Hop Hop Hooray for a Paper Players Playdate...

I couldn't resist playing along this week at The Play Date Cafe - look at this gorgeous colour combo!  As my button collection must be the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, I couldn't resist adding a few buttons for the Paper Players Challenge too.  This gorgeous buuny stamp is from Stampendous, the wider grosgrain ribbons are from Kaisercraft, the top two are from my stash, acouple of the orange buttons are from Basic Grey, and the teal is from My Minds Eye.  I hand drew the baloon strings and the sentiment - which could either be a Birthday or Easter sentiment.  There She Goes has a weekly challenge of incorporating an animal into your Easter card so I'll hop on over and enter this card too :)

Hope you are having a hoppy day too :)

Get Krafty and Smooch...

Inside front of card

Paper Smooches March Inspiration

Inspired by this gorgeous floral wreath hanging from this fortnight at Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge, I created this cloud wreath card, featuring Paper Smooches March free digi download squirrel and the clouds, kite and sentiment stamps from Paper Smooches Sunny Side Up set.  There is a lot of pop-dotting in the cloud wreath!  I cut out the centre of the wreath from the card so that when you open the card, the back of the kite reads "Thanks for the Lift". I was tempted to change the Hi to High, but decided to leave it ;)  The images, apart from the digi-download were stamped in black Momento ink, and coloured to highlight the pinks and greens from the inspiration photo using Copics Rose Mist (R83), Yellow Green (YG03), Sepia (E37), Sand (E33), and Barley Beige (E11).  With all this kraft this card is perfect for this weeks "Get Krafty" Challenge over at The Pink Elephant too.

Hope your spirits soar today :) 

A Home-grown CASE of Inspiration




Gorgeous CASE card from Laura Bassen

Love the stunning simplicity and colours of this weeks CASE Study card by Laura Bassen.  Inspired me to create my own home card using My Favourite Things die-cut negative alphabet, and the sentiment is stamped using Paper Smooches Alphadots and A Little Lovin, with a little Doodlebug twine.

This in turn inspired me to create a second home card, this time a Welcome home card - which could easily be added to to create a Welcome to your new home card.  Created using the same My Favourite Things die-cut negative alphabet, and the sentiment is stamped using Paper Smooches A Little Lovin too. The key is a very old one from my stash, I think from memory it was Karen Foster Design, but then again.

Thought I'd add these to my collection for Paper Smooches April Guest Designer Challenge too!

Many thanks for stopping by, much appreciated!

Pucker Up... Paper Smooches April Guest Designer Search

Pucker up... there's a lot of Smooching going on here!  I thought I'd put my best foot forward for the Paper Smooches April Guest Designer Challenge.  So I've collected a few of my Paper Smooches creations I have made in the past couple of months here in one spot to make it easier :)  You have until March 21st to enter, the best thing is you can even use Paper Smooches free digi download stamps to create your cards to enter!

Bee Happy - details here

So Proud - details here

U will be Missed - details here

I adore you - details here

What's Up - details here

Hangin' Out - details here

Congratulations - details here

Time for Adventure - details here

Welcome - details here

Gnome Time - details here

Happy Anniversary - details here

Over the Moon - details here

Crafty Market...

In case you may have been wondering what I've been doing lately - these are some of the samples we have been making for another local school market this weekend - really cute little packs for kids to sew - great school holiday projects, especially with Easter fast approaching :)

Over the Mooon...

Inspired by this gorgeous palette from Color Throwdown, I have made another bib-shaped card, perfect for a baby announcement or congratulations.  Had fun paper pieceing my cow based on an October Afternoon stamp, with the legs repositioned to make it look more like it is actually jumping over the moon.  Clouds are from Paper Smooches Whimsy, and sentiment created from Paper Smooches Alphadots, stamped in Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip.  I created the moon shape by punching a circle then punching a "bite" out of the circle to create the crescent shape - much the same way I created the basic bib pattern too :)

Hope your day brings you something to be over the moon about too :)

A Classy and Fabulous CASE...

 

I love that Coco Chanel quote "A girl should be two things, Classy and Fabulous".  I think this weeks CASE Study Challenge card is Classy and Fabulous too, so I made a couple of cards to match. Paper is from Kaisercraft To Have & To Hold, together with Bazzill Swiss Dots, ribbon is black grossgrain, the buckle is by Bella and the gorgeous sentiment stamped in Versamark ink and clear embossing powder is from Jane's Doodles Big Sentiments.

Hope your day is classy and fabulous too!