Saturday, May 29, 2010

BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR A SPECIAL MAD ONE!

Hope everybody is having a great weekend, even though slightly wet.
This card is for someone veeeeeeeeery special, the one and only Madonna Dunn. A great upline and friend, she keeps us very entertained with her witty humourous stories!!! It was her birthday yesterday, her link is on my side bar so pop on over and give her some love.
I hope you had a great day Mad's and I hope you and Mark get to have your nice romantic night out real soon. I will have a little surprise for you in 2 weeks as couldn't post it. It's hard to post a Ferrari!!!LOL














INGREDIENTS

STAMP SETS : Vintage Vogue & Sincere Salutations
CARDSTOCK : Choc Chip, Melon Mambo, Whisper White
INK : As Above
CHALK : Rose Red
PUNCH : Two Step Birdie Punch
TOOLS : Big Shot with top Note Die
RIBBON : Melon Mambo Polka Dot
MISC : Rhinestone Brad, Stampin Dimensionals, Two Way Glue Pen & Dazzling Diamonds

Thanks for popping in and I love reading your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)
Friday, May 28, 2010

JUST ADD INK #19


How nice are these colours together??? Although, they were a little harder to work with than I thought. Once I got into the swing of it all was good. Thanks to the girls over at JAI for another great challenge, I had fun playing again this week. I hope you like my creation!!! The card is really really bright IRL!!! Gotta love that Melon Mambo, even if it is pink!!!
This card is for Jo who lives down the street and has been unwell. I wish you a speedy recovery Jo and hope she is back in action soon.













INGREDIENTS

STAMP SETS : Embrace Life & Sincere Salutations
CARDSTOCK & DSP : Elegant Eggplant, Melon Mambo, Whisper White & Bali Breeze DSP (retired)
INK & CHALK : Elegant Eggplant
RIBBON : Melon Mambo Polka Dot
TOOLS : Big Shot with Top Note Die
MISC : Stampin Dimensionals, Dazzling Diamonds, Daubers
Thanks for popping in and I love reading your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

ROB G WORKSHOP

Don't you reckon Rob G sounds like a media star!!! That's her name she signs off on her running blog. Maybe we need to start marketing her as the running, card making superstar!!!
On Sunday we had an afternoon tea/workshop at Robyn's place. A big wave to the girls who came, I hope you liked your goodies you made. A big thanks to Robyn for a great afternoon of stampin' fun and an array of wonderful cakes. PT Girl was there taking notes on our food in take so we can get worked harder this week!!!
We made a sticky note holder (thanks Shell for measurements) as well as the card with Robyn's choice of colours and stamp set. I really enjoyed making them using A Beautiful Thing, a great priced little stamp set. The Top Note box I made was a hostess thankyou for Robyn filled with lollies and tea.

INGREDIENTS

CARD AND STICKY NOTE HOLDER

STAMP SET : A Beautiful Thing, It's Beautiful large wheel
CARDSTOCK : Perfect Plum, Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White
INK : As Above
RIBBON : Old Olive & Whisper White
PUNCH : Scallop Edge
MISC : Hole Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Stampin Dimensionals

TOP NOTE BOX

STAMP SET : Cottage Garden
CARDSTOCK & DSP : Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive & Cottage Wall DSP
INK : Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence & Chalk
TOOLS : The Big Shot (top note die)
PUNCH : Scallop Oval, Boho Blossoms(I stamped & punched a large flower so it made a smaller one),2 way birdie punch AGAIN....I love it!!!
MISC : Stampin Dimensionals

Thanks for popping in and I love to read your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

INKSPIRATION CHALLENGE #22

Thanks to Keesh for a beautiful sketch this week, it has been ages since I have played, and also to Renee for hosting this week. I had a sit down this afternoon and this took me no time at all, so I have now come to the conclusion Sketch Challenges are more for me than colour ones generally. See previous post for 5 day marathon on colour sketch(yes I know, lock me up!!!).
The flowers are done by colouring 1/2 the flower out of Cottage Garden stamp set then cutting and popping up. They look like the flowers in the DSP I thought.
I loved this one so I hope you do too.







INGREDIENTS
STAMP SETS : Cottage Garden, Pocket Silhouettes & Starring You
CARDSTOCK & DSP : Rose Red, Old Olive, Cameo Coral, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White & Raspberry Tart DSP
INK : As Above
RIBBON : Old Olive Grosgrain
MISC : Stampin Dimensionals
Thanks for popping in and I love to read your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)

JUST ADD INK CHALLENGE #16

WOW!!! These colours were certainly a challenge for me this week, but I thought I would still play along after my big TOP PICK last week. Thanks to the girls over at JAI for the challenge this week.... I just about did my head in!!!LOL I should have been carted off in a padded van for the amount of attempts at this one. This is a variation on a card from some time ago but as Crazy for Cupcakes was about the only stamp set I hadn't used thought I would mix it up a bit. Next time I think I will just put the ink down and step away from the table!!!
Anyhoo I hope you like it even though I'm not 100%, but we are our own worst critics at times.







INGREDIENTS
STAMP SETS : Crazy for Cupcakes & Baroque Motif
CARDSTOCK : As per challenge except Ruby Red substituted with Riding Hood Red as none in my stash.
INK : As above & Stazon
PUNCHES : Scallop Edge
RIBBON : Riding Hood Red Stripe
MISC : Stampin Dimensionals, Crystal Effects & Dazzling Diamonds
Thanks for popping in and I love reading your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)
Wednesday, May 5, 2010

MOJO MONDAY 137 SKETCH CHALLENGE

WOW!!! Three posts in one day, that is a record. It must have been the run (yes the run) I went for this morning, I think it unleashed my creative juices. I ran for about 30 min, however I did walk up one hill and down one staight to ready myself for next hill, so that's not too bad for me. I think PT girl will be amazed!!!
Anyhoo back to the card, I hope you like it and I had heaps of fun creating it. Thanks to the girls at Mojo Monday for a great sketch challenge. This was my second attempt, you don't want to see my first one unless you want a good laugh.


INGREDIENTS

STAMP SET : Cottage Garden, One Of A Kind & Inspired By Nature
CARDSTOCK & DSP : Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White & Cottage Wall DSP
INK : Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence
PUNCH : Oval Scallop
MISC : Stampin' Dimensionals











Thanks for popping in for a look and I love reading your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)

STAMP A STACK

Well what a fantastic day we had on Saturday it was a full house with a couple of new girls. It was a very funny and entertaining afternoon. We made 3 female and 3 male cards and the sentiments were left up to the girls and we had some great variations on my cards. The bottom photo was some little ideas and the pillow box had a little mars bar for each of the girls and I stamped Happy Mothers Day on them.
Robyn mastered the scissors with cutting out flowers and proved her fine motor skills are fab!!! Rachael didn't require oxygen (he! he!) and got through 3 cards before soccer duties called. The other 3 will get finished in a one on one session. Leanne, Karen and Angela provided great chit chat and I hope Margie wasn't too overwhelmed by everything. She assured me she had a great time. My Mum also came which was great, so seeing Mothers Day cards were the theme I will be whipping her up one she hasn't seen.
I will be e-mailing out details of the next one in June and thoughts on 2 sessions as there were a few regulars missing and numbers are growing, which is great.
Thanks again girls for a great afternoon.



INGREDIENTS
STAMP SET : Outlined For Fun
CARDSTOCK & DSP : Choc Chip, Old Olive, So Saffron, Sage Shadow, Whisper White & Windsor Knot DSP
INK : Choc Chip & Stazon
PUNCHES : Large & Small Star Punch

MISC : Aqua Painters & Stampin' Dimensionals
I had a couple of colour variations on this card.












INGREDIENTS

STAMP SET : Vintage Vogue, Cottage Garden & Teeny Tiny Sentiments not shown
CARDSTOCK : Rich Razzleberry, Orchid Opulence & Whisper White. The other colour combo was Melon Mambo & So saffron it looked fab too.
INK : As Above
CHALK : Orchid Opulence
RIBBON : Rich razzleberry
MISC : Stampin' Dimensionals, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Rhinestone Brad










These were gifts and display items using 2 step bird punch. I also made a bag which I forgot to take a photo of. The clip makes a great book mark and the pillow box fits a mini cocolate bar in it. These make great inexpensive gift items, also look great and best of all you made them!!!
A big thankyou to Megan who kindly let me use her "MR BIG SHOT" and die cut the top note and pillow boxes, I really appreciate it. I hopefully will be the proud owner of my own very soon and if my gorgeous hubby is reading this that is a reeeeeeeeeally big hint!!!
So if you like what we made, just send me an e-mail and I will get back to you with details of the next one.

Thanks for popping in and I love reading your comments
Have a great day
Anne
:-)

JUST ADD INK #15

This was a great simple challenge from the girls over at JAI. I decided that I would use a stamp set that hasn't been inked for a long time. It was a quick fun one and I hope the recipients Ang & Craig will love it too. They became grandparents last week to a gorgeous little girl Shelby.

INGREDIENTS

STAMP SET : Wild About You, Warm Words, Polka dot & Inspired By Nature
CARDSTOCK : Choc Chip, Melon Mambo & Whisper White
INK : As Above
PUNCH : Scallop Edge
RIBOON : Melon Mambo Spot
MISC : Stampin' Dimensionals
Thanks for popping in for a look and I love to read your comments.
Have a great day!
Anne
:-)

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