Video : Die Cutting with Washi!

Here I go with the ‘Pink‘ pineapples again, there is something about them that makes me smile for sure!  Today I die cut some washi tape and have some Freckled Fawn Fun.  I decided to film as I created as this is something a little different for me.

You can see my video here or Watch it in HD at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rApvA3As60s]

Delight - Detail
Delight – Detail
Delight
Delight

Tilnextime!

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Other Supplies:  Freckled Fawn – Pink Stripe Washi Tape / Emoticon Paper Clips

Pop of B & W!

It’s time for a Pop of Black & White and that was the call for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine and I thought this little sweetie would look just fab in a polka skirt (been practicing my fabric folds – this  skirt was paper pieced from some design paper and the shading was added after)!

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Thanks – Detail
Thanks
Thanks

I’ll be back on Friday with a video for Altenew, look forward to seeing you then!

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Other Supplies:  Copics – E000,00,25,31,33,50. R05,20,22,29. 0. T0,2. W2,4,7. C5,7,9. Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 20%. Cool Grey 70%, Black.

Avery Elle – Stamper’s Challenge!

I was lucky to be asked to join the Avery Elle ‘Geek Love’ Stamper’s Challenge for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine.  This is an uber cute stamp set and I (heart) the matching die set too!

Here are the two cards that I made, I think I was trying to channel my ‘inner’ Laura Bassen on the little girl card, for some reason lately I’ve been avoiding blending, so here I thought I would give it a try Doublestick Heaven style…   and I still have a ways to go lol, thanks for the inspiration Laura!

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Adorkable – Details
Adorkable
Adorkable
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Awesome – Detail
Awesome
Awesome

Thanks for your visit today!

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Other Supplies:  AdorkableAvery Elle Elle-ments dies – Geek Love.  American Crafts Cardstock – Lemon, Cherry, Charcoal, Ocean.  Copics – E000,00,11,25,31,33,50.  R22,05. W4. C5,9. B000,91,95,97. 0.

Other Supplies – Awesome :  Copics  E000,00,25,29,31,33,50. R02,20,22. B000,02. Y11,21. G40. YG03. T0.

Diamond are a girl’s best friend, especially the BIG ones!

This time the call was for Diamonds / Jewels for the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine and I realised that I had not one….. sadly.  But I got creative and this is what I came up with, it’s hard to see in this below average photo but each section of the diamond is a shaker…   so cool!

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Oh Yeah – Detail
Oh Yeah
Oh Yeah

Loving the sentiment too which is a wood veneer from Freckled Fawn, they have such fun embellies.  Have a great day,

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Holly Tweet!

Squishing in a last couple of Christmas cards before the big day.  This one is  CAS (and was hard to photograph) but I’m sure you get the drift.  This is a sweet little Penny Black stamp called Holly Tweet, easy to stamp and add a little shading and colour details with my Prismacolor Pencils.  I’ve got one more Chrissy video on Tuesday and I promise you, that’s it.

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Merry & Bright – Detail
Merry & Bright
Merry & Bright

I’ve linked the stamps from Penny Black below,  thanks for visiting!

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Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Warm Grey 10,20,50,70% Carmine Red.

Time for tags at AEI(heart)U!

Of course I need some Chrissy tags this year and I thought it would be fun to join in the challenge at Avery Elle AEI(heart)U where  I was inspired by Karolyn Loncon’s gorgeous card (thanks so much) and so I would like to also include this card in Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas Tags.  You should check out the link up, there is some incredible inspiration there!  So without further ado here is today’s tag and it’s a bright and cheery little number.

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Season’s Greetings – Detail
Season's Greetings
Season’s Greetings

Thanks so much for stopping by, I’ll be back tomorrow with not one, but two posts to share (including a video), so look forward to seeing you then!

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Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange, Orange, Spanish Orange. Light Cerulean Blue.  Kaisercraft Pearls – Teal.  Black Twine.

Video : Same but Different Christmas Card Series – Take 2!

Back today with my second installment in the 2015 Same but Different Christmas Card Series and I’m so excited to have created this set of cards, I really had a blast and rather than babble I will just link up the video so you can watch the process for yourself.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyatLqm6J7M]

Joy - Detail
Joy – Detail
Joy
Joy
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Merry Christmas – Detail
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
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Peace – Detail
Peace
Peace
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’tis the Season – Detail
'tis the Season
’tis the Season
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Season’s Greetings – Detail
Season's Greetings
Season’s Greetings
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Peace Love Joy – Detail
Peace Love Joy
Peace Love Joy

How are you going?  Have you started your Christmas card creations yet, or are you a ‘last minute’ kind of person?

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Other Supplies:  Stamps – Hero Arts – Holiday Sayings. WRMK – noel. Inkadinkado – Santa and elf.   copics – Y21RV04,19. Prismacolor Pencil – Powder Blue.  Cardstock – American Craft – Crimson, Key Lime, Rain, Leaf. Enamel Dots – WRMK large neutral, MME – My girl.  Gold Sequins – Teresa Collins.  Assorted fun foam.

Video : 2015 Same but Different Christmas Card Series… the beginning!

What better way to start my 2015 Same but Different Card Series than a little challenge to myself.  Six of the same but different cards and using only two stamp sets!   I decided to play with these gorgeous sets from Penny Black and no regrets there, they stamped beautifully and with a little flash of silver it was done before I knew it!

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt4DMLM1gVY]

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Believe – Detail
Believe
Believe
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Best Gifts – Detail
Best Gifts
Best Gifts
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Cherish – Detail
Cherish
Cherish
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Greetings – Detail
Greetings
Greetings
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Merry Everything – Detail
Merry Everything
Merry Everything
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What Fun – Detail
What Fun
What Fun

Over the next few weeks I’m going to be sharing this series of Christmas cards and I look forward to you joining me in the fun.  I will warn you that not all the products I will be using are current, it’s kinda a budget thing, but really just a great way to use the stash.  But obviously anything can be switched out for whatever fabulous products that you already have around you, that’s part of the fun (cause you know that when you use it up, you have a right to buy some more…..  true!).

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Other Supplies:  Penny Black Stamp set – Gleeful.  Cardstock – American Crafts glitter – Powder. Avery Elle  – Rectangle Dies, Mama Elephant Dies – Sew Easy, Bigshot, Martha Stewart – Crystal flakes (I don’t even know where I got these….  but had them on my ‘want to use’ list 4 ever!

Happy 21st!

A quick share today as I am away camping at the beach, hope you are having a great weekend too!  (had too much fun making this card, who doesn’t love a shaker)

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21st – Detail

21st

ps. this was a fun photo to take….  first of all, a black based card, add embossing, add foil elements and the battle of photographing acetate lol.

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Other Supplies:  DMC – Gold Thread. Mill Hill – Glass Seed Beads 00557. Dazzles – Crystal Stars. Magic Mount – Black 2mm mounting foam.

Video : Hello Glitter!

Today at Scrapbook Boutique I’m playing with glitter and we all know just how much fun that can be…   for the next few days at least lol.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a-oOiEGRsk]

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Hello Lovely – Detail
Hello Lovely
Hello Lovely

You can find all these goodies over at Scrapbook Boutique!

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In the Pink (& Gold)!

Avery Elle is thinking pink with their current AEI(heart)U challenge, oh and I couldn’t resist just adding a little gold there as well…  I Gotta say that I had some fun creating my pink pineapple, ever since I first saw this pineapple I knew that I had to make a bright pink version and finally got my chance with this challenge which was the perfect fit, Yay!

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Just Saying – Detail
Just Saying
Just Saying

Hope you are having a great day!

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Other Supplies:  Distress Markers – Picked Raspberry, Twisted Citron.  Prismacolor Pencils – Process Red, Crimson Red, Deco Pink, Yellow Chartreuse, Kelly Green.

Video : Playing with my Gansai Tambi Watercolours!

So happy to be playing with my new Kuretake Gansai Tambi and I think it’s time for a watercolour class (or two).   I was in two minds whether to share this, as it’s not my fave card but literally it’s the first time I’ve added water to paints so thought I would share it anyway.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufbdArVyksE]

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Keepin a float – Detail
Keepin a float
Keepin a float

This card was inspired by this awesome card from Larissa Heskett Designs, I adore the shaker bag, it’s genius!  And a big thanks to everyone with their wonderful ideas about which watercolours to buy, the advice was greatly appreciated.

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Other Supplies:  Gansai Tambi – Black, Orange, Lemon Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Light Brown.

Ellie is Creating a Scene!

Oh I do so love this sweet little elephant, and how cute, framed up in her MFT’s stitched squares.  I was lucky enough to have this little cutie published with the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine where the call was to ‘create a scene’….  perfect.

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missing you – Detail
missing you - Detail
missing you – Detail

I’ll be back in a couple of days with another video share, look forward to seeing you then!

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Other Supplies:  Copics – 0. E31,50,53. W0,2,4. Y11,13,21. RV00. C0. T0. R02,22.  A.C’s Cardstock – Fountain

Video : Keeping it simple with some Embossed Peonies!

Totally easy and total fun, these new Avery Elle Peonies are so sweet and having the matching dies, it really is a match made in heaven..  that is, when I eventually work it out lol.  This is my card for this month’s challenge at AEI(heart)U where it’s time to have a non-white card base.  I decided to film as I created, basically because I’m on holidays and I can.

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You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqDCo2t-hHk]

Hello Gorgeous - Detail
Hello Gorgeous – Detail
Hello Gorgeous
Hello Gorgeous

And have you seen their new release….   Oh my, I do wish the Aussie dollar was a little / a lot stronger.

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Other Supplies:  Cardstock – American Crafts – Smoke / Leaf / Taffy / Peony / Key Lime. Bazzill – Turquoise Mist.

Simple Embossing for AEIOU!

Keeping it real simple for this month’s entry to Avery Elle’s Embossing challenge, in fact it’s just a little difficult to see the embossed part of my card, but it’s those fabulous double pierced rectangles that I can’t get enough of and I used one of these to create a subtle border for my scene.

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Gold Amazing – Detail
Gold Amazing
Gold Amazing

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And can you see I have the new Amazing die too, soo happy and loving it in gold, Jamie & the AE team are ‘Amazing’ my goodies arrived to Australia in record time and they are nothing but fantastic to deal with.  I was lucky enough to win last month’s challenge and had fun spending my winnings and more (wink)!

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Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Cream, Espresso, French Grey 20, 50%, Pale Sage, Chocolate, Peach Beige, Peach, Dark Brown, Deco Pink, Goldenrod.

Video : Masking an Embossed Sentiment – By Request!

It seems like I’ve started a new series called ‘By Request‘, it’s quite happened by accident but it’s been fun and given me a little focus, so let me know if there is anything you want me to show or try, as most of the cards I make are created while videoing sometimes with lots of pre-thought sometimes with very little and lots of ‘winging it’ along the way (so a little direction may be good).

This card was a re-creation of this card HERE, and I know it may look very different but it’s really just the same technique with different colours and images.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oaBEFexDSE]

Oh Yeah Baby! - Detail
Oh Yeah Baby! – Detail
Oh Yeah Baby!
Oh Yeah Baby!

See you again real soon!

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Video : Altenew Painted Flowers – By Request.

Today I am sharing with you how I stamp Altenew’s Painted Flowers.  It really is quite easy especially with Tasnim’s cheat sheet.  Hope this is helpful.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf3_JafWyow]

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Congratulations – Detail
Congratulations
Congratulations

Have a great day!

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Sparkle with AEIOU!

Phew, made the AEIOU Sparkle challenge by a whisker….   so fun to finally get a minute to make a card for the sake of it, no visitors this weekend and lots of crafty time, I’m having a blast!

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Hello Darling – Detail
Hello Darling
Hello Darling

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Not the easiest card to photograph, but I hope you get the general idea.  Have a great week!

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Other Supplies:  Copics – Y21. YR24. YG00. B02.  PPP – Clear Sparkling Sequins. Artz & Craftz Keeper – Stardust Iridescent.

Video : Creating a scene at Scrapbook Boutique!

Today I have some of the cutest products and get to do lotsa die cutting to create this fun little scene for Scrapbook Boutique.  I filmed as I created so you could see the process.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kkn80PeiTA]

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Make a Wish – Detail
Make a Wish
Make a Wish

You can find all the products that I used linked below or head on over to Scrapbook Boutique.  Have a fun and crafty day!

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Other Supplies:  Prismacolor Pencils – Cream, Black, Putty Beige, French Grey 50, 70%, Sepia, True Blue, Parma Violet, Light Umber, Warm Grey 50%.

Video : Colour with ‘U’ – Simple Distress Marker Watercolouring!

Does watercolour get any easier than this?  I think not, these Distress Markers are such an easy way to add colour…    and I’m so trying not to ‘need’ every colour, really I am lol.

You can see my video here or Watch it at Youtube.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTaXyYcphp8]

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Happy Birthday – Detail
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday

I created this card for the current Rainbow Challenge at Avery Elle….   Have you seen their new release, there are some real ‘have to haves’….    but didn’t I say I’m trying to be good? (wink)!

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Other Supplies:  Distress Markers – Squeezed Lemonade, Salty Ocean, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, Ripe Persimmon.  Sizzix Impression Plate – Birthday Stripes.  Kaisercraft Pearls – Denim, Lemon, Lavender, Pink, Bliss.