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Thursday, 20 February 2020

LPoCF #126 Silly birds on a wire

Hello again,

I'm extremely late posting this, we have been inundated with water at our place this last week. My neighbour has a rain gauge and had 640mm or 25 inches of rain in just two days which is close to half our yearly rainfall. I was upto my calves in water in our garden trying to clear leaf litter and debris coming from the properties above us, trying to let the water in our yard out to run to the lowest point down the road. Then I looked under our house and amongst the support pylons was a dry patch of earth bubbling up as water came up, as if a spring had started beneath our dining room. We have had another 8inches (20cm) since

The local waterfall had an immense amount of water going over it for the following days as it filtered through the creeks, sadly the amount of rainfall also caused significant damage to many local bushwalks, washing a $750,000 bridge away (again). Waterfall at end of Charles Darwin walk and in usual weather National Parks and Wildlife Service

The local railway line had a large landslide which has seen the cancellation of all train services for the foreseeable future whilst the engineers and track maintenance crews work out how to repair the line and communication requirements.

On the plus side grateful that all the bushfires that have caused severe damage to our state are now out and the Warragamba Dam (Sydney's water supply) has reached over 81% of it's capacity meaning the water restrictions brought in during the last six months will be relaxed (the dam was around 40%) and our local dams are at 96% capacity.

On to the card making...
Sunday brought us to another all new Anything goes Challenge with my lovely Team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight our sponsor is Patties Creations who is offering the lucky winner 2 digi stamps

Prize 2 Digi Images

I was able to choose this lovely digi stamp from our sponsor Pattie's Creations to make my card, I had already decided what I wanted to do when I picked it out. I have used a DL card and paper pieced the birds using some scrap papers and coloured their feathery hair. Pattie has even got her own Challenge Blog which you can join in with here Pattie's Creations Design Challenge

My card:-

What I used:-
Whtie DL card blank
scrap card -sea green?
Scrap papers and card
Derwent coloured pencils
Adhesives:- Double sided tape and Glue stick
Black fine line pen

I would like to enter this card in:-
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes with Team Lou

My sincere apologies for how late I am running with this one ladies. Hopefully the weather will settle back into a more usual pattern and everything will dry out and the plants I cut back harshly when the fires were surrounding us start to regrow... 

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

Sunday, 26 January 2020

LPoCF #124 Morgan's Art World

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a journal page made for this week's challenge with my team mates over at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, where we are still celebrating our 5th Birthday. This week our sponsor is Morgan's ArtWorld, the sponsor has provided us with three images for the DT to work with which will also be the three images offered as the prize for this week's winner.

Prize:- same images the Design team have used


Morgan's Art World have their own challenge which you can find here Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge Blog and also Morgan's ArtWorld Facebook Group

I have used an image called Stardust Digi 1 to make a page in my journal, I have flipped and rotated the image to make the fairy look like she is flying above the floral design in the paper.

My Journal page:

What I used:-
Morgan's Art World Stardust Digi 1
Derwent Coloured and Watercolour pencils
Design Paper was freebie long ago with magazine (also tag and extra butterfly)
Rub on sparkly silver lettering
Wings, wand, necklace and headband have some clear stickles on them
Fussy cutting scissors
Adhesive: Glue stick and PVA glue

I would like to enter this page in:-
Morgan's ArtWorld Challenge Blog Challenge #1 Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge January Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes with Team Lou
The Happy Craft Challenge Anything goes optional theme celebrations optional product stamps

We have happily had some rain here in the mountains which have dampened down the bush, however the closest fires are continuing to burn deep in the valley, thankfully away from homes, today we have high winds and a dust storm coming through from drought ravaged farm areas further west. The bird I rescued in the backyard sadly died, they think she had some type of infection underlying. All this reminds me of Dorothea Mackellar's poem My Country, written and rewritten between 1904-1908 when it was published.

Thank you for looking in:-
Have a wonderful weekend
Megan

P.S. I found my post pack with my mystery items stashed away in it now just need to organise things for the giveaway...

Sunday, 12 January 2020

LPoCF Fifth Birthday Bash

Hello again,

It is Five years this month since Lil Patch of Crafty Friends was first launched and to Celebrate we are having a Challenge each week for the whole month, each with a different sponsor offering some wonderful prizes. This week we have Sheepski Designs offering the lucky winner their choice of three images from the store. Sheepski Designs have generously given the DT some lovely images to work with and I have used Bumble Bee Blossom to make two projects, the first a Birthday card (of course it is a Birthday Bash after all) and the second to make a desktop calendar which has already found a home with one of my Family History Friends.

Here is the Birthday card:-



and the Desktop calendar

What I used:- 
13cm square card blank
Derwent Coloured Pencils (regular and watercolour)
Pink Cardstock
Kaisercraft 'Finders Keepers' patterned paper
Pink paper flowers
Enamel look adhesive dots
MFT Label maker Sentiment stamps
Distress Oxide Ink Peacock Feathers
Kaisercraft nesting Hexagons
17.4x12.4cm card blank (fold on short side)
Scrap White cardstock (to make the internal prop for the calendar)
Rub-on numbers
Mini Calendar 
Honeycomb look patterned paper 
Adhesives: Double sided tape and PVA glue

I would like to enter the Birthday card in:-
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog January Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore #71 Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge January 2020 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes

and the calendar in:-
Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes January
Creative Craft Cottage #125 Anything goes
Crafty Creations Challenge #405 Anything goes
The Happy Craft Challenge- January

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

P.S. Many thanks for the prayers and comments on our ongoing bushfires and concern for the safety of all Aussie's- we currently have a fire about 6km south of here which jumped the Warragamba Dam. (Sydney's main water supply), this is the first time in close to 40 years since the area has had such a severe burn, whilst the bush walks around us remain closed (doesn't stop some crossing the warning tape) the powers that be are concerned that allowing a back burn to be put in to protect houses will cause significant damage to the infrastructure of the hiking trails, so the bushfire brigade/Army/National Parks workers are attempting to use hand tools to clear the fuel load, we have also had a reprieve from the hot weather, today has seen a combination of smoke and mountain mist with more rain predicted for later in the week... 

Sunday, 29 December 2019

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!

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

CBD December Anything Goes

Hello all,

Today brings us to the final challenge of 2019 with the lovely ladies at Crafting By Designs, it is also our final challenge for now. We have Four wonderfully generous sponsors this month offering a prize to one of four lucky winners. I would love to see your creations in our challenge all family friendly crafts are welcome...

Prize:- $8 Gift Certificate

Prize $15 Gift Certificate to shop

Prize:- TBC

Prize:- $10 Gift Certificate

I have used two images from our sponsors, the first kindly given by our Sponsor, A Day for Daisies, called Walking Bonnet which I coloured with water colour pencils from Derwent and painted with water. I have used First Edition papers from 'Rose Garden' paper pad, some lace, pearls, seam binding die-cut butterflies and a sentiment from Wild Rose Studio.


My second card is another of my use my Christmas scraps up strips I made earlier this year with an image from our sponsor Di's Digi Stamp , called Santa's Long List, which I haven't been able to find in store, which probably tells you how old it is. Coloured with regular Derwent pencils and printed in a larger size than I usually use.


What I used:-
2x White 12.7x17.8cm card blanks
Derwent Pencils and Watercolour Pencils (water and brush)
A Day for Daisies 'Walking Bonnet' Digi stamp
First Edition 'Rose Garden' papers
Lace, sage green seam binding
Self Adhesive half pearls
Wild Rose Studio birthday circles sentiment
Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink
Clear embossing powder
MFT Stitched rectangle die
Circle and scalloped circle dies
Marianne Design Butterfly punch die
Di's Digi Stamps 'Santa's Long List'
Various scrap Christmas papers
Red and green cardstock scraps
Impression Obsession Sentiment Die
Fiskars corner rounder punch
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Glue pen

I would like to enter the birthday card in:-
613 Avenue Create Anything goes optional challenge doodling or zentangle
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes with team Trace
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes Challenge #70
Love to Craft Challenge Blog Anything goes December
Crafty Creations Challenges Anything goes #403
I would like to enter the Christmas card in:-
Artsy Stamper Digitals Challenge- Winter Holidays
12 Months of Christmas Link-up- Optional Challenge Layer it up
Christmas with the Cuties- Show us your Santa Hats
Merry Little Christmas Challenge- Anything Christmas goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge optional Things with Wings
Sparkles Monthly Challenge- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

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 take the time to stop by and leave me a comment I truly appreciate them all!

Monday, 16 September 2019

Christmas Joy

Hello again,

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring one of Faith Skrdla's images from her store, From the Heart Stamps (closed) I decided to use up one of the strips I made up earlier this year to use up some scraps of paper this set is from My Mind's Eye 'Mistletoe Magic' paper pad.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm card blank
From the Heart stamps 'Holly Jolly Christmas'
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
Sentiment from Pink Petticoat
Circle die
MFT pierced fishtail flags die
Enamel dots
Wink of Stella
My Minds Eye 'Mistletoe Magic' papers
Deep red cardstock

I would like to enter this card in:-
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Optional Christmas Ornaments 
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge (plaid, check or Gingham paper)
Cute N Crafty Christmas Challenge 17 Anything goes
12 Months of Christmas Link up Optional Kraft paper
Merry Little Christmas Challenge September Anything goes

Thank you for stopping by...
Have a wonderful week...
Megan

P.S. A Huge Thank you to all of my lovely blogging friends and visitors who take the time to stop by and leave me a comment, I truly appreciate them all.

Monday, 21 January 2019

Twofer Birds

Hi All,

I have been following along with the twofer challenge, but have never before joined in with the ladies, I had been making a mixed set of cards for a friend and had finished them all off and I need a thank you card to post out this week... so with the die set still on the table I decided to join in...

The set is a CCD which came with the two birds, cages and a stand, I have used scissors to cut into the lantern shaped cage to make it look like the birds are out and about. 

What I used:-
Two 14.8c10.5cm card blanks
Silver paper
Japanese paper
Dark grey metallic card
Silver peel off stickers
CCD Bird Cage, Birds dies
Label Shaped die (not sure)
Pink gel ink pen
Close to my Heart Happy Birthday Sentiment stamp
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Kraft card 
Kaisercraft 'Blue Bay' paper pack (mostly snippets)
Kaisercraft 'Blue Bay' sentiment sticker
Darkroom Door 'Simple Sayings'
Clear embossing ink
Black super fine embossing powder
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, adhesive sheet, 2 way glue pen and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-
Twofer Challenge January Birds
Snippets Playground #344
Southern Girls Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Creations Challenge #382 Anything goes

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

PS. Stay cool in all this extreme summer heat we are having down under.
 Many thanks for all the kind comments, I have tried adjusting the settings as some are unable to comment unless it opens in a new window... 

Monday, 26 November 2018

W is for Wisemen

Hello again,

I have been enjoying creating distress oxide backgrounds for my cards this year, love how the colours blend and the reaction with water always looks great, another background is one of the features of my card today, in colours of the night sky, with a die cut from Crafts4U an Aussie company.

Here is my card:-
What I used:-
White 12.4x17.6cm card blank (fold on short side)
Metallic silver embossed paper
White cardstock (for distress oxide ink panel)
Distress Oxide inks black soot, faded jeans and broken china
White cardstock
Silver Mirri card scrap
Reverse Confetti sentiment stamp ‘Christmas Blessings’
Memory Box die ‘Star of Wonder’ 
Star stickers
Adhesives:- Double sided tape and adhesive sheet

I would like to enter this card in:-
Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards W is for Wise men 
Southern Girls Challenge Inks and Sprays
Crafty Creations Challenges #378 Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Anything goes with dies
Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo

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

P.S. A Huge thanks to all my lovely blogging friends and visitors who stop by and take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Saturday, 24 November 2018

U is for Unicorn

Hello again,

Still working our way through the alphabet now getting to the stickier end of things, today brings us to the letter ‘U’ apart from Unicorns and the colour Umber I’m lost… but I bought a tiny stamp and die set featuring the first of the two I could think of, I found the Doodlebug speech bubble in my bag of Christmas scraps and decided it would work.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-
White 10.5x14.8cm card blank
Striped paper from scrap bags
Circle die cut from scrap bags
Left over strip of Distress Oxide ink background (faded Jeans, broken china, peacock feathers)
Lawn Fawn Winter Unicorn stamp and die set
White card
Clear embossing ink
Silver embossing powder
Derwent Pencils
Wink of Stella Clear
Star hand punch
Silver and glitter cardstock scrap with adhesive on back
Doodlebug and typed sentiment
Adhesives:- Double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to enter this card in:-
Daisy Chain Challenge 25 Christmas or Winter
ABC Christmas Challenge W is for Wishes, x for Xmas
Merry Little Christmas Challenge Anything goes

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

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

Friday, 23 November 2018

T is for Trio of Trees

Hello again, 

Well we are up to ‘T’ today with the current month long challenge over at Beccy’s Place, and I have gone with ‘T’ is for Trio of Trees, I made two cards earlier this year and decided that I liked that they had been relatively quick and simple makes and wanted to repeat them in slightly more masculine colours. I made a Distress Oxide ink background using Broken China, Faded Jeans and Peacock Feathers, heat embossed my Trio of Trees stamp by Stamp-It Australia in Silver and used my Paper Roses Merry die to repeat the earlier two cards, though this one in portrait.


Here are my cards:-



What I used:-
White 12.6x17.8cm (5x7”) card blanks
Blue paper from stash
White and navy cardstock
Silver mirri card scrap
Distress Oxide Inks Faded Jeans, Broken China and Peacock Feathers
Clear embossing ink 
Silver and gold embossing powder
MFT Hand Lettered Holiday stamp
MFT Stitched inner and outer oval die
Hero Arts Stamp ‘n’ cut Merry set
Paper Roses Merry peek-a-boo die
CCD swirl die
Stamp It Australia Tree-O of trees Stamp
Tiny Star stickers
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam tape

I would like to enter these cards in:-
Beccy's Place Month of Holiday cards T is for Trio of Trees
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge CAS
Aud Sentiments Challenge Christmas or Winter Sentiment
Southern Girls Challenge inks or sprays

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful weekend...
Megan

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

Tuesday, 23 October 2018

Elephant Christmas


Hello again,

I am on a roll with my Christmas cards, today I am sharing one featuring two cute elephants, under a starry sky. I created the background with Distress Oxide inks in Black soot, faded jeans and broken china, added some dark green card with a grassy border behind them adding dots of clear embossing ink with my pen and some gold embossing powder. I have even managed to make four Calendars which will be given as thank you gifts, all using the same stamp just in different colours.... 
Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 17.5x12.5 card blank (fold on short side)

Distress Oxide Inks- Black soot, Jaded Jeans and Broken China plus water

Green card stock

MFT Fresh cut grass die

MFT Pierced fishtail flags die


Digi Stamp Boutique image Christmas Edwin and Hetty (store closed)

White card for printing

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Ranger Clear embossing pen

Stampendous Detail Gold embossing powder

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA glue and Foam tape


I would like to enter this card in:-
12 Months of Christmas Link-up Optional theme Gear up for winter
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge  optional sentiment as the focal point


Thank you for looking in..

Have a wonderful week...
Megan

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


Thursday, 27 September 2018

Bugaboo Sketch challenge 615

Hello again,

I'm still working my way through some of the images I have coloured over winter, looking for some inspiration I decided to join in with the current Stella Says Sketch Challenge over at Catch the Bug, using one of Jodie's cute Christmas images and a mix of papers from my stash.

This is the current sketch:-
Here is my card:-

What I used:-
white 12.6x17.8cm card blank (5x7")
Bugaboo Stamps Christmas Mouse- Ornaments
White card for printing
Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils
Metallic silver gel pen
black and white card scraps
Check paper from 'Sugar and Spice' paper pad
Doodlebug Design 'Santa Express' 6" paper pad
Oval Die not sure of make
Fiskars scalloped border punch
Kaisercraft sentiment
MFT pierced fishtail flags die
Clear embossing ink
Black superfine Embossing powder

I would like to enter this card in:-
Catch the Bug Stella Says Sketch Challenge #615
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #198 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Spots and Dots
12 Months of Christmas Link up Optional theme Tweet Christmas
Rudolph Day with Scrappy Mo Anything goes

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 leave me a comment! I truly appreciate them all!

Sunday, 12 August 2018

Layered Sentiment


Hello again,

I’m back to share another distress oxide card made for my sister-in-law who had her birthday during the week, like me her favourite colour is purple so I used Picked raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock feathers inks to create the background, rubbing more ink on here and there and splashing water on it between drying it out with my heat gun. I stamped the three flowers from a set of clear stamps from China onto the card in clear ink adding black embossing powder. I tried to colour the flowers a little darker than the background using some more ink and a paint brush, it didn’t really turn out how I had wanted it to but it still looked okay. 
The sentiment was die cut from the main background piece and I then layered it up three times in white cardstock adding the tiny pieces back into the sentiment where they belonged, I only lost one which I cut out of a scrap with similar colours, so the piece blends in… not bad for a first try of this technique.

Here is my card:-




What I used:-

White card blank 12.5x14.6cm card blank (fold on short side)

White cardstock

Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks (+Water)

Clear embossing ink pad

Wow! Black super fine embossing powder

CCS Floral stamp set

My Favorite Things Happy Birthday sentiment die

Bling from my stash

White card scraps

Adhesives: Double sided tape and PVA glue



I would like to enter this card in:-
Creative Craft Cottage #110 No Patterned Paper
Daisy Chain Challenge #22 Anything goes
Southern Girls Challenge Stamp your mark on it 
Aud Sentiments Challenge #209 For the girls + Sentiment
Happy Little Stampers Anything goes with Dies
Love to Craft Challenge Blog August Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

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

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




Wednesday, 30 May 2018

One for the Boys


Hello again, 


Today brings us to a new Challenge for Crafting by Designs, we would love you to join in our and show us what you are making, we have lovely sponsor this week Ike’s Art will be giving the lucky winner $20 gift certificate for their store. 




  Prize $20 gift certificate for the store


I have made a card for my neighbour’s son, who will be 18y later this year, they have been here since he was two. I used my Distress Oxide Inks to create a background, having a bit of playtime working out which colours I would use, this panel has Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers and Broken China. Test stamped on my sample piece and heat embossed with some metallic glitter embossing powder to be sure that was the right colour combo to go with, the stamps are from my mixed bag of stamps from Darkroom Door. I added some die cut and hand punched stars to the panel before adding the sentiment which I heat embossed in black and fussy cut, adding die cut numbers for his age. Sentiment is popped up on some double sided foam tape. When it was all finished and put together I wished that I had thought to add some extra texture by way to some cotton or twine, behind the sentiment, but all was stuck down tight. Some bling added randomly to finish the card.



Here is my card:- 

What I used:-

White 5x7” (12.6x17.8cm) card blank

Blue cardstock

Silver embossed paper

Glittered paper

White cardstock

Distress Oxide Inks- Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers and Broken China (and water)

Wow! Metallic Silver Sparkle Embossing Glitter

Wow! Primary Ebony Super Fine Embossing powder

Star die unknown brand about 1cm across

Memory Box Parker Number dies



Bling from Stash

Hair Spray to set ink
Heat gun

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, Diamond Glaze, double sided foam tape, Adhesive sheet



I would like to enter this card in:-

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!