With Thanks

 Thank you card with Altenew stamps and inks stamped with masking applied. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving 

Ingredients:

Altenew Always There

CASE me a Christmas Card with Michelle Lupton

Hello! It's nearly that time of the year again! I'm happy to join my crafty friend Michelle Lupton for her annual Christmas challenge again. This time, we are asked to CASE each other's card. Since Michelle gets drunk on alcohol inks, I thought I would give it a go! Here is my take on one of her cards from a couple of years ago! For the current challenge, you can see her CASE on one of my cards here. Thank you for dropping by!

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Ingredients:
Die - Birch Press Design
Alcohol Inks - Ranger

Here's Michelle's beautiful which I had the pleasure of receiving a couple of years ago!

Happy 25th Anniversary

I finally took the plunge and ordered this beautiful stamp from Altenew. Even though I'm not a colouring fan, I had fun colouring this Statement Flower stampset with Copic markers. No added design needed as the flowers speak for themselves! I had so much fun colouring, I ended colouring two more which I will share at a later date. Metropolitan Melbourne finally came out of strick COVID lockdown! Gradual transition to Covid-normal here! 

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Materials:
Altenew Statement Flower and Copic Markers
MFT Dienamics numbers and Honeybee Happy Dies

 

Altenew Get Wild with Washi Challenge

 I just love this challenge at Altenew. I must confess I am a washi tape hoarder. When we were allowed to travel overseas, I would always be on a lookout for unusual washi tape to add to my stash! Needless to say, I have a small collection of Altenew tapes, I just love the wider tapes. Here are a couple of cards I made recently. A hack that I often use for cards is to add some tape to the envelopes. I do this for Christmas cards every year, it just add a bit of fun to the envelope. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
Altenew Get Wild with Washi Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make a Card + Envelope

Ingredients:
Atenew Washi Tapes and Sentiments

No Stamping!

We’ve had two 60th birthday celebrations in my family and these were the cards I made with no stamping at all. The background is alcohol inks on Yupo. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - No Stamps Allowed

A quick card

 I’m back with a very quick card which I made on the weekend. I used the gorgeous patterned paper from Altenew and added some stencilling and stamping with Distress Oxides which added a bit of depth to the background. 

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It!

Materials:

Paper - Altenew

Stamps - Altenew and Darkroom Door

Inks - Altenew and Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Stencil - Tim Holtz

Stamp it!

I’ll like to share a card that I made with an old favourite stamp set. I used very muted pastel colours for this card and was happy with the end result. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It!

 

Baby Eliana

Just sharing a baby card for Eliana who was born last month during isolation lockdown in Melbourne. Nice to receive happy news - first grandchild for our friends! 

Challenge:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Materials:

Kaisercraft Peekaboo collection and glitter card

Altenew Always There

July Inspiration Challenge

A last minute card to add to the Altenew July Inspiration challenge. I've made a bunch of Thank You cards for staff affected by COVID-19 at my hospital - they are doing a wonderful job! 

Challenges:

Altenew July Inspiration Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Altenew June Inspiration

I have a card to add to the Altenew June Inspiration. I was going to make a masculine but decided to make one for a colleague leaving our project instead. I just love the blue with brown combo!

Challenges:

Altenew Inspiration Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Altenew May Inspiration

I happened to Stamp a few of these lovely flowers last week in different colours. I decided to use the yellow and orange flowers with a background of blue leaves from different stamp sets. I think the colour combination worked! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
Altenew May Inspiration Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Dies and Punches

Materials:

Altenew Stamp Sets and Dies

Aktenew Inks

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums, especially those still in isolation. Hope you have a great day!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Dies and/or punches 

Materials:
Altenew Stamps and Dies
Hero Arts Sentiment 
Lil Inkkes stitched circles
Distress Oxides

Card for Baby Sophie

This is a card for my neighbour's newborn baby girl. I've used patterned papers from Kaisercraft to stamp and diecut the elements for the card. The alphabets were stacked with 3 layers of cardstock and the flowers and leaves were stamped and then diecut. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, we have not seen Sophie yet, hope to meet her soon! Hope everyone is well!

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Dies and Punches

Materials

Kaisercraft Peekaboo collection

Altenew stamps and die, MFT Dienamics Alphabet 

85th Birthday card for my Mum

During these unusual times, it’s so hard to celebrate special events. Months ago my sister and I chatted about how we were going to celebrate Mum’s special day. My project at work was supposed to Go-Live on the same weekend! Well guess what? My project was delayed by 3 months and we couldn’t celebrate my Mum’s birthday properly. We did however, made the day special for her by getting take-away Dim Sum for her, followed by a visit to her backyard, singing ‘Happy Birthday’ to her. Once we can go out to restaurants again, we will go out for a big family dinner!
This card is an extra large A5 card with a bit of masking and distress oxide inks. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Materials:
Altenew Stamps
Tim Holtz Distress Oxides
Altenew dies

Masculine card

Just sharing a quick card today using Kaisercraft paper and Mama Elephant stamps. I’ve been making so many floral cards lately and get stumped when I have to make a masculine card! I decided to use my collection of Kaisecraft patterned paper. I haven’t used these cute pandas from Mama Elephant for a quite a while now, just perfect for a masculine card! Hope everyone is safe and well!

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes with Mama Elephant

Materials:
Kaisercraft cards
Mama Elephant Pandamonium and Happy Everything

Flower Power

I'm back with another card using the colours of the Altenew April Inspiration Challenge, using a technique that was demonstrated by Lydia Evans from Lydia's Crafty Corner last year. I just love these diecuts and have used them in various ways ever since I got them. The  background was created with distress inks to match the colours from the challenge. This was overlaid with a panel with the flowers cut out as windows. Thank you for dropping by! Hope everyone is staying safe!

Challenges:

Altenew April Inspiration Challenge

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Flower Power

Materials:

Background - Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Die - Altenew Rose Filament

Stamp - Hero Arts

Altenew April Inspiration Challenge

I have a birthday card to share using the colours from this month's Altenew Inspiration challenge. I did some water colour backgrounds with distress and oxide inks. I then die cut flowers from the background and leaves from vellum. After adhering the patterned paper and flowers, I used the Altenew white spray to add some splatter before adding the sentiment strip, leaves and sequins to finish the card. Hope everyone is sage! Thanks for dropping by!

Challenges:
Altenew April Inspiration Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Knock on Wood

Materials:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White
Stamps and Dies - Altenew
Pattrened Paper - Kaisercraft
Others - EP from Altenew (Rose Gold), Altenew Pure White Spray

Easter Cards 2020

Hope everyone is well. I have three Easter cards to share. I stamped all the roses a couple of weeks ago with my Misti and then fussy cut them for a rainy day. Due to still working despite the COVID-19 restrictions, I have been rather busy on my weekends off with some much needed household maintenance and cleaning. I has lucky to have a day off this week and decided to put these flowers to good use! I was inspired by Tim Holtz Facebook Live videos over the last two weekends and decided to use my distress inks and oxides to some good use! All three cards started with some texture paste background, then a mixture of distress oxides and inks and lots of water. I used water colour card stock for the first two cards and Neenah card stock for the last one. I decided to keep the last one CAS with only just a splatter of white paint. I love the different looks of all three cards! Which one do you prefer? Hope everyone is staying home to fight this dreadful virus! Stay safe!

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Add Some Texture
Tim Holtz Instagram Challenge - #TimHoltzDemo

Materials used:
Paper - Bristol Watercolour paper, Neenah Solar White
Stencil - Tim Holtz
Stamps - Altenew and Hero Arts
Inks - Altenew on the flowers, Distress Inks and Oxides on the background, Ranger Archival Ink