Perfectly CAS!

I'm delighted to tell you that there is a brand new challenge blog callled Perfectly CAS, which hs been created by the lovely Kylie of Happy Little Stampers. I'm even more delighted to say that I am on the design team for this great new challenge. It is a simple concept, by only using one third of the card you will create a Perfectly CAS card!

 

I used a chevron stencil to create the background - I think it was a freebie! The flower is from a Simon Says Stamp set called Daisy Bouquet which I coloured with pencils,

I do hope you will check out the rest of the DT makes and  join in this challenge.

Welcome Autumn!

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz for Galz and our theme is Welcome Autumn. I was sorting through my box of previously stamped images and came across this one which I had coloured in last autumn and not used. So time to reduce the box slightly!

The stamp is from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from Stampin' Up! The background paper is some very subtly patterned 6x6 from my stash. Why not join is with us  - you have two weeks to show us your autumn/fall makes.

Inspired By the Beatles!

This is the new challenge at Cardz for Guyz chosen by Jane. I knew as soon as I saw it what song I was going to use. Can you guess what it is?(lol)

I had a piece of paper left from my scrapbooking of the Great Barrier Reef which has some fishes on it (they are very faint though), so I cut some waves for my sea. The submarine is from the Silhouette store cut out on my Cameo. It did have the little portholes as well but they disappeared among the chaos on my desk so I added some little candy stickers. The little fishes were out of my embellishment stash. I printed the sentiment on the computer using the Yellow Submarine font.
There's some great inspiration on the challenge blog from the other DT members.
I’m going to take this across to the Playground as well.

The End!

Hooray I have finished the Australia scrapbook. It has only taken 5 years! Here's the last two pages.

Next is the Canada/ USA trip from 2010!

An Elf!

The Christmas challenge at Happy Little Stampers this month has the option of using an elf on your card.

 

As usual I went with the option and used a new Woodware stamp. I have to say that I did not realise how large it was when I ordered it!

I decided as he was so large that the card needed nothing other than him! He's coloured with Spectrum Noir sparkle pens, but he's not as sparkly as I would have liked.

Don't forget to go and visit the other DT cards and look forward to seeing youu in the gallery.

Round and Round

It's time for another new challenge at Make My Monday and Dawn has challenged us to use shapes on our cards.

I've used my go-to stamp for this - Mix Mash from Happy Little Stampers, no longer available. When I first saw the set I didn't think I would use it much but I actually find it very useful!

Go see what other shapes the DT have used and maybe join in the fun as well.

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour Challenge

It's time for the September challenges to start over at Happy Little Stampers and the first off is the Watercolour challenge.

 

 As usual it is Anything Goes  with the option of going Tropical, which I chose to do.

I used a new Uniko background stamp, which I watercoloured with Zig markers. The toucn is from another Uniko set and the sentiment from yet another. The toucan was stamped in black and clear embossed, then coloured in. I checked online for the colours and found that some of them had blue legs!

I look forward to seeing all your tropical cards, and don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's  makes.

In the Groovi!

The new challenge at Cardz for Galz is to use vellum. My first thought was to add a vellum band with a sentiment to the front of my card, then I had a lightbulb moment and decided to look through my Groovi plates which have been very underused!

I really found it quite relaxing even though my craft room feels like a sauna at the moment! After embossing the outline I added colour on the back withSpectrum Noir colour pencils. I glued it onto a white card blank then addded a frame cut out with a Julie Hickey die which hid the edges of the vellum and the glue!

Do check out the rest of the DT makes.

Celebrate at Cardz for Guyz

It's time for a new challenge at Cardz for Guyz and this time it is Celebrate. Lots of options there!

I have used a NBUS set of stamps and matching dies from Simon Says Stamp. The candles are coloured with Copics, cut out and raised up with foam pads. The sentiment is also from the sme set. It looked a bit stark so I used an embossing folder on the top part of the image panel to add some interest. I hope to see you all joining in with us.

Almost There!

I've just got a couple more pages to do in my Australia album and it will be finished!  Here's thetwo I made yesterday.

 We were both fascinated by the crecent moon being horizontal instead of vertical! It had never occurred to either of us that it would be any different to at home.
I'm entering this into the challenge at Lasting Memories where they want to see palm trees on the layout.  The two small ones are echoing the frond that shows up in the photo.

This page is photos taken on the trip out to The Great Barrier Reef.