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It's Wednesday and the first of July - we've  officially come to the middle month of Winter :-) So far we have had a warmer than usual winter apparently - lets hope that continues although we are in need of a little rain.

And it's also time for a new sketch from The Paper Craft Crew! The Team have made fabulous and varied cards to inspire you so I hope you can take a moment to check them out :-)

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card :

This is a shaker card for a friend's son's birthday and while it uses some retired stamps, they seemed so appropriate for this precious wee fellow and his first birthday celebrations!  

As usual, I used some of the now retired Shaker Frame Adhesive (yes, I really stocked up on it, lol) to give enough room for the stars and sequins to move around. These frames are twice as thick as standard dimensionals so to help the frame sit better on the card I cut away the DSP and card banner behind the frame using the same square framelits  and then raised the background DSP and white card layer on dimensionals. It's hard to see but the Bermuda Bay card banner is embossed using the Alphabet Press EF too.

To fill the shaker I used a combination of Silver Glimmer paper punched with the Confetti Stars Punch and and some of the Brights Sequins assortment. So hopefully this might entertain him for a little while too :-)

Card stock: Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Silver Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Cherry On Top Stack

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Watermelon Wonder

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Well Worded (both retired)

Accessories: Big Shot, Square Framelits, Alphabet Press EF, Timeless Type Alphabet Sizlits (retired), Window Sheet, Shaker Frame Adhesive (retired), Confetti Stars Punch, Scallop Border Punch (retired), Bermuda Bay Twine

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see what the Team have made to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing your creation with this sketch too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Shaker Birthday for The Paper Craft Crew

So the first of April is almost over and so far there have been no signs of any fool jokes - in fact the day has gone pretty well :-) It started out cool and crisp again and got quite warm - around 30 degrees was forecast so that's been lovely!

And talking of lovely we have a great sketch for you at The Paper Craft Crew this week! The Team have created a great variety of cards to inspire you so I do hope you can pop on over and have a look.

Here is the sketch:

And here is what I made:

Yes - as soon as I saw the frame I just couldn't resist the opportunity to make a shaker!!

They are so fun after all and I also decided to give this a more masculine colour scheme too :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White

Inks: Real Red, Night of Navy

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Well Worded, # Hello

Accessories: Big Shot, On film Framelits, Arrow EF, Hexagon Punch, Window Sheet, Red, silver and blue sequins (all sequins non-SU)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop over to see cards the Team have created to inspire you at The Paper Craft Crew and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this sketch!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Just Add a Colour Challenge

Welcome to another fabulous Melbourne Friday - yes, a coolish night but a gorgeous day ahead and that is what we love about Autumn - warm days but cool enough at night to sleep well :-) And with no fallen leaves yet,  it must still be early in the season despite the way it feels. And as a friend in Canada reminded me the other day - who is still experiencing snow and barely above freezing temperatures - it could be a whole lot worse so we are not going to complain :-)

 This week at  Just Add Ink we have a gorgeous colour challenge for you chosen by Kim. Such vibrant and earthy colours -  great Autumnal (or Spring-ish ) tones don't you think?
And the Team have created a fabulous variety of projects with these awesome colours so I hope you can take a moment to pop on over and be inspired :-)

And here is what I've made:

This card is for a friend preparing to have an operation this week - and not surprisingly - he is not looking forward to being out of action for a little while. These things always seem so much worse when we have to wait for them too don't they -  more time to think about it which is not always helpful! So this phrase from Really Good Greetings seemed the perfect choice as a little encouragement :-) And whilst the butterfly and the touches of bling aren't too masculine (and I did hold off from scattering a few extra) ) I know his wife will appreciate them ;-)

Card stock: Old Olive, Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Baked Brown Sugar, Whisper White

Inks: Mossy Meadow, Tangelo Twist, Old Olive Blendabilities Markers

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Starburst Sayings, Butterfly Basics, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, On Film Framelits, Starburst Framelits, Butterfly Framelits, Basic rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to pop on over to see what the Team at Just Add Ink have created to inspire you this week and I look forward to seeing what you will make for this challenge too!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy New Year's Eve!

Today in Melbourne has been a beautiful warm but not too hot day - perfect really for the end of the year! The day started with some early morning baking - ok after a quick trip to the supermarket when we realised we were out of brown sugar!! And then we had a lovely morning tea/ lunch with some good friends while our dogs enjoyed a social time as well. Dear Sally is still not allowed to play with her best friend Monty as she is still recovering from surgery a month ago to remove a tumour from a leg but she is otherwise well and happy and she spent the morning teasing him and tempting him to start some vigorous play as I think she knows it's not on and brings them both immediate attention from respective "parents"…just like human kids :-) And as is was also Monty's teenage "brother's"  birthday today it was the perfect inspiration behind this week's card for The Paper Craft Crew :-)

A great sketch this week especially for a teenager! The Team have created some great and varied cards for the sketch so I hope you have a moment to check them out. Here is the sketch:

And here is the Teen boy card :-)

Ok so the flower probably isn't so appropriate here but it IS red :-)

But I am pleased to say the Birthday boy did like his card and was quite keen to see how it all was put together too - an engineer at heart possibly :-)

Card stock: Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black, Gold Foil

Inks: Real Red, Encore Gold, Momento Tuxedo Black, Versamark

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Amazing Birthday, # Hello, Gorgeous Grunge

Accessories: Big Shot, on Film Framelits, Square Framelits, White EP, 11/4 Circle Punch,

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to check out all the great cards this week by the Team at The Paper Craft Crew. And I wish you all a wonderful start to the New Year and may 2015 be a special year for you and all your families!

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Happy Birthday for The Paper Craft Crew

It's the silly season indeed - people doing silly things on the roads and especially in shopping centre car parks. Whilst I really love Christmas and  getting ready to celebrate with friends and family it almost  seems as though we are back in 1999 - remember how the world as we knew it was going to end at Y2K?? I'm glad I've done most of my shopping already - well, all the postal ones anyway!

And so today is Wednesday and time for another sketch from The Paper Craft Crew - so I thought I'd take a short break from Christmas cards as I have a couple of Uncles with birthdays coming up :-)

So here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Such a fun sketch - especially for a male card I think :-)

The card base is some Basic Black topped with Island Indigo card and the World Map is first stamped and then sponged almost randomly to give some definition. It's been a long time since I did some sponging!!

The bottom half of the card is embossed with the Arrow EF and then I used some more of the map image (sponged ) for the inside of the postage stamp and the banner.  The Little Letter framelits make the Gold Foil HB to fit inside the postage stamp so easily (mounted on tiny pieces of dimensionals)  and the oval framelits create the central frame which has some more  dimensionals underneath to lift it like a real frame.

Card stock: Basic Back, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Gold Foil

Ink: Island Indigo, Momento Tuxedo Black,

Stamps: World Map, Really Good Greetings

Accessories: Big Shot, Ovaland Little Letters Framelits, Arrow EF, Postage and 1" square and Hexagon punches, Black Satin Ribbon, Blue sequins (non SU)

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a moment to check out all the great inspiration by the rest of the Team at The Paper Craft Crew and I look forward to seeing what you will make with this  fun sketch this week.

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan

Live the Life

One of the best things about being creative is the friends that we make through sharing our love of stamping and card making. Today's card is for one such friend who is celebrating a special birthday and it was such a joy to be able to make her a special card to celebrate!

And no I didn't use a "Birthday" greeting here :-)  I wanted to focus instead on the 65 as that age has of course (until very recently) been associated with Retirement and looking forward to living your dreams of travel etc and enjoying a bit more free time. And so the ideas for this card began to flow :-) 

What better fun than a Shaker card for a sense of excitement at what life has yet to offer?

The card base is Basic Black topped with a layer of White and the gorgeous DSP is a mixture of Back to Black ( I love the Retro look of this!) and the In Colour Stacks. For the Shaker window I used the Circle Framelits and Shaker Frame adhesive to hold it all together. And because this is a little higher than regular Dimensionals I actually cut the DSP with the circle framelits too and added the Strawberry Slush piece on dimensionals to help the window feel more surrounded. For the inside shaker parts I punched a mixture of Strawberry Slush and Silver Glimmer card with the Confetti Stars punch and added some silver sequins for a further touch of bling. One little star also graces the middle of the butterfly. And the stars of the card - the numbers are first covered in Crystal Effects and left overnight to dry before being adhered in the morning. This adds a lovely thickness and shine to them :-)

Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White, Strawberry Slush, Silver Glimmer

Designer Series Paper: Back to Black, In Colour Stack

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Strawberry Slush

Stamps: Really Good Greetings, Kinda Eclectic

Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Framelits, Window Sheets, Confetti Stars, Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly punches, Frosted Sequins, Shaker Frames, Crystal Effects

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you too can "live the life you've imagined" or as near to as circumstance allows :-)

Happy stamping until next time,

Jan