Baby it's cold outside

At Digital Tuesday Challenge it is Baby it's cold outside, which is great because I decided to make Christmas bon bons this year and these two friendly snow men are for my nephews. I have found an easy way to make bons bons now and I am very excited as I can personalise everybodys. For the children I am putting flashing Christmas badges and Magical Elves chocolates and for the grown ups lindt balls, christmas ear rings and christmas wine glass rings. Hope you like them I have different ones to post tomorrow.

Colour Throwdown/Mojo Monday

I made this card for the Colour Throwdown challenge red/pear/choc chip or kraft these are not the exact colours but closest I had to work with at the time, also Mojo Monday sketch challenge. All card, ribbon and stamp from Stampin UP.

Stampin for the weekend/Papertake weekly

I made this card for Stampin for the weekend recipe challenge but as I wrote down the recipe I also drew the sketch from Kates beautiful card thinking it was a sketch to follow as well. I love the colours turquoise and purple together so I have also entered in Papertake Weekly challenge blue and green not to be seen. THanks for looking, Amanda

Colour Create Challenge

I have made this card with the colour scheme over at Colour Create, beautiful robin egg blue, foamy sea green and cream. I have used all stampin up products except for the clourung in I used copics. I have also made some smaller versions of these cards and I am hoping to sell them in a pack of 3 for $5 in the staffroom. My friend and work colleague is spending some of the Christmas holidays at an orphanage in EAst Timor so I will give her the money from any card packs sold, fingers crossed.

Mojo Monday

Well I am loving my holidays, making sure I get some craft time in everyday. I have made a boy birthday card today because I found some new papers at spotlight. I have been dissapointed lately with the lack of variety in papers at the local craft shops so I was pleased to find alot of new ones last visit. I have followed the sketch at Mojo MOnday, I might try making the round version of it tonight for my nephews first birthday card. Today I am off to MOvieworld with six children so I am definately going to need some craft time to wind down tonight. Enjoy your day. Amanda

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