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After a lovely break, I finally have a couple of cards to share and what better way to get me back into 'the swing of things', than to enter them into the latest challenge at Dynamic Duos. Cherry Cobbler is the colour for Week 22 and I have teamed it up with Very Vanilla for both of my cards.   No. 1 - DD #22 - Nestled Bird   No. 2 - DD # 22 - Butterfly Easel Card Thanks so much for stopping by!

JAI 69 - Fussy Cutting This week's challenge at Just Add Ink is to add some Fussy Cutting . So why don't you get out the paper snips and see what intricate detail you can add to your paper craft project. The team have gone all out to provide some amazing inspiration so I hope you can find the time to play along. My 'Vintage Style' Frame was made for our DD who just recently turned 18. She thought that I had actually bought it like this, so I guess I'll take that as a compliment ... I think? Here are the details: Stamp Sets: Clearly for You, Artistic Etchings, Easter Blossoms, Aviary Ink: Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Sahara Sand, Basic Black Card Stock: Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory Accessories: Regals DSP (Cajun Craze), Newsprint DSP (18), Victoria Crochet Trim, Vintage Trinkets, Antique Brad, Dimensionals Non SU: Oval and Tag Nesties, Crochet Flower (hand made by yours truly) Happy crafting,

JAI 61 The challenge at Just Add Ink this week is to let your stamps take centre stage and use ONLY stamps on your card stock. Gulp! No embellishments, whatsoever. How difficult was it for me to not add sponging to the edges, do a bit of distressing, add some white taffeta ribbon, dimensionals and use a punch with this card? Answer: Very! My brain hurt just thinking about this challenge as I didn't have a clue what I was going to submit, hence the lateness of this post. However, last night I got all excited at the thought of cracking open my White StazOn Ink that I have had since it was released in Australia but I had never used it! I think I'm a convert now. You'll be seeing a lot more of it from me in the future. Easter Blossoms Maybe clean and simple stamping is your thing, or maybe you're like me and find it a real challenge. Whatever the case, I hope you'll check out the truly inspirational work over at Just Add Ink and play alo...

Happy Birthday Jenna Yay! I finally had the time to join in with an Inkspirations Challenge . I'm enjoying playing around with Basic Black and Very Vanilla this week as well as the gorgeous silhouette image of the girl from the Easter Blossoms Set . As this card will be heading off to Devonport for my niece's birthday, I covered over the eggs in the basket with Flower Soft and added a Perfect Plum Button to match. Jenna loves purple and I hope she loves this card for her 24th Birthday! (We moved into our house the day she was born so it's always easy to remember how long we've lived here!) Inkspirations Sketch #53 Project Recipe: Stamps: Easter Blossoms (Summer Mini) Ink: Basic Black Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Basic Black Accessories: Love Letter DSP, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Subtles Button, Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals Non-SU: Label Punch from EK Success, Flower Soft, Black Polka Dot Ribbon PS: Thanks to the Inkspirations Challenge Site DT for c...

Paris in the Spring There's a challenge at Just Add Ink to Just Add Monochrome to your papercraft project this week. According to Wikipedia, Monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design or photographs in one colour or shades of one colour. For an image, the term monochrome is usually taken to mean the same as black and white or, more likely, greyscale, but may also be used to refer to other combinations containing only tones of a single colour. So with that definition in mind, the team at Just Add Ink would love to see you have some fun and join in with this week's theme! I chose to use some new goodies that literally arrived the day I sat down to make this card. They're from the gorgeous Summer Mini Catalogue (link on my side bar). If you're a customer (or potential customer) and haven't got your own copy yet, please drop me an email and I'll pop one in the post ASAP. Here's what I used for 'Paris in the Spring' - Stamp Sets: Artisit...

A Purse with ... ... Matching Card ... made using Newsprint DSP, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder and Easter Blossoms' Stamp Set. Hope you like! ~ This is the first project that I have made (apart from my own) for the latest UStamp Year End Blowout. I took inspiration from Danielle Daws' tutorial. You can visit Danielle's blog to see her lovely samples but if you want the instructions to this and 39+, brilliant, easy to follow tutorials, you'll just have to join this round of UStamp with Dawn and Friends . I'm off to start another project!! Thanks for taking a peek,

Easter Blossoms Well ... the Easter Eggs are starting to appear in the shops already and I was dying to get this set all 'inky' as silhouettes are right 'up there' along with owls on my list of favourite stamps!! Click HERE for a tutorial on how to make one of these Scallop Circle Easel Cards. Here's the Project Recipe: Stamp Set: Easter Blossoms Ink: Early Espresso, (Blushing Bride and Sahara Sand for sponging) Card Stock: Early Espresso, Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Whisper White Accessories: Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Large Oval and XL Scallop Oval Punches, Antique Brad, 3/8" White Taffeta Ribbon, Stamping Sponges, White Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Paper-Piercing Tool This was made for an International Swap that is 'winging' its way to the USA. Thanks for stopping by,