Mashup time again!

Hi there folks, another Fabulous Friday and that means another Friday Mashup challenge!

This week is bought to you by our very talented leader at the Friday Mashup the lovely Holly.  Don't you just love the graphic she has for us this week? 

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a "Halloween themed" Project.
2. Or Make a Project using the colors: "Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade & Concord Crush".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Halloween project using the Colors listed above".

*With all of our Challenges that have a Stampin' Up! Color Combo, you may substitute any colors you have, with similar ones you have on hand.

As Halloween isn't as huge here in Australia as it is in other parts of the world, I don't really have many stamps in that theme so I've just gone with the colour combo and here is my inspiration card for you.  

Head on over to the Friday Mashup Challenge blog and check out what the talented DT have created to inspire you!  Hope to see you joining in the fun!

Cheers.

Kasey ~ in Oz

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

Fan Favourite at the Friday Mashup

Hi all, welcome to antoher fabulous Friday Mashup Fan Favourite week...LOL  whew, try saying that fast!

For those new to the FMU challenge, each month with 5 weeks, we run a Fan Favourite competition, our fans enter their ideas, the DT vote on their top 4 or 5 ideas then we put a poll up on the sidebar for a few weeks and the fans vote on their favourite.  That person is then our featured Fan and their idea is the challenge!

Congratulations to Lisa Runyon who suggested this mashup of Fall and Brads, Lisa won the vote and her challenge is being featured this week.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a "Fall themed" Project.
2. Or Make a Project that uses "Brads".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Fall themed project using Brads".

So here is my effort, I forgot about the brads part of the challenge!  and by the time I remembered I'd already glued down my layers and the glue was dry.  Does anyone else have problems with double sided tape?  doesn't matter what brand I use, I live in a high humidity area and the tapes do not have staying power at all so I stick with glue....LOL Pun intended!

I've used the leaf from Lovely as a Tree and clear embossed on Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler to create my pile of leaves.  I also created the textured sidepanel with the same colours and little squares glued down then ran the Always Artichoke piece through the Big Shot to put the texture in there, I also used some of the stunning Cherry Cobbler seam binding to create this ruffle down the strip, the end had frayed a bit and I left it as I quite liked the look.

Now head on over to the Friday Mashup site, unless you've just come from there, check out what the talented Design Team ladies have created for your inspiration Oh and the Fan Favourites card as well.

Cheers,

~ in Oz

Friday Mashup and it's my week again!

 Hi all, welcome to Friday and it's my turn to host your Friday Mashup challenge this week.  I've gone with a sketch and mashed it up with a masculine theme as we seem to do quite a few girly type challenges so I'm challenging you all to make a card for whoever the man in your life is..... a baby boy, a young child, a teenager, your partner, your dad, grand dad, uncle or maybe it's a friend.  When it comes to cards we tend to neglect the men in our lives!  So let's get crafting and show we care.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a card using the "Sketch above that is Square".
2. Or Make a Project that has a "Masculine" theme.
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Square Project with the Sketch above that is Masculine".

 I've gone for stars as in the sketch....I've used a wheel and added some coloured stars and coloured some in with a marker as well. I've also used some pewter on the card, adding some brads and a buckle.  A little bit of distressing around the edges and it's done.   My colours used here are Island Indigo, Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake.

Can't wait to see what you all come up with for the man in your life.  Hop on over to the Friday Mashup Challenge Blog and check out what the Design Team have done to inspire you.

Cheers,

~ in Oz

Another deadline missed...sigh!

Here I was thinking I'd be able to knock over all these challenges in two cards and I've missed a deadline, I got this sketch from 4 Crafty Chicks and got sidetracked last night so it remained partially finished on my desk until this evening when I got home from work and of course, in my usual style, I've missed the deadline!  Never mind, I should still make the other challenges.  I've also found another new challenge sitem at least, new for me.  Gosh, that's two in one week  YAY.

This card uses another favourite colour combo of pinks and browns.  I'm really happy wiht the way this one came together, I thought the sketch was really different.

Challenges are...

City Crafter Challenge Blog ~ Week 74 - I {heart} you

Stampin Royalty ~  Challenge #89 photo inspiration (I went with the colours)

Cards & Things ~  Colour Challenge #87  Early Expresso, Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink and Rose Red

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

Friday Mashup # 24

While it is Spring here in Australia, my fellow DT members are on the other side of the ocean and are in Autumn.  So this week's Friday Mashup challenge is celebrating Autumn.

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Create a project with an "Autumn" theme.
2. Or Create a project using shades of "Yellow & Orange".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Autumn project using shades of Yellow & Orange".

I used Naturals Ivory and Tangerine Tango cardstock and used the rock and roll technique on the leaves More Mustard and Tangerine Tango then cut them out and placed them randomly on the stamped background.  I've used the golden glow spritzer to give a lovely sparkle to the background only.

Hop on over to the Friday Mashup Challenge blog and check out what the fabulously talented Design Team has come up with to inspire you this week.

Cheers,

~ in Oz

Happy Happy Birthday!

Thank you Sami and the DT over at Scrapmasters Paradise for selecting my card as your winning entry for this challenge!  

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Don't you just love it when you phone an area at work seeking assistance and you just hit it off with the staff?  That's what happend when I called our workforce team in Brisbane.  The fabulous Leanne and her staff are so friendly and helpful, so when I learnt that it was Leanne's birthday, I just had to make her a card.

It was just such a happy coincidence that she loves Pink! and this would have to be one of my favourite pink combos.  Crumb Cake and Regal Rose I've also added in a tiny bit of pretty in pink and pink pirouette.  I've used Greenhouse Garden to stamp the outline image and I've double stamped it in Champagne Shimmer paint to give that lovely shine.  Hint.  rather than put shimmer ink on your inkpad, draw with a marker on a china plate then sponge the shimmer paint and dab it in the ink.  Less messy!

 Here's the inside of the card too, lightly spritzed with shimmer to make it glow.

Paper Sundaes ~ Finishing touches - decorate the inside of your card.

Scrapmasters Paradise ~ Crumb Cake, Regal Rose and Whisper White
(ok so I used Pink Pirouette as my lightest pink...no worries, not entering to win a prize.)

Southern Girls ~ layers and birthday  -  Happy Birthday Southern Girls!