Card Class at ABSA

Hello Everyone!!  Just a quick post today - I'm teaching a beginner card class tonight at ABSA and thought I'd show you what we'll be working on using products available from from the store.  I also ran this class last week and the ladies all enjoyed themselves, so I hope the same can be said of tonight!  :)

We've based all three cards on the Kaisercraft Clear stamps available in the store, some fun Cosmo Cricket DSP and teaching the ladies how to use border punches, embossing folders and Spellbinders (you know how much I love my Spellbinders!!).

This card is super basic in construction - the fun is all in the flower!!!  I had to die cut 240 flowers all up for the 24 ladies doing the classes!!!  Don't know if I want to do that again in a hurry - but they turned out awesome!!  :)

Stamps - Kaisercraft
Paper - Lemonade, Limeade, Tomato Bazzill, White, Cosmo Cricket Strawberry Fields (both sides)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Ladybug
Accessories - Large Circle and Scallop Circle, Large Oval and Scallop Oval, Dahlia, Daisy Heads Spellbinders, Fiskars Lacy Days of Summer and Lace Border Punches, Swiss Dots and Gootchi Script Embossing Folders, Red and White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Red Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

2S4Y51 In God's Hands

Hello Everyone!!!  Today I had the chance to play with the new set from Our Daily Bread Designs called God's Hands that will be available from May 1st!  I also used this week's sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You as the layout for this card.  I wanted to keep it soft and simple to go with the sketch.

I started with a base of white, layered with some light blue bazzill and then more white embossed with the Nat embossing Folder.  Next I stamped the hand in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with copics (E00, E02, RV10, B21, 0) and cut out with the Label 4 nestabilities, matting with blue bazzill also cut with Label 4 nesties and popped up on foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment on to white and cut with the Ribbon Tags Trio 2 and attached to the card with some blue satin ribbon.  To finish I added a small satin bow to the ribbon and some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls (that I coloured with a B21 copic to make them a matching blue) to the corners.

Stamps - God's Hands (ODBD)
Paper - White, Blue Bazzill, X-press It Blending Card
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Label 4 Nestabilties, Ribbon Tags Trio 2 Shapeabilities, Copics, Cuttlebug Nat EF, Blue Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Sparkly Birthday Butterflies

This is a quick card I made today using The Shabby Tea Room challenge.  My niece's 2nd birthday is at the end of the week, so I made this very pink and very sparkly!!  :)  This is going to be super short otherwise I'm going to miss the deadline to get this in for the challenge (nothing like cutting it super fine!)

Stamps - Gem Stone Insects (Inkadinkado), Elegant Cheer (SU)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Pink Bazzill, MME
Ink - Versacolour, Rose Red
Accessories - Lacy Days of Summer Border Punch, Pink Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Scissors, Foam Tape, Kindyglitz, Kaisercraft Clear Rhinestones.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

ANZAC Day...

Today is ANZAC Day in Australia, a poignant day when we remember those who lost their lives fighting for our country.  Yesterday when I saw the challenges for Crazy 4 Challenges to case one of their designers and Our Creative Corner's challenge to use blossoms I knew exactly what I was going to do.  I cased Silke Kittmann's beautiful card and the blossom I chose is the poppy - the symbol used on ANZAC Day.

I used the poppy from JustRite's Plant a Little Love set and coloured it with Copics (R22, R27, YG11, YG63, YG67, E29) and cut it out and popped it up.  I made the sentiment using the Trompe Uppercase and Trompe Lowercase Font sets.  I did use the same large scallop punch that Silke did - unfortunately you can't see it in this photograph.

Stamps - Plant a Little Love, Trompe Uppercase, Trompe Lowercase Font Sets (JustRite)
Paper - Black and Green Bazzill, White, X-press It Blending Card, Kaisercraft DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Small and Large Circle Nestabilities, Blossom Nestabilities, EK Success Embossed Curve Border Punch, Copics, 1" Red Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Silver Cord, White Button, Scissors, Foam Tape.

Like most Australians we will be watching the ANZAC Day marches, honouring those who returned and remembering those who lost their lives.  Our family was very fortunate, my grandfather and my grandmother's two brothers all saw combat overseas during WW2 and returned home.  My uncle went to Vietnam and also returned home.  Not everyone was so lucky.  On ANZAC Day about 20yrs ago my mother showed me some old newspaper cuttings, the story of a young man who was like a brother to her.  On 7 June 1971, 2nd Lieutenant Ian Mathers aged 22yrs, died in combat in Vietnam.  About the same time, my Mum found out she was pregnant with her first child - me.  I still remember the look of sadness on her face as she showed me those clippings about this young man who was going to be a doctor.  She wanted me know a bit about him, so that on ANZAC Day someone else would remember him.  Every ANZAC Day since then, as I remember all those who died, I especially remember Ian Mathers, someone I never knew, but whom my mother loved so much.


Lest We Forget

QFTD05 - Great Perks!

Today I FINALLY got the change to play the Queen for the Day challenge at SCS!!  This week the honour went to Coffeestamper aka Sue aka Perk who is such a sweetheart, so of course I just HAD to play!!!  I really couldn't decide which card to case so I kind of merged two together!  :)  I really liked the Coffee Themed Card because of the colours and the band across the bottom and of course I just HAD to make a coffee themed card for our Perk!!  The other one I liked was the Hawgt Farmer Sentiment card - I really liked this layout.  So I merged all the bits I liked together......and of course I added a big bow!!!  LOL!!!

I started with a base of chocolate chip, layered with white and some Bella Rose DSP.  Across the bottom is another piece of chocolate that I punched with a Threading Water Punch and then added some ribbon around it.  The vertical panel is more chocolate layered with more Bella Rose.  My feature panel has been stamped using JustRite's Just A Little Caffeine Set in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Copics (E33, E35, E37).  I cut it out with circle nestabilities and matted it with chocolate and Riding Hood Red cut with Blossom Nestabilities and popped the panel up on foam tape.  I finish I added some tiny Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the scallops of the blossom die cut and of course a big bow to the ribbon and topped it with a red button and some silver cord.

Stamps - Just A Little Caffeine (JustRite)
Paper - Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, White, X-press It Blending Card, Bella Rose DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Large Circle Nestabilities, Blossom Nestabilities, Copics, Fiskars Threading Water Punch, May Arts 1" White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Red Button, Silver Cord, Kasiercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Celebrating By The Sea

Hello Everyone and welcome to the JustRite Stampers Blog Hop!!!  Today we are celebrating the release of five beautiful new sets available from JustRite this month - Applique, Hope, Kaleidoscope, Let's Celebrate and By the Sea.  I've chosen By the Sea to showcase today - it has four borders and centers that fit the large oval stamper.  I've gone with a very nautical theme using navy, red, ivory and a touch of kraft!

I started with a base of Not Quite Navy and layered with Kraft and red bazzill.  The red layer I embossed with Divine Swirl across the top (for waves :) ) and the Dotted Wave Border Punch across the bottom.  Across the bottom of this layer I added some My Mind's Eye Lush DSP that I sponged with a little Antique Linen ink.  Across the join I attached some light brown grosgrain ribbon.  I stamped the center and border from By the Sea in Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured it with Copics (E31, E35, E37, R22, R27, YR32, Y21, C1) and added a little sparkle to the sea with the atyou Spica Clear Pen.  I then cut it out with Large Oval Nestabilities and sponged it with a little Antique Linen ink and then matted it with some Navy cut with the Label 8 Nestabilities and popped it up on foam tape.  I created the sentiment using the Times New Roman Lowercase Font and cut a notched tag, sponged with more Antique Linen ink and added a navy button and some natural twine and then finished by adding a couple of silver brads to the top corner.

Stamps - By the Sea, Times New Roman Lowercase Font (JustRite)
Paper - Not Quite Navy, Kraft, Red Bazzill, X-press It Blending Card, MME Lush DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Not Quite Navy, Tim Holtz Antique Linen
Accessories - Label 8 and Large Oval Nestabilities, Copics, Clear Spica Pen, Divine Swirl EF, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Light Brown Grosgrain Ribbon, Navy Blue Button, Natural Twine, Silver Brads, Foam Tape.

For more inspiration, keep hopping along.....

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Becca Feeken
Michele Kovack
Kazan Clark
Heidi Blankenship
Michelle Wooderson
Kellie Fortin
Sharon Harnist
Sankari Wegman
Kathy Jones  (that's me)
Angela Barkhouse

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the Hop!!!

Rising...

Hello Everyone!!  Today I got to play in The Shabby Tea Room Challenge which was to use squares and be inspired by a vintage quilt.  I was working away with these squares when I realised this would be perfect for the Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge OCCSC11 this week as well!!  I've also used the brand new set by JustRite Stampers called HOPE, a set of 4 encouraging centres and borders.

I started with a base of white and layered with some pink bazzill.  Next I cut 8 of the smaller Fleur de Lis Pendant dies in white and laid them out like a quilt and then added a piece of pink satin ribbon to one side.  I then took a piece of square white card and embossed it and popped it up in the centre.  Next I stamped the centre and border from Hope and stamped it in Black and Old Olive Ink, adding touches of colour to the hearts and then matted with some green and pink bazzill and popped this panel on top of the embossed layer.  Finally I added a pink satin bow to the ribbon and topped with a prima flower and added some Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to the other three corner squares.

Stamps - Hope (JustRite)
Paper - White, Pink Bazzill, Green Bazzill
Ink - Black, Old Olive, Pretty in Pink
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant die, Square Nestabilities, Victoria EF, 1" Pink Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Prima Flower, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

Featuring Kaleidoscope..

Today is the Featured Stamper Challenge and the honour this week goes to Dara!  Congratulations Dara!!  I chose her Touch of Brightness card to case.  I changed the colours, image, left off the bow (GASP!!!) instead taking inspiration from her three eyelets.  Over at JustRite we are sneak peeking the April Releases and today the set showing is the one I have used - Kaleidoscope!!  You can pre-order this and any of the new releases right now from JustRite Stampers!!

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I started this card with a base of purple bazzill, layered with green and then topped with two pieces of Basic Grey Kioshi DSP.  Across the join I've added some white satin ribbon.  I've stamped both the border and centre from Kaleidoscope in Memento Rich Cocoa and added touches of colour to the medallion with my Copics (V000, V12, V15, VR000, YG11).  I've cut the medallion out and popped it up and framed the entire circle panel on a piece of purple bazzill cut with Label 12 Nestabilities.  To finish I cut some black card with my Fancy Tags to frame each end of the feature panel and then added three Kaisercraft Black Pearls to the top and bottom corners!

Stamps - Kaleidoscope (JustRite)
Paper - Purple, Green, Black Bazzill, X-press It Blending Card, Basic Grey Kioshi DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa 
Accessories - Small Circle Nestabilities, Label 12 Nestabilities, Fancy Tags Shapeabilities, Copics, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Black Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :) 

Faithful Lillies

Hello Everyone!!  Today I have a card that I've made for the JustRite Stampers Challenge which is sponsored this week by Spellbinders!!  You have to use two JustRite Stamp Sets and at least two different Spellbinders die shapes!!  There are great prizes up for grabs so check it out on the JustRite Blog!!!  I've also used the sketch from this week's Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC69 - the muse this month is none other than our own JustRite Girl Debbie Olsen!!

I've used three Spellbinders shapes - Large Oval Nestabilities, Large Circle Nestabilities and Label 11 Nestabilities.  The two JustRite sets I've used are the Breath of Spring for the Lillies of the Valley and the sentiment is from the Tiny Words set.  The Tiny Words set, along with all products in the 1 3/16th size are 20% off for a short time - you can find them HERE!!!

I used a base of Kiwi Kiss and layered with Very Vanilla embossed with Swiss Dots.  The next two panels are pieces of Kaisercraft Devonshire Collection DSP matted with more Kiwi Kiss (the vertical panel punched with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch and I've attached a piece of ivory ribbon).  I've stamped the Lillies of the Valley from Breath of Spring in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics (YG03, YG63, YG67, C1) and then added touches of sparkle with the Spica Clear Pen.  I cut this out with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted with Baja Breeze cut with Label 11 Nestabilities.

The sentiment panel is from the Tiny Words set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Old Olive.  I cut the border and centre out with Large Circle Nestabilities and popped the centre up on foam tape.  I gave the butterfly I touch of colour with Copics Y11 and Y21.  To finish off the card I added an ivory bow to the ribbon and topped it with a blue button and silver cord.

Stamps - Breath of Spring, Tiny Words (JustRite)
Paper - Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, X-press It Blending Card, Kaisercraft Devonshire Collection DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive
Accessories - Label 11, Large Oval and Large Circle Nestabilities, Copics, Swiss Dots EF, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Blue Button, Silver Cord, Martha Stewart Arch Lattic Punch, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

SC276 For Mother

Today I was inspired by the sketch challenge over at SCS and I actually got to play early!!  Woohoo!!!  :)

I started with a base of Very Vanilla and layered with some peach bazzill and then some new Kaisercraft DSP called Tea at Elsie's.  The next panel is more vanilla and more Kaisercraft DSP.  Over the top of this I added a wide ivory satin ribbon.  The sentiment panel has been made using the sentiment from ODBD's MOM set and stamped in Memento Rich Cocoa on Vanilla and matted with some dark green bazzill.  The bough of flowers is also from the MOM stamp set and has also been stamped in Rich Cocoa and then coloured with Copics (YR00, YR02, YR16, YR23, Y21, YG91, YR95) and then I added some sparkle with a Gold Spica Pen to the stamens of the large flower as well as the yellow flowers.  I cut out the flowers and popped them up on foam tape.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Latte Pearls to the bottom of the sentiment and each corner of the card.

Stamps - MOM (ODBD)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Peach and Dark Green Bazzill, Kaisercraft Tea at Elsie's DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories - Copics, Gold Spica Pen, Kaisercraft Latte Pearls, 1" Ivory Satin Ribbon, Scissors, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

FS166 A Mother Is....

Today is the Featured Stamper Challenge at SCS and it is none other than one of the sweetest people --- Pat Smethers!!!!  Such a deserving stamper for this honour!!!  Congratulations Pat - I am so thrilled for you!!!  I chose her Thy Word card to case.  I kept the flower idea, pink theme and Label 4 central panel (I swear the sentiment is on a Label 4!!).  I changed the shape of the card, added a few layers, added the sentiment, different flowers and omitted the ribbon.

I started by cutting out two of the largest Mega Curved Rectangles in white to create the base of this card and then cut another of this side in MME DSP and trimmed the edge.  Next I took the next size down and cut one white and one in another of the MME paper.  Next I stamped the sentiment from ODBD's MOM set in Memento Tuxedo Black and cut it with Label 4 Nestabilities.  Finally I stamped the bough of flowers also from the MOM set in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics (YG11, YG63, YG67, RV000, RV10, RV13, Y21, YR23) and then cut each out with scissors and glued them to the top and bottom of the sentiment.

Stamps - MOM (ODBD)
Paper - White, X-press It Blending Card, MME Little Miss Muffet DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Mega Curved Rectangles and Label 4 Nestabilities, Copics, Scissors, Glue.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Sewing a Quilt

Today I managed to play in not just one....but THREE challenges!!!  WOOHOO!!!  This happens so very rarely for me, so I'm excited!!!  :)  The first is the JustRite Stampers challenge to make a card with a Sewing Theme; the second is the SCS Free 4 All challenge to Make a Quilt and the Our Creative Corner Challenge to use Bows!!!  (Seriously, how often do I NOT use bows LOL!!!!)  For the JustRite challenge there is a $50 Gift Voucher for the winner and $15 for Honourable Mentions - all you have to do is use your JustRite Stamps and a sewing theme!!!  :)

I started with a base of red bazzill, layered with green bazzill and some white.  Next I took four squares of Cosmo Cricket Material Girl and cut them diagonally to make the quilt pattern.  Through the middle I added some red satin ribbon.  The main panel has been stamped using JustRite's Stitched with Love set.  I coloured the heart with Copics (E00, E02, E11, YG00, YG03, YG06, YR23, R20, R22, R27) and then added a little sponging with Antique Linen and cut it out using large circle nestabilities.  I matted this panel with green and red bazzill cut with two sizes of Blossom Nestabilities and popped the whole panel up on foam tape.  To finish I added a red satin bow to the side three buttons to the corner.  (See that green button, I didn't actually have a button that matched so I coloured a white one with YG03!  :)  )

Stamps - Stitched with Love (JustRite)
Paper - Red and Green Bazzill, White, X-press It Blending Card, Cosmo Cricket Material Girl DSP
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Antique Linen
Accessories - Blossom and Large Circle Nestabilities, Copics, Red Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Buttons.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!!  :)

SSSC63 Dad

Today I got to play the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC63) and I really, really liked the sketch this week!  I also got to use the two new sets by Our Daily Bread Designs called Happy Father's Day (for the image) and Dad (for the sentiment).  My Father-in-Law has his birthday this month and I was thinking of him as I made this card.

I started with a base of Chocolate Chip and layered with Kiwi Kiss and Very Vanilla.  The vanilla was embossed with Distressed Stripes EF and then lightly sponged with Close to Cocoa ink.  The horizontal panel is more chocolate punched on one side with the Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch and layered with some MME Little Boy Blue DSP.  The toolbox is from Happy Father's Day and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics (E21, E29, E31, E33, E35, E37, B93, B95, YG63, YG67, YG91, YG95, Y21, YR23, C1, C3) ) and cut out with Small Circle Nestabilities and then matted with Kiwi Kiss cut with Label 12 Nestabilities.  Finally I stamped the DAD sentiment from the Dad Set in Chocolate Chip, lightly sponged with Cocoa and cut with circle nestabilities and matted with more chocolate and popped it up on foam tape.

Stamps - Dad, Happy Father's Day (ODBD)
Paper - Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, X-press It Blending Card, MME Little Boy Blue DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa
Accessories - Labels 12, Small and Large Circle Nestabilities, Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch, Copics, Distressed Stripes EF, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!!  :)

MMSC48 Happy Mail

Today I was playing around with this image - cutesy little girls and I haven't really gotten along in the past, they always turned out awful!!  My friend Debra encouraged me to have another go a it using some Copics and the X-press It Blending Card, and what do you know, I'm actually quite happy with the way it turned out!  After I coloured it I wondered what I was going to do with it and thought it would work well for this week's Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.  I decided to use the easier sketch, but then of course couldn't help myself and added a big bow to the side!!!  LOL!!!

I started with a base of River Rock (who else is thrilled SU are bringing this back!!!) and layered with white (pierced around the border) and some retired Ginger Blossom DSP.  I then added two pieces of white satin ribbon for the cross panels.  The image is from Sugar Nellie called Postbox and I've stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black on X-Press It Blending Card and coloured it with a lot of Copics.  (Top: R20, R22, R27, YG00; Pants: B93, B95, B97; Hair: Y21, YR23, E35, Garden: YG11, YG63, YG67, V000, V12, V15, V17, Y11, Y15; Letterbox: C1, C3, R22, R27, E31, E35, E37)  I cut the image with Label 1 Nestabilities and mounted on some River Rock and White (pierced again) and popped the whole panel up on foam tape.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corners and a white satin bow topped with a Paper Trey Lemon Tart Button.


Stamps - Postbox (Sugar Nellie)
Paper - River Rock, White, X-press It Blending Card, Ginger Blossom DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Label 1 Nestabilities, Copics, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Paper Trey Lemon Tart Button, Gold Cord, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

MTSC68 Red Poppies

Today I got to make this super quick card for this week's Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge - MTSC68!

I started with a base of black bazzill and layered with white and three pieces of retired SU Ginger Blossom DSP.  For the main panel I stamped the poppies from JustRite's Plant a Little Love set in Memento Tuxedo Black on X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (R22, R27, R29, YG11, YG63, YG67).  There is more shading IRL - I don't know why it isn't showing up here!  :(  I cut it out with Small Circle Nestabilities and mounted on Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (red bazzill) and Label 7 (black bazzill).  I finished by added some Black Kaisercraft Pearls to the bottom corner and a large black satin bow.  I very nearly left off the bow, but it just looked so naked!!  :)

Stamps - Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper - Black and Red Bazzill, White, X-press It Blending Card, Ginger Blossom DSP (SU)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Small Circle, Large Scallop Oval, Label 7 Nestabilities, Copics, Black Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Black Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

SC275 Happy Mother's Day

Can you believe it - I actually got to play the SCS Sketch Challenge EARLY!!!  WOOHOO!!!  This is actually a fairly CAS card for me and I made this beautiful wreath by Our Daily Bread Designs the focal point.

I started with a base of purple bazzill and layered with white.  I used three pieces of Basic Grey Kioshi DSP for the three panels and added a piece of white ribbon across the bottom.  Next I stamped the wreath from Happy Mother's Day from ODBD in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copics (YG63, YG67, E35, E37, V12, V15, B93, RV02, RV04) and added Clear Spica to the bee wings and touches of Gold Spica to the yellow flowers and the centres of the purple flowers.  I then stamped the sentiment from the same set in the middle with Perfect Plum and cut the wreath out and popped on foam tape.  To finish I added a white satin bow made with my Bow Easy to the ribbon and then took three Kaisercraft Snow Pearls and coloured them with Copic V15 to match the colours in the wreath.

Stamps - Happy Mother's Day (ODBD)
Paper - Purple Bazzill, White, Basic Grey Kioshi DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Perfect Plum
Accessories - Copics, White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Scissors, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Birthday Boy

I made this for my brother who is celebrating his birthday today.  When I saw the new Happy Father's Day set by ODBD I knew this masculine image would be perfect for him!!  I based it on the MTSC67 - then I realised I forgot to add the embellishment to the corner of the feature panel - ooooops!!!

I started with a base of Very Vanilla, layered with Old Olive and some MME Little Boy Blue DSP.  The strip across the middle is more Vanilla punched with the EK Success Dotted Wave punch and then pierced the top.  Through the middle of that I added my MME DSP and the added a piece of natural twill ribbon.  I then stamped the tool box from Happy Father's Day and coloured it with markers and a blender pen, adding a little sponging around the top of the image.  I cut it out with Sm Circle Nesties and matted with Old Olive cut with Lg Circle Nesties and popped up on foam tape.  I finished the front with some silver brads in the top and bottom corners.

I normally don't embellish the insides of my Man Cards - but it is my little brother, so why not?!  :)  I used the same materials as the front of the card and added the sentiment from the new DAD set by ODBD.

Stamps - Happy Father's Day, Dad (ODBD)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Old Olive, MME Little Boy Blue DSP
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Accessories - Lg and Sm Circle Nestabilities, Twill Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Silver Brads, EK Success Dotted Wave Border Punch, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

FS165 Blooming Morning Glory

Hello Everyone and I hope you enjoyed your Easter!  Today I had a chance to play this week's Featured Stamper challenge - the honour going to TheresaCC.  My goodness what an incredible gallery!!!  I chose her A Second Summer card to case. I used a different image and sentiment, different colours and papers but otherwise kept the same feel of the card.

I started with a base of light purple bazzill and layered with dark purple and Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP.  The vertical panel is more Lilac Ave matted with light and dark purple.  The flower panel has been stamped using JustRite's My Garden set in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  I also sponged the background similar to what Theresa does.  It was then cut out with small circle nesties and matted with dark purple cut with large circle nesties and the matching scallop circle in light purple.  Below that I added some yellow ribbon.  The sentiment is from JustRite's Seeds of Kindness set stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Lovely Lilac and sponged again and cut with large circle nestabilities and matted with the matching scallop circle.  To finish I added a bow to the ribbon using my Bow Easy and a couple of Kaisercraft lilac pearls to the top and bottow corners.

Stamps - My Garden, Seeds of Kindness (JustRite)
Paper - Lt and Dk Purple, White, Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Lovely Lilac
Accessories - Small, Large, Scallop Large Circle Nestabilities, 1" Yellow Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Lilac Pearls, Markers, Blender Pen, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

JRC_012 Faith, Hope, Love

Happy Easter Everyone!!!  I hope you are all blessed with a wonderful day!!  Today's card could be reflected on as remembering the love Christ had for us as we celebrate Easter and although that IS true, I did actually make this for another special occasion.  Today, my grandparents who I love very much, celebrate their 68th Wedding Anniversary!!!!  Can you believe that - 68yrs - and they love each other as much today as they did then!!!  Here they are, 68yrs ago.....

I have also used this week's JustRite Stampers Challenge JRC_012 which is super dooper easy - anything goes!!!  Get out any of your JustRite Stamps and make something!!  :)  There is a $50 prize for the winner and $15 for honourable mentions!!!  :)

I decided to use green as a focal for this colour, mostly because that is my grandfather's favourite colour.  I started with a base of white, layered with green bazzill and more white embossed with Swiss Dots EF.  The next panel is gold layered with some green Memory Box Frond DSP.  In each corner I added some Vintage die cuts and topped with Kaisercraft Chino Pearls.  For my feature panel I used the border from 2" Square Decorative Frames and the sentiment from Loving Thoughts.  I matted this with gold and then another gold square en point.  I then added this to the Fleur de Lis Pendant die cut that was white and covered with Wheat Fields Glimmer Mist.

Stamps - Loving Thoughts, 2" Square Decorative Frames (JustRite)
Paper - White, Green Bazzill, Gold, Memory Box Frond DSP
Ink - Old Olive
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant Spellbinders, Vintage die set, Swiss Dots EF, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Wheat Fields Glimmer Mist.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

How did you do??

We can now reveal which card we REALLY made for the Blog Hop!!!  I had the honour of casing the incredibly talented JULIE WARNER!!  Julie has a beautiful style and often stamps her backgrounds and uses rich earthy tones with a love of the Fleur de Lis Pendant dies, so I incorporated these features into my card and loosing based it on THIS card.  The card that was posted on my blog was made by my dear friend CHRIS OLSEN!!!  :)

Stamps - Happy Mother's Day (ODBD)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Really Rust
Ink - Really Rust
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant die, Scissors, Markers, So Saffron Ribbon, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Foam Tape.

Hope you enjoyed hopping around!!!

April Fools Day Fun!

For today's New Release at ODBD,  we are not doing a "formal Blog Hop", but the team has all posted a card using the new sets and are linking each other in their posts.  There are no secret words or letters to collect. However, just like in a blog hop, there will be prizes for viewing every DT's blog, leaving comments on all those you can, and returning to the ODBD Blog to tell us you have done so.  Two winners will be randomly chosen from those who do this, and they will each receive a $15.00 Gift Certificate toward stamps from the ODBD Store. (Note: the ODBD Blog can now take anonymous comments so everyone should be able to do this and if anyone cannot make a comment on any designer's blog, just state that in the comment at the end on the ODBD Blog) You have until 8PM USA Eastern on April 2 (10AM AUST EST April 3) to complete these requirements.

Now for the fun part!!!  Today being April Fool's Day, we decided it would be fun to play a little game with the new release sets.  We each cased another DT member and then sent our card to that person to post on their blog today.  So NOPE, I didn't make this card --- the question is, can you figure out where mine is on the hop and who made this one???  The fun part will be seeing how well Kelley really knows her team, because she is being asked to guess who created which card.  She is being asked to make a list of each DT member and write next to their name who she thinks made the card they posted.  It's all just in fun, but if you'd like to play along, we'd love to have you!  You can email your guesses to Grace at: gnywening@yahoo.com up until 8PM USA Eastern on April 2 (10AM April 3 AUST EST).  ONLY ONE email please!  The one or ones (in the case of a tie) who correctly guessed the most will be given recognition on the ODBD Blog when all the entries have been checked.

Stamps - MOM (ODBD)
Paper - Green, White, Basic Grey Kisohi DSP
Ink - Black
Accessories - Fancy Tags Spellbinders, Label 11, Oval, Scallop Oval, Petite Oval, Petite Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Vintage die, Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Silver Pearls.

Keep hopping and see what inspiration you find with next three designers....
Lorelie
Randi
Deb

Good luck figuring out who made which card and enjoy the hop!!!  :)