Colour Throwdown and Sketch Saturday

Wow, I really like these colours together, Mellow Moss, Choc Chip and Blush Blossom. This is the colour challenge at Color Throwdown and I think they look quite pretty together. I also followed the sketch at Sketch Saturday . I only just got these stamps, Upsy Daisy from Stampin Up so you'll probably see my next few cards with the same stamp. All of the card and ribbons are from Stampin Up aswell, my stampin up friend Lucinda will be so happy.

Today Iam going out to lunch with some good friends to celebrate one of their birthdays,I love holidays.

xAmanda

Truly SCrumptious Sketch

Hooray school holidays and we are staying home, time to catch up on some crafting. I love this sketch at Truly Scrumptious, the extra option was strawberries and cream which I didn't do because I needed to do a congratulations card first. I found these love heart papers in silver and gold so I made one of each. I really like this sketch it isn't too complicated and I am planning to make a few different cards today following this sketch. I am so happy to have some craft time again I will have to go bake some cakes and cookies to keep my children happy too. Enjoy your holidays. Amanda

Card Patterns

Well I think I can say I am back into a routine where there is time for a bit of crafting a few evenings a week, I needed to have a big clean up of my craft area so it didn't look like such a challenge each time I started to make something. I have entered this card in the card patterns sketch, a friend at work is due very soon and not sure if she is having a girl or boy so I have made a girl one very similar. I have used all stampin up except for the digi image which I think is so cute. Have a look at this sketch at Card Patterns and have a great day.

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