Shaking up World Card Day...

I managed to spend the whole of yesterday cropping @ Paper Blossoms, with my crafty friends, and did not realise until today that I had spent the whole of World Card Day making cards!

Based on this simple Freshly Made Sketch, I thought I would join in the fun @ City Crafter Challenge #Selfie with this super cute #Selfie of Purple Onion Designs Snowman, turned into a snowflake shaker card using Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas photo frame and WPlus9 snowflake, both diecut from a sheet of silver contact adhesive layered onto white cardstock.

Hope you are having / had a fabulous World Card Day too!!!

Freshly Made Sketch
City Crafter Challenge #Selfie
Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

 

 

Something OLD and Something NEW...

Not as much crafting was done last year, so I was a little (OK a lot!) behind with Christmas card creations, so I thought I'd get a head start this year LOL!!! Too easy with the CASology Merry Challenge, Freshly Made Sketches and Jingle Belles Something OLD, Something NEW Challenge. Unfortunately as I had not stamped for a while, my "NEW" is a new ink pad as my old one had dried out! Created using Tara Wakefield's gorgeous deer and bird stamps, paired with Winnie and Walter's Merry and Lil Inkers Stitched Rectangle diecuts with Kaisercraft woodgrain paper background.

Rememeber there are still a couple of days to join in with FUSION, 

before our extra special 2 year anniversary celebration!

P.S. I would love you to join along with my 2015 A Few of My Favourite Things too! 

PS Happy 4th Anniversay - Hogs & Kisses...

Happy Fourth Anniversary Paper Smooches

I thought I'd try and kick myself out of my mojo lull by joining in the fun with Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes, this very cool Freshly Made Sketches and Addicted to CAS Hugs and Kisses. Don't forget the Paper Smooches Designer Challenge is on at the moment too!

Created the large heart by using the small Paper Smooches Hearts die cut, enlarging on the photocopier by 400% and using this as my template to fussy cut the large heart. Cute little hog is from Paper Smooches Green Acres, and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches We Connect. Papers are from Kaisercraft, including the gorgeous red embossed paper for the hearts, the little hog is stamped onto Gelatos on watercolour paper then fussy cut, with die cut alphas from MFT.

Also playing along with 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge H is for Hearts, Hugs, Hogs...

AAA Cards Love, Love, Love, Happy Little Stampers Embossing,

Crafty Cardmakers Love, Love, Love,

Inspired by Stamping Colours & Hearts

I'd LOVE it if you could play along with this months 
Mixed Media Card Challenge - LOVE too!

This made me smile...

This made me smile too...

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Blog Hop

In the words of Dr. Seuss:

“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

Hopefully you are following the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine Special Blog Hop, arriving here from fellow Aussie and all-round fabulous crafter Michelle Williams' blog, and celebrating the inspiration and dedication of the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine team.

A heartfelt THANKS to the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking family. Thank you for being such an integral part of the crafting community! Suffice to say, we will miss "discovering" fabulous talent, product and all that amazing inspiration!!!

Card details:

Card 1 created using Memory Box Butterfly Heart die cut (with the butterflies removed), backed with a Gelato watercolour rainbow, and Papertrey Ink Wet Paint stamped sentiment. Also playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch, Little Red Wagon Things with Wings, Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes, A Little Bit Crafty Anything Goes but not Christmas, and Feeling Sketchy Free Scrap Card.

Card 2 created using Simon Says Stamp die cut leaves, in vellum and Heidi Swapp Gold Shine sprayed cardstock, gorgeous Winnie and Walter's The Big, The Bold and the Blessings die cut sentiment in gold glitter paper, metallic golden thread and holographic gold sequins. Also playing along with Freshly Made Sketches, Crafting Musketeers Bling, Make My Monday Sprays and Mists.

Next stop on the Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine Special Blog Hop is stop #60 the always gorgeous Elena Roussakis.

All these people want to thank you, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine!

1.	Jennifer McGuire	72.	Laura Sterckx	143.	Ashley Harris
2.	Taheerah Atchia	73.	Donna Bowman	144.	Susan Liles
3.	Veronica Zalis	74.	Rachel Kleinman	145.	Darnell Knauss
4.	Laura O'Donnell	75.	Ellen Hutson	146.	Donna Hitz
5.	Julia Stainton	76.	Tanis Giesbrecht	147.	Miriam Prantner
6.	Lorena Cantó	77.	Marcie Sharp	148.	P. Kelly Smith
7.	Amy Tsuruta	78.	Danielle Walls (Neat and Tangled)	149.	Yana Smakula
8.	Piali Biswas	79.	Beverley Brown (Uniko Studio)	150.	Nichole Heady
9.	Rae Barthel	80.	Tracey McNeely	151.	Altenew
10.	Jessica Witty	81.	Laurie Willison	152.	Lisa Henke
11.	Annette Witherspoon	82.	Bev Gerard	153.	Alice Golden
12.	Gayatri Murali	83.	Nina Yang	154.	Cath Edvalson
13.	Laura Williams	84.	Barb Housner	155.	Cindy Lawrence
14.	Maria Fischer	85.	Clare Prezzia	156.	Karen Dedman
15.	Lisa Arana	86.	Tasnim Ahmed	157.	Sandy Allnock
16.	Wendy McGaffey	87.	Joyce Mehrberg	158.	Operation Write Home
17.	Heather Hoffman	88.	Sabrina Alery	159.	Jennifer Ingle
18.	Cristina Kowalczyk	89.	Waltzingmouse Stamps	160.	A Creative Journey with Melissa
19.	Lynn Mercurio	90.	Leigh Penner	161.	Yvonne Yam
20.	Jamie Greene	91.	Jenn Shurkus	162.	MFT
21.	Lori Tecler	92.	Kimberly Wiener	163.	Shemaine Smith
22.	Susie Wittwer	93.	Amber Hight	164.	Spectrum Noir
23.	Jocelyn Olson	94.	Lindsay Amrhein	165.	Nicki Scheck
24.	Chaitali Narla	95.	Mayuri	166.	Asty Purbasari
25.	Hero Arts	96.	Vera W. Yates	167.	Danielle Pandeline
26.	Nadine Perez	97.	Connie Mercer	168.	Isha Gupta
27.	Sarah Martina Parker	98.	Audrey Tokach	169.	Jen Carter
28.	Laura Bassen	99.	Paulina Nakamura	170.	Mendi Yoshikawa
29.	Lori Barnett	100.	Reverse Confetti	171.	Keren Baker
30.	Deepti Malik	101.	Libby Hickson	172.	Trinh Arrieta
31.	Tessa Wise	102.	Shelly Kurth	173.	Tenia Nelson
32.	Karen Baker	103.	Yoonsun Hur	174.	Angie Tieman
33.	Tifany DeGough	104.	Maureen Plut	175.	Lawn Fawn
34.	Virginia Lu	105.	Jessica Pascarella	176.	Lydia Evans
35.	Ruza Rebel	106.	Lynn Mangan	177.	Samantha Mann
36.	Emily Leiphart	107.	Mariana Grigsby	178.	Kymona Tracey
37.	Ashley N Newell	108.	Shery Russ	179.	Jess Moyer
38.	Jennifer Rzasa	109.	SRM Press	180.	Kathy Martin
39.	Dana Warren	110.	Sarah Jay	181.	Joni Andaya
40.	Amy Kolling	111.	Anabelle O'Malley	182.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
41.	Wanda Guess	112.	Michele Boyer	183.	Lisa Johnson
42.	Kalyn Kepner	113.	Clare Buswell	184.	Laine Webb
43.	LauraJane:)	114.	Angel Rivera	185.	Bethany Stellpflug
44.	Tammy Jackson	115.	Laura Pryor/Lil' Inker Designs	186.	Melania Deasy
45.	Karolyn Loncon	116.	Beth Pingry	187.	Ivanka Lentle
46.	Heather Campbell	117.	A Jillian Vance Design	188.	Sweet Stamp Shop
47.	Niki Garcia	118.	Jillian Vance	189.	Jeanne Jachna
48.	Erin Schreiner	119.	Bunny Vance	190.	Emily Branch
49.	Vanessa Menhorn	120.	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L	191.	Anja Bytyqi
50.	Simon Says Stamp	121.	Kristie Larsen	192.	Chameleon Pens
51.	Donna Mikasa	122.	Maureen Merritt	193.	Francine Vuillème
52.	Lin Brandyberry	123.	Heather North	194.	Newton's Nook Designs
53.	Giovana Smith	124.	Nina Brackett	195.	Alicia Thelin
54.	Brenda Weaver	125.	Clearsnap, Inc	196.	Sarah Moerman
55.	Glenda J. Wyatt	126.	CAS-ual Fridays Stamps	197.	Winter Sims
56.	Kelly Griglione	127.	Lori Craig	198.	Amber Kroening
57.	Michelle Lupton	128.	Lydia Fiedler	199.	STAMPlorations
58.	Michelle Williams	129.	Julie Campbell	200.	Avery Elle
59.	Lyndal Higgins	130.	Lea Lawson	201.	Caryn Davies
60.	Elena Roussakis	131.	Taylor Usry	202.	N@ Ali
61.	Kara Vrabel	132.	Jill Dewey Hawkins	203.	Amy Sheffer
62.	Michelle Woerner	133.	Chunyuan Wu	204.	Nance Salkeld
63.	Amanda Coleman	134.	Melissa Cash	205.	Meredith MacRitchie
64.	Winnie & Walter	135.	Annette Allen	206.	Jill Norwood
65.	Cheiron Brandon	136.	Carisa Zglobicki	207.	Kelly Latevola
66.	Kristie Goulet	137.	Crafter's Companion US	208.	Lesley Croghan
67.	Kimberly Crawford	138.	Stephanie Muzzulin	209.	Penny Ward
68.	Lalo IK	139.	Alice Wertz	210.	Karin Åkesdotter
69.	Katie Gehring	140.	Kim Hughes	211.	Yainea Nuñez
70.	Jennifer Cuthbertson	141.	Becky Olsen	212.	Lucy Abrams
71.	Cecilia Hsieh	142.	Kim Heggins	213.	Mama Elephant

 

This made me smile...