Showing posts with label Scrapbook Boutique Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scrapbook Boutique Challenge. Show all posts

Sunday, March 30, 2014

Happy Crafting & Hoppy Easter...


Just arrived back from one amazing long weekend spent in the company of ten fabulous fellow crafters! I have a sneaking suspicion there will be a few Lil Inkers and Mama Elephants orders soon LOL!

This card was inspired by CAS(E) This SketchScrapbook Boutique Easter Challenge, and CAS on Sunday Stitched Challenge, created using Lil Inkers Stitched Polaroid, combined with Mama Elephants Landscape Trio die-cuts and Honey Bunny stamps, together with this cute LaLa Land Flag Banner and papers from Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine and Let's Polka.

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Hoppy Easter...


How cute is this little Stampendous Busy Bunny in a basket!  I thought it was perfect for playing along with this weeks CASology Bunny Challenge, and used this fab Freshly Made Sketch, Color Throwdown and Scrapbook Boutique photo as Easter inspiration.  Each bunny was stamped three times, once onto the background papers, once onto white cardstock and once onto kraft cardstock, then paper pieced, and finished with My Favourite Things Funny Bunny sentiment.



Hop you have are headed for a Hoppy Easter too ;)

This made me smile...

Monday, February 11, 2013

Batty in Love, Since I Spotted You...

UPDATED: I discovered these boxes are a perfect match for Jaffas...
I thought I'd have a go at making a candy box for this months Trendy Twine Sweets for My Sweetie and Addicted to CAS Candy Challenges, inspired by Paper Smooches Sparks and Catered Crop Polka Dots Challenges, and Scrapbook Boutiques Love Photo Challenge.  First I adhered my red polka dot and pink polka dot pieces together and negative die cut a heart from this panel.  Next I cut two pieces of red cardstock two inches wider and two inches taller than my heart panel, and scored along each edge one inch from the outside edges.
Front two pieces before I sandwiched the clear plastic between them
On the lid of the candy box, I used my heart panel to trace then cut out the heart shape (as my cardstock piece was too big to use the die cut again).  I stamped sentiment from Paper Smooches Falling for You on the heart panel, before sandwiching and double-sided taping some clear plastic between the heart panel and the cardstock lid.  I used a hole punch to create the handle holes, in the top and bottom pieces of my box, and threaded 6 strands of Trendy Twine Valentine Cherry Cupcake through the handle holes and plaited the handle before securing to the inside of the box.  I cut a 1 inch strip of the red cardstock and adhered to the inside top edge of the box, so the twine ends are concealed.  Using Paper Smooches Alphadots and Sentiment Sampler I stamped the inside sentiment - which appears at the bottom of the candy box when the recipient finishes the candy.
Inside the finished box
I finished constructing the box securing the corners with double-sided tape and adding the gorgeous polka dotted Paper Smooches Falling for You bat.

Now all I need to do is go find some polka-dotted candy before Thursday - 
or maybe some Lindt chocolate balls - then again they probably wouldn't last til Thursday LOL!

Scrapbook Boutique Love Inspiration


Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Have a Heart too!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Happy Mothers Day & Thanks for Dropping By...



I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mothers Day, whether celebrating it yourself, or with your Mum!  Also a huge "Thanks for dropping by!" on the There She Goes Mother Of All Blog Hops yesterday - I couldn't resist making one more card featuring the There She Goes Under The Weather stamp set - and don't forget, there is plenty more inspiration today!  This card was inspired by this weeks versatile Freshly Made sketch and this gorgeous rainbow inspiration from Scrapbook Boutique.  Papers are a mix from Kaisercraft, Echo Park and October Afternoon.

Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day.  Thanks for dropping by!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Wishing you the Sweetest Things...




Even though purple is definitely not up there with my favourite colours, when I saw this months inspiration photo from Scrapbook Boutique, I knew it was perfect for my MFT "Wishing you the Sweetest Things" sentiment.  I loved the lattice icing, repeated in the papers from Kaisercraft and Penny Black, and the cute icing roses replicated using Prima flowers.  Cardstock is textured cordinations, finished off with a cute butterfly hand cut from Kaisercraft papers.  Perfectly suited to this months gorgeous inspiration sketch from SFYTT at I (heart) to Stamp.

Many thanks for dropping by - and Happy Chinese New Year to you too!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

New Year, New Start...

Wishing all of you the very best of health and happiness for this New Year.  I am very glad to have 2011 behind me and am looking forward to the challenges of the year ahead!




I didn't get a chance to load this little guy up yesterday, so here is to a bright start to this New Year, with colour inspiration from Scrapbook Boutique, and sketch inspiration from Skipping Stones Design :)

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Throwdown a Challenge... (or two)



Colours from this weeks Colour Throwdown Challenge reminded me of Pooh Bear, add to this the spots and dots challenge at Scrapbook Boutique - led to lots of circles here!

Couldn't wait to play with this little bear & robin set by Gillian Roberts, coloured in with Derwent Watercolour pencils and added text from My Favourite Things "Sending You a Little Christmas" set.  Vanilla cardstock embossed using Couture Creations "Swiss Dots" embossing folder, and red and dark grey cardstock cut using Spellbinders "Lacy Circles".  The paper I have used is an old line from Scenic Route, but a similar effect could be achieved by stamping.

Being a newbie to card making I'm still experimenting - LOTS!  I find that I prefer to stamp my outlined images in Stone Grey StazOn ink - what do you use?