LPoCF 272 Mirtillamente

 Hello again,

I am back to share another card made for my Design Team with Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Mirtillamente who kindly gave us two stamps to work with, I am using Eat, Drink Happy Birthday Slice which comes with the sentiment as part of the image. We are also currently seeking some more members to join our two teams if you would like to know more information Kelly has a Design Team Member post here.

Mirtillamente Store

Prize 2 Images

Mirtillamente Challenge Blog

Ampolix Facebook Group

 What I used

12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7)

White and black cardstock

Faber-Castell coloured Pencils

Mirtillamente Eat & Drink Happy Birthday Slice digi

Paper Pad ancient from BigW when the nearest store was 1hour away

X-Press it Glitter tape (it is so old it no longer sticks, I had to add a layer of double-sided tape)

Marianne Design Star punch die

Pierced Square die (MFT)

CCD balloon and tiny flag die

card scraps blue, orange, green and pearlescent black for the stars
orange bakers twine

clear embossing pen and powder (added shine to balloons)

adhesives: double sided tape, foam tape, pva glue

I would like to enter this card in:

Crafts Galore Encore February Anything Goes

Mirtillamente Challenge February Anything goes

Neglected Stuff Challenge Blog (X-press it tape and patterned papers)

Paper Rocks Scissors February Challenge Scissors used to cut a backing layer to the balloons and twine

A cut Above Anything goes with die cuts 

Polkadoodles Challenge 2 Anything goes

Time Out challenge 306 pick 2- sparkle and twine (x-press-it glitter tape and twine)

For those following my recovery, my follow up went well and surgeon is happy with how it has gone, he was not so impressed that neither the local hospital or my usual physiotherapist were available over the summer holidays, but I have kept up with most of the exercises I can do at home and now am back seeing my physio. As an added extra, later this year my 5cm (2inch) screw will have to be removed, which likely means another hospital stay, hopefully not more than a day.

I am grateful that I bought my knee scooter (note: self-propelled, not electric) as having to hire one was going to be far more expensive. Whilst out grocery shopping, I've had a couple of people who were incredulous at seeing someone 'riding' a scooter inside the store, one lady who stopped to tell me she had been on one last year and that they are better than using crutches and another who said her husband had broken his ankle and he wanted one as it would be easier than the crutches he got from the hospital and finally one little boy who promptly asked his Dad why that lady was scootering inside as scooters are meant for outside, his Dad replied that he thinks that the lady might have a sore foot.

Thank you for looking in
Have a wonderful week
Megan

p.s. Many thanks to my kind blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Z for Zigzag

 Hello again,

Three more cards to add to my growing stash, I have fussy cut three of Beccy's Place Christmas Blooms and added them to embossed backgrounds with heat embossed sentiment strip from Darkroom Door. I managed to tear the swirly die cut twice meaning I then spread the resulting swirls out further than on the other, hand punched stars using the scraps of glitter card as I used adhesive sheets to the back. I have jumped all the way to the end of the alphabet with Z for Zigzag. I have used the zigzag embossing folder in both embossed and debossed, unintentionally... 

Here are my cards: -

(top fold)

What I used: - 
White card blanks 12.6 x17.8cm and 12.4x 17.4cm (two side fold, one top fold)
White card stock
Beccy's Place Christmas Blooms Digital Stamp 
Gold glitter paper
Xpress-it glitter tape
Clear embossing ink 
Wow! Primary Apple Red and Gold embossing powder
Darkroom Door Christmas Sentiment stamp (Closed)
MFT Swirl
Darice Zigzag embossing folder
Crafts too embossing folder
Green card scraps
Cottage Crafts Holly die
Star hand punch

Adhesives Double sided tape, adhesive sheets

I am entering this card in: -

Beccy's Place Month long Holiday Card Challenge

Allsorts Challenge #806 Christmas or Anything goes (first card with red tape)

Can you handle the Pressure? Optional warm drinks

Daisy Chain Challenge #91 Christmas or Winter

Digi choosday week 44 Anything goes

Peace on Earth Challenge #75 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful day...

Megan

LPoCF #156 All Dressed Up

 Hello again,

Autumn is well and truly here in my part of Australia, we are picking Granny Smith apples from the tree and cooking them with rhubarb for desserts and the possums have been eating the leaf tips from same tree. This morning we had our first frost and I think my calendula plants are starting to die back already, time for something else to grow in the old wheelbarrow... 

Today brings us to our new Anything Goes Challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, our sponsor this fortnight is All Dressed Up who kindly gave us a choice of two images to work with, I have made a card in Autumnal colours with the image called All Dressed Up Spring has Sprung.

All Dressed Up

Prize 2 Images

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

All Dressed Up Spring has Sprung

Derwent and Faber-Castell coloured pencils

Kaisercraft pens yellow green and french vermillion
White A4 cardstock folded to make A5 card blank
Kraft cardstock
White card for Printing
Create with TLC sentiment

Stamps and Pot die from Magazine cover pack

MFT Pierced Oval dies

MFT Fence die

CCD Stitched Square dies

Small  branch die

Flower dies

Mystery Papers (?)

Scrap papers in orange, green, silver and black

Silver adhesive gems

I would like to enter this card in:-
Aud Sentiment Design Anything goes
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes optional In the Garden
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Anything Goes
Snippets Playground Anything Goes with snippets

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. Apologies for not being around much Mum has been in hospital after a stroke, she only spent two days in rehab before she was sent home due to her being so well.... 

Many Thanks to my blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

LPoCF #144 Patties Creations

Hello again,

Here we are again, another Anything goes challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Pattie's Creations who are offering two images as a prize for the lucky winner, we would love to see any crafts you have been making.

Pattie's Creations

Prize 2 Digi images

I have used Butterfly 1 from Pattie's Creations to make a birthday card for my stash. The vine down the side of my card is from a Papercraft Museum in Korea. I have heat embossed the white pattern on the butterflies wings and fussy cut the front wing and lifted it up on sticky foam dots.

Here is my card:

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm (5x7) card blank

Pattie's Creation Butterfly 1 Digi image

woodgrain patterned paper

Black and orange gel ink pens

White cardstock

MFT Cross-stitched rectangle die

Newton's Nook Sentiment stamp

Clear embossing ink

Gold fine detail embossing powder

Clear embossing pen

White embossing powder

Self adhesive vine (Papercraft Museum Korea)

mulberry paper flowers

I would like to enter this card in:-

613 Avenue Create Things with Wings or Anything goes

CCC Digi Creations Anything goes

Thank you for popping in, I hope you are all staying safe and healthy. Thank you to my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to pop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all! Have a wonderful week... Megan

Aloe Birthday

Hello again,

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas and you are looking forward to the new year. 

Summer is in full swing here in Aus, it is extremely hot and very smoky courtesy of the large bushfires burning either side of the mountains I call home. The now named 'Monster' Fire has burnt through 846,391Hectares of land, the fires on the other side of the mountains has burnt through 240,911hectares of land and as you can see the size of the land burnt out would eclipse the whole of the Sydney area. The fire at the bottom of the picture has burnt around the Warragamba Dam, which is Sydney's drinking water catchment. (Please note the greyed out areas represent where the fires have been, I have been unable to find a map which shows active fire burning- It is not all alight)

Blue diamonds represent fires burning at a Watch and Act stage
White diamonds represent grass fires, Vehicle accidents etc.
(also have yellow and red diamonds with the flame in it when fires are at a higher level)

One of the fires is called Grose Valley Fire and a video was recorded of the fire running up a 200m high cliff face which can be viewed here at the Guardian Website I have also heard that the area the fires have burnt in NSW is equal to the land size of Wales, the two fires above total 1,087,302 hectares, NSW has burnt through a little over 3million hectares.

Okay, no more fires for now on to the card I have made today, this one will be headed to my next door neighbour who loves succulents and cacti, her son has made her a little wooden train using scrap timber which she has planted out with a variety of succulents. I had started to draw a line inside the die before removing it, but it came out and I was left with scribbled lines I couldn't fix, so I coloured it all in... so much for my doodled edge...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
timber design paper
Vera Lane Aloe Vera digi image 
Kaisercraft texture die 'Geo Lines'
Kaisercraft Hexagon die
various scrap papers
MFT Label maker sentiments
Colorbox Black ink pad
Derwent coloured pencils
Black fine line pen


I would like to enter:
Christmas Snippet's Playground- any crafts using snippets
613 Avenue Create Anything goes option of zentangle/doodling
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes
Make My Monday Challenge #112 A Female Birthday
Southern Girls 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 stop by and take the time to leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

LPoCF Champagne Celebration

Hello again, 

Today brings us to a new Anything goes Challenge at  Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, we would love to see what you have been making, all comers and crafts are welcome, we have a lovely sponsor this fortnight Polkadoodles will be giving the lucky winner a £ 6.75 gift voucher.

Polkadoodles

PRIZE £ 6.75 voucher

I have used an image from our sponsor called Champagne Celebration to make an inner cover for my attempt at a Bullet journal for 2019, I have coloured and paper pieced the image using some scrap papers from my table top (read messy table top). I used an embossing folder with a clock design to mount Winnie onto and added a die cut Cheers from MFT that was floating around my table and die cut out some wine glasses from silver paper scraps. I finished it off with die cut numbers which I remembered to add some adhesive to the back before cutting…. 

Here is my journal cover:-

 

What I used:-

White cardstock 

Polkadoodles Champagne Celebration

Derwent Pencils

Red, black and silver gel ink pen

MFT Cheers die

MFT sentiment stamp

MFT wine glasses dies

Scrap papers red, silver, black, glitter

Washi tape to make tab

Clock embossing folder

Magazine freebie numerals die

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA glue, adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this in:-

Daisy Chain Challenges Add some sparkle

Love to Craft Challenge Blog

Polkadoodles Challenge Blog- Anything goes

Digi Choosday Anything goes Challenge
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 friends and visitors who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

For the Chef

Hello again,

Today I am sharing another card I made for my Mum's friend who requested a card for her daughter in law who enjoys cooking, after thinking about things for awhile I decided to use a chef's hat as the focus with some great paper from my stash of Doodlebug designs. I have elongated a chef's hat pattern from an old Cards for Men mini magazine from Papercraft Inspirations.

I did not have to attach any sequins exactly where they ended up because of glue issues ;-) not at all!

Here is my Card:-

What I used:

White card blank 10.5cm x 14.7cm

Doodlebug Design Papers from stash

Iridescent yellow sequins

MFT stitched circle die

MFT pierced fishtail flag die

Various scrap papers to create hat and egg lift

Yellow Ochre Color box inkpad

Black fine line pen

Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad 

Lawn Fawn Riley’s Alphabet to create sentiment

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, Diamond Glaze & foam tape

I would like to enter this card in

Snippets Playground week #241 Anything goes with snippets

Craft your passion #323 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #188 Anything goes (now monthly challenge)

Bizzy Bec's Store Challenge August Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafting Friends #39 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

enjoy your weekend

Megan

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

‘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! 

Bugaboo Christmas in July Recipe Day 5

Hello again,

Well we are past the half way mark in this years annual Christmas in July celebration and challenge week, today brings us to Humour me Wednesday and a recipe challenge.

Recipe:

Make it Funny (Crabby Cat and Sentiment)

Use scallops (Lawn Fawn Stitched scalloped border)

Bling (sequins)

Layers (four)

I chose Crabby Cat Christmas from my collection of Bugaboo images simply because I had to use this hilarious sentiment from Create with TLC from last years Christmas Digi Club, my Uncle will probably receive this card and it will give him a laugh… Paulette has relaunched her store this year and right now only a fraction of the Christmas sentiment kits she has in her collection are available with more to come undoubtedly as the Festive season approaches. This month Paulette has join forces with Desire from her Design Team to host an all new Challenge- Anything goes with a TLC image or sentiment challenge.

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo image Crabby Cat Christmas

Create with TLC 

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Rouge Cardstock (AC)

DCWV Glittered Christmas stack

Brown, Green & White card scraps

Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop die

Memory Box Grand Merry Christmas

MFT Inside & Out Stitched Rounded Rectangle STAX

Poppy Stamps Die Peaceful bird

Sequins from stash

Fine Line black pen

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam tape and Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 5 Humour me Wednesday and Recipe

Create with TLC Challenge #1 at Doing life Anything goes with TLC 

Glory of Christmas Challenge Use two patterned papers

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything Christmas

Poppystamps Challenge #22 Fly away with me (must use Poppystamps die or stamp) 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #37 Anything goes

Crafting circle July Challenge Anything goes

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.

    

Merry Christmas to Ewe

Hello again,

Well this week brings Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo, also a host of other Christmas themed Challenges which I have rolled into one card....

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 5 x 7” card blank

Ancient DCWV Design Paper

Pink scrap

White card

Bugaboo Digi image “Scene it Christmas Sheep'

Fiskars scalloped border punch

Faber Castell and Derwent Pencils

Sprinkled Sugar and Tickled pink Stickles

Pink enameled brad

Wplus9 Stamp and Die set ‘Hand lettered Holiday’

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Orchid Pastel Colorbox ink pad (inked the Merry die cut all over)

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, P.V.A. Glue & Foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Rudolph Day June

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge: use a sentiment

Sparkles Creations: #30 Anything goes Challenge

12 Months of Christmas: optional challenge of Silver and Gold or Anything goes 

Glory of Christmas challenge would like to see stars 

(I hope just 2 is okay)

Sparkles Christmas challenge is to use two dies 

(Merry and stitched rectangle die)

Polka doodles challenge this week is to use a die cut

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge extra June

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge June

Lil patch of Crafty Friends #36 Anything goes

Snippets Playground week 235 Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you for well wishes I hope that the Pain clinic has answers, when I head back...

P.P.S Thank you to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave a message 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!

Cupcake anyone?

Hello again,

I was asked to create a card for a friend’s grand-daughter who loves to cook. Not having much in the way of cooking stamps or images I grabbed my dies and created this card:-

What I used:-

White 14.8cm x 10.5cm card blank

Red card from generic card stack

Freebie paper from magazine

White, pink, red and blue card from my scrap bags

White glitter card

Lawn Fawn sequins

Black fine-line pen

Magazine cover gift stamp

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting lace circle die

Lawn Fawn Stitched border dies (from Bizzy Becs)

MFT Pierced fishtail flags die

Marianne Design Creatables Cupcake die

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

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bizzy Becs Store Challenge June Anything Goes

Craft your Passion #316 Anything goes

HIMCR Super Scraps Saturday

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge June Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #Anything goes or Create your own Challenge

Thank you for looking in…

Have a great 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 :-)

Christmas Village

Hello again,

Well I've been a little slack on keeping up with my Christmas card making this month and finished this easel card off last night… 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Bugaboo image ‘ Fancy Sunbonnet Christmas Stuff'

Derwent and Faber-Castell Pencils

Pale grey cardstock (generic)

Leaf cardstock (AC)

Yellow, red and dark grey scrap cardstock

Kraft cardstock

Green paper from Carta Bella ‘Christmas Time’ paper pad

MFT Dienamics Wood grain Fence

Memory box Festive lights

Memory box frosted spruce

Memory box Christmas lights set

Poppystamps Fremont Pine landscape

Marianne Design Horizon Village

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots & Tiny Bubbles embossing folders

Star stickers from stash

Sand, Cocoa, Brown and Black ink (versa fine, Memento and colour box)

MFT gift tag greetings stamp set (I have masked off sections of two sentiments for the greeting)

Fiskars Corner Rounder punch

Adhesives:- PVA glue, double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 months of Christmas Challenge #17 optional theme non-traditional colours

Jingle Belles Banish the Holiday Blues

Crafting by Design Get Ready for Christmas May Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnuts #283 Use a Sentiment

Hiding in my craftroom #252 Any holiday

52 Christmas card throwdown May Stash Challenge Use punches or Dies 

Christmas Card Challenges #26 optional Challenge- Colour Challenge

Thank you for looking in...

have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to the lovely ladies who take the time to 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 :-)