Happy Bird-day

Hi friends! Today I have another clean and simple card I made for a fan club challenge at SCS.

I've used Contempo Cage for this birthday card.

It's a little hard to tell from the photo - but I covered the cage with gel adhesive and Martha Stewart glitter, it has so much sparkle in real life!

I cut the bird from Blu Raspberry cardstock and stamped the wing with Wild Cherry.

I kept the inside of the card nice and simple, adding a sentiment and the bird and little bird prints in Kraft ink.

Here are the wonderful My Favorite Things goodies I've used today:



   

   
     
   
   

 Stamps: Contempo Cage (MFT Stamps) Ink: Premium Dye Ink in Kraft, Wild Cherry (MFT Stamps)  Dies: MFT Die-namics - Contempo cage (MFT Stamps) Other: Rhinestones, MS Glitter

Christmas Decor Cheaply!

Hi everyone - are you getting excited for Christmas yet? My little brother arrives on Sunday for a five week stay and we can't wait, I think I might have more anticipatory butterflies than he does!

I got to spend the day with my two favouritest (just trust me....that's a word, yup, nothing being made up here!) lovely ladies today....lots of talk, good coffee, yummy food, shopping and Christmas pressies - fun! I picked up a couple of bargains and using those with a couple of recycled packinging items I got today, I created some quick Christmas decor this afternoon.

I grabbed some baker's twine at Kikki.K and it came in this gorgeous bag....

way too cute to throw out right? So I decided to cut out one of the images and pair it with a pretty frame Mum gave me last Christmas.

Awwww, they're in love! (that's my story anyway)

I also fed my Coke Zero addiction with one of those adorable little glass bottles...and it turned into this...

I had picked up the pebbles for another project, and the twig is from our garden. I coated it in Mod Podge then some Martha Stewart glitter in Onyx that I got on sale today...yippee. I really like the way the twig turned out, so much so that I just left it plain. The ribbon and button are from SU!

I'll leave you with a little game of spot the photo shoot guest stars!

Time to get Sketchy!

Hi everyone - it's time for another OCC challenge!

This week I've created a sketch that will be perfect for that last minute special Christmas card, or get started on your stock of cards for next year like I have!

Lots of layers to play with on this one!

I've used designer series paper in this year's In Colours, the girl's dress is paper pieced and I used a glue pen to add glitter to her crown. My colour combo is Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Peach Parfait.

Inside I've used more of the fun papers to tie it all together. Head on over to the OCC and see what the team has done with this weeks sketch - we hope you'll play along!




Paper & Card: Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Basic Black Peach Parfait
Ink: Basic Black
Punches: Circle Punches
Other: Markers, Glitter, Button, Jumbo Brads, Crochet Trim, Clip, Piercing Tool, Linen Thread

Stamps: Birthday Princess - MFT Stamps
Other: Nestabilities

Embellish!

Hi everyone! Today's OCC challenge is one we can all have fun with - embellishments! Diane has challenged us to use at least three embellishments on our creation.

My favourite embellishment is probably ribbon - it's rare I create without it. On this card I've also used Prima flowers - another hot favourite, Stickles, Glimmermist, Brads and Crystal Effects.

The Birthday Princess cutie has her dress paper pieced, the rest of the image is coloured with SU! Markers. I added Stickles to the crown then a layer of Crystal Effects over top and on the cake icing. The flowers were sprayed with Glimmermist and I added a Build-a-brad.

The banner, scalloped rectangle and jumbo scallops layer are all outlined simply with a Chocolate Chip marker - I just hold it on its side to get the even lines.

Head on over to Our Creative Corner to see the wonderful design team creations - I hope you'll embellish along with us!

(if you're in North America, don't forget to leave a comment on this post for your chance to win a $45 gift voucher!)






Paper & Card: Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Assorted for Sponging and Colouring
Other: Ruby Red Brads, Build-a-Brad, Crystal Effects, Chocolate Chip Ribbon

Stamps: Birthday Princess - MFT Stamps
Paper & Card: Marrakesh - Basic Grey
Other: Jumbo Scallops Dienamic - MFT, Jamara Embossing Folder, Prima Flowers, Glimmermist, Gold Stickles

Merry Kissmas

We may have just welcomed Spring here in New Zealand, but I'm still loving making Christmas cards! This one might just be my fav of the bunch - I got a nice parcel from MFT recently and this little cutie was begging to be inked up.

Once again Jennifer has a great sketch for us, I always love the look of a circle inside a square, and those long panels are great for showing off some designer paper.

My colour combo for this card was Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink and Kiwi Kiss. I used a bunch of techniques on the focal image, here's a close-up....

The colouring was done with Watercolour Wonder Crayons. Clothes were paper pieced. I used Liquid Applique for the fluffy trims, Two-Way Glue Pen and Dazzling Diamonds glitter added some sparkle to the snow. The edges were sponged with Soft Sky and the mistletoe got a coating of Crystal Effects.

Inside the card I've used more designer paper, this is from the Eskimo Kisses pack by Basic Grey. I love that dash of pink for a Christmas card! The sentiment is from the new Occasional Quotes hostess set.

Head on over to see the samples from the oh-so talented OCC Sketch team!




Stamps: Occasional Quotes
Paper & Card: Soft Sky, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Soft Sky
Punches: Circle Punches
Other: Crystal Effects, White Gel Pen, Two-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Watercolour Wonder Crayons

Stamps: Merry KISSmas - MFT Stamps
Paper & Card: Eskimo Kisses - Basic Grey
Other: Liquid Applique, Jumbo Brads, Nestabilities

Shimmery Watercolour

Happy Thursday everyone! Today I have my card for OCC Sketch #26 to share with you.

I used the colours from Color Throwdown #103 - Riding Hood Red (my fav red at the moment) Certainly Celery and River Rock. I'm SO glad River Rock is one of our new Colour Collection colours, it's such a pretty neutral.

I wanted to create a pretty panel for the main part of the card, so sprayed my image with Glimmermist to make the colours run and add some sparkle. I LOVE this effect! It came out lovely and soft, almost like stamping on tissue paper. Isn't the colour combo beautiful? I'll definitely have to use this one again for a Christmas card.

Head on over to see what the wonderful design team have come up with to inspire you this week!




Stamps: Best Yet, Inspired by Nature
Paper & Card: Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Certainly Celery, Whisper White
Ink: Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Certainly Celery
Punches: Circle, Scalloped Circle & Photo Corner punches
Other: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Ruby Red Button & Brads, Paper Crimper

Other: Pearl Glimmermist

Rolled Flower Pomander

Hi everyone, hope you had a great weekend! The Project Tuesday challenge this week is a fun one - we're making rolled paper flowers, these are everywhere in the papercraft industry right now. In case you've never made one, pop on over and see Lolly's video tutorial, she's one of my top three favourite craft bloggers!

I decided to make a Pomander (or kissing ball) to hang above the doorway in my studio (hubby often pops his head in as he passes by, now I have an excuse to give him a smooch!) I have to say.....after rolling enough flowers to cover the 5" ball, I won't be rolling anymore anytime soon!

I wish you could see this in person, it's so sparkly and pretty in real life. I used paper from the Cottage Garden pack, and there are 100+ flowers on this baby! Each one is sprayed with Olive or Juneberry Wine Glimmermist, and the butterflies were sprayed with Pearl.

Here's a close up of one of the flowers so you can see the sparkle. I randomly placed pearl centers in some of the flowers, which is a good tip if you have any with quite open centers. 

Head on over to Project Tuesday, the design team have some gorgeous creations for you this week!




Paper & Card: Whisper White, Cottage Garden DP
Other: Rich Razzleberry Ribbon

Other: Gimmermist in Pearl, Juneberry Wine & Olive. Glue Gun, Adhesive Pearls, 5" Styrofoam Ball, Cuttlebug Butterfly Die