Happy Easter

 

The Shabby Tea Room -  'Easter Sweetness' along with this beautiful photo for inspiration!   Lenet asks that you create a card or project inspired by the photo and include POLKA DOTS AND/OR STRIPES!

Crazy4Challenges 231 The Crazies Get Their 'Egg' On!

Hi there this fine Easter Friday...I wasn't planning on making a card today...but as I had to tidy up my craft room for our visitors my desk just called out....and here I am with this cute Easter card for  Crazy4Challenges #231 'Egg' On!! and Shabby Tea Room #214-  Easter Sweetness, including dots and stripes. Happy Easter and thanks for taking a peek Robyn

Birthday Wishes

Week #210  'Anything Goes'

It's our daughters birthday this coming week so I have made this card for her...I'm really happy with how it turned out. I'm playing along with The Shabby Tea Room #210 this week where their theme is Open -"Anything Goes". I stamped the background card, dry embossed the corner on the underlying card and layered two Chocolate Baroque flowers, then finished it off with a fancy tag and sentiment .  Thanks for taking a peek Robyn

Shabby Roses Birthday

I've made this "So Ramantic" themed card for a dear elderly relative of mine in the UK and later today I need to brave the rain and go and post it.  I've used the Shabby Tea Room #200 photo  for my  inspiration and added two little ribbon roses with an organnza bow, some die cut foliage and pink pearls.  Thanks for taking a peek Robyn   

Friends are Angels

  

  

 COLORS FROM THE PHOTO AND INCLUDE FLOWERS, RIBBON AND NEWSPRINT! 

Back at my desk this fine Monday morning to post this card I had mostly completed on Saturday - the layout is for the Freshly Made Sketches #93 challenge, the colours are for The Shabby Tea Room #173 - Glorious Flowers challenge which I missed posting to - so am also inspired to post it on the Inkspirational #27 colour challenge and the the lovely butterfly inspiration from CASE Study #148.  I very happy with how it turned out with soft colours - it's amazing the shades of mauve ink I have (must be a favourtie colour) and also when you look how many butterfly stamps I have.  

Thanks for taking a peek and have a super creative week.

Happy Mothers' Day

  

"SPRING BLISS"  INSPIRATION PHOTO USING YELLOW, GREEN, WHITE (OR CREAM) AND INCLUDE FLOWERS AND POLKA DOTS!

Beautiful morning here is central Queensland and today Vikki and I have found some time to skype again and create more cards!!!  I've made mum's card today using the colour scheme from Shabby Tea Room  week #163 "Spring Bliss" - the polka dot DT paper from Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon pack was just perfect and I love making these daisies with my dies.  I loved the layout at Annabelle Stamps  sketch #161 too .... and am really pleased with the finished card - no bling t all!!

Thanks for taking a peek and have a super weekend

 

Framed birthday wish

WHITE PLUS ONE OTHER COLOR AND INCLUDE A FRAME!

Happy weekend blog visitors - my first card today is for The Shabby Tea Rooms week#156 'Frame It' challenge. I love white on whites so I had to have a go at this card. I used a couple of spellbinders to create the frame and colour embossed it with swiss dots and used a soft aqua as the one colour for this feminine birthday card. My lovely bow and button embellishment also fits with the challenge over at Divas by design - Buttons and Bows  Thanks for taking a peek

Shabby Tea Room, The Paper Player

    

Today Vikki and I are sharing our Saturday morning as she's a 'dancing' engagement and evening out with hubby  today - enjoy Vikki and Trev.  I've put together a 'Pretty" card today using the soft colours from the Shabby Tea Room week #137 challenge - a Vintage Charm theme using the colours in the photo and also include a Charm. I also played along with the Paper Players P#118 and their challenge to include a Frame. As I'm working out of our caravan with limited stamping gear ...I didn't have any charms so I've made this pearl button myself....thanks for taking a peek

The Shabby Tea Room, iSpy Sketches

  

  

I'm quite liking my card this morning...feminine.  I've used the sketch from last weeks iSpy challenge, ISSC33 and the colours from The Shabby Tea Room  week 132 "Pretty Party"- pink and green and also to included flowers...  Thanks for taking a peek

 

MojoMonday, Shabby Tea Room

  

Today I had so much trouble selecting a colour theme and in the end the ribbon decided for m eand it fitted perfectly with the Shabby Tea Room challenge #129 'Summer Cottage", I've used the MojoMonday #256 design for my layout...I'm feeling so rusty after my break but I do like my finished card.  Thanks for taking a peek

iSpy Sketches, Shabby Tearoom

 

Hello from my desk here in sunny Karratha, today I've made a special birthday card for a friend and have used the sketch from iSpy Sketches ISSC19 and the colour palette from Shabby Tearoom #117 - Sweet Summertime. Thanks for taking a peek

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The Shabby Tea Room, Inspired by Stamping challenges

                                         

Hi everyone ...oh it's great to be back at my desk after four weeks leave....:-)  I've been away for our daughters wedding which was just beautiful. I've made this birthday card today with inspiration from two blogs - firstly The Shabby Tearoom challenge 109 using their gorgeous colours in the pic above and also the sketch from the ladies at Inspired by Stamping IBSIC #4. Thanks for taking a peek  Robyn

Colour throw down, the Shabby Tea Room

  

Oh I do like the colours this week for the Colour Throwdown CTD177 - all bright and cheery and then the Shabby Tea Room challenge Week #99 - 'Love is in the Air' - a card with a Valentine's theme and including a mail or postage element - my card evolved into this when I had to decided on a sentiment to add.  I was experimenting with my embossing folders and inking up the raised side and brayering over the card on top to create the background...and here we go my card!!!  Thanks for taking a peek.

The Shabby Tea Room challenge

 

Just a little too late....to post this with the Shabby Tea Room week 98 challenge last week - "Sparkle and Bright" to use the colour White, Silver and a splash of Pink, inspired by this picture ...but I decided to put it on my blog anyway. Have a great week, sending out smiles :-)

The Shabby Tea Room challenge #86

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend...I'm extra happy today as hubby flew in last night after being away for 16 days. I've made my card for the Shabby Tea Room challenge - Homespun fall using the wonderful colours in the pic above. Mine represents a wreath of autumn leaves for the front door and chose to use the words of the verse inside to say it all! Thanks for taking a peek  

The Shabby Tea Room challenge #76

Today my friend Vikki suggested we try the Sweet Days of Summer challenge. I just loved the colours of the picture and I haven't made a floral card for ages so I was rapt. I used my punches to make these flowers - the larger ones are using the Nellie Snellen punch and emboss sets and the smaller ones with the Martha Stewart punch. Hope you like my take on this....I'm very happy. Thanks again for taking a peek this weekend