SC217 Butterfly Friend

This card is for the Sketch Challenge on SCS this week! As soon as I saw the three squares, I knew I wanted to use this cuttlebug die that's been lurking in my draw for a while. I found out a friend of mine is having surgery on Tuesday, so this one is heading to her.
I started with a base of Close to Cocoa and layered it with white and then some pink bazzill. Then I added some of this pretty Melissa Frances paper across the bottom and stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up's Elegant Cheer set (not available in Australia yet). The top panel is a layer of white topped with a piece of Close to Cocoa that's been embossed with 'Stylized Flower' embossing folder. The squares were cut out of white with the cuttlebug 'Vintage' die set. The butterflies are made using the Martha Stewart Royal Butterfly punch and some pink bazzill with pink rhinestones for the body.
I really enjoyed this challenge and might have to make another card using the other square die in that set!!!
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

Masculine 50th Birthday

I was asked to make a men's 50th Birthday card. Normally I find masculine cards difficult to make, but thankfully the woman who wanted it told me pretty much everything she wanted, so it turned out to be no trouble at all.
I started with a Very Vanilla card base, layered with some Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel and then a piece of DSP from the SU 'Outlaw' pack. The image panel has been stamped with 'Pocket Silhouettes' (not available in Australia yet) in creamy caramel and Chocolate Chip and cut out with rectangle nestabilities. The ribbon underneath it is 1 inch satin from SU - retired. The sentiment panel was made using my Just Rite stampers that I bought at The Little Online Card Shop . The outer ring was done with the Small Letter Set, the 50 was done with the Brayton Font set (that I got for my birthday from my bestie Edna ) and popped up. Finished off by adding some CB 'Vintage Die' corners.
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

A New Challenge...

Today while blurfing around I came across Paula's Blog with her Midnight Madness Inspiration challenge. As soon as I saw the soft shades of pink and blue, dots and cupcakes I knew that I wanted to give this challenge a go!!!

I started with a blue bazzill base and topped it with pink bazzill (pierced the edges) and then white. I thought the white needed something and gave it a bit of texture with the Devine Swirls EF (only now you can't see it anyway!!). Then I took some MAMBI paper but decided it looked a bit plain and cut it into three pieces and matted it on the pink.

The main image is from Verve's Cupcake Affair set. Verve is having a large sale at the moment for anyone thinking of buying!! I stamped the cupcake in black and embossed it and then coloured it with markers and a blender pen, cut it out and popped it on the circle layer. The circle layer was done with the circle nestabilities and the white layer was embossed with the Devine Swirl EF. I finished off by adding some white grosgrain ribbon and the sentiment from the same set.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

ODBD Sketch 2 - In Our Prayers

Today's card was created using the Sketch Challenge from Our Daily Bread Designs . I found the sketch on Sita's blog.

I started with a cream base and layered with gold and then brown and topped with some of this pretty paper by Paperie (Toile Mocha). Then I took another piece of that same paper flipped it over and used the scallop punch (SU) to to the edge (which you can hardly see now!). For the sentiment, I cut the tag out with Spellbinders 'Ribbon Tag Trio' die, stamped the sentiment from ODBD's 'Flourished Christian Symbols' in gold and attached with some dark cream satin ribbon. The main panel was cut with the Label One Nestabilities however I wanted a finer edge mat, so I glued the cream panel to some brown and cut the layer out with scissors - it was after I'd done it that I realised that I wanted some texture on that panel, so then I embossed both layers with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and added some prima flowers and some pearl centres. The dove also comes from 'Flourished Christian Symbols' - stamped in gold and then embossed in gold and cut out with scissors and a scalpal for those tricky flourish bits (don't look too close I've never used a scalpal before!!!) and popped the entire dove up on pop dots. I figured it needed a little something more, so I added some tiny pearls to the top corners. I really enjoyed the challenge and loved the sketch.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

Daisy Wishes

This card is for this week's SFYTT (Sketch For You To Try) from Jen's Blog .
I started with some dark blue bazzill and then layered with some green and then some lighter blue and topped with some pretty Basic Grey paper from the Lily Kate range. The middle panel I've cut into a ribbon shape (which wasn't real smart because I covered most of it) and then embossed with the Floral Screen embossing folder. The main image is from SU's Upsy Daisy set (N/A in Aust yet) and stamped in Versacolor (sky blue) and cut out with oval nestabilities and added a dark blue butterfly punch (Martha Stewart) and added some pearls to the body.
The tag has been die cut with Spellbinders 'Ribbon Tag Trio', stamped with SU's 'Warmest Regards' (retired) in Versacolor (atlantic) and added some American Crafts ribbon to each side and popped it up on foam tape. I finished off with some pearls in the bottom corners.
The great thing about this, is that I can also use it for this week's Our Creative Corner Tag Challenge !! :)
Well, that's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

Featured Stamper - SgtStamper!!!

Woohoo!! It's Featured Stamper Sunday and I actually managed to do the challenge on the right day!!! This week's honour goes to the very talented SgtStamper!!! I chose her Lift Up Your Hands card to case. I changed the colours, sentiment, paper and added some butterflies instead of a flower and a different type of ribbon.
I started with a base of pink bazzill topped it with some green bazzill and the a layer of this pretty Basic Grey butterfly paper from their Urban Prairie range and punched the border with the Lazy Days of Summer punch by Fiskars. Instead of adding the extra square layer I used vellum and sewed it on (don't die of shock Edna!!! She knows I don't sew!) The square panel that been turned I've cut with my square nestabilities and the sentiment is from Beautiful You set (which happens to be on sale at the moment! I've added some butterflies that have been punched out with the Martha Stewart 'Royal Butterfly' punch and added some Kaiser 'Blush' pearls for the bodies, as well as a couple in the top corners. It's finished off with some beautiful ribbon that I picked up at Bee Crafty in Maryborough - I have no idea what it is called, but I just love it!!! As I'm typing this it occurs to me that this was an ODBD sketch that I've cased....ooops! Well I loved the card and wanted to do that one - I'm sure I'll be forgiven!!
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

Featured Stamper - juliemlacey!

It's Featured Stamper Challenge again and this week the honour belongs to the incredibly talented juliemlacey !!!
I decided to CASE her Love and Prayer card. I needed to make a Masculine Thank-you card for one of our business clients. Just after the Bushfires ravaged through Victoria, our business ran a promotion that if anyone bought a particular copy of software, we would donate all profits to the Bushfire Appeal. This particular gentleman went above and beyond donating a huge sum, so we are sending a Thank-you pack to him. I changed the colours, image, sentiment, and paper and also used pearls instead of Dew Drops.
I started with a Vanilla base, topped with Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel. The Caramel panel was put was embossed with the Distressed Stripes embossing folder and then a layer of "Outlaw" DSP by Stampin Up was put across the bottom. The sentiment panel was cut out with Rectangle Nestabilities (the vanilla layer was cut with my cutter since I don't have the small rectangle nesties.......yet!) and stamped with 'Pocket Silhouettes' (in Close to Cocoa) and 'Sincere Salutations' (in Chocolate Chip) and added some pewter pearls (Kaiser) and popped the whole panel on foam tape. Finished off by attaching some Chocolate Chip satin ribbon in a knot.
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!! :)

WSC68 and Card Appeal

Happy Saturday!! It has now been a week since the fires started in Victoria and as I mentioned in my last post, a Card Appeal is underway by 'Lovely Linda' on SCS. Linda is gathering cards with messages of support for those who have been affected by the fires - if you want to participate please leave me a message or PM either Linda or myself (Wattle) on SCS.

This card is the first I've made for the appeal. I've used Beate's Weekend Sketch challenge as a starting point. I've used some vanilla card, topped with some fawn coloured bazzill and topped again with some vanilla that I've embossed with the Script EF. Then I cut two circles out of this gorgeous paper by Kaisercraft's 'Cafe Culture' range and added some dark cream ribbon. The centre panel has been cut with square nestabilities and the sentiment comes from 'Beautiful You' by Verve and the flourishes by Verve's 'Arful Elegance' set.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!! :)