A very green farewell

One of my staff is moving on to take up a new challenge in her career so I made her this card, it's an A4 folded in half to allow everyone to write a comment for her.  I know she's a bling girl and green is one of her favourite colours so this monochromatic card is what I came up with.

 Sorry the pictures were taken under artificial light as I need to get this card to work today for everyone to sign it and don't have the opportunity to take pics in good light.

I've used the Card Patterns Sketch for my card, and really like the way it turned out.  Lots of SU stamps used here and the Martha Steward butterfly punches and ribbon edge punch.

Certainly Celery, Wild Wasabi, Handsome Hunter (retired) and Whisper White.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Paper Lovin' Gals Challenge

Hello there, it's time for a new Paper Lovin' Gals photo inspiration challenge with this very pretty photo.  Heading towards some Valentine inspiration I feel.

 I've taken the Hearts and the colours of Pink and Crumb Cake and Cream from this picture.

 Hop on over to the Paper Lovin' Gals blog and check out the fabulous inspiration projects from the design team.

Hope you find the time and the inspiration to enter this week.

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

'tis all about L O V E !

This week's Paper Lovin' Gals challenge is all about LOVE, well at least that's what I've taken from the inspiration picture we have for you, along with the Red and White.

I dragged the Illuminations stamp set out of retirement, blowing the dust off the case and inking it up in Cherry Cobbler.  Then I layered the embosslit heart with a punched out heart of Bella Toile stamped in Cherry Cobbler put this over the Cherish in the Illuminations stamped image so that all you can see is mostly the flourish.  (I just love the romantic floral of Bella Toile and love this flourish with it) 

I added a few rhinestones on the flourish curls.  Another retired set for the sentiment and one very CAS card completed, I really did try adding more to this card, ribbon, corners, flowers etc but nothing really worked, then of course a thought flashed through my mind that I should just leave well enough alone and employ the KISS principle!  

LOL so I did and I'm very happy with the result.

I love seeing all the different cards we come up with from the same photo, most of the DT have taken the picket fence from the picture and done a fabulous job in their creations, head on over to the Paper Lovin' Gals challenge site and check them out.

I can't wait to see what YOU come up with....so hurry up...what are you waiting for?  Start creating!!!

Cheers,

Kasey ~ in Oz

Inspiration photo #2

Hello to all you crafty people out there, the Paper Lovin' Gals are bringing you our second inpsiration photo challenge and what a photo it is. 

Those darn pumpkins kept leaping out at me, but as I'd done an orange card for the first challenge, I didn't want to repeat the colour, Halloween isn't celebrated in the same big way in Australia as it is in other parts of the world. 

So what could I do?  Orange and green are not a favourite combo for me...then my eye was drawn to the barn in the background and the colours of Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White called to me to get creative. 

This is my inspiration card for you.  I used lots of white gel pen on the large background image which was stamped in Cherry Cobbler on Crumb Cake, it's Bella Toile.  Then I embossed in white over the En Francais with Finest Flourishes the tag is more Bella Toile and I added a Rhinestone brad.  I also used some seam binding to make a tripple bow and secured it with an antique brad.  I'm really happy with the finished card.

 
I wonder what it is about this photo that will inspire your creation?  

Don't forget the Design Team call is still open as we are looking for talented people to join us.  If you want to be in the running, when you post your challenge card put - DT, it's as easy as that!


Head on over to the Paper Lovin' Gals challenge site and see what inspiration you can gather from the Design Team.  


Enjoy!


Cheers,
Kasey ~ in Oz

Celebrate!

Hello, happy Friday.  It's great that this week is over!  I got a nasty gastro bug and spent 2 days sick off work, back at work today and it was a very long 9 hour day playing catchup...*sigh*  I have knocked over a couple of cards which I'm posting tonight.

This is my entry into a new challenge blog I discovered recently. Plus it fits into a couple of old favourites as well.  I absolutely LOVE these colours!  Enjoy!

Stampin Queen ~ Sketch Challenge #3

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Colour Combo #72  Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White

Papertake Weekly ~ Things with Wings

Our First Fan Favourite!

Congratulations Teresa on being voted in as our very first Fan Favourite!

Teresa's mashup idea is...

1. Create a project using the colors: Turquoise, Red & Black.
2. Create a project using Hand Made Flowers.
3. or "Mash it Up!" and create a project using Handmade Flowers with Turquoise, Red and Black!
   

I went a little overboard with my hand made flowers! Not sure that it works by throwing the red satin ribbon roses in with the punched white and turquoise flowers, but what the heck....lol

I stamped Bella Toile in Tenpting Turquoise on Whisper White then following some flower making tutorials from Valita using the Blossom Punch, I punched out the petals and created these flowers.  I made the ribbon roses using a tutorial I came across.  

I've used the double rectangle punch to punch a strip of holes along the black cardstock and then threadded red satin ribbon weaving its way along the punched holes.  I've also used the scalloped edge punch to put an edge around the black spritzed oval backing for the sentiment then topped that off with a red satin bow and a turquoise rhinestone.

I think it's just a tad overdone!  But I had fun making it.  

Stop press:  Sorry to those of you who are seeing my posts on Google Reader.  I've had to delete the first one because I forgot to schedule it and published it instead on the 5th July instead of scheduling it to the 29th.  


Take Care, 
Cheers,

~ in Oz

Friday Mashup time again!

This is my second week of being a Guest Designer for Friday Mashup Challenges.  I was so excited when Holly sent me the details of the challenge as this is one of my favourite combos.

So I've created a mashup card for your inspiration.  This card is a case of a card that I cased very early in my card making days and I'm sorry but I wasn't blogging then and didn't take down the name of the person I cased so if it's yours leave a comment and a link to your blog and I'll give you credit.

I've used the Always stamp set here, it's one of my all time favourites.  As my heat gun hasn't arrived, the white images on the background are stamped in Craft Ink White rather than embossed in white, so they appear a lot softer than intended.

I then went out and made another Black n White card for fun to play along in the challenge.  

Another favourite stamp is Bella Toile, I've stamped it in Basic Black and then run the image through the Big Shot with the Square Lattice embossing folder and sponged the edges in Basic Black.  I'm always amazed at how 'purple' Basic Black can look!

I've punched a scallop border around the edge and then threaded some white taffeta ribbon through the holes and added a few rhinestones for some bling!


Hope you're inspired to join in and play with us at Friday Mashup for Challenge # 3  

On another note, I've been playing around with my blog and adding and then removing several backgrounds over the past few days then I found the Scrappin Blogs site and they have some amazing backgrounds, I'll stick with light and dusky pinks for a while, it's got butterflies on it!  Just in case all these changes show up for my followers.  Sorry about all that playing around.

Final Valentine

This is the last valentine style card for 2011! Fitting three challenges in here.

The colour challenge was to combine Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Whisper White and Real Red. A challenge indeed, I stamped the French Filigree background stamp in Real Red on Crumb Cake CS, it comes out a bit darker that way. I also sponged the edges.

Cherry Cobbler hearts spritzed with Champagne Mist shimmer paint for lots of glimmer. Main hearts are Bella Toile background stamp in Cherry Cobbler on Whisper White. All this on a Very Vanilla card base with a strip of embossed Very Vanilla across the card, Add some rhinestones for bling and it's done!


Curtain Call ~ Act #69

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Love or Valentine Theme

Totally Stampalicious ~ Glitter and/or Bling!

Hearts, Hearts and more Hearts.

Seems to also be a pink day today, this is my second challenge card using Pinks.
I really liked this sketch and when I was looking at the Just Add Ink challenge colours, this sketch just seemed to pop off the page and said 'pick me!'

Sorry I seem to be pretty bad at taking photos today, this is just off centre enough to be annoying and it's the third attempt so it will have to do....I must be off kilter today!

All of the cardstock has been spritzed with Champagne Mist shimmer paint, it stands out in the photo despite it being off centre.



The Challenges for this card are

Just Add Ink ~ Colour Challenge #54

Friday Sketches ~ Sketch #140

Totally Stampalicious ~ Include at least 3 Hearts

Three Little Words...

OMG! Such a wonderful surprise! Grand Creations Winner at Picture Perfect Creations #46. I'm so proud of this card and so pleased others loved it too. THANK YOU to the lovelies over at PPC.

Oh third place again at SU Only challenges! Yay, I love how this card turned out!

I'm on a roll with Valentine cards today...LOL pity there is no valentine to give them all to! But of course, this kind of card doesn't have to be limited to valentines it can be given to anyone that you love.



Features on this card are

Home made Brads---- little hearts punched from cardstock, glued in place then coated with Crystal Effects.

Woven Papers background----On Very Vanilla cs I stamped Bella Toile in Marina Mist and French Filagree in Bashful Blue, I also used the Designer Papers in Marina Mist and Bashful Blue and cut strips from all of these, I then wove the background mat and trimed the ends.

Hearts----Bella Toile stamped in Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler, usning the large heart punch, I punched out two blue and one red heart I then sponged the edges. Using the embosslits heart I ran this through the big shot twice in Cherry Cobbler and once in Marina Mist. I then layerd the punched out heart shapes over the embosslit shapes and layered the three on top of each other topped three rhinestones on graduated from small to large.

Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ I {Heart} Hearts

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Colour Combo #46

SU Only Challenges ~ Valentine

Just for Me

Those of you who stop by often and those of you who know me well, will realise that I've not been using MY colours a lot lately, I've been letting myself be taken out of my comfort zone and have been participating in a lot of challenges. Well this afternoon I went into the craft room to unwind after a pretty hectic day at work and checked out the list of challenges that I'd printed out and nothing jumped out and said make me! make me!

Gosh, was my mojo taking a nose dive? ...Not at all, I'm very pleased to say.

I took a look around (at the rather large stash) and spotted the Presto Patterns Specialty papers (they are in the current Mini catalogue) and thought hmmmm I'll just have a little play with those, so I cut a large circle and went to work with some water colouring over the images, If you haven't seen these papers, they are white with white embossed images on them, I chose to sponge ink over the embossing after water colouring as this really made the pattern stand out.

I used Bella Toile background stamp on whisper white, as this matches the paper beautifully, I stamped the ink off twice so I ended up with the soft images again I sponged ink over the images to soften the whole look....it seemed to have this ole worlde look happening so one thing led to another and this is the finished card.



I have to say it is SOOOOOOO good using my pinks, plums & purples again.....*sigh* sheer bliss......and I love how this one turned out.

Thanks for stopping by to say hello.

Happy Crafting!

Cheers,
Kasey

Mojo Monday challenge

Obviously I'm a tad late for Monday but hopefully I'll get this entry in on time to the Mojo Monday Challenge!

I was inspired by the sketch itself with the black, white and red so I went with that.