Purple daisies

Purple daisies, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, this is my entry in this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge, Anything Goes.

 

These daisies are fun to fussy cut, not too fiddly! I coloured them with markers and put Ranger stickles in the centre for bling!

 

Materials used: Lucys stamp (very old); stickles; foam dots; sentiment sticker and markers from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Birthday Arrows

Birthday Arrows, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, this is my entry in this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge, where the theme is to use an arrow in your project.

Join in at http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

 

Materials used: Printblocks stamp, very old! MBossabilities So Trendy embossing folder; Memory Box Parker number dies (used to make the arrows!); zig zag scissors.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Metal 21st

Metal 21st, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, the rain has stopped, finally! So I guess this is my last card for the weekend!

This is my entry in this week's Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge - Metalology


I distressed my cardstock, then embossed it. I used metal shim for the key and the numerals.

Materials used: Provocraft embossing folder; Fancy That vintage key die; distress inks; Lifestyle Crafts metal sheet; Spellbinders oval die; Cardstock & sentiment sticker from stash.
Thanks for looking :)

Birthday gifts

Birthday gifts, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, this is my entry in this week's  Less is More  Paper Piercing challenge. It's a birthday card for my 17 year old niece.
 It's my first attempt at paper piercing. I used the back of a mouse pad and a large sewing needle to pierce the holes. I had a few goes and while there is definately room for improvement, this was my most consistently even effort.

Materials used: EK Success punch; Memory Box die; Kaisercraft stamp; cardstock & bling from stash.

Thanks for looking :)

Hearts and Flowers

Hearts and Flowers, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, wet weather has kept us indoors this weekend. A good excuse to stay in my craft room!

I used punches to make this card, which means, I used lots of snippets and left overs. Except for the red, I had to cut a strip from a new piece of card for the hearts! Spent ages looking for a scrap first though!

So, I'm entering the Snippets Playground again over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop. It's great fun, shame when I have to pack up and go home!

This will also be my 2nd entry into this month's challenge over at Scrapbook Boutique. If you live in Australia please join in.

The theme is love and here is the delicious looking cupcake inspiration photo.

 

 

Materials used: various punches;  Stampin Up square lattice embossing folder; cardstock, bling & sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

Dragonflies...close up!

Dragonfly...close up!, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, I decided to make a couple of cards from some of my hubby's photos. He's taken quite a few of dragonflies, birds, insects and flowers in our backyard.

I love the deatils in the dragonfly's wings and body!

Thanks for looking :)

Butterfly Flight

Butterfly Flight, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, this is my entry in this week's Less is More challenge Up in the Air.
 I don't think I have any other stamps that really suited other than butterflies. I tend to do a lot of white based cards and it feel's less CAS doing a coloured base, I guess that's what challenges are all about though!

 

Materials used: Divine Swirl embossing folder; Prismacolor pencils; Hologram embossing powder; stamp, ribbon and sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

White on white butterflies

White on white butterflies, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, this is my entry in this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge - white on white. 

The flowers were punched from left over bits of textured white paper and the flower centres were punched from the butterfly trimmings, so I'm also entering the Snippets playground over at Pixie's Crafty Workshop.

 

Materials used: Provocraft embossing folder; Memory Box butterfly dies; EK Success flower punch; tiny circle punch; glitter paper;  foam dots; tiny pearl bling and sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Red Birthday Rose

Hi, this is my entry in this week's CASology challenge, where the cue word is red.

 

Red Birthday Rose, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

I used tombows to colour the rose and layered a section to give some dimension.

 

Join in at http://www.casology.blogspot.com.au/

 

The DT have some fabulous projects for inspiration!

 

Materials used: Stampin up rose (belongs to my sister so I'm not sure of it's name); Memory Box leaves die; Stampin up embossing folder; tombows and sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Congratulations Heart

 

Hi, I made this card for the latest challenge at Cas(E) this Sketch. This stamp is a very old Print Blocks one. I cut the centre of the heart out and put pink tissue paper behind it. I also had to cut away the gold paper behind the heart as it darkened the pink too much. 

 

Congratulations Heart, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

and here is the sketch

 

 

Materials used: Print Blocks stamp; gold ink & embossing powder; Entangled embossing folder; tissue paper, gold paper and sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

Red Hearts

Red Hearts, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, I've done a revamp of a card I made early last year  for a friend's wedding. I used my new MPress die for the larger heart, and managed to eat into my stash of leftover red scraps from my christmas cards!

I'm entering it into the Snippets playground over at Pixies Crafty Workshop

and the Have a Heart challenge over at Simon Says Stamp

Materials used: Mpress heart die; heart punches; Swiss dots embossing folder; Memory Box label die; foam dots, sentiment sticker, ribbon and bling from stash.

Thanks for looking :)

Loves me...Loves me not...

Hi, Scrapbook Boutique's Challenge this month follows the theme of love and hearts. Here is the inspiration photo

The cupcakes look divine!

and here is my card.

Loves me...Loves me not..., a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

I thought of flowers and hearts and remembered the old game of pulling petals from a daisy!

If you live in Australia join in at http://scrapbookboutiquenews.blogspot.com.au/

 

Materials used: Lucys daisy stamp; Provocraft Love Language dies and embossing folder; tombows; crystal stickles; heart bling & cardstock from stash.

Thanks for looking :)

 

 

Love Hearts

Love Hearts, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi ,I tried a new technique on this card to colour my hearts, sponging ink.
It's early days yet, but it was fun to try a change from distress inks!!

I was inspired by Heather Telford's beautiful cards. She's also done a tutorial on sponging and masking, so I'm hoping to try a few more ideas using this method. I'm amazed by all of the incredibly talented people in our community who so generously share their work, thank you!

I am entering this card into this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Have a Heart, join in here.

Also the February contest over at Hero Arts. The theme is Love & Lace.
Find all the details here.

 

Materials used: Hero Arts Lattice cling stamp; Provocraft Love Language dies and embossing folder; watercolor paper; versamark ink; clear ep; Brilliance rocket red gold ink.

Thanks for looking :)

Butterfly Birthday

Butterfly Birthday, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, managed to get into my craft room tonight to have a play with another card!

I need to get all of my scrap bits and pieces organized. At the moment they're in a few tubs, depending on size rather than colour! It's getting time consuming to sift through them all.

I used a little bit up with the butterfly dies for this card! I cut a white base and a purple and black top layer. It was fiddly but fun mixing up the little negative pieces and gluing them back in!

I'm entering this card into the Snippets Playground over at http://pixiescraftyworkshop.blogspot.com.au/

 

and also into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where the theme is Anything Goes this week. Join in at http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

 

Materials used: Memory Box butterfly and flourish  dies; Spellbinders oval dies; sentiment sticker and bling from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Kraft &Kreme (Cream) Hearts

Kraft & Cream Hearts, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi,this is my entry in this week's challenge over at Less is More. They are celebrating their 2nd birthday with a colour challenge, Kraft and Kreme! Join in at http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com.au/

 

I also used the sketch from CasE This Sketch's challenge here

 

 

Join in at http://casethissketch.blogspot.com.au/

 

There are lots of fabulous creations at both of these sites!

 

Materials used: Provocraft  Love Language embossing folder; Memory Box Sofia Heart die; foam dots; cardstock, bling and sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Birthday Stars!

Birthday Stars!, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, I can't believe I've made 2 cards in 1 day!! At least the washing is pegged out. Sadly, the rest of the housework is being neglected!

This is my entry in the Simon Says Stamp & Show Challenge - Seeing Stars.
Join in at http://www.simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com.au/

 

I cut these stars out using my MFT country charms die, and glued 2 of each together to make them sturdy enough to thread the ribbon through. The silk ribbon is gorgeous to touch, a friend cleaned out her embroidery scraps :)

Materials used: stars embossing folder; MFT country charms die; silk ribbon.; foam dots; sentiment sticker from stash.

 

Thanks for looking :)

Lucky Horseshoes!

Lucky Horseshoes!, a photo by cathroff on Flickr.

Hi, this is my entry in this week's CASology challenge where the cue card word is GAME.

 

I remember playing lucky horseshoes and hooplah when I was young, great fun!

There are some fabulous creations on show! Join in at

http://www.casology.blogspot.com.au/

I'm also entering this card in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where it's Anything Goes!
Join in at http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com.au/
 

Materials used: Distressed stripes embossing folder; MFT country charms and Spellbinders oval dies; Lifestyle Crafts metal sheet; distress ink; sticker and cardstock from my ever growing stash!

 

Thanks for looking :)