Good evening.

Here is the last week’s colour combo for Summer Card Camp – blues, greens and white and I added some neutral colours of dark grey and kraft into the mix.

I clear embossed HA Flowing Flowers and Leaves stamp onto the background…this adds a shiny, subtle texture. I made the leaves myself (one day I will own a die) and the flowers are hand made as well. The leaves have also been cleared embossed with the HA Envelope Pattern Woodblock stamp.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Flowing Flowers and Leaves” cling stamp (CG146), Hero Arts “Envelope Pattern” Woodblock stamp (S5507),
Ink: Versamark watermark ink
Card: Bazzill (Dark grey, lime, white) and American Craft’s (teal, light and dark blue) cardstock
Other Supplies: Zing clear embossing powder, heat gun, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Karl Kraft punch – Ume (to make the flowers), Craft Affair die cut chipboard frame, WRMK corner chomper, Wendy Irving Expressions “Just for you” rub-on, Sellotape Sticky dots

Thanks for dropping by…I’m off to build an ark as it has rained, no poured, non stop for 3 days!

Until next time,

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Hi there,

It is such a cold and wet winter’s day here…longing for some sunshine! So with that in mind, I have created a Christmas card!

I love to use stamp sets in a way that they are not intended for, and this is just one example. I have used the HA Playful animals set to create this card and the sentiment is from the Teeny Trees Waltzing Mouse set.

Here is the stamp set I used…see the tiny little branch of leaves and the little star…that is what I used!

I drew a circle with pencil first and then I just stamped the little branch around the circle in 2 different shades of green. Added the stars in red, a bow and some pearls and I was done!

I am entering this into the current Scrapbook Boutique Challenge where the theme is Christmas.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Playful Animals stamp set (CL155), Waltzing Mouse ‘Teeny Trees’ stamp set
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Versacolor cubes – Bamboo, Green Tea, Distress Ink – Barn Door
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square – cut to size), X-Press It blending card, Regal Craft Card – Eucalyptus
Other Supplies: Spellbinder’s Nesties – Labels 2, Cuttlebug, foam dimensionals, Glossy Accents (to adhere bow), thin red ribbon, red saddle stitch ribbon, Martha Steward score board, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, pewter, cream

Thanks for looking,

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Hi there,

This week’s colour combo for the Online Summer Card Camp 2011 is this….and boy did I struggle! Brown and me are just not friends! Thank goodness there was some red and white in there as well!

I don’t mind the card I have made…but it should not have taken the time that it did….how many times can one shuffle pieces of paper around before settling on something? I am sure I am not alone in the art of paper shuffling!

I stamped the HA Flowing flowers and Leaves cling stamp in Versamark watermark ink for the background – love the subtly of this. It looked a bit plain, so I added the white dots using a Signo uniball gel pen. I clear embossed dots onto the brown strip to add another element of texture. I also stamped the HA Envelope Pattern onto the hearts.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts “Flowing Flowers and Leaves” cling stamp (CG146), Hero Arts “Envelope Pattern” Woodblock stamp (S5507), Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set (for the sentiment and the clear embossed dots on the brown strip)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square single fold – cut down to size), Brown Bazzill x 2 tones, white card
Other Supplies: Kaisercraft ‘Stocking’ patterned paper (for thin red dotty strip), Zing clear embossing powder, Zing white embossing powder, heat gun, foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, Concentric Hearts Cuttlebug die, Cuttlebug, Karl Kraft small heart punch, kitchen twine, Signo uniball white gel pen

That’s all for today. Until next time,

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Hi!

I had a little chance to get creative tonight. This cute little submarine is from the WaltzingMouse stamp set called ‘Half Pint Heroes’. Super cute or what?

My inspiration for this came from Kathy Racoosin’s card which she created for her colour palette challenge over at Lily Pad Cards. I was immediately drawn to the background and so have interpreted it in my own way.

I am entering this into the Lily Pad Card’s Inspirational Challenge #3 and also JayGee’s Nook Challenge #9 where the inspirational photo is this. Obviously I went with the nautical theme!

I did some masking to create the sea bed (using distress inks) and of course good old Glossy Accents for the port hole. The background was super fiddly but I set myself a challenge and I wasn’t going to let it beat me! I coloured in the submarine with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol.

Supplies:

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse Stamps – Half Pint Heroes
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Memento – Tuxedo Black, Distress inks – Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Verscolor cubes – Bamboo
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, blending stubs, foam dimensionals, Basic Grey Buttons, Glossy accents, Copic Marker- green, black felt pen, Creative Memories circle cutters, kitchen twine

Thanks for stopping by.

Update July 11:
This card received a Fantastic Froggin’ Four award at the Inspirational #3 challenge at Lily Pad Cards.

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Good afternoon,

I have a whole heaps of little cards to share with you today…from my playings from the weekend. These are Clean and Simple to the max!!…but so great for my stash when I need a quick card.

All of the cards use the current Play Date Cafe Challenge #86 colours…but I got a little distracted and added green to most of them.

So let’s begin…and I am entering this first one into the PDCC#86… hope it is not too simple! Can you see the subtle Envelope Pattern stamped on the flower? I also hand drew the border.

Aren’t these little birdies cute? They are from the Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” set.

Bear in mind they are all small cards and will be so simple to reproduce if need be. I plan on making a few sets of some of these, maybe with their own little folder.

Supplies:

[3 flowers Thank you]

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set – ‘Thank you’ sentiment, Hero Arts Envelope Pattern Woodblock stamp(S5507)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress inks – Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass, Dried Marigold
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: Small Retro flower punch, Kaisercraft pearls – snow, glossy accents (to adhere flowers), black felt pen

[All the Other cards]

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress inks – Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass, Dried Marigold, Peeled Paint
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), X-Press It Blending card
Other Supplies: black felt pen

Thanks for all your lovely comments lately. I really appreciate them,

Update June – 11

The first card got a “Cream in our Coffee” badge at PDCC#86!

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Hi everyone,

I had a really crafty weekend and made a whole heaps of cards…what a great way to spend a weekend I say!!

This first card is one I created for the Play Date Cafe challenge #86 where the colour challenge was pink, sky blue and orange. Such fun summery colours…check out the inspiration photo.

So I got out my WaltzingMouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set and had some fun playing and this is what I came up with! This is my first play along with PDCC.

The sentiment is a rub-on and I stamped the circles with Distress inks (loving these inks at the moment!)

The second card I want to share with you is one that is very similar to this card I made a couple of weeks ago…this time I tried blue distress inks with a different sentiment. I really love this one. The white in the middle of the flowers is white enamel accents from Ranger. (And if you are reading this Katrina – this is one of the ones that is coming your way very soon in your little bundle of cards!)

A close up of the dimension on the card!

Supplies:

[Circle Thank you]

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse “Teeny Trees” stamp set
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress inks – Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass, Droed Marigold
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold), White card, Blue card
Other Supplies: Foam dimensionals, Kaisercraft ‘Thank You’ rub-on, WRMK corner chompers

[Thinking of you in blue]

Stamps: Hero Arts Stencil Flower cling stamp (CG194), Hero Arts Blossoms cling set (CG148) – for the leaves, Hero Arts Classic Messages (CL414)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Versafine Ink – Onyx Black, Tim Holtz Distress inks – Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square textured single fold), X-Press-It Blending Card
Other Supplies: American Crafts white embossing powder, foam dimensionals, sponge daubers, blending tool, Ranger White Enamel Accents, black felt pen

Thanks for stopping by,

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