Europe Here I Come!

 Hello to all my Crafty Friends!

Just popping in to let you know I will be mostly absent from my blog for the next couple of months as I travelling to Europe! This is the trip that was supposed to happen in 2020, so I'm very excited! 

I'll be visiting Scotland to see family, France and Italy for pure pleasure and Finland because I'm flying Finnair. I'm catching up with 2 Crafty Friends along the way. Shirley from Shirley- Bees Stamping Stuff, is joining me in Paris for a couple of days and I'm catching up with Nonni from Nonni's Handmade Cards in Helsinki. Isn't it fun to have lovely friends dotted around the world through this wonderful hobby of ours!

See you all in November, just in time to make Holiday cards!

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Time Out Challenge #146 Inspired by Words

  Hi there Crafty Friends. It's time for another challenge  at Time Out Challenges. This week we want you to be inspired by words ...  

 “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” ~Chinese Proverb

I started  this card months ago using patterned paper and dies. Then I couldn't decide how to finish it. In the end I decided to add the cute Hedgie and sentiment. 

The tree/border die is from Paper Rose Studio and the stamps from My Favorite Things. The pp is from Kaisercraft. 

This month we have Varada Sharma  as our generous sponsor, offering 2 x $15 store credits. The winner also has a chance  to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

You can see more inspiration from Jennifer K ( LIVE.CRAFT.REPEAT )our Guest Designer and the rest of our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE REMINDER (AUG ‘23)

  It's the 3rd Saturday of the month, so we have more inspiration for you at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  The challenge this month is...

'Anything Goes'
or

'ONE LAYER CARD’

This was made with one of my newest purchases from Penny Black. I stamped the image with Delicata Gold Ink and coloured it with Derwent Inktense Watercolor Pencils and added some shading with Prismacolor Pencils. I felt Ishould have added more shading and colour, but I used Bristol Cardstock and didn’t want to overwork it.

Stamp: PB Gladness 

You can see more inspiration from the rest of the DT  at our blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor:

Prize - $20 voucher!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

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Time Out Challenge #245 Colourful

  Welcome back Crafty Friends. It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we want you to make a COLOURFUL  card.  I got inky with my card:)

To begin I made a colourful background with Brushos and Nuvo Shimmer Powder. Next I used a Simon Says Stamp Die 3 times to get the butterflies and border die-cuts. I added some colourful splatter, a couple of gems and a sentiment from Altenew.  

This winner of our challenge will win a $25 credit from our generous sponsor - Lawnfawn and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

  Our incredibly talented Guest Designer this week is Fran from Fran Made in Oregon.

You can see more inspiration from our  fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Altenew Metallic Paints

Yippee! Woohoo! I made a card!!! Yes I actually managed to finish a card today. I was inspired by the pretty bouquet of flowers in the Altenew Inspiration Challenge photo.

I used white ink and Ranger Vintage Pearl embossing powder. Then I coloured the images with Altenew Metallic Watercolor paints. The stamps are from Altenew Beauty Within and the sentiment was made with Altenew Sweet Sentiments Hotfoil Plates.

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Magnolia Season

 Hey Friends! I'm still struggling with my mojo, so today I'm sharing an old , but never before posted make,  to celebrate the emergence of Magnolias in our part of the world with the promise of Spring. 

I used a beautiful stencil from Altenew and one of the old stamps. The paints are Altenew Artist Watercolors and the paper is Arches. 

I considered adding a sentiment, but decided to leave it, so that the Magnolia is the focus.

I'm sharing at the following challenges:- 

DOUBLE D CHALLENGE

Anything Goes or Use Stencils

ELLIBELLE'S CRAFTY WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE

Anything Goes

Here is a picture I took during my morning walk a few weeks ago...

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge August '23

 Hi there Crafty Friends! It's the first Saturday of the month so it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Our theme is always Anything Goes or if you prefer the optional twist is 'ONE LAYER CARD'.

I was gifted this cute Wood-mount from a friend who was destashing. 

The prize for this challenge is as always, provided by our generous sponsor

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

 You can see more inspiration from the rest of the DT at our blog. I hope you are inspired and have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Playing with Hotfoil and Die-cuts

 Hi there Crafty Friends! I made a card! Yay! You haven't seen any recent makes from me for quite a while because my Mojo has been sadly missing! However this week I received some new products, including some gorgeous Hotfoil Plates from Altenew. 

You probably can't see, but the card stock is a beautiful soft peach colour and is also shimmery. The foil colour is rose gold. It's very difficult to photograph, but you get the idea. I used Karin Markers direct to the stamp, spritzed and sprinkled a touch of Cosmic Shimmer Powder before stamping.

Stamp & Die Altenew Leaf Clusters

Hotfoil Plate and Die Altenew Exquisite Marble, Altenew Sweet Sentiments

I chose these colours when I saw the photo at this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge. Mindy is the host and check out the photo she chose...

I'm also sharing this card at :-

A couple of months ago I had 2 of my wonderful (crafty) friends to stay for a few days at our beach house and that was the last time I've managed to make a card until today. 

Well I did manage to make a few that weekend, so here oner using gorgeous dies and Glimmer Hotfoil plates from Spellbinders. 

The embossing folder was a 'must have' as soon as I saw it, because it reminds me of pressed metal, one of my loves! 

I used a mix of shimmer and glitter card stock for the flowers.

I'm sharing this card at:-

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE

Anything but Square

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Time Out Challenge #244 Monochromatic

  Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for another  Time Out Challenge. This week we want you to make a 'MONOCHROMATIC' card. 

For the purposes of our challenge, this means using only shades of one colour with a possible addition or touch of neutrals (white, black, grey, brown). You could for example use all blues on a white card base... But stamp your sentiment on black on white card. We also allow a touch of metallics so heat embossing with a metallic powder/adding metallic gems will work too. 

Using co-ordinating papers from a Design paper pad made it very easy to make a Monochromatic card with various shades and different patterns. I tore the paper in strips, layered them and die cut the panel. The pot plant was left uncoloured, which I quite like. I used a black matte to tie in with the stamped image. 

The paper is from Kaisercraft and the stamp from Altenew.

The winner of our challenge will win a $15 credit from our generous sponsor -Varada Sharma and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

We have Stephanie Serrano of Stephanie's Stampin Spot, joining us as Guest Designer. You can see her amazing card and more inspiration from our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Beautiful Floral Spray

 Hi there Crafty Friends. Just popping in to share a card I made months ago with a prize from Paper Rose Studio. 

The image was coloured with Copic Markers. For the background i embossed a die-cut panel for a bit of texture and interest. 

Stamp: Paper Rose Studio Sketchy Floral - Thanks

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

WE LOVE STAMPING

Fabulous Florals

ADDICTED TO STAMPS

Make your Mark

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Another Collection of Cards to Share

 Hi there Crafty Friends. I'm still in a card-making drought, so I'll share a few more old (but never shared) makes.

First up is a card using some beautiful stamps and Embossing Folder from Altenew and a Hot foil sentiment from Spellbinders.

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE (moodboard)

Next up -  I felt it was about time I played in a 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge. I used to be on the DT and this is my first visit since then!

This cute stamp is from Colorado Craft.

I'm also sharing at :-

To finish , I have a card for Seize the Birthday Challenge using an old Sugarpea Designs stamp set I borrowed at a craft retreat.

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Time Out Challenge #243 (Photo Inspiration)

 Welcome back Crafty Friends. It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we want you to be inspired by a photo.  There are so many fun elements to inspire you in this photo and you are sure to find something to prompt your creativity! I had had some fun with this one:) I saw the gold swan and this is was I created...

I used Altenew watercolour paints and Karin Markers to create my card. I stamped and embossed with the Swans with Silver Pearl embossing powder. The stamp is from Stampendous.

I'd love to have this desk - it even has a 'J' for jenny light!

Source - https://emilysliv.se/barnens-lekrum-pysselhornan

This winner of our challenge will win a $25 credit from our generous sponsor - Picket Fence Studios and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

  Our incredibly talented Guest Designer this week is Heather Heroldt of Handmade by Heather.

You can see more inspiration from our  fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge JUL '23 Reminder

  It's the third Saturday of the month, so I'm here to remind you about this month's  Penny Black Saturday Challenge! 

Our theme is always Anything Goes or if you prefer the optional twist is  'THE GREAT OUTDOORS' card. 

It's the middle of Winter here in Australia. It certainly feels like it, but the trees in our street are still hanging on to their Autumn colour! So that's what inspired my card.

I used Penny Black 'Arbors' and Karin Markers to create my outdoors scene.

You can see more inspiration from our wonderful Guest Designer, Loll Thompson and the rest of the DT  at our blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor:

Prize - $20 voucher!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)