Earn your stripes

Double trouble challenge has this cue

'Earn your stripes'

I made a small card with a stripy background paper

I will also be entering this at These inspired challenges where it's

as well as at Simon says stamp blog Monday challenge  where it is

"party Time'

Supplies:

Thread: Gold : DMC E5821

              Silver: DMC E168

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Wrapper from a discontinued range of soaps

Liquid Pearls in platinum

29 Dec/6 jan

Meatllic

This week Simply less is moore is

 

I made a small card using silver metallic thread

 

 

I will also be entering this at Simon says Work it Wednesday where it's

'Celebration'

and at Cupcake inspirations where it's

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

paper: Wrapper from a discontinued range of soaps

Liquid Pearls in platinum

Thread: E168



13 sept email lnk/25 sept email link/ 6 sept

 

One Word

Dragonfly journeys has this cue

'One Word'

Mine is for a wedding or an anniversary

 

I will also be entering this at Time out challenges where their cue is



I reckon that my embroidery cards are pretty unique. 

My inspiration

 



Source: Unknown



Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in silver

Pattern: Sentiment: Stitching cards words-wedding-baby-capitals

Thread: White: DMC Blanch

              Pale Silver: DMC E168 

10/13 march

Owls in a tree

At the Tic tac toe challenge I am doing the sentiment, die cut and kraft row

 

 

My card

 

 

I will also be entering this over at Simon says stamp blog Wednesday challenge where it's

'Anything Goes'

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Unknown

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    200gsm in kraft

Cuttlebug

Stickers: Dimensional stickers 04-15-2013

Die: Circle: Sizzix circle die

        Tags: Wplus timeless tags 2

        Branch: Jim Holtz Alterations Movers and shapers 657206

 Jim Holtz Alterations Movers and shapers Base Tray

Embossing folder:  Sizzix Texture Impressions 66048

6/7 feb

 

Something old, something new

Uniko studio have a challenge every 6 weeks and this is their new one

 

 

As you will see I'm having fun playing with my new die. The sentiment stickers are the old. My Mom found them when she was tidying up. Who knows how long she has had them!

 

 

 

I will also be entering this over at  where it's CAS on Sunday

'Love'

and at Dragonfly journeys where it's
'The power of red'

 

My inspiration

 

Source: Amelia B

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white and red
Paper: Scraps
Cuttlebug
craft glue
Die: Memory box Butterflt heart
Liquid pearls in gold
Peel off gold numbers
Stickers sentiments



24 jan/23 feb

 

Turtle Love

Splitcoast stampers FS544 is honouring Ann Greenspan this week. I loved her turtle card here.

Recently I was asked to make a couple of cards for an engagement and one of them also had turtles on it so I thought it would be a perfect way to honour Ann if I shared it here.

It is also my 16th wedding anniversary today so it's kind of fitting in that way too.

 

 

Supplies:
Card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: Fabscarps dots with lime

Pattern: Stitching cards turtles

Thread: Pink: DMC 3326

              Green: DMC 3348

               Red: DMC 047

White sequins

Small wobbly eyes 

Swinging heart

Iinspired by all the little things have this photo

 

 

Recently I made this card and it fits the criteria, colourwise, perfectly.

 

I cut a circle in the kraft topper. Then I used a double die to cut the white circular rim which I secured to the kraft. The crochet cotton was secured to the back to the craft and the entire topper was given some dimension with the use of double sided foam squares.

The sentiment is hand written

 

My Inspiration

 

Source: Made with Sparkle

 

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

                    200gsm in kraft

Cuttlebug

Dies: Circle: Sizzixx circles

         Heart: 2 die 4

         Tag: Wplus 9 Timeless tags 2 

White crochet cotton

Double sided foam tape 

10 March

 

Glisten

CASology have a new cue and it's

 

 

The vellum which I used 'glistens'

 

 

 

The envelope is hand cut

 

 My inspiration

 

Source: Diana Nguyen

I will also be entering this at  CASe this sketch where it's

 

 

and at Split coast stampers F4A362 where it's

'Cuddly or Snuggly'

 

 

Supplies:

Card stock: 160gsm in white

White vellum

Baker's twine in brown and white

Cuttlebug

Die: Herat: 2 Die 4 hearts

        Tag: wplus timeless tags 2

Pentel metallic pen in red

 





30 jan/2 feb

 

Repeated hearts

CAS this sketch

 

 

What a great sketch.

I made this card for a wedding

 

 

 

Supplies:

card stock: 160gsm in white

Satin ribbon: cerise

Peel off in silver

Liquid Pearls in platinum

Pattern: Large Heart: Stitching cards border-2--swirls-one-i-love

             Medium Heart: Stitching cards naming-day

              Small heart: Stitching cards happy-anniversary





2 june

 

Overlapping hearts

CASeplorations April have this photo inspiration as their challenge

 

 

I choose to use the colours and the idea of an overlapping line of repeated images as my inspiration and came up with this card which I sent to friends for their 30th wedding anniversary.

 

 

 This will also fit perfectly with the challenge at Always playing with paper which is

 

  and at Share joy challenge where the challenge is

 

 

 I have elected to do the Keep it simple side

 

Supplies:

Pattern: my own

Thread: Brands and codes unknown

card stock: 160gsm in white

Paper: 80gsm in pink and orange

Button from my stash

(30 April)

 

Patchwork heart

Share joy challenge have this as their newest challenge. I will be doing the coloured section.

 

 

A card made for an anniversary  

 



 

Another card made with colouring and a Didi stamp

 

 

Supplies:

Digistamp: Source unknown or rather forgotten, sorry

Water based pencil crayons

Earbud for smudging

Oddourless mineral turps

Card stock: 160gsm in white

flatbacked gems in blue and pink

Paper: Hearts: scraps

          Purple and mauve: scraps

Gold peel off sentiment

 



(9 March)

 

Cheeky greetings

Here is my first card for 2016. It's for the challenge at Split coast stampers FS464 were they have a new Featured Stamper and this time it is Pat

 

I choose to copy this one of hers.

Here is my version

 

 

and a blue one

 

 

I had seen this card a while ago and liked the cheekiness of it so decided to combined it with Pat's clever thank you card. 

Source: Unknown

 

Supplies:

Patterns: Baby and Happy Couple:  Stitching cards.Words-wedding-baby-capitals
               Thank you Stitching cards Words-wishes-art-nouveau
               Happy Birthday Stitching cards Free-words
               Best wishes Stitching cards.Flower-border-best-wishes
               Congratulations Stitchingcards Flower-border-congratulations

Card Stock: 160gsm in White

                     200gsm in cream and blue

Thread: Lime: DMC 704

             Sea Green: DMC 204

             Light Blue DMC 131

             All other colour codes and brands unknown

Double sided foam

Blue on white anniversary Card

I have something a bit different for you today. It's an anniversary card with not a stitch of hand embroidery to be seen!

The sentiment is computer generated and I machine stitched around it ( sorry just couldn't break totally with my addiction to thread!). I hand cut the heart. To keep the cord exactly aligned with the point of the heart I cut a tiny "v" for it to sit in.

I will be entering it over at Sweet Sunday Sketch were the sketch is 

Supplies:

Card Stock: 160gsm in white

                   Scraps of feather embossed white on white

Button from my stash

Satin cord

Border Punch: Martha Steward

Anniversary wishessssssssssss.........

This week has seemed like the longest ever. Last week we had a 3 day week as both Monday and Friday where public holidays. That was really great but unfortunately it makes the next normal work week seem ever so long!!!! However it's weekend now and time for some me time.

The latest challenge at Splitcoast Stampers. Free for all is "Getting Hitched." This is perfect as it is my sister's wedding anniversary this month. After 18 years of marriage I reckon a bit of anniversary humour wouldn't go amiss.

Neither of them is particularly fond of snakes and actually where they live there are no snakes, but she is a girl from Africa, originally, and they are both nature lovers so I'm sure that they will appreciate the humour.

Supplies:

Pattern: Easy Embroidery on paper by Joke de Vette

Thread: No brands or codes available

Gold sequins

Scrap of read paper.

White card stock 160gsm

Envelope: Free download from Creative Park

Painting Furniture

I am in the middle of painting some of the wooden furniture from our bedroom. There is nothing structurally wrong with it I just feel like I need a change and it's cheaper (not by much I have since discovered!!!) to paint than to replace so I have taken the plunge and started. I am doing a chest of drawers and if we like the result then I will do a few others.

At the moment I am waiting for the primer to dry so thought I'd sneak in a blog update. 

Today's card is for a 28th wedding anniversary

I CASed this card by Debby Hughes.
 First I stamped the kraft card stock in chestnut ink with the Amazing Grace stamp from Micia Crafts.

Then I cut out the circles. I attached the largest to the cream card stock and then machine stitched the grey line twice. Next I adhered the large checked circle and then the smaller craft one. My heart was hand cut and the buttons where two odds I had in my stash. I there secured the topper to a piece of black paper and then onto the folded A5 card which is also cream.
The envelope is store bought and given a bit of oomph by added detail on the flap.

Supplies:

Sizzies 8 circle dies

Stamp: Amazing Grace by Micia Crafts

Grey thread for machine stitching.

Black checked paper: Paper Pizazz Dots checks plaids and stripes booklet

Red Paper: scrap booking. Make unknown

Ink: Colorbox in chestnut

Happy Anniversary

For me weekends are about not having to set the alarm. I love being able to wake up when my body clock says I have had enough sleep. It's a real luxury.

If I am not able to indulge myself due to school sport or some other early morning commitment, I like nothing better than a little snooze in the afternoon. I'm off to take one as soon as I have finished this post.

Today's card is for a 4th wedding anniversary.

For this card I cut 3 identical hearts out of striped paper. These where done by hand. I secured two back to back for the stand up heart and stuck the third one onto the card stock over the half doily. I then did a single row of machine stitching down the centre of the double sided heart to secure it exactly on top of the flat one. This allowed it to be bent so that it is able to stand away from the card stock. Tape measure washi tape finished the layout.

I made the envelope and lined it with a page of an old dictionary.

Supplies:
180gsm kraft card stock
Striped paper downlaoded from Google images.
Sylko small white doily
washi tape in tape maesure
C6 Envelope: red paper, complete Crafter's Companion envelope side
                       Liner: Page from an old dictionary

Two for the price of one.

It is my youngest sister's birthday in a day or two and this is the card I have made for her.

I watched this tutorial on crochet hearts and knew that I had to give it a go. For this card I made the heart using baker's twine but while I was in the mood I also tried making some with wool. I'll share those in another post.

The envelope is a free downlaod from Cannon Creative Park green heart envelope and the cat is from Form-A-Lines. Pattern below.

I liked this card so much that I decided to make it a second time. This one to celebrate an annivesary for my other sister. It's a good thing that they live in two different countries, I can duplicate without giving anything away.

As you no doubt have gathered we are all cat lovers.

 I made the enveope using my Complete Crafter's Companion. The liner is from Crafty Ferret

Supplies: 
Form-A-Lines Pattern Cat and clockwork mouse
Washi Tape: green chevron and red and white striped.
Paper: Orange Gingham Activity Village
           Green stripe: Google Images
Baker's Twine: red and green

Labels:  Anniversary, Birthday, Cats, Hearts