Category Coloring

Merry Merry Merry

Is it too early for Xmas music yet?…  It’s fun to get into the spirit,  just a little early don’t you think, especially when it’s from Putamayo?  I’ve been playing with the current Play Date Cafe colours.  I’ve had the urge…

Happy Sunday!

So I’ve had some time to play, I am not working and it’s Sunday…  that means it’s time to ignore the housework and make some cards, my husband wouldn’t expect anything less!   I’ve been sooo busy recently that I haven’t…

Christmas Stamper’s Challenge ***

These are two cards that I made for a stamper’s challenge for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft Magazine!  I got to play with this wonderful Stamp-It – Dove Tree stamp, and it’s absolutely beautiful!!  I had too much fun, and couldn’t…

Get Well Challenge

I’ve been here, I promise, just busy making cards that I can’t share…   yet!  So here is one that I made ‘just for fun’.  Who can resist a Polka Dot Pig?  And just in time for the challenge at Less…

Bella Baker’s Birthday Cake!

Here I go with the Print Candee digital stamps again! They are so addictive…  I have  a friend’s birthday soon and this Bella is perfect for her!  There it is, my favourite blue green, but you can’t blame me, I was inspired by…

Training Wheels?

Just a quick post today.   Here is a card I made for one of my husband’s workmates who is recovering after a motorcycle accident.  I have used the colours from the Play Date Cafe for inspiration. Not the best photo, I was rushed…

My own special holiday!

Can’t believe I missed WCMD… who would have thought there were only 30 days in September!  My plans were to spend the whole day making cards…  Sunday that is.  Oh well, it’s my very own celebration today, and how wonderful…

Merry Christmas… well, not quite yet!

I  feel like I’m ‘back in the swing’ I can finally find time to make some challenge cards!    Here is the card I made for the current inpsiration at Jay Gees and I combined it with the CAS-ual Fridays Mini Card challenge.   It’s not my…

Hello!

Here is another card I made for the Scrapbook Boutique Blog. This was meant to post earlier this week ?blog/blogger error (probably the latter).  So I suppose you could say, better late than never! This stamp set is uber  cute and…

Father’s Day

I just want to write a little hello & thank you to my Dad, he is one of the most wonderful people I know!  He has always been there for me and over the years I would have been totally lost without him.  Would you believe…

Print Candee Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Finally, here it is!!!   The first blog hop to introduce the new Creative Team for Print Candee, it’s just so totally exciting, the theme is ‘Babies / Kids’  (easy peasy)  you will love what we’ve got lined up for you today!  To help us…

Whale of a Wedding!

This weeks challenge at CASE Study is to make a card using your ‘Signature Style’.  I was thinking about this and knew that it had to be CAS for me, but I’d also say that I do love to use…

Hay There!

These Lawn Fawn stamps are just too cute, I just love those wonderful  puns!  I am also a sucker for a one layer challenge and couldn’t miss out on this weeks Lawnscaping Challenge, so out came the masking paper and Copics! …

True Friend

How could I resist this weeks CASE Study where the challenge is to CASE one of Iwona’s cards!  They have been celebrating all month, Happy Anniversary CASE!   Honestly Iwona’s cards are so AMAZING it was hard to choose just one!   So as I was scrolling…

Just Saying Hello!

So I’ve been playing with my new JUMBO stamp again for the Scrapbook Boutique Blog (visit here for the tutorial).   This time I went for a tone on tone effect but to add a little more depth I did do some shading with Copics.  And there…

the perfect pear!

So I have left it to the wire again, but I was determined to join this weeks Less Is More Challenge where the theme is Feeling Fruity!  I could only find one fruit stamp and it’s part of a wonderful…

Love

I thought I would share something personal with you…  today is our 20th wedding anniversary.   Life has been easy as I married the most wonderful man, he is kind, thoughtful and generous, and I’m really looking forward to the next 20!  …

Smile

I adore this weeks inspiration at CASE Study from Dawn Woleslagle and couldn’t resist pairing it with the current colour challenge at the Play Date Cafe.   It’s easy to see where I was inspired by Dawn’s card!   This would have to be…

Congrats Grandma!

I was asked to make a ‘Congrats New Grandma’ card.  I wanted it to be pretty and thought the colours from the current Embellish Magazine Patterned Paper Color Trends Challenge would be just perfect!  I struggled a little with this…