Happiest of Mother's Days...

Wishing all mothers, the most wonderful of Mother's Days.

Created using pink, red and purple alcohol inks on Yupo paper. Poppy from Unity Stamps and sentiment from Avery Elle, fishtail flag and stitched frame from MFT.

Playing along with

Creative Artiste Mixed Media

Make it Monday with NPlane for NBUS...

The current Papertrey Ink Make it Monday Challenge highlights all the Make it Monday Challenges for 2014 and you can choose one you had perhaps missed. I'd love to say that because of the craziness that was the holiday season I missed the opportunity to partake in re-creating Laura Bassen's gorgeous Camoflaging Die Cuts Technique, but truth be told, I'm fairly new to the delights of Papertrey Ink, and only just realized they have weekly Challenges - slow, I know LOL! All the same, I couldn't miss the opportunity to give this technique a try!

In an effort to make more boys cards (seeing as there are 7 nephews on my side of the family alone LOL!) I thought I'd attempt a boys birthday card, featuring a Papertrey Ink plane (aka NBUS!)

Created by first making a cloud template mask by die cutting a piece of acetate, this can also be created using a variety of different sized circle dies. Using the cloud mask, started from the lowest layer of "cloud" and made my way up with Distress Ink Broken China and Tumbled Glass. When it came to doing the die cuts, the Papertrey Ink Birthday sentiment was fine, but the airplane is a single die incorporating three different elements, so die cut a Papertrey Ink plane from white cardstock and temporarily positioned it where I wanted it to appear on the card, then reused the acetate cloud mask to recreate the same cloud pattern on the white cardstock plane - this is where having the mask cut from clear acetate came in handy! Stamped the Papertrey Ink "Happy" sentiment in Distress Ink Broken China, and die cut additional white cardstock layers for the sentiment and plane, and sandwiched them together before adhering in place on the card. Highlighted the tops on the clouds with Wink of Stella Clear.

Playing along with Papertrey Ink Make it Monday, Darnell's NBUS Challenge #3, 

Seize the Birthday and Virginia's View Clean Slate.
Dies R Us Anything Goes with a NEW twist

PS I'd LOVE if YOU could link up your favourite creations for 2014 on 
Our Favourite Things linky party on my blog here!

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge...

Hope you all had a FABULOUS Christmas!

I was so excited to discover I had time to spend a day with my kiddies enjoying the Boxing Day sales (except for the parking which was diabolical LOL!), AND a chance to play along with Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge (not the least bit diabolical!), thanks to the time difference!

The December theme is Silver and Gold - so on trend! With all my Christmas cards out of the way, I was inspired by this gorgeous celebration cake, with all its layered circles. Created using a base of white cardstock splattered with Heidi Swapp Gold, diecut with silver glitter paper Papertrey Ink circle heart die cut (tree top) and Stitched Circles, added a touch of gold thread, and Papertrey Ink Wet Paint sentiment in superfine silver embossing powder.

Also playing along with Crazy for CAS Anything Goes,

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes, and Dies R Us Anything Goes.

Coffee Lovers Holiday Blog Hop (Peace, Joy & Coffee)...

All I want for Christmas is...

to play along with the fabulous Coffee Lovers Holiday Blog Hop.

As a special Coffee Lovers Holiday treat, I have included the recipe for a coffee cocktail - as we celebrate Christmas in the midst of Summer here! Did you know it is rumored that Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) drank a gallon of coffee a day! This cocktail was created by Mad46, a Manhattan rooftop lounge at the Roosevelt Hotel, as a salute to the hotel's namesake...

Teddy Tini

2 oz. chilled espresso

3 oz. vanilla vodka

1/2 oz. Kahlúa

Fill shaker with ice, add ingredients, and shake well.

Strain into chilled martini glass and garnish with 2 chocolate coffee beans.

Card created using Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and the Merry die-cut in pearl gold cardstock, MFT alphabet die-cut in pearl bronze cardstock and a La La Land fir tree, with background patterned paper from Simple Stories Cozy Christmas, and added silver star sequins.

How YOU can play along...

• There are also random 5 prizes for people that comment on ALL of the linked blogs see on Amy's blog for the list before 11:55 pm Pacific Time on Sunday, December 14th.

EXTRA BONUS GIVEAWAY if you comment on this post, this post or this post (my Coffee Lovers Holiday Blog Hop posts), you will also be in the running to win a FABULOUS Winnie and Walter The Big, the Bold and the Merry stamp set.

A BIG THANK YOU to our fabulous sponsors:

17 Turtles, Add A Little Dazzle, a●muse studio/Chris Franco

Butterfly Reflections Ink, Color Cast Designs, Create a Smile

Hero Arts, Kraftin' Kimmie, Kreative Kymona

Latina Crafter, Neat and Tangled, Newton's Nook

Paper Smooches, Pickled Potpourri, Poppystamps

Reverse Confetti, Stamp Academy, Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis 

STAMPlorations, SugarPea Designs, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 

The Alley Way Stamps, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store, Two Paper Divas

Verve Stamps, Whole Wild World, Your Next Stamp

Also playing along with Merry Monday Gold, Silver, White and Bronze,
Cure for the Monday Blues

Jingle Belles Rock Anything Christmas,
Inkspirational Colour Challenge, Dies R Us Winter
 and Card Concept Silent Night Neutrals, Clean and Layered

  

Tag... You're Christmas!

Created an ormament shaker tag for the front of this card. Stamped the navy base layer of the Lawn Fawn tag with Verve Merry and Bright Snowflakes, in Superfine Silver embossing over white ink, then made a sandwich with a foam sheet Lawn Fawn tag (including the Clearly Besotted Signature Christmas ornament shape die cut out of it) added some holographic snowflakes and silver sequins, a clear acetate sheet, then the top layer of Lawn Fawn tag, also with the Clearly Besotted Signature Christmas ornament die cut out, stamped the Verve Merry and Bright sentiment in Superfine Silver embossing over white ink, added the Clearly Besotted Signature Christmas bow die cut in silver glitter paper, then added the whole tag to the navy card front.

Naturally Navy Verve Diva Inspiration

Merry Monday Silver and Blue Ornaments

Dies R Us Christmas

Virginia's View All Things Metallic

  

 

This made me smile...

Winnie & Walter Winner...

Have you had a chance to check out the amazingly fabulous Winnie and Walter new release - count them 10 new stamp sets, and they have released some super cool stencils and gorgeous dies too!!!

I am drawing the lucky winner of the $30 Winnie and Walter gift certificate (from comments left on my Leading Lady posts in September) just in time to hop over to shop for the fabulous new release. Without further ado, Mr Random (aka my son) chose comment #64 out of the 172 comments recieved, so the lucky winner is...

 Berina RGA said...

beautiful projects... love the paper piecing..
-Berina
Moxie Craftie

Sunday, 14 September, 2014

 

Inspired by a number of gorgeous Autumn challenges, this Heartfelt Thanks card was created using Lawn Fawn Autumn Leaves die cut from watercolour paper with Twinkling H2O (Egyptian Gold, Autumn Butternut, Poppy) and LuminArte (Sunflower, Yellow Rose, Orange Peel, Persimmon). Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold and You and The Big, The Bold and Blessings sentiment and WPlus9 Pretty Patches Pumpkin die cut stamped in Momento Luxe Toffee Crunch then sprinkled with Zing Copper embossing powder.

Cure for the Monday Blues Feasts of Fall

Card Concept Thank Fall (clean and layered), 
The Cutting Edge Challenge #13,
Dies R Us Thankful, Catered Crop Gratitude Attitude, 
and Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes.

A CAS(E) Study Mixed Media Card...

Reminding you you still have until 25 September to play along with Mixed Media Card Challenge Autumn Colours, with a card inspired by the textures and natural burlap and twine elements from Debby's CASE Study card, layout from this versatile CAS(E) this Sketch, colours and shimmer from Moxie Fab World Fabulous Friday Getting Fancy and theme from Inspiration Emporium Fall is in the Air and Dies R Us Fall Festival . I love this leaf patterned paper background, and created the Lawn Fawn die cut leaves using Luminarte paints on watercolour paper, added the burlap fishtail flag and twine, and Winnie and Walter The Big, The Bold Blessings sentiment stamped in Momento Luxe Lilac Posies.

 

 

CASE Study
CAS(E) this Sketch
Dies R Us Fall Festival
Inspiration Emporium Fall is in the Air
Moxie Fab World Fabulous Friday Getting Fancy

Mixed Media Card Challenge Autumn Colours (Reminder)
NBUS Lawn Fawn die cut leaves, joining in the fun @ 
the gorgeous Darnell's NBUS Challenge #2 too!

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