Challenge 99 A Valentine with QKR Stampede

Time for another challenge at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog and this week the theme is Valentine - so use a valentine sentiment of some sort.
It's still pretty hot here and we are back in for another 40 plus heat wave. I've been knitting a baby shawl so can only do it in the family room where the air conditioner is on. I normally wouldn't touch any knitting during summer, but our eldest daughter's baby is due end of March and I want to have it finished. It's done on circular needles and I've had to pull it apart several times to get the pattern right. One tiny mistake throws the whole thing out of whack!!!
Anyway, on to my creation this week......

Recipe:
SU Real Red cardstock
White card from stash
Image is In Love by QKR Stampede
Sentiment is from a set of stamps I bought on e-bay a long time ago and have no packaging
Dies - lattice background by Cheery Lyn
        - Nestie - Hearts
        - small hearts came from scrap waste from another Cheery Lyn die
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots
Bling from stash
Memento Black inkpad

Our sponsor details are as follows:

 

For this challenge we are so excited to have QKR Stampede as our sponsor. They are giving the winner 5 digital stamps of their choice.  Thanks so much!

I'm looking forward to visiting some of your blogs this week, so come on share the love and make a Valentine's Day Card and enter the challenge this week. The DT would love to have you visit them as well and leave a comment so we know you've popped in.

Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

MIM#176 Train Spotting with Scrapper's Delights

Hi everyone, it's a public holiday here today and it's hot so we are just having a quiet day at home. This week at Make It Monday we are sponsored by the wonderful Scrapper's Delights and I chose this cute little boy playing with his train.
Congratulations to Jessica as the featured artist and also to Lisa as the winning commenter. I Hope you enjoy your prize.
I won't chit chat today, it's still early in the day but it's already heating up and I have some washing to do and I'm trying to knit a baby shawl as well.
Here is my card for today.....

 

Recipe:

SU Pacific Point cardstock for the cardbase and one of the circles

SU Real Red

White card from stash

DP was from my scrap pile, so not sure who made it.

Image is Train Spotting  by Scrapper's Delights

Sentiment is from SU

Copic Markers

Memento black inkpad

Bling from stash

D/S tape roller

Foam Dots.

Sponsor details for this week are.....

We are very excited to be sponsored this week by the wonderful

http://www.scrappersdelights.com/store/

Janice is generously offering our winner 3 images of their choice.

Okay that now brings me to sharing a couple of last week's MIM entries with you, Did you manage to do some blog hopping to check out some of the other fabulous creations?

It's POTW time.........

The first one is this delightful CAS Valentine card by Lori from The Happy Stamper in Wisconsin You can see it here on her blog

The next one is from Laine from Dream Laine and you can find it here. A lovely card with a sweet image and fab layout. Cute!!!

 

Now we would love to see your fabulous creations this week and don't forget, to be in the running for the fab prize this week you just need to drop by some of the other entries blogs and leave a comment mentioning that you saw them on MIM. Don't forget to drop by the DT blogs too and leave some love. We are always happy to see you!

Thanks for stopping by,

Take Care,

Hugs,

Sandy

Challenge #56 featuring Kenny K and Flatfriendsboutique images

Hi everyone, it's a special day here today so to any Aussies reading my blog, Happy Australia Day. Enjoy the public holiday tomorrow. We also have the tour down under bike race here in Adelaide, the last day is today and they have blocked many of the roads off in the city. It made it a bit more difficult to get to church today as the road the church is on is part of the bike circuit so we had to do some thinking and travel a few side streets and on the way home we had to go a very long way around to get back home. The minister had to contend with someone outside talking on a sound system and also some music blaring away. I've missed a few weeks, so it was good to be back listening to the sermon and singing the songs.
Well, I had better get on and share my creations for 613 Avenue Create this week. We have three sponsors this week and I was lucky to be able to use an image from two of them, Kenny K and Flatfriendsboutique.
It's anything goes with an optional theme at 613 Avenue Create and the theme is - GIFT SET ~ there are lots of combos you could make.

Here is the first of my projects...
This image is from Kenny K and is called  Uptown Angel 

I made a rectangular gift box and matching card......

Recipe:
DCWV Cardstock Stack 12x12 Brights - textured card
SU Tangerine Tango cardstock for star, box and mattes
White cardstock from stash
Image is  Uptown Angel from Kenny K 
Sentiment on box is from SU set - Express Yourself   (not sure where I got the other sentiment from.)
DP is from Merci 6x6 mini stack
Nestie Die - Stars five
Ribbon from stash
Copic Markers
DS tape roller
Foam dots

The next project is another box and card and the image is from Flatfriendsboutique 
and is called The Happy Couple

a close up view of the image....

Recipe:
SU Real Red cardstock
White card from stash
Image is The Happy Couple from  Flatfriendsboutique
Sentiment is from SU set - One in a Million
Framelits heart die
Circle Punch
Border Punch
Copic Markers
Pearls from stash
Pom Pom ribbon from stash
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots
Hot glue gun (on the top of the box)

Okay that's all the photos I have to share with you. Now it's your turn to share with us. We would love to see your wonderful creations this week at 613 Avenue Create and don't forget to pop in and leave the DT some blog love too.
Thanks for stopping by
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

MIM#175 A Jar of Flowers with Bugaboo

Wow, we've survived the horrible heat wave of last week and the destructive thunderstorm. We have had lots of bushfires in the state with loss of homes and livestock. There are still fires burning here and in two other states. No deaths here in South Australia but interstate there was one death that I know of.  I would like to say a big thankyou to all those that have been out on the front lines of the fires for their continuing work to keep people and property safe and to those who have lost homes and livelihoods I pray that you will get the help you need to get back on your feet.
It's been about 10 degrees cooler over the last two days, still fairly hot but much more manageable.
Now.....onto a new Linky Party at Make It Monday. We had so many wonderful entries last week it was really hard to choose my POTW. Scroll down to check if I picked your project to feature today.
Congratulations to Nancy as the featured artist and to Wendy as the winning commenter. Enjoy!!!
This week our sponsor is Bugaboo. It's always a pleasure to create with these fun images!
I have used Flower Jar to create my card this week.
Here is my card......
Front........

Inside......

Recipe:
SU Elegant Eggplant cardstock for cardbase and mattes
SU Certainly Celery for mattes and punched pieces
White cardstock from stash
DP was from my scrap pile (not sure who the maker was)
Image is Flower Jar from Bugaboo Stamps
Sentiments are from SU - Express Yourself
Punches - Scallop Oval Punch and 2 oval punches

Our Sponsor details are as follows:

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week! 

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   atTotally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

It's time for POTW......... my first choice is this gorgeous card from Morgan of Morganised Chaos. Just love this image and the colouring is wonderful. You can find it here on Morgan's blog

 

For my second choice, I chose this delightful card  from Monica of Simply Monica. Love the beautiful image of the birds in the tree - fabulous colouring!  and those flowers are a wonderful finishing touch. You can find it here on her blog

Time for me to go, we would love to see you entering a papercraft project at Make It Monday this week. Pop in and check out the DT's blogs to see their inspirational cards and to see if you were a POTW choice. 

Also, just to remind you, to be in the running to win the fab prize from Bugaboo this week, all you need to do is pop into some of the other entrant's blogs and leave a comment mentioning you saw them on MIM. The more times you do this, the better your chances of being picked.

Well I'm finished gabbing, LOL!!!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Take Care,

Hugs,

Sandy.

Challenge 98 - My first DT project for Aud Sentiments

A new day and finally I can share the news that I have a position on the DT at Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog. We are having a heat wave here in Adelaide and we are all sweltering away. A bit different to some of the places in the world where they are coping with extreme cold. I hope whatever the weather you are experiencing you are coping okay!!! I had the 3 grandchildren here yesterdat and they  stayed overnight, so was a bit snug in the bed in this heat. We only have the fan to alleviate the heat.We ended up sleeping with our heads at the base of the bed to get as much cool air as possible. We've woken up to another scorcher, so the air con is already on.
Well enough talk about hot weather and on to the challenge at Aud Sentiments. This week you can use any sentiment you would like. Easy, right!!!
Our sponsor is Inky Impressions and I got to use this sweet image so therefore I made a Christmas card. The first one for 2014!!!
 Here is my first card for the DT........

 

Recipe:

SU Real Red Cardstock

White Cardstock

SU Garden Green cardstock

DP from Forever Friends Kraft Notes

Image is Joey and Lynnie Twas the Night Before Christmas  from Inky Impressions

Sentiment is from a freebie stamp set (don't know who the designer is)

Holly stamp is Ali B Designs (magazine freebie set)

Dies - Nestie  - Captivating Squares

        - Marianne Creatables - tree

Punches - large oval and scalloped oval

Copic Markers

Memento  Cottage Ivy inkpad

Bling from stash

D/S tape roller

Foam Dots

Our sponsor details are as follows:

For this challenge we are so excited to have Inky Impressions as our sponsor. They are giving the winner  $10 Gift Certificate to Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps.  Thanks so much!

Here is a little bit about them...

We are a young Rubber Stamp Company that offers some of the cutest children & animal stamps on the market today! Each and every stamp made is “Extra Deep Etched” on Quality Red Rubber for a crisp impression everytime! All our stamps are made right here in the USA!

All Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps are sold with EZ Mount just waiting to get inked! The characters LiLi, Angelica, Nicholas & Christopher are cartoon versions of our children. LiLi is a nickname for our youngest daughter MarLeigha. We truly hope that you love our stamps just as much as we have loved designing them.

I am a stay at home mommy and wife to a very loving and supportive man. Without the support of my family and friends, my dream would not have been possible. This has been a long time coming and finally…I am ADRIFT on a DREAM!
I can’t even begin to express how excited I am to share my dream with you. We are devoted to you, our customers, so please feel free to share your artwork that is made with our stamps, or to just drop us a line to say hello!

There are several new members on the DT as well as some of the old team too, so we would love to see you popping in and leaving a comment to welcome everyone.
We hope to see your entry in the challenge this week. Looking forward to checking out some of your blogs!

Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

MIM #174 Bubble Gum with Lacy Sunshine Stamps

Ooops, running late with my post today. It's still school holidays here so I've got all 3 grandchildren today and they arrived early which is usually the time I sit down to do my post. Well..... it just flew out of my head!!!
Anyway after a phone call from a fellow DT to see if I knew my post wasn't up I've rushed in here to the computer to rectify that. If you haven't stopped by for a while please scroll down and check out my recent cards. I would love to hear what you think.
We have a new sponsor this week with the delightful Lacy Sunshine Stamps. Why not pop over and check out her shop.
Here is my card that I made using the image Bubbles Gumballs

 

 Recipe:

SU Tangerine Tango cardstock for cardbase and diecut and circles

SU Pacific Point for mattes and circles etc.

White cardstock from stash

Image is  Bubbles Gumballs from Lacy Sunshine Stamps 

Sentiment is by Ali B Designs from a set of free stamps

Nestie Die - Stately Circles

                   Standard Circles - large

Punches - circle ~ 1 1/8", 3/4", 1/2"

                corner rounder and square punch

Copic Markers

D/S tape roller

Foam Dots

Our sponsor details are as follows:

We welcome another new sponsor this week the fabulous Lacy Sunshine Stamps

"Lacy Sunshine  Stamps offers  beautiful original and imaginative  digital stamps  for all your paper crafting needs.  

Now onto POTW time........

This first one is from Laura of The Crafty Sister and you can find it here 
Cute image and the colouring is gorgeous!

 

The second one I chose is this beauty from Cathy from My Creative Space and you can see more pics of her delightful card here

 

Okay that's it from me I had better get this finished and push that published button and get back on track, lol.

 The DT have made some marvellous projects this week so don't forget to pop in and leave them a comment. If you want to be in the running for the sponsor's prize this week, all you have to do is pop into some of the other entrant's blogs and leave them a comment mentioning that you saw them on MIM.

We love to see your creations so hope you all manage to link up a papercraft project this week.

Thanks for stopping by,

Take Care,

Hugs,

Sandy

Challenge #54 and 613 Avenue Create's 1st Block Party

Hello and welcome to my blog. I have a few new followers and I've finally gone over the 100,000 view mark. I was hoping to do that before the New Year but  it ticked over a few days after the new year had begun. This week sees the start of a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create and also the start of our first Annual Block Party, so make sure you head over to the blog and join in the challenge, check out all the wonderful DT inspiration and all the fabulous sponsors too. Along the way you might just win a prize!!!
The theme for this week is Anything Goes with a twist of Party/Celebrate.
I was given this sweet little mouse image to play with and here is my creation........

Recipe:
SU Rose Red cardstock for basecard
Blue card from stash
White card from stash
DP from Cre8tiv - 6x6 mini stack
scrap DP for bunting
Image is by Heather Ellis - called Mouse in the House
Bunting Stamp, Birthday sentiment and cake stamp are all from Crea8tiv Icons Stamp Kit
Nestie Die - Classic rectangles - Large
Punches - 1 1/2" and 1 3/8" circles
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

Okay that's my inspiration for this week's challenge and I will share the details below of the Block Party and also the details of the sponsor who supplied this cute little guy.

 Winner receives 2 images

Hello you talented crafters!  My name is Heather Ellis and I live in Birmingham in the UK with my husband and two children.  I am a writer and illustrator and I come from a very creative family. I have always drawn ever since I can remember. I love creating cute characters and children are my inspiration and hope it shows in my work.  I hope you all enjoy using my characters in your card and scrapbook making. I always enjoy looking at all of your creations when you create with my images and I am always amazed at YOUR talents.   Enjoy creating,  Love Heather Ellis X

Welcome to our 1st Annual Block Party!  So glad you could join us!  You may want to grab coffee, tea, diet Coke whatever your beverage of choice is and get comfy.  We have a long post of wonderful prizes and DT inspiration for you!  

We would love to see you join in the Block Party and the challenge this week and the DT would be delighted if you popped by and left us a comment too.


Enjoy the Party!!!!

Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Wedding card for Anthony and Amanda

Hi everyone, it's very warm here today and the next few days are going to be even hotter. We have a wedding to go to today so hopefully it won't be too bad. It's an outdoor wedding , maybe there will be some shady trees to shelter under!!! It's about a 3/4 hour drive away so will have the air con on in the car.
I ended up with two cards as I had a DT project coming up in a fortnight but have decided to go with this one instead, so that means I can share it with you today.
I've used shiny textured gold card so it appears a bit black in spots in the photo as I took it outside on the little garden wall..
Here it is......

Recipe:
SU Real Red cardstock for the cardbase and inside diecut
White card from stash
Gold textured card from stash
Image is from A Day for Daisies and is called I Do
Sentiments are both from SU sets - One in a Million and Marry Me
Nestie Die - Captivating Squares
Punches - large oval and scalloped oval
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller

Well gotta rush off and shower and get my hair dry before I put on my finery.
Catch you later tomorrow for my 613 Avenue Create DT Post.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy
Foam Dots
Black Memento inkpad

MIM#173 - A New Year and a New Sponsor

Hi Everyone, welcome back to Make It Monday and to start the year off, we have a New Sponsor for our first Linky Party of 2014. I hope you have all recovered from your celebrations and are ready for a wonderful year of crafting.
We also have a new teamie, so welcome  Rachael to the Design Team
My hubby had his birthday at the end of December and our daughter came back early(Friday) from a trip to the outback with her boyfriend so we had a barbeque to celebrate both events yesterday. Well it rained quite a bit but stopped in time to sit outside and eat. All five of our kids were there and with all the husbands and wives (except for one, who is still in Vietnam) and the 3 grandchildren, there were fourteen of us and four dogs (our other two grandpuppies stayed home) We all had a good time. The guys went off to a couple of secondhand shops after lunch and my youngest daughter and I ducked out to the craft shop to get 3 of my Copic Markers filled. I had to borrow one from a friend on Friday so I could finish off an image for a DT project. I drove to the craft shop only to discover they had just closed. One of the staff opened the door and I think if I just wanted to buy something she would have let me in, but she didn't know how to fill the marker. (It was only one at that stage!) and the owners are Seventh Day Adventists so they don't open on Saturday and I had to wait until Sunday.
Now onto the Linky Party!!!
Congratulations to Rita as our featured artist from last week and to Loz as the winning commenter. As usual we would love to see your paper creations, anything goes, as long as it is a papercraft and it doesn't have to be a new post either. Please make sure you include a link back to Make It Monday as well in your post and if you are new to Make It Monday, all you have to do to be in the running for the fab prize is to stop by some of the other entries and leave a comment and include that you saw them at MIM. Easy!!! and you get to check out some fabulous blogs too and get inspired!
Well as promised, we have a New Sponsor and it is the delightful Time For Tea Designs. Make sure you go and check out the store! I chose Happy Birthday Digital to play with for my card.
Here it is.....

I'm sharing two pics - the first here is a scan which shows the image for what it looks like in real life better than in the photo!!

This is the photo, which show the card and Designer Paper off better than the scan!!! Frustrating isn't it. It was so windy I just haven't been able to take a photo outside and the light wasn't very good inside when I took this one.  But you get the idea, maybe if you hold your head on an angle and squint the images might combine and show one card, LOL!!!!

 Recipe:
SU Baked Brown Sugar cardstock for the cardbase and mattes
SU Pistachio Pudding cardstock
White cardstock from stash
Image is Happy Birthday Digital from Time for Tea Designs
Sentiment is from SU Bring on the Cake - set 2 of 2
DP is from Kaisercraft 6x6 Paper Pad - Lilac Avenue Collection
Copic Markers
D/S tape roller
Foam Dots

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #37 ~ Anything Goes
Robyn's Fetish - Challenge #193 ~ Use a Digi
The Squirrel and the Fox - Challenge #60 ~ Anything Goes

Our sponsor details are as follows:

We welcome our new sponsor Time For Tea Designs

Time For Tea Designs is the home of my digital creative world! My name is Jo Davies & I'm a digi stamp designer,doodler & tea drinker from the UK :) T4T is a part time venture that I do around my full time 'proper' job. My dream is to one day make this my only job as it brings me so much happiness seeing other peoples creations with my designs. I hope you enjoy my artwork & are inspired by the creations of the Design Team. Happy Colouring!

Prize

3 images of winners choice

Now onto POTW - my favourite part of my MIM post each week!  Usually I can't manage to pick just one so keep an eye out, you just might find your creation here on Monday posts!!!

Isn't this one from Jo Ann of  J. Atterbury Creations fabulous. Love the embossed image and wonderful scripture on this gorgeous bookmark. You can check it out here

 And yes, I do have a second creation to share. This one is from Amanda of Amanda's Paper Palace. A sweet baby card, Love the image!!! Check it out here on Amanda's blog.

Okay enough from me - If you still have your craft gear packed away it's time to get it out and join in the fun.My DT teamies and I would love to see your creations so link up your new or old creations! and we will pop in and visit you. We would appreciate you popping in to the DT blogs too if you have time. All the team have made wonderful creations to show off the fab digital images of our sponsor this week.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

A Christmas card box

Hi just popping on tonight to share one of the christmas card boxes that I made for some of my friends at Christmas time. I meant to put it on before Christmas, but have only just remembered!!!
I saw this on someone's blog (the one I saw had more embellishment, but I tend to like CAS so that is how mine turned out) and found out how to make it and voila! I think I made about 8 of them.
Here is the only one I've got a picture of, but I did most of them with this gorgeous nativity image and another couple with a snowman image.
This card design could be used for any occasion and you can dress it up as much as you like. Wouldn't it make a wonderful wedding card, anniversary or baby's birth card. The possibilities are endless!

Recipe:
SU Garden Green cardstock
DP from stash
White cardstock
Scraps of various SU green cardstock
Tree Die from Marianne Creatables
Image is from Precious Moments
I've put the sentiment stamp away, so until I sort the craft room out, I'm not sure where it is!!!

Well, we are going off early tomorrow morning to catch up with friends and go to an Auction and we have to travel about 1 1/2 hours distance, so I'm going to say goodbye for now.
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy

Birthday card for my Aunt's 70th.

Hi everyone, I thought I would share the card that I gave my Aunty last Saturday for her 70th birthday. I decided not to add the number 70 to the front and to keep it pretty simple using a gorgeous felted design paper.
Here it is......

Recipe:
SU Black cardstock
Lilac cardstock from stash
DP is from Kaisercraft
Sentiment is from SU
Punch - oval
Nestie Die - Deckled ovals
Bling from stash

Finally managed to get some more white cardstock from Office Works. I had to go to a different branch as the local one didn't have any. One of the assistants there spent about 10 minutes trying to find me some as it was still showing on their computer that they had stock! Even the one I went to today had to go and get it from the store room as it had only just come in!
I bought two packets so it will last me a while, lol.
It's just after midnight here and as I stayed up late last night (after 2 a.m.) I think I had better hit the sack!!!
Thanks for stopping by,
Take Care,
Hugs,
Sandy