Naomi's Birthday Card and Liz's Thank You Card

Ssshhh...this is to be my friend Naomi's Birthday card, but I will give it to her in person when I visit her in a few weeks time in Melbourne.

I have had Pick-A-Petal for a few monthsnow and have wanted it so much but havent even used it yet...so last night was the night! I cased the idea from here. I really love this card - I think it has a real fresh, happy feeling about it. The top leaves are acetate and the stitching is my "fake-stitching" (shh dont tell). The quote is a rub-on that I found amongst my supplies as well as the purple. The green is Certainly Celery. Hope you like!

This one is a Thank You card for my friend Liz with a home-made button courtesy of Danielle Daws fabulous tutorial - you can find that here.

My Craft Area

OMG look what happened!!! Someone broke into my house and turned my ultra-tidy craft area into a shambles!!!!!!! Or...maybe it was me.....I dont know....hmmm............. at least I now exactly where everything is!!!!!

Soon I will have my very own room - where I can shut the door on it all!!! LOL - no, I'll have a cupboard where I can shut just that door!!!

The next pic is a cupboard that I had made for my daughter Charlotte's playfood - but seeing as she got a new fancy play-kitchen, I stole the cupboard to use for my "few" stamps I have....seeing it like this makes me go WOW!

Mojo Monday Week 119

The sketch below is this weeks challenge:
I woke this morning feeling a bit yucky - recovering from the flu and feeling the effects of being a woman...happy happy joy joy!!!! I buried myself in my craft desk and this is what I surfaced with about 2hrs later!

I'm happy with it. I did wonder if paper I should've softened it a bit more with less Chocolate Chip or maybe not the Kraft, but sometimes I think life just isnt always pretty and I think the verse sums that up! Hope you like!

Stamps: Words of Wisdom and Organic Grace
Cardstock: Kraft, Baja Breeze, Whisper White (embossed courtesy of Browny again!) and Chocolate Chip
Designer Paper Series:Parisian Breeze (OMG I love these papers)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close To Cocoa

Sponge daubers, "Valet" Ribbon, Flower Fusion Too, non-SU pearl.

Embellishment Magazine Colour Challenge with Snowflakes

I was so inspired by Danielle Daws card for the Embellish Magazine Challenge, that I decided to give it a go too. This is my first time so thanks Danielle!

The above picture was to be used for our inspiration - using SU's Yo-Yo Yellow, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise and Kraft and of course incorporating a Snowflake theme. The colours were so hard for me to use - I'm not really into "primary" colours and to me, Yo-Yo Yellow is PRIMARY +, but I am quite happy with the result!

Embossed Whisper White courtesy of the lovely Bronwyn Eastley! Thank you Bronwyn!

Cardstock: Chocolate Brown, Kraft, Tempting Turquoise and Yo-Yo Yellow

Stamps: Sweet Serendipity, Snow Swirled

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Versa Mark

Glue, Dazzling Diamonds, non-SU bling, and non-SU ribbon, SU twine

Mum's Christmas Present

Introducing one of my mums Christmas presents - ssshhhh - she hasn't received it yet so "mum's the word" ok? LOL - I crack myself up!
It's taken me a while, but I've just cottoned onto covering things with paper (instead of material that I once would've done). So here, I've made mum a craft-pen box/holder/thingy - I showed her the paper the other day and asked her if she liked this paper, she hesitated, so I said "you better like it.....!"...lets hope she likes it!

Also, got to use my Flower Fusion II - that I FINALLY got around to ordering! Love them! Love Baja Breeze!!!

Circle Circus for Christmas

This year, I'm going against tradition and making a fun, bright and cheery modern Christmas card for my family and friends using "Circle Circus" and my fav colour at the moment, "Kiwi Kiss". I cased the idea for this card from here.
Hope you like - you may be getting one very soon!!!!

Stamps: Circle Circus, Happy Everything & Season of Joy
Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White
Kiwi Kiss ribbon and non-SU embellishment.

"Memory Is" Notebook

Just had to show you my lastest creation - I have decided to keep this one for myself to record all the cute and funny little things my daughter Charlotte says and does.

The quote on the front says: "Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You can never tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away amongst its treasured things."

This just reminds me of Charlotte so much - she just loves to keep and baby 'rocks' or bird eggs or feathers or even a leaf! She is known to have a piece of wood that poppy gave her, next to her bed, or an old bolt or something! They are her treasured items!!!

Razzle Dazzle in Black & White!

My 1st card with this months fav little stamp - RAZZLE DAZZLE!!! Don't you just love the name. Don't you feel like doing "glitter hands" when you say it!?
Once again, the "Wonderful" is embossed...can't help myself!

Inkspirations Inspirations Colour Challenge #15

I'm on a roll this week! Here's is my card for Makeesha
Byl's Inkspirations Inspirations Colour Challenge #15. We had to use the image to the right as "inspiration" and who doesn't love a bit of bling! It didnt come to me at first - then POP! it arrived in my head and off I went - merrily embossing away! Love my Hodgepodge!
Cardstock: Basic Black and Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, Basic Black
Stamps: Priceless and Love Owl-ways
Hodgepodge, Silver Embossing Powder and silver string.

Mojo Monday Week 113

Here is my card for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch

using the layout on the right. I couldnt help but use last years Designer Paper "Dashing" along with my newest set "Snow Swirled" ($45.95).

I love the look of the "Faux Metal" tag done with Silver Embossing Powder.

Cardstock: Ruby Red, Confetti Cream, Old Olive and Silver
Designer Papers: Dashing
Ink: Versamark
Some of my all-time fav silver string.