Tweet Christmas wishes

Hello again,

Well I did say on my last post that I had been busy making Christmas cards and here is another, with a super cute free digi image called “Pippi” from Karin at Kajsans Scrap blog, these two little birds are incredibly cute and I have opted to make them little blue birds…. Two posts in one day, what a shock... 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

14cm square kraft card blank

White card for printing

Pippi digi image free 

Lawn Fawn plaid paper

Marianne Design poinsettia die

Scrap papers in red, green and gold

Poppystamps small sprig die

MFT pierced fish tail flags die

MFT pierced square die

Printed sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Fairy Krystal Glitter paint on hats

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Challenge Link up Tweet Christmas

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge optional twist tree

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas

The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything Christmas

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

Christmas in Spring

Hello again,

A lovely Spring day here in Australia, we have been treated to a cloudless sky all day today. I have finally found some time to type up two of my Christmas cards I made earlier this month.

Here are my two cards:

On this first card I have used some of my Kaisercraft paper pad and I think a piece of paper from a magazine, along with a cute Santa image from Digi Stamp Boutique which used to have its own store but is now with Lily of the Valley, who are sadly having to close down all their digital stamps come the end of September.  

On the second card I have used another of Digi Stamp Boutique's cute Santa images, a white embossed panel and some scraps from my Christmas bag, I even used the strip leftover after cutting the scalloped border with my border punch.

What I used:-
2 white 12.6x 17.8cm card blanks
Kaisercraft 'Yuletide' papers
Magazine Freebie paper
Snippets of Christmas papers
Embossing folder from China
MFT Stitched Square and Fishtail Flags dies
Digi Stamp Boutique Cute Santa images
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
LOTV Christmas sentiment  stamp
Stamp-It Australia 'Long Christmas' sentiment stamp
Black and Gold embossing powders
Clear embossing ink
Pearls and Sequins from my stash

I would like to enter these cards in:-
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link up- Optional theme Tweet Christmas
The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything goes
CCC Digi Creations Use Pearls or Gems

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 comment, I truly Appreciate them all!

Merry and Bright

Hello again,

Well I have actually found the time to make a Christmas card for Rudolph's Day this month, I printed several images from Digital Stamp Boutique, rather larger than normal, leaving me to fussy cut them out to make my cards, here is the first a little elephant from the set Christmas Edwin and Hetty. Coloured with Derwent pencils, with some fairy krystal glitter paint on her hat and the stocking top.

 I will admit that the glitter X-Press-it tape his hiding a join, using a 15cm (6") paper pad does sometimes have its draw backs when making larger cards, I added a large sentiment from MFT Hand lettered Christmas in Versa Color Cardinal ink, which looks much brighter in person than it appears in the photo, heat embossed it with clear powder adding the Kaisercraft Christmas Tree and some star sequins and gems from my stash to finish.

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8 cm (5x7") card blank
AC Card stock (not sure what colour exactly)
White cardstock
Faber-Castell and Derwent coloured pencils
MFT Gingham patterned paper
MFT Hand Lettered Christmas stamp
MFT Stitched inner/outer square die
Cardinal Versa Color ink
Christmas Edwin and Hetty Digi Stamp Digital Stamp Boutique
X-Press-it Glitter tape
Kaisercraft Decorative Dies Christmas Trees
Scrap of green paper
Fairy Krystal glitter paint
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Diamond Glaze and Foam dots


I would like to enter this card in:-
Rudolph's Day with Scrappy Mo
ABC Christmas Challenge H is for Hat I is for Ice
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge
Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge #87 Feature a Creature 
The Merry Christmas Challenge Optional- Banners
12 Months of Christmas Link up Optional- Feline Festive


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

P.S. A huge thank you to all my lovely friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Christmas Card #1 for 2018

Hello again,

Well the hot summer temps are set to plummet today 30C tomorrow 17C almost a fifty percent drop, no more sleeping with frozen hot (should that be cold)water bottles 😄 and I have been enjoying the overcast days bringing some relief from the heat and it allowed me to get to my craft space and have a play with some of my goodies that arrived late last year before Christmas.

My aim for making 4-5 Christmas cards has gone out the window, here I am with one day left of January and I have made just one, maybe I’ll catch up next month post-surgery while I take things easy, or not. I have made enough progress for my Bondi Physio to send me off to see a local physio for yoga/pilates stretches and treatment- which will begin in April as she is a popular physio. I can now last 15mins on my feet before I start feeling ill, only issue is as my Physio has untwisted my muscles other problems have been stirred up, meaning my stamping/colouring ability has shortened😞 my arm gets tired and I turn white in the face. Progress is progress and slow and steady is working well. Small steps everyday. Whinging over. 😊

I made a 5x7” card using a mix of papers and scraps from my stash, I had thought of this card when I ordered the semi circle and reindeer dies from AliExpress last year, it turned out a little darker than I planned on, not being able to find the paler woodgrain paper I wanted to use. Quite a masculine card, I think it would look great using some tartan paper too... 

Here’s my Card:-

What I used:-

White 5x7” card blank-12.6x17.8cm

Green, woodgrain, white and kraft card and papers

Glitter paper black and silver

Clear Wink of Stella pen

AliExpress- CCD Stag and Cross-Stitched semi circle dies (cut to form frame)

Memory Box Frosted Spruce die

Marianne Design Merry Christmas sentiment die

Star die

Silver peel off sticker stars

Adhesives:- Glue Pen, double-sided tape, foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Scrappy Mo’s Rudolph Day

ABC Christmas Challenge A is for Antlers

Christmas at Sweet stampin’ Anything Christmas goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge Anything goes

The Merry Christmas challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

P.S. A Huge thank you to all the lovely visitors and friends who take the time to leave me a message, I appreciate them all!

Trio of Christmas cards

Hello again,

Back to share a few more Christmas cards, these three cards all feature images from DigiStamp Boutique, the first has three of the cutest and fluffy penguins which I coloured brightly to go with some of my Doodlebug Designs Paper, adding a die cut sentiment and a few stars to finish off.

Note:- DigiStamp Boutique are having a sale at the moment 50% off all in store.... apologies for enabling you 😁

The second card has a super cute Pug decked out in some reindeer antlers, teamed up with a sentiment from Memory Box set ‘Here comes Santa Paws’ a very clean and simple design for me.

My third card features a little robin carol singing, with a corner holly die and a poinsettia to finish off the card, the sentiment was embossed in 32C heat and the embossing ink was much faster in drying out, at least I didn’t have the heat gun on for long.

I added plenty of sparkle to each of the cards, on the first and third card with Glitter paint and on the little Pugs antlers and star ornaments a liberal coating of Wink of Stella.

What I used:-

5x7" card blanks (12.6x17.8cm)

Cardstock-teal, red, white, olive green

Patterned papers from my stash-various brands, Kaisercraft, doodlebug designs, some magazine freebies

Happy Penguins DigiStamp Boutique

Christmas Pug Set DigiStamp Boutique

Cute Robin Collection DigiStamp Boutique

Derwent and Faber-Castell Pencils

Marianne Design Star punch die

Marianne Design Poinsettia die

Impression Obsession Holiday Top word Edger

Impression Obsession Holly Flourish

CCD Scalloped border die

CCD Pindot Rectangle die

MFT Merry Christmas Sentiment die

Barbara Anne Williams Digital Stamp- Christmas Tickets

I would like to enter the Penguin card in:-

Christmas Cards All year Round

A Gem of a Challenge #209 Anything Christmas goes

CCC Digi Creations #87 Happy Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Optional theme Christmas Cupcakes

the Christmas Pug card in :-

DigiStamp Boutique December customer challenge December

Snippets Playground weeks 311-312

Crafting By Design December Anything goes

Christmas at Sweet Stamping Anything goes

The Merry Christmas Challenge #47 Anything Christmas

the Carolling Robin card in:-

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge- Tic Tac Toe Top Row Stamping (sentiment), Patterned Paper and Embossing (heat set sentiment)

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Anything goes

613 Avenue Create Optional Theme Christmas/Winter
Come and Get It Final Challenge- Christmas
Crafts Galore Encore Merry Christmas Anything goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters All about Christmas

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

P.S. To those in the northern hemisphere please send cool air south, for those in the southern hemisphere I'll happily send you some of our hot weather 35C today and I live in an area where hot days are few and far between, no air conditioner as it is not worth it. 

O Holy Night

Hello again,

Well not making enough of my Christmas cards all year long came back to bite me on the you know where, I think I have made about fourteen cards this week (and still have a couple more I need)👀, some were batch makes of the Aussie Santa in Sydney, I didn’t even worry about taking pics of them.

I had bought a new die from the recent craft show I attended, from a shop who has begun creating their own designs Catchy Crafts are also one of the biggest stall holders at the craft shows, the new die is called Bethlehem Town and I made two cards with the die, one is winging its way to my 94 year old Great Aunt who lives in far north Queensland and the other a hop across the road.

I must say that I have been severely influenced by Shaz in Oz in these cards, love the embossing with the scroll like sentiment on the first and reminds me I should dig out embossing folders more often. Thank you for the inspiration Shaz!

Here are my cards:-

What I used:-

White card stock to make card blank measuring 11cm x 17.5cm

Crafts4U- 70019 Bethlehem Town Die

White and Black AC card for embossing

Kaisercraft Lattice 5x7 embossing folder

Kaisercraft Damask 5x7 embossing folder

Silver Embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Silver embossed paper

Spray ink background

Rainbow cardstock

Memory Box Parker Upper Case Alphabet Die

Impression Obsession Stamp ‘Jack Frost’ sentiment stamp

MFT stitched inner and outer oval

Adhesive:- Double Sided Adhesive sheet, Foam tape, double sided tape

I would like to enter these cards in:-

Sisterhood of Crafters All about Christmas 

A Gem of a Challenge Anything Christmas Goes  

Happy Little Stampers Anything goes with dies

Christmas Cards All Year Round December Anything goes

Craft-a-holics R Us #49 Emboss 

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Optional theme Christmas cupcakes

Crafting by Design December Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge extra

The Merry Christmas Challenge Anything goes +Christmas 

Emerald City Crafts Anything goes

I think all our Christmas cards have been written and will get popped in the post tomorrow, minus a couple of hand deliveries and two to my friends who seem to move around a lot. Holding theirs in reserve until one of them confirms an address or two.

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 comment, I truly appreciate them all!

P.P.S. Could someone in the northern Hemisphere send some cool air this way, looking at the fourth day above 27C and no end in sight, I don't do heat well!

Outback Santa

Hello again, 

Today brings us to the final day of the month long Holiday Card challenge over at Beccy's Place and today the challenge is to do what you love. I love the Aussie Santa I used on these cards and had another two printed out and ready to go, but decided not to make another card with Sydney City as the backdrop, this time I grabbed some white core card stock and got ripping to create layers of the Aussie bush as a backdrop blue sky the green of the Aussie bush and the red earth of the outback with a new Windmill die, a very familiar sight once you leave suburbia. Many windmills have the property name either painted or roughly cut from the vane others (I've seen lots) with Southern Cross on the vane. 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 5x7" card blank 12.6x17.8cm 
White card
Make it Crafty Aussie Santa digi stamp
Derwent pencils
Gray and black cardstock
Scraps of Christmas design paper
Kaisercraft Basecoat paper
DCWV white core card 'Neutrals'
Wink of Stella on Santa's beard
Clear embossing ink
Black embossing powder
Stamps:- MFT Gift tag Greetings and Stamp It Australia Christmas Wish
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Double sided adhesive sheet, Foam dots


I would like to enter these cards in:-
Beccy's Place Month long holiday card Challenge
12 Months of Christmas Link-up  Optional theme Star Struck
The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #20 Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge 361
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Anything goes with Dies
The Merry Christmas Challenge #45 Anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge Anything goes 176

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 a comment, I truly appreciate them all!

Vintage Christmas

Hello again,

Well here is the last of five of the Christmas cards I have been making the last couple of weeks. This card features a Bugaboo digi stamp called Sunbonnet Christmas Tree  and some of the vintage papers from my stash.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6 x17.8 (5x7”) card blank

Bugaboo Stamps Sunbonnet Christmas Tree 

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Kaisercraft Christmas paper pad (magazine freebie-many years old)

Lili of the Valley Sentiment stamp

Silver embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Memento London Fog ink pad

Wink of Stella white and clear

Liquid pearl –Blackberry

CCD stitched square die

Lifestyle crafts circle die

I would like to enter this card in:-

ABC Christmas Challenge U for Unlimited and V for Vibrant
Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link-up #34 Anything goes
Crafting By Design Get Ready for Christmas- October Anything goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge- 40 Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 357-AG or things with wings


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!

Elf on Shelf

Hello again,

Well as promised here is the first of five of the Christmas cards I have been making the last couple of weeks, using one of the images I found pre coloured in an old VHS box to keep them safe, flat and useable. This card features Bugaboo digi stamp called Elf-4 I drew in two lines to make it look like the elf is sitting on a shelf. I made this card following a Stella Says Sketch but then wasn’t well enough to blog it and enter it in the challenge.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7”)

Bugaboo Stamps Elf 4 

Green card stock

Blue and green design papers from my stash

Couture creations Nesting rectangle and scalloped rectangle dies

Glitter bling from my stash

Green bling from my stash

Lemon Lime Kindy Glitz

Silver pen

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Sentiment stamp was freebie from Magazine

I would like to enter this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Link-up Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Anything goes optional-Stripes
ABC Christmas Challenge U is for Unlimited (aka Anything goes) and V is for Vibrant
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge extra Anything goes

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

CiJ Day 2 Sketch

Hello again,

I'm back to join in the ladies at Bugaboo Stamps blog Catch the Bug, Christmas in July event, a week of challenges and Sundays challenge is a sketch:- I have rotated the sketch for my card

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank 10.5 x 14.8cm

Pink card AC Dots and Stripes

Pink paper from my stash

Bugaboo Stamps image Bug Sweet Angel

Wink of Stella Clear brush marker

Faber-Castell pencils

Metallic Silver gel pen

Silver embossing powder

Small sentiment stamp from magazine

Pink glitter paper and grey snow flake paper from scrap box

Silver Star Brads 

Lifestyle crafts nesting circle die

MFT Fishtail flags die

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Rectangle die

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 2

Merry Christmas Challenge 26 Patterned Paper

613 Avenue Create Challenge 199 Anything Goes

CCC Digi Designs 77 Anything Goes

12 Months of Christmas Challenge 31 Optional theme Oh Deer

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Use a die Cut

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

Bugaboo Christmas in July

Hello again,

Long time no see, I managed to pick up a lurgy last time I was in Sydney and haven't really gotten on to the computer as much as normal, but I have made a few cards between my last post in June and the newest Design Team challenge which I will add over the next few weeks as the cards are received.

Bugaboo Stamps is having their 7th Annual Christmas in July Challenge this week and as I haven't made any Christmas cards since May it has given me a nudge to join in again this year... I'm running a bit behind at the minute and will have several posts one after the other in an effort to catch up...

Challenge for Day one of Bugaboo's Christmas in July

I have used a double sided piece of paper and used both sides, something I rarely do, to make this card which will likely head for my cousin and her two young girls. With the featured image from Bugaboo called Christmas Troll 

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 5x7" card blank (17.8x 12.6cm)
Christmas Troll Image from Bugaboo
Green card stock
Magazine Freebie paper
White cardstock for printing
CCD Cross-Stitched Semi-circle
MFT Pierced Fishtail flags
Tree brad
Glitzee Lemon-Lime Glitter glue
Peppermint lollies cut from design paper scrap
Diamond Glaze
Typed Sentiment


I would like to enter this card in:-
Bugaboo Christmas in July Day One
Christmas Cards All Year Long- Anything goes
Come and Get it Challenge- Two or more Patterned papers
Merry Christmas Challenge #26 Patterned Papers

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!

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

Impression Obsession Carolers 

Lifestyle Crafts nesting circle dies

I would like to enter this card in:-

The Merry Christmas Challenge Ribbon or lace

Creative Craft Cottage #76 Anything goes

52 Christmas card Throwdown November theme 'Old fashioned Christmas'

Beccy's Place Month of Christmas cards 'Day 6 Carols'

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #308 Cute or Anything goes

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #46 Anything goes

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! 

Teen Christmas

Hello again,

I’m back with another Christmas card this one is off to my neighbour’s eldest son, to prevent any arguments over the cards as I made my second double ‘z’ fold card having made this one for his brother earlier this year, the card ended up being more plain than I had planned on account of me making multiple mistakes when cutting the gap at the back of the card to hold some cash. I thought after the first mistake (I cut a piece of paper with a pattern going across the page upright) I’d just trace and cut the hole onto the next piece, only this time I did it in mirror image ;-(( to rescue the paper I’d wrecked I picked a second and third piece from the same paper pad and used the first paper on the ‘z’ portion of the card.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 14cm Square card blank

Pale green cardstock

My Mind’s Eye Mistletoe Magic 6” pad (including the paper I cut the wrong way)

Kaisercraft nesting star die

Lifestyle crafts nesting circle die

Poppystamps Clarissa ornament

Poppystamps Avondale ornament

Sentiment Die from Australian Papercraft Essentials 45

Star paperclip

Silver and white card scraps

Silver and red bling

Bella Droplets

Sentiment circle from TLC

I would like to enter this card in:-

Snippets Playground week 254

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge # 306 Vintage or Anything goes

Create with TLC- Anything goes with TLC element

The Merry Christmas Challenge #5 Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #45 Anything goes

613 Avenue Create Anything goes

Thank you for looking in... 

Have a great week...

Megan

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