‘Peace on Earth’

Hello again,

Well after one full on week, a week of peace and quiet reigned whilst I slept on the lounge as I recovered from the chest infection I picked up visiting a club with my Uncle and Aunt over a week ago my Aunt is a huge fan of a local Ukulele group and invited us to come too, the antibiotics have kicked in but still feeling a little under the weather…

I decided to finish off a card I partially made for the recent Bugaboo Christmas in July challenge which I tossed aside after realising that it did not meet the challenges…

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

Bugaboo image Ava Mistletoe fairy

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

White 5” x 7” card blank

AC Rouge cardstock

Gold, red, white and cream paper and card scraps

Gold embossed music script card (magazine)

Vintage style card stock from ancient DCWV Christmas stack

Fiskars scallop border punch

Red ribbon

Poppystamps small garden sprig and garden sprig dies

Marianne Design Poinsettia die

MFT small fancy flourish die

MFT Pierced Oval die

Lili of the Valley sentiment

Memento Tuxedo Black

Adhesive Pearls

Liquid Pearls Buttercup & Rouge

Fiskars small flower hand punch

Black fine line pen

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA Glue

I maybe back later this week (or not), to hopefully share some of the 6 male birthday cards I have made in the last month...

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 months of Christmas link up #19 Optional theme Christmas Blooms

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge #291 Use a sentiment

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge extra July

Winter Wonderland Use your dies and Punches or Add a charm

Lil’ Patch of Crafty Friends #38 Anything goes

Crafting by Design Christmas in July

Snippets playground week 239

Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo

Christmas card Challenges #34 Anything goes

Hiding in my craft room #260 Christmas in July

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

Christmas in July day 6 Photo Inspiration

Hello again,

Today the lovely ladies of Catch the Bug challenge have an inspiration photo for us which you can see below, being an Aussie, seeing Santa at beach locations is reasonably common during the festive season (on TV for me), sometimes Santa even arrives via boat at coastal locations, much to the delight of the young, young at heart and visitors from abroad.

I took my inspiration from the beach location, the inviting water and the fun you can have at the beach; 

I have used another of Jodie’s Bugaboo images Trop Santa Surfing which you can find here in store. This month Jodie is celebrating Christmas in July with a lovely gift for us all 50% off the whole store, a great time to collect some more of her fabulous work…

I used up some paper scraps from a discount store brand water colour printed paper pad and a scrap of Sunflower cardstock to create a beachy scene, adding Stickles to the torn edge of the paper as the bubbles that form on the sand as the waves comes in. Santa was coloured with Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils and adhered with some foam tape.

I have borrowed an old sketch I found online with a search for sketches it came from, From the Heart Stamps. I wish I had used a larger rectangle of embossing so that it can be seen more easily. I finished off the card with a sentiment from Lili of the Valley and a flower that  is meant to be a frangipani... this card will be headed to one of the relatives in either England or Scotland.

Here is my card:-

(My photo does not do the colours much justice, all much more vivid in real life....)

What I used:-

5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo Image Trop Santa Surfing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Amy Tangerine design papers

Merci water colour mini stack (Big W Australia)

Dark blue & crimson cardstock

Scrap white & sunflower cardstock

Tickled Pink & Sprinkled Sugar Stickles

Glitzee Blue glitter glue

Buttercup liquid Pearl

Embossing folder Darice Holly Vines

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circle dies

Memory box fancy blossoms

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Lili of the Valley Christmas Circular Sentiments (set 5)

White gel ink pen
Fiskars Corner Rounder punch

Adhesives:- double-sided and foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 6 Photo inspiration 

Glory of Christmas Challenge Use two patterned papers 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything Christmas 

Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ July Anything goes

Christmas card Challenge #32 Optional challenge Snowmen

Snippets Playground week 237 must use snippets

12 Months of Christmas link-up Challenge #19 Optional Challenge Christmas Blooms

A snowflakes Promise #26 Summer time

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

Mother's Day

Hello again,

I'm back to share the card I made for Mother's Day last Sunday, I'm only now getting time to share it with you, I decided to make my very first box card and made it a little taller to fit a 5x7" envelope. I wish that I had used a slightly darker shade of pink ink so you can see the butterflies pattern a little better...

Here's my card:-

What I used:-
Half a AC 12" wave card stock left over from a previous project
Cream coloured card generic pack
Lily of the Valley Bonnets & Bowties Patterned paper
Faber-Castell Pencils
FTHS Apple blossom image
Netty's Cards Freebie  sentiment
MFT Die-Namics Royal Leaves
MFT Die-Namics Pierced oval die
MFT Die-Namics fresh cut grass die
Creative Dies Rolled Roses (magazine gift)
Lifestyle Crafts nesting circle die
Kaisercraft Stamp and die set 'Butterflies'
Pink & green card/paper scraps
Pink & black colorbox inkpads
Iridescent white sequin flowers
2.5mm silver rhinestones
Acetate- I tried to buy some, was told it is no longer available, scrounged some packaging from an embossing folder from my un-emptied craft bin
Stanley knife, steel ruler, scoring board, bone folder, 
Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam-tape, Diamond glaze


I would like to enter this card in:
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge May
Catch the bug May Anything goes 2nd Entry
Snippets Playground week 228 Must use snippets
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper challenge May
Lil Patch of crafty friends #33 Anything goes

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

Quilted Card

Hello again...

Well this is my second birthday card in two days (the other will be posted after it has been received), this one is going to another family history friend who has also taken up quilting in recent months. 

I had a plan in mind for this card of a general plain repeated pattern quilt but Papercraft Inspirations magazine templates came to the rescue with a lovely pattern to create in just nine squares. Living across the world has its benefits, the patterns are released online to coincide with the UK release of the magazine, by the time the magazine makes it across the world and into our newsagencies it could be three or four months later (unless you subscribe), so using the patterns completely unaided by full colour images leaves you free to envisage your own end product.

Here's my card

I remember seeing this pattern during high school textiles while we were studying quilt making for our final exams, including creating our very own quilts as a major project. The tulips are very pretty as quilted squares and I was impressed at how well they worked in miniature for the card. I used my pierced square dies and so that the piercing continues across the triangles I used a larger square to add the piercing where required, only missing the corner piece.

What I used:-

A4 white card to create square easel card blank

White card

Wild rose studio paper pack

MFT Pierced square die

Button from stash

Lily of the valley Birthday stamp

Black ink pad

Craft Mat, Stanley knife & steel ruler

Kaisercraft 2mm bling (on sentiment)

Jute cord

Mini pegs from stash

Adhesives- P.V.A. glue, Double-sided adhesive paper, double-sided tape, Foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:

Polka Doodles-2 or more patterned papers

Eureka Stamps- Anything Goes

Craft your Passion #272- Anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #44- Anything Goes

Crafting by the Heart #70- Anything goes

Simply Papercraft #9- Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper- Use your Patterned papers- July

Thank you for looking in…

Have a good one…

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind ladies who leave me a little message, I truly appreciate each and every one of them ;-)