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Wednesday, 19 July 2017

CiJ Day 3- Wrap it Up

Hello Again,

I'm Still playing catch up with the current week long Christmas in July Event over at Bugaboo Stamps Blog Catch the Bug today brings me to the Wrap it Up challenge to make a gift tag, wrap, gift bag etc. I have made a wine bottle tag featuring Ruby Xmas Drink which hasn't yet been added to Jodie's new store. I made a template for making Wine Bottle tags out of a cereal box and wrote all the measurements on it to save time, but then had a very large mistake which actually caused me to toss the whole thing out before I cut Ruby out and used her for the one you see below.... lets just say that I know what crushing bling in my Cuttlebug sounds like and what it does to the card and paper....

Here is my wine bottle tag:-

What I used:-

Amethyst AC Card

Sugar and Spice 'Jewel' Paper (Spotlight for those in Aus)

MFT Merry Christmas Die

MFT BB Penguins in Paradise Cheers stamp

Bling from stash

White card stock

Faber Castell Pencils

Ruby Xmas Drink from Bugaboo Stamps

Scrap paper with snow flakes on it

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle Dies

I would like to enter this tag in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 3

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....

Monday, 15 May 2017

Happy Mothers' Day

Hello again,

Well yesterday was Mothers’ Day here in Australia and despite my best intentions to have made Mum a card earlier than the day before, I was busy on Saturday creating a special card, I made a Joy Fold card for her this year it was much easier than anticipated to do too, it makes for a quite a heavy card though. I used a 15cm square card blank and cut down a second smaller square card blank to 11.6cm, cutting the front of the larger card in half and placing the second card with the fold opposite the larger and main cards fold, I had only one problem with the card, I allowed one of the tags and one part of the leaves to over hang the fold, meaning that once opened these became bent :-(, never mind the card was still appreciated by Mum.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Lili of the Valley Digi image ‘Bobby Socks’

Faber-Castell pencils

15cm square card blank

12cm square card blank (minus just 4mm down two sides)

Core’dinations cardstock ‘Pearl’

Lili of the Valley Bonnets and Bowties paper pad

Lili of the Valley Circular Sentiment stamp set

Lili of the Valley Tiny Tag digi sentiments set

Marianne Design dies CR1354 Butterfly punch

Marianne Design dies CR1248Circle and flower stitch

Elizabeth Crafts Curvy leaves die

Lifestyle Crafts nesting circle dies

Ribbon, lace and bling from my stash

Tiny paper flowers from Korean Paper Museum

Ranger Liquid Pearls ‘Silver Pearl’

Versa Colour ‘Orchid’ ink pad

Clear Embossing powder

Kaisercraft Mini clear stamp set ‘Occasions’ inside card

I would like to enter this card in:-

Di's Digi Design Challenge Fold it Fancy

Craft-a-holics R Us Spring colours or flowers

Aud Sentiments Challenge 179 Flowers and a Sentiment

Polkadoodles Crafting Anything goes week 18

Crafting by Designs May Anything goes

Love to Craft Challenge Blog May Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge

Thank you for looking in...

Have a wonderful week...

Megan

P.S. A huge thank you to all the kind visitors who leave me a message, I truly appreciate them all!

Monday, 13 February 2017

Hedgehogs

Hello again,

As I mentioned before I printed off an few images onto one sheet for upcoming birthdays, it was our neighbours birthday over the weekend and her and her son headed down the coast for a couple of days giving me some extra time to finish off her card so rather than being a fairly simple one I went all out and made some rolled roses to embellish her card… 😊 and just as they were ready to leave we arrived home from the shops and her teenage son brought me in a tray of card board scraps quite possibly from their love of heading out to garage sales, one of the scraps worked perfectly with the colour scheme of the semi completed card and I couldn’t help myself I used it for the roses, so some of what she gave me is heading back into her home.

If I didn’t want the scrap card stock she said to dump it into her recycling bin (What!!!) as even if I can’t use it I try to pass it along to someone who will, I have shared it out some for me in colours I need or use lots of, some has made its way to one of the friendly bank tellers, who will also pass along any she’s not interested in and the remainder will be headed to a card making lady who after retiring returned to the nursing home to teach card-making to the residents, they have loved the other bits and pieces I have passed along and will undoubtedly get some enjoyment from this lot. (box is a bit over 30cm square)

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Diane Carubia Blooming lovely Hedgehogs digi stamp
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
My Memories cardstock
Green, cream and peach coloured cardstock
Fiskars Lace border punch (almost all hidden)

Peach lace

MFT Medium rolled rose die

MFT Royal leaf die
MFT Stitched Scalloped die
MFT Medium Leaf filled flourish
MFT Stitched line square frame (fitted perfectly behind the scalloped square)
Lili of the Valley circle sentiments
Clearly besotted Sweet little sentiments stamp
Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle and Scalloped circle die
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Tiny pearls in flower centre
Pearl strip
Sullivan’s Bling flourish
Adhesives:- PVA glue, Foam tape, double-sided tape
I would like to enter this card in:-

Di’s Digi designs challenge- Include an animal

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #51 Anything goes

Bizzy Bec’s Store blog February anything goes
Crafting with Dragonflies One for the girls
Craft’s Galore Encore Anything goes

Thank you for looking in today…

Have a wonderful week…

Megan

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

P.P.S Have had internet issues and specifically privacy and similar on one browser, using a different browser and it has played havoc with Blogger reading list, I can only scroll down a certain amount and cannot access all of the blogs I follow, my apologies if I don't get around to comment so often until I work out what went wrong (please read, I have tried every thing I know to fix problem and have referred problem to family tech support)

Sunday, 6 November 2016

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...

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Howzat!!

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a card made for another young neighbour who loves to play cricket and has recently joined the local high-schools Duke of Edinburgh Award, so he is always off doing one thing or another. He and an uncle are planning on riding a 50km charity bike race as part of the Duke of Edinburgh award...

This is the closest I've come to a CaS card!

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White cardstock to make card 17.5 x 11.5

White cardstock

Just inklined Cricketer Digi stamp

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Dark grey card stock

Studio Calico ‘Here + There’ collection scraps

Adhesives:- Double sided tape

Couture Creations nesting rectangle die

Steel Ruler and Stanley knife

Happy Birthday stamp from magazine cover gift

Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafty Sentiments Anything goes #18

Creative with Stamps #7 Add a Sentiment

Di's Digi Designs Anything goes

Polkadoodles Craft Challenge Anything goes #41

613 Avenue Create Anything goes

Simply papercraft for all occasions Anything goes

Crafting Circle Anything hand coloured goes

Crafty Hazelnut's 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!

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Thank you Miss!

Hello again,

Today I want to share the card I made as a thank you to the Lovely Miss Di, from Pixie’s Snippet’s Playground for the lovely prize I was lucky to win in July this year. Yes I've just got around to typing it up while making another thank you card!

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

Card blank 10.5 x 14.8cm

X-Press-it Glitter Deco tape

Kaisercraft paper pad 'Botanica'

Kaisercraft Butterflies Stamp and Die Set

Sullivan’s flourish bling

Flowers from stash

Nesting circle dies

MFT sentiment strip die

Dylusions Ink spray Cherry Pie

Lindy’s stamp gang Tea pot Purple iridescent spray

Amethyst AC cardstock

I would like to enter this card in:-

Crafting with Dragonflies- Lets go Floral

Creative with Stamps #7 Sentiment

Craft Your Passion #334 Anything goes

Crafting by Design October Anything goes (3rd Entry)

Crafts Galore Encore October Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge October Anything goes

I'm just wondering if anyone else has noticed a change in the way Blogger/google+ are dealing with comments, they used to send them to email address and have notifications when you sign in, now nothing is coming through.... I've not changed any settings although I have contemplated changing to the older style comment box... any one got any thoughts or ideas? Also I've been told I am a no reply blogger and followed a tutorial to change this but maybe since my blog was started more recently the settings that require changing are not there...

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

Monday, 10 October 2016

Flowers and Whales

Hello again,

I have been busy off-line and made several cards during the last week or so including two cards for a friend, not getting an overly complex request, anything at all... I made two cards very similar using some tissue paper and my scalloped circle dies... the more you play with it the more fluffy the flowers become... better posted minus an envelope so the flowers don't get squashed

As a bonus I made these cards entirely off the card blank and even the back of the brad is hidden... but I wished I had added some veins to the leaves...

Here are my cards:-

What I used:-
White and cream card blanks (10.5 x 14.8cm)
Silver and gold paper scraps
First Edition Rose Garden
1 sheet of pink and yellow tissue paper
Scraps of green cardstock
Papercraft Inspirations leaf pattern
Butterfly Brads
Paper lace
Lace
Adhesive Pearls
Buttons (some thread)
Cocoa Colorbox inkpad
Pink inkpad
Stamps from magazine gifts
Poppycrafts nesting label die
MFT Flourish die
Adhesives:- Double sided tape, PVA glue

I would like to enter these cards in:-
Miss Di's 250th Challenge at Snippet's Playground- I do hope someone is hosting a great party in the playground... and everyone behaves!!!
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #43 Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
Aud Sentiments #165 Anything goes
Crafting by Design Anything goes October
Crafts Galore Encore Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday Anything goes

Here is a picture of one of the local gardens open for the local Hospital's Spring fundraiser, a street fair was also held last weekend...

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

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

A slice of Summer

Hello again,

Today I am sharing a card made for my niece’s birthday later this month, it is already on its way in a parcel full of Lego as requested and not 'girls' Lego either! She spent a lot of time playing with her Dad’s old Lego when she last visited us in NSW and took it all home with her, she told us she didn’t have any and she really really liked it!

Some other things she really really likes is pineapples and watermelons so much so that at her Mum’s she has all pineapple “stuff” and at her Dad’s when they decorated her new bedroom she got all watermelon “stuff like pillows, a mat and even a doona cover!”

That made things easy to decide she got Lego and her birthday card from my parents was to be a watermelon card, I made my card earlier this year using one of From the Heart Stamps Stamp of the Month images, Faith (From the Heart Stamps owner and designer) is very unwell at the moment and is having treatment for a brain tumour, Please keep Faith in your thoughts and Prayers.

This is probably the easiest card I've made in a long time, four circle dies, adhesive tape and sheets, a flag and a few punched hearts cut in two.

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White card blank

Dark green cardstock

Cabbage AC cardstock

Tomato AC cardstock

White cardstock

Black scrap card

Diamond Glaze on the Pips

Heart punch

Wooden ladybug (ladybird on the pack)

MFT Pierced Fishtail flags

MFT Penguins in Paradise stamp

Nesting circle dies Lifestyle crafts

Memento Tuxedo Black inkpad

Black fine line pen

Adhesives:- Diamond glaze and double-sided tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Snippets Playground week 247 must use snippets

Come and get it Lots of Layers

Craft your Passion #330 Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything goes

Naughty or Nice #31 Challenge food or drink

Many thanks 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!

Friday, 15 July 2016

Christmas in July day 6 Photo Inspiration

Hello again,

Today the lovely ladies of Catch the Bug challenge have an inspiration photo for us which you can see below, being an Aussie, seeing Santa at beach locations is reasonably common during the festive season (on TV for me), sometimes Santa even arrives via boat at coastal locations, much to the delight of the young, young at heart and visitors from abroad.

I took my inspiration from the beach location, the inviting water and the fun you can have at the beach;

I have used another of Jodie’s Bugaboo images Trop Santa Surfing which you can find here in store. This month Jodie is celebrating Christmas in July with a lovely gift for us all 50% off the whole store, a great time to collect some more of her fabulous work…

I used up some paper scraps from a discount store brand water colour printed paper pad and a scrap of Sunflower cardstock to create a beachy scene, adding Stickles to the torn edge of the paper as the bubbles that form on the sand as the waves comes in. Santa was coloured with Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils and adhered with some foam tape.

I have borrowed an old sketch I found online with a search for sketches it came from, From the Heart Stamps. I wish I had used a larger rectangle of embossing so that it can be seen more easily. I finished off the card with a sentiment from Lili of the Valley and a flower that is meant to be a frangipani... this card will be headed to one of the relatives in either England or Scotland.

Here is my card:-

(My photo does not do the colours much justice, all much more vivid in real life....)

What I used:-

5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo Image Trop Santa Surfing

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

Amy Tangerine design papers

Merci water colour mini stack (Big W Australia)

Dark blue & crimson cardstock

Scrap white & sunflower cardstock

Tickled Pink & Sprinkled Sugar Stickles

Glitzee Blue glitter glue

Buttercup liquid Pearl

Embossing folder Darice Holly Vines

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circle dies

Memory box fancy blossoms

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Lili of the Valley Christmas Circular Sentiments (set 5)

White gel ink pen
Fiskars Corner Rounder punch

Adhesives:- double-sided and foam tape

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July day 6 Photo inspiration

Glory of Christmas Challenge Use two patterned papers

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything Christmas

Christmas at Sweet Stampin’ July Anything goes

Christmas card Challenge #32 Optional challenge Snowmen

Snippets Playground week 237 must use snippets

12 Months of Christmas link-up Challenge #19 Optional Challenge Christmas Blooms

A snowflakes Promise #26 Summer time

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

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 4-Bingo

Hello again,

Todays challenge over at Catch the Bug brings us a great Bingo Challenge; I have chosen the image called Mouse Ornaments which you can find here at Bugaboo Stamps… Jodie is also sharing the Christmas Spirit with 50% off the entire store for the month of July!

Below you can see the bingo chart I have taken the diagonal corner from the bottom row Stripes, Bugaboo image and Embossing to create my card. I’m combining this challenge with this weeks challenge over at Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge which is to use purple on the card… and the lovely ladies over at Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge would like to see a card Inspired by a Song... I used to sing The Cat and the Mouse Carol in Primary School....

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Bugaboo image Mouse Ornaments

Faber-Castell and Derwent pencils

AC Turquoise cardstock

AC Amethyst cardstock

Sugar and Spice Studio paper

Embossing folder Couture Creations Small Dots

Tiny pink brads from stash

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circles and Nesting scalloped circles

MPress nesting scalloped circles

Sentiment from TLC Creations

Black fine line pen

Tickled Pink, Sprinkled Sugar Stickles

Aqua Glitzee glitter glue

Stanley Knife, steel ruler and cutting matt

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, Diamond Glaze

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 4 Bingo Challenge

Crafting by Design Anything goes July

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge #289 Use Purple

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra Anything Christmas Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge July

Christmas cards All year Round Anything goes July

ABC Christmas Challenge N is for No Rules

Craft your Passion #320 Anything goes July

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Inspired by a song I even managed to find a rendition here 'Cat and Mouse Carol' so much nicer than we did in Primary School

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

Monday, 11 July 2016

Beary Merry Christmas Day Two

Hello again,

Today brings us to day two of the Christmas in July Celebrations over at Catch the Bug, todays challenge is a sketch challenge (below) which I sort of started on one card but ended up making a different one altogether, putting the half done vintage-y one aside for a modern Christmas coloured number. Jodie is also celebrating Christmas in July over at the Bugaboo Stamps store everything is 50% off for the whole month of July!

Here is my take on the sketch:-

What I used:-

White Square card blank

Bugaboo image Mini Set Winter Bears

Faber-Castell Pencils

DCWV design paper (ancient set)

Lime green corrugated cardstock

Scraps of blue and green card stock

Glittered border from stash

2.5mm silver rhinestones KaiserCraft

Silver Glitzee Glitter glue

White Wink of Stella Pen

Sentiment from Pink Gems

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting circle and scalloped circle dies

Couture Creations nesting rectangle die

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, foam tape and Xyron Sticker maker

I would like to enter this card in:-

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 2

Christmas Cards All year Round Anything goes Christmas Theme

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra July Anything goes Christmas

Bizzy Bec’s Store Blog July Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #37 Anything goes

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!

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

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 :-)

Saturday, 28 May 2016

Mice Christmas…

Hello again,

How’s your weather going? It’s 5.5C here with the wind chill making it more like 0.8C Brrrrr…

I’m trying to keep on top of my Christmas card making and have made this card to participate in a variety of challenges, I have taken this fortnights Sketch from the team over at Bugaboo, the use of non-traditional colours from the team at 12 Months of Christmas, layering from Holly Jolly Christmas and used one of Bugaboo stamps Christmas digi’s featuring some very cute little mice…

Here is my card:-

What I used:-

White 5” x 7” card blank

Purple cardstock

Doodlebug Design Christmas paper pack

Quilted metallic paper (generic)

Bugaboo image

Faber-Castell & Derwent Pencils
Metallic Silver Bic Mark-it Pen

MFT Pierced circle die

Lifestyle Crafts nesting scalloped circle die

Sequins from stash

Kaisercraft Home for Christmas sentiment stamp

Violet Colorbox ink pad

Adhesives: Double sided tape, Diamond glaze

Stanley knife, steel ruler, craft mat

White card

I would like to enter this card in:-

Stella Says Sketch #409

12 Months of Christmas Challenge #17 Non-traditional Christmas Colours

Holly Jolly Christmas- Lots of Layers

Rudolph Day Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge Extra May

Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge #64 Christmas Cuties

Crafting by Design- Get ready for Christmas May

613 Avenue Create #171 Anything goes with optional twist

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #34 Anything goes
Cute card Thursday #427 Holiday/vacation

Thank you for looking in…

Have a fabulous week….

Megan

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

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Wednesday, 19 July 2017

CiJ Day 3- Wrap it Up

Monday, 15 May 2017

Happy Mothers' Day

Monday, 13 February 2017

Hedgehogs

Sunday, 6 November 2016

Teen Christmas

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Howzat!!

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Thank you Miss!

Monday, 10 October 2016

Flowers and Whales

Wednesday, 21 September 2016

A slice of Summer

Friday, 15 July 2016

Christmas in July day 6 Photo Inspiration

Wednesday, 13 July 2016

Bugaboo Christmas in July Day 4-Bingo

Monday, 11 July 2016

Beary Merry Christmas Day Two

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Cupcake anyone?

Saturday, 28 May 2016

Mice Christmas…

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