But Wait There's more.....

Yes, it's yet another birthday card today. I feel like my mojo has deserted me somewhat 'cause I'm struggling today. This card is for my Dad as it's his birthday tomorrow. Now anyone who knows my Dad knows that his favourite colour is blue and he loves cake - in any shape or form!
I decided I wanted to use this sentiment from The Cats Pajamas because it was just so appropriate and decided to use poochie from the same set. I've just bought myself and aqua painter and I think it's going to take me a while to get used to it --- so don't look at the colouring too close!! I thought I'd try doing this week's Mojo Sketch I really liked the sketch but I think I'll have another go at it to see if I can make something a bit better.
Details - Bazzill Cardstock, rectangle nestabilities, stamps by TCP, misc. paper and ribbon, star made with star nestabilities (and cut out the brown star to matt it with), gold swirl clips, Argyle EF.
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

More birthday goodies!

Check out this fabulicious card by my bestie Edna!!!!! Isn't it just gorgeous!!! (Can you tell we like pink!! Hee hee!!!) I also received the Brayton Font from Just Rite and the cute letterbox stamp by Sugar Nellie!!! Then she watched my kids while my hubby and I went to the movies and cleaned my kitchen while we were gone (we'd just had a big roast dinner)!!!! Isn't she just THE BEST!!!!!
I'm hoping I might actually get some time to make some more cards now that the week of chaos seems to be settling down.
That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!! :)

Birthdays....

I've been telling you that it's birthday month here. This gorgeous card came for me from my Mum (yes, today is my birthday). Isn't it gorgeous!!!! You have to love pink and green, a bit of bling, beautiful colouring and check out that paper!!!! :)

The next card is a BRAK (Birthday Random Act of Kindness from Krafty Kylie at SCS!!!! It is my first ever RAK or BRAK that I've received from anyone --- I can't tell you how excited I was to open it ---- AND there was ribbon inside!!! How cool is that?!!

The next two cards are ones that I've made.

This one is for an older man in the family who shares my son's birthday. It's fairly basic, VV base, stamped image in Close to Cocoa on VV, mounted on CC and added some copper brads. The paper is by Heidi Grace and the scallops done with the SU scallop punch!

This is the card I made for my son --- I can't believe he's 7!!!!

I wanted to try making a card using my Star Nestabilities, so it' not very big, but it's fun and he liked it!! :)

The orange paper (that you can't really see) is from SU's Bali Breeze DSP, the number is from the retired Headline Alphabet (SU) and the sentiment is from The Cats Pajamas.


That's all the card news today.

I'm finding it hard to celebrate when our country is suffering so badly due to bushfires. So far 173 people are dead, 500 injured, 5000 homeless and it is expected to get worse. Our country has never seen anything like it before and hope they never have to again. Please pray for those affected and if you can donate to the Bushfire Appeal please do - there are many to choose from, from banks to donation tins at your local Woolworths Supermarket.
You can also call the Red Cross on 1800 811 700 or go online to http://www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_emergencyservices_victorian-bushfires-appeal-2009.htm

If you are overseas and don't know what's going on go here - http://ninemsn.com.au/

Thanks for visiting!

A Birthday Sketch Challenge...

Today's card is for a friend of mine who loves green. Now I'm not really a green person, so I find doing a predominantly green card a bit of a challenge. I've used this week's SCS Sketch Challenge to get me started.

I've started with a Very Vanilla card base, topped with Close to Cocoa, the topped again with Mellow Moss and finally topping with another VV layer that I had stamped with my Watercolor Vine wheel in Mellow Moss ink. Then I paper pierced the Mellow Moss layer with a paper piercer and Mat Pack and tied some sheer gold ribbon around the whole panel and added some gold brads to the corners.
The second layer is some MM card that was run through the cuttlebug with the Floral Screen embossing folder and matted on some CC card and added some gold brads. The third layer is some more of the VV stamped with Watercolor Vine and matted on CC card and finally the top layer is VV die cut with the Label One Nestabilities and then was stuck onto some CC that I hand cut for a fine edge and stamped the sentiment from 'Sincere Salutations' in MM ink and paper pierced around the edge.


I'm making a box to match, so I may be back later to add a picture of that. :)


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

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Here's the box that I made to go with the card. I had good intentions of putting something on the front, but I simply ran out of time. If you want the instructions to make this 2-5-7-10 Box, you can find them HERE at SCS.

Elegant Engagement

I had a call from a lady from school asking if I still made cards - she wanted a nice engagement card for her nephew, but didn't want something soppy or flowery. The only other request was that it be in cream and black.
Soooo....I started with a Very Vanilla card base, topped with some black and then other layer of VV which I put through the cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder (I love Swiss Dots!!!) The middle panel is a piece of black and topped with some VV with the large flourish from Stampin Up! Baroque Motifs set in black ink. The sentiment in each corner was made using my Just Rite rectangle block and the Special Occasions font (for the first letter of each word) and the Small Letter Set and stamped in black in each corner. (To my horror, I discovered that I didn't own a single stamp that said 'engagement'! How did that happen??) In Australia you can buy Just Rite products at The Little Online Card Shop . The circular panel was made using the Small Letter Set again for the names and the '10 Designer Centers and Borders' set for the border, also stamped in black, cut out with circle nestabilities and mounted on some black card cut with the circle scallop nesties and then popped up above the flourish. I finished by adding some black satin ribbon loops to the top left and bottom right.
I was fairly happy with the result and the lady was delighted! :)
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

A MIL Birthday

Didn't I tell you that February is full of birthdays - well here's another one! :) This one is going to my Mother-in-Law so I tried to make it pretty and elegant.
I started this one with a Very Vanilla card base, topped with some fawn bazzill and then topped again with some paper by Deja Views - the Sharon Ann Timeless Collection. Then I punched another strip of the fawn bazzill with my fav border punch - The Lazy Days of Summer (Fiskars) and stuck it to one side. The butterflies (aren't they gorgeous - sadly aren't mine) are from Stampin Up! - A Touch of Nature set. I stamped them in Sand Beige Versacolor on Very Vanilla Cardstock and cut them out and popped them up. To finish I've stamped the sentiment (from SU's Elegant Cheer - not in Australia yet) in Chocolate Chip and added some Kaisercraft 'Chino' pearls to the corners.
I hope she likes it --- now I have to go find a present!!!
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

A Quick Birthday Card!

What do you do when you find out the night before that your child has a party to go to the next afternoon? Hurry! I found out Friday night that my son was invited to a party Saturday at 2pm, no present, no card and swimming lessons in the morning! I finished this card one and a half hours before the party started!!
I started with some yellow cardstock that I found lurking in my scrap box and topped it with some white (that I meant to paper pierce, but I must have been freaking out about the time) and then topped it again with some pink bazzill that I put through the cuttlebug with the Stylized Flower embossing folder. Then I added some of this super cute 'Urban Prairie' butterfly paper by Basic Grey that I found at Scrapbook City and covered the join with some wide white grosgrain ribbon and then tied some pretty sheer flower ribbon over the top. Now I didn't have a lot of time to stamp and colour, so I got out my wonderful Just Rite products (that can be found at The Little Online Card Shop )using the 1 5/8 stamper and the Small Letter set for the outer ring to stamp 'Happy Birthday Jaime' and the Special Occasions Font Set for the '7' in the centre. I used a 1 1/4in circle punch to cut out the 7 and pop it up on pop dots. The bigger circle was cut with the circle nestabilites (can be found at Bizzy Becs )and then used the scallop circle nestabilites for the pink scallop circle underneath. It was a very quick card, but I think it is pretty for a 7yr old girl!! :)
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)

It's Birthday Time

February is a busy month of birthdays for me, so you will probably be seeing lots of birthday cards on the blog for a while. :)
Today's card is for a sweet lady who has a birthday soon. I really wanted to use this pretty floral paper by DCWV, from the Nana's Nursery Collection. I decided to use Very Vanilla as a base, matted it with Wild Wasabi and matted again with Rose Red, topping it with that pretty paper. Then I took a piece of Rose Red and used my Fiskars border punch (Lazy Days of Summer) to make a panel and put some ivory satin ribbon around it. Then I grabbed my new Label One nesties, cut the larger panel in Wild Wasabi and the smaller one in Very Vanilla. The sentiment is from SU's 'Elegant Cheer' (not available in Australia yet) stamped in Rose Red. The cute little flowers are done using the Boho Blossoms punch (SU). I punched 6 flowers (the small rounded one) out of Rose Red cardstock, curved the top one a bit and offset it over the other one. Then I punched 3 of the pointed flowers in Wild Wasabi and put the Rose Red flowers on top so that the green looks like leaves and added a large Kaisercraft 'Blush' pearl to each centre. Finally I finished off by adding small 'Blush' pearls to each corner.
I think it turned out kinda cute and I hope the birthday girl likes it! :)
That's all for today, thanks for visiting!! :)