Ribbons & Bows!

February 28th 2013

A fun new challenge at Wicked Wednesday this week with Dilly Beans as our sponsor! We want you to use ribbons & bows on your ATC - so lets see what you can do! I just love this gorgeous new image from Megan at Dilly Beans! She has been coloured with Copic Markers and I added strips of  ribbon and a bow!

Queen of Hearts Tag

February 25th 2013

Finally got my February tag made for Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2013! As I mentioned last time I don't always have al the "ingredients" specified so I have improvised and added my own style! Queen of Hearts image is from Angie Delarie Scrapbooking. Background is Distress Stains, I used a couple of embossing folders I had for the black card, a little hand stamp pointing to the "I love you" pendant and some japanese washi tape for the tie at the top.

And don't forget our "Anything but a Card" Challenge still has a week to go at The Cheerful Stamp Pad - lots of inspiration from the DT at the blog! and so much scope for wht you can create and enter as well!!

Amore!

February 24th 2013

Finally finished my Febraury Calendar pages for The Kathryn Wheel Calendar Challenge. This month I used the credit card technique to cover the background with paint then did some sponging, stamping, doodling, added punchies for the days of the week. The gorgeous images are from Michelle Perkett Studio and were printed onto tissue paper then adhered to the pages with Mod Podge along with the "February" Word Art. I added some lacey border sticker to the top of each page. I'm really happy with how this month turned out!!! Now onto March LOL!!!

More Holiday Inspiration!

February 23rd 2013

Another "Holiday" Themed ATC for my reminder post for Wicked Wednesday - you have until Tuesday night to get your entry in!! As you can see this ATC is celebrating Halloween and uses a fantastic image from Rick St Dennis!

Holiday Time!

February 21st 2013

Our theme for this week at Wicked Wednesday is "Any Holiday or Birthday" - what a great range for you to create!!!!! A big thank you to Stitchy Bear for sponsoring us this week! I've used a very cute little Easter Bunny who looks like he's had way too much chocolate LOL!!! Make sure you check out the rest of the DT creations for some inspiration!!

Little "Birdie" Gift Tags

February 19th 2013

Today I am sharing some little gift tags I made using new products from Gecko Galz! These are quick & simple but perfect for using up scraps of coloured card and bits of ribbon & twine!

And don't forget to go and vote for your favourite Valentine's Card at Gecko Galz as well - here's the link: http://geckogalz.com/30daysofvdcards.html

X.X.X.!

February 18th 2013

We have a fantastic itinerary for you for the new challenge at the Desert Islands Crafters Challenge Blog and also a fantastic sponsor "Smeared Ink" so make sure you use at least 3 items from our list on your creation and you could win a great set of images from Smeared Ink - check out the set & more creations at the blog!

Here's the Itinerary:

1. Heart

2. Wings

3. Glitter

4. Doiley

5. Loving Sentiment

6. At least 3 Patterned Papers

7. Smeared Ink Stamp

8. Lots of Texture

9. Metal Accents

10. Distressing

On my ATC I used 1,2,3,6,7,9 & 10



I specifically made an ATC with the Smeared Ink Flying Heart so I could enter the current Smudgy Antics "Beating Heart: Make an ATC" Challenge!!

Sunny Skies?

February 17th 2013

My reminder post for our current "Celebrate the Season" Challenge at Wicked Wednesday. LOL here it is sunny skies and hot weather but some of you may be praying for sunny skies like this elegant lady under her snowflake umbrella!!! Image from Gecko Galz.

Love Potion No. 9

February 14th 2013

Happy Valentine's Day - although here the day is almost over! I am sharing one of my favourite Valentine's creations - a DT project I made for Angie Delarie Scrapbooking with one of her new designs. The gorgeous and vibrant patterned papers are from Gecko Galz and I thought they matched perfectly with the Copic Colours I used on the image. The little hearts and "tab" are also from Angie and are part of the set with the cute young lady! Of course as you can imagine the song "Love Potion No. 9" was going through my head when I made this!!! Had lots of fun sewing it all on with my sewing machine and even used a fancy heart stitch at the top!

Celebrate the Season

February 14th 2013

Time for this weeks challenge at Wicked Wednesday and this time we want to see your ATC's with a Holiday/Seasonal Theme! Our sponsor this week is Jelly Park and as always you have the opportunity to win some images! I love this cute little penguin - of course here it's HOT but looking at this makes me feel cooler LOL!

Love Birds!

February 13th 2013

Here's a fun card I have made for the current Just Some Lines Challenge "Love" using this gorgeous group of birds - couldn't resist adding the "wobble" eyes for a laugh!! To layout the card I used the sketch from the challenge at 613 Avenue Create Challenge Blog. And I am also entering this at the Creepie Cute Stamps Challenge Blog - I don't have any of their images yet but plan to get hold of some asap LOL!!! Their challenge is My Creepy Valentine but it can be anything valentines and not necessarily creepy but I do think the wobble eyes I added make these old birds a bit creepy looking!!!

A Bicycle Built for Two!

February 12th 2013
A card made with one of the new Valentine designs from Angie Delarie Scrapbooking - if you haven't seen Angie's designs be sure to pop over and check them out - Angie is an Aussie designer and has some great quirky little designs!!

This card has several reasons for it's existence LOL!! This is one of my DT Creations for Angie for February so please check out Angie's Blog & Store.

I am also a reminding everyone that you still have a week left to enter our "You have my Heart" Challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad. And I am also entering the current "Love is in the Air" Challenge at the Daring Cardmakers Challenge Blog and the Artistic Inspirations "Anything Goes" Challenge! nd I am entering this at the Songbird Challenge Blog in their "Hopelessly Devoted to You (Valentine)" Challenge!

NEW Movie Magic Monthly Challenge Blog!

February 11th 2013

A brand new fun challenge blog starts today - Movie Magic Monthly!!!! This new challenge blog will have monthly challenges based on a movie - this is going to be great fun! Our very first challenge is of course "Alice in Wonderland" - now I can't see any excuses for not entering this - so many wonderful designs out there - and you can create whatever you like as long as it follows the movie theme!

My creation is a journal page as I've been having so much fun creating with paint, making backgrounds and generally getting messy!! I've used gorgeous & quirky "Alice" images from The Octopode Factory to create my own "Mad Hatter's Tea Party" - I'm a big tea drinker!!!

Make sure you check out the blog for amazing inspiration from our DT and get creating!!!

I'm also entering this page in the current The Octopode Factory Friday Challenge which requires the use of glitter and I added glitter paint to Alice & the Mad Hatter's Ties, the Mad Hatter's Hat and smeared some inside the painted circles - very hard to photograph though!!!

Love is in the Air!

February 10th 2013

Isn't February great for all the "Valentine's" creations everyone makes? I love seeing what romantic things people are creating! This little ATC using a great new image & "tab" from Angie Delarie is a reminder that you still have a few days to enter our Valentine/Love ATC Challenge at Wicked Wednesday!

To My Valentine

February 8th 2013

Sharing another Gecko Galz creation - this time I decorated a face washer with one of the images from the new release collage sheets for January along with some lace! Make sure you keep checking the Gecko Galz site up until February 14th as each day a new Valentine card is being showcased from a member of the DT with instructions!

Love & Valentine!

February 7th 2013

Time once again for the new challenge theme at Wicked Wednesday and this week it is Valentine/Love - at this time of the year there is no excuse fpr you not making an ATC along those lines!!! We have been provided with designs by our sponsor Rendonkulous so make sure you check out what the rest of the DT have created as well!!

You Have My Heart!

February 5th 2013

Time for a new challenge for this fortnight at The Cheerful Stamp Pad with a love theme - the title of my post is the theme! Our sponsor for this week is Just Some Lines - they have some great images so maybe if you have some you could use them on your challenge entry! This gorgeous "Emo" girl is one of my favourite characters and she has her cute little heart balloon ready for Valentine's Day!!

February 3rd 2013

A reminder post for our "Gothic Love" challenge at Wicked Wednesday and I am sharing my ATC using an image by Angie Delarie. I thought this Day of the Dead image was a perfect Gothic Love design for my reminder ATC along with some scraps of paper, some heart punchies, a rose and a little "made with Love" heart charm! Hope you can join us - there is still a few days left to enter!

Without Love we are Birds with Broken Wings...

February 1st 2013
Time for a new challenge itinerary at Desert Islands Crafters Challenge Blog and this time I chose the list of items!!! And we are so lucky to have Dilly Beans as our sponsor for this challenge!

Here is the list and remember to use at least 3 items on your creation!

1. Love/Romance

2. Hearts

3. Pearls

4. Pink & Red

5. Lace

6. Sentiment

7. Paint

8. Eyelets

9. String/Raffia

10. Image of a Couple

I used items 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 & 9 on my card along with a gorgeous Dilly Beans image of course!!

I am also adding my card to the current Dilly Beans Challenge which requires you to add some "metal" - my added metal is the metal heart eyelet in the top corner of my card!!

A Couple of Heartbreakers!

February 1st 2013

Kiss me Twice!



Quickly sneaking in a fun card for the Ms January Bombshell Stamps Challenge as my friend Jenn was Ms January this month and her theme was "Heartbreaker"! I couldn't resist having some fun with my Gingerbread Girls from Bombshell Stamps and creating this card. Background paper which has "lipstick lips" over it is from Gecko Galz and was perfect for this creation!