Girly You Rock

Here is my second card as promised this time it's a girly card for the colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts. (edited to add I missed the cut off)

Thanks for dropping by, I will try to do some scheduled posts for next week.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

The Play Date Cafe Challenge

It's is Mothers day here today & I have spent another couple of hours this afternoon in my studio creating a couple of cards.
The first card I created was a Colour Challenge for the Play Date Cafe.

Thanks for dropping by & Happy Mothers day to all.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Fifth Ave Floral Clean & simple

As promised I am back with another card to share, this one is for the Clean & Simple challenge.

The rose was something I created a little while ago using Alchohl markers & distress inks, the tutorial in on splitcoast stampers just can't remember at this point what it's called.

I hope you liked my card!

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Aviary CASual Friday

Wow I can't belive it's been so long since my last post, today I managed to steal a couple of hours in my studio to at least complete a couple of challenges.

The first one I have, was made for the CAS- ual Friday challege which was to use birds, the Colour Throwdown. challenge which this week was 5 colours.

I have one more card to share with you tonight this one is dor the Clean & Simple Challenge.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Happy 60th

Here's a card I made for my Brother in laws 60th birthday a couple of weeks ago. The card was based on a card I made at another class, which I am we were told was cased & who from but I don't remember now so please feel free to let me know if you know of the original creator.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

I have two cards to share with you today, they are using the Fresh Vintage stamp from SU.

Please forgive the sentiment on the second card it's a little crooked. I am just telling myself that's what happens when something is handmade, it's not always 100% perfect.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Another challenge Card

Yes you have seen it right this is my second post for the day & it's another challenge card, well one card two challenges.

The challenges this time are Hand Stamped Sentiments & Create with Connie & Mary

I hope you have enjoyed my card.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Play Date Cafe Challenge

Yesterday I took a little time to check out what challenges were happening this week & I came across this colour challenge from The Play Date Cafe & I knew straight away I could create something in limited time.

 The card I created uses the vine die & flower die both from PTI. It's a very simple card but a great one to add to my stash.

I hope you enjoyed my card, I am now off to finish my daughters 13th birthday invites, she has decided on a High Tea at home, so we are making the invites something special.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Embossing with Dye Ink

I am not sure what happened to this post I scheduled it to post last week & it never appeared.

This is my third & final card we made for our Different methods of Heat Embossing class.

The card is one I cased from Maureen Merrit do drop by because she creates stunning CAS cards.

The embossing with Dye ink first requires you to ink up your stamp in my case the Guitar in Versamark ink & then Dye ink,  I used Concord crush from Stampin Up. I then stamped it on some white card stock before heat embossing it using clear embossing powder. I have then cut the image out & mounted it over the frame.
To add a nice girly touch to finish I added some seam binding ribbon I gathered onto double sided tape.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Emboss Resist

Today's card is using the Emboss Resist technique.  I first stamped the Enfrancis background stamp on std white card stock with black ink. The next step was to randomly stamp the butterfly image using versamark than heat emboss with white embossing powder. The final step was to rub pool party ink all over using a sponge & then spritz with a black marker before using a tissue to remove any ink from the embossed butterflies.

I would also like to thank the lovely ladies who are taking the time to leave me lovely comments. At this present time I haven't been visiting any blogs to leave any comments, maybe sometime soon I can get some sort of routine happening & do some much missed blog surfing.

I have one more card to share from my embossing class, it is using dye inks to emboss, I will schedule that post for early next week

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Cracked glass Technique

I am back to share with you a card we made at last fortnights classes which was to use Embossing powders different ways.

The first technique was as my title said "Cracked Glass". I must admit this was the first time I tried it & I was happy with how it turned out. It was  a little time consuming in a class, but worth the end result.

The Technique involved embossing 3 layers of Ultra Thick embossing powder before placing in the freezer for approx 20 min. When we took it out of the freezer we just gave it a few bends to crack where we wanted our cracks. Some ended up with more some less, we then applied some dark brown ink over the cracks to give an aged effect.

Hope you have enjoyed this card I will be back with some scheduled posts over the next few days to share the remaining two cards we made using Emboss Resist & Embossing with Dye Inks.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Decorated Bird Cage

My post today is to share with you a bird cage I decorated using the Butterfly sizzix die & designer papers that coordinated with the colours of my Studio. I did a little redecorating in the school holidays & I had plans of taking some photos to share except the bird cage is as far as I got.
This idea wasn't mine, it came from seeing quite a few cages decorated whilst blog surfing last year.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Princess note cards

Another scheduled post:
Today I would like to share with you the set of 5 Note cards that the younger girls made at my holidays class. The note cards were made to fit into the small scalloped envelope die, we cut it out using melon mambo card stock than embossed it with the sots embossing folder.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Paris Themed

Today I would like to share with you the Girls version of the Notebook & Card that the kids created at my holiday class, not sure what happened to the picture I took of the note card set but it seems to have disappeared.

The girls really liked making these & used their creative licence & all did something a little different.

CARD

A5 NOTEBOOK

Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Better late than never!

As promised, I finally have the Boys Card, Notebook & Note cards to share that the boys created at the Kids class I held during the holidays. They could choose either the motorbike, skateboard, or pushbike stamps to personalise their creations.

They were quite easy to do & the boys were happy enough with what they took away.

Anyway the weeks are passing by in a blur now that I am working, I don't even have time to visit my favourite blogs, which I am really missing, maybe tomorrow I can snare a couple of hours.  

Today I spent some time photographing time & editing so I should have plenty of creations to share over the coming weeks thanks to scheduled posts.

CARD

 A5 NOTEBOOK

PACK OF 5 NOTE CARDS





Thanks for dropping by,

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Card Three Two Step Stamping

Here is my 3rd & final card from my two step stamping class. I have used the flower from a retired SU set called Soft Summer, DSP also from SU.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Two Step Stamping Card Two

Here is my 2nd card of three we made at my class.

I have used the couch from PTI & some retired DSP from SU.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Two Step Stamping Card One

Did anyone miss me?  I have a good reason for being MIA this time, I started a new job last Wednesday & I am loving it I am super busy whilst there & the 8 hours flys by. I am not sure how regular my posting will be, although tonight I plan on schedualing cards from my Two Step Stamping classes, I have 3 all up & I still have to edit some of the photos from my kids classes.

Thanks for dropping by

Happy Stamping

 Fiona

Beautiful Wings

I am back with another card the kids made at the holiday classes. It's a very simple card using the Beuatiful Wings Embosslit fro SU & some DSP from Kaisercraft.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Owl Pillow box & Card

Today I would like to share with you card & pillow box that was part of my children's classes.

The card inspiration came from the talented Kirsty Brown I just love how she made the owl holding a pinwheel.

The girls who made this card & pillow box really loved them & are now pestering mum for the owl punch.

Thanks for dropping by, I will be back soon with a couple more Kids class cards.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

PTI 5th Anniversary

I have been following the 5th Anniversary celebrations over on Nichole Heady's blog for PTI & this is the first time I have had a chance to make something for her mini challenges.

The challenge was to make an interactve card & I chose to make a flower pot card. It is something I made a few years ago except I couldn't remember the dimensions so I made one up myself it is slighly taller than a standard card but would still fit in a DL envelope.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

Happy Valentines Day

Today I managed to do a little creating & created a quick Valentines Day card for hubby & the CAS challenge over at the Outlawz.

I also managed to take some photos of some of the cards, notebooks & gift card sets that the kids made at the holiday classes & will schedule them to post over the coming week.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping

Fiona

Back with one of my scheduled posts, this time a gift card holder.

I have used the Sweet Thing stamp set & die from PTI & the Top Note die, card stock & DSP from SU.

 

Inside the gift card.

Thanks for dropping by.

Happy Stamping
Fiona

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