Baby Girl Card

THe colour challenge at colour create this week is lemon, pink sorbet and chocolate

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ Perfect colours for a baby girl card. One of our mothers had a baby girl yesterday she called her Gigi and I gave the only baby girl card I had made so I thought I better replace it. If you can remember me saying there are alot of babies coming our way. I have followed the sketch from sketch Saturday here it is at http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/. I have used wild about you stamp and short and sweet from stampin up and their pink pirouette card, not quite sure where the lemon card came from it was in my stash. Wishing you a great day, I better go and get everyone out of bed.

Pirate Treasure for Under the Sea

Ahoy there mateys! For Magnolia Down Under- Under the sea, I have created pirate treasure. After attempting to do a pirate ship card but it just wasn't working for me and given that I was set on a pirate theme, pirate treasure was all I could think of. This is a tri fold card which opens vertical instead of horizontal. THe keyhole is attached to one side with a velcro dot. Cardstock is close to cocoa and creamy caramel from stampin up. I had fun trying to make this card but now I think my shaped card bug has left me. Hope you enjoy playing along at http://www.kelliewinnell.com.au/magnolia/?p=580

inkspirations - take 2

Firstly I must apologise to anybody who is reading this post and realises I had a different entry here this morning. I took my last entry off the blog because the more I looked at it the more I disliked it. I tried to put do a double challenge on the last one and it didn't work for me, it was too crowded. Anyway I recycled my butterfly and flowers and came up with this one which I do like alot better. I have used Stampin Up eastern blooms and garden whimsy stamps. Kiwi kiss and pink passion card. This is a very bright and cheery challenge why not try it at http://www.makeeshabyl.com.au/

Let's get into shape. Wedding and Birthday Card

I have created a castle card for this challenge, I watched Enchanted with my girls and it made me want to create something Princessy. Originally I had the idea of the castle for a girls birthday card but as I was creating it turned into a wedding card. My daughters are going to be flowergirls next Saturday for their Uncle Dans wedding so this card is going to be from them. I know they will love it coming from the girls but not quite sure if we can put our names on too. That is OK though because I bought some gorgeous wedding paper today.

My second card is a circus tent I have made for my nephew who will be two on Friday. We will be having a party with him Friday after school because they are staying on the coast for the weekend to attend the wedding. I was only going to use animal stamps on this one but the Magnolia image reminded me of Malachai (birthday boy) with his curly hair and huge chubby cheeks. Here it is ...

I hope you enjoy this challenge, I have caught a shape bug and although challenging and time consuming it brings alot of fun and satisfaction IF it works out. Check out the fabulous creations at
http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/2009/05/week-6-let-get-in-shape.html

My first Shaped Card- What alot of fun!!!!

Wow! This was the most fun I have ever had creating a card and I love it. It may not be perfect but it is my favourite card I've made so far. The challenge at Cardvarks is Shape Up take a look at http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/2009/05/shape-up.html. The creations there are fantastic! After cleaning up my ribbons and sorting my new ones into colour groups, I wanted to use my choc chip ribbon which I got from the lovely Madonna Dunn-Stampin Up extroadinaire http://www.madonnadunn.com.au/. I was inspired by Pamela's ice cream cone and Laurens cupcake and I wanted to create a cupcake card. I have used cardstock choc chip and pink passion, and some buttons I bought from Spotlight. It is the first time I have used buttons and I am happy with the result they give. I hope you enjoy this challenge as much fun as I have. I have just finished watching the Disney movie Enchanted with my daughters and I'm in the mood for creating something magical. Hopefully I will be able to come up with something tomorrow.

Flutter By Butterfly at Magnolia Down Under

Flutter by Butterfly is the Magnolia Down Under Challenge this week. Take a look at http://www.kelliewinnell.com.au/magnolia/ . I have used colours old olive, this colour wouldn't usually make me think butterflies until I looked for something different in the artbox and found these ones from a scrapbooking set my daughter got for Christmas. My first attempt the stamp didn't stand out enough as I only had her on pink card but I liked the background, so I had another play and added old olive and close to cocoa behind image. I am satisfied with the outcome. I just got an email today from bizzy becs telling me she posted my new Magnolia stamp and I am eagerly waiting to play. Until than I am going to practise some more colour blending.

Colour Create Sky Blue Tan Ecru

Colour create colour challenge this week is sky blue, tan and ocre. I wasn't going to enter this challenge because I didn't think I could put these colours together but then I got inspired by the teams designs and their great combinations. Have a look for yourself at

http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/ . I have created another baby card using these colours as I've said previously we are expecting alot of babies around us soon. I have used stampin up card baja breeze (which isn't a colour I'm very into yet, it's seems a bit too washed out to me) and close to cocoa. Stamps are wild about you. I'll be off to bed as soon as I've posted this and had a quick look at my fav blogs.

Sketch Saturday

I woke up early this morning to the sound of pouring rain so I couldn't go out and exercise (what a shame. lol) Instead I decided to create a card for sketch saturday. This is my first time using the Ahoy Matey stamps from stampin up, which my kind friend Alicia let me borrow. It is a fun stamp set to use. I have used pacific point cardstock and background papers school memories. Speaking of school I better get off the computer and get myself and my kids ready for school. It's going to be a wet day and that means the kids won't get to run around and play. Aaaaaagggghhhhh! Just the thought of it. If you would like to try This sketch the link is http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ . I have just ordered my scallop punch and can not wait to get it so I can add the beautiful scalloped edges to my creations.

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 60

Here is my boy card to match my girl one today, even it out just to be ready. I am using this card for Cute Card Thursday Challenge letters and numbers http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2009/05/challenge-60-letters-and-numbers.html
I am really quite pleased with this card as all I started with was the plan to use B O Y and didn't know where to go from there as it took up alot of the card. I decided to use to use pacific point card as I was having a picnic by the broadwater today and this colour reminded me of the ocean. THe backing paper reads continuously Oh Boy and I'e used Wild about YOu stamps from Stampin UP aswell as their pacific point ink. Well now I need to clean up my art table and try to stay away from it for the rest of the day.

http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2009/05/challenge-60-letters-and-numbers.html

Just Magnolia Sketch

I have made a baby card for Just Magnolia's sketch challenge this week, I think this image is adorable. There are quite a few babies coming along soon at work. We have two pregnant ladies, one who is expecting twins and also one dad to be very soon. I also have two prep parents expecting soon and each time I see one of them I think she won't even make it back to the car park without going into labour. My sister in law is also expecting but she is having a boy so I will make her a card a little later. I have used pink passion cardstock as my card and some cute baby papers that my daughter had in her art box which reads A daughter to love. I really hope someone has a girl! Have a look at all the beautiful cards the ladies have made at

http://justmagnolia.blogspot.com/2009/05/week-5-little-sketch.html

WOF friendship Challenge

The challenge is friendship at the http://wojmondaychallenge.blogspot.com/. It's nice to make a friendship card and send it for no reason other than to let someone know your thinking of them.
In this card I have used stamp Maid Charlotte - whiff of JOy, Stamped backgroung with mini messages - Stampin Up (this stamp repeats words my friend) I have stamped in inkorchid opulence and summer sun - Stampin Up and have used cardstock orchid opulence and summer sun. I now have to go and get ready to go to my friends stampin up launch today for some more creative ideas.

Animal Antics - Papertake Weekly

This weeks challenge is Animal stamping at Papertake Weekly, this was a fun card to make.I have used stamps Wild about you - Stampin Up, Cardstock green galore, tempting turquoise and summer sun - Stampin Up. The water from the elephants mouth is quilled paper but it is hard to tell as I scan my cards into computer. This also seems to take alot of the bright colour out of the pictures I post aswell. The girls have done some wonderful creations at

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2009/05/animal-antics.html Go and have a look.