Horses!

I went up to Sarina this morning to the hairdressers and while I there I was asked to make a male card for a bloke who is into horses. Nardia needed it by Tuesday and as I'm going away on Monday to Toowoomba, it had to be done today. So I came home and got straight into it. Fortunately I knew what the stamp set and the main paper would be, just had to match them up with cardstock.

I used a base of SU black, then Soft Suede with a layer of River Rock neutrals dsp. A circle of Soft Suede neutrals dsp went on top of that. The dp I pulled out of my stash was my main focal point with the horses so I layered it with River Rock and Black for the panel. Then I stamped the horses with black versafine on Confetti White. The Whisper White was too stark. I sponged around the edges with Soft Suede and layered it with the Black and Soft Suede.
The original sketch I used was a square one and had the image panel centred, but by the time I was finished, the card looked nothing like that sketch I'm afraid.
I was toying with the idea of using a circle of string or something similar for an embellishment but came across some flat black leather thonging that was in my stash and thought..perfect. So the leather with the black brads finished off my male horse card nicely I reckon.

The card has now been delivered and Nardia is very happy with it.
Hope everyone is enjoying their day or night as the case may be.
Thanks for visiting.

Reindeer Christmas.

Mmmm well I'm showing these two cards even though I don't feel that I've done very well with the sketch. I should have made square cards out of Card Patterns Sketch 86 but by the time I realised I had cut the dp and cardstock and couldn't waste it.

The papers are Basic Grey Jovial and the I used Poppy, Vanilla and Old Olive cardstock. The stamp is by Inkadinkado and doesn't have a name but I've had it since last Christmas.
You can see the glitter in the gold embossing which I thought looked good. Looking at one of the cards now, I can see that the panel is crooked. gggrrrrrr.
These cards have been in the making for 3 days and I'm sick of them. lol Please just imagine it's straight and even.

The ribbon is Stamp Simply ribbon from Sharon which I absolutely love.
I really think that this bug I've caught again has sapped my mojo and I really don't feel very motivated at all.
Then again, perhaps it's just worry over my son that's done it. Whatever it is, I want to be back to normal because I've only one week before Craft Camp and I've nothing prepared whatsoever.

Thanks for visiting and I do hope your creating skills are better than mine at the moment.

Royal Flush

Two more cards for men or even die hard card players. They both used Kaisercraft papers called Shaken Not Stirred. The top card was inspired by this card by Sharon Johnson . Unfortunately my photography skills leave a lot to be desired. Mmmm, the bottom has been embossed with a cuttlebug border. It was a simple yet effective card to make, well I think so anyway. lol
The second card uses SCS sketch 252. This card was a joy to make, with everything co-ordinating.
Very windy and rainy today. I have to finish a clock today that my girlfriend Kerry talked me into to making yesterday at our craft session in Sarina. Mmmmm I really am not an off the page person but I will admit that I enjoyed yesterday. Are you reading this Kerry??? pmsl
Take care everyone and enjoy your day or night.

21st Birthday

I had a phone call from a friend of mine last night wanting a 21st birthday card for her grandaughter. It had to be ready today. I worked out last night, stamp, colours, sketch, papers, embossing powder and embellishments. It just all had to be put together. The sketch is from this week's Truly Scrumptious challenge #23 which is a sketch this week.

The stamp has been stamped in Versacolour black ink and then black glitter embossing powder applied. This is a stunning stamp as the butterfly centre is a fairy and in the wings there are two more fairies in the swirls.

Then I coloured the image using Plumeria H2O. Unfortunately the shape of the butterfly didn't lend itself to a circle and I couldn't find a nestie suitable so turned to my CM shapes. At the last moment I decided to cuttlebug the white linen layer to give some texture. The feathers had been in my mind with the black pearl spray to be used underneath the flowers. I added some kindyglitz, bling for the flower centres and used the '21' as the centre of the top flower.

The second picture shows the sparkle of the black glitter embossing powder and the twinkle of the Plumeria H2O.
I am so happy with the way this card turned out. Do you think it's ok?

It's a very hot and humid day here. Some rainy looking clouds but the sun is out. The sun coupled with the moisture in the ground from the last lot of rain is making it very steamy. Once again I'm thankful for the airconditioned house.

Take care all,

Stamping Weekend!!

Well what can I say? We had a fabulous time on the weekend, Kerry and I. There were 6 of us in the one unit, Jane, Nela, Jean, Venessa, Kerry and I, and we were all then together at the one table to craft. Heaps of laughs, creating and just plain enjoying ourselves. You've only got to look at Kim's photos to see the mess we had in the room but soooo much creating and soooo many fantastic ideas were floating around.

Jane had made special gifts for us, thermo mugs, each one had our names printed on different dsp and then put inside the lining of the mug. How cool was that? So here we are, all toting our special mugs. Inside each, was a survival kit, maltesers, mars bar, coffee, bandaid, aspro, and most of all, ear plugs. I had sets for everyone and there were sets in the rooms, plus Jane's gift, we had them coming out our ears. pmsl Pun intended.

Before we even got to the camp, Jane and Petronela took us to a Scrapbook shop and we went shopping!! Fantastic. Then onto Woollies for snacks for the weekend and we were set.

Thanks Jane and Nela.

I found it very inspiring to see SU stamp sets, that usually are teamed with the same papers, same colours, same card sketches, which I find boring, used in different and innovative ways.

Kim's challenges, make and takes, gifts and lucky door prizes were excellent. A huge amount of work was put into these. Thanks Kim. Thanks to all the girls who attended who all made it into the fabulous weekend it was. Looking forward to next year. Woo Hoo.

One photo of our table crafting, with Venessa hiding. lol

Here are two of my cards that I managed. At the beginning of the weekend, I was making two of everything. Towards the end, it was one. lol

I used the Holiday Treasures paper which I absolutely adore. Not all of it though, so when Kim suggested a swap, her big Poinsettia paper like this for the papers I don't like in the set, well I was definitely in that. Another girl Tina, also did a swap with me. I was so excited çause this paper is so gorgeous. Pink flowers are from my new stash, Joy stamp and roses from my old stash and of course, my standby, the branch punch.

This is first chance I've had of posting since I've been back. Monday was spent at a friend's place crafting, then a CWA meeting in the afternoon. Tuesday I had to work all day in the Post Office, Melbourne Cup day too. Mind you, I didn't even know what horses were running. A bit out of touch there.

I've got a few more cards to show you so will be back tomorrow with them.

Thanks for looking and all the wonderful comments I receive.