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Saturday, 10 December 2016

Christmas wishlist...

Hello again,

Well after a full week of Holiday Chaos with the Design Team over at Catch the Bug would you believe I’m still short on Christmas cards??? Just as well I always colour extra images and have a few leftover. Today brings us to the final day of this years Holiday Chaos challenge and today the challenge is to create a card using a nine square bingo chart. I have used Bugaboo’s latest freebie, Crabby Cat Christmas.

Are you all ready for the big day yet? We’ve packed a box of presents to go to my brother, sister in law and niece my Dad will be driving some of my brothers possessions left in ‘storage’ at home along with most of the Christmas gifts for them, unfortunately a few gifts are still on their way we will have to post them once they arrive. As for the Christmas day lunch plans were made a while ago, before I met a new doctor, who has placed me on an elimination diet for the foreseeable future, thankfully I’m already used to some of the diet having intolerances to a third of the food eliminated… I have already requested Christmas post elimination diet…

Here is my card:-



What I used:-
White 12.6 x 17.7cm card (5x7”)
Candy stripes embossing folder
Derwent Pencils
Printed Merry Christmas sentiment
Doodlebug designs paper
AC Pool and Rouge cardstock
Martha Stewart white glitter
Memory Box Sweet Candy canes die
MFT Pierced Square die
Stamps from magazine
Fiskars scalloped border punch
Aqua sequins
Black fine line pen
Diamond glaze (eyes and bauble)
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam tape, PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Bugaboo Holiday Chaos day 7 Bingo challenge (Candy Canes, Freebie, Glitter/bling and Candy canes, embossing, three layers)
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Welcome to the North Pole or Anything goes
Crafting by Designs Here come the holidays

Thank you for looking in…
Have a wonderful weekend
Megan


p.s. a huge Thank you to all the kind visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Friday, 9 December 2016

In a Pear tree

Hello again,

Today brings us to day six of this weeks Holiday Chaos Challenge over at Bugaboo Stamps Challenge blog, today the challenge is to use our old stash and an old image. The first digital stamps I bought were from Jodie and I bought this Christmas set, long before I had the courage to create a blog so I could enter cards and creations of my own. I dug through my stash and found one of the first patterned paper packs I received with one of the Australian card making magazines, a set called Christmas Collections from Kaisercraft…

Here is my card:-



What I used:-
White 14cm square card blank
Faber Castell and Derwent Pencils
At you Spica clear pen
Black fine line pen
Nesting rectangle and oval dies
MFT Framing Flourishes
Tim Holtz kraft core cardstock
Sanding tool
Kaisercraft Christmas Collections paper
Scraps of ‘olde gold’ glitter card
Icicle Stickles

I would like to enter this card in:-

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

p.s. a huge Thank You to all the lovely visitors for your kind comments, I appreciate them all!



Sunday, 4 December 2016

Sparkle and Shine

Hello again,

Hello to december! Are you ready for Christmas yet? I'm half ready but lacking any Christmas spirit, some of my last pressies are on their way, thanks to internet shopping, I haven't wrapped a thing and still need to find my brother a present for Christmas or perhaps his birthday (in the same week).

Bugaboo is having there annual Holiday Chaos challenge this week and I'm going to hopefully join in all of their challenges this week this will be the second time I've joined in. Today the challenge is "All that Sparkles" make a holiday card with plenty of sparkle, you always leave a little wherever you go...

Iv'e reused a sketch from one of the cards I made last year you can see here from the closed Case-ing Christmas challenge (Anita's original card layout). 

Please ignore the fold poking out... the paper really is over the entire front of the card...

Here's my card:-



What I used:-
White square card blank 14cm
Red design paper not sure of maker
Red and gold sparkle cardstock 
White card
Bugaboo digi Ava Christmas 'Mistletoe Fairy'
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
Lily of the Valley Sentiment stamps
MFT nesting pierced circle die
Wplus9 scalloped border die
Ultimate crafts 'Reflections' embossing folder
Gold tree and enamelled red brads
twine from stash
Red glitter glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Bugaboo's Holiday chaos Day 1
CCC Digi Design Anything goes #62
Aud Sentiment Challenge Anything goes #169
Craft your passion Anything goes #340
Creative with Stamps #9 Use Christmas Stamps
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge Vintage or Anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas Christmas Card or Anything but a card
12 months of Christmas link-up Welcome to the North Pole or anything goes


Thank you for looking in...
see you again tomorrow...
Megan

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

Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Joy to the World

Carol Singers
Hello again,
I’m back to share a card that I just had to get out of me! I am loving some of the fantastic cards out there in blogland and Pintrest too, featuring silhouettes. I bought this set from impression obsession while one of my favourite online stores had a Christmas clear out earlier this year, they have been hanging out on my desk ever since waiting, waiting, waiting to be used…

Here is my card:-



What I used:-
White 5 x 7” card blank
Gold iridescent brown card
Kraft card
Home for Christmas papers
Gingham ribbon from local $2 shop
Scraps of white, black, glitter and gold papers
MFT Streetlight Die
Memory box Star of Wonder

Lifestyle Crafts nesting circle dies

I would like to enter this card in:-
52 Christmas card Throwdown November theme 'Old fashioned Christmas'
Beccy's Place Month of Christmas cards 'Day 6 Carols'
Holly Jolly Christmas Ribbons and lace
ABC Challenge T is for Three (carollers)
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Bingo or Anything goes
Snippet's Playground 256 week Must use snippets

Before I go I thought I'd show you a picture of on of my garden visitors, this Blue Tongued lizard hung around for almost a week in almost the same spot, disappear for a while before returning, it was almost 30cm long and has lost his tail, which will grow back. We are lucky enough to see both the smooth skinned and shingle-backed blue tongued lizards, who apparently mate with the same partner for many years, that might just explain the chasing game I saw down the backyard! 



Thank you for looking in...
Have a great 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! 

Saturday, 16 July 2016

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


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


Saturday, 28 May 2016

Mice Christmas…

Hello again,

How’s your weather going? It’s 5.5C here with the wind chill making it more like 0.8C Brrrrr…

I’m trying to keep on top of my Christmas card making and have made this card to participate in a variety of challenges, I have taken this fortnights Sketch from the team over at Bugaboo, the use of non-traditional colours from the team at 12 Months of Christmas, layering from Holly Jolly Christmas and used one of Bugaboo stamps Christmas digi’s featuring some very cute little mice…

Here is my card:-



What I used:-
White 5” x 7” card blank
Purple cardstock
Doodlebug Design Christmas paper pack
Quilted metallic paper (generic)
Bugaboo image
Faber-Castell & Derwent Pencils
Metallic Silver Bic Mark-it Pen
MFT Pierced circle die
Lifestyle Crafts nesting scalloped circle die
Sequins from stash
Kaisercraft Home for Christmas sentiment stamp
Violet Colorbox ink pad
Adhesives: Double sided tape, Diamond glaze
Stanley knife, steel ruler, craft mat
White card

I would like to enter this card in:-


Thank you for looking in…
Have a fabulous week….
Megan

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Paper Pieced Santa

Hello again,

I’m back today with another Christmas card, since I have fallen behind on making them. I decided to combine a couple of different challenges including Jingle Belles who this fortnight would like to see ‘Santa Baby’, 52 Christmas Card Throwdown who would like to see some paper piecing. 

This is my second card this year featuring paper piecing again using a digi image, this one is from Bugaboo and is called Stocking Santa Star. I went through my many images and chose this image because it was less complex than most others and would be easier to piece.

I printed Santa out on plain paper first then added my cut paper pieces to the top of the image using some washi tape to hold them in place, before reprinting the image again.

I have used no sentiment on the front other than to add a postmark from my set of Christmas Postmarks, allowing the receiver to read the landmarks on the map, which include the Candy Cane forest, Yule Loggery and Abominable Snowman's Cave.

Here’s my card:-



What I used:-
White 14.8cm x 10.5cm card blank
Faber-Castell pencils
Pebbles ‘Home for Christmas’ Design Paper
Clear Sequins
Memento Tuxedo Black 
Kaisercraft Twig and Berry 'Postmarks'
Adhesives:- PVA Glue, Double sided tape, Foam tape
Fussy cutting scissors, cutting matt, Stanley knife, steel ruler

I would like to enter this card in:-
Winter Wonderland For a Child
CRAFT add some Bling
Holly Jolly Christmas use your stash- item paper pad is over 18 months old and I have not touched it!!!!

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

P.S. A HUGE Thank you to all the lovely ladies who stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

Monday, 28 March 2016

Baa Humbug

Hello again,

I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter and eaten your fill of Chocolates, today I am sharing a Christmas Card made for this months Rudolph Day, 12 Months of Christmas Link-up, Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenges, Hiding in my craftroom, Holly Jolly and as many others as I can...

I have fallen behind in My Christmas Card Making!!!!

Okay so if you come here frequently you will know that I prefer digi stamps over rubber /or clear stamps BUT earlier this year one of my Favourite Aussie Online Stores announced that they would now be stocking the ever cute Lawn Fawn stamps and die sets, I love these sets but they can be incredibly hard to find here in Australia, so I pounced on them ordering a couple of Christmas sets and a floral set. 

Today was my first play with them and they are simply wonderful. I had thought about what I would make for this months challenge with Mo and sketched up my basic card. I can see a few more of these getting made.

Here's my card:-




What I used:-
Lawn Fawn Stamp and Die Set Baa Humbug
Scrap card pieces various colours
Tuxedo Black Memento ink
Faber-Castell Pencils
Doodle bug Design 'santa express' paper 
Echo Park Dots Essential Collection
Lawn Fawn Stitched borders die
Lawn Fawn Merry Christmas border die
MFT Fishtail Flags die
Stanley Knife, cutting matt, steel ruler, cuttlebug
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam tape, foam dots, PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:
Rudolph Day
12 Months of Christmas Link up- #15 Optional Challenge Decorations Fairy Lights are a must!
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #274 Add a Sentiment
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge extra Anything goes
Hiding in my Craftroom #244 Any Holiday
ABC Christmas Challenge F is for Frills or No Frills,  depends on so much, No Frills is much less trouble...
Christmas at Sweet Stampin Cute Christmas
Crafting in a Beautiful Mess Challenge #1 Anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge #68 Use your stash Merry Christmas border die has been hiding in my stash for a long long time, Baa Humbug set only since early January...
Catch the Bug- Photo inspiration (sheep)


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

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

Saturday, 27 February 2016

Paper Pieced #1 Snowman

Hello again...

Today I am sharing a card I made for the From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge, each month those who join in with the stamp challenge will receive the following months image for free, if you would like to join in this month’s image is called Snowman and Cocoa and you can buy the image for just $1 or if you find some lovely stamps in Faith’s store to buy and you spend $10 or more you can enter a code found here  to get the both image and some sentiments free with your order.

I knew what main paper, die I was going to use and I wanted to paper piece the snowman’s hat, scarf and gloves. For those of you who have visited me before know, I try to avoid too many snow related Christmas cards since I like many others celebrate a Summer Christmas, so I have used a sentiment word-art image from Paulette over at TLC 
Creations and plan on sending this card to my Uncle and Aunt in July, a month in Australia where many hotels, restaurants and guest houses celebrate Yulefest and the more traditional cold climate Christmas. My Uncle and Aunt will get a laugh out of it, a few years ago we went out on a River cruise During Yulefest for my Uncle's birthday.

On to my card, I printed out the image once on plain A5 paper, then used washi tape to hold my small pieces of papers over the image before re-printing onto the patterned papers, which were from my scraps I cut them each a little larger than what I needed only covering the area I wanted printed I found some scrappy pieces already embossed in my stash I had my fingers crossed for this to get through the printer without any paper jams. All the pieces were fussy cut and I attached some directly on top of the snowman and raised others up on little sticky foam pieces.
I added some sparkle to the white parts of his hat with Wink of Stella pen.

Here’s my card:-



What I used:-
White 14.8cm x 10.5cm card blank
Sentiment Stamp TLC Creations (Paulette is moving her store this digi may be available again at a later time)
Navy card stock
White card stock
Poppy Stamps Flurry Frame (I won this die from Scrappy Mo& Rudolph Day last December!)
Lifestyle crafts nesting rectangle dies
Blue and Green Faber-Castell pencils
Generic design snowy paper (Kmart in Australia)
Wavy Lined paper generic (4” scrap)
White iridescent paper
White card stock scraps already embossed ()
Doodlebug Santa Express paper pad (scraps from)
Orange stripe paper from scrap bags
Printer & PC
Sticky Foam Pads, Double-sided tape, double-sided adhesive paper
White Wink of Stella Brush

I would like to enter this card in:-
Jingle Belles- All Bundled Up- More than 3 layers
Many thanks for looking in...
enjoy your weekend...
Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the lovely ladies who spend some of their time leaving me a little message, I truly appreciate them all.... 

Thursday, 25 February 2016

Please Define Good

Hello again,

Today I decided to join in the lovely ladies of From the Heart Stamps weekly sketch with a twist, which you can see below, the lovely design team has created a wonderful variety of cards for our inspiration, which you can see over at the From the Heart Stamps blog.



On the weather front, I am still wearing little more than a singlet and pair of shorts around the house, I have drunk a copious amount of water today, the washing dried in under 1.5 hours and smelt like freshly ironed clothes as it came off the line. Today we had a 36C day about 97F, I’m looking forward to the near normal summer temperature tomorrow of 25C and Saturday’s 19C will be wonderful (I am a true cool climate girl), but our summer is planning on continuing rising back up to 30C early next week. Any one got a spare bucket or two of snow they’d like to share.

One bonus of the heat wave is that nothing takes too long to dry, including the PVA glue with a load of glitter tipped on top!

Here’s my card:-



What I used:-
White 5x7” card blank (12.7 x 17.8cm)
White card stock (printing)
Kraft Card
Derwent & Faber-Castell Pencils
Red card stock from stash
Doodlebug Design Papers 1998 Merry Argyle
Doodlebug Design North Pole scraps
Clear iridescent sequins
White glitter
Twine and Sheer Ribbon
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Rectangle Dies
Lawn Fawn Stitched Label Die
MFT Stitched circle dies
MFT sentiment Strips
Sentiments from Pink Petticoat (now closed) and TLC Creations
Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, PVA glue, sticky dots, Foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Many thanks for looking in...
have a wonderful week...
Megan

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

Monday, 1 February 2016

Birdbrain Christmas Cheer

Hello again,

Okay I'm running late with this post which I have typed up ready to go but didn't get enough day light to take a photo of my card, so here's the bit about being late, despite time zone differences I always endeavour to have my card made by the specific time and date here... but this entry will be posted on February 1st a few hours before Mr. Linky closes on 31st January... sorry ladies for being late, three days of stormy weather from noon til late did not help nor the power going off/on during storms.


On to my card a usual small size card blank covered with  My Mind's Eye 'Mistletoe Magic' papers and one of Faith Skrdla's Birdbrain digi's which I love so much.



I have another Christmas card ready to go for the 12 months of Christmas Link-up where this month their optional theme is a sketch, I have opted out of the sketch this time and have again used a From the Heart Stamps image. I'm also playing along with the ABC Christmas Challenge, Holly Jolly Christmas team and a few Anything Goes Challenges.

Here’s my card:-



What I used:-
Derwent and Faber-Castell Pencils
My Mind’s Eye Mistletoe Magic paper
First Edition Christmas Village paper
MFT- Pierced Square Dies
MFT- Gift tag greeting Stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Kaisercraft Nesting Star Die
Lifestyle crafts nesting circle dies
Adhesive glittered stars
Adhesives:- Double sided tape and Foam dots
Stanley Knife, Steel rule, Craft matt, Corner Punch

I would like to enter this card in:-

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

P.S. A huge thanks to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me such kind messages, I truly appreciate them all

Thursday, 17 December 2015

December Stamp of the Month

Hello again,

Well this months Stamp of the month Challenge over at From the Heart Stamps has the cutest little bear in a Santa hat with a pile of pressies and a tiny little mouse.

For once I actually remembered to select my piece of paper as the colour inspiration for my card before I started colouring the image and I decided to join the ladies with this weeks sketch.



If you would like to join in with this months challenge you can purchase the challenge image here.

Here's my card:-



What I used:-
Digital Stamp From The Heart Stamps
White card
White card blank 10.5 x 14.8cm
Bo Bunny Double Dot soft shades paper
Doodlebug Design paper
Memory box die Ho Ho Holly Leaves
Circle punches 
Lifestyle Rectangle nesting dies
Adhesives:- Double-sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
From the Heart Stamps- December Stamp of the Month Challenge
From the Heart Stamps- Sketch #131 Challenge
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge- #259 Anything goes
Holly Jolly Christmas- Merry Christmas Anything goes
The Glory of Christmas Challenge- Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...
Have a great weekend... it's almost here
Megan

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

Thursday, 10 December 2015

Elves

Hello again,

Well I'm back again with another card for the current Christmas Chaos Challenge a week full of fun Challenges with the lovely team over at Bugaboo.

Today's challenge we had to pick a treat and make our card based on that treat, I chose 'Gingerbread Cookie Biscuit' (sorry we don't eat cookies in Australia, although some people are likely to toss them, but that's another story).

* Gingerbread Cookies - Use 2 Stripes, 3 Brads or Bling, 4 Layers
* Sugar Cookies with Sprinkles - Make your card a shape other than Square or Rectangle, 3 pieces of Bling & Ribbon
* Homemade Holiday Chocolates - Use ONLY cardstock, no designer papers, Embossing & 2 Layers
* Spiked Egg Nog - Use a Border Punch, Glitter & Polka Dots
* Candy Canes – Stripes & BLING
* Fruit Cake – Make it Funny & use ONLY scraps to create your card

My card recipe included 2 Stripes, 3 Brads or Bling and four layers. 

I went a little overboard with my bling, never mind... my brother won't notice...

Here's my Card:- 



What I used:-
Square card blank 14cm
white card
black paper from scraps box
black glitter card 
doodlebug design paper 'north pole'
pebbles paper pack 'home for the holidays'
Make it Crafty digi image 'Floppy'
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
black fine-line pen
two red enamel brads
6 black self-adhesive bling
typed sentiment the original came from (whimsie doodles, I altered it)
Fiskars scallop border punch
Adhesives:- double-sided tape, glue stick, glue dots, PVA

I would like to enter this card in
Bugaboo's Christmas Chaos Day 5
CRAFT Challenge #341 Christmas
Holly Jolly Challenge:- Merry Christmas Anything goes
Case-ing Christmas- #32 Final Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Sentiments Design:- Christmas Card Challenge
Cardz 4 Guyz- Traditional Christmas Colours
CCC Digi Creations:- #38 Anything goes
Eureka Stamps:- #170 Christmas is Coming
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra:- December Anything goes

Many thanks for looking in...
Have a great weekend...
Megan

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