Plumeria Hello

Been busy this week, a little bit behind with a few things I have to do before we go away next weekend for a wedding in Jakarta. I participated in the Spring card swap in the Flickr Hero Art group. I send my card to Marcy and I receive a card from Arlene. It's a little bit daunting as there are some brilliant card makers in the group, so I had to make a really nice card to send. I have been admiring Joy Taylor's Basic Grey card and decided to participate in BG's challenge to case it. The card was made with no stamping using BG patterned papers. I rummaged through my BG 6x6 cards and picked the Plumeria papers as I have not used them yet. I also added some a strip of patterned paper to the envelope. Here is my card and Joy's card is below. I've decided to change the way I post my photos as I am now using LinkWithin and it shows the first photo in a post. This card is destined for Marcy in USA, hope she likes it! Have a great weekend!

Challenge:

Basic Grey - Scraplift This

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft

Paper - Basic Grey Plumeria, Chevron acetate from SSS April kit, Typo Fly Away

Die - HA Framelit 657773

Others - Kaisercraft Brad, Orchid Twine from The Twinery

Sunnier Days

Hi All, a really wet day in Melbourne today. So most appropriate to wish for Sunnier Days for the current Retro Sketches#8 challenge.

This was such a fun card to make, very little stamping and lots of lovely DP from the SSS April kit to play with. Embellishments were minimal to keep the card CAS. Thank you for dropping by, come back tomorrow as I have another one in the pipeline!

Challenge: Retro Sketch #8

Ingredients:

Paper - Simon Says Stamp April kit

Stamp - Simon Says Stamp April kit

Ink - HA Mid-tone Pool

Others - MS Corner and edge ribbon loop punch, SSS April kit punch, Carl punches, Scallop die, twine, Kaisercraft pearls, miniature pegs

April Flowers

This blog feels like 'deja-vous'! It was all ready and saved in draft for publishing today and the whole thing disappeared! Weird! Anyhow, I was very excited to receive my April kit from Simon Says Stamp two nights ago and made a card the same night!

I used the combined Retro Sketch #7 with the CAS-ual Friday challenge - Opposites Attract.

The washi tape was the first thing I noticed, I don't know what it is, but I'm addicted to them! The colour of the tape is purple and the colour opposite is yellow in the colour wheel. Most of the papers used were from the April kit, except in my excitement, I did not realise there were cardstock in the bottom of the box, so I used a purple cardstock from my stash! I also received the complete range of HA mid tone inks, so I had to use one of them for this card. This card is already in the safe hands of Australia Post destined for a fellow crafter. Hope she likes it! Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges:

Retro Sketch #7

CAS-ual Fridays - Opposites Attract

Ingredients:

Paper: Simon Says Stamp April Kit, MME Blink of an Eye

Stamps: Hero Arts (CL519 Many Dots, K5541 Frame It Scrolls)

Ink: Hero Arts Mid Tone Stone Wash

Others: MS border punch, Kaisercraft pearls