triple challenge

Well I started following the fab sketch at Sketch Saturday first for this card and when blog hopping I found it could be entered in a few different challenges including Stamp something who have a recipe of designer paper, buttons and ribbons, and also Cute Card Thursday have a Ribbontastic challenge happening over there. It was a fun card to make, my first Easter card as I just purchased these stamps from Stampin Up, I am new to the roller stamps and I think I am going to be a bit addicted for a while. Hope you enjoy these challenges as much as I did, Have a happy, wet Tuesday.


Amanda

crafts 4 eternity

Well I'm just about to drop my daughter off at a sleepover for her friends 10th birthday, they are staying at a resort in Surfers Paradise which has waterslides and kids fun centre. Wow I wonder if they realise how lucky they are or because on the Gold Coast they are surrounded by theme parks with annual passes, a zillion shopping malls with every shop imaginable, beautiful beaches and parks and anything else you could think of, do they just think everywhere is the same. I have made this card for her friend and have followed the sketch at crafts 4 eternity I liked this sketch a lot the only problem is I ran out of staples so I couldn't add this to the recipe. THis was a fun card to make I like pink and black together.

Colour Create

I went to a craft get together yesterday for the first time this year it was very nice but one of our beautiful craft friends have moved interstate and it is not quite the same without her. Love you Alicia xx. The girls there were making Valentines cards for their husbands which I don't usually do but I joined in aswell. I also made a card eah for my daughters which are the ones pictured. I have used brown, pink and off white to enter in Colour Creates challenge The one on the right has got a little extra colour as my daughter didn't put it down all morning it has extra chocolate muffin on it. That's why I should scan before I give it away, a habit I got into over Christmas, I would create for a challenge but give the card away without posting it oh well. Hope you have had a lovely romantic valentines day. xAmanda

In the name of love

Ok, I don't know how this post is going to end up looking as I have photos all over the place. I scan my creations which doesn't give the best quality pics either because the book is so thick. Anyway enough about that. I have created these love books for the two loves of my life, my daughters. When I was creating things at Christmas everything I made they wanted one of so I wanted to make them a little something special. I was going to make them for them for Christmas but it got too busy and I put them aside and although I don't usually do Valentines Day it gave me the encouragement to get them finished for my girls. I am very happy I did as their response was just beautiful, I am very blessed to have two fabulous girls.

As I have not posted anything for so long, I thought I would enter in Cute Card Thursdays In the name of love challenge. Hope you had a romantic day.

xAmanda

Colour CReate Challenge

Just when I thought I had all the Chrissy cards sorted and posted my husband comes home and asks me to make three more for his reps, nothing like last minute. Any way they are all ladies so I have followed this beautiful colour combo at Colour Create of burgundy, pink and ivory. THis has been my favourite Christmas stamp set this year, A wish for Peace from stampin up. I have used it alot but have not posted anything on blog. I love them in this colour combo and will probably make some more so I can remember for next Christmas lol.
Merry Christmas to you all, love Amanda

Traditional Colours for Stampin for the Weekend

Over at Stampin for the Weekend the challenge is red,green and gold. I have made this simple card with Deannes holly, jolly christmas stamp set and old olive ink and card from stampin up.
I am doing this post very quickly as I'm off to seaworld where my girls are planning every ride I have to go on. Have a great day. Amanda

crafts4eternity

Hooray for holidays!!! Christmas holidays started yesterday and now I have time to do all the crafting and blogging that I wish to. I have been very slack on the blogging side of things but I have been doing alot of off the page crafts and making packs of handmade Christmas cards as presents for my work friends, I just haven't had time to blog them all and now I've given them I can not post them anyway. I have started to make my cards for posting now and last night followed the sketch and recipe from Crafts4Eternity which was a santa image, couple of brads and sketch. I think this is a cute Santa from stampin up, holly jolly christmas stamps which Deanne lent me. This was a fun challenge, I hope you enjoy playing along.
Amanda

Christmas crackers

For the Papertake Weekly Christmas Cracker Challenge I have made this Christmas train. I was going to make a centrepiece train for our Christmas table at home and then I became stuck for an idea of what to buy for our Secret Santa at work so I decided to make one for them aswell. I enjoyed making this and was able to almost complete my own one at the same time. I hope this person likes their gift, it always makes me nervous giving something I have made.

Color Throwdown with A Spoon Full Of Sugar sketch

I have a new favourite colour Taken by Teal and that was included in Color Throwdowns Challenge of Certainly Celery, Taken by Teal and Purely Pomgrante. I think these colours look good together. With the help of the sketch challenge from A Spoon Full of Sugar I created a card for my daughter who is having a birthday tomorrow. I have used a Penelope digi because it reminds me of her. We had a fantastic day celebrating her birthday at movieworld yesterday with a group of her friends and tomorrow we will celebrate with just our family.

Hope you have enjoyed your weekend, Amanda

Magnolia Down Under trick or treat

Magnolia Down Under has a trick or treat challenge so I decided to join in because I have to make a birthday card for my daughters friend who is having a Halloween party. I didn't have a magnolia halloween stamp so I placed Tilda sitting on a cauldron full of a hot green ghouly potion(if you look closely you would probably think it was glitter). This was a fun challenge so pop over and take a look, the DT cards are fabulous.

some time to craft

Well it feels like ages since I made a card, it is school holidays here and we are just finishing week one of two. I have been enjoying this week with my girls and husband and trying to get all the errands and appointments out the way so they don't roll over into next week. We dropped hubby off at airport today so he could go to the AFL grand final in Melbourne and then went and did clothes and craft shopping so now I'm all set for a weekend of card making. I would like to try a bit of scrapbooking aswell so if it turns out I will post some. Here I have combined http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/sketch with http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/ and what a challenge it is with regal rose, olive,chocolate,mustard and rose red.

Hope you have fun trying this, I certainly did.

Amanda

Sweeties and Color Throwdown

Hello, Wow what a fantastic day it was today, beautiful sunshine, perfect beach weather although the water was a bit rough. I love spring and love summer even more. WEll enough about the weather, I had a wonderful day the morning was spent at the beach and I had time to bake yummy stuff and craft this afternoon. I have made this farewell card for a beautiful lady I work with, Ingrid. She is moving interstate and will be missed very much. I have followed Sweeties sketch and have followed Color Throwdowns Challenge, ruby red, pumpkin pie and close to cocoa. OK so as I just typed this I realise I should so write the challenges down instead of trying to remember as I have used choc chip instead of close to cocoa, ooops. I've used fifth avenue and summer by the sea stampin up stamps. Hope you had a wonderful day like me, Amanda