Merry Monday #128 - Santa's Stache

Hello Friends,
Katie has organised this weeks challenge at Merry Monday and she is challenging you to use Dots and Stripes together or on there own.  Do check out the Design Team's cards for some fabulous inspiration and have fun creating.



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Santa Stache, Merry Everything

Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Fresh Prints DSP

Ink: Stazon Black

Markers: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Costal Cabana, Blush Blossom, Pink Pirouette

Finishing Touches: Hemp Twine, Real Red Woven Satin Ribbon

Cool Tools: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Note Tag Punch, Aqua Painter, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for visiting today.  Happy Stamping!

Hugs, 

Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser - Project #4 - A Merry Little Wish

Hey Stampers,
We have a Diorama Box card for you today with a sweet little scene.  The back of the box has a panel for your Christmas Wishes and Sentiment.  Enjoy!

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Festival of Trees,
Card and Papers: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Pattern Print DSP, Silver Glitter Card
Ink: Lost Lagoon, Mossy Meadow
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Label Collection Framelits, Star Punches, Tree Punch, Sponges, Post it Note, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks for taking a peek today.
Hugs,

Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser - Project #3 - Happy Birthday

Hi there,
Today's card uses Stampin' Up's Blendabilities on Basic Black card. Firstly we white embossed the image and then to add the colour we used the Chalk Marker to lay down a white base and then coloured with the Blendabilities.  I love the bright Spring colours.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Sweetbriar Rose, And Many More

Card and Papers: Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Back to Black DSP

Ink: Versamark, S/U's Chalk Marker, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities

Finishing Touches: 1/8" Daffodil Delight Cotton Ribbon,

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Party Pennants Bigz Dies, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dot

Thanks for dropping by today.

Hugs,

 

 



Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser - Project #2 - Merry Christmas

Hello Everyone,
This is another project from the Fundraiser that I attended last weekend. We used two set of Letter dies and Washi Tape to attach each letter and then placed them before we cut them, it worked a treat. 



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Endless Wishes,
Card: Whisper White, Soft Sky, Silver Glimmer Card
Ink: Night of Navy, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz
Finishing Touches: 1/8" Silver Ribbon, All is Calm Snowflake Embellishment
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Little Letter Dies,  Dble Sided Tape, Sticky Strip, Washi Tape, Mini Glue Dot
Thanks for stopping by today.
Hugs,

Ronald McDonald House Fundraiser 2014 - Project #1 - Calendar

Hi Friends,
Last Sunday I attended a fundraiser organised by my friend Pat Carr for Ronald McDonald House.  It was a very successful day and we made some gorgeous projects which I will show you over the next few days. The first one is a Calender, Post It Note and Pencil Holder, too cute!



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Nuts About You,
Card and Papers: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight, Various Retired DSP from Print Patterns
Ink: Early Espresso, Baked Brown Sugar, Old Olive, Real Red
Finishing Touches: Crystals, Post It Notes, Pencil, 1/4" Rich Razzleberry Cotton Ribbon, Printed Calender
Cool Tools: Itty Bitty Accents Punch Set, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Dble Sided Punch, Mini Glue Dots, Pearl coloured with Black Copic
Thanks for taking a peek to day.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #127 - Christmas Eve

Hi there,
Welcome to another week at Merry Monday.  This weeks challenge is by Kathy and she is challenging us to use a Christmas Bingo Graph.  You need to pick a row across, down or corner to corner and use the three elements mentioned within that row on your card.  I went with the middle row across the Bingo sheet using Die Cuts, Ribbon or Twine and Kraft.  I sponged the sky and grass with Tim Holtz Distress Inks.  The Houses are Die Cut on Crumb Cake and the rest of the Background is one sheet of White card. 



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Holiday Home, Ornamental Pine, White Christmas

Card and Papers: Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Ink: Stazon Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint, Stampin' Chalk Marker, Artline Black Pens

Markers: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers Iced Spruce and Salty Ocean, S/U's Mellow Moss, Forest Foliage, Smokey Slate

Finishing Touches: Kraft Corduroy Button, Silver Baker's Twine, Gelly Roll Pen, Mini Crystal and Pearls

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Homemade Holiday Framelits Dies, Papertrey Ink - In The Meadow Dies, Masking Medium, Sponges, Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Mini Glue Dots, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

 



Merry Monday #126 - Merry Christmas

Happy Monday Everyone,
It's time for another Merry Monday Challenge and this week Karren is challenging us to make our Sentiment the Star of our Christmas card.  I have used Stampin' Up's Little Letters Thinlit Dies for my Sentiment making a negative space and used a Baby Wipe to spread three drops of similar colours onto some Vellum to get the shaded colour combination for each word.  I dry embossed the diagonal stripes and finished off with some sequins.  I have a picture tutorial of how I cut the letters out in a straight line, it took me a little while to figure out how to best keep each letter in place. 

 

First I drew a pencil line very lightly to act as a guide where I wanted the word, then I attached the white card to the Big Shot plate with little pieces of double sided tape.  I attached a strip of waxed kitchen paper with painters tape.  I used Mini Glue dots to attached each letter die and then painters tape cut in half to keep them in place and ran them through the Big Shot.

To cut the extra "R" and "S" I repeated the process on a smaller scale being careful not to attach the painters tape to the white card because I found it was inclined to rip as it was removed, even though I desensitized it on my clothes.

Supplies:

Card and Papers: Whisper White, Waxed Paper, Vellum

Ink: Certainly Celery, Green Galore, Garden Green, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler

Finishing Touches: Darcie Sequins, 1/8" Gold Ribbon

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Little Letters Thinlits Dies, Painters Tape, Mini Glue Dots, Ruler, Pencil, Baby Wipe, Sizzix Diagonal Stripes E/Folder, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Tombow Multi Glue, Mini Glue Dots, Sticky Tape

Thanks for popping in today.

Hugs, 

Father's Day

Hello Friends,
It's was Father's Day in Australia yesterday and this is the card I made for my Husband.  I love the very CAS cards that Loll Thompson has designed with metal foil so this is a bit of a case. Hope you like it!



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card: Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Gold Metal Foil, Tim Holtz Burlap Stencil, Wendy Vecchi Moulding Paste, Spatula, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Computer and Printer, Dble Sided Tape, Mini Glue Dots
Thanks for dropping by today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #125 - Celebrate the Season

Hi Friends,
Welcome to a new week at Merry Monday and this week Debbie has a fun challenge for us to use some type of vehicle or transportation for our cards. I adapted the Jag image for this challenge by adding the Christmas Tree and Presents.  I have also used some retired markers  to give me a slightly different colour combo for something a bit different.



Supplies:

Stamps: Jemac M58A Jag, S/U's Loads of Love Accessories, White Christmas, Endless Wishes

Card and Papers: Whisper White, Forrest Foliage, KaiserCraft Gingerbread DSP

Ink: Stazon Black

Markers: Smokey Slate, Sage Shadow, Mellow Moss, Ruby Red, Forrest Foliage, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa

Finishing Touches: Gelly Roll Pen,

Cool Tools: Aqua Painter, Masking Medium, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Big Shot, Lil Inker Stitched Rectangle Dies, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks for dropping by today.

Hugs,

 



Thinking of You!

Hi Friends,
Today's card is for a friend that sadly lost her Husband last week.

 



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Bloom With Hope, Warmest Regards
Card and Papers: Whisper White, Watercolour Wonder DSP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Island Indigo, Gumball Green, Smokey Slate
Finishing Touches: White Gel Pen
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Lattice Die, Sizzix Window Frames Collection Framelits, Sizzix Modern Mosaic E/Folder, Modern Label Punch, Aqua Painter, Sponge, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #124 - Bearing Gifts

Happy Monday Everyone,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge and Deanne is challenging us to include a Gift or Present on our cards. I used the Kangaroo bearing gifts from "Stampin' Up's Happy Christmas Mate" and backed it with a bright and happy designer paper.  I stamped the sentiment and added a pinked border along the bottom edge and a gift box.  Inside I stamped a bunch of gifts. 



Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Happy Christmas Mate, Ornamental Pine, Happy Moments
Card and Papers: Real Red, Whisper White, Sugar and Spice Studio - Santa's Workshop DSP
Ink: Stazon Black, Gumball Green
Markers: Creamy Caramel , Chocolate Chip, Real Red, So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Gumball Green, Garden Green, Pool Party, Bashful Blue, Smokey Slate
Finishing Touches: Gelly Roll Pen,
Cool Tools: Big Shot, MFT Die-namics - Pierced Circle Dies, Spellbinders Classic Circle Dies, Pinking Scissors, Aqua Painter, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,



Merry Monday #123 - Joyful Christmas

Happy Monday All,
Welcome to this week's Merry Monday Challenge and Bonnie is challenging us to use a Wreath on our cards.  I love the inspiration photo and mimicked it in my card with Stampin' Ups new stamp set "Wondrous Wreath" available in the new Holiday Catalogue on the 28th of August.  It is a three step stamp set, I didn't get the darker green layer quite right, but I like it. I finished off the wreath with some shiny Silver and Red Pearls and the new Satin Ribbon also from Stampin' Up! I layered the Joy word three times, thought about clear embossing it but decided not too.  I dry embossed the white background.

 



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Wondrous Wreath

Card and Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Pear Pizzazz, Waxed Paper,

Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Real Red

Finishing Touches: Shiny Silver and Red Pearls, Real Red Woven Satin Ribbon

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Stripes E/Folder, Sizzix Wonderful Wreath Framelits Dies, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Tombow Multi Purpose Glue

Thanks for taking a peek today.

Hugs,



 



Merry Monday #122 - White Christmas Wreath

Hi Stampers,
I am Hosting the Merry Monday Challenge this week and I have chosen Black, Gold and Silver for you to play along with. I love using these colours to decorate my Dinner Table, such a stunning and elegant combination.

 

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Sassy Salutations

Card and Papers: Basic Black, Whisper White, Silver and Gold Foil Card

Ink: Versamark,

Finishing Touches: Shiny Gold, Silver and Black Pearls, 1/8" Silver Ribbon

Cool Tools: Embossing Buddy, Silver E/Powder, Heat Tool, Martha Stewart Fern Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fiskars Handheld Heart and Star Punches, Big Shot, MFT Fishtail Flags Dies, Sizzix Snow Burst E/Folder,  Mini Glue Dots, Tombow Multi Purpose Glue, Dimensionals

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?...just over 18 weeks to Christmas Day! Hope you will join us this week.  Please check out the rest of the Design Team's fabulous cards for some inspiration.

Thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

 



Merry Monday #121 - Pinecones and Plaid Ribbon

Happy Monday Everyone,
Today's card is for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge and Wendy is challenging us to use Pinecones, Greens and Plaid Ribbon.  I used the Mama Elephant Creative Cuts Dies to frame the layers of the card, stamped the Pinecones and cut out the Merry Christmas with the Big Shot.  I painted the Merry Christmas negative space with the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, unfortunately not easy to photograph, really pretty though.  The Pinecones were filled in with a White Gel Pen and the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.



Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Fantastic Foliage

Card and Papers: Very Vanilla, Garden Green

Ink: Garden Green, Soft Suede

Finishing Touches: Wink of Stella Glitter Pen, Plaid Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

Cool Tools: Big Shot, Mama Elephant Femme Frames Dies, Dees Distinctively Merry Christmas Small Die, Dble Sided Tape, Sticky Strip

Thanks for dropping by today.

Hugs,