The Crafty Side Of Me....

PDD Friday & Stampin' for the Weekend

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:30:00 +0000

Wow, Friday again!! I am losing all track of days lately :S

Over on Stampin for the Weekend we have something a little different this week. We would like to see some Festive Goodie Boxes!! That's right, now is the time to break out all those templates you've been saving but have never gotten around to trying :)

Our team member Vicki is sponsoring this challenge and she'd also like to see some distressing on your project, however this is not a must.

This is the magnificent prize that Vicki is giving to the lucky winner.

We have 2 very talented guest designers again this week, Benedicte and Gri-Heidi. Please do stop by their blogs to say hi.

I made my treat box using the box from my Staz-On that I recieved only last week from Marti. It's just perfect for altering. I used MME Holiday Glitter stack and I distressed the edges using TH edge distresser. I stamped my sentiment using Momento Tuxedo Black and shaded it with Antique Linen distress ink.

The snowflake was made using Snowflake Wonder Nestabilities and Frosted Lace stickles. I added an antique brad by PM to finish it off.

The little blue buttons are from my stash. Ribbon is American Crafts and the Christmas tree charm is from The Hobby House.

TFL and have a wonderful Friday!!

PDD Tuesday & Stamp Something Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Today's card is my DT project for Pez-A-Doodle Designs, and also an entry for Stamp Something who asked for Cute and Fuzzy Somethings.

I got this cute little bear free, on the front of a magazine. I used Momento Rich Cocoa to stamp it and then used copic markers to colour in the Santa hat. I added Star dust stickles to the white dots and Polar White Flowersoft to the trim and ball.

I used the easel card template again, I just love it!!

Yummy flowers from Tabby Crafts! I made the leaves using the Pine leaf punch by McGill. I also used the MS Two-Dot punch for the double border.

Pins and tulle, I just can't get enough of these :)

The GORGEOUS peppermint skittles are from the new Holiday Skittles range, exclusive to Pez-A-Doodle Designs

I've also made a box for the card to go into but forgot to take pics, lol!!

Have a great Tuesday.. and Happy Crafting!!

Crafty Angels - Just Magnolia - Friday Sketchers - ABC

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Happy Monday!! Well the kids are back in school after the mid-term, Halloween parties are over with and today I'm hoping for some sort of normality to return. Again, I have a long post today.. but I hope you will enjoy it :)

I have a couple of cards to share with you. The first is my DT challenge for Crafty Angels, which was a sketch by Kate. All the supplies used were from my DT kit. The papers are PIGGY Tales and the cardstock is Core'dinations. I just love the big Burst out Brads by Karen Foster. The ones I've used are Mirrors & Jewels. The tiny lavendar pearls are from Kaisercraft.

My Kitchen Tilda is from Magnolia's Yummy for your Tummy collection. I coloured her using copic markers. I distressed the edges of my cardtock with antique linen distress ink and I edged them with vintage photo.

Tools used: MS Zig-Zag border punch - curved rectangle, circle and scalloped circle nestabilities - Cuttlebug - Script embossing folder.

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My second card is for Just Magnolia who asked for Monochrome, Friday Sketchers with sketch #76 and ABC Challenges with G is for Green (and my card is certainly green, lol)

I'm (im)patiently awaiting the Magnolia Winter kit so I've used Tilda with Tinsel from last year. I've coloured her using copic markers. I've edged all of my papers using vintage photo distress ink.

I added a little touch of stickles to the tinsel for some sparkle :)

Tools used: cuttlebug, snowflake embossing folder.

A little randomness...

On Saturday we went to my cousin's house for a Halloween Party. We all agreed to bring something homebaked and 'halloween-y'. This was my contribution..

These are just little vanilla cupcakes and I used milk & white chocolate to make a spiderweb design on the top. I think I did OK with the challenge, and they certainly disappeared quickly!

PDD Friday, Stampin' for the Weekend and some other Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Good morning!! There is nothing quite like a crafty package to wake up to on a Friday!! Wooot!! I got some fabby goodies from Marti this morning, including the Black Tuxedo Momento ink that is proving nigh on impossible to get here!! Have you seen these gorgeous little craft buckets by Ranger yet? Well believe me they are even nicer IRL!!

Anyhoooo.... this is my DT project for Pezzy's Playgroup and I'm also entering into Whiff of Joy's challenge which is a colour combo of Red, Cream and one other colour of your choice. I decided on black :) This card was also made for PaperPlay challenges and our theme this week is to use any other language apart from English on your project (this was a toughie!!, lol)

I coloured my image using distress inks and added stickles on Willows wings. I cut a circle using my circle nesties and embossed it with the 'Thank You' cuttlebug folder, then I sanded back the 'Gracias' to make show up more. The tulle is from Tabby Crafts and the button & flowers are from my stash.

Stampin' For the Weekend

Over on Stampin' for the Weekend we have a kind of double challenge for you. I combined this challenge with the Sketch Saturday Challenge and their sketch #74.

We'd like to see you use the following Colour Combination on your cards and projects this week!

Orange, Blue and Purple!

AND

Use one of the following Song Titles from the 80s for inspiration

Girls on Film - Duran Duran

Dirty Laundry - Don Henley

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper

[Please just use the song title as inspiration ]

Our sponsor is Peachy Keen Stamps!

The lucky winner will get a $25 Shopping Voucher to spend in the store!

We have three guest designers this week; Aunty Sue, Lil Sis (a.k.a. Becky) and Gry-Heidi!

Here is my card. I used the FUN little butterfly Anya and BG Wisteria Papers.

Don't forget to pop by the other DT girls blogs to see what they've made this week!

Have a wonderful Friday and Happy Crafting!!

Basic Grey Challenges meets Friday Sketchers

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:54:00 +0000

Good morning. It's a post and run today.. we finally have some good weather so I'm brining the kids out for a while. Today's card is a card of 2 challenges; 1) Basic Grey - who want to see Green, Red & Blue and 2) Friday Sketchers - with sketch #75.

I used Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses papers and the Noel Shephard stamp by Sarah Kay. I coloured my image with distress inks. I added stickles to and around the image to give a little sparkle. The sentiment is by Studio G.

Ingredients:

Papers: BG Eskimo Kisses, Core'dinations

Image: Noel Shephard by Sarah Kay

Ribbons: Raspberry Ribbons Kit

The rest: Paperclip, distress inks, copic markers, BG buttons & stickles, chipboard bookplate.

PDD Tuesday & a Whiff of Joy

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000

On Sunday I had myself a crafty day and I promised my 3yr old daughter that I would do a tag with her. Somewhere in between taking out the materials and finishing the tag she had left me to watch Strawberry Shortcake and I was making a very Tim Holtz-ish tag, lol. Of course when it was finished she was devastated that there were no butterflies on it...

This is the first time that distressed just happened for me. I don't think I even thought about what I was doing. It started with the gold embossing, as my daughter loves how that works and everthing just fell together after that.

I used 2 of TH stamp sets, Life's Possibilities & French Market. The music paper came from a little pack I bought from Etsy and I distressed it with Antique Lines and Vintage Photo distress inks. I also used Vintage Photo to stamp the diamond shapes and edge the tag itself. I used Tuxedo Black Momento to stamp the man, then I cut him out and stuck him down! All of the metal embellies are TH - game spinners, washers & hinge clips can be found on Pez-A-Doodle's store.

Whiff of Joy Challenge

It's been a while since I got to do a Whiff of Joy challenge. This week there is a sketch by Heather to follow. I used Kneeling Willow & BG Bittersweet for this one.. it's a bit... erm... PINK!! lol.

OK, so it's LOT pink!! I tried to tone it down using cream ribbon and plenty of bling (like bling was gonna help!?!?). Of course, then I went and stuck a pink/white flower and a pink pearl brad, haha! So it is what it is.. and it's PINK!! :-)

I'm having a stash clean up today, which means pulling everthing out, sorting it, labelling, etc. so if you don't hear from me in the next 48hrs call in the rescue squad!!

Happy Crafting!!

Crafty Angels meets Just Magnolia & some Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Good morning. So who remembered to change their blogger settings when the clocks changed on Saturday night?? NOT me anyway.. haha!! I couldn't figure out why my scheduled post didn't publish *rolls eyes* Anyhoooo..... onto today's cards. Apologies in advance for such a long post :$

This week our challenge on Crafty Angels was set by Caz and she wanted to see charms - handmade of bought, while on Just Magnolia there is a great sketch by Martine to follow.

I am also entering into Magnolia Down Under Challenges who asked for Distressing. I think I've distressed just about everything on this card, lol.

I've had these Magnolia papers for a couple of weeks now and I really didn't want to cut into them, lol. They are delicious and if you're a fan of distressing these papers are PERFECT for that.

I used one of my Magnolia Tilda's from the Yummy for your Tummy collection and coloured her using both copics and distress inks. I distressed my papers using Antique Linen and edged them with vintage photo. I crackle painted the heart circle and rubbed Aged Mahogany over it to let the cracks take in the colour. I then cut Tilda out and 'sat' her on the end of the circle.

The big white flower is one from a very inexpensive range of embellishments, however it does have a huge silver glittery centre that I didn't like so I covered it with a white button threaded with scrappers floss. After inking the little chipboard heart with Aged Mahogany and adding white dots using a gel pen I stuck it on top of the button using glossy accents. I dotted some self adhesive pearls around the card and finished it off with a Studio G sentiment.

Anyone for Anya? - Papertake Weekly

I have 2 cards today for the Anyone for Anya Challenge blog. This week there is a lovely sketch by Dawny P to follow. On both of my cards I used the first Anya's I ever bought and they are still my favourites :)

I used Kaisercraft paper with bazzil card for this one. The border punch is MS Checkerboard. My gorgeous flowers are from Tabby Crafts, and the bling is by Prima. The ribbon & brads are from my stash and the little spacers are from The Hobby House.

This next card is the one I made for the AFA challenge LAST WEEK! lol. I just couldn't get myself together enough to post on time. Thankfully I'm feeling sooo much better, and the kids are off school for mid term so no rushing in and out to schools! I'm hoping for a chill out week :)

The theme was Autumn Colours and I used a great sketch on Papertake Weekly. I flipped it to the left but the sketch is unchanged. My papers are MME Bloom & Grow and Bazzil cardtsock. The roses are spritzed with Copper glimmermist but as always it's so hard to pick up the sparkle on camera.

The beautiful jewelled top pin is one my friend Dee Dee sent to me. I'm sure it's a Maya Road but I'll leave it to her to correct me if I'm wrong, lol. The sentiment is from Magnolia's Summer kit. The big button, adhesive pearls and pearl thread are from my stash.

Phew, well I think that's it for today... what a long post, lol!! We are off into town soon, as it's finally stopped raining. TFL and have a great bank holiday Monday :)

Stampin' for the Weekend - PDD Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000

I can't believe it's been a week since I posted last. I've been sick, still am, and very much mojo less. I did, however get a DT card done.

I got some some wonderful new goodies in the mail from Marti this week. Check out the new Holiday Skittles here, they are super cute. I can't even pick a favourite from them, I love them all!! Tim Holtz products are 15-25% off so now is the time to stock up. There is also some Studio G news on Marti's blog.

Over on Stampin' for the Weekend we have a 'spook'tacular (corny or what!!lol) challenge this week. We would love to see Halloween themed projects.

The sponsor this week is Donna's store, Bearly Mine Designs, and the prize being offered is Designer Extreme Vol. III

We have 2 new guest designers this week, Tracy and Lil Sis - plus our very own Donna is playing along for this one :)

Be sure to check out the other DT blogs and leave them some love :)

Magnolia-licious meets Friday Sketchers

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000

There is a great challenge over on Magnolia-licious Hightlites. They are asking for an Easel card, and you have the whole month of October to do it (thankfully, as I kept forgetting about it *blush*).

Hubby came home from work today and asked if I had a card that he could give to the lady leaving the office where he works. As I was in the middle of making this card I just added the sentiment and now he has his card :)

I followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers for the front of my card.

I just love this MS zig zag edger!! The wonderful flowers and tulle are from Tabby Crafts, I can see I'm gonna have to slow down on using these or I'll be breaking my stash ban AGAIN!! lol.

Since this card won't fit in a standard envelope I made a 6x6 box for it and used the same dp to decorate.

Ingredients:

Papers: Heidi Grace Frost Boulevard

Image: Magnolia Tilda

Distress Inks, Copic Markers, MS Zig Zag Punch

Flowers & tulle: Tabby Crafts

Ribbon, gem brads, Prima swirl, Glittered skittles.

Basic Grey meets Just Magnolia & Stamp Something

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000

3 posts in 24hrs.. no wonder I've been getting nothing done in the house ;) ha!

I'm cutting it really fine with this Basic Grey Challenge, which is a wonderful sketch by Martine. Just Magnolia are asking for "Bright and Zingy", what better papers to use than BG Urban Prairie & Lemonade. And on Stamp Something the challenge this week is "Bling It Somethings"

Again this Tilda was bought from Magnolia Sweden, I love that I can get all the past collections from there. I coloured her with both distress inks and copic markers. I used the copics for her skin & hair and the distress inks for her clothes and for distressing the background.

The flowers, tulle & jewel topped pin are from Tabby Crafts. Seriously, if you haven't been to that site yet, you NEED to!! The supplies are wonderful, the prices awesome and the customer service is second to none! Thanks Tab, I'll be back again soon :)

Ingredients:
Papers: BG Urban Pairie & Lemonade
Image: Magnolia Tilda
Flowers, tulle & pin: Tabby Crafts
Glittered Skittles: Pez-A-Doodle Designs
Crystal Swirls: Prima
Copic markers, TH distress inks & adage tickets.

Stampin for the Weekend meets PDD Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000

TGIF, lol!! Today's card is my combined DT entry for PDD Friday, PaperPlay Challenges and Stamping for the Weekend.

This week on SFTW we have a wonderful sketch by Amy for you to follow

Our sponsor this week is Whiff of Joy who are offering the winner one stamp...

Again we have 2 wonderfully talented guest designers joining us this week, Tracy and Jerusha. Be sure to check out their blogs along with the rest of the design team to see what they've been up to :)

On PaperPlay Challenges it was my turn to set the challenge and I went with one I'm sure everyone will like.. Favourite Embellishment!! My favourite has to be RIBBON (and flowers, and charms, and... lol )!!

Our sponsor this week is An Siopa Bui

and the prize this week will be a Whiff of Joy Stamp of your choice from the Henry Mouse Christmas Range.

For my card I used Tilda with Tinsel image that I bought from Magnolia Sweden. I've coloured her with distress inks. I've shaded the background lightly with Pine Needles. I then added Star Dust stickles to the tinsel.

I used 2 grungeboard snowflakes from the Seasonal collection and painted them with Picket Fence crackle paint. Instead of being patient and waiting for it to dry I used my heat gun, haha, so that I could add the Frosted Lace stickles. The thing I find great about the frosted lace is that is seems to have more texture than the other clear stickles and it is brilliant for things like snowflakes and icicles. I finished off my card by using a little sentiment from Studio G Christmas collection.

Don't forget to hop over to the other Pez-A-Doodle DT member's blogs to say hello!! Have a great weekend :)

Magnolia Down Under DT call

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Magnolia Down Under are looking for a guest designer for 3 months for the Magnolia Down Under Store. To enter all you have to do is create a post showcasing some of your work and link it on their blog!! Simple as that!! The call is open until Saturday Oct 17th at midnight.

So here goes... You can click on each picture and it will take you to the original posting on my blog.

This card I haven't posted on my blog before. It's one I did to enter the Magnolia Magazine Competition but I wasn't lucky enough to be picked. I guess now is the perfect opportunity to showcase it ;)

Waiting Tilda

Tilda (masking with flowers)

This was a set I made for a Stampin' for the Weekend challenge

Tilda with Lollipop

Fall Tilda

Love these milk cartons and crate.

Edwin Chasing Butterflies

Shabby Tilda

Tilda with Flowers - This is a paperbag project.

Edwin Surfing

Dragonfly Tilda

And this is my most perfect creation.... don't you agree?? :P

The winner will be contacted and the announcement will be made on Monday the 19th of October 2009.

Pez-A-Doodle Designs & some Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:23:00 +0000

Good morning. Well this card was supposed to posted yesterday but it literally took me all day to make it. Of course most of the day it was finding the energy that was the problem, but once I finally got started I just went with it and was pleased with how it turned out. Being sick sucks when you're solo parenting 4 kids for the week. Roll on Friday when hubby will be home.

Anyway, onwards and upwards.. My card today is for...

1) Pez-A-Doodle Designs DT

2) Magnolia Down Under - who asked for Halloween

3) Friday Sketchers with their fabby sketch.

4) Papertake Weekly - with their theme "The Dark Side"

This month on Pez-a-Doodle Designs the product focus is grungeboard and inks, so I've used both ;) I coloured my Tilda image with TH distress inks and inked the grungeboard lamp post with Black Soot, then I added Black Diamond stickles for some dimension (and of course some sparkle). I also gave Tilda a black sparkly bow.

OK, so you've probably noticed that Tilda is not of the Halloween kind, lol. I didn't have any Halloween Magnolias *shock* so I had to do some improvising! I thought the sentiment with this particular image tied it all together to make a 'cute' Halloween card ;) I made the sentiment using the Dymo label maker, I love that thing but keep forgetting I have it!!

Ingredients:

Papers: BG Eerie

Image: Magnolia Tilda with Cat

Grungeboard, black satin ribbon, black & orange adhesive gems,

TH distress inks, stickles

Nestabilites oval & scalloped oval, cuttlebug, dymo label maker

Brad: Imaginisce

Well that's it from me for today but I will be back tomorrow with another challenge project. I hope you all have a very pleasant Wednesday :) I'm off to blog hop....

Just Magnolia meets Crafty Angels

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:44:00 +0000

Good morning!! Brrrr it's a cold one today. My Tilda is dressed perfectly for this weather ;)

This week on Just Magnolia there is a wonderful sketch by Mina to follow, while on Crafty Angels the challenge was set by ME this week and I chose Buttons & Bling!!

I used this ever so sweet Tilda and coloured her using distress inks. I gave her a little highlighting on her cheeks with an opaque white gel pen. Then I cut around her legs and used the circles nesties to make her 'sit' on the end of the circle. I distressed the background very lightly with Broken China and then added my little bling hearts, and a bow to make the circle look like a tag.. I think it worked, lol! I threaded the large buttons with scrappers floss, love that stuff! I finished off the card by adding more bling around the edges, as you can never have enough sparkle ;)

Mina's sketch:

Have a wonderful Monday!!

TFL :)

Catchin' Up!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:57:00 +0000

Wow, it's been a really busy week for me. I have been crafting a little but haven't had the time to participate in my favourite challenges :( However, I do have some DT work, challenges and a DT call to share with you today.

First up is my Stampin' for the Weekend DT project. Yes, SFTW are back with a bang and this week we have a colour combo of Orange, Brown and Leafy Green

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp.

Heidi is again giving away a fabulous $25 spending spree in the Simon Says Shop!

I just loved this colour combo and here's my project:

I made these recently in a Christmas theme and I can't get enough of them... guess what my family will be getting this Christmas, lol!!

We have two very talented guest designers this week. Sue and Jerusha. Don't forget to check out their blogs, along with the rest of the SFTW design team.

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Next up is my PDD Friday which I combined with the challenge on Magnolia Down Under, who asked for Buttons!!

I was given this gorgeous Tilda with Lollypop by Laura from Crafty Angels for doing a small favour for her. She knew I was just just dying to get my hands on this cutie, and I couldn't refuse. Thanks Laura!!!

This month our product focus on Pezzy's playgroup is grungeboard, so I used a big swirl on my card. I painted it with Picket Fence crackle paint and then added stickles to give it some sparkle. It took all night to dry, but hey, it was worth it!! ;)

I recieved some very exciting news from Marti this morning... The new Skittles will be available to buy from Pez-A-Doodle Designs from tomorrow.

For Fall/Halloween there are two styles of pumpkins, purple spider, green web and yellow candy corn ones. The Christmas skittles are a two part snowman, green holly, red ornament and blue snowflake. Eeek, so much to choose from!!!

Please do pop over to the other ladies blogs to see what they've been busy making! Link on my sidebar ;)

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Last by not least, here a just a couple of simple baby cards that I made for a friend this week. The ribbon on both of these cards was given to me by Fiona, who thought I might find some use for them.. well I did!! lol.

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PaperPlay Challenges DT call!!

Unfortunately, due to family/work commitments, Dei has had to stand down as DT member from PaperPlay challenges. This does mean that we have a place to fill and I have opened up a DT call on the blog until Oct 21st. Full details are on the PaperPlay blog. :)

Well that's it from me for now. I have 2 children's birthday parties to attend over the weekend but I do hope to sneak in some crafting time too!!

Happy Crafting

xXx

Simon Says 24hr Challenge - Crafty Angels DT

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:01:00 +0000

I have 2 cards to share today. First is a special challenge on Simon Says Stamp. To celebrate World Cardmaking Day there is a very special challenge that will last until 9am Monday (CET).

"We are dedicating this challenge to Paige a 13 year old girl who was badly injured in an accident recently. We are asking you to make a card for Paige /Girly card for a sick child"

I used super sweet Sprinkles on Cloud stamp by Pink Gem I thought it was just perfect for a girly card. The ticket sentiment is a stamp by Hero Arts, I just love them!! I used copic markers to colour my image and distress inks to shade the papers.

Ingredients:

Image: Sprinkles on Cloud

Papers: MME Laundry Line

Distress inks, copic markers, stickles.

Flowers: Prima

Adhesive pearls, American Craft ribbon.

Crafty Angels

The second card is my DT project for the Crafty Angels Challenge Blog. The challenge this week is set by Kate and she asked to see Distressing.

I used MME Laundry Line (again, lol) and distressed the edges with a Heidi Swapp edge distresser. Then I applied tea dye distress ink.

I chose to use Flutter Anya as I think she's just about the cutest butterfly ever!! lol.. I coloured her using copic markers and again used the Hero Arts ticket sentiments. I am just loving the little pearl strips and have been adding them to just about every card I make lately, haha!! There are so many colours to choose from.

Ingredients:

Image: Flutter Anya - The Greeting Farm

Papers: MME Laundry Line

Distress inks, copic markers

Heidi Swapp Edge Distresser

Button, flower & ribbon from my stash.

Whiff of Joy Winter Kit!!... don't forget that the WOJ winter kit is now available to pre-order but only until October 23rd! You do not want to miss out!!

Anyone for Anya DT

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:00:00 +0000

This is my last week as GDT member over on Anyone for Anya. I really enjoyed my stint and look forward to doing it again!! Big thanks to DawnyP for asking me to participate. :)

The challenge this week is 'You are Anya'. Of course I immediately thought of shopping, lol!! I coloured my Anya with copic markers. I picked up the sentiment stamp last week at the GCBE, it was just perfect for this particular image. The papers are MME Wild Asparagus and some PM Nostalgia Warm.

Do check out the Anyone for Anya challenge blog to see what the other ladies have come up with!

PDD Friday - Simon Says & ABC Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:27:00 +0000

I have 2 cards to share today. The first is my Pezzy's Playgroup DT card. I am also entering it into the ABC Challenge this week, which is "E for Embossing".

I used a wonderful pine cone stamp and embossed it in gold, then I coloured the pine cones in to make them more obvious. I distressed all of my papers and the white flowers with Tea Dye. I just love these BG papers but have very little of them left, in fact I'm down to mere scraps :(

I have no clue where I got the stamped sentiment. I found a full sheet of them in my stash that I must have stamped at a crop..?!

Don't forget to check out the other DT members blogs as they are using the new Nestie Frame digi releases.

Marti
Cheryl
Victoria
Jamie
Cathleen
Michelle

The second card I made is for the Simon Says Challenge. This week they want a colour combo of red & green. My card is predominantly red, but I added the corner sticker to get my green :)

Isn't that Santa image just fantastic!!! I do love BoBunny :) I coloured Santa's suit with distress inks (Aged Mahogany) and I distressed the image using Tea Dye. I then used the Heidi Swapp edge distresser on the edge of my dp. The beautiful lace trim is one I get in my local drapery store and the 'Believe' snap is by Tim Holtz.

Have a wonderful weekend :)

Wowzers!!

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:28:00 +0000

No card for this post, I just wanted to share a blog that I came across (through Kim's blog) that just blew me away.

The thing that most blew me away is that Hanna is 13yrs old and is on the design team for Magnolia Stamps. Her work is absolutely amazing...Check it out for yourself, but don't say I didnt' warn you, lol!! Keep a firm hold of your jaw, lest it hits the ground ;)

HANNA'S BLOG

PDD Tuesday meets Friday Sketchers

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 +0000

I made this card as my DT card for Pezzy's Playgroup and I also used the sketch from Friday Sketchers (rotated it 90 degrees counter-clockwise to suit my image).

I inked up Princess Priya from the International Princesses range and coloured her using copic markers. I added glossy accents to the red jewel, and adhesive pearls to the rest of the head dress. I added some highlight to her cheeks using the Inkessentials White pen. It's not very often these particular Primas are opened, lol, but I thought they went really well with the papers so I forced myself to use some. The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy.

I found my dp at the GBCE in Athlone last weekend. It is called Planes and Trains and is by G.C.D Studios. Wonderful papers and they have so many collections to choose from. I then finished off my card by adding some Pez-A-Blings in co-ordinating colours.

TFL
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Anyone for Anya - Just Magnolia/Simon Says - Crafty Angels

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:58:00 +0000

I finally got to sit down yesterday evening to catch up on a few challenges and DT cards. I spent the whole weekend at a craft event and didn't get to make ONE single thing... how did that happen??!! It was a wonderful weekend though. My classes went really well, the ladies were just to great and eager to learn. I met up with people that I've not seen in a long time and also put some faces to forum names :) The whole weekend was spent relaxing and chatting.. but no crafting for me, lol!!

First thing's first - The fantastically talented DawnyP kindly asked me to do a 2 week stint as GDT on her Anyone For Anya challenge blog! I am DELIGHTED to have been asked and of course I said yes :D This week's challenge is a sketch by Dawny and here is my take:

I used the new(ish) Edward stamp and some papers I had left over from my DLO at Annamarie's crop. The papers are from the Industrial Park Collection. Fantastic papers... I'd love to get them again :) The sentiment is from a HUGE box of embellishments by K & Company. The brown rik rak and pewter gems are from my stash.

Just Magnolia

Next up is my entry for the Just Magnolia Challenge. This week it's a colour combo of Pink and Grey with the option of adding black. I have LOVED this colour combo ever since I first saw the Princess Pirate Collection by Rusty Pickle. (I am still hoarding some of this paper *blush*)

I used the sweetest Tilda and a mix of MME Wild Asparagus & BG Bittersweet. I can't remember where I got the box of flowers but there are pinks, blacks, greys, pinks with black polka dots, black with white polka dots and the gem embellishments to match... super value!! The black ribbon and white button are from a kit by Raspberry Ribbons.

I also added faux stitching around the image and grey dp so that I could enter it into Simon Says Stamp challenge this week. Their challenge is "Stitch it Up", and they are on a quest for 200 entries so if you've got the time make sure to enter!!

Crafty Angels

This week over on the Crafty Angels Blog our challenge was set by Mandy and she asked for Embossing.

For this card I used the oh so sweet "A kiss for Chloe" stamp from Sarah Kay. My papers are Blue Awning and I matched them with yellow and blue-grey cardstock. I used the Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch to do the border and embossed the yellow card with Swiss Dots. I added little pearls around the card to finish it off. The ribbon trim is from a little drapery store in town.

All of my images were coloured using Copic markers.

Have a great day :)

Ooops... PDD Friday (on Saturday!!) & PaperPlay Challenges

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:44:00 +0000

I had this post scheduled for yesterday, for my PDD Friday, but I set it at the wrong date :$

This is the little Milk Crate & Cartons that I made for my class at the GCBE which is running this weekend in Athlone.

This set is super fun to make and is basically all cardstock. I went for a Christmas Theme on this particular set and have an Autumnal set in progress :) The Santa and Hanging Stockings stamps are SeeD's and the sentiment & Reindeer stamps are Studio G. I used copics markers to colour in my images. The handle is cut out using my nestabilities, as are the circles and scalloped circles.

( (how cute is this little Studio G Reindeer?!!)

The design paper on top of each carton is literally all the design paper you need. Mine is from The Glitter Stack (DCWV). The bottom of each carton has a little tab so they can be opened to fill them with treats/toys.. a fun gift for many occasions!!

The template for this project can be found HERE.

Please do go check out the other Pezzy DT members blogs to see what they've been up to. You can find the links on my sidebar :)

PaperPlay Challenges

Our challenge this week on PPC was set by Julie and her choice was "Spot This". Julie LOVES spots and stripes but can't bring herself to cut into them, so this challenge may have seen tears from her, lol!!

I used MME Laundry Line on this one. I'm not sure I'll EVER tire of this paper stack - I LOVE it!! I coloured my Manga Girl with copics and shaded the background with Tattered Rose distress ink. I also used another favourite on this card - Prima Hydrangeas :) The floss, ribbon, pearls and buttons are from my stash.

I am off now to pack up and have another day of ink, paper and glue!! Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Whiff of Joy/Papertake Weekly/Basic Grey

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:10:00 +0000

Today's card combines 3 challenges

Whiff of Joy - Recipe: 6 brads, 3 papers & 2 flowers
Papertake Weekly - Sketch #24
Basic Grey - Embossing

I just adore this Kneeling Willow image, she's so thoughtful looking. I coloured her with copics and highlighed her cheeks with Inkessentials white pen, then I shaded the background using distress inks. I used my nesties to cut her out.. don't you just love the labels dies!!! My papers are a mix of BG Two Scoops and Porcelain and all of the brads are BG too (from various collections). I embossed the green paper with the birds & swirls folder and then sanded it down to make it more obvious... I hope it is!!

The rest of this week is going to be manic for me. My kits arrived today, so I need to make samples for my classes this weekend. I have some of them started and was just waiting on stamps to finish off so I'm hoping it won't turn out to be a marathon crafting session for the next 3 days, lol.. my poor children!!

Ingredients:

Image: Kneeling Willow (Whiff of Joy)

Papers: BG Two Scoops & Porcelain

Copics, Distress inks, file

Brads (BG) , Ribbon & Prima Hydrangea's.

Nestabilities Labels 5, Cuttlebug, Embossing folders

PDD Tuesday & Just Magnolia Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Good morning and happy Tuesday!!

Today's card is made for my Pez-A-Doodle Designs DT and Just Magnolia Challenge - Week 23, which is a great sketch by Bev.

I used the very pretty Tilda with Bee and coloured her using a combination of copics and distress inks. My papers are MME Maggie May and Bazzil cardstock. I used stickles on the primas and the bee's wings to add some sparkle.

Right now, and for a limited time, Studio G $1 goodies are 15% off @ Pez-A-Doodle Designs. The Halloween series is selling out fast so if you want it don't delay!! For the distress fans among us there is a fantastic range of Tim Holtz Idea-ology products in stock at great prices.
Watch out for some exciting new releases soon ;)

Crafty Angels meets Pile it On & more...

noreply@blogger.com (Sandie) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:29:00 +0000

This week on Crafty Angels it was Caz's turn to set the challenge, which was 'Punches & Die-cuts'. I decided to make a Notecard Box and some notecards using the tutorial HERE, however I altered the size to make it a 4x4 as I wanted to make bigger notecards ;)

The box is made up mainly from cardstock and I used the Martha Stewart 2Dot punch on the lid. I also punched out some butterflies for both the notecards and the box. The papers are from Dovecraft's Eastern Bloom paper pack and the die-cut flowers are from Papermania.

I am also entering this into:

Pile it On challenge this week which is to use Punches.
LaLaLand Crafts who asked for at least 3 embellishments
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge with their theme "One for the Girls"
Paper Makeup Stamps with "Die-cuts or Punches"

Fancy some WOJ candy?? Well check out Jacqui's blog to get all the details on how you could win some!!

TFL
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