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!

Cricket

Hello again,

Since I’ve been busy with my family tree of late I haven’t had time to post my brothers birthday card. He is currently into playing cricket with his local club, I used this image from Just Inklined for my neighbours son last year too.

I added a few 'cherries' to the cricket bat when growing up my brother and his friends liked to play mini cricket inside the house when it was too wet or cold to be outside with one of those little high bounce rubber balls, which they liberally coated in red paint pen, for the specific purpose of making 'cherries' on the tiny bats, the stairwell has still got red paint marks down it as they hit a six and the ball bounced from side to side... 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 12.7 x 17.8 (5x7”)

White card (printing leftovers for fence)

Just Inklined Cricketer Digi Stamp

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Dark and light grey card stock

Red cardstock

MFT Woodgrain fence die

Spellbinders Seth Apter Maze Embossing folder

Lili of the Valley Happy Circular Sentiment stamps

Nesting dies circle dies

Nesting rectangle dies

I decided to fussy cut the cricketers knee pad making it protrude from the frame, I probably should have only cut one part out and left the red frame intact, never mind my brother won’t have noticed…

I would like to enter this card in:-

Digi Choosday week 5 Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #50 Anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs for the men in your life

613 Avenue Create #193 Anything goes

Cardz for Guyz #155 Something beginning with C-- Cricket

Crafting by Designs February Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore February Anything goes

Love to Craft #5 February Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful weekend...

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!

Hedgie Christmas

Hello again,

I had my last session of physio for the year today in Sydney, no point taking my camera with me to show you anything exciting, except maybe the strange giant matchsticks we saw as the train whizzed by… here is a link to the Matchsticks a sculpture…..

On the way back to the station we stopped off at Westfield and I couldn't stop myself from going in to Riot art store, just for a look... I came out with a bead storage box, soon to house a myriad of sequins and tiny bits, and a set of 23 sentiment stamps which were 50% off making them just $3 and it included a thin stamp block... 

On to todays card the challenge for day four was to make a card keeping it simple and using no design papers.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Bugaboo image

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White 12.6 x 17.8cm card blank (5x7”)

Lavender and Amethyst AC cardstock

Scrap card

Mauve seam binding

Sequins

Craft concepts Christmas Vine 5x7” embossing folder

Nesting rectangles

Nesting scalloped rectangles

Lawn Fawn Merry Christmas Sentiment die

I would like to enter this card in:-

Catch the Bug Holiday Chaos Day 4

Creative Craft Cottage #77 Use die cuts

Crafting by Designs Here come the holidays

Christmas card Challenges #1 Candy Canes

Christmas cards all year round Anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs Tic Tac Toe (candy cane, use the word Christmas in sentiment and ornament)

Craft-a-holics R us Cards for girls

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Vintage or Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge extra Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas optional theme Welcome to the North Pole

Thank you for looking in...

Have a great week...

Megan

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

Shifting Gears or Years?

Hello again, 

Well still t-i-r-e-d after a big trip to the big smoke to see the physio and an attempt at intentionally making myself sick so she could see, slept the two hour train trip back home and most of yesterday too.

As promised I am sharing one of the cards I made this month, this one went to my Uncle who in his spare time likes riding his road bike and often does charity rides and in the past ridden from Brisbane to Sydney or was it the other way round? (a distance of about 1000km or 622 miles) along with various other 'short' distances... 

Here is my card:-

and on the inside:-

What I used:-

White 14cm square card blank

Grey card stock

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Studio Calico ‘Here + There’ collection papers

Just inklined digistamp ‘Spinning Sid’

White card stock

Orange brads from stash

Memory box die antique gear set

Impression Obsession Greeting top edgers

Orange and bronze cardstock scraps

Black fine line pen

Adhesives:- P.V.A. glue, double-sided tape and foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge August
Snippets Playground week 240
Aud Sentiments #160 Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Incy Wincy Designs- Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #38 Anything goes

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

P.S. A Huge THANK YOU to all the kind ladies (gents too) for taking the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all... 

Indian Elephant

Hello again, 

Well I'm slowly catching up to the Bugaboo team and their challenge days, today is day four of their seven days of challenges to celebrate Bugaboo's 6th Birthday. 

Today's challenge is a noughts and crosses board, I chose the line down the middle:- Twine, Easel Card and Ribbon. I hope that it does not matter that I have added extras too.

I found another challenge today which is Australian Based Incy Wincy Designs, looking forward to playing along with a new to me challenge, these ladies were also playing tic, tac, toe/noughts & crosses and I have chosen the top line. Embossing, Sentiment and Rhinstone/Pearl.

By the way photographing easel cards is slightly difficult, I'm never sure which picture will actually show the lower portion better, one straight over the top or an oblique shot. So I have two for this one. I hope you can see everything well enough.

Here's my card:-

What I used:-
White 14.8 x 10.5cm card blank
scoring board and bone folder
pink card stock
Bo Bunny double dot paper
Bugaboo image Silhouette Elephant Paisley
Sheena Douglas 'India' embossing folder
Sheena Douglas 'India' coordinating stamps
Black handmade paper from stash
Black card stock
Couture Creations nesting Scallop rectangles
Couture Creations nesting rectangles
Pink brads
Orange grosgrain ribbon
Lace
Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad
Orange twine
Hot Pink rhinestone
Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam tape, Diamond glaze, P.V.A. Glue

I would like to enter this card in:-
Bugaboo's Birthday Challenge Day 4
Incy Wincy Designs Tic Tac Toe:- Embossing, Sentiment & Rhinestone
Simply Papercraft for All occasions #21 Anything goes
Craft your Passion #295 Anything goes
613 Avenue Create:- Anything goes
Come and get it:- Embossing

Thank you for looking in...
Wishing you a wonderful end to the week...
Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the very kind & generous ladies who spend some of their precious time leaving me a message, I truly appreciate them all!!!