Friday 30 December 2011

Lucky To Have You

Image : Paper Smooches coloured with Faber Castell water colour pencils.
Sentiment : Paper Smooches recolour with Photoshop.
Paper : Cosmo Cricket De Lovely

Challenges:

  1. Paper Smooches - photo inspiration (inspired by the rainbow colour)
  2. DYSU - rainbow colours
  3. Creative Inspirations - anything
  4. Simon Says - anything goes


XOXO

Image : Stampelkallan coloured with Faber Castell watercolour pencils
Sentiment: CC.Designs

Challenges:

  1. Stampelkallan  Xmas challenge - use any previous sketch (mine is this sketch)
  2. Creative Inspirations - anything
  3. Simon Says - anything goes

Thursday 29 December 2011

Happy New Year


Image: Magnolia Tilda. Sentiment generated from computer using Photoshop.
others: background star rubber stamp, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, Nestabilities Label 4.
Challenges:

  1. TOMIC - happy new year
  2. Magnolia Mania - stars
  3. Magnolia-licious Challenge - stars (my card has 99 stars ..)
  4. Just Magnolia - white + 1 colour
  5. Stampin For The Weekend - anything goes


Wednesday 28 December 2011

LO - Way Cool


Paper : DCWV Citrus matstack.

Challenges:

  1. DCWV December stack-a-holic template sketch
  2. Simon Says - anything goes

SCT Project 12-2011 (November)


This layout is based on SCT Project 12-November sketch. Photos of my son from newborn until 3 years old, capturing him in some memorable moments.
Other Challenges:

  1. Charisma Cardz -anything goes


Saturday 24 December 2011

Oh! Baby Girl

Digital image by Just Some Lines via CDAC for the Challenge#9.
Materials: Prismacolor pencils, CC Design sentiment, background paper from Crafter's Companion digital download.

Challenges:

  1. CDACPC9
  2. Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge - new beginnings (newborn)

Friday 23 December 2011

Forever & Always

Forever Friends image and pattern paper printed from Favourites Edition cd-rom, freebie from a craft magazine.
Sentiment: CC.Designs
flowers: I Am Roses, Nestabilities classic scallop circle,


Challenges:

  1. Creative Inspirations Wednesday - anything goes
  2. Charisma Cardz - anything goes
  3. Forever Friends - rose


Thursday 22 December 2011

Christmas Card

image : Bear by Digitstamps 4 Joy a freebie via CDACPC9
Paper : Forever Friend cd rom freebie from magazines.
others: Copic E11/33/35, R24/29, Nestabilities Scallop Circle and Classic Circle dies.
Challenges:

  1. CDACPC9
  2. ICopic - last minute holiday makes
  3. Joan's Garden - quick christmas card

German Bell hanging ornament

First time making this German Bells hanging ornament based on Pinay's tutorial here (thanks Pinay, the tutorial is well written!). 
materials: 6" x 6" glitter card stock, Scor-Pal score board, gem, twine.

Challenges:
  1. Tinker Planet - make a German Bell
  2. Simon Says - bingo (mine is twine-gem-glitter/sparkle) 
  3. Creative Inspirations Wednesday - anything goes


Wednesday 21 December 2011

Birgitta Bookmark

stamp: Swiss Pixies Tulip Birgitta by CC Designs.
others: Prismacolour pencils, brown textured card stock.

Challenges:

  1. ATS Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
  2. Loathian Crafts - pink and brown

Tuesday 20 December 2011

Beary Christmas

Forever Friends image printed from Favourites Edition cd-rom, freebie from a craft magazine.
others: Basic Grey Urban Couture, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, MS pinking scallop border punch, EK Success 1" punch and Spellbinder Classic Circle die.
Challanges:

  1. Joan's Garden - quick card
  2. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  3. More Than Favors - Christmas card
  4. Charisma Cardz - last minute Xmas makes
  5. Paperplay - Christmas
  6. Paper Sundaes - celebrate
  7. Basic Grey - anything goes 
  8. Papertake - Christmas 

Snow Much Fun

Decoupage image printed from Snow Much Fun cd-rom, a freebie from Quick Cards magazine.
others: Lifestyle Nesting Frame Scallop Rectangle.

Challenges:

  1. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  2. More Than Favors - Christmas card
  3. Charisma Cardz - last minute Xmas makes
  4. Paperplay - Christmas
  5. Paper Sundaes - celebrate
  6. Do You Stack Up - winter
  7. ABC Challenge - frosty

Candy 31/12/2011 - ABC Toys & Crafts

Click on the picture for a chance to win $40 store credit to ABC Toys and Craft Store . Candy ends on 31/12/2011.

Sunday 18 December 2011

Santa in Purple

Santa clear stamp freebie from Quick Cards magazine. Sentiment clear stamp freebie from Crafts Beautiful.
Digital paper free download from Laura Harper Sugar Plum Kit.
Others: border punch, corner punch, satin ribbon, Copic V04/06, BV00, BG13/15, Y06, E00/000/11

Challenges:

  1. ICopic Lover - holidays
  2. More Than Favors - Christmas card
  3. Timbro Scrap Mania - bow
  4. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  5. Copic Oz - Christmas 
  6. Charisma Cardz - last minute Xmas makes
  7. CropStop - non-traditional colour
  8. Cute Card Thursday - stripes
  9. Paperplay - Christmas
  10. Paper Sundaes - celebrate



Friday 16 December 2011

LO - Happy

Basic Grey Dasher background paper and border, Basic Grey Sweet Threads journaling tag, car elements are freebie downloaded from internet.

Challenges:

  1. Sketch Thursday - sketch
  2. Basic Grey - anything goes 

Thursday 15 December 2011

Christmas Joy card

Webter's Pages digital reindeer tag, background paper from Basic Grey Dasher, pennant from Basic Grey Dasher.
others: distress tool, faux stitch with ink pen, kraft card stock.
Challenges:

  1. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  2. Creative Card Crew - tis the season
  3. Basic Grey - anything goes
  4. Papertake - i am dreaming of vintage colour christmas
  5. Paper Sundaes - anything Christmas
  6. More Than Favors - Christmas card
  7. Joan's Garden - Christmas card
  8. Simon Says - sketch

Have a tweet day


image: Doodle Pantry via CDAC Progressive Challenge 8.
others: corner punch, Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder, Prismacolor pencils, sentiment is Pink Petticoat clear stamp freebie from Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.
Challenges:

  1. CDAC Progressive Challenge #8

Joy tag

Did this tag using Photoshop.
Paper: Basic Grey Sweet Threads. singing angel image freebie from Graphic Fairy, sentiment is a freebie too.
Printed on card stock and distress the border with a distresser.
Challenges:

  1. CropStop - music
  2. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  3. Creative Card Crew - tis the season
  4. Basic Grey - anything goes
  5. Sukkerkot - angel
  6. The Paper Variety - anything goes
  7. Papertake - i am dreaming of vintage colour christmas
  8. Paper Sundaes - anything Christmas

Tuesday 13 December 2011

Angelic Christmas

Image: Angel by Scrapper's Delight . Sentiment is from a cd freebie from a craft magazine.
Paper: Basic Grey Blitzen Wreath (green), Echo Park Merry Christmas (music note).
Others: blue glitter glue, Prismacolour pencil.

Challenges:

  1. Sketch Saturday - sketch
  2. More Than Favors - Christmas card
  3. Joan's Garden - Christmas card
  4. CropStop - music
  5. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  6. Creative Card Crew - tis the season
  7. Papertake - anything goes
  8. Scrapper's Delight - angelic Christmas (see picture below for info)
  9. Basic Grey - anything goes
  10. Clearly Inspired - Christmas
  11. Stampin For The Weekend - Christmas
  12. Sukkerkot - angel
  13. Cupcake - glitter
  14. Cute Card Thursday - anything goes

Core'dinations Daily Giveaway until 24/12/2011

Core'dinations is having a daily give-away from today until Christmas Eve. You can win their fabulous line by just commenting on their blog. Click here for further details.

Monday 12 December 2011

Candy 18/12/2011 - Stamp & Create

Stamp & Create has a Magnolia Tilda stamp to give away which ends on 18th December 2011. Click on the picture for further info.

Time Tag

Time image from The Graphics Fairy, sentiment from Word Art World and flourish  from Shery K Designs.

Challenges:

  1. Simon Says Stamp - time
  2. Papertake - anything
  3. Charisma Cardz - anything but card
  4. Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
  5. Do You Stack Up - something old / vintage
  6. Stamp & Create - vintage

Thursday 8 December 2011

Great Job

Watercolour pencils, Hero Arts sentiment, Memento, Pilot white ink gel pen for faux stitch.
Challenges:
  1. CDAC Progressive Challenge #8
  2. Charisma Cardz - no card
  3. Papertake - anything



O Christmas Tree

image coloured with watercolour pencils. Sentiment from Hero Arts.
Challenges:

  1. Joan's Garden - tag
  2. Charisma Cardz - no card
  3. Paper Sundaes - red & stitch 
  4. Creative Card Crew - tis the season
  5. Papertake - anything
  6. Simon Says - photo inspiration (inspired by the christmas tree)
  7. Creative Inspiration - snow (mine is on the tree)
  8. ABC Christmas - anything goes
  9. The Paper Variety - inspired by Christmas song title Chrismas Tree by Lady Gaga)

Wednesday 7 December 2011

Let It Snow


image: Digital Delights. sentiment is a freebie clear stamp from craft magazine
tools: Faber Castell watercolour pencils, glitter glue, Martha Stewart Snowflake Chain punch, bling, twine, deckle scissors.
Challenges:

  1. Delightful Challenges - let it snow
  2. Sketch Saturday - sketch
  3. Charisma Cardz - spots
  4. Cropstop - punch
  5. Do You Stack Up - tie / ribbon / twine
  6. Sukkerkot - snow and glitter
  7. Paper Sundaes -stripe and red
  8. Joanna Sheen - Christmas wishes
  9. By The Cute And Girly - let it snow
  10. Try It On Tuesday - santa card

Monday 5 December 2011

I Won the TOMIC challenge!

Can't believe that my last minute card submitted to TOMIC 2 minutes before the closing time won the challenge which was randomly drawn....woo..hoo....yippeeee!!

Alter Tin

        






materials: empty bean tin, gesso, Pelikan napkin glue and serviette.
Challenges:

  1. Try It On Tuesday - alter can
  2. Simon Says - anything




Vintage Tilda

Stamp: Magnolia Tilda.
paper: BMD and Carina Gardner.
others: lace, Label 4 die, Copic.
Challenges:

  1. TOMIC - vintage and lace
  2. Simply Magnolia - sketch
  3. Simon Says Stamp - star
  4. Just Magnolia - anything goes
  5. Stamptacular Sunday - brown, blue, tan,Christmas

Sunday 4 December 2011

Candy 1/1/2012 - Marianne's Design Divas



Marianne has the above candy giveaway which end on 1/1/2012. Click on the picture for further info.

Thursday 24 November 2011

Thankful Cat

Stamp from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine coloured with Copic E35/33/31/00 and BG13/15 and R17. Faux stitch with Pelikan 0.4mm brown ink pen.
Challanges:

  1. ICopic Lover - thanks
  2. Penny Black & More At Allsorts - creature
  3. Simon Says - tag
  4. The Beary Scrap - anything goes

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Reindeer Tag

Vintage Deer printable freebie from Free Printable For You, cut out and adhere to the embossed die cut. Spellbinder Label 4, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, sentiment is a freebie clear stamp from magazine, Memento Rich Cocoa ink pad and twine recycle from I Am Roses packaging.
Challenges:

  1. Loathian Crafts - christmas
  2. The Beary Scrap - anything goes
  3. Joan's Garden - creature, emboss, card/tag, winter
  4. Simon Says - tag

Snowflake tag

Spellbinder Label 4 die, Martha Stewart Scandinavian Snowflake punch, Ink It Up watermelon ink pad, Sentiment from Hero Arts, epoxy sticker bling, Cuttlebug Candy Stripe embossing folder and the twine is recycle from packaging.

Challenges:

  1. CropStop - white
  2. Loathian Crafts - Christmas
  3. Simon Says - tag
  4. The Beary Scrap - anything goes

Letraset Colouring #5 Jaws

Image by Mel downloaded from Letraset site for November colouring challenge.
medium: Faber Castell water colour pencils and burnish with Johnson baby oil using Q-tip and Pentel Aqua brush.

SCT Project 12-2011 (October)


Darrel's first time on his kindergarten Annual Concert stage performance.
(Credit:  By Gizaa, alpha by Word Art World)

Challenges:

I am linking this to Davinie's blog at My Little Piece Of That Azure Sky

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Magical Christmas

Image : Scrapper's Delight Sophie
Tool: Photoshop, Martha Stewart Snowflake Chain punch, Spellbinder flourish die, bling.
Challenges:

  1. Scrapper's Delight (November)- Christmas
  2. Loathian Crafts - christmas
  3. The Beary Scrap - anything goes
  4. Pink Ink Sketch - sketch

Merry Christmas - little angel

Image by Nutcrafters
paper: Basic Grey Blitzen Jingle Bell (blue) and Urban Couture Mila (cream brown)
others: glitter glue, doily, Faber Castell watercolour pencils.
Challenges:

  1. Nutcrafters - christmas for child
  2. Midnight Madness - sketch
  3. Basic Grey - mix and match paper (mine is Blitzen and Urban Couture)
  4. Loathian Crafts - christmas
  5. The Beary Scrap - anything goes
  6. Simon Says Stamp - ticket

Saturday 19 November 2011

Tilda - altered paper bag

Magnolia Tilda, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, doily, border punch, Martha Stewart Scandinavian Snowflake punch, silver metallic gross grain ribbon and brown paper bag.
Challenges:

  1. TOMIC - bag and red colour inspiration
  2. Simply Magnolia - anything goes
  3. Maggie Lovers Challenge - Christmas and non-card
  4. By The Cute And Girly - girly Christmas
  5. Just Magnolia - ribbon (my silver gross grain ribbon at the bottom of bag)


Thursday 17 November 2011

Thanksgiving Place card


Inkadinkado leaf stamp, CC Design thanks sentiment, Spellbinder Nestabilities classic scallop circle, Sizixx trio flower die, TH tea-dye/pine needles distress ink, Cuttlebug Floral Screen embossing folder.
Challenges:

  1. Joan's Garden - stamp and die, fall colour, non-card, something for Thanksgiving.
  2. Simon Says Stamp - thanks/thanksgiving
  3. Creative Card Crew - thankful
  4. The Paper Variety - thanks
  5. More Than Favor - thanksgiving
  6. The Beary Scrap Dt - anything goes

Wednesday 16 November 2011

Missing You Crab

Crab image by Tiffany Doodles a freebie at CDAC Progressive Challenge #7. I digitally colour the image using the Photoshop paint pattern tool.
Paper: Basic Grey Sweet Thread Knotted Shirt (green) and Blitzen Christmas Ball (red).

Challenges:

  1. CDAC Progressive Challenge #7
  2. Midnight Madness - sketch#130
  3. Basic Grey - mix and match
  4. The Beary Scrap Dt - anything goes

Remembrance

Poppy image by Beccy's Place.
Paper : Basic Grey Urban Couture Silk (red) Blitzen Wreath (green)
bling, Prismacolour pencils.

Challenges:

  1. Basic Grey - mix and match
  2. The Beary Scrap Dt - anything goes
  3. Sketch Saturday - sketch
  4. Cute Card Thursday - red for remembrance



Just For You

Apple image by Happy Scrappin Doodles via CDAC Progressive Challenge 7.
Paper : Basic Grey Sweet Thread and Blitzen.
Challenges:

  1. CDAC Progressive Challenge#7
  2. Basic Grey - mix and match
  3. The Beary Scrap Dt - anything goes
  4. Sketch And Stash - sketch (new image, stash of BG paper)

Santa Is Coming

Santa & Me image from Raggedy Scrappin printed on white card stock and cut out. 
Cosmo Cricket Jolly music note, Echo Park Life Is Good pink paper, pearl.
Challenges:

  1. Bunny Zoe - Christmas and pearl
  2. Colorful Creation Tag You're At It blog hop - Keely's blog (create pink tag)
  3. Loathian Craft - Christmas
  4. The Beary Scrap DT - anything goes


Girl thinking of you

image: LOTV, Basic Grey Sweet Thread and Green At Heart (red), Lifestyle Nesting Label die, Prismacolour pencils, EK Success border punch, bling.
Challenges:

  1. LOTV - creature
  2. Stampin For The Weekend - sketch
  3. Basic Grey - mix and match 
  4. The Beary Scrap DT - anything goes
  5. Pollycraft - friends / friendship

Monday 14 November 2011

I Won!

I won a Hero Arts stamp from Simon Says comment to win candy...woo..hoo..~!

Candy - 25/7/2011 Craft Barn

Wanna win the below picture candy? Click on the image to go to The Craft Barn 600 followers celebration, candy ends on 25 November 2011.

Saturday 12 November 2011

Edwin - Thankful


Image: Magnolia Edwin, Basic Grey Sweet Thread & Blitzen, Copic, Memento Rich Cocoa.
Challenges:
  1. TOMIC - sketch and Edwin
  2. ICopic - thankful
  3. Magnolia-licious Challenge - photo inspiration  (inspired by blue color)
  4. Creative Card Crew - thankful
  5. The Beary Scrap DT - anything goes
  6. CropStop - flag colour (blue, yellow, red, white0

Friday 11 November 2011

Thank You


Flower and sentiment rubber stamp from local shop, background pattern was done by overlaying two files and adjust the opacity accordingly in Photoshop, scallop circle punch, TH distress ink pad (mustard seed, tea-dye, spun sugar, peeled paint, spice marmalade), white gel pen, jute, Memento Rich Cocoa, Copic R21/22/24/29
Challenges :

  1. ICopic - thankful
  2. Stampotique - sketch
  3. Cupcake - text
  4. Creative Card Crew - thankful
  5. The Cuttlebug Spot - anything goes
  6. The Beary Scrap DT - anything goes
  7. Creative Inspirations - stitch
  8. Simon Says - photo inspiration (red flower inspired by red poppy)
  9. Cute Card Thursday - red for remembrance