Washi Goodness

I have a slight addiction to washi tape, just can't get enough of it! Last month, I submitted these two cards to the Paperpoint MT Washi tape contest and guess what? I won $100 worth of washi tape! 

I would like to share a card I made for a magazine submission that was rejected. The good news is that the other card got accepted! Yay! The flowers in this card was made with decorative tape from MME - I love the effect of diecuts on washi tape! I'm submitting this card to Simon Says Stamp's What's Your Favourite challenge - Washi Tapes and Dies of course! 

Please visit A Blog Named Hero - Christmastravaganza as I am making a guest appearance on 17th December, there are prize giveaways everyday until 24th December!

Ingredients:
Cardstock - Neenah Solar White
Paper - My Mind's Eye Indie Chic Saffron
Die - MFT DieNamics Layered Labels, Fishtail flags STAX, Upsy Daisy
Stamp - Hero Arts CL530
Ink - HA Soft Granite
Others - MME Decorative Tape, Hemp. Kaisercraft brads

Seeing Double!

Tonight is a night of doubles! My good friends in Queensland just delivered healthy twin boys this afternoon. I had a card prepared for them (as they had already announced the sex of the twins and their names a while ago) and I put the first born's name first. At work today, I was asked to make a double birthday card for a husband (51st) and wife (50th) celebrating their birthdays together. What a 'doubles' day! Here are my cards!

Ingredients:

Jeremy n Jayden Card

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Neenah Solar White

Paper - MME Blinking an Eye

Stamp - Hero Arts CL492, Hero Arts Studio Calico Roller Rink Kit stamp

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black, Tim Holtz Broken China

Dies - MFT DieNamics Fishtail Flags

Others - MME Enamel Dots, Hemp, Basic Grey Alpha stickers

Double Birthday Card

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White

Paper - MME Indie Chic Ginger

Stamp - Hero Arts CL530 657773

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black, Hero Arts Wet Cement

Dies - MFT DieNamics Tag Die, Numbers Die, Layered Labels Die

Others - MME Decorative Tape, Kaisercraft blossoms, hemp

HA Scramble 50

After a very busy weekend, I managed to fit in a 90 minute Hero Arts scramble on the Flickr group hosted by fellow Aussie Chris Millar. I hosted one two weeks ago with a black and white Christmas theme and managed to flood the Flickr group with lots of B/W cards. Chris challenge yesterday was similar - Make a card using black as a background. I love using black on card. I used so much that my stash was all used up. It was lucky that I replenished some after the last scramble! I decided to use paper piecing for this challenge. The flower was stamped twice onto MME Indie Chic Ginger 6x6 papers and the flower and centres were fussy cut. The petals of the flowers were curled and the centre was mounted on foam tape. I added a lot of bling to the centre of the flower - maybe too much!! I also added some faux stitching to the edge of the card, a technique I picked up from Kristina Werner. I'm entering this last WCMD card to the Moxie Fab World Birthday challenge - it closes today. This is also a Clean and Simple card, so I'm adding it to the A Blog Named Hero CAS challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

I recently sent some cards for a card drive organised by Jana Millen. I just found out this morning that I won a prize pack for sending cards for the drive. I sent a card for Maddy, one for her sister Melanie and one for her parents. I was only just happy to participate in the drive, the prize is a bonus on top! Thanks Jana and Christine for organising it!

Challenges:

Hero Arts Flickr Group - Quickcard50 Scramble

Moxie Fab World - WCMD Birthday Challenge

A Blog Named Hero - Clean Up Your Act

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Neenah Classic Smooth White, Neenah Columns Black

Paper - My Minds Eyes Indie Chic Ginger 6x6 pad

Stamp - Hero Arts CG255 Striped Flower, CL530 Florentine Message

Ink - Ranger Archival Jet Black

Others - Kaisercraft rhinestones, White gel pen

A True Friend

After doing a CAS card last night, I was ready to tackle the MFT Guest DT sketch tonight. I am a big fan of MFT stamps and Die-Namics Die. I sneak in a small order every now and then and wait patiently for it to arrive. I have used some of the dies over and over again for various projects! I recently purchased a set of Favourite Sentiments stamp set from MFT and the Upsy Daisy die. This week's Guest DT sketch was perfect. The challenge sketch is for a DT position at MFT with $200 worth of products! Wow, a chance to play with new MFT products would be a dream come true!!
I also added washi (decorative) tape so that I can enter the card to Simon Say's Stamp's Stamptember challenge. The colours I used were also the Colour Q colours this week! The last challenge is Moxie Fab World - Gallon/Quart/Pint challenge. The Gallon colour is Brown, Quart is Coral Red and Pint is White. See photos of the sketch and colours below the card. Thanks for looking!!

Challenges:

My Favourite Things - September Guest Designer Challenge

Simon Says Stamp - Put a Stamp on it Challenge

ColourQ - Challenge #153
Moxie Fab World - Gallon/Quart/Pint challenge

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft, Brown card

Paper - My Mind's Eyes Indie Chic Ginger

Stamp - MFT Favourite Sentiments 6th Birthday Celebration Set

Ink - Hero Arts Cup O'Joe

Dies - MFT Die-Namics Upsy Daisy, MFT Die-Namics You're it Tag

Others - MME Decorative tape, Kaisercraft rhinestones, Kaisercraft pearl brad, Seam binding, Molotow paint gel pen

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

Happy 21st Album

I had a very short time to make a 21st birthday guest book for my niece. I am currently on holiday in Thailand and Malaysia and Sarah's 21st is the week after we get back. A quick idea was to use some beautiful 6x6 My Mind's Eyes patterned pads. I selected two pads which had a lot of neutral backgrounds with room for signing. These were glued down to a two strips of 16cm scored cardstock - 16 x 64 cm with a 1cm overlap. The pieces were folded into a concertina with the overlap glued down. The album covers were made from two pieces of 7inch squared cardboard. They were covered with musical wrapping paper which Sarah bought from Florence for me last year. Before glueing the covers down, I attached strips of ribbons in between. These will be used to tie the album down. I decorated the cover with laser cut wooden letters painted with acrylic paint, covered with Distress Rock Candy and coloured with distress re-inkers and the embellishments were fussy cut and stamped. The rest of the card is below. I will be submitting this into Simon Says stamp - Anything But a Card challenge. Thanks for dropping by!

Challenge:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything but a Card Challenge
Ingredients:
Cardstock - 250gsm cream A1 card
Papers - Musical wrapping paper from Florence, My Minds Eyes Be Happy and Indie Chic
Stamps - Tim Holtz Moths and Butterflies, Hero Arts Antique Flowers and Butterflies, Hero Arts CG657776, Hero Arts CG290, Stamp It Flourish Butterfly, Hero Arts Big Ticket
Inks - Distress Ink Tea Dye, Victorian Velvet, Distress Re-Inkers Victorian Velvet and Peeled Paint Ranger Archival Black and Brown
Other - Indie Chic decorative tape, Wooden letters and numbers, Tim Holtz Ideology Keys, Hero Arts Hues Dots, Kaisercraft Rhinesotnes