As Promised

Well as I promised on Saturday, I am back to share with you a card I made for our 7 year old neighbours birthday. I used the same colours & embellishments but chose a different layout & it's amazing how different it looks.
So here it is , let me know what you think.

Inside card

I will have a few scheduled posts over the coming weeks, as I will be giving my poor hands a rest it's seemed they didn't like all the extra hours spent in my craft room over the weekend when hubby & the kids were away & my arthritis has flared up.

Till then,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Freshly Made Sketches #19

My last challenge card to upload tonight is for the Freshly Made sketches challenge.

I decided to rotate the sketch to fit the image I wanted to use. The stamp is from a Hero Arts & I have paper pieced her Kimono & used my Copics to colour her face.
I love how she turned out so much so I made another card for one of our little neighbours who is turning seven tomorrow, I even used the same colours. I will schedule that post for Tuesday if you would like to pop back.

Well I am off to enjoy my last evening before Hubby & the kids return from their 5 days of camping with piles of washing & unpacking needs doing.

Thanks for dropping by
Happy Stamping
Fiona

Colour Q challenge

Tonight I will be adding a few posts for some challenges I completed today.

The first challenge is the Colour Q challenge. I used the Flying By mini stamp set from PTI for the first time, not sure I am 100% happy with the finished card but thought I would upload it anyway.

Thanks for dropping by, please let me know what you thought of my card.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

CAS-ual Friday #35

Today I have two cards to share that I made for the current challenge over at the CAS-ual Friday challenge blog, which is to use scallops on your card.

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

JAI #100

Sorry I have been a little quiet on the blog front this week, seriously lacking some creative mojo. I even started doing a major clean out & reorganisation in my craft room, although it's now messier then when I started. On a brighter note I have talked hubby into a trip to Sydney this week to visit Ikea & get some new cube shelving.

I did do a little Copic colouring this evening using the current weeks Digi Stamp Freebie from Bugaboo.
The image was of a Prince & Princess which also fits with the challenge over at Just Add Ink this week which is to Just Add Crowns.
I thought it would make a great Anniversary card for my stash, as I don't have any on hand at the moment.

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

A New Card for my Blog Header

Howdy, I was having a play around in Picnik (photo editing site) today & came across a collage that I liked for my blog header, trouble was I didn't have any nice piccies that would fit in the photo space so I went ahead & made a card that coordinated. I am still not 100% happy so there may be more changes in the week ahead, problem is I am not very technologically savvy.

This is the card I made using the colours that were already in the collage template.

Would love to know your thoughts or any tips on creating a blog header.

Take care,

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Predominantly Purple

WOW two posts in one day, I have a card to share that I made for the Less is More  Colour Challenge & the Clean & Simple  Sketch Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Using my new Goodies

Well they are not technically new just not used before now, & I am sure I am not the only one with goodies stashed in the cupboard just waiting to be used. This year I my aim is to use something on each card that I haven't used before, this will be hard then again I have loads of unused goodies.

So today I dragged out the Cover plate Quatrefoil die (thats the beautiful lattice type background), the Button Boutique stamp set as well as the Mat Stack #1 stamp set & die all these are from PTI.

I also used my set of three rolled rose flower die from MFT to make the felt roses. the two smaller sizes are on the card & the largest size I made into a brooch to give as a gift.

I would also like to add my card to the challenge over at Crazy for challenges this week which is to do or use something new on your project.

I hope you like what I have made, if so feel free to leave me a comment.

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping
Fiona

My First Challenge for the Year

Well January seems to be flying by at a great rate of knots, the kids will be back to school before we know it. Hubby is on holidays & we are enjoying daily sleep ins & then the day spent pottering around the house, I can't remember the last time our January holidays have been so cruisey.

I did spend the afternoon in my craft room as I need to make a couple of cards for January birthdays, & what a better place to start than with a challenge. The card I made is for my Sister in law & follows the colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts & the CAS challenge at Young Crafters Unite.

I have used a flower from the Beautiful Blooms stamp set, sentiment  from the Birthday Basics stamp set & the Book Print  Impression Plate all from PTI ,

 

Inside the card

Card & Envelope

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Year in Review Part 2

As promised I have some favourites from each month. My little blog was quieter during September & October so I didn't have a lot to choose from.

Overall I had a very good year in 2011 with a total of 166 posts where as 2010. I had only 60 posts all year. It remains to be seen if I can do as well next year but I will try. I have thoroughly enjoyed participating in challenges especially the CAS ones & find they are a great way to get the creative juices flowing.

Thanks to all who have dropped by & I truly appreciate those who left many wonderful comments.

JULY a sweet baby card for my new great niece!

 AUGUST Loved this colour combo & the rolled flowers!

 SEPTEMBER Mind boggling!

 OCTOBER Just love all that shimmer & the seam binding!

 NOVEMBER I loved the scrunched flowers & the layout!

 DECEMBER My Christmas gift bags, a lot of work but love how they turned out!

Thanks for dropping by. I would love to know if you have a favourite from my year in review if so please leave me a comment to let me know.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Laid back start to the New Year

I hope the rest of the year is as laid back as today was but I seriously doubt it. The day started with a sleep in & then Brunch at 11am, a little time spent in my craft room this afternoon & a simple dinner on the front verandah watching a summer storm roll in. The best thing was I didn't do any housework, but you know that means double to do tomorrow.

Here is a card I made for this weeks CAS challenge over at The Outlawz. It's super simple but I really like it. Would love to know what you think.

thought I would include a photo of the storm clouds building up at sunset that I took from the front verandah.

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

2011 in Review

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!  Best wishes for a happy & healthy 2012.

Today I thought I would share with you some of my favourite cards from 2011.

This was actually harder than I thought as some months had more than one card that stood out & some months no cards stood out at all. So here they are let us know what you think.

JANUARY, I just love this card, so pretty

 FEBRUARY a simple Baby on Board card.

MARCH My favourite flower the Iris.

APRIL Love this colour combo.

MAY an attempt at collage stamping

JUNE Again love the colour combo & the simplicity.

Hope you have enjoyed my first installment of my year in review, I will be back tomorrow with the second half.

Happy Stamping
Fiona