Teddies Christmas

Hello again,

Autumn has well and truly arrived here in Australia, the leaves on all the trees are changing to the most beautiful bright colours and they look striking against a storm darkened sky (if only the clouds would open) we are approaching water restrictions soon due to the dam level reaching 50%. I did some illicit colouring last week and decided to make a Christmas card with one of the images I coloured.
I have again used my trick to expand the 15cm (6") paper to cover the larger card blank cutting and hiding the cut behind the centre strip...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x 17.8cm card blank (5x7)
From the Heart Stamps Teddy Gift Stack digi image
Lily Bee Designs Christmas Cheer Papers
Faber-Castell pencils
Wink of Stella liberally on bears hat
Hero Arts Stamp and Cut Christmas
Clear embossing ink
Silver super fine embossing powder
Clear rhinestones

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #438 Optional Candy canes
12 Months of Christmas Link up- Creature Feature
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything Goes May
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #10 May Anything Christmas
Christmas with the Cuties-#26 Feature a Creature
Cute N' Crafty Christmas Anything Christmas/Winter
Happy Little Stamper Christmas Challenge May

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 leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Chicken it twice

Hello again, 
This week sees the return of our monthly Get Ready for Christmas challenge with the lovely ladies at Crafting By Design, we love to encourage all of you get a head start on your Christmas and Holiday cards so you don’t have a rush come the end of the year. As always it is Anything Christmas goes the challenge runs from today to 30th of April and you can enter the challenge using Mr. Linky over at Crafting By Designs.

A Day for Daisies

Prize $8 Gift Certificate

I have used an image that I had pre-coloured and fussy cut at some point last year and it has been floating around my untidy table top. From the Heart Stamps (store closed) Santa Bird Brain.


Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White square card blank
My Minds Eye Mistletoe Magic design papers
From the Heart Stamps Santa Birdbrain- includes funny Chicken sentiment
Typed sentiment (circle)
MFT Pierced Fishtail flags
MFT Pierced circle die
Stitched Square die
Adhesive:- Double sided tape, Glue pen

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge-#434 Anything goes optional to include a building
Merry Little Christmas Challenge- Anything goes 
Sparkles Christmas Challenge- Feature a Creature
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes or Fairies
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything goes optional challenge monochromatic

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 leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Spec-tacular Easter

Hello again,

Today brings us to a new challenge with the lovely ladies over at Crafting By Designs, this weeks challenge is Easter, the challenge runs from the 10th to the 16th and you can enter using Mr. Linky over at Crafting by Designs. I decided to make my niece a card using one of the images that I have hanging around my table top, not specifically an Easter image but will hopefully suitably impress a 14yo.

This weeks sponsor is Lunagirl and is offering the lucky winner a $15 gift voucher to the store.

I have used an image I coloured before the physios told me to lay off with the repetitive movements, it is from the now closed From the Heart Stamps- Spectacular Birdbrain.

Here is my card:

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
Black cardstock
Patterned cardstock (unknown brands)
From the Heart Stamps Spectacular Birdbrain digi
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
Poppystamps Glasses die
Scrap metallic paper
Tiny 1mm red bling
Diamond Glaze
Sentiment typed on pc
Stitched square die

I would like to enter this card in:-
Alphabet Challenge Blog-A is for Animals
Aud Sentiments Challenge-Easter or Spring sentiment
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge Anything goes
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 take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all! 

Colour Challenge

Hello again,

Well today brings us to the end of the month long Holiday card making challenge with Beccy from Beccy's Place, I have managed to play along with most of the days but was a little stuck with the colour challenge from day 5, custard, cocoa, moss and bisque. I was digging around looking for a particular stamp and came across an old paper pad from First edition, which I knew had the cocoa and moss colours covered, peering through I had a narrow strip of plaid paper which appeared to have three from four of the colours or as close as I was going to get anyway.

Beccy's Challenge was also to surpass last years card record which was 743 cards made during the month, I still have one more card to make for todays final challenge and the total currently stands at 791 with several more hours to go.... and I still have the final day to type up.... 800 or more here we come!

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
First Edition paper pad Christmas Village
FTHS Birdbrain 'Deck the Halls' digi (store closed)
MFT gift tag greetings
Colorbox 'cocoa' inkpad
Clear embossing powder
Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils
Stitched square die
Circle punch
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam dot

I would like to enter this card in:-
Beccy's Place Month of Holiday Cards challenge Day 5 colour challenge

Many thanks for dropping 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 stop by and leave me a comment.... I truly appreciate them all!

D is for Dog

Hello again,

I am still working my way through the alphabet, today I have bounced backwards to make a card using the letter ‘D’ I have gone with d for Dog. The image is from the now closed From the Heart Stamps, I coloured the image in with the intention of using Kaisercraft Jewel paper pad.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank

From the Heart Stamps image Christmas Puppy

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Kaisercraft Jewel paper pad

Mauve checked paper from large scrap file

scrap of mauve cardstock

Circle and scalloped circle dies

MFT Hand lettered Holiday stamps

Clear embossing ink

Silver superfine embossing powder

Purple bling from stash

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-
Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards 'D' is for Dog
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage Christmas is Coming

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 leave me a message I truly appreciate them all! 

Easter

Hello again,

Well hope you all had a lovely Easter and a breakaway from the norm. Apologies for being AWOL for much of the month, I’ve had a new massage therapist added to my treatment many months after being told I’m carrying 30+kilos of fluid, who has added new tasks to my days and weeks that I have had to adjust to, who knew that a massage could make you so tired for a few days afterwards, or perhaps that is just me.

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who Congratulated me on joining the Design Team over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends blog, it was also my first scheduled blog post, never having figured out how to do so without the kind help from Denise.

Enough about all that and on to my card for my niece who lives in a different state and we can’t send Chocolate treats to her as they melt (she got gift vouchers for of all places Bunnings Hardware) and gift bag for Easter for my Mum which was filled with some good old Aussie Cadbury Chocolate eggs, I felt I was cheating a little with the gift bag very little colouring at all.

Here is my Nieces card:- made to look a bit like a corkboard, although the other 'pin' seems to have vanished it was in the bottom corner. Letters came as part of the paper pack

Here is the Easter Bag

What I used:- Card

White Scalloped edge Card blank 10.5 x 14.7

Merci 6” paper pad (Big W for those in Australia)

Meljens Designs Digi stamp Little Egg Chick (Store Closed)

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Little stickers

Fine line black pen

Tiny bling and enamel like dot(s)

Glue stick, PVA glue and Double sided tape

What I used:- Gift Bag

Brown paper bag

From the Heart Stamps Digi Image Easter Bunny

Faber-Castell Pencil

Scrap papers from stash to create scene, fence and grass

MFT Fresh cut grass die

MFT Garden Fence die

Lili of the Valley Circular sentiments

Foam tape and double sided tape

Blue ink pad (can’t remember which)

I would like to enter this card and bag into the following challenges:-

Pixie’s Snippets Playground weeks 277 and 278 Anything goes with snippets I found all of my papers for the Easter Bag in my scrap box!  

Bizzy Bec’s Store Blog Challenge Anything goes April

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #9 Anything goes

Craft-a-Holics ‘R’ us Easter April Challenge

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #160 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 message, I truly appreciate them all!

Lucky Little Birdie

Hello again,

I am joining in this month’s Stamp of the Month challenge over a From the Heart Stamps and this month Faith has drawn a super cute Lucky Little Birdie for us which you can buy here at her From the Heart Stamps Store, alternatively if you buy $10US of Faith’s other cute stamps you can enter this code 🍀Good-luck🍀 to get the image as a free gift, each month you play you receive the next month’s image for free!

I made a quick gift tag using up some little bits from my scrap box and a tag die cut from plain white card which came in the box of bits from my neighbour earlier this year.

Here is my tag:-

What I used:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Lucky Little Birdie

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

CCD Cross stitched Tag die *WARNING* This site is super cheap, addictive and sell lots of Crafty Goodies often with free international shipping. (I will not be responsible for enabling any of you) 😉😉
Glue Stick
Fiskars Eyelet Setter (my set didn't come with the hole included on the die)

Penny Black T is for transparent Snippets Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge for March

Pixie’s Snippet’s Playground weeks 273 and 274 Anything goes with Snippets

Love to Craft Challenge Blog Challenge #8  
Craft-a-holics R Us- March Shades of Green

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!

Hogs and Kisses PigWit

Hello again,

From the Heart Stamp of the Month Challenge is back!

Faith is back from treatment from her brain tumour and she's enjoying drawing again and now that she's feeling better the Stamp of the Month challenge has returned, thrilling all of her design team and followers! This months image is a super cute little Hogs and Kisses PigWit which I have teamed with a Create with TLC sentiment with plans of making this into a get well card.  I also decided to join in with the ladies over at Paper Play sketches and Crafting by Designs.

This Challenge is a progressive one, once you enter this month you will receive a new digi stamp sent next month, if you haven't already jumped into this challenge you can buy the stamp from Faith's Store From the Heart Stamps or buy $10US  worth of Faith's other digi stamps and enter the code KISSY-KISSY to receive Hogs and Kisses PigWit for free with your order.

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 10.5 x 14.7cm card blank

Papers from Merci and Shimelle 6” pads

Create with TLC digi Sentiment

Hogs and Kisses PigWit From the Heart Stamps

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

MFT Stitched Rectangle dies

Reject shop enamel like stickers

White card and Printer

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month

Paper Play Sketches #35

Create with TLC and Doing Life #8 Anything goes

Crafting by Design Polka Dots

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

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

A slice of Summer

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a card made for my niece’s birthday later this month, it is already on its way in a parcel full of Lego as requested and not 'girls' Lego either! She spent a lot of time playing with her Dad’s old Lego when she last visited us in NSW and took it all home with her, she told us she didn’t have any and she really really liked it! 

Some other things she really really likes is pineapples and watermelons so much so that at her Mum’s she has all pineapple “stuff” and at her Dad’s when they decorated her new bedroom she got all watermelon “stuff like pillows, a mat and even a doona cover!”

That made things easy to decide she got Lego and her birthday card from my parents was to be a watermelon card, I made my card earlier this year using one of From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month images, Faith (From the Heart Stamps owner and designer) is very unwell at the moment and is having treatment for a brain tumour, Please keep Faith in your thoughts and Prayers.

This is probably the easiest card I've made in a long time, four circle dies, adhesive tape and sheets, a flag and a few punched hearts cut in two.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank

Dark green cardstock

Cabbage AC cardstock

Tomato AC cardstock

White cardstock

Black scrap card

Diamond Glaze on the Pips

Heart punch

Wooden ladybug (ladybird on the pack)

MFT Pierced Fishtail flags

MFT Penguins in Paradise stamp

Nesting circle dies Lifestyle crafts

Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad

Black fine line pen

Adhesives:- Diamond glaze and double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Snippets Playground week 247 must use snippets

Come and get it Lots of Layers 

Craft your Passion #330 Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything goes

Naughty or Nice #31 Challenge food or drink

Many thanks for looking in...

Have a great 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!

Ice-Cream

Hello again,

Well I have left this months stamp of the month challenge over at From the Heart Stamps until the last few days again, my best intentions getting side tracked again this month. I have used the very handy From the Heart Stamps sketchy challenge this week which you can see here. If you feel like joining in this challenge you can buy the image here or if you buy $10 of Faiths other digi stamps you can enter SCREAM in the voucher code box and receive the image free, as a progressive challenge if you enter this month you will receive the following months image free.

I even managed to play both the sketch and the twist to make it sparkle!

By the way you have all been very busy over the last week, I have been unwell and had my first visit to a pain clinic while I've been gone.

Here's my card:-

What I used:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White card stock folded to 17.5cm x 11.5cm

White cardstock

Echo Park Dots and Stripes 8” paper

Pink striped paper from stash

Glittered enamel stickers from Francheville

MFT pierced circle dies

Fiskars scalloped border punch

Black fine line pen

Micro Beads

Tickled Pink Stickles

Aqua and Red Kindy Glitz

Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Adhesives:- Double-Sided Tape, Foam tape & Aquadhere

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month June 2016

From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge #157 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #36 Anything goes

Avenue 613 Create #182 Anything goes with a twist SightsTastes and Sounds of Summer (in the middle of our Winter!)

Bizzy Bec’s Store Blog June 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 message, I truly appreciate them all!

Party Time

Hello again,

I’m starting to feel a little waterlogged courtesy of the current rain, the total rainfall for this weekend is supposed to reach about 250mm or about 10”, garden is enjoying the winter downpour, thank fully we live up the mountains and not on the plains, several areas have been reported as having evacuated residents. Thinking of those of you who live close to the ocean and are expecting a king tide tonight.

I am again joining in with the lovely ladies over at From the Heart Stamps sketch challenge, this weeks sketch brings the most CAS card I have ever created. Also joining in a few anything goes Challenges...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 10.5cm x 14.8cm card blank

White cardstock for printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

From the Heart Stamps image ‘A Little Something’

Sequins from stash

Pebbles ‘Basics’ paper pad

Poppystamps Classic Ribbon Die

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting rectangles

Adhesives:- Double Sided tape and Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #35 Anything goes

Catch the Bug June Anything goes challenge

Crafting by Design June anything goes

CCC Digi Creations #50 Anything goes

From the Heart Stamps Sketch #154 

Thank you for looking in...

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...

Get well

Hello again,

I had some grand plans today, but spent way more time asleep than I wanted, still recovering from my trip to the big smoke, so I have only one card ready to show you. 

I decided to make a card for this weeks FTHS Sketch with a tWist challenge using one of the images I coloured early in the week.

I promise that I have coloured a shadow and ground but it's not that obvious in the photo, the sun was setting and I used a light to take the photo

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
FTHS Birdbrain
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
White 14cm square card blank
orange card stock (generic)
cascade card stock (AC) 
Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid
Lawn Fawn Riley's ABC's
scrap paper (doodlebug, bobunny dots & magazine)
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
MFT Pierced Circle Die
Diamond Glaze on syrup drip and spoon
Stanley knife, steel rule, craft mat

I would like to enter this card in:-
FTHS Sketch with a tWist #153

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge May Anything goes
Crafting with Dragonflies #58 Animals
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge May Anything goes
Snippet's Playground week 231 Anything goes with snippets 

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

P.S. A HUGE thank you to all the lovely ladies for all the kind comments you leave me :-)

Little PigWit

Hello again,

Well while I’ve not been overly creative in the past few weeks, I have started to get my mojo back, I printed off a stack of images to colour including this months Stamp of the Month Challenge image for From the Heart Stamps the incredibly cute Hamlet PigWit in the planter… this is the first of Faith’s PigWit images and I quickly bought some others during her release of eight new digi PigWit stamps. If you would like to join in with this challenge you can either buy Hamlet PigWit in the planter From the Heart Stamps store or if when you spend $10 you can enter code SQUEAL and you will receive the image for free, if you play along all year you will collect 12 of Faith’s amazing Digi Stamps and she has currently got a few freebies in store…

I have decided to use the current From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge as well…

Apologies for the quality of the photo, local area is currently being burnt off to lessen damage caused by any fires during the hot Aussie Summer, smoked in although not as heavily as previous burns...

Here’s my card:-

What I Used:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month image May

White card

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White card blank 10.5cm x 14.8cm

Brown paper from stash

Amy tangerine paper pad ‘Ready Set Go’

Shhhh!!! Patterned spine from Amy tangerine pad

MFT Pierced circle dies

Craft Matt, Stanley Knife, Steel ruler, scissors

Flower sequins from Lawn Fawn

Adhesives:- Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge May 

From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge #152 

Crafting from the Heart #312 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #176 Anything Goes 

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Thank you for looking in...

Have a great weekend..

Megan

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

Many Thanks

Hello again,

Today I am sharing the card I made using the Stamp of the Month From the Heart Stamps, this set contains several images and sentiments. I have used two of the images and one of the sentiments for my card. I have also used this weeks From the Heart Stamps sketch with a tWist challenge and even managed to include the twist which is to use washi tape.

I am also joining in with a few other challenges including an all new challenge blog called Creative with Stamps, their first challenge is butterfly.

I have also discovered a new to me challenge called Crafting for all Seasons where this challenge is a Tic Tac Toe board.

Here’s my card:-

unfortunately none of the photos show the iridescent glitter effect on the butterfly from the ink spray:-( 

What I used:-

White A6 card blank

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month ‘Time to Bloom’

Metallic grey pinstripe textured card

White card for printing

Washi tapes

X-Press it Glitter Deco tape

Green, pink & cream card scraps

Liquid Pearls in Buttercup & Rouge

Poppy Stamps Die ‘Lorelai Leaf’

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle Dies

Dylusions ‘cherry pie’ spray ink

Lindy’s stamp gang ‘tea pot purple’ starburst spray ink

Kaisercraft 2mm self-adhesive bling

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

Craft Mat, steel ruler, Stanley knife, scissors, corner rounder

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge April

From the Heart Stamps Sketch with a tWist #148

Snippets Playground #226 must use snippets 

Suzy B’s Bloomin’ Challenge: #127 Anything goes with a Twist: For a Lady

Crafting for all Seasons #124 Tic Tac Toe: top line Sparkle,Die cuts, flowers

Crafty Sentiments Anything goes

Creative with Stamps Challenge #1 Butterfly

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

For Santa

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a quick card made using this weeks From the Heart Stamps sketch, which you can see below, with the Twist being to make it Sparkle, I have used some extra Star shaped sequins, Glittered card stock, and metallic red from a splash across the main red background, which itself holds feint images including Santa.

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.7 x 17.8cm card blank

From the Heart Stamps image ‘For Santa Birdbrain’

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Lily Bee Designs ‘Christmas Cheer’ patterned paper

Generic 12” square Christmas paper

Blue card & red glitter card scraps

Red Star sequins

Memory Box Holiday Hats Die

Impression Obsession Christmas Top Edgers

Fiskars Scalloped border punch

Bella Droplet for Santa’s hat

Stanley knife, Steel Ruler, Craft mat

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

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge #146 

Hiding in my Craftroom Super Scraps Saturday #246 

Snippets Playground #224 

Creative Craft Cottage #61 Add some sparkle  

Cute Card Thursday #420 Something Shiny 

Little Miss Muffet 135 Anything goes 

12 Months of Christmas link up Optional theme Gifts Galore

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra

Thank you for looking in

have a great week...

Megan