Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Favourites from 2014

This year has flown by so quickly! I don't believe it is nearly over. Here are my favourite cards from 2014, in no particular order. Happy New Year!


My only publication in 2014!
Love the new Mama Elephant Pandamonium stamp set!

French wine labels from Jacqueline de Groot

Old Hero Arts Stamps with fun techniques
MFT Floral Fusion combined with Lil Inkers Stitched Square die
MFT Floral Fusion on PP
Love the new Altenew Painted Roses!
AlteNew Painted Roses 
Penny Black Bed of Roses

Penny Black on Watercolour paper




















WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers with Winnie Walter sentiment
WPlus9 Fanciful Feathers and PTI Birthday die cut
Hero Arts and Winnie&Walter sentiment
Hero Arts stamp with watercolour

Paper pieced Botanical Notes
Penny Black Botanical Notes and Winnie&Walter sentiment


MFT Dienamics Die cut - so easy and simple to use!

Sunday, 28 December 2014

Christmas 2014 Wrapped

I've been MIA for the last two weeks due to a very busy period in my life. I have not had a chance to blog any cards or tags, let alone take photos of them! Here are a few of the cards that I've made during this festive season. Some of these cards were started at a recent craft retreat and all of them were quick to made. If you wish to know what products were used, please email me.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas! We hosted my family dinner on Christmas Eve for 13 people, our new table arrived just the day before! We spent Christmas Day with my partner's family and extended in-laws. A small Italian affair with only 27 people! Boxing Day Sales is a tradition with my sister and niece - we picked up some great bargains! We hosted another dinner on Saturday for 13 people at our place! I'm now glad that it is all over and I'm back at work on Monday!
Did anyone see that this card with spotlighted as one of the Top Ten in Virginia's View Challenge?

Christmas Eve Dinner
Christmas Eve Dinner








This was a special project for a child's Christmas present using Kaisercraft alphabets and PP.

A lovely gift I received from my staff made by a staff member who is a famous graffiti artist


Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Thanks Blog Hop


This is a special post for a magazine that I feel rather close to. It was announced recently that the Paper Crafts and Scrapbook magazine will cease publication after January next year. It is sad to see a lot of magazines heading in this direction. You would have reached this blog post from Jennifer Cuthbertson's I'm Crafty blog. I have been inspired to create beyond my comfort zone with the submission themes for the magazine. I have also been lucky to have four of my cards accepted for publications in the last two years since I started blogging. I've made these two cards for the blog hop and below that are the cards that were published in PC&S. Thank you for dropping by and the next stop is Laura Sterckx's Making Cards is Fun. There are 212 links in this fantastic blog hop (links at the end of the post), enjoy them all! 




The second card was made for a PCS publication but was not picked up. The challenge was to use multiple inks for the one card. Since I used mainly distressed inks, I'm submitting these to Virginia View's challenge #10 - All things distressed and the second one to Addicted to CAS -#33  Code word 'dots'.


My published cards on PC&S!

I would like to thank Susan Opel and her team for giving me the great opportunity to see my cards in print. Thank you for liking them in the first place!
Geek is Chic Category, pg 56
September Gallery Challenge - Make a Nerdy Card
Nov2013 - Paper Crafts Magazine
Sketch Category, pg 25


24Sep2013 - Paper Crafts Magazine - Handmade Cards
Basics Category, pg15


Mar2013 - Papercrafts 'Card Creations' magazine:Volume 11 Pg32. 


Here are the rest of the blogs, enjoy hopping!!

All these people want to thank you, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine!
1. Lisa Henke  72. Katie Gehring  143. Kim Hughes  
2. Kelly Latevola  73. Jennifer Cuthbertson  144. Becky Olsen  
3. Lesley Croghan  74. Cecilia Hsieh  145. Kim Heggins  
4. Jennifer McGuire  75. Laura Sterckx  146. Ashley Harris  
5. Taheerah Atchia  76. Donna Bowman  147. Susan Liles  
6. Veronica Zalis  77. Rachel Kleinman  148. Darnell Knauss  
7. Laura O'Donnell  78. Ellen Hutson  149. Donna Hitz  
8. Julia Stainton  79. Tanis Giesbrecht  150. Miriam Prantner  
9. Lorena Cantó  80. Marcie Sharp  151. P. Kelly Smith  
10. Amy Tsuruta  81. Danielle Walls (Neat and Tangled)  152. Yana Smakula  
11. Piali Biswas  82. Beverley Brown (Uniko Studio)  153. Nichole Heady  
12. Rae Barthel  83. Tracey McNeely  154. Altenew  
13. Jessica Witty  84. Laurie Willison  155. Alice Golden  
14. Annette Witherspoon  85. Bev Gerard  156. Cath Edvalson  
15. Gayatri Murali  86. Nina Yang  157. Cindy Lawrence  
16. Maria Fischer  87. Barb Housner  158. Karen Dedman (Your Next Stamp)  
17. Laura Williams  88. Clare Prezzia  159. Sandy Allnock  
18. Lisa Arana  89. Tasnim Ahmed  160. Operation Write Home  
19. Wendy McGaffey  90. Joyce Mehrberg  161. Jennifer Ingle  
20. Heather Hoffman  91. Sabrina Alery  162. A Creative Journey with Melissa  
21. Cristina Kowalczyk  92. Waltzingmouse Stamps  163. Yvonne Yam  
22. Lynn Mercurio  93. Leigh Penner  164. MFT  
23. Jamie Greene  94. Jenn Shurkus  165. Shemaine Smith  
24. Lori Tecler  95. Kimberly Wiener  166. Spectrum Noir  
25. Susie Wittwer  96. Amber Hight  167. Nicki Scheck  
26. Jocelyn Olson  97. Lindsay Amrhein  168. Asty Purbasari  
27. Chaitali Narla  98. Shelly Kurth  169. Danielle Pandeline  
28. Hero Arts  99. Mayuri  170. Isha Gupta  
29. Nadine Perez  100. Vera W. Yates  171. Jen Carter  
30. Sarah Martina Parker  101. Connie Mercer  172. Mendi Yoshikawa  
31. Laura Bassen  102. Audrey Tokach  173. Keren Baker  
32. Lori Barnett  103. Paulina Nakamura  174. Trinh Arrieta  
33. Deepti Malik  104. Reverse Confetti  175. Tenia Nelson  
34. Tessa Wise  105. Libby Hickson  176. Angie Tieman  
35. Karen Baker  106. Yoonsun Hur  177. Lawn Fawn  
36. Tifany DeGough  107. Maureen Plut  178. Lydia Evans  
37. Virginia Lu  108. Jessica Pascarella  179. Samantha Mann  
38. Ruza Rebel  109. Lynn Mangan  180. Kymona Tracey  
39. Emily Leiphart  110. Mariana Grigsby  181. Jess Moyer  
40. Ashley N Newell  111. Shery Russ  182. Kathy Martin  
41. Jennifer Rzasa  112. SRM Press  183. Joni Andaya  
42. Dana Warren  113. Sarah Jay  184. Debbie Marcinkiewicz  
43. Amy Kolling  114. Anabelle O'Malley  185. Lisa Johnson  
44. Wanda Guess  115. Michele Boyer  186. Laine Webb  
45. Kalyn Kepner  116. Clare Buswell  187. Bethany Stellpflug  
46. LauraJane:)  117. Angel Rivera  188. Melania Deasy  
47. Tammy Jackson  118. Laura Pryor/Lil' Inker Designs  189. Ivanka Lentle  
48. Karolyn Loncon  119. Beth Pingry  190. Sweet Stamp Shop  
49. Heather Campbell  120. A Jillian Vance Design  191. Jeanne Jachna  
50. Niki Garcia  121. Jillian Vance  192. Emily Branch  
51. Erin Schreiner  122. Bunny Vance  193. Anja Bytyqi  
52. Vanessa Menhorn  123. Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L  194. Chameleon Pens  
53. Simon Says Stamp  124. Kristie Larsen  195. Francine Vuillème  
54. Donna Mikasa  125. Maureen Merritt  196. Newton's Nook Designs  
55. Lin Brandyberry  126. Heather North  197. Alicia Thelin  
56. Giovana Smith  127. Nina Brackett  198. Sarah Moerman  
57. Brenda Weaver  128. Clearsnap, Inc  199. Winter Sims  
58. Glenda J. Wyatt  129. CAS-ual Fridays Stamps  200. Amber Kroening  
59. Kelly Griglione  130. Lori Craig  201. STAMPlorations  
60. Michelle Lupton  131. Lydia Fiedler  202. Avery Elle  
61. Michelle Williams  132. Julie Campbell  203. Caryn Davies  
62. Lyndal Higgins  133. Lea Lawson  204. N@ Ali  
63. Elena Roussakis  134. Taylor Usry  205. Amy Sheffer  
64. Kara Vrabel  135. Jill Dewey Hawkins  206. Nance Salkeld  
65. Michelle Woerner  136. Chunyuan Wu  207. Meredith MacRitchie  
66. Amanda Coleman  137. Melissa Cash  208. Jill Norwood  
67. Winnie & Walter  138. Annette Allen  209. Penny Ward  
68. Cheiron Brandon  139. Carisa Zglobicki  210. Karin Ã…kesdotter  
69. Kristie Goulet  140. Crafter's Companion US  211. Yainea Nuñez  
70. Kimberly Crawford  141. Stephanie Muzzulin  212. Lucy Abrams  
71. Lalo IK  142. Alice Wertz  213. Mama Elephant  

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Saturday, 22 November 2014

Christmas Trees

I'm adding another Christmas card to my very small stack of cards so far! This is for a few challenges. The design is based on the current Retro Sketch #141, the inspiration is from Muse Challenge #101 (Marion Vagg) , the concept is for the Moxie Fab World Challenge - Tree-mendous Trees and since I'm using a Simon Says Stamp die, I'm adding this to the Flickr Group Challenge#6. So nice to be able combine so many challenges into the one card! The stamp set is an old one from Hero Arts and the sentiment and die is from Simon Says Stamp. Thanks for dropping by!




Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Watercolour Sympathy cards

I have a couple of Sympathy cards to share. As I love the watercolour trend at the moment, I find this a very easy medium to make something quick and effective. The Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolour set is still on my wish list. Until then, I've been using the Distress Inks with lots of water to get the effect I'm after. I hope Santa is listening... it's the 36 colour set, the same one that Jennifer has! 
Thanks for dropping by!




Monday, 17 November 2014

A little bit of metallic

Wow! It's been over 2 weeks since my last post. What have I been doing! I got caught up with doing some cards for PCS magazine submission only to find out last week that they will be shutting down! It will be a shame as I have been quite lucky getting some cards published in the past. There will be a massive blog hop on 3rd December, watch out for it! Here is a card I made recently for a friend's birthday using watercolour paper and gold embossing. I stamped the Penny Black image with Archival Coffee ink and then added Tim Holtz distress inks. The Mama Elephant sentiment was embossed with Ranger Platimum EP (my new favourite colour) and some gold sequins addd to finish off the card. I'm adding this to Virginia View's Challenge #9 - All things metallic.  Thanks for dropping by!




Saturday, 1 November 2014

Partial Die Stamping

Wow! Two posts in one day! This is another quick and easy card for Make It Monday Partial Die Stamping and Addicted to CAS - Code Word Tag. Having some fun with a bit of free time today! I still haven't made my hat for Melbourne Cup yet!! Please click on the photo to see the detail of the die cut - it has 3 thick layers of cardstock!




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