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Pawprints… and some flowers!
Today I have a cat sympathy card to share, I just love this sweet image from Tiddly Inks and think it’s perfect for such a sad occasion.
While I’ve got you here I thought I would also share some pics of the flowers in our garden, I would love to say that it’s my green thumb, but I’d be lying, it’s all my husbands hard work that keeps our yard and vege garden blooming.
We’ve been sooo busy lately, just got back from the Hunter Valley (a wine district near Sydney) where we had the most amazing time celebrating a friend’s 40th birthday and this weekend it’s off to Rockhampton, an 8 hour road trip each way…. I really hope to find some crafty time very soon (cross my fingers maybe next week things will return to some kinda normality lol.
Other Supplies: Heart Sprinkle from ABS Copics – W0,2. T0.
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Rockin’ those Spring digi’s!
My wonderful friend Jackie has created the most awesome digital collections which she is (get this) giving away for free… now who can’t afford that. She has also been having some fun cas challenges on her blog giving us the chance to use these fab stamps. I gotta say that my most fave thing about digi’s is that you can resize them, so I made mine BIG, and I couldn’t resist adding this cute little bee from Lisa Lara’s Bumbles set!
I’m also sharing this card with the current Easter / Spring challenge over at Simon Says Stamp.
Thanks for stopping by, I’ve still got some more cards to share over the next couple of days…. can you tell I’m on holidays, yippeeee!
Other Supplies: Spring digital stamps set – Jackie Rockwell Copics – R81,83. YG03. T0. C1,5,7. Y11,13,21.
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Party Animals!
It’s time for a new challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch and this week Karolyn has us on our toes with this clever sketch!
And here’s the rest of the team, you are going to just adore their take on this sketch!
Jackie
Ardyth
Christina
Chrissy
Gayatri
Jen
Karolyn
Kim
Lisa
N@Ali
Julie
We’d absolutely love you to join us, all you need to do is create a clean & simple (CAS) card using the sketch and add it to the link at the CTS blog You can find all the deets HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Other Supplies: Copics – G40. YG13. RV10,13. Y13,21,26. YR24.B24.
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CAS(E) this Sketch – A New Challenge!
Welcome back to a new challenge at CAS(E) this Sketch and this week Jackie has a FAB sketch that could be interpreted in soooo many different ways… doesn’t it just make you want to get out those crafting goodies and give it a try!
Can you see the acetate in the window…… ?
And here’s the rest of the team, you are really going to want to see their take on this sketch, AWEsome!
Jackie
Ardyth
Christina
Chrissy
Gayatri
Jen
Karolyn
Kim
Lisa
N@Ali
Julie
We’d absolutely love you to join us, all you need to do is create a clean & simple (CAS) card using the sketch and add it to the link at the CTS blog You can find all the deets HERE. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Other Supplies: Basics White Paper Pad (Basic Grey). Silver Pearls (Queen & Co)
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Big Smile at AnnaBelle Stamps!
*** Please scroll down for my CAS(E) this Sketch post***
Welcome back, it’s time for a new sketch challenge at AnnaBelle Stamps! I kinda struggled with this one, and just when I thought that I was getting better at sketch challenges… so after totally ditching the first card, I thought I would play with my Inktense pencils again and I also printed out some digital paper on AnnaBelle Stamps light weight cardstock which is just perfect for layering!
You could WIN a $15 GV by joining the challenge, just add your creations to the inlinkz at AnnaBelle Stamps Blog, we’d LOVE you to join us! Also don’t forget to visit the other Belles to see their fabulous creations (the links are in my sidebar) and we have Janet O’Brien as our Guest Designer, so it would be wonderful if you popped by and said g’day!
Other Supplies: Inktense Pencils – Willow, Mustard, Golden Yellow, Sicilian Yellow, Iris Blue, Bright Blue, Apple Green, Felt Green, Indian Ink. Scissors. Black Cardstock.
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About our challenges:
– We post our challenges every second Friday at 8:00pm AEST (AEDT during Daylight Savings).
– Each challenge runs for two weeks, and will close on the Friday 10.00am so that we can announce and showcase our weekly winners prior to the next challenge.
– Each winner will receive our special blinkie to display on their blog and a $15.00 Gift Voucher to spend in store at AnnaBelle Stamps (or something equivalent).
How To Play Along :
– Copy and save our challenge banner and include it and a link back to the ABS blog in your post if you have a blog.
– Please link directly to your entry not just to your blog or gallery.
– Please don’t link to postings made prior to the date of our current challenge. All projects submitted must be new.
– A maximum of 7 challenges may be combined including this one.
– You may enter any of our challenges several times as long as each submission is with a new creation.
– We would love you to use AnnaBelle Stamps, and so if you don’t yet have any we’ve created a Digi Freebie page! Each month we will add a new image for you to choose from to play along with!
Print Candee – Anything Goes!
It’s time again for another blog hop with Print Candee! Today is a little sad as it’s our last hop, but I gotta say it’s been the most amazing experience being a part of this very talented team and Jocelyn has been the most awesome coordinator! Our theme is ‘Anything Goes‘, which is actually very difficult when there are soooo many fabulous digi images,cliparts and design papers to choose from at Print Candee. I thought that my card for today had the perfect sentiment… and I definitely will miss you all (but you can’t get rid of me that easily, I’ll be visiting for sure)!! From here you are off to visit Kalyn’s blog.
Here are the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone)!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies: Sakura Gelly Roll – Black Sparkle. Grey Marker. Prisma Pencils – Warm Grey 20,50,70%, Pink.
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Tama’s Birthday!
So I had heaps of fun creating this awesome bright ‘monstery’ card for a little boy we know (called Tama-iti, or just Tama for short – it’s a Maori name, just in case you were wondering). I kinda went a bit digital crazy at Print Candee, which is not hard to do. These images are awesome and I can see just so many uses for a paint splatter, how much fun is that! I made this card a little while ago and realized that I hadn’t shared it… hope you are having a great week, I’ll be back tomorrow with a Print Candee Blog Hop, see you then!
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It’s Party Time… at Print Candee!!
How easy is it to have a party with Print Candee, they have so many ‘ready to go‘ fun kits that it was difficult to choose…. but I have a fab friend who is going to get some funky cupcakes, a cute boxed gift and a fun tiara to wear at her party! This set was so easy to make, just a little tweaking on the computer, print, cut, paste and voila! I chose this Zebra with Hot Pink Party Kit with Banner created by Michelle Bradley Designs and combined it with this Crown Clipart by Pink Pueblo, LOVE it!
Other Supplies: Computer. Assorted bling. skewers. Yummy cupcakes…. these won’t last long!
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Such a ‘sweet’ hop with Print Candee!
*** This is my second post today, so please scroll down if you are here for my AnnaBelle Stamps Blog post ***
It’s time again for another blog hop with Print Candee! Today our theme is a Color/Photo Inspiration and it comes from Design Seeds where you can find the most awesome collection of fun! You should have arrived here from Kalyn’s blog and then you are off to visit Jocelyn, I’ll bet you can’t wait to see what inspired the rest of the Creative Team, so hop on over and take a peek! Today I played a sweet Ice Cream clipart set from Booclips and popped it on one of Adrienne Looman’s Cotton Candy papers…. I just adore these! Do you know the most wonderful thing about digi’s? If you make a mistake, you can print it again and voila… no-one will ever know….
Here are the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone)!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies:
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A Special Print Candee!
Yippppeee, it’s time again for another Print Candee Blog post!! I can’t wait to see what the team have come up with. The theme this month is to make a ‘Thank You Project‘ for a special person. For me that was easy, I asked a close friend to feed our furchildren (we have 2 cats) whilst we were away for a couple of nights, so I made her a quick giftcard set. I found this amazing collage sheet from The Digi Butterfly and thought it was appropriately combined with this Pink Pueblo Cats Clipart image! Simple but effective.
Here is the Creative Teams blogs (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone)!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies: Hole Punch. Martha Stewarts – Twine. Copic – R22
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Tune in… it’s a Print Candee Blog Hop!
It’s already the 1st of May and that means time for another post from Print Candee. This month we are having a ‘hop’ with this amazing photo to use for inspiration! You should have arrived here from Kalyn’s blog and then you are off to visit Jocelyn, I can’t wait to see what inspired the rest of the Creative Team, so hop on over and take a peek! As for me, my card was inspired by the ‘retro’ theme of the handbags and of course that amazing rainbow of bright colours…
Here is the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone)!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies: Copics – Y35. RV13. YG13. B21. V12.
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Print Candee Mother’s Day Bloghop & Giveaway!
Whoop whoop! It’s time for another Print Candee Bloghop and the theme is Mother’s Day and this time we were instructed to make a non-card item. I don’t know about you, but this totally freaks me out….. so after much procrastination I decided to make some candles. I’ve only ever made one before and that was for my godson’s christening, and it was quite fun, so here I go again. (ps. This is the correct spelling for ‘Mum’ in Australia.)
You should have arrived here from the lovely Jocelyn’s blog, and then from here it’s off to visit Kalyn. Make sure that you started from the beginning because you wouldn’t want to miss anything! There are prizes too…. but first here’s my card project.
The PRIZES will be hidden on the Creative Team posts there are two $10 gift certificates to Print Candee to be won, you have until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, April 14th to comment and the winners will be posted on the Print Candee blog!
Here is the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone). Each stop that you leave a comment will increase your chance to win!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies: Black Satin Ribbon, Candles, White Tissue Paper, Wax Paper, Tape.
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With Love – Print Candee
It’s the first of the month (and April fools Day…… ) and that means that it’s time again for another Print Candee post. Today Jocelyn has been very specific about what she wants us to do…. it’s Anything Goes! Well that really does open the flood gates, have you seen the variety and awesomeness that is Print Candee, it’s actually very difficult to choose, Go take a look for yourself HERE, you will love it!
So recently I’ve had the urge to watercolour, I keep having these glorious visions and when I saw this Bird Artwork by Adrienne Looman Designs, she had me at Hello! Oh, and I’ve had my eye on these Heavy Metal Frames by Lilmade for some time and when I saw Print Candee’s Shiny Metal Alphabet… it’s as good as the Polished Wood Alphabet I knew it was perfect. Now originally I had no background plans at all and the card was looking a little less glamorous than I visioned, then after just a little troll through all the paper packs available I found this little gem by Digital Potpourri called Icy Blue, and in ‘real life’ the colour is, what can I say… superb!
One more thing before I finally do go, please go visit the other DT members, they are honestly such a talented bunch, you can find their links in my sidebar! Enough rattling on, here is my ‘glorious vision’…. slightly different to my normal style.
I’m entering this card in the current challenge over at Simon Says Stamp, it fits the bill because it’s Anything Goes!
Other Supplies: Crystal Kote Matt Spray (Helmar).
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Print Candee March kit Release!
Welcome to this months new release digital collection from Print Candee, it’s called Fantastic Boy. The name says it all, it’s a wonderful bright cheerful set full of images, sentiments, papers and soooo much more…. all for the boys in your life! If you would like to see some more awesome examples using this collection just head over to the rest of the Creative Team at Print Candee, you can find their links in my sidebar. For my cards I used Fantastic Boy’s Alpha’s & Bits, Clipart, Journal Spots & Phrases and Paperpack.
But here’s the BEST bit…
* The items can be purchased as a kit for $20 or in individual parts (e.g., paper pack, clip art pack, etc.) for $4.50 each * The first week of each month, Print Candee will be offering a 35% discount off the kit (which would make them $13 for the whole kit). After the first week of the month, the kit will go back to the regular price. That’s a bargain so don’t delay!
Other Supplies: Print Candee – Fantastic Boy Collection. Copic marker – YR04 Mirror card, Small Circle Punch.
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Print Candee Bloghop & Giveaway!
Welcome to another Print Candee Bloghop & giveaway, you should have arrived here from Kalyn’s blog, and then from here it’s off to visit Jocelyn. Make sure that you started from the beginning because you wouldn’t want to miss anything!
Due to other commitments Jackie will not be joining us at Print Candee this term and we will miss her greatly, she is one awesome papercrafter. But there is also some happy news, I would like to say a BIG warm welcome to a new member of our Creative Team, it’s Lisa Arana from Dahlhouse Designs… I’m one of her biggest fans & was so excited to hear that she was joining us!
Now to business! This month we are playing with ‘diecuts’ and Print Candee certainly have heaps to choose from. I kept it simple (no surprise there) and used this awesome butterfly from A Little Dash of This & That called 4 Butterflies svg set and I printed the vellum overlay using Pink Pueblo’s Flower Silhouettes Clipart (2) … the possibilites are unlimited because you can change the colours and the size of the flowers to suit your projects!!
There will be prizes hidden on some of the Creative Team posts as well as the Print Candee blog, you could win a $10 gift certificate to Print Candee or a set of Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Pennants, you have until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, February 18th to comment and the winners will be posted on the Print Candee blog!
Here is the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone). Each stop that you leave a comment will increase your chance to win!
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies:
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Sealed with a Kiss – New Release Kits at Print Candee!
I’m soooo excited! Print Candee is releasing kits!! This month it is the Lovebirds Collection, and they are Super CUTE! For my card I used images from the Alpha’s & bits, Clipart and Frames & Borders. The colours are awesome and they print like a dream! But that’s not all…..
* The items can be purchased as a kit for $20 or in individual parts (e.g., paper pack, clip art pack, etc.) for $4.50 each
* The first week of each month, Print Candee will be offering a 35% discount off the kit (which would make them $13 for the whole kit). After the first week of the month, the kit will go back to the regular price.
Don’t forget to visit the other teamies and see what they’ve made, the links to their blogs are on my sidebar, and they are really so totally awesome, so why not go and say hi!
Other Supplies: Love birds Collections, White Gel Pen.
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January with Print Candee!
Hello! It’s January and time for another card from Print Candee, Yippeeee! This month the theme is ‘Anything Goes’! I remember once seeing an amazing card which inspired this, but I’m sad to say that I cannot find it again to say who it was that inspired me, but to whoever you are, a massive big thanks, I’ve never forgotten your card!
Don’t forget also to visit the other ‘teamies’ at Print Candee to see what they’ve been up to this week, the links to their blogs are in my sidebar. Thanks for visiting today.
Other Supplies: Computer and Printer
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Print Candee Tutorial & a Surprise!
From a sheet of printed images to a bright cheerful boys card & giftboxes in no time at all, it’s that easy with Print Candee!! And I’m going to show you just how simple it is.
First I chose the products that I wanted to use: Little Cowboys – Red & Blue, the matching Little Cowboys Paper Pack and Polished Wood Alphabet all created by Print Candee as well as some awesome Woodgrain Pattern Papers from Fancy Dog Studio and it was as simple as downloading, opening the file, sizing it how I wanted and then print. (BTW I always print in High quality)
I wanted a distressed edge on the brown border layer… but first I had to go searching for my ‘distressing tool’, tells you just how much I distress… although, I did get distressed looking for it! Here’s a few photos of my project… with the big news at the end…..
And now for my surprise…. I’ve made a video! You can watch it here or head over and see it a Youtube. Hope you like it!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxsgNCYUL88?rel=0]
Other Supplies: Core’dinations Cardstock – French Roast, Scissors.
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Dance into our Print Candee December Bloghop & Giveaway!
Welcome to the Print Candee December Bloghop and Giveaway! You should have arrived here from Marion’s blog and from here you will be visiting the lovely Jocelyn.
This month the team is focusing on card styles, so if you are hopping along you need to start at the beginning as you will see an amazing variety of creativity! My style for this hop is ‘Traditional / Elegant’ and the minute I saw this digital stamp, by Michelle Perkett Studio,I knew that I had to use it! How beautiful are these dancers, I kind of went for a little anitque look with the paper pieced dresses from this most wonderful Pastel Roses Background Paper – Made by Janet.
Print Candee has the most amazing digital images, papers, cutting files… I could go on forever, but you really should just head on over and take a look for yourself, you won’t be disappointed! There will be prizes hidden on some of the Creative Team posts as well as the Print Candee blog, you have until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, December 17th to comment for prizes! Here is my card….
Here is the Creative Teams blogs in hopping order (wouldn’t want you to miss anyone).
Therese (you are here)
Thanks for joining the fun today!
Other Supplies: Prismacolor Pencils – Pink,White, 20% Cool Grey, Apple Green. Copics – E000, E00,29,31,33,37,49,53,99. R20,81,83. Y21. B000,91,95.
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