LPoCF #260 Polkadoodles

 Hello again, 

I hope your weather is being much nicer than ours, we have been stuck inside due to daily rain, on the days it does not rain it is still too cold to dry the washing on the line. A town about 20mins away had a large sandstone cliff give way, 200,000 tonnes, thankfully not at a time people may have been rock climbing. We are expecting snow in the area, in towns at a higher elevation.

I have a few exercises to do to build my shoulder in the hopes I will be able to manage crutches so I can have my ankle surgery, we have 4 steps to get onto the porch, one extra to get into the house, physio has also suggested shuffling up the stairs on my backside, getting moveable stairs to raise me high enough to sit on a chair, then manage only the step into the house, this will still need a degree of shoulder stability.

On to my card, Today brings us to another all-new Anything goes challenge with my team mates at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends, this fortnight we are sponsored by Polkadoodles, who gave the team two digi stamps to work with. I have used Parkie Polar Bear and Theo Penguin to make a Christmas Card.

Polkadoodles

Prize 3 Digi images

What I used:

Polkadoodles Parkie Polar Bear and Theo Penguin pre-coloured image

14cm Square card blank 
Doodlebug paper 'Santa Express'
Red and green AC cardstock
14cm Square card blank

White card for printing and die cutting
Nesting lacy edge square die
Nesting square dies
Lawn Fawn Fa-la-la-la-la die cut three times and layered together
Impression Obsession Holly and Berries die

Adhesives; Double sided tape and PVA glue (my precision glue bottle broke) :(

I would like to enter this card in:
Polkadoodles Challenge 9 week 3 Anything Goes
Di's Digi Design Challenge Die cuts or Punches
Crafter's Cafe Anything goes optional use patterned papers
Digi Choosday Challenge 8 week 3 Anything goes 
ABC Christmas Challege P- Pastel, Q- Quick or R-Robins (Q-quick made in under 20mins)
The Holly and The Ivy Challenge #189 Anything goes Christmas
As You Like It Favourite Season Christmas- As an Aussie, Christmas time comes at the end of the school year and the beginning of the summer school holidays add in End of year/ Christmas parties at groups and clubs and family get togethers. Christmas time always mean fun and parties. 

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

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

N for Navy and Nativity

Hello again,

Well I have skipped a few days with the challenges here and there and today I am returning to the letter ‘N’ I have gone with N is for Navy and Nativity. I had a few problems making this one, I had it all finished when I realised that the main panel was skewed which lead me to rescue the panel and attach it to another card, it was then to narrow to fit the same card blank and I had to come up with something else. Out came a tent fold card (spine along short side) and you guessed it the panel was too wide which lead to trimming it off bit by bit.. I then decided it looked too plain and dug around in my white scrap bag and found the embossed panel which I cut in half and added to each side.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.4x17.4cm card blank

White embossed card (Embossing folder from Snippets Playground)

Impression Obsession Nativity and shepherd dies

White, silver and navy cardstock all from my scrap bags

Memory Box Typewriter Holiday Sentiment stamp

Silver embossing powder

Clear embossing ink

Check ribbon

Adhesives:- Double sided tape and adhesive sheet.

I would like to enter this card in:-

Beccy’s Place N is for Nativity and Navy
12 Months of Christmas optional theme All tied up
Aud Sentiments Challenge Winter or Christmas Sentiment


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!

Cheeky Christmas

Hello again,

Well, I was busy, busy, busy last week making multiple Christmas cards including two cards with tongue most firmly in cheek. The first card I had an idea for a certain stroppy teen boy who lives next door, I saved one of my Aussie Santa images that I coloured and paper pieced the clothes and planned a graffiti look card with a bold sentiment heat embossed in white powder, a few smaller Christmas sentiments also heat embossed in red and black with a few tiny stamps added in for effect. unfortunately some of the tiny star stamps are hard to see, perhaps I should have used a different colour, but yellow did seem a good choice. The young lad was often caught hanging around at a local street art walk, not my cup of tea but bus loads of tourists seem to like it

My second card is for one of my Mum's kindy friends, who loves a good cheeky card, it features one of Bugaboo Stamps called Friends Don't Let Friends Wine alone 2, and a sentiment I have seen elsewhere which I typed up in two parts, the front has I'm dreaming of a White Christmas... and the inside has but if the white runs out I'll drink the red.

Here the first card:-

White Christmas:-

What I used:- Aussie Santa
White 5x7" card blank 12.6x17.8cm
White and black cardstock
Kaisercraft 'Basecoats' papers
Make It Crafty Aussie Santa Digi Stamp
Scraps of paper and card for Santa's clothes
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
MFT Stamp sets Gift Tag Greetings, Hand Written Holiday, Jingle all the way
Tiny Star stamps CTMH- The Thought that counts
Merry Christmas stamp- Papermill Stamp
Black, green, red, yellow and clear embossing ink
White and clear embossing powder
Wink of Stella on Santa's Beard

White Christmas:-
White 5x7" card blank 12.6x17.8cm
Kaisercraft Yuletide Patterned papers
Bugaboo Image 'Friends don't let friends wine alone 2'
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
Impression obsession Snowflake die
Nesting rectangle dies
Tiny pearls
Wink of Stella over bottles and the ladies drinks
Sentiment typed on PC

I would like to enter Aussie Santa in:-
Polkadoodles Anything goes Week 50
Love to Craft Challenge Blog- Anything goes
Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge- Anything goes
Emerald City Crafts Challenge #6 Anything goes

I would like to enter White Christmas in:-
Naughty or Nice Challenge- Season's Greetings
Bizzy Bec's Store Blog December anything goes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge

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

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

A Scottie Christmas

Hello again,

Well it’s almost summer, the cherries are plentiful and ripening nicely, the birds have still managed to take a few from the tree despite our best efforts to protect all the summer fruits growing in the backyard. I’ll be glad when this heat wave is over, bring on the cool change!

I made a second card for my friend in today, I bought this lovely die from Marianne Designs a while ago and this is the first time I have used it. I had the die out ready to make a card several weeks ago and to my surprise Miss Di, from Pixie's Snippets Playground had made a card featuring a different little scotty here and another one here, my intention was to use some tartan or plaid papers and I put the die away until my new paper pack from Lawn Fawn turned up having been on back order.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 14.8x 10.5cm card blank

Lawn Fawn Christmas plaid paper pad

Snippets of gold and red mirri card, white and green card

Marianne Design Creatable Scotty die

Impression Obsession Holly Cluster die

MFT Cross Stitched Rectangles

Hero Arts Merry Stamp and cut

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Bow from Stash

Adhesives:- Double sided tape, foam tape and diamond glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground week 257

Rudolph Day November Anything Christmas

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog November Anything goes

12 Months of Christmas Link up Bingo or Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 309 Use a sentiment

Thank you for looking in...

Have a great week... 

Megan

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

Teen Birthday

Hello again,

Well, well, well two posts in two days! Today I am sharing a card made for my teenage neighbour, I've not seen him much recently and was surprised to see him out dressed somewhat like a young 'Hugh Hefner' bare feet, shorts and a bathrobe... not very long ago he would have been wearing a beanie, hoodie and jeans... 

Here is my card:-

The green background paper is from the same sheet from a card I made earlier in the year for another teen which you can see here

What I used:-

White card stock folded to make card blank 11.5cm x 17.5cm

Black cardstock

White cardstock

Bugaboo image ‘Video game guy’

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

X-Press-it Glitter Deco Tape

Impression Obsession Greeting top edgers

Merci and generic paper pack (Big W and Kmart)

Nesting Rectangle dies (lifestyle crafts)

Stanley Knife, Cutting mat, steel ruler, scissors

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, xyron sticker maker

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafting by Design Anything goes October

613 Avenue Create #190 Anything goes or Gold and Green

Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything goes

Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

Have a great 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!

Shifting Gears or Years?

Hello again, 

Well still t-i-r-e-d after a big trip to the big smoke to see the physio and an attempt at intentionally making myself sick so she could see, slept the two hour train trip back home and most of yesterday too.

As promised I am sharing one of the cards I made this month, this one went to my Uncle who in his spare time likes riding his road bike and often does charity rides and in the past ridden from Brisbane to Sydney or was it the other way round? (a distance of about 1000km or 622 miles) along with various other 'short' distances... 

Here is my card:-

and on the inside:-

What I used:-

White 14cm square card blank

Grey card stock

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Studio Calico ‘Here + There’ collection papers

Just inklined digistamp ‘Spinning Sid’

White card stock

Orange brads from stash

Memory box die antique gear set

Impression Obsession Greeting top edgers

Orange and bronze cardstock scraps

Black fine line pen

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

I would like to enter this card in:-
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper challenge August
Snippets Playground week 240
Aud Sentiments #160 Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Incy Wincy Designs- Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #38 Anything goes

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

P.S. A Huge THANK YOU to all the kind ladies (gents too) for taking the time to leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all... 

For Santa

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a quick card made using this weeks From the Heart Stamps sketch, which you can see below, with the Twist being to make it Sparkle, I have used some extra Star shaped sequins, Glittered card stock, and metallic red from a splash across the main red background, which itself holds feint images including Santa.

Here’s my card:-

What I used:-

White 12.7 x 17.8cm card blank

From the Heart Stamps image ‘For Santa Birdbrain’

Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils

Lily Bee Designs ‘Christmas Cheer’ patterned paper

Generic 12” square Christmas paper

Blue card & red glitter card scraps

Red Star sequins

Memory Box Holiday Hats Die

Impression Obsession Christmas Top Edgers

Fiskars Scalloped border punch

Bella Droplet for Santa’s hat

Stanley knife, Steel Ruler, Craft mat

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

I would like to enter this card in:-

From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge #146 

Hiding in my Craftroom Super Scraps Saturday #246 

Snippets Playground #224 

Creative Craft Cottage #61 Add some sparkle  

Cute Card Thursday #420 Something Shiny 

Little Miss Muffet 135 Anything goes 

12 Months of Christmas link up Optional theme Gifts Galore

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge Extra

Thank you for looking in

have a great week...

Megan

Woodland Wedding...

Hello again...

I'm back for my second post in one day, so I'm able to show a card I made for a friend who was to attend a wedding interstate last week, she is now getting used to being asked about what people like and once she told me what was on the invitation I knew what I was going to do... 

Here's my card:-

and a close up of the Deer Bride and Groom 

What I used:-

White 6" (or 15.2cm) squared card blank

Hot off the Press- Botanical Etchings paper

Grey card from generic pack

Heart and flower hand punches

Impression Obsession small deer die

Memory Box 'Arboscello Tree' die

Memory Box Frosted Spruce die

Mpress peaked frame die

MFT tall grassy edge die

Joy Crafts Clouds die

White wink of Stella pen (on clouds)

White gel ink pen

Computer printed greeting

Cocoa and green ink pads

Various scrap papers from stash

red glitter paper

Lace to create veil

Adhesives- foam tape, double sided tape, P.V.A. Glue

Update:- I forgot to list the die I used to create the two birds- Memory Box dies, Flock of Birds

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafting from the Heart #72- Anything Goes

Craft your Passion #274- Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge August

Paper Creator #41- Dies and/or punches (both)

Digi Choosday Week 31- Embellish it

Digi-Choosday Week 32- Punches/die cuts (both) 

Beccy's Place- August challenge- Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #137- Anything goes

Thank you for looking in...

have a great week

Megan

P.S. Many thanks to all of the kind ladies who take the time to leave me a message, I appreciate them all!