BUTTERFLY BIRTHDAY

I love butterflies - they hold a very special place in my heart 

since my Dad left this earth (hard to believe it's almost 6 years ago!)

SUPPLIES USED :

Pink Bazzill, black gloss cardstock

Vine background paper (Kaszazz)

Silver foil paper

Adhesive flock - Springtime (Kaszazz)

Sticky pearls (Kaszazz)

Butterfly and angel wings dies (Cheery Lynn Designs)

Happy birthday stamp

Memento black inkpad

I have made this card to join 2 challenges
- So Artful Challenges - this challenge closes in 4 days time - 
The theme for this  challenge is Ceil Chapman and/or to use the colours Silver, Pink and Black (or any combination of those).  
There are  fantastic vintage ads featuring her designs and a pattern of one of her dresses as well on the challenge blog. You are able  to use the images for inspiration in anyway you choose!  If that doesn't work for you, just use the colour theme instead!
I decided to use the colour theme of Silver, pink and black for my card.


- Cheery Lynn Designs blog - challenge #8 - Celebrate - You must follow the theme and use at least one Cheery Lynn Designs die. I have used the gorgeous butterfly and angel wings dies on my card.

I hope you all had a very Happy Christmas and are enjoying the break between now and New Years.

I have time off work until 3rd January so am enjoying the break very much !

smiles Wendy

SO ARTFUL CHALLENGE BLOG

I am delighted to announce I have accepted a position on the Design Team

for the So Artful Challenge Blog

Looking forward to providing inspiration for the challenges over there

Hope you will come join in !!

smiles Wendy

Bookmark Challenge - Crafty Sentiments

Crafty Sentiments challenge blog are having a bookmark challenge

As male themed creations are always hard to come up with I thought I would challenge myself to come up with a male themed bookmark for this challenge

supplies used :

Tim Holtz distress stains in greens & browns

Stamp It stamps

Kaszazz script stamp

Distressing tool

Brown cardstock 

Brown ribbon

smiles Wendy

AUD SENTIMENTS CHALLENGE #44

Aud Sentiments Blog - Challenge #44 is Anything Goes -

 they have also provided a FREEBIE sentiment from TLC to use as well !!

Here's my card using the sentiment and adding some Kaszazz stamps and background papers to it.

Until next time, hope you are enjoying your Christmas eve, where-ever you may be

Smiles Wendy

LITTLE MISS MUFFET CHALLENGE #25

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #25 is ANYTHING GOES  

and they have also been generous and are giving away a FREEBIE digital stamp called Saffron. 

I decided to use her in my Valentines Day themed card 

Supplies used, include :

Copic markers

heart shaped diecut

heart shaped bling border (Kaszazz)

Copic coloured paper flowers

pink heart themed background paper

pink textured cardstock

I love you saying (Collections)

Until next time

smiles  Wendy

STAMPING WITH THE DRAGON DT CALL

The Stamping with the Dragon challenge blog is looking for DT members and has generously given as a freebie this gorgeous Christmas themed dragon to make a card with

Here is what I came up with :

Coloured with copic markers and matted with red cardstock onto Kaszazz patterned papers and red ribbon onto green textured base card.

A very Happy Christmas and safe & Happy New Year to you all

smiles, Wendy

PanPastel UK Challenge 12 - Gift Tags

Well I couldn't resist entering the challenge on the PanPastel UK blog 

and made a Christmas themed gift tag in vintage colours.

SUPPLIES USED :

Santa Stamp (Inkadinkado)

Manilla tag

Memento - Potter's Clay inkpad

Paper distresser

Brown rick rack

Various Tim Holtz distress inkpads (Ranger)

Blending tool (Ranger)

smiles Wendy

ANNIVERSARY CARDS

yahhh I have Christmas all taken care of craft-wise - Christmas cards all made and mailed and parcels all out there somewhere in transit - one of the "joys" of living in Outback Australia means the majority of gifts have to be brought online and ordered, received and sent to recipients EARLY. 

Anyways I digress - a couple of my dear friends have wedding anniversaries in December so I got to play with some non Christmas themed stamps and here is what I came up with.

It was a lot of fun playing with my nesties, my cuttlebug and colouring with my copics.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and don't forget the Reason for the Season

smiles Wendy