A Christmas wreath

Just thought I would pop on and share my Christmas wreath ... made from pegs ( I was totally inspired by the lovely Carisa and her clothes pin wreath HERE) .. I am using it to display the Christmas cards we are receiving... have got some beautiful ones on there at the moment too :) THANKS girlies :D


will be back later with for The Greeting Farm blog hop and the Some Odd Girl Blog hop :D :D

in Stitches

Good evening! There is a NEW challenge live at Pixie Dust Studio... and it is to use "Stitching" on your creations!! fun!! I pulled out my machine and used it to create some zigzag and some running stitch outlines... I also did one of my "usual" faux stitches ... around the red triangle!

I have used the image Tin Heart from the Pixie of Oz collection - HERE He is such a sweetie!!
The G45 Wizard Of Oz paper is the perfect accompaniment! :D



Hop on over to the Pixie Challenge blog to see what the Pixies have stitched up for your inspiration this week!!

Happy "Belated" Birthday to Ashlee

Yesterday was Ashlee's birthday!! I sent her a card but didn't share it yet as she had not received it until today... seems Express post takes 2 days to get to Tassie after all! Yup I am very disorganised!!

I made her a card using one of the Nouveau girls... the latest clear stamps from Some Odd Girl.. no wait there are some new releases being previewed right now... so this is the lot before :) hehe!
Anyway enough chattering.. here is my card...



Thanks for stopping by.. why not pop on over to the gorgeous Ash's blog and wish her a belated Happy Birthday!!

a busy little weekend!

Good afternoon .. how are you all? I hope you had a splendid weekend... we had a busy weekend.. drove 2 hours to get Guy's mum from Lake Mac ... took her to his brothers place and then went back towards the city for an Engagement party .. was lovely to catch up with some old Matthian friends although too bad that we could not stay longer... VERY excited for my friend Nat who is engaged to (from all sounds of it) a lovely guy! This is the card I made for them... using an old image I drew back in the days of Crafty Muse.

After that we went back to Guy's bro's place to do a bit of helping before sis in law's spit roast party started! Was a good night and great to catch up with some ppl there too!

Sun was our church Carols event... so Sat morning baked some brownies for the supper, then Sun arvo we went to church and helped out with some odd tasks here and there... Guy was the official photographer and took some good pics of the event! :D

I LOVED this decoration and all the other ones too but this was my fav!!


now to get back to work... Have a wonderful week everyone!!

Friday Sketch Challenge

Good afternoon everyone... I am back again with a Friday Sketch Challenge post... this fortnight there is a wonderful sketch Geneviève. She has done a super job on the sketch if you ask me... It is one of her first attempts ... can't wait to see more of her sketches and can't wait to see what everyone does with it too!!

Here is the Sketch....

Here is my card...I have squashed it a little to fit it on my rectangular card...

Stamp: Hello Little Friend from Sugar Nellie
Papers: G45 and DCWV

Pixie Dust is glitter and Bling

Good morning, Oh dear..... I forgot to schedule my Pixie Dust post ...oops! I am terrible with that! So a few hours later.... HERE it is!!! The new challenge is:

Glitter and Bling

and here is my creation....



I have used the "Feathers Forever" image (found here) and have added lots of sparkle... I put clear Spica on Edwards skin... and then I also used glittery paper and some rhinestone bling!

Thanks for stopping by Hop on over to the Pixie Challenge blog to see some SPARKLES!!! :D

Spesch Dec Christmas Release

Good morning! It is Release day at Spesch Stamps and there are some GORGEOUS Christmas images of Kei by Widya .. Here is a look at some creations I made with these lovelies....




The paper I've used was from the freebie Vintage 6x6 paper pad that came with Simply cards last mag! It's great paper and was perfect for these cards!!!

Check out what other DT members have created with the various Christmas Kei images HERE! and today you will be able to purchase these images to use yourselves - in the Spesch store!!

La La Land .. no lines

Good afternoon! Just thought I would show you this little card I made.. this is Ruffles Marci .. a new'ish stamp from La-La Land Crafts ... I just uploaded some new to M4M stamps in my store and this is one of them... I thought I would attempt colouring her in the "no lines" technique... the ink is Angel Pink :D I did lose a couple of lines and so this is a little wonky in places but I think it worked out OK! :D

I'm going to pop her in the La-La Land Crafts customer gallery


thanks for stopping by!

some Saturated Canary cards...

Hello .. how are you all doing? Hoping to be more organised this week and get around to some blurfing and commenting on your blogs!!! :D But for now I thought I would share some "just for fun" cards ... When I saw Krista having a sale the other day it was too good an opportunity to let slip by and was just the motivation my MOJO needed to sneak back again!! So here are a couple of the cards I've made... I have more images coloured and will hopefully share soon...

First up we have the Thankyou image .. how sweet is Krista giving this image and how sweet the image is too... I started listing the copics used but then I didn't like the end result and went over with other colours.. so sorry can't give you a list here....

and secondly we have Copica... I just HAD to colour her up... will have to send her to another COPIC lover I think... mmm.. any takers??


colours used on Copica card:

Skin: E000, E01, E11
Dress: RV32, RV24, RV69 + BV000
Apron/ Copics: N3, N0 + YR02, RV19, RV32, R29, B26, B66, G82, Y15, RV02, G03, BG03, YG67

Pixie's Shabby Chic Holiday Cheer

Good evening! Tonight I am sharing a card I've made for Pixie's latest challenge... this time it is a colour challenge... you can choose.. You can choose the Holiday Cheer or Shabby Chic combination ... or both!! :D I chose the Shabby Chic Holiday set and have printed it out as my base... On top I have used one of Kathy's wonderful new Breaking Dawn images... this is Vampire Bella!




Hop on over to the Pixie challenge blog to see what all the Pixies have done using the colour themes!! :D

MIA

Good morning! So... I have been MIA... after spending time on Adelaide I was home and catching up on what I had missed whilst away.. lots of M4M work!! And then I started to feel sick again! ahhh!! Anyway It's been too long since posting! So here I am... I coloured this little scene (using Make it Crafty images) whilst I was away and finally am sharing it!

Pixie Dust Studio BLOG HOP

Good morning!! It's time for Pixie's Breaking Dawn blog hop!!! WHOO!! ... If you came here from the Pixie challenge blog you are on track... if not then please hop on over to the Pixie challenge blog to start the hop!!!

I have a couple of creations to share with you today... The first is a Breaking Dawn poster...

I have merged some images in photoshop to create the scene... The images I used are:
Emmett, Rosalie, MArry Me Bella, Alice, Jasper, Esme, Carlisle ... you can find them + more Twi-inspired images HERE!!

Had to share this... I was inspired by THIS piccy....

and I also another creation to share... which fits the LATEST challenge:
TWILIGHT-ish! or use color combo: Red, Black, White or Silver I have used the GORGEOUS new images Kathy has drawn for the Breaking Dawn release to create a page from Bella and Edwards photo album!

Make sure you visit all the blogs along the hop as there are some GREAT Pixie prizes!!!

- TWO lucky random winners will win THREE images of their choice!!!

- and the GRAND Prize random winner (who participates in the current challenge) will win their choice of a PIXIE PACK!!!

Your next stop on this hop is the beautiful Peggy!!

Spesch release :: Alice in Zombieland

There's a bit of a creepy release at Spesch stamps today... Alice in Zombieland!

Here are some cards I made with these wacky Alice in wonderland themed Zombies drawn by Max... I do love his style of drawings.. and they are always fun to colour!

Friday Sketch challenge

Hello!! Today it is time for a NEW Friday sketch challenge :) yipee... Another brilliant sketch from Tracey :) So check it out!!

Here is my card using one of the NEW Spesch Christmas images :) and some paper that came as freebie in the latest issue of Simply cards -- perfect for Christmas cards!! :D The sentiment is from the newest Some Odd Girl stamps (one of the Nouveau girls sets)

a Pixie picture challenge

Good morning!!! I am sharing today my card for the latest Pixie Dust Studio challenge... This beautiful image is D is for Dancer from 15 days of the Pixie Christmas.

This week there is a fun pic to use as inspiration... or if you are not keen on using the photo you can use the Colour palette taken from the photo.

I've gone mostly for the colours ... but I did think the Kaisercraft paper I used looked a bit like some elements in the photo ... ie the patchwork spread... OK... no more chatting here is my card..

Make sure you check out all the Pixies amazing creations this week on the challenge blog.

Guess what.... so exciting ... Pixie Dust Studio has an amazing Twi HOP coming up!!

So please be sure and join in the fun on Nov 17th!!

You are sure to find something that sparkles!!!

Spesch Christmas release

Good morning .. It's a GREAT day ... today is the release of 4 gorgeous christmas images at SPESCH STAMPS. These 4 images are drawn by Jessica and are just LOVELY to colour! I have made a project using them all but can't show you just yet ... in the next week or so I will show you! tee hee! BUT I did colour the images up again just to show you some examples of what they can look like in colour!! And if you pop on over to the Spesch stamps blog you will see some very gorgeous creations that the DT girls have made using these images :D

so .. here are the 4 images coloured in with Copics..