some birthday cards *edited*

I've been using some of my Pink Petticoat images a bit lately!!

Here are two birthday cards I have made today! I used a Lola Rose image on one and her little sister Lilli on the other!

I wanted to participate in Monica's challenge she is hosting over at Stamping Links to Love so I added 3 circles with rhinestones on each circle to both of the cards!! :)





***Unfortunately I have just added "comment moderation" to my blog... I was getting too many spam comments - usually some lotto one ... I'll try to authorise all your comments ASAP :) ***

baby card

I made this card for someone I know who is having a baby!! I can't say who - as chances are she will see this post and perhaps it will remain a small surprise!! :)

I have used a Lola Rose image from Pink Petticoat!

Thanks for all your well wishes - I am feeling a lot better just exhausted, so this is it for tonight!

Tegan's sketch challenge

Well - I finally did Tegan's challenge - cutting it fine alright!!!

This card is for a VERY good friend who moved interstate and now I never see... I miss her dearly and would love to be closer!!! This card is also VERY late! I am a shocker I know~!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY Jen!! :)

A Birthday card

I made this card for our friend Anna - It is her birthday today!! :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
She works with my hubby and so He took the card in to work for her today!! she liked it :)

I was going to put it in the Cute Card Thursday challenge last week, but I was too slow - I will put it in this weeks instead as it is a Birthday card!! :)

Cute Card Thursday :: Patterned Paper

OK... here is my last card for today... It is for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge.

I used a Pink Petticoat image - I love this one (Lilli) with the cupcake!!

So - I used patterned paper as required (and I also some ribbon).. It's quite simple but I like it!

I love this sentiment that came with the download too!

"it's your birthday - eat something cute"



Have a LOVELY WEEKEND ... :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMA

It is one of my blogging sister's birthdays today!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Emma!!
I hope that you have a VERY lovely day :)

I am very disorganised and your birthday card was posted today... so I am posting it here too so that you can see it on your birthday!! :)

Emma is giving away some blog candy this week - why not go and visit her :)

SBS#15 colour challenge

Monica challenged us to create a card using the colours : pink, green and brown ...
Here's what I did:





Recipe: pink, brown & green cardstock, ribbon, Pink Petticoat:Lola image & sentiment, pink bloom.

Paper World Sketch# 8

Once again I have been doing some more blog hopping ... I found another great blog ::
My Paper World
and so I decided to enter the sketch challenge (just in time) ... Here is my attempt ... I liked the sketch (as it's nice and simple) so I decided to make 2 cards!! Although I did not stay true in #2.

Cute Card Thursday :: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

It's that time of week again ... Time for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge:

Challenge 7
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

There are some very lovely cards by the Design team again this week!!! check them out here

I used a Lola Rose's Little Sister Lilli image from Pink Petticoat
and coloured it in with watercolours ... adding some ribbon and eyelets as embellishments!!





My little sister stayed over last night and so we made cards together for the challenge ... she does not have a blog so I am posting her card here! She drew it all herself :)

Pink Petticoat's Lola Rose and her little sister Lilli

These are the cards that I have made using "Lola rose and her Little Sister Lilli" stamps...

My first ever card using Lola Rose - I just love her - she's so elegant! I stuck with the purple and the yellow colors that were in the paper patterns .. I think it came out ok... (I had to, as I often do - outline her with gel pen, after I'd coloured her in)!



Let me know (honestly) what you think!

This one is for a good friend.. she has been a friend for many years. Over the last 7 years or so we have not really seen each other at all but she is often in my thoughts and prayers and has a special place in my heart as she has been a very encouraging friend and always points me to Jesus Christ... We are in sporadic contact through blogging and facebook ... This card will be a couple of weeks late but I was away during her birthday (not a good excuse really) and would really like to send her something so this is it :)


What do you think ... How many weeks after a birthday can you send a Belated Birthday card?

stay tuned for some cards of Lola Rose's little sister Lilli :)

Excited by digital downloads

Well - I have been busy ... I have bought some digital downloads and have been sooooo excited. DH has been having a few laughs about my excitement :)

I have always been fairly creative (into Art and lots of crafts), I was a Creative Memories Consultant for a year or two BUT I have not been doing this stamping/ cardmaking blog for long (Jan 12th '08) and am pretty new to the whole craft of stamping (Mar 13th '08 - before that just some random stamps here and there) so I am learning LOTS everyday and enjoying being inspired by many peoples blogs and cards... THANKS everyone!!! I have become somewhat of a challenge junkie :) AND I absolutely adore my sisterhood of the blogging stampers (Group #15)!! check out their blogs with the links on the right.

When wanting to enter some challenges and not having the required stamps I drew my own pictures on the computer and a then a couple more I drew by hand, then photographed and printed them out to colour ... I would really like one day to design my own range ... stamps (or perhaps digital downloads?) so this has been on the back of my mind for a few weeks/ months and then ...

I found Dottie! she is so cute :) Louly has done a FANTASTIC job creating her! she is a very talented and creative lady!!! I have now downloaded Dottie and LOVE her!! I am really enjoying colouring her and making some cards!


I'm ready to colour her

I have also been subscribed to the Pink Petticoat newsletter for some time now and finally (a couple of days ago) downloaded some stamp downloads :: Lola rose and her little sister Lilli
oooh.... I LOVE them too. check out their Designer Liz's blog , she is another very talented lady!


I've started colouring Lilli

These are so inspirational AND did I mention I was excited by them?? ... I will not stop until I have made a card from EVERY one of these downloads I have.... AND meanwhile ... I will keep thinking about my own designs and just maybe one day there will be some :)

QUESTIONS for you ...
1. what do you think about Digital download vs Stamps
2. What sort of stamps would you like that are not available (if any)