Buddly ‘Christmas Ticket Digi’

Kaisercraft ‘Christmas Quotes’ Clear stamp

Color box Black ink pad 

Six mini Gold star brads (& eyelet setter Fiskars)

White holographic glitter from Art wrap

White glitter from Made for you

MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags 

MFT Pierced oval Dies

Memory Box Die Jolly Jingle Bells

Gold glitter paper

Adhesives:-Foam tape, Double-sided tape and PVA

Craft cutting mat, Stanley Knife, Steel ruler, Scissors, PC & printer, Score board and bone folder, Cuttlebug

This challenge is open until December 29, so you have loads of time
to enter, but please remember to follow the rules and add no more than 3 of your projects made during this time. We're also going to be adding some "reminder" posts during this month featuring projects from even more Guest Designers!

A huge thank you to Doris and the lovely ladies on the Design team for the opportunity to be a Guest Designer with them on this challenge :-) 

I am also entering this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Link-up- #12 Anything goes OR Optional Theme 

Natalie and Amy Challenge #39 Christmas

Case-ing Christmas Final Challenge #32- Anything goes

Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge- #59 Die Cuts for Christmas

A Snowflakes Promise #11 winter or Christmas theme

Digi Design Challenge Blog:- Any Winter Holiday
Doodle Pantry Ants in my Pantry #12:- Digital Images only
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #258:- Time to Decorate
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra December

Many thanks for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. Thank you to all the kind ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all...