A Maggie for a change

Hello friends,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend, and that you are ready for an exciting week ahead, It is also the start of a new month, and here for us in the Southern Hemisphere, August can mean some warmer days ahead, with spring peeping round the corner.
I had hoped to do some posting a few days ago, but life just suddenly seemed to think differently. Anyway here I am with another card.
I am entering it in a few challenges:

Outlawz ..http://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/... Monday greeting card... anything but square
Simon Says http://http//simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/.. Shaped card
Tip Top Tuesday ..http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/... Make it Girlie
Anything goes ..http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/....Pick of the bunch...flowers
Sew Many challenges ..http://www.sewmanychallenges.com/.. Anything goes
All Sorts..http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/.. Free n Easy

This is what I did:
Paper: White cardstock, DP. Wilson & McClaughlin.
Image .. Magnolia, don't know her name, (very bad haven't kept a record of the names!!!) coloured with Distress ink pads, cut out and mounted on a Nestie. I Inked the edges and did some faux stitching.
Sentiment... Whiff of Joy
Flowers .. hand made from Marianne and Crealies dies and a few roses.

Had a bit of a problem, because I assembled it all with the card lying flat, but when I stood it upright.....the balance was way out.... Anyway fixed it up.

I enjoyed this card. Haven't coloured a Maggie for ages and I guess the flowers are a bit much, but I enjoyed myself....


Hope to be back soon. Have fun

H is for Happy....

Happy Saturday and I hope your weekend is going well
Today's card is for a couple of challenges.







Outlawz....Sunday CAS....Recipe something old, someting new and something blue

Cricut card challenge..... Monogram or Inital
Paper Cutz....Anything goes

This is what I did.
Paper: White cardstock, cut a hole with smallest Nestie scolloped circle... swiped the edges with distress ink pad...anique linen.
DP is from Making Memories...Vintage findings.
Flourish cut with Cricut cartridge Accent Essnetials.
Finished off with some pearls.
The sentiment on the inside was computer generated.

For my Outlawz challenge, something old.... paper and pearls
something new..... Cricut cartride and something blue...paper.

Have a wonderful weekend, I am going to watch the rugby on TV... Springboks playing Australia and then the Tour de France. Have fun everyone.

For the men!!!

Happy Friday and the weekend is but a few hours away.
Today I have a card, which is suitable for various occassions, but it was made for a Man, so I am entering it in a number of challenges for the men. I was inspired when I read Curt's blog, as he had lots of music notes. If you haven't been to visit his blog, then do yourself a favour, he has lovely cards.

So this is being entered in the following challenges





Tuesday Throwdown... something metallic
Sentimental Sundays ...for the men in your life
Cute card Thursday ...For his eyes only
Get Funky boys, boys, boys.

This is how I made it.
Paper: Bazzill cardstock, DP is from the Funky Hand CD "Dreams come true"
Image is also from the same Funky Hand CD, printed, coloured with Distress inkpads, and Twinkling H2O's, cut with a Nestie matted onto a larger one and mounted with 3D foam pads.
Sentiment was a freebie from Sentimental Sundays.
I stamped some music notes onto ribbon, and attached a music notes charm for the "something metallic"
The inside a put a white cutout for the message and stamped and embossed a few music notes.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, whatever you may be doing.
I hope it qualifies all round for the challenges.

More Christmas

Hello everyone,
Yes still Christmas in July, so here is another card for couple of challenges.



Ba Humbug ... shaped card http://bah-humbug-christmas.blogspot.com/

Christmas card challenge ... .http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/

Annabelles.... say it with circles ....http://annabellestamps.blogspot.com/

All sorts ... Free n easy ..... http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/

Delightful challenges .. Christmas in July ..http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/

Top Tip Tuesday ..... Shaped card http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

Diana's stamping challenge..Christmas in July

This is what I did:
Paper... Bazzill card stock. Cut shape with red card using Marianne Creatables. Cut a white circle with nestability scolloped die.
Image... stamp from a local company Great Impressions... coloured with Twinkling H2O's, some stickles and glitter, cut out and mounted with 3D foam pads.

Sentiment.... Whiff of Joy, cut with a small Nestie, mounted onto red and trimmed.

Finished off with pearls.

That's it for today. Have a wonderful week... almost weekend. A little warmer here today , hope it will stay for the weekend.

Card Camp...last week

Happy Wednesday....I can't believe that we are halfway through the last week of Card Camp. I feel as if someone just whizzed it all past me quickly..... so as a result I am somewhat behind. Thank goodness I have all the notes and tutorials, to keep making cards for a while to come. This is the colour combo for this week. At least they are colours that I enjoy using.

Here is my first card for the week.

Paper... I used Bazzil for all the layers, The frame was cut out with a Joy MFD,
Image... is from Studio G, embossed with white EP, as is the sentiment.
Finished off with brads in the corner.
At least it went together very quickly. Now I need to get on with the next one.
Enjoy the rest of the week, and I hope it gets a little cooler in those very warm areas in the North.

Christmas stars

Greetings to all my blogging friends.
In 5 months I guess we will just about have all our Christmas cards, made and posted. I hope for me that will be the case. Well here is another card to add to the collection.



This is what I did.
Paper: White cardstock, matted red Bazzil and then white card which had been put through the cuttlebug stars folder.
Christmas tree cut with a Nellie Snellen MFD
The Image is from Digi4joy, stamped on water colour paper, coloured with a combination of aquarelles, twinkling H2O's and distress ink pads. Some of the bows and ribbons have stickles, frosted lace or icicles, this is mounted on 3D foam pads.
Sentiment: a local company Great impressions.

I am entering this in a number of challenges:
Simon Says Stamp challenge...Anything goes... They are trying to reach a 1000 submissions this week.
The Outlawz... Monday greeting card... Christmas in July
Digi4Joy... Christmas ....snow and ice
Charisma Cards... It's in the stars
Craftyhazelnuts Christmas Challenge ... Seeing stars

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone. We are supposed to be having some nice warm days. Hope they are right.

Joy fold

Hi friends, The start of a new week, hope it wil be a good one for all.
Today we have the actual birthday of my MIL, which I posted about yesterday. 99 years and still going strong. Had a lovely morning tea at the Care home, with a few family and friends. Lots of telephone calls from all over the world. Yesterday was a family celebration and a wonderful day with even the weather being lovely and warm
Thanks you to so many of my blogging friends from all over the world who sent her good wishes. She just couldn't understand that so many people new about her and were interested in her and she doesn't even know them, but thanked everyone for their messages.

Now for today's card. Talk about sneaking in the back door. This Joy fold card was made for the Tuesday colour challenge at The Outlawz calling for colours of orange, oatmeal and green with a gold embelishment.






I am also entering it in the following challenges:
Delightful challenges..... Fancyfold card.
Crazy4challenges ...... Joyfold card
Craft your days away .... Fancy fold
Here's what I used.
Paper: Light colour craft card, green bazzill, which I put through the cuttlebug.
DP from a local company..Fabscraps ....coastal sunrise
Image.. Hereo arts, coloured with distress ink pads, cut out with a nestability and the edges coloured with distress ink pad. On the inside of the card I left one side with out DP and I stamped the image with spiced marmalade distress ink pad.
Finished off with 3 gold brads, for the gold embelishment.
Hope to be back tomorrow with a card for the last week of Stamp camp.
Warm wishes.