Butterfly layout

This is a layout I did of Rachel:

I love that the butterflies are not glued down flat:

until I eventually put the layout into an album that is! 

All the details for this layout can be found on the Down Under Direct Inspiration Blog.  Thanks for visiting my blog :)


 

Nestabilities banner

Ask anyone who knows me, and they'll tell you I'm a little fond of banners.  Here's one I made with my new set of Grand Nestabilities, Bazzill cardstock, some glitter and some Thickers:

 

I made it to hang across our buffet where we display cards, photos and other little things for birthdays and other special occasions. Here's a close up of one of the pennants:

See? Pennants don't HAVE to be triangular! I'll try to take a photo of this banner in situ tomorrow and add it here.

You can get all the details for this project on the Down Under Direct Inspiration Blog. Thanks for stopping by today.

All occasions cards

This is another set of cards I put together for the Card Extravaganza class I held last month.  Gorgeous gorgeous Cosmo Cricket papers - I was in love!

 I used the celebrate stamp from the Sweet Treats Vol 1 set by Darkroom Door, and a Fiskars heart punch.

I wanted a large scalloped edge, but I didn't have that die on me. I improvised with punched circles. The text paper is from Kaiser.

Picking up the blue from the floral paper, this is a Stamp It stamp (from one of their unmounted sheets) with some Versamagic ink.

We had fun making these rosettes! Not really - they're really fiddly and jump up at your face when you least expect it LOL. I think they're worth the trouble though - they look fabulous on a card! The cupcake (Inkadinkado) is coloured with Tombow markers.

 

This card uses a couple of different Nestabilities dies stacked on top of each other and a couple of Green Tara paper roses.

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

Orange butterfly card

Here's a card I've had made for a while. I just never got around to photographing it and writing a post about it:

I think I like it not only because of the colour, but because I've used different textures on it (paper, cardstock, twill trim, calico, button).
The lighter shade of orange on the scroll between the butterflies was achieved by inking the stamp with Rusty Brown StazOn, and then stamping off once onto scrap paper. It's a neat way to get two different shades out of the one ink pad.

I can't for the life of me remember who made the stamp - I will amend and add the name when I find it out.

Thanks for dropping in!

 

Seeing spots!

My circle Nestabilities are getting a real work out of late! 

Here's another layout using my beloved circles, as well as some black spatter (Twiddleybitz Colour Spray) and some doodling with my Copic multiliner:

This layout was so much fun! You can read all the details at the Down Under Direct Inspiration Blog.  Thanks for stopping in today :)

 

Nestabilities fabric flower tutorial

Last month I made this flower from fabric and Spellbinders Nestabilities:



There's a tutorial up on the Down Under Direct Inspiration Blog, so you can see how I did it.  Enjoy!

 

Teresa Collins (no relation)

I put together a set of cards for a class last month using the gorgeous Teresa Collins Posh range of papers and stamps.  Loving the black, white, grey and hot pink:

I feel the bling is almost compulsory with this colour scheme! Have a wonderful day :)

 

If it's good the first time.....

 ...why not stick with it?  Remember this card? Well, I liked it so much that when my friend Helen asked me to make a card for a 21st, I thought I'd use the idea again.

Here it is in different colours:

I used some of my favourite Melissa Frances papers, one of the Pink Paislee artisan elements, some pearls (colour matched with Copics), ribbon, a chipboard key painted white and the stamp is by Savvy Stamps.  Here's a close up of the cluster:

The key is a vital ingredient for any 21st card. This one is made by Collections, and looks fabulous painted white.

Thanks for looking!

 

Meet Mimi

 I run a class at Little Bits called Stamp of the Month, where I choose a stamp or set of stamps and show everyone 4-5 projects.  This was our set for May:

 Cuuuute! And now that Penny Black stamps are priced a little more reasonably, there's no excuse not to indulge a little.  Here are some of the cards we made:

 I love black and white! Here I tizzed it up a little by putting some Polar White Flower Soft on the poodle, and adding some bling to his collar.  Here's a close up:

Here's a little cafe scene, with Mimi coloured in monochromatic grey Copics:

Here's a fun take on the classic icon:

and here's a little fairy Mimi, coloured with watercolour pencils and Stickles on her wings:

Thanks for stopping in today :)

 

Drawers done up

Absolutely ages ago, I won some Kaiser drawers.  I had in mind what I wanted to do with them, and even bought the stuff to decorate them, but there they sat.  Until I needed somewhere to store my growing collection of Green Tara paper roses. That's when I pulled them out, dusted them off and got to work.  Here's the finished piece:

I used some Art de Fleur photochips from Darkroom Door, some Kaiser 12x12 paper for the sides and some Tim Holtz Curio Knobs.  I could only find two of the three packs of knobs I bought, so I used a stack of buttons, a glass bottle with a cork and a Tim Holtz Fractured Doll for the remaining three drawers.  The drawers themselves are made from chipboard, so they're light weight.  I left the MDF frame raw, I just sponged some Frayed Burlap Distress Ink to help make it look a little more aged.  Here's a close up:

Thanks for looking.

 

La-La Land Ballerina

This is a card I made for one of the Copic Project classes I ran at Little Bits a while ago:

It's fun matching the colours of the papers to my Copic colour chart.  These classes are a great opportunity to refresh some skills that have been learned, or pick up new ones, and the best bit is the participants go home with a finished project, and not just a heap of half finished samples.

We used Marci Ballerina, and the sentiment is from a Stamp It set.

I reckon ballet skirts aren't complete without a little tulle:

and to finish Marci off, we added a little sparkle with Stickles:

I would love to show you what we made in the next Copic project class, but my sample accidentally spent the night out on a frosty lawn :( I will try to salvage what I can and post when it's presentable.

 

Thinking of you sunflower card

This card happened a little backwards - I coloured the gorgeous JustRite stamps image in first with Copics, and then had to find papers to match. Lucky for me, there's a huge range of Bazzill available!

Details on what I used for this card can be found on the Down Under Direct Inspiration Blog.

 

Dandelion Card

I think I've defined a little fetish that might be developing - dandelion stamps. When I see one, I want it. Just like my friend Kerry who likes anything Paris, and my friend Lynne who likes toy rubber pigs that oink when you squeeze them.

This is a card I made with the dandelion stamp from the Viva la Flora Vol 2 set by Darkroom Door and some paper from Echo Park:
 

 

I stamped using Teal Blue StazOn ink, then I added some stickles:

Awwww - look at it sparkle!  Hope your day is sparkly.

 

A masculine ATC

A group of us meet once a month at Little Bits to exchange ATCs. We set some themes at the start of the year, and this month is masculine.  Here's my ATC:

The image is a stamp from the Dashing Gents set from Darkroom Door. Kraft cardstock stamped with Midnight Blue StazOn - my favourite combo at the moment. I threaded some ribbon through a Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag - looks a bit like a war medal (to those of us who've never seen one up close that is).

Time to pull out all of those masculine products with Father's Day on the first Sunday in September. I'll have some more masculine projects to share next week.

 

Thinking of you...

Now there's a general, all-purpose sentiment.  Here's my card:

I made the card using Bazzill cardstock, Nestabilities dies, Just Rite stamps and some Swarovski bling. The full product list can be found on the Down Under Direct Inpsiration blog.

Thanks for stopping by today.