Warm Wishes Card

brrrr sure wish I could give you proper "wish wishes" from here but at the moment we are in the middle of winter - lots of frosty mornings but some sunny but cool days too. Of course the rain and wind are never too far away either.

Anyways this "warm wishes" card was fun to make and made me think of hot, tropical days in Hawaii.

If I win the lottery tonight, that's where I would be heading very soon for a vacation!

Supplies used:

Coconut monkee digi (Doodle Dragon)

Copic markers

Brown, white and yellow cardstock

Blue striped patterned paper

Shell embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Yellow ribbon (Kaszazz)

Warm wishes stamp (Kaszazz)

Potters clay brown inkpad (Memento)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

- Dustin Pike (Doodle Dragon) - square card

- Tuesday Throwdown - tropical paradise

smiles Wendy

This is Life Journal Page

This journal page uses the "paper napkin" background technique 

which was kindly shared over at the Art Journal chat 

on Outlaw Women's yahoo group. (thanks Robyn)

hmm worked too fast on this one - just grabbing lots of different paints, sprays, stamps etc to be able to provide you with a "supplies used" listing, this time around.

smiles Wendy

Just Clowning Around Card

Edited 7th August 2012

Bonus Round Winner

It's fun sometimes to mix card styles up!!

This card started off as a "cute" birthday card but quickly evolved into a "grungy" distressed styled creation.

Don't be afraid of experimenting and combining different styles. 

Its all part of the fun of creating and you never know what you will end up with.

I really like how this turned out.

Supplies Used :

Clownaround unicycle digi (Bugaboo)

White, green and pink cardstock

Swirls folder and diamonds folder (Cuttlebug)

Green and pink inkpads (Stazon)

Bundled sage distress inkpad (Ranger)

Blending tool (Ranger)

Distresser (Ranger)

Magenta ribbon (Kaszazz)

I am entering this card in to the following challenges

Art with no boundaries - Clowning Around
Cute Card Thursday - So Distressing

smiles Wendy

Pet Sympathy Card

Edited 30 July 2012



Pets, quickly become part of your family and it is always a very sad loss when one of your pets passes on.

I found this lovely "angel cat" digi and decided to make up a "Miss you" card with it.

Supplies Used :

Angel cat digi (SJS Musings)

Lacey ovals (Nestabilities)

Copic markers

Mustard Seed distress inkpad (Ranger)

Blending tool (Ranger)

Miss you unmounted stamp (unknown)

White, blue and yellow cardstock

Blue striped patterned paper

Paw print ribbon

Corner punch

I am entering this card into the following challenges :

Paper Playtime - Miss you card

Art with no boundaries - anything goes

Off to create some more cards and a journal page or two

So there could be another blog post today !!!

smiles Wendy

Missed Your Birthday Card

Sometimes, even with the best intentions, you just know, that your birthday wishes to a special someone are going to be late.

So with this in mind, today I made a "Sorry I missed your birthday card" 

- to put away for just a situation, as I just know it will arise in the future.

SUPPLIES USED:

surprised girl unmounted stamp (Unknown)

Computer generated saying

Purple inkpad (Vivid)

Dusty concord distress inkpad (Ranger)

Ink blending tool (Ranger)

White, purple and yellow cardstock

Border punch (Martha Stewart)

I am entering this card into the following challenge

The Cheerful Stamp Pad blog - challenge #48 - Give me five

Hope everyone's week is going well

Smiles Wendy

FRIENDS JOURNAL PAGE

Two blog posts in one day, must almost be a record for me - but as it's a rainy ole winter's afternoon - I have been playing with some of the newer supplies I brought at the SENZ papercraft expo which was on in Hamilton last weekend.

Was great catching up with some old friends.

There was also some great free demos and of course LOTS of things for sale.

This journal page has utilised some new supplies I brought there, including Colour sprays, a butterfly template, washi tape, and a lovely quote stamp from Rubbadubbadoo. 

As well as using existing supplies I had. 

smiles Wendy

MALE THEMED BIRTHDAY CARD

If you are anything like me, for some reason I find it hard to make male themed birthday cards.

So I was so pleased to find a wonderful "old truck" photo stamp from Darkroom Door recently.

And saw it demo'ed using the white crayon resist technique.

So here is my take, using the stamp and technique.

I love the antique look of the whole card and hope my husband will love it too.

I have entered this card into the following challenge
Dude Time Doodles ... Anything goes as long as it is for a dude

Until next time, 

Happy crafting,

smiles Wendy

CHRISTMAS IN JULY CHALLENGE

Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog is having a Christmas in July challenge this week.

As I am trying to get an early start on my Christmas cards, for a change, this year, their challenge was the perfect kick start for me.

I used the wonderful vintage style digi from Robyn's Fetish called "Sarah's Christmas" 

and went with a blue theme.

Other supplies used :

Watercolour crayons (Lyra)

Water brush

Deckled rectangles (Nestabilities)

Embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Distresser and Ink blending tool (Tim Holtz)

Tumbled glass and Broken China distress inkpads (Tim Holtz)

White, light blue and dark blue cardstock

White dotted ribbon (Kaszazz)

Silver embossing powder (Kaszazz)

Top boss embossing stamp pad (Kaszazz)

Small tree stamp (Kaszazz)

This was a fun challenge to enter and I am looking forward to joining more challenges in the future now that I have my craft room set up a little better.

Until next time, happy crafting

smiles Wendy

Journal Pages Completed

Remember one of the journal backgrounds I shared with you, the other day ? 

Well here is the completed journal page

and also another page I completed today as well

A Happy 4th of July to all my American friends 

and for those elsewhere in the world

hope you are having a GREAT day too.

Smiles, Wendy

Art Page Swap - Butterflies

On one of the online groups I am a member of, we are having a 4" x 6" Art Page swap.

It's going to be a lot of fun - each person in the swap will create a page for each person in their theme choice. By the time the swap is over, I will have create lots of different themed pages for everyone in the swap and will have received  lots of "dragonflies" themed pages to make into my own special Art Book.

The sign ups are until August 10th and mail out deadline isn't until October 29th but I wanted to make a start - as so far we have 10 participants.

Here's the first page I have completed - the theme is Butterflies.

I hope the recipient likes what I have done.

Will share other themed pages as I get them done.

Until next time, 

Happy Crafting

Wendy

Journal Backgrounds

Had a play in my craft room today with lots of sprays, stencils, journalling, stamps, inkpads, paints, and more !!

And these are the resultant backgrounds for my journal.

Will share the completed pages in due course.

Hope you all enjoy the upcoming week,

where-ever and what-ever you get up to.

Smiles, Wendy

CREATING AGAIN AT LAST

Brrrr winter has definitely arrived - so it's been a perfect time to play in my craft room with the heater on.
The following cards have been made for the June swaps on a yahoo cardmaking group I am part of.

Aqua & White themed card

Background paper  "Garden Party" by DCWV

Life in the rain & Umbrella stamps by Kaszazz

 Friendship themed card

Background paper "Celebrations" by The Paper Studio

Fab friend digi by Scribbles by Sandy

 Herringbone background themed card

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/herringbone/

Swing silhouette digi from Free Vintage Digi Stamps

Love Life stamp by Kaszaz

Split Negative themed card

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/split_negative/

Silhouette cafe stamp by Kaszazz

I hope my swap partners will enjoy what I have created.

Until next time, if you are experiencing summer in your little corner of the world - Stay cool !

and if you are like me and experiencing winter - Stay warm !

smiles Wendy

FINALLY - A WORK IN PROGRESS

Finally after over 3 months we took delivery of our personal effects that were shipped back from Australia.

So over the weekend, I have been slowly unpacking boxes and getting a little organised in my new craft room.

It will definitely be a work in progress for some time but I can't wait to get it organised enough to start crafting and creating again !!

So definitely hope to be up and blogging regularly with lots of crafting eye candy very soon !!

Happy crafting too, smiles Wendy

IT'S BEEN AWHILE

<big sighs> Well I know it's been quite awhile since I posted. 

There have been major hassles with the shipment of our goods from Australia (which includes all my craft supplies !! ) and even though they were picked up from us on 22 February - they still haven't left Australia !!

After several complaints to the Head office of the removal company, things finally have started to happen - although it looks like delivery could not be until mid June.

With winter arriving fast here, I have brought some yarn and have been keeping busy with some knitting to kerb my papercraft withdrawals. Found some gorgeous yarn from Spotlight and have knitted up some warm fingerless gloves in seed and stocking stitch pattern.

And after a visit to the SPCA, we now have a very welcome addition to our family - meet Sparky !!!

I can't wait to get to creating with all my papercraft supplies again - it will definitely been like Christmas when all our boxes finally arrive !!

until next time - happy crafting !!

smiles Wendy