Another Some Odd Girl Card

I created this card for the latest challenge on the Some Odd Girl Ning Site -

... Trash Your Stash Challenge...

 - trash your flowers!!

 

I have had these orange flowers in my stash for a scary number of years!!!

I cut the card base shape and the grass using a Silhouette Cameo cut file. The sentiment is from a very old Simon Says stamp set called Woodland Creatures. The cute SOG image is called Garden Mae, the Some Odd Girl shop can be found HERE. They have a BIG Summer Sale going on right now, go and check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping in today, I have turned off the WORD VERIFICATION. Sorry if it irritated any of you! Have a wonderful weekend :)

An Anita Be Stampin Card

Yay, yay it's Friday!! It's another very chilly day here today, perfect for tucking in and crafting. I have the kettle on and am about to myself a big cup of hot chocolate!! Yummy!

I wanted to craft again yesterday (I love it when I am in this frame of mind), so decided to play with this digi image from Anita Be Stampin. I hadn't used her before, and I thought she would be perfect for a few challenges I wanted to take part in! This cute little image can be purchased HERE, as well as the sentiment which is from the "Rosie's Sweets" stamp set.



I used the following Copic colours on my card:


I have decided to enter this card in the following challenges:

~ CRAFTY SENTIMENTS - Polka Dots
~ DO YOU STACK UP - Orange, Yellow & Brown
~ SIMON SAYS - Shaped Card
~ PINK (INK) SKETCH CHALLENGE - Sketch
~ ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE BLOG - Pick of the Bunch

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I love reading your comments, so a HUGE "thank-you" if you leave one :)

A Magnolia Card

Hi all. As my friend Sharon said on her blog post today, she is so happy it's Thursday, because the weekend is in sight, I agree!!!

I had my first 3-way Skyping session with Sharon and Paola last night and boy was it fun, we chatted and crafted together, and it was so nice to get to know them both better. Thanks girls!!

So today the card I am showing you is the one I worked on last night. I am submitting it for a number of challenges which I will list below.




The stamp is by Magnolia and the sentiment by AnnaBelle Stamps.

The challenges I am entering my card for are:

~ Simon Says - Anything Goes
~ 7 Kids College Fund - Red, White & Blue
~ Magnolia-Licious - Red, White & Blue
~ Totally Tilda - Distressing
~ Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Summer Flowers

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog, and an even bigger "thank-you" to the ladies who leave comments :)

Check out Hip Kody!!

Had to make a card with another one of my new Some Odd Girl stamps that I bought on their sale. This one is called Hip Kody, and he is going to be perfect for the boy birthday cards that I make. Having 3 sons I will use him loads I think. The sale at Some Odd Girl is going on until the 11th of July, and their stamps are 25% off! Check it out HERE.




I AM ENTERING THIS CARD IN THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

~ Some Odd Girl - Bright And Blinding
~ Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
~ Spoonfull of Sugar - Sewing
~ 7 Kids College Fund - Red, White & Blue
~ Simon Says Stamps - A stitch in Time

Thanks for dropping by today. Thanks so much to those that take the time to comment, it makes my day!! :)

A new Anita Be Stampin card for a few Challenges

Here in South Africa it's a public holiday, Youth Day, so that meant a bit of crafting time for me this afternoon. LOVELY to be tucked up inside because it's horribly windy and dusty outside!!

For my card I used an adorable Anita Be Stampin image from the lovely Cherry Sweet set. It includes this adorable image, a cherry image and 5 lovely sentiments. Have a look at my card, you can buy this set and other images HERE.



THE INGREDIENTS I USED ON MY CARD ARE:
IMAGE & SENTIMENT- Anita Be Stampin
CUTTLEBUG EMBOSSING FOLDER
PRIMA FLOWERS & OTHERS
BRADS - Making Memories
SMOOCH SPRITZ - Sea Kiss
RIBBON - From my stash
COPICS!!!

I AM ENTERING MY CARD FOR THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:
Anita Be Stampin - Shaped card
Simon Says - Bingo (Flowers, Brads, Sentiment)
Cute Card Thursday - Colour of your birthstone, my birthday is next month, so my colour is RUBY
7 Kids College Fund - Create a Summery Card

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today, for those that take the time to leave a comment, a HUGE "thanks", it means so much to me :)

Say it with....Flowers

Morning everyone. Bright and early here in South Africa, 4:36am to be precise. My little one woke me up early AGAIN! To be quite honest, I don't even know what it is to sleep in!! But the up side is I can update my blog nice and early (even though my fellow Australian DT members are all ahead of me in time!).

As you can gather from my title, the theme we are working with over at Annabelle Stamps this week is Flowers. Being here in SA, I didn't receive my lovely parcel containing all the new products that Andrea has added to her shop in time, so I have made do with some of my older Annabelle things. But, I have added some lovely flowers to my card! Do you want a little peak of some of the wonderful new products Andrea now has on sale??? Do ya, do ya?? Well ok then, here goes:

Petal Kits



Ribbons


And.... Copics Ciao Markers


We have also added a new DT member to our group of amazing ladies. Welcome SUE, know you are going to have a blast getting to play with all the lovely Annabelle goodness. I have added Sue's link to my side-bar.

So, should we move on with my card. I didn't realise that red was such a hard colour to photograph, so I really am not too pleased with the way my card looks in the photo's, it looks a lot better IRL. Anyway... here it is:




The stamp I used is from the "Jasmine's Cupcake" set, and I haven't used her in ages, so I thought it was high time! The sentiment is from the "I can fly" set. I added some plain white flowers which I coloured with my Copics to match my ribbon. This is the first time I have done this, and what fun it was. Andrea has white flowers, and Copics for sale, so you can do this too! The lovely bling in the centre of the flowers is also from Annabelle Stamps. They are just gorgeous! Speaking of gorgeous, I had to take a photo of all my Sprinkles, I ordered 5 new tubs from Andrea, and have stacked them all up, and they now have pride of place on my desk. LOVE my Sprinkles!!


I thought it might be fun to link my card to a few challenges this week, so here are the challenges that I have taken part in:
Simon Says - Distress
The ABC Challenge - Red
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

I think this has been a record length post for me. Hope you have enjoyed looking at all the lovely Annabelle goodies. Hope you all have a blessed Easter. Remember what it's all about, ok. God is good, and great!!

Simon Says & Quixotic Challenges

Hi everyone. Hope your weekend has been good so far. Mine has been lovely and quiet!! So I got up early this morning and put together a card that qualifies for the weekly challenge over at Simon Says. The theme for the week is a Mother's Day or Girly card. I made this card to send to my 2 nieces, Kayla and Amy. I haven't seen them for ages and miss them so much. Jamie talks about them all the time! As it so happens my card also qualifies for the challenge over at Quixotic Challenges. The challenge was to use leaves on your card. I cut out a leaf using one of my Cuttlebug Leaf Dies, and cut it in half and stuck it under my flower.

I used a Magnolia image and so enjoyed coloring in this gorgeous little girl, I haven't done much coloring lately, and have been bitten by the Copics bug again! I have placed an order with Paola for some new colors which I hope to receive next week. The sentiment I used is from a set called "I can fly" by Annabelle Stamps. This same set is up for grabs in the Annabelle Stamps fortnightly challenge. Check out the link in my sidebar. The lovely bling I used are pink Sprinkles, also available from Annabelle Stamps. I added some glitter to her little fairy wings.



Thanks for dropping by my blog, would love to know what you think of my card!

Simon Says & Annabelle

Hi everyone. It is a GLORIOUS day here in Dundee today. The sun is shining, my garden is smiling and everything seems to pretty and shiny!!

The kids went back to school today, and I am missing them. It was such a short holiday! Saying that, Jamie is almost being as much as a handful as both the others put together!

The card I am posting today is one I made for the weekly challenge over at Simon Says. I try and enter this one every week, cause Heidi and Heather and all the other DT girls are so sweet!

The challenge is to use Green & Red on a card. I decided not to go the Christmas route and instead made a kid's card because green & red are lovely kids colors. I added a bit of blue as well. The image I used is another one from a set of Annabelle stamps called Helen's Party. This is a lovely birthday set and has some really cute stamps in it. I am going to try and make a card with the cake and presents for a male birthday card soon. I used my Copics to color cute Helen! If you are interested in buying any of these sets please click on the Annabelle link in my sidebar and go and have a look!


Here is my card and closeup photo:



Thanks for stopping by, and thanks again to the lovely ladies who leave me comments. I SO appreciate it!

3 Challenges in 1

Morning everyone. It’s a wet & chilly morning here in Dundee today. Perfect weather for a bit of crafting. So far I have spent time printing lots of photos off the computer so I am all up to date with the photos I need to scrapbook. With all the card making I have been doing I am a tad bit behind on my kids albums. Oops, so needless to say I need to get onto that!!

The card I am posting today qualifies for 3 challenges, and I so enjoyed making this card. It was fun. We got home from our camping trip yesterday morning, and I made this card in the afternoon. The first card I had made in 10 days!! The layout of the card is based on the Friday sketch over at Taylored Expressions, and it was a lovely simple sketch to work with. Gotta love that!! Over at the Simon Says Challenge Blog, the challenge for this week was to use stitching on your card. Not so much of a challenge for me, as I use my sewing machine quite often on my cards. For this card I did use a stitch that I have never used on a card before, and I was extra pleased with the way it came out! I will definitely be using that stitch more often. It gives the card a lovely finish I think! And then finally, over at Cute Card Thursday the challenge is to use Yellow & Black. I must admit this was my fav challenge of the 3. I have never used these 2 colours on a card before, and after finishing my card I stepped back and thought how nice the colours look together!! Outside my comfort zone, but a colour combo I will definitely use again in the future. The adorable image is one that was stamped for me by my Dundonian friend Angella. It was such a pleasure to colour in this image with my Copics. So sweet!! I also used my new Moroccan Screen Cuttlebug folder. I love this one, and will be using it a lot in the future!

So without further ado, here is Taylor’s Sketch.


And my card and close-up photo. I have really been battling to take nice photos of my cards, so sorry for the poor quality!



Would love to hear what you think! Thanks for stopping by, hope you all have a great week.

Simon Says - Follow a Recipe

Hi All. Hope you are having a good weekend so far. We were down in Durban yesterday for Caide's sport, and he did So well. He came 4th in his shot put event, and we are so very proud of what he achieved. He had come 5th in the KZN Christian Schools Sports, so for him to come 4th in the South African Christian Schools Sports is awesome. So all that training we did in the back garden payed off!! Here is a photo of my handsome son in his new black tracksuit with the Kingspark athletics stadium and the new Soccer World Cup stadium in the background.


Anyhoo, moving on to my card for today. The challenge I am taking part in is for the Simon Says challenge, and this week it is to follow a recipe. The recipe is to use 2 papers, 3 embellishments and 1 image. I kept the card fairly simple and used a stamp which is from a set that is only available from the Simon Says Shop. It is from the set called Woodland Creatures. The sentiment is also part of the set. I love this little owl image!

Here is my card and close-up photo:



Also wanted to mention that the Annabelle Stamps shop is now up and running. Two of the DT girls, Michelle and Kylie have already received their stamps and have made some lovely cards. If you click on the link for Annabelle Stamps in my sidebar it will take you to the shop. Hop on over and have a look at the stamp sets that are available, they are just too cute. Can't wait to receive mine!!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

I'm Back!

Happy Monday everyone! As you can see I'm back, and so far so good as far as my computer problems are concerned. Hold thumbs it stays that way, ok?! So it's been a week since I last posted, so I thought I had better do something about it this morning. The card I am posting today is one I created around the challenge at Simon Says. They have an awesome prize going with this week's challenge, so I thought I really must take part. They really do seem to be the nicest people over there!!

Anyway here is a photo of the prize that some lucky lady is going to win. Wish it could be me. I have never won anything off anyone's blog, but I am going to keep trying!



This is another image which was kindly stamped for me by my friend Poala. Believe she hasn't been well, so I am sending her lots of prayers that her hand may get better soon!

And here is my card and close-up photo. I am SO enjoying colouring with my Copics. They just blend so nicely and the colours are so nice and rich.



Anyway, hope you all have a great week. Only two and a half weeks until the kids go on school holiday. I can't wait to have them home, this term has been chaos!!

Simon Says Challenge & Awesome Giveaway!

Yay, yay it’s Friday!! And what makes the weekend ahead even better is that it’s 3 days long. Yahoooo! We are off to Newcastle tomorrow to do a bit of shopping, I need to stock up on some supplies, Church on Sunday and then chillin’ for the rest of the time. I do have a date with the T.V. when the Springboks take on the Australians though!

I just wanted to let you all know about the awesome giveaway that is on the go over at Simon Says. They are giving away $100 worth of new products from CHA. What an amazing prize to win! I have already entered, you should too!! If you click on the Simon Says link in my side bar, it will take you right there. I have had some dealings with Heidi & Heather from Simon Says and they are the sweetest gals out, so please go and enter!

The card I am posting today qualifies for 2 challenges. The weekly challenge over at Simon Says, says that you have to have ribbon & buttons on your card. My card only has 1 button, hope they don’t mind!! The colour scheme I used is Teal & Red, which are the colours that are part of the weekly challenge over at Cute Card Thursday.

Here is my card and close-up photo:


The Copics I used are: E00, E11, E31, E33; R20, R27, R46; BG10; G21; B24.

Hope you all have a fab weekend, and GO BOKS!