9th Anniversary Card

Hi there,
Today's post is an Anniversary card I made for my Son and Daughter In Law, Mark and Karlie.

Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Bloomin' Love, Teeny Tiny Sentiments
Card: Thick and Thin Whisper White, Real Red
Ink: Real Red, Versamark
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Bloomin' Heart Thinlit Dies, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #29 R - Santa's Dance

Hello Friends,
Today's post is a reminder that you have a week to join the One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #29. The challenge is a One Layer Card and use any theme you may want to create.  I have used Stampin' Up's Visions of Santa stamp set, one I have never really known what to do with.  I have noticed a lot of Stampers are only colouring in parts of their stamping so I have given it a go for this card.  Hope you like it.

Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Visions of Santa
Card: Thick Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black
Markers: Real Red, Old Olive, Soft Suede
Cool Tools: Misti Positioning Tool
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday's 200th Celebration

Hello Friends,
This week we would like everyone to help us celebrate Merry Monday's 200th Challenge. All of the Design Team have asked a fellow Card Maker who inspires them to add an Inspiration card.  My lovely Designer is Kim Singdahlsen and you will find her awesome blog "Joyful Creations With Kim " here, Thanks Kim for joining us for the celebration.

Kim's Card

For my card I have used the Sketch and Colour challenges from the Challenge board.  I used Crumb Cake Blendabilities and a Water Based Marker to get the different shades of Kraft on my card.  I water coloured the Cat with with my Crumb Cake Marker and Aqua Painter and the two dogs were coloured with the Light Crumb Cake Blendabilities. I played around with the Cat's scarf  using two shades of green and stamped a second image layering it on foam tape for more dimension.  I finished off with the embossed heart, Dazzling Diamonds and a Pom Pom on the Santa Hat.

Supplies:
Stamps: Simon Says Stamps Furry Christmas, S/U's Good Greetings
Card: Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black
Markers: Real Red, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Crumb Cake, Crumb Cake, Light and Medium Blendabilities, Black Stampin' Write Marker
Finishing Touches: 7mm Pom Pom, Dazzling Diamonds
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Square Lattice E/Folder, Provo Craft Ornamental Iron E/Folder, Thinlits Circle Card Dies, Thinlits Snowflake Card Dies, Aqua Painter, Dble Sided Tape, Foam Tape, 2 Way Glue Pen
Please check out the Guest Designers and the Design Team Christmas cards for some fabulous inspiration.
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge # 29 - Birds of a Feather

Hello Friends,
It's time for a new challenge at One Layer Christmas Card Challenge.  Anything Goes for the challenge and you have two weeks to link your design.  Hope you will join us this fortnight.  I Splash Watercoloured the background with Soft Sky and then stamped my images.  I coloured them with Blendabilities and added Dazzling Diamonds to Juniper's bonnet and added some Pearls.

Supplies:
Stamps: Purple Onion Stamps - Stacey Yacula Juniper, Star and Sky. Winter Bough,  Papertrey Ink - Signature Christmas
Card: Thick Whisper White
Ink: Soft Sky, Memento Black, Soft Suede, Tip Top Taupe, Mossy Meadow
Blendabilities: Light Smokey Slate, Light Crumb Cake, Medium Real Red, Dark Daffodil Delight
Finishing Touches: Pearls, Dazzling Diamonds
Cool Tools: Plastic Sheet, Mini Water Spritzer, Misti Positioning Tool, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

Fiona's Birthday 2016

Hi Friends,
Today's card was made for our youngest Daughter for her Birthday today.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Botanical Blooms, Blooming With Kindness
Card: Sahara Sand, Soft Sky, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive. Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack
Ink: Soft Sky, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, V ersamark
Finishing Touches:Basic Rhinestones,  Iced Rhinestones, 1/8" Island Indigo Satin Ribbon
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Misti Positioning Tool, Sponges, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots
Thanks for stopping by today, lovely to see you here.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #199 - Merry Christmas

Hi to All,
This week at Merry Monday Colleen is challenging us to Make the Sentiment your Focal Point on your Christmas card.  My sentiment stamp comes with the Holly as part of it, to which I water coloured and added the Pearls and Sequins.  I used a designer paper by Kaisercraft and matted it with Cherry Cobbler.  Clean and Simple design, easy to reproduce, hope you like it!



Supplies:

Stamps: Stamp It - Holly Merry Christmas 1840E
Card: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Kasiercraft Silly Season DSP
Ink: Stazon Black
Finishing Touches: Pearls, Sequins
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Lil Inker Stitched Mats - Rectangles, Papertrey Ink Make It Market Kit Shakers and Sprinkles, Aqua Painter, Fun Foam, Dble Sided Tape, Fine Tip Glue Pen
Lovely to see you here today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #198 - Silent Night

Hello Friends,
Today's post is for this weeks Merry Monday Challenge and Bonnie is challenging us to Create a Christmas Card based on a Christmas Carol.  My Carol is Silent Night, I stamped the words in gold and then added the Manger and Star with a Gold Foil mat.  Hope you will join us and play along with the Design Team.

Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's First Christmas, Stamp It Silent Night Wording 7103G Caterina
Card: Thick and Thin Whisper White, Gold Foil
Ink: Tsukineko Delicata Golden Glitz
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Memory Box Star of Wonder Die, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Embossing Buddy, Clear E/Powder, Heat Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Fun Foam
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

Kaela's 11 2016

Hi Friends,
Today's post is the card we gave our Grand Daughter for her 11th Birthday on St. Patrick's Day.

Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Balloon Celebration, Number of Years
Card: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Paper, Blushing Bride Glimmer Paper, Irresistibly Yours DSP
Ink: Blushing Bride
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Sizzix Polka Dot E/Folder, Balloon Bouquet Punch, Large Numbers Framelits Dies, Sponge, Dble Sided Tape, Foam Tape
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #28 R - Snow Globe Soldier

Hello Friends,
Just a reminder to let you know that you have a week left to play along at the latest One Layer Christmas card challenge.  Keeping with the soldier theme from last week I have used this Snow Globe from Stampin' Up's Sparkly Season.  I used Markers to colour the image and also embossed some snow which isn't showing very clearly in the photo.  I coloured the Sentiment with Markers direct to the stamp after removing the Soft Suede ink with a Blender Pen.  Hope you will play along, remembering that the theme is One Layer of card and the challenge is Anything Goes.

Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Sparkly Seasons, Magical Season
Card: Thick Whisper White
Ink: Versamark, Soft Sky, Soft Suede, Stazon Black
Markers: Real Red, Daffodil Delight, Smokey Slate, Soft Sky. Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Cucumber Crush, Blush Blossom
Cool Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Misti Positioning Tool, Aqua Painter, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool
Thanks for visiting today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #197 -Snowy Hamlett

Hi to All,
It's time for a new challenge at Merry Monday, Wendy is challenging us to Make a Christmas card with a Church on it.  I used this lovely stamp from Penny Black and coloured it with my Markers and Aqua Painter.  The white mat is embossed and stamped with the Greeting in Night of Navy.  I finished off with a few sequins.  Hope you will check out the other lovely cards from the Design Team and play along this week.

Adding this card to the CAS Mix Up Challenge for March.  My Techniques include Stamping, Watercolouring, Dry Embossing and Die Cuts.

Supplies:

Stamps: Penny Black 40-351 Snowy Hamlet, S/U's Many Merry Messages
Card: Whisper White, Night of Navy
Ink: Stazon Black
Markers: Real Red, Night of Navy, Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Garden Green, Soft Sky, Cajun Craze, Smokey Slate,
Finishing Touches: Clear Sequins
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Circle Die, Stitched Circle Die, Falling Snow E/Folder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Aqua Painter, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, Tombow Multi Purpose Glue
Lovely to see you here today.
Hugs,

Craig's Birthday 2016

Hi Friends,
Today's post is a card I made for our Son In Law Craig.  He follows the Fremantle Dockers Football Team here in Western Australia and I used the Team colours and the Anchor is there logo.  I clear embossed the anchor on the front of the card and layered the Happy die cut 5 times and white embossed the Birthday sentiment.  On the inside of the card I punched a slit for the Birthday present.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's The  Open Sea, Simon Says Stamps Hello You
Card: Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Versamark
Cool Tools: Big Shot, WPlus9 Happy Trio Die, Embossing Buddy, Clear and White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Window Word Punch, Dble Sided Tape, 2 Way Glue Pen, Foam Tape
Thanks for stopping by today.
Hugs,

One Layer Christmas Card Challenge #28 - Nut Cracker Soldier

Hello Friends,
It's time for a new challenge at One Layer Christmas Cards.  I used this NBUS Soldier from Stampin' Ups Santa's Stache, coloured it with Markers and finished off with Shiny Gold Pearls and Gold Wink of Stella.  Hope you will join us and make a One Layer Christmas card.

Supplies:
Stamps: S/U's Santas Stache
Card: Thick Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Bashful Blue, Night of Navy, Blush Blossom, Smokey Slate
Finishing Touches: Gold Wink of Stella, Shiny Gold Pearls
Cool Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Fine Glue Pen
Thanks for visiting today.  Love to read your comments.
Hugs,

Joe's Birthday 2016

Hi there,
Today's post is a Birthday card I made for a Male friend.  Very Clean and Simple design with the designer paper and 5 layers of die cut for the Happy.  I white embossed the Birthday sentiment and mounted it on Foam Tape.  Inside I added a sliver of designer paper cut at an angle and it was done.

Supplies:

Stamps: Simon Says Stamp - Hello You
Card: Basic Black, Whisper White, Winter Wonderland DSP
Ink: Versamark
Cool Tools: Big Shot, WPlus 9 Happy Trio Die, Embossing Buddy, White E/Powder, Heat Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Foam Tape, 2 Way Glue Pen
Thanks for dropping by today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday #196 - Jolly Snowman

Hi to All,
It's time for a new challenge at Merry Monday.  I am Hostess this week and I have a colour Challenge for you to Use Black, White, Gray or Silver on your card. Can't wait to see what you create!
I used an old retired Stampin' Up! stamp set called Cold Play which I stamped and then cut out piercing the stamps together.  The snowman was water coloured and then I added some Dazzling Diamonds and Crystals to his hat colouring the flower crystal with a Black Copic Marker.  For the scarf and hat I coloured with a Silver Pen.  I used embossing paste for the stars and then sprinkled them with Dazzling Diamonds.

Also adding this card to the new challenge CAS Mix Up March Challenge by Loll Thompson and Bonnie Klass.  I have Stamped, Water coloured and added Embossing Paste with Dazzling Diamonds.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Cold Play, Penny Black 40-034 Carolling Penguins
Card: Basic Grey, Smokey Slate, Whisper White
Ink: Stazon Black, Smokey Slate, Pumpkin Pie, Pink Pirouette, Silver Marker, Black Copic
Finishing Touches: Dazzling Diamonds, Kaisercraft Rhinestones
Cool Tools: Big Shot, Mama Elephant Landscape Trio Dies, Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste, Spatula, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Simon Says Stamps Falling Star Stencil, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Lovely to see you here today.
Hugs,