Chevron Butterflies

I've finally weakened! MFT had a sale a few weeks ago and I decided to jump on the chevron wagon! I wanted to get the hexagon dies too but they were sold out in the first day of the sale! Today I went to the first day of the Paperific Expo and found one store with the MFT hexagon die (there was about 6 on display). I didn't wait long before I purchased it along with a Martha Stewart scoreboard from another store. Later, when I went back a few hours later, both the hexagon dies and scoreboard were sold out!! I had a great time at the Expo! Got some new 6x6 pads, dies, stamps and tools - so I can't wait to experiment. I feel a hexagon card brewing.... BTW, I won't be jumping on the Neon train :) - just not me!! Anyway, I've used Basic Grey, My Minds Eyes and Hero Arts in this card and will be submitting it to both the Basic Grey and Simon Says Stamp challenges. The butterfly stamp is repeated, so it is also submitted to Moxie Fab World Repetition challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Basic Grey UK - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Moxie Fab World - Repetition Challenge

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey Little Black Dress and MME Indie Chic Saffron

Stamps - Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies, Hero Arts Many Sentiments

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - Twine from the twinery, white gel pen, MFT Die-Namics Chevron die

Father's Day Card

I nearly forgot about Father's Day this Sunday. I have quite a few birthdays in the next two months and wanted to make sure I have made enough cards!. When deciding on colours for this card, I went straight to BG Little Black Dress - the patterns are just perfect for a man. I have more male birthday cards to make for September, so you will see variations of the same colours! I also wanted to use the opportunity to use my new Hero Arts envelope liner stamp purchased when it was discounted two weeks ago. Love this stamp (it has been on my wishlist for a while now) and love it even more that I got it when it was on special! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge - Sketch 256

Basic Grey UK -  Anything Goes

CAS-ual Fridays - Banners and Flags

Moxie Fab World - Focal Point

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Black

Paper - Basic Grey Little Black Dress

Stamp - HA Envelope Liner, Kaisercraft Sentiments

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - MFT DieNamic Layered Tag

Retro 60

Hi and back again with another card I made for a 60th birthday. I wanted to use the Retro sketch from this week's challenge and combined it with a Parisian theme. I found the perfect tag in Kaisercraft's Bonjour 6x6 pad! It was really easy to put together once I decided on which paper and ribbon to use. I'm also submitting this card to Moxie Fab World Asymmetry challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Moxie Fab World - Asymmetry Challenge

Retro Sketch - RS#26

52 Pick Up - Week 35 RS#26 sketch

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Natural White

Paper - Kaisercraft Bonjour

Others - MFT Die-Namics Numbers Die, Ribbon from Simon Say Stamp Card Kit, Kaisercraft rhinestones

Baby Girl Card

Back with a quick and simple baby card. The tag was cut with a MFT Die-Namics tag label, the rest came together very easily! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Basic Grey - Anything Goes 

Hero arts August - CAS challenge

Moxie Fab World - Asymmetry Challenge

Ingredients:

Card -  Neenah Classic Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey Paper Cottage

Stamps - Hero Arts Four Flowers

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Others - MFT Die-Namics Tag, Kaisercraft Pearl, Twine from The Twinery

Phillip Lim Butterflies

Well I can never seem to pass up a Runway inspired challenge. My card is below and the inspiration design by Phillip Lim is below that. I've used the Hero Arts August sketch and colours from the design. I'm also submitting this card to Moxie Fab World repetition challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Hero Arts - August Sketch

Moxie Fab World - Repetition Challenge

Runway Inspired - RIC# 18 Phillip Lim Resort 2013

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Natural White, Neenah Black

Paper - My Minds Eye Indie Chic Citron

Stamps - Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies, Hero Arts Many Sentiments

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - MFT DieNamics Layered Labels, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Washi tape, white gel pen

Minty Flower

Back to making more cards this weekend after being away in Sydney last week. I have used the second Hero Arts August sketch with The Minty Fresh challenge from Moxie Fab World. I'm also submitting this card for A Blog Named Hero Krafty Crafter challenge and Basic Grey's current challenge. Thanks for everyone's comments on my last post - very encouraging! Please stay tuned as I have more posts this week.

Challenges:

Moxie Fab World - Fresh Minty Challenge

A Blog Named Hero - The Krafty Crafter

Hero Arts - August Sketch 

Basic Grey - Anything Goes

Ingredients:

Cardstock: Neenah Classic Solar White, Via Vellum Kraft

Paper: Basic Grey Paper Cottage

Stamp: Hero Arts Four Flowers, Many Sentiments

Ink: Archival Jet Black

Others: Kaisercraft Blossom, Pink Paislee ribbon,white gel pen

First Publication!

I was so excited after a weekend away in Sydney to find that a magazine had arrived on Friday. On page 89 of the Australian Cardmaking Stamping and Papercraft magazine (18/8) is a card by yours truly (top left). This card was made with my favourite Hero Arts Stamp (Antique Flowers and Butterflies) and papers from My Mind's Eyes (Lost and Found 2). This was submitted a few months ago and was accepted for publication. Yay! My first publication!!

Carlos Miele Inspired

I'm glad I got to play with Runway Inspired Challenge #17 this week. I wanted to combine with some sketch challenges but couldn't get my head around them. So I ditched the sketches and went with what came naturally. Happy with the result in the end. As I used Hero Arts stamps, I think it is CAS enough (lots of white space) for the August challenge. The Carlos Miele Resort inspiration from RIC#17 is below. I'm going to go to Sydney this weekend and will not post again until next week, thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Runway Inspired Challenge - RIC#17 Carlos Miele

Hero Arts August Challenge - CAS card

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic, Tim Holtz Kraft Core

Paper - Page from an old book

Stamps - HA Antique Flowers and Butterflies, HA Frame with scrolls

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black, Distress markers

Others - Hero Hues Dots

Daisies on Black

Wow, got two challenge cards done in one weekend. A bit of a juggle with the busy weekend of catching up with friends. This card is a CAS card for the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger using typewriter letters on colourful daisies with a coating of glossy accent on the letters. A CAS card for Hero Arts August challenge and CAS-ual Friday's square card challenge. Here it is!

Challenges:

Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger Type Hype

CAS-ual Friday - CFC65 Square Cards

Hero Arts - August CAS challenge

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey Paper Cottage, Basic Grey Serendipity

Stamp - Hero Arts Typewriter letters CL492

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Die - MFT Upsy Daisy

Others - Glossy Accents

Basic Card Sketch 8.6.12

Back with another quick card using the Basic Grey sketch challenge. I've still got plenty of BG Paper Cottage collection - love it. There's still time to enter my fourth card to the A Blog Named Hero Freestyle Challenge! So here it is!

Challenge:

Basic Grey - Sketch Challenge

A Blog Named Hero - Challenge #9Freestyle

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Classic Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey Paper Cottage

Stamp - Hero Arts Many Sentiments CL272

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black, TH Distress Tea Dye

Others - Washi tape, ribbon, Nestabilities Scallop die, Kaisercraft Blooms

Pink Blooms

I'm making this card for my niece's Confirmation in over a week's time. I wanted something in pink and lots of flowers. I've been inspired by Kristina Werner's card to use a flower punch on pink vellum. I've based the card on this month's Hero Arts sketch. It didn't take me that long to punch out all the flowers whilst watching TV, it was fun sticking down all the flowers! I would definitely try and do this again! Thanks for dropping by - hope my niece likes the card!

Challenges: 

Hero Arts - August Sketches

A Blog Named Hero - Freestyle

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Classic Solar White

Paper - Patterned Vellum

Stamps - Hero Arts Four Flowers CG290, Hero Arts Birthday Frames CL528

Ink - HA Bubblegum

Others - SSS Flower punch (April Kit), Kaisercraft rhinestones

Cottage Butterflies

A quick card tonight using Retro Sketch #23 with Basic Grey Paper Cottage (Again! Yes, I love this collection!). The sketch is very simple. I'm also submitting this for A Blog Named Hero Freestyle challenge and Hero Arts CAS card challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:

Retro Sketches - RS#23

A Blog Named Hero - Freestyle

Hero Arts - CAS card

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Solar White, Canson Colourline Black

Paper - Basic Grey Paper Cottage

Stamps- Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies, Hero Arts Sentiments

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - Kaisercraft rhinestones, Washi tape

HA Scramble

Another quick card made from the Hero Arts 90 minute scramble this morning. It was hard getting up at 5am! The scramble task was set by Emily Leiphart and we had to combine two different sets of sentiments to come up with our own. It was a mad scramble to get all my HA sentiments out (I don't have many to choose from). I picked CL272 (HAPPY ANNIVERSARY) with CL 350 (Just Saying Hello) to make up Just Saying HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. I had something ink smudging issues (something about white - I always manage to dirty a white shirt whenever I wear one!!) Anyway it was all done with 2 minutes to spare and I managed to go back to bed!! I chose the colours blue and green for this week's challenge at Less is More. As I used HA stamps, I'm also entering this to ABNH Freestyle challenge.  I added glossy accents to the flowers after the scramble to give them a bit of a lift and to hide my glossy accents smudges!!  Pop back later as I managed to make another card today.

Challenges:
Hero Arts August - CAS card 
Less is More - Blue and Green
A Blog Named Hero - Challenge #9 Freestyle
Ingredients:
Cardstock - Ranger Specialty Stamping Paper
Stamp - HA Ancient Flowers and Butterflies, HA Sentiments CL272 and CL350, HA Lattice background 
Inks - HA Wet Cement, Ranger Archival Jet Black, Distress Markers
Others - Hero Arts Hues Dots, Glossy accents

A Special Day

Back again with another one quick card for a little girl's birthday this weekend. I was inspired to try Kristina Werner's colour palette (and her beautiful cat, Mannie) and also the current Retro sketch challenge before it closes in a few hours time! I wanted to keep the card black and white with some splashes of colour. I apologise for the photo - taken in the middle of the night. Thank you for dropping by - love all the comments left on my previous blogs!

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Inspiration Kitty

Retro Sketches - Sketch #22

Hero Arts - August CAS challenge

A Blog Named Hero - Freestyle

Ingredients:

Card - Neenah Solar White

Paper - Basic Grey Paper Cottage

Stamp - Hero Arts CL528

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Other - Twine from The Twinery, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, Balloon punch