Card Patterns #44

Nothing like a good sketch to start the week off with. Thanks to Card Patterns Sketch #44 I got motivated to make this card


Sketch #44



Merry Christmas - Make It Merry & Bright



Products Used:

Spellbinders - Renaissance Heart Pendant, Blossom Two, Labels Nine
Bazzill Basics Paper - White, Sweetheart, Blue Oasis
MME Colourful Christmas paper
JustRite "A Merry Little Christmas" stamp set
Cuttlebug "Seasons Greetings" embossing folder


Thanks for dropping by, have a great week!

The Little Shabby Box

Hi there ladies, hope you have all been good?

I have been creating lots of great cards and projects for ScrapBoutique, Flourish ScrapArte Studio and for DownUnder Direct and will be uploading some pics in the next few weeks but in the meantime here are some cards I have made using some great sketches from The Little Shabby Box Blog





Best Wishes Card






Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper - Kachina, Emma, Red Devil
Bo Bunny Love Bandit papers
Green Tara flowers
Prima Say It In Pearls Centres
Spellbinders - Labels Two and Labels Nine
JustRite Stamps - 10 Designer Centres and Borders set










Best Wishes Card 2





Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper - Kelli Green, Emma, Fire Heart
Bo Bunny Love Bandit papers
Prima Say It In Pearls Centres
Spellbinders - Labels Eight and Fleur De Lis Pendant
JustRite Stamps - 10 Designer Centres and Borders set
Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder



Thanks for dropping by, hope you are all creating up a storm!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #24

Yay finally I have made a card using a wonderful sketch from Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.




Sweet Sketch Wednesday #24





For You Card




Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper
Basic Grey Indian Summer paper and sticker die cuts
Pink Paislee alpha stickers
Cuttlebug Victorian Embossing folder
Basic Grey buttons
Spellbinder - Butterfly 2


Thanks for dropping by, hope you all have a lovely week.

Card Patterns Sketch #41

Hi everyone, hope you are all well and enjoying cardmaking and scrapbooking?

I haven't created a card for a challenge blog in aaagggeeesssss so here is the first of many I hope.

Card Patterns Sketch #41

Just Because Card

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper - Kachina, Diva Bling, Orange

MME Ooh La La For Her papers

Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Pendant

Prima Say It In Pearl Centres

Kaisercraft sentiment rubon

Hope you are all having a great weekend and thanks for dropping by :-)

It's been how long?

Hi ladies, I hope you are all well, happy and creating lots.

I have been keeping busy making lots of cards, selling some cards, teaching some cardmaking classes, creating a layout here or there and having fun!


At ScrapBoutique we are very fortunate to have Zoe Pearn as part of our online community. Zoe designs for My Minds Eye and has created some wonderful online classes for us, using her gorgeous Ooh La La papers. Thanks Zoe!


Here is my layout from the class. My daughter, Sabrina, recently turned 4 so this layout was perfect for her "Just You at 4" album.







Recently I was asked to join in the fun at Making Handmade Cards, it's a wonderful cardmaking site with lots of ideas and cool papers and sentiments and ideas to use. Thanks Jo and Claire for inviting me on board.


Here is my first card for them using the pretty Flower Train Kit. It's so much fun printing out your paper to use on a card.










Well with the new month brings new challenges at ScrapBoutique. Make sure to check out the challenges Manon, Emma, Amanda and I have created for you.


Here is mine - to create an Easel Card - I made some quick steps and popped them in the forum. I used the wonderful colourful Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival papers to make a fun christmas card!

Products Used:

Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival papers and die cuts

Bazzill Basics Paper

Buttons - Basic Grey, Making Memories, Craft Queen

Speaking of Christmas, I have created some more cards using the wonderful Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses papers.

Products Used:

ShortCuts Frosted Sheet

Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper

Bazzill Basics Paper

JustRite Stamps

Prima Say It In Centres bling

Spellbinders - Blossom Two and Renaissance Pendant

Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder

Products Used:

Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper

Bazzill Basics Paper

Spellbinders - Nested Pines, Blossom 2, Circle, Floral & Stone Impressabilities

JustRite Stamps

Kaisercraft pearl strips

Products Used:

Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper

Bazzill Basics Paper

JustRite Stamps

Spellbinders - Fancy Tags, Scalloped Circle, Renaissance Pendant, Nested Pines

Buttons - Basic Grey and Making Memories

More cards for ScrapBoutique, featuring lots of wonderful papers and embellishments from The Boutique, thanks Chels!

1 Paper 4 Ways Stylist Challenge - Each month Chels gives the Stylists the same piece of paper and we all have fun creating different and fun projects with it. For October we used the pretty Basic Grey Urban Prairie Ladybug paper.

The October "Paper of the Month" was the Memento Collection 5 and I was the lucky one to use these papers. Here is one of the cards I had fun making with the wonderful papers. I experiment in photoshop and created my own digital sentiment - I should do that more often!

Some more Stylists projects - these ones using a paper range I haven't used before - American Crafts - Blue Skies. I just loved the colours in these papers.

And another range I don't usually "do" is Sassafrass Lass but I just loved working with these Sweet Marmalade papers.

This card front (something new for me) was for a fun Christmas Card Front swap over at Scrap.Biz. I received some beautiful card fronts from Melleny, Rach, Danielle, Susanne and Deb, thanks ladies.






I always love working with sketches by Deanne Burton and I was lucky to be a Guest DT for November on her "Christmas Cards All Year Round Blog" but boy oh boy was the challenge a toughie for me - we had to make a one layer card - yikes - that is a swear word in my Card Wikipedia lol but here is my effort.... Thanks to some wonderful products I made this simple card.

Products Used:

ShortCuts Frosted Card Base

Prima Glitter Swirl Transparency

Making Memories sentiment rubon

Karen Foster star burst brads

Kaisercraft pearl strips




Well if you made it this far, thanks a lot for hanging in there. Have a great week and happy creating!

Oh and don't forget we have an AWESOME Christmas Workshop coming up at ScrapBoutique - but hurry there are only a few Workshop Kits left or come and join us with a Workshop Only Pass.

Ooh La La - Zoe Pearn

We are very fortunate to have the talented Zoe Pearn, a designer for My Minds Eye, teaching some classes for us at ScrapBoutique.

So if you haven't already grabbed yourself one of the kits or both, like I have, then pop into the Boutique and grab a kit or two.

Sketches Galore

Hi there ladies. I just wanted to let all you sketch lovers know that I have popped a huge amount of my sketches in the one place -

A Page From My Sketchbook ~ Sketches Only

I hope you enjoy using the sketches - there are layout sketches and card sketches.

ScrapBoutique - World Card Making Day Cards

Hi ladies, hope you all had a fab weekend and enjoyed celebrating World Card Making Day on Saturday? I ran some fun challenges over at ScrapBoutique - I am slowly turning the Boutique Babes into cardmakers hehe!

Monochromatic Card Challenge (with a splash of cream or white)






Use only 1 piece of patterned paper - I used Collage Press Grayson Hall paper and some gorgeous AC pearl brads and a devine Prima Say It in Studs.

Colour Combo challenge

I stepped WAY OUT of my comfort zone here and used some Sassafrass Lass Papers.

Sketch Challenge - I just love creating sketches and seeing what everyone creates using them

My card using the wonderful Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses papers

Have a great week and thanks for dropping in!

PS: I am having a little POLL about card kits - do you like to buy a card kit and follow steps or do you prefer to by the kit to design your own cards? Thanks for any feedback ladies :-)

Updates...about time hey!

Hi everyone. I haven't updated here for some time - very slack of me but you get that sometimes.

I have been creating lots of cards and a few layouts so I hope you enjoy the show!



DownUnder Direct Layouts - showcasing Spellbinders, Bazzill Basics Paper and JustRite Stamps. I am still struggling using rubber stamps - but it's been a nice challenge.









Sweet Sketch Wednesday # 16






Sweet Sketch Wednesday #17






This card is for Inspirational Card Sketch #34





Inspirational Card Sketch #35




Inspirational Card Sketch #36



I have had a fantastic time being on the Inspirational Card Sketches Team, thanks so much to Dawn and a fantastic group of ladies to work with, it's been wonderful and it was a hard decision to make about not staying on for another term but I will love the opportunity to join in the fun from week to week! Good Luck to those of you staying on the team and congrats to all the new DT ladies - you will have a blast!






It is World Card Making Day on the 3rd of October and I have some fun challenges ready for the weekend at ScrapBoutique so make sure to come along and join in the fun with us.



It's October already and that means NEW monthly challenges at ScrapBoutique.



My card challenge is to make a Dahlia flower and use it on your card. So check out the forum for the easy quick steps to make this fun flower and then make a card.

Products Used: (All available from The Boutique)

Sassafrass Lass Sweet Marmalade papers

Pink Paislee alpha stickers

AC rubon and felt piece

Turquoise grosgrain ribbon

Idea from Helen Croft Blog

Well I am sure there is much more I should be sharing but it will keep to another post.

Thanks for dropping by, I hope your week has been as good as mine!

ScrapBoutique Projects

I have so much fun creating cards and projects for ScrapBoutique. Chelsea always gives us the bestest DT kits and gorgeous papers and extras to use. Thanks Chelsea! Don't forget we have a ScrapBoutique Stylish Stylist Call out - check out the info HERE.

I had the pleasure of using some fun colourful MME Colourful Christmas Papers and here are a few of my projects, I have a few more but will save them for another post!


Merry Christmas Gatefold Card



Products Used:

MME Colourful Christmas papers and die cuts
Bazzill Basics Paper
Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis Pendant, Spade Borderability (can you tell it's my new fav lol)
Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch
Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder




Gift Bag

Products Used:

MME Colourful Christmas paper and die cuts and ribbon

Merry Christmas Stair Step Fold Card

Products Used:

MME Colourful Christmas papers, die cuts & ribbon

Bazzill Basics Paper

Spellbinder - Fleur De Lis & Spade Borderability

Kaisercraft sentiment rubon

Thanks again for dropping by, have a great weekend!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #14

Another excellent Sweet Sketch Wednesday from Arlana and the Design Team had a lot of fun using some gorgeous Digital Stamps from The Digi Shack.

Sweet Sketch #14

Merry Christmas Card

Products Used:

The Digi Shack "Santa Baby" Digital Stamp

Bazzill Basics Paper

MME The Merry Days of Christmas papers

Kaisercraft sentiment rubons

Spellbinders - Scalloped Circle, Classic Circle, Spade Borderability

Cluny Lace

Happy Birthday Card (without a digital stamp)

Products Used:

Bazill Basics Paper

Basic Grey Lemonade papers & brad

Spellbinders - Spade Borderabililty, Dahlia

Kaisercraft sentiment rubon

Have a great weekend ladies and thanks so much for dropping by!

Inspirational Card Sketches #33

Another wonderful sketch from Dawn @ Inspirational Card Sketches and the cards the Design Team have created are just wonderfully inspiring - make sure to check them all out. And don't forget there is a DT Call for Inspirational Card Sketches - if you love sketches and love making cards then this is for YOU!



This week the Design Team used some gorgeous digital stamps from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, this weeks sponsor.




Inspirational Card Sketch #33








For You Card ( I turned the sketch around)








Products Used:

Lindsay's Stamp Stuff Digital Image - Doodled Daisy
ShortCuts Frosted Sheet
Basic Grey Marrakech papers
Spellbinders - Spade borderability, Labels 8
Rose Moka sticker alphas




Thanks for popping in, I have more to upload so watch out! Have a great weekend everyone!

Layouts

Hi there everyone! My layouts have taken a bit of a backseat this year and even though I do create them still I don't tend to share many of them unless it's for specific DT or Challenge work.

This "Sweet Hugs" layout is for the September Sketch Challenge at A2Z Scraplets Blog.



Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper
Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice paper
Spellbinders - Spade Borderability, Floral & Stone Impressability (I used this on the flowers)
Green Tara flowers
Prima Say It In Pearls
AC Thickers
Fiskars Apron Lace border punch



"Enjoy Every Moment" is for the Page Maps September Sketch Competition



Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper
Bo Bunny Gypsy papers
Spellbinders - Spade borderability, Butterfly Reflections
AC Thickers
Rose Moka sticker alphas
Prima Say It In Pearls



I created "You At 3" for a ScrapBoutique Cybercrop challenge the other weekend. It's an 8" x 8" sized layout - something I could get use to for sure.




Products Used:

Bazzill Basics paper
Basic Grey Lemonade papers
AC Thickers
Spellbinders - Fleur De Lis
Making Memories ribbon
Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder



Thanks for dropping by, hope the weekend has been a good one for you all.

Happy Fathers Day to my Dad, Father in Law and husband!

Get Sketchy

Get Sketchy is another fab card sketch blog - I missed Week 2 doh and I am only "just" getting Week 3 in. Make sure to check out what Dora and Bree and the fab Design Team create with the wonderful sketches.





I turned the sketch on it's side and created this Happy Birthday Card



Products Used:

Bazzill Bling Card
Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice paper
Cuttlebug Script embossing folder
Spellbinders - Labels 8, Spade Borderabilities, Circles
Kaisercraft pearl strips
Cluny lace ribbon


Thanks for popping by - hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Card Patterns Sketch #30

Card Patterns has yet another fab sketch to use.





For You Card



Products Used:

Memento Collection 6 papers
Bazzill Card
Green Tara flowers
Prima Say It In Pearls
Kaisercraft sentiment rubon
Spellbinders - Labels 8 and Spade Borderability
Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder


Thanks for dropping by - hope you all have a wonderful creative weekend!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Another wonderful sketch to use thanks to Arlana @ Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

This week we have a wonderful sponsor, Inktegrity, owned by Joni Wilson. Thanks for the fun images to work with Joni.. Make sure to check out the Sweet Sketch Wednesday blog to see what we all did with the sketch and the image!

Thank You Card - using "Out On A Limb" image from Inktegrity

Products Used:

Bazzill Card

Cosmo Cricket Early Bird paper

Inktegrity "Out On A Limb" image

Green Tara flowers

Kaisercraft sentiment rubon

Thinking of You Card (no images used for this one)

Products Used:

Bazzill card

Cosmo Cricket Early Bird papers

Spellbinders - Labels 8 & Circles

Cuttlebug Moroccan embossing folder

Kaisercraft sentiment rubon

ScrapBoutique

It's a new month so that means new challenges at ScrapBoutique.


Chelseas has kindly "restyled" my Boutique Stylist position so now I am ScrapBoutique's Card Stylist! Thanks Chelsea. I still create layouts I just don't share many of them anymore. My scrapping style has changed dramatically that is for sure.

So make sure to pop over to ScrapBoutique and join in with my very first Monthly Card Challenge which has been set with this criteria ~

- Male Themed Card
- Use at least 3 different shapes on the card (card base not included)
- Use bright bold colours


Here is my card for some inspiration - Happy Fathers Day

Products Used:

Bazzill Card

Memento Collection 6 papers

Spellbinders - Labels 8, Circles

Cuttlebug Star embossing folder

Five Kids & A Dog chipboard words

Rose Moka alpha stickers

A2Z Scraplet Wheel shape

Manon has set the Stash Stomper Sketch Challenge this month with a wonderful sketch.

Chelsea has set the Monthly Challenge "Changes". So make sure to pop over and join in the fun.

Thanks for the visit, have a great week!

Inspirational Card Sketches

Hi there everyone, hope you are all well and having a great week so far?

Inspiration Card Sketch #32 is up and ready for you to use. Dawn has created another wonderful sketch and the DT have made some amazing cards again!

Inspirational Card Sketch #32




Wishing You Every Happiness Card





Products used:

Bazzill card
Memento Collection 6 papers
Spellbinders - Spades Borderabilities, Ribbon Tag 2



Inspirational Card Sketches is having a Design Team Call RIGHT NOW!

Go check out ALL the details HERE

I highly recommend Inspirational Card Sketches, Dawn and the gorgeous girls that will be on the Design Team - it's a pleasure working with the wonderful sketches and the talented Design Team.



Thanks for the visit! Hope you have a geat week!

ScrapBoutique - Design Team Call

Chelsea, Manon and I can't wait to see everyone's applications and to see who will be joining us as a Boutique Stylist at ScrapBoutique.

Good Luck ladies!

Card Patterns

Card Patterns Sketch #29 is another beauty of a sketch.





I created a gift box and used the sketch to decorate the front.



Products Used:

Bo Bunny Gypsy Lace
Prima Butterfly C & Say It In Pearls
Spellbinders - Spades Borderability
Martha Stewart Arch Lattice border punch



Thanks for taking the time to stop in. Thanks to those of you that are always so very kind with your comments, I haven't been blogging and commenting and reading much this week but hope to catch up with you all over the next few days! I can't wait to see what you are all creating!

I had a wonderful day today with some scrap friends - always nice to hang out with like minded friends.

Have a great weekend.