PPC is going green!

What a lovely surprise!  I'm a runner up with this card on PPC! 


Thanks DT for selecting my card.

Hello blog friends, I know I've been a little bit absent in my posting lately.  There has been a bit of a health scare for my mother and she's recuperating from cancer surgery.  Caught early and a very good prognosis, but it has left little time for the pleasures of crafting apart from keeping up with my DT responsibilities.  While she's rested this afternoon, I managed to get about 30 mins in the craft room to play and this is what I came up with.

Picture Perfect Creations has a colour challenge all about greens, as I don't use these ones often, I thought I'd just stretch myself a little and make a card.  I was going through my cards the other day and found that I had no sympathy cards on hand so decided to make this one.

I've used rubbing alcohol and the three greens in reinkers to make the main panel on Glossy White card stock which I then ran through the big shot twice with the top note die.  I then matted this on my spiral background mats. I then added a loopy bow and antique brad and it was done!  Very quick and simple.  Hope you like it, I'd love to hear your comments.

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

Purple challenge

Woo Hoo!  Runner up at Picture Perfect Creations.  Thanks girls for choosing my card as one of your runner up choices.

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I finally found some time to put towards creating for a couple of challenges.  Picture Perfect Creations have a Purple and vanilla challenge and I was so there!  Then this sketch at Card Patterns just inspired me.

You can just see the glitter on these flowers, I mix a little bit of dazzling diamonds with my clear embossing powder then stamp in versamark then directly into the ink pad and I have whatever colour embossing I want.

Picture Perfect Creations ~ # 67 Concord Crush, Perfect Plum and Very Vanilla

Card Patterns Sketches ~ sketch # 127

Scrapmasters Paradise ~ Purple Challenge

Challenge Time!

It feels pretty good to be back participating in challenges aside from my DT work for the Friday Mashup.  Here is a creation that I really struggled with, why? you might well ask, but me and CAS designs don't go well together at all!  It's all anguish and resisting the urge to embellish more!

This card is for the following challenges

SU Only  - Get Well

Less is More - Buttons and Bows

Picture Perfect Creations - # 66 - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake and Whipser White

The world

Hello again, sad day today as it's the last day off in the 5 day long weekend we scored for Easter this year.  I could get used to this just Harry-ing around in my studio!

This card turned out so nice, I'm really very pleased with it.  Easily able to be used for a Mother's Day card even without the word Mum on it.

 I was inspired to use the Mojo Monday sketch along with the Picture Perfect Creations colour combo and then it also fit in with the Shabby Tea Room this week as well.

Mojo Monday ~ # 188  Round or Square

Picutre Perfect Creations ~ # 56 Colour combo  Not Quite Navy, Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz 
Runner Up for this challenge.  How nice!

The Shabby Tea Room ~ # 59  Butterfly Wishes
Woo Hooo I got an honourable mention at the Shabby Tea Room with this card!

Southern Girls ~ Green and Blue (2nd entry)

Three in one

I recently made some beautiful papers using the shaving cream technique and used them to make this card and another one which I will post in a separate post.

I love working with pinks and this challenge was no exception.  The shaving cream technique is one that I will be repeating many times, this was my first attempt and I love the marbled look it gives.  

If you follow my blog you will know by now that I love making my own background papers, weather I use stamps and sponging or alcohol and inkers I love how it allows me to add something completely unique to my projects.

This card is entered into the following challenges.

Stamping 411 - Sketch Challenge #197

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Colour Combo #54 ~ Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Blushing Bride and Whisper White

Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ Pink-a-licious Challenge # 62

Picture Perfect

 This is my take on the Picture Perfect Creations colour combo this week.  Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant and Tangerine Tango.   I must say I was a bit daunted to add the Tangerine Tango but I think it all came out.... well.....Picture Perfect!

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Colour Combo #52

PS.  ssshhhhh I'm also entering their call for DT members....keep your fingers crossed for me.

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!

Swirls, hearts and flowers

I've managed to just squeeze in 4 challenges with this card.


I had to be just a little bit creative to meet the Ribbon and Lace criteria as when I went searching in my stash and in my sewing cabinet there was NO LACE! I couldn't believe it, no lace at all.....well I used the Eyelet Lace border punch and will have to just hope that's ok.

I've used the So Swirly wheel in both Concord Crush and Certainly Celery to make the background paper. Then added the ribbon and lace strip, a spritzed flower, label and heart. Also added just a little bit of bling with a rhinestone and some tiny pearls.

Just Us Girls ~ Sketch Challenge #70

SU Only ~ Challenge 12 Get wheelin' with Stampin' Around

Picture Perfect Creations ~ Colour Combo # 48

Hand Stamped Sentiments ~ Theme Challenge #54 Ribbon and Lace

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

Thanks

WOW! This simple creation made it as a runner up on Picture Perfect Creations.
Thank you for that honour.....sooo chuffed!


















This colour combo was a bit hard for me, incorporating that wild wasabi was a bit tricky. I settled for a tiny row of scallops on each side of the main image and an L shaped border of Bravo Burgundy on the River Rock and mounted on Perfect Plum card.

This set is the level 2 hostess set Fast & Fabulous.


Sorry the picture seems to have the River Rock looking very dark.

This card is for

Perfect Picture Creations ~ Colour Challenge #45