LPoCF- Black and White and Read all over

Hello again,


Today brings us to another new Anything Goes challenge with the lovely ladies over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been creating, all crafts welcome. This fortnight Lemon Shortbread are sponsoring us and are offering the lucky winner 3 images from their store.

Lemon Shortbread

Prize 3 Images

I have made two projects with an image from Lemon Shortbread called Girl with book, the card will be headed to my niece for her birthday perhaps with a gift voucher for a bookstore, the second is in my bullet journal, where I have been recording the books I have been reading on my e-reader. 


Here are my two projects: I mirrored the image for the card 

I read the quote somewhere online and trusted that the person had correctly identified the owner, unfortunately it had been attributed to Mason Codey, a further search discovered that the quote actually came from Mason Cooley. A bit late now, it is written and too hard to alter... 

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7)
A5 sketch book
Lemon Shortbread Girl with book digi 
Faber-Castell pencils
Gel ink pens
Kaisercraft ‘Black & White Timeless paper pad
Scraps light red, navy and black cardstock
Pebbles basics paper pad
Red enamel dots
Elizabeth Crafts Happy birthday die
Magazine freebie alphabet die
Scrap greens/yellow distress oxide background 
Quote by Mason Cooley
Washi tape, border
Single hole punch (used to punch a line of holes inside her arm to make it easier to cut out)
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA glue, glue stick, glue pen


I would like to enter these creations in:-
Daisy Chain Challenges Make it Feminine (card)
Mix it Up Challenge Blog- Black and White plus one (card)

Seize the Birthday #163 Anything goes (card) 
Creatalicious Challenge #161 Anything goes option of black, white +one other colour (card)

613 Avenue Create Anything goes or Wedding/Anniversary (journal page)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge Anything goes (journal page)
The Happy Craft Challenge Anything goes April (journal page)

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

P.S. Many Thanks to all of my 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!

Gifts

Hello again,

So my trip to western Sydney went well but was extremely hot, I arrived in plenty of time for my appointment to discover I was seeing a different Doctor, who made the announcement that my usual specialist had passed away almost 12 months ago... he was a lovely man and my parents first met him when my older brother was six. 

I have almost reached the magical five years of desensitisation and the new doctor said I do not have to have more needles for now! Yippee!!!!! but if my allergies flare up again I will have to start up again (hopefully not back to the beginning, it means going back to weekly injections at my local GP office)

On to more interesting things

Today I am sharing a few of the gifts made for Christmas for my Mum, niece and sister-in-law and an extra owl calendar for a friend from my school years as a moving in gift…, I’ve noticed on Pinterest so many different ways to use the little calendar tabs, I first saw the oh so cute Owl calendar over at Sarah’s blog Mallows Crafts and fell in love with it, so as we tend to get UK craft magazines up to three months after the issue is released I was happy to find the pattern inside and headed straight to the Papercraft Inspirations website to download a full size pattern… then I just had to wait until the 2017 calendar tabs were available. Expect to see a few more calendars popping up here soon, as a they come in packs of ten… 

Mum’s calendar is the blue owl and it sits on the fridge, she was quite impressed when she opened it on Christmas day. The green owl will be headed north to Queensland for my friend, every year at Christmas when I hear from her she has moved again and she’s on the move again in mid-January, so I’m holding on to the owl for a bit longer, I resized the template to make it a little smaller to fit in the post.

I also made two note pad and calendars for my niece and sister-in-law using supermarket mini note pads and managed to find some ‘Retro’ pens in miniature to accompany them. For some reason I managed to reverse the pattern

For my niece I went with bright papers and picked out some scrap card and paper that went well with those colours

For my Sister-in-Law I used her favourite colour and some scraps from making a wedding card along with the black and metallic purple paper from my scrap box

What I used:-

AC Wave, Cricket, Amethyst and Leaf Cardstock

Shimelle 6” paper pad

Tiny Brads from stash

Scraps of black, white and stone cardstock

Foam dots

Couture Creations Calendar tabs

Recycled Magnet and chipboard

Calendar and notepad

Mini note pads

Couture creations Calendar tabs

Memory Box Madeline Bird die

Memory box Parker Numerals

Elizabeth Crafts Butterfly overlay one die set

Butterfly die from China

Googly eyes

250 and 300gsm card for bases (white and silver)

Bling from stash last swirl on sheet!

Scraps of paper and card in various colours

I would like to enter the Owl calendars in:

Crafting by Designs January Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #50 Anything goes

Love to Craft #6 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge January

I would like to enter the Easel note pad and calendars in

613 Avenue Create Totally Technical-Use your favourite technique (Using up scraps)

Mrs. A’s Butterfly Challenge #70 J is for Jewels and/or Jade (Butterfly set)

Hiding in my Craftroom Super Scraps Saturday

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 message, I truly appreciate them all.

*I would love to send some of our excess heat to those who are experiencing the extreme cold just now, if only I had a fan big enough... or swap places (if only I had a passport)* the other day in NSW we had temperatures ranging from 8C to 44C in various parts of the state!

Butterfly Wishes

Hello again, 

My friends Daughter in law is having her birthday soon and I was asked to create a card and use some Japanese Paper on it if possible. Metallics seem to be in at the minute with crafters and decorators and I raided my stash of scraps for some gold card, I found two suitable pieces, in separate places (I keep big scraps in an A4 display book, little scraps are in zip-lock bags by colour)

I haven't tried using both an embossing folder and die together on same card I wasn't really sure whether I should be embossing or die cutting first, I tried both ways and eventually decided that the Piestra tile die was delicate and embossing after cutting made the fragile joins break away, so emboss first cut second in this case, I can see this working the other way round for other less delicate dies and shapes.

I’m also wishing I had covered the card blank in black paper or card stock to give the card more definition or oomph…

I finished this card on Saturday afternoon and this morning discovered over in Snippets Playground Brenda had created one incredibly similar which you can see here, I promise I haven't copied her work Miss Di... 

This card is currently winging its way all the way to Japan while my friend takes some time off to visit her family...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 10.5cm x 14.7cm

White card stock

Memory Box Piestra Tile die

Elizabeth Crafts Butterfly die overlay #2

Elizabeth Crafts Butterfly Silhouette die

Gold mirrored card stock

Japanese Paper

Elizabeth Craft bunch of flowers 2 die

Poppystamps Classic Ribbons Die

Spellbinders m-bossabilities Folder EL-005

Black and white scrap card

Paper Smooches Sentiment sampler stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, P.V.A. glue & foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Challenge 183 Anything goes with a twist American Beauty- use a Rose

Crafting by Designs July Anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Challenge 28 Anything goes

Creative Fingers Challenge 112 Anything goes

Snippets Playground week 236 Must use snippets

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends 37 Anything goes

Simply Paper craft for all Occasions 32 Anything goes

Poppystamps Challenge 22- Fly away with Me---must include one stamp or die (Poppystamps Classic Ribbons)

Thank you 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 truly appreciate them all.... Megan

Dig it…

Hello again,

On the computer front my screen is functioning a little better, although still a little blurry, I've changed font sizes, it has a better functioning driver and at least my images no longer look like one of those crazy mirrors squashed down from the top and squeezed in from the sides....

I am joining in with this months stamp of the month challenge over at From the Heart Stamps, this is a progressive challenge and each month that you enter you will receive the following months stamp for free. This months image features a gorgeous little dog and is called Digging Dog. If you would like to join in the challenge you can purchase the image from the store here, if you spend over $10 on some of Faiths other stunning Digi images, you can enter this code: Digging Dog to receive the image free found here.

My card has taken a little longer to make than I planned as I haven't been able to find something I know I have in my stash, you can bet that sooner or later I will rediscover the tiny wooden lady bugs in the most unlikely place and probably remember why I put them there in the first place. One bonus has been tidying up and sorting some of my stash as I looked. Since I didn't find the little bugs I have altered my card as I went

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

Digging Dog image and sentiments by Faith at From the HeartStamps

Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils

White 14cm square card blank

White cardstock

Dylusions London Blue ink spray mixed with water

White Colorbox inkpad mixed with water

Daisy Punch

Tiny flower single hole punch

Poppystamps Garden Sprig die

Elizabeth Crafts Bunch of Flowers 2

Poppycrafts Nesting Square Die

MFT Pierced circle die

Stanley Knife, cutting mat, steel rule, brush

White Opal Liquid Pearls

Adhesives:- PVA Glue, double sided tape, foam tape

Doodlebug Design Paper

Create with TLC sentiment

I would like to enter this card in:

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge March

Creating in a Beautiful Mess Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper Challenge March

Poppystamps Challenge March- must use one Poppystamps die or stamp

Come and Get it Challenge- In the garden

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week

Megan

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

Eggcellent Easter

Hello again,

I'm back with a second entry for the current Sketch with a tWist Challenge with From the Heart Stamps, I have made this time a gift bag for Easter. Using my second digi I won in the last blog hop, this one is called Easter Egg Birdbrains. This bag is for my Mum, I will have to make a second bag for Dad later this week…

I think we've had almost four seasons today, a clear blue sky and warm sun, cool autumn winds, cold grey clouds and rain.

The gift bag came from a fancy stationery store which was closing down, the bag has ribbon attached which you just pull through to close the bag. 

Here’s my bag:-

What I used:-

From the Heart Stamps sentiment & image EasterBirdbrains

Faber-Castell Pencils

White gift bag with ribbon closure 

Green, Pink & Purple scraps cardstock

Pink wavy paper Francheville

Bo Bunny Double Dots Paper scrap

Elizabeth Carfts curvy leaves

The Craft Stall –Rose from stash

Silver glitter paper

Fiskars Lacy Days of Summer border punch

Diamond Glaze

Dylusions London blue ink spray and water

MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags Die

Stanley Knife, steel ruler, craft matt, paint brush

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

I would like to enter this gift bag in:-

Eureka Stamps Challenge #184 Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #30 Anything goes 

Snippets Playground- week #221 Must use snippets

Avenue 613 Create #168 Anything goes/optional Challenge use a bird

Not just cards:- March Challenge Anything goes 

Cute Card Thursday:- #417 Easter

Craft Your Passion #303 Anything goes

Crafting by Design: March Anything goes 

A Gem of a Challenge #165 Easter

From the Heart Stamps- #143 Sketch with a tWist  use an embellishment from stash (rose)

(I can’t see anywhere in the rules that you can only enter once, but if that is the case please delete second entry…)

Thank you for looking in...

have a great week...

Megan

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

Happy Birthday!

Hello again, 

Well, this month is a busy birthday month and I have created a card ready to send off interstate to my new sister in law, who likes all things vintage. I won two digi’s from All Dressed up from the Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ blog earlier this year and specifically selected this image with her in mind.

I have used the same paper pack as I used for the wedding card I made earlier in the year... thankfully I used only small amounts to create flowers for the wedding card, so I may get away with it ;-) 

Here's my card:

What I used:

All Dressed up Digital Stamp 'A little me time'

Kaisercraft Blue Bay Paper Pack (12" x 12")

Kaisercraft Blue Bay collectables die cut shapes

Scissors, Craft Mat, Stanley knife & Steel Rule

Fiskars Corner Rounder Punch

Kaisercraft 2mm silver bling

Derwent & Faber-Castell pencils

Elizabeth Crafts Happy Birthday Die

White A4 card to create card blank

I would like to enter this card in:

613 Avenue Create- #136 Black, White and Favourite colour or Anything goes

Beccy's Place- August Anything goes
Craft your Passion- #274 Anything goes

Crafting by Design- August Anything goes
Crafting from the Heart- #72 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper- Use patterned papers

Creative Craft Cottage - #45 For the girls

Come and Get it- Feature a creature

Simply Papercraft- #10 Anything goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Blog- #92 Anything goes with a twist- Celebration 

QKR Stampede- #151 Anything goes

Many thanks for looking in...

have a wonderful week

Megan

P.S. Thank you to each and everyone of you lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Mother's Day

Hello again…

Today I am sharing the card I made for my Mum for Mothers day this weekend. I have used a Bugaboo digi named Fancy Rose vase, which you can find here at Bugaboo. 

The image is coloured with a mix of Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils, the papers I used have come from three different paper packs, I think they work well together. I have glued only the body of  butterfly leaving the wings to add some extra dimension to the card.

Here's a close up of the rolled roses, with tiny rhinestones and large silver glitter centres.

What I have used:
White card blank- 12.7 x 17.8cm

Deep red card stock- generic paper pack

Newsprint Design Paper- ‘Rose Garden’ by First Edition

Chevron paper ‘Hazy Days’ paper pack

Cross hatched papers from ‘Tea rose’ paper pack

Poppy Stamps dies- Lorelai Leaf

MFT dies- Royal Leaves, Pierced fishtail, Mini Rolled Roses

Elizabeth Craft Small Butterfly

Mpress- Nesting Heart die

Red ink colorbox

Rhinestones

Large loose silver glitter

Sentiment created in Word

Scrap white card

Adhesives- Double sided tape, P.V.A. Glue, Helmar tacky craft glue

I would like to enter this card in-

Bugaboo May- Any thing goes

Come and Get it Challenge- Female Projects Challenge
Crafting Desert Diva's Mother's Day Link up

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- Use your Patterned Papers be it little or large May 

Digi Choosday Week 18- Any-thing Goes

Eureka Challenge- Feminine Cards

Pile-it-on Challenge- #67 Mother's Day/For a lady

Ruby's Rainbow-Any-thing goes

QKR Stampede Mother's Day
and a new to me challenge
Hiding in my Craft room-May Flowers 

Thank you for looking in...

Have a good one...

Megan

p.s. Thank you to all the lovely ladies who have taken the time to leave me a comment, I appreciate them all.

Peace…

Hello again…

I am joining in with some of the the current Christmas Challenges that are about the place, and over at Case-ing Christmas, Anita made us this fabulous card to case. Take a look at Anita’s Card Below. There are so many different ideas that come to mind for this gorgeous card.

  

I took my inspiration from the layout of Anita’s card and have used a digital stamp from DigiStamp Boutique called Mistletoe Jasper…here is my take on Anita's card, I am also using 52CCT March Colour Challenge, and although Jasper's Scarf looks pink and purple I promise I used only pink and blue :-)

What I used:

Square Card blank-  which arrived just in time! As I had recently run out

Merci 6”x 6” Watercolour paper pack (Big W- for those in Australia)

Three tiny purple brads- and Fiskars Eyelet setter to make tiny holes.

Peace Die from Elizabeth Craft

Pierced Circle Die set from Die-namics MFT

Silver glitter card

Black fine-line pen

Digi Stamp- Mistletoe Jasper

Darice Twine

Tacky glue

Double sided tape

Fiskars Scallop border Punch

Faber-Castell Classic Colour Pencils 

I am entering this card in:

Case-ing Christmas Challenge#11

Christmas Cards All year long- March Challenge- Cute Critters

Completely Christmas- Add a robin

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Extra- Anything goes as long as it’s Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- March 2015 Cover card in patterned paper

Glory of Christmas Challenge- #54 Mouse

52 Christmas Card Throw down-Colour Challenge- Pink, Blue and Silver

2 cute 2 ink- Glitter

Digi Stamp boutique- Customer Challenge March
C.R.A.F.T Challenge 302 March 12th 2015- Christmas

Thank you for looking in...
have a good one
Megan