Red Red Wine...

Hello again,

What a week…. I headed to the first Papercraft show I’ve been to in several years even though I knew it would cause me to be in pain for a few days after over the weekend, then decided the next day that getting up and down on a dining chair to clean the fan/heater/light in bathroom with the vacuum was a good idea then I added cleaning the inside of the skylight and bathroom walls to it too… needless to say doing it all in one hit was a bad idea and I’ve been paying for it since. I’ve just started to unpack my goodies from the show today…

A couple of bonuses taking my Mum with me to the Papercraft show, I got to pick some of my own Christmas presents, Mum held onto my bag and sat down for a bit while I entered the busiest stall, I would love to go to their shop one day, but I think I would get into too much mischief and spend way too much... 

Today I am sharing a birthday card made for one of my Mum’s friends from Kindergarten, who after losing touch for so many years have reconnected and now enjoy regular get togethers, lunches and long phone calls. They are lovely ladies and I grew up on stories about them and the mischief they would get up to… At Mum’s Request I made my third card featuring Bugaboo image called Glass of wine a day and coloured it as red wine, I had an idea in my head as to which papers I would use and it ended up being completely different.

Not sure what happened in the photo, all the bling are plain silver, the flourish in the corner seems a little yellow...

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5 x 7” card blank folded to an easel base

Blue leather grained cardstock

Patterned paper from magazine A4 paper pack

Flowers from stash

MFT Cross Stitched rectangle die from Christina

Bugaboo image Glass of wine a day

Derwent Pencils

Inkylicious ‘Wonderful Day’

Clearly Besotted Sweet Little Sentiments

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink pad

Scrap of ribbon

Sullivan’s Bling Flourish

Kaisercraft Bling strip

Adhesives:-Double sided tape and glue dots

I would like to enter this card in:-

CCC Digi Creations #60 Happy Anything

Craft your Passion #336 Anything goes

Hiding in my Craftroom #273 Freestyle 

Crafting By Design November Anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore November Anything goes

Snippets Playground week 253 Anything goes with Snippets

Crafty Sentiments Challenge Anything goes

Creative Crafts Cottage #74 Use Ribbon

Simply Papercraft for all Occasions #39

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper 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 comment, 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!

Dig it…

Hello again,

On the computer front my screen is functioning a little better, although still a little blurry, I've changed font sizes, it has a better functioning driver and at least my images no longer look like one of those crazy mirrors squashed down from the top and squeezed in from the sides....

I am joining in with this months stamp of the month challenge over at From the Heart Stamps, this is a progressive challenge and each month that you enter you will receive the following months stamp for free. This months image features a gorgeous little dog and is called Digging Dog. If you would like to join in the challenge you can purchase the image from the store here, if you spend over $10 on some of Faiths other stunning Digi images, you can enter this code: Digging Dog to receive the image free found here.

My card has taken a little longer to make than I planned as I haven't been able to find something I know I have in my stash, you can bet that sooner or later I will rediscover the tiny wooden lady bugs in the most unlikely place and probably remember why I put them there in the first place. One bonus has been tidying up and sorting some of my stash as I looked. Since I didn't find the little bugs I have altered my card as I went

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

Digging Dog image and sentiments by Faith at From the HeartStamps

Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils

White 14cm square card blank

White cardstock

Dylusions London Blue ink spray mixed with water

White Colorbox inkpad mixed with water

Daisy Punch

Tiny flower single hole punch

Poppystamps Garden Sprig die

Elizabeth Crafts Bunch of Flowers 2

Poppycrafts Nesting Square Die

MFT Pierced circle die

Stanley Knife, cutting mat, steel rule, brush

White Opal Liquid Pearls

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

Doodlebug Design Paper

Create with TLC sentiment

I would like to enter this card in:

From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month Challenge March

Creating in a Beautiful Mess Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned paper Challenge March

Poppystamps Challenge March- must use one Poppystamps die or stamp

Come and Get it Challenge- In the garden

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful 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...

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!!!

North Pole Christmas

Hello again,

Well in the last week of October I entered the Crafting by Design Monthly Christmas Challenge with some tags I had made which you can see here.

My tag project was chosen as one of their Saturday Spotlights and I was offered my first place in a Guest Design Team, can you see the smiley glow? I was offered two choices of challenges to be a Guest Designer and chose to participate in: 

Here come the Holidays Challenge

The lovely ladies of the Design Team have created some wonderful cards and projects as inspiration and we hope you will join in the challenge, there are some lovely prizes to be won from three fabulous sponsors, 

Oak Pond Creations

Dr. Digi

Aliciabel

This challenge isn't just for Christmas, 
you can add any project for whatever holiday
you celebrate this month!

Since this is our last challenge this year,
we're super excited to have 3 sponsors and loads
of inspiration projects from our Design Team and
Guest Designers.  

I made this easel card as my project:

Just the front

 I used the Fishtail flags die to create the sentiment flag altering its size by matching up the piercing and re-cutting the end, I repeated this for the sentiment on the easel base cutting a coordinating rectangle stopper.

What I used:-

White 14cm Square Card blank

White card stock + scrap

Digi Image Decorating Deer Di’s Digi Stamps

Dark Brown card stock

Doodlebug Design Paper pad ‘Santa Express’

Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils

Sentiments from Desert Diva and Cuddly Buddly ‘Christmas Ticket Digi’

Kaisercraft ‘Christmas Quotes’ Clear stamp

Color box Black ink pad 

Six mini Gold star brads (& eyelet setter Fiskars)

White holographic glitter from Art wrap

White glitter from Made for you

MFT Pierced Fishtail Flags 

MFT Pierced oval Dies

Memory Box Die Jolly Jingle Bells

Gold glitter paper

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

Craft cutting mat, Stanley Knife, Steel ruler, Scissors, PC & printer, Score board and bone folder, Cuttlebug

This challenge is open until December 29, so you have loads of time
to enter, but please remember to follow the rules and add no more than 3 of your projects made during this time. We're also going to be adding some "reminder" posts during this month featuring projects from even more Guest Designers!

A huge thank you to Doris and the lovely ladies on the Design team for the opportunity to be a Guest Designer with them on this challenge :-) 

I am also entering this card in:-

12 Months of Christmas Link-up- #12 Anything goes OR Optional Theme 

Natalie and Amy Challenge #39 Christmas

Case-ing Christmas Final Challenge #32- Anything goes

Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge- #59 Die Cuts for Christmas

A Snowflakes Promise #11 winter or Christmas theme

Digi Design Challenge Blog:- Any Winter Holiday
Doodle Pantry Ants in my Pantry #12:- Digital Images only
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #258:- Time to Decorate
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra December

Many thanks for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

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

More Wine...

Hello again…

Today I am sharing a card I made for my Mum’s birthday later this week, I again coloured first and then had to find papers in my stash suitable to use, I had envisaged a more bold colour scheme but like how it has turned out…

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

12.7cm x 17.8cm white card blank

Bugaboo digi ‘Glass of Wine a day’ 

Derwent pencils

Lily of the Valley ‘Bonnets’ and Bowties’ paper pad (by Nitwit Collections) from Magazine

Lily of the Valley Birthday stamp from Magazine

Fiskars daisy border punch

Pink border from stash

White card from scraps

Bella! Droplets enamel dots

White brads from stash

Sullivan’s Paper flowers

White Self-adhesive pearls

MFT Stitched Rectangles die

MFT Royal leaves die

Circle Die brand unknown

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

Stanley knife, Steel ruler, Craft matt, scoring board

I would like to enter this card in:-

Craft your Passion #278 Anything goes

Beccy’s Place September Challenge 

Bugaboo Catch the Bug September Anything goes  

613 Avenue Create- Create your own Challenge take one from each column 1. image/patterned paper, 2. Die-cut/Sentiment, 3. Solid coloured paper, 4. Flowers, 5. Paper Punch 

CCC Digi Creations #32 Include a Sentiment 

Crafting by Design September Anything goes 

Simply paper crafts for all occasions

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge September

Thank you for looking in…

Have a great week…

Megan

Many thanks to all the lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Blue Christmas

Hello again…

Case-ing Christmas has gone monthly and this month it was Steph’s turn to create a card to inspire us, you can find Steph’s Card here. There is a lot to be inspired by, I love all the papers together; I took my inspiration from the ribbon, lace and twine down the side of the card. I have used a digi stamp from bugaboo and coloured it completely non-traditional. 

On one of my recent trips down to the physio in the city I stopped in at Lincraft to see what extras bits and pieces I could get to add to my cards and came away with a variety of sheer ribbons and lace. I have used pale blue ribbon and added some die cut stars and avoided the snow all bar the image on the paper

Here’s my card:-

I had been saving this paper, although a generic bought from Kmart many years ago it was still a favourite, due to the positioning of my image I have covered up the tree the paper has on it which was also a blue and green combo. I now have an excuse to buy more supplies :-) I simply have to have some non traditional coloured papers! Maybe I will be well enough in November for the more local Christmas craft fair, I haven't been for several years. 

The stopper on the easel card was created using a round digi from Scrap-a-licious Times (bottom one) and one I created in word placed on top.

What I used:-

14.9cm x 10.5cm white card blank

White card

Generic blue card and generic Christmas patterned paper

White glittered card stock

Faber-castell and Derwent Pencils

Baby blue Liquid Pearls

Digital Stamp BUGABOO

Mpress circle dies

Top sentiment circle Word 

Lower sentiment from Scrap-a-licious Times

MFT Stitched Rectangle dies

Memory box Die Cosmic Star set

Adhesives- P.V.A. Glue, Double-sided tape, glue dots, foam tape

Scoring board

I would like to enter this card in:-

Case-ing Christmas #28

12 Months of Christmas Link-up #8- Anything goes or Snowfriends

Sparkle Creation's Christmas Card Challenge Week 38- Anything goes

Christmas Stampin' all year long #54 Folding  I hope an easel card is okay ladies

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra August

ABC Christmas Challenge- Q for Quantum Leap C is for Colourful, D is for Die Cuts, L is for Lyrics (Blue Christmas)

Winter Wonderland- Christmas Carols or Songs Blue Christmas

Thank you for looking in…

Have a great week

Megan

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

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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 ;-)