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Some fantastic challenges got me back into my craft room to create this card that features the very first stamp set that I ever bought, Seaside by SU! Shimmery Shells I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the colour combo at the Color Throwdown this week as it features a selection of my all time favourite colours. The second challenge at Just Add Ink , was to CASE one of their talented DT Members, Kathy from Stamping Still. I've had the first 2 cards of Kathy's in my CASE folder for a while (see below) so I thought it was a good opportunity to try out one of her gorgeous 'grid' cards. I love the sepia tones that she has used and the faux pearl on the last card. Stunning! So ... I stuck to the beautiful layout of all three cards to create my CASE card for JAI #102. I am also entering this card in the challenge at Sentimental Sundays which is to add some dry embossing to your project. I only just recently came across this challenge site and have been keen to play ...

Tutorial for the Larger Butterfly Easel Card BJE1 Yay! I have finally put together a tutorial for the larger butterfly easel card that I designed. I have had quite a few requests over the last year for the instructions so after sweating it out on this very hot Australia Day Holiday, taking numerous photos and doing lots of editing, here it is. For the very reasonable price of $4.00 (AUD) , I will email you a three page pdf document for personal use. However, I would ask that if it is used for Stamp Clubs and Workshops etc. that you would direct your customers to my blog so they can purchase their own personal copy. For extra ideas I have included several photos of other designs that I have created.  To purchase the tutorial, please go to My Tutorials for Sale Section at the top of my blog. .......................................................... As a bonus, you will receive the pdf instructions for the smaller Butterfly Easel Card. This photo show...

Beautiful Blue Wings I've been spending a bit of time on Pinterest lately and came across a beautiful card that I wanted to CASE. You can see the gorgeous rainbow coloured butterfly card (by Ashlee Townsend) that inspired me at Muse My World . Isn't it gorgeous? I have also seen a lot of projects made from paint chip cards (great idea) so I raided one of the local paint shops and came home with some 'samples' in various shades of blue and combined the two ideas to make my card. All other supplies are from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by,

Made this for a bit of fun - Recycled Jeans + Embroidery Hoop + Empty Space on the Wall = Wall Art Problem solved :)

Thank you to Lisa Lara from Splitcoast for naming this as a CAS Favourite for the week ending 28th January 2012. ............................................................................... Super quick and easy, bright and colourful cards made using my new Martha Stewart Punch, a variety of sentiments and a touch of bling. Colour Palette - Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Elegant Eggplant (SU) Inspired by a CAS Card that I found on Pinterest.

Day 7 of the online CAS Card Making Class is entitled, Plainly White . Julie Ebersole demonstrated how to use the expanse of white space on a card to your advantage. I made the flower accent this afternoon so tonight I decided to pop it onto a clean and simple card that demonstrated some of the techniques from day 7. If you've been following my journey, you'll realise I have skipped a few days of class in my blog posts as I haven't had a lot of time to keep up with my 'homework' this week. The good thing is, I have access to it 'forever' and that's a relief because there are SO many more ideas and techniques that I want to play around with in the near future. Plainly White I used Confetti White Card Stock as it needed to match the off white colour in the flower. Flower Accent Not having done any crocheting for a few months, I went around to a friend's place and got another lesson today. I was a bit rusty but was able to g...

Just Add Ink are celebrating their 100th Challenge with a Blog Hop, a give away and a theme challenge to Just Add Crowns. I needed to make a card for our son's upcoming birthday and seeing that Ryan means 'little king', I thought a crown card would be pretty appropriate. JAI 100 - Just Add Crowns All supplies are from Stampin' Up! and the featured stamp set, Grunge Rock , is really versatile and especially good for masculine cards. For our 'little' king ... There's still time to play, browse the blog hop to see all the talent on display and go in the running to win a great case to hold sponge daubers. Thanks for stopping by,

Before I get onto my sample for Day 4 , I want to share with you a sketch and a technique that Maile Belles demonstrated last week in the online CAS Card Making Class . This is a fun way to use a selection of Copic Markers and the negative of a die cut. Hello Card #1 While I was searching for some ribbon, I came across this bright yellow ric rac and thought it would make the main part of the card really 'pop'. I then embossed the greeting with white embossing powder and added a cute yellow button to finish it off. I'm really pleased with the result and love the colour panel against the black card stock (Maile made a beautiful blue Copic panel against white). My friend, Tania , did a gorgeous card using this sketch too. You can check it out HERE . . . . . . . . . . . . Hello Card #2 Now onto Day 4 - Kristina Werner demonstrated how to use 1 stamp, 3 ways with a background script stamp. One of the ideas was to stamp and emboss onto cut out letters. I already had a lovely ...

Birdies While I'm on a roll for all things, Clean and Simple , (thanks to a great on-line card making course) I thought I'd make another one layer card. To add a bit of interest I sniffed around a couple of challenge blogs that specialise in the CAS style and came across this great sketch from Clean and Simple ... FTL 173 ... and a one layer card with a Bird Theme from Less is More (week 50). Supplies Used: Stamps: Birdies (STAMP-IT), Retro Remix and Family Phrases (SU) Cardstock: Whisper White Ink: Memento Black, Melon Mambo (SU) Accessories: A combination of Copics and SU Markers Thanks for stopping by,

Caged Bird Here's a little card I made today which was inspired by Day 3 of the Clean and Simple Online Card Making Class . It was all about "using a technique or element and applying it to a clean and simple version or spin off ". Jennifer McGuire made a beautiful 'tone-on-tone' dimensional butterfly card. I applied the same technique to make a card in the shape of a bird cage. Supplies: Stamp: from Just Believe (SU) Ink: Calypso Coral (SU) Card Stock: Whisper White, Calypso Coral (SU) Accessories: Caged Bird Die (Sizzix - Tim Holtz), Petal Cone Die (SU), Stamping Sponge You can probably tell I'm really enjoying the CAS style :) Thanks for stopping by,

Here's another idea from day 2 of CAS Card Making Online Classes. It was all about making one layer cards. This technique is from Jennifer McGuire and you can see the original inspiration, HERE . The background polka dots have been white embossed and each image has been coloured in with my new Prisma pencils. This is my first attempt at colouring onto Kraft card stock (Crumb Cake). I think I prefer blending on white. What do you think? Any tips for the novice? Fabulous Florets (SU) Bird Cage (Kaiser Stamps), Butterfly from Clearly for You (SU) PS: Thanks to the ladies at Splitcoast for naming this card as one of their CAS Favourites for the Week. Lil Molly's Flowers (Annabelle Stamps) (Not exactly a perfectly flat card as I mucked up the sentiment) Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate your comments and often repay the visit.

I love being in 'Summer School' especially when you're taking a class that is all about your number one hobby. Day 2 of the Clean and Simple Card Making Class features Perfectly Flat Cards or what are more commonly referred to as One Layer Cards . The first group of cards were inspired by a video tutorial by Julie Ebersole . The second pair of cards stemmed from an idea that was floating around in my head this morning when I woke. I really wanted to ink up some stamps that I've had in my stash for a while but never got around to using until now. I love the fact that I have made a total of 10 complete cards today and another 3 are in the process of being 'coloured'. I think that is a record for me (apart from the days of making SU swaps). I love the simplicity of all the designs that have been featured so far and am already planning what to pick to highlight day 3 and 4 of the class. Here's a close up of all the cards that I have made so far from Da...

Clean and Simple Online Card Classes have started and already they are into Day 4. However, because I've been away with the family on holiday to the beautiful Tasman Peninsula, I'm now playing catch up with the amazing inspiration provided by such a talented team of card makers. Today I've been working on some samples from Day 1 which was all about using Simple Sketches. Kristina Werner wowed us with a very simple, but gorgeous layout. Here are my two cards inspired by her video tutorial - Additional Inspiration for the following trio came from Jennifer McGuire - Here are some close up pics of the individual cards - I used a combination of SU and Martha Stewart Punches, SU and Cuttlebug Embossing Folders and die cuts. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email. I'm off to finish Day 2's cards and check out all the inspiration for Day 4 that has just gone live. If you're interested in joining the on-line classes, I can highly recommend them...