Happy Birthday

I placed the large PB stamp in my Misti and masked off and inked the flowers in light blue DI and then a number of times with dark blue ink, then the same with the leaves.  I used an embossing pen and clear embossing powder to add some highlights to the petal and then with a brush added black ink to the flower centres and when that was dry some spots of white gel pen.  I stamped the sentiment in black and clear embossed it then used green card to frame the panel onto a navy card.

I am playing along with The Flower Challenge #45 - Colour:  Navy & my other colour Green    -----   AND   ----   Penny Black Saturday June challenge -  Anything Goes.

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Card Recipe 
Stamps:  Penny Black - Garden Gems,  Close to my Heart - Joyful Birthday
Dies: 
Inks: Distress Inks - Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Black Soot, Versafine - black
Other:  clear embossing powder, blue coloured pencil, white gel pen

Happy Birthday

This is the latest of my Moogly crochet squares... only one to catch up now.

Using the leftover of a  piece  I made recently with Drawing Inks on Photographic paper I decided to see how it would go as a background with this die cut

The die cut beautifully with a shim and rather than cut down the diecut I made a frame from white card and attached to a red card base... it makes a larger card.  Then to finish I stamped and white embossed the sentiment on black card and mounted it with foam tape.

This is the masterboard I made and the first card...

I am joining in with NBUS challenge #15.... using for the first time this intricate floral die.
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Card Recipe
Stamps: Happy Little Stampers - Fun Birthday sentiments
Dies: Sizzix - Bouquet
Inks: Versamark
Other:white embossing poweder, Drawing Inks, photographic paper

Reminiscing......

Oh the girls are having some fun this month over at 

The Card Chain Challenge were everyone is celebrating 3000 CCC cards loving made and sent to a CCC friend.  They've announced Game 1 today and would like us to share our story with CCC and if possible our first card we sent.

This is my card sent to Jan in Alaska way back in March 2013.

As far as I can figure this is the first CCC card I sent...

we were living in a caravan at the time 

as we'd just relocated from the west coast at Karratha and Perth (were we spent 2 years 

and lots of my card making stuff  had travelled with us in our caravan under my bed) 

- back to the east of Australia and we were waiting for approval to move into a rental in Yeppoon.

I have been a link in the chain on and off since March 2013  

with none in 2018 and have sent about over 50 cards.

I did actually start to play along with the themes when Deb called the challenge Lily Pad Card Chain - challenge 106 in Oct 2011 but I didn't participate in exchange

Here's the March sign up link

and this is the card I received from Janet in Mauritius

here's the reveal post

This is very scary - looking back at your old cards, design, and abilities.... I am so thankful that I found card making -- it is a passion, I feel I'm learning more all the time and improving my techniques.  I would never have realised you could make friends using your cards and a blog, nor would I have realised I'd sent so many cards... it's all been a lot of fun and want to thank everyone who has ever sent me a card... they're in a box and some are still displayed around my room.  Thanks too to Deb, Gail and Jo for all you hard work  - I found that the CCC has been running since September 2009.  Have a Happy Day and stay safe

Merry Christmas Bells

Finding Bells in my stash is tricky but I did remember this Noel die I had and decided to use only the bells... I die cut it on white card and trimmed it before using  an embossing pen to just ink the bells and then gold embossed them and then used Twinkling H2Os to watercolour the holly and berries. Then I traced around the bells on a piece of satin gold metallic card and this as backing for the bells and added Crystal Drops to the berries and bell knockers.  I die cut the sentiment in real shiny gold metallic card and attached all these to a white card front where I used a stylus to emboss a frame.

I am playing along with CAS Christmas June Challenge - Bells   ....  AND .. Watercooler Wednesday WWC275 - Karen's All About Occasions challenge
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Card Recipe 
Stamps: 
Dies: Creative Expressions - Stacked Merry Christmas,  Die Cutting Essentials mag - Stained Glass Noel set
Inks: Twinkling H2Os
Other:  shine gold metallic card, satin metallic gold card, clear Nuvo Crystals Drops

Birthday Wishes

A kind gift of some beautifully layer stamped roses from a CCC friend, Linda - were the inspiration for this card today.  I found in my stash this pink smooched background on leather-grain card that matched perfectly with the die cut roses.  I added a trim of lace - die cut a scalloped eyelet on a white card strip and reversed the die and cut again so both edges were scalloped.  Stamped the sentiment in Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry and clear embossed it, then die cut.  I attached all the elements with foam tape and added a few white Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I am playing along with Watercooler Wednesday WWC274 - Dawn's challenge - Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist.
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Card Recipe
Stamps: Layered Roses  sent to me by Linda - Sunny Studio - Everything's Rosie -I love them
Dies: Stampin' Up - Finishing Touches Edgelits, Gemini - Torn edge rectangles
Inks: Distress Oxide - Picked raspberry, 
Other:   clear embossing powder,  white Nuvo Crystal Drops

Happy Birthday

Over at CAS Mix Up Card challenge 

there has been some changes to the format 

with CAS Stencil and CAS Watercolour now part of the one month challenge....

 pop over and check it out.

I started out playing with some old Drawing Ink on photographic paper...  dropped ink on the paper and spritzed with water... it's beautifully bright and with the vellum over the top nice and soft... so I stamped and gold embossed the birthday sentiment on the vellum and die cut a frame in white card then used foam sheet to attach to a white card.

I am playing along with CAS Mix Up June challenge - Embossed Vellum - my elements are vellum, stamping, heat embossing, die cutting, Ink   ----    and  ----  AAA Birthday game #14 - Use Vellum


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Card Recipe 
Stamps: Kaisercraft - Wildflower (sentiment)
Dies: Poppy stamps - stitched rectangles
Inks: Avant-garde Drawing Ink, Versamark
Other: Vellum, gold embossing powder, photographic paper

Happy Birthday

Sharing some colourful foliage in my garden today  front Variegated Crepe Ginger, and Red Dracena   .... I've been re-potting my Hippeastrum bulbs today, a lovely morning for gardening


Flower, Foliage, Fussy cutting....... Just Add Ink, would love to see some "F" elements on our cards this week..

Firstly from my stamped images stash... a 'Friends' flower  and leaves (don't know the brand) which I watercoloured with Distress Inks and then 'fussy' cut out.   On a strip of card I blended yellow Distress Inks from light to dark to place behind this die cut circles border on my card front panel. I die cut the sentiment twice - in orange card and cream glitter card and then attached all the elements to my cream card...I added some glitter glue to the flower to match in with the sentiment.

I am playing along with Just Add Ink challenge #508 - Just Add "F"
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Card Recipe
Stamps: a "Friends" floral and foliage stamp
Dies: Simon Says - Circle Border, Elizabeth Crafts - Happy Birthday
Inks: Distress Ink - Squeezed lemonade, Scattered straw, Fossilized amber,  Shabby shutters, Mowed lawn, Mustard seed, Spiced marigold,  Versafine - black
Other:   cream glitter card, glitter glue

Christmas is Love Tag Card

For my tag card today I used a poinsettia background piece from my stash... white embossed and already watercoloured with Distress Inks....   trimmed it to size and shape for a tag with a red card layer and ribbon tied with twine.  To finish I added a stamped sentiment attached with foam tape and a red die cut flower with micro beads in the centre and holly leaves.

I am playing along with Christmas Kickstart challenge #32 - Care to Tag Along?
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Card Recipe 
Stamps:  Stampin' Up - Contempo Christmas (sentiment),  Cardmaking & Papercraft mag - Festive Flourishes - holly background
Dies:  Cardmaking Magic - Yuletide Wishes - Holly, La-La Land - Waterlily 
Inks: Distress Inks - Shabby shutters, Ripe persimmon, Versamark
Other:  white embossing  powder, ribbon, twine, micro beads, white Nuvo crystal drops