A Shabby Mojo Dream...

Hi there!

I took some time last night to play along with a couple of challenges that caught my eye this week: the Mojo Monday sketch and the Card Concept inspiration...

I pulled out a shabby handmade flower that I'd made ages ago out of Blushing Bride card and used that as my starting point and ended up with this...

Seeing as the flower had a shabby feel to it I went for a shabby chic style for this whole card, distressing quite a few edges. The sentiment is from Verve's Words of Wisdom set - I stamped it on Naturals Ivory card with Smoky Slate ink. I added a couple of rhinestones for a bit of bling to finish.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Amazing Rustic Hearts

Hi there!

It's time for another ColourQ challenge - check out this week's colours...

I majored on the Kraft for this one with some wooden hearts and a splash of a new stamp set...

I was inspired by this week's Fusion challenge:

Make sure you check out the fabulous creations from the Royal Court this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Boho Bright Birthday

Hello!

Just popping in quickly to share a card I made combining a couple of challenges: the sketch from Mojo Monday and the inspiration from Curtain Call...

I love the colours and woodgrain in the inspiration pic and decided to ink up a hostess set that hasn't seen much {any?!} love from me...

I coloured the sun and bird with Blendabilities, added a couple of die-cut banners and some pattern from a Project Life card and finished with some ribbon and a button.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Hello Love, Hardwood
Ink: Memento black, Hello Honey, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand, Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry)
Paper: Happiness Is PL card, Rich Razzleberry, Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Naturals White
Accessories: Hello Honey ribbon, gold button, white twine
Tools: Hearts a Flutter framelits, Large scallop edgelit

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Soft Sweetbriar Blessing...

Hello!

It's time for another ColourQ challenge and this week's colours are so soft and pretty...

I wanted to do some more colouring with Blendabilities and seeing as I have both the Razzleberry and Olive collections I thought this combo was perfect. I chose the beautiful Sweetbriar Rose stamp and spend some happy time colouring and cutting...

The image was stamped twice - the two larger flowers were coloured twice, cut out and popped up over the whole image for extra dimension. The panel behind was stamped with the Hardwood background stamp with Wisteria Wonder ink (stamped off first) then the sentiment was stamped over the top with Rich Razzleberry ink. I think my favourite thing about this card is the background - I inked up the Beautifully Baroque embossing folder with Soft Sky ink using my brayer, then embossed a piece of Soft Sky card - love the effect of this technique!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Sweetbriar Rose, Hardwood, Blessed by God
Ink: Memento ink, Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Blendabilities (Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry)
Paper: Soft Sky, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, doily
Accessories: White organza ribbon, Brights candy dots
Tools: Project Life framelits, Beautifully Baroque embossing folder

Make sure you check out the beautiful creations from the rest of the Royal Court gals this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Flower Patch Awesomeness...

Hiya!

This week at the ColourQ we have a fun Christmas in July combo to play with...

Now I didn't end up making a Christmas card for this challenge for to reasons: 1) I have just run two Christmas in July classes over the last two weekends so I've run out of festive inspiration for the moment [but when I get the new goodies from the Autumn/Winter catty I'm sure inspiration will return in a hurry lol!] and 2) I've just gotten my hands on the Flower Patch set (finally!) and was itching to play! So, here's what I ended up with...

I LOVE this set!! The flowers were stamped with Real Red (the smaller one was stamped off first) and the leaves with Pear Pizzazz, then all images were die-cut with the matching framelits. The background is Naturals White card stamped with the Hardwood background stamp using Crumb Cake ink, then the sentiment stamped over the top with Early Espresso ink. I added some burlap ribbon and white buttons and did some distressing around the edges to add to the slightly shabby look.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Flower Patch, Hardwood
Ink: Real Red, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Paper: Naturals White, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso
Accessories: Burlap ribbon, Neutrals buttons
Tools: Flower Fair framelits, distressing tool

Make sure you check out the designs from the rest of the design team this week - there's a combination of festive and other ideas this week!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Nautical Dad...

Hiya!


It's time for another fun ColourQ challenge and this week's colours could be patriotic, nautical, or anything else you'd like to make them!

I went with a nautical theme as I wanted to use the new Traveller set as well as the Metro Type photopolymer alphabet set...

Most of the time making this went into making that porthole - created using Circle framelits and mini silver brads. It's actually pretty easy to do, but makes for a great effect!


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Traveller, Metro Type alphabet, Hardwood
Ink: Sahara Sand, Night of Navy, Marina Mist
Paper: Marina Mist, Real Red, Night of Navy, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Accessories: Mini silver brads
Tools: Top note bigz die, Circles framelits


I used the PPA sketch this week for my layout...

Make sure you check out the rest of the Royal Court's fabulous creations - there are lots of different themes used with these colours so lots of inspiration!


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Mother's Day Petals...

Hi there!

Today is Mother's Day in Australia so I wanted to make my Mum a special card for the occasion (it will be a bit late getting there though!!)...

I combined two challenges for this one: Chupa's gorgeous Sketchbook Saturday layout and the Color Throwdown combo...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Peaceful Petals, Hardwood, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Stazon, Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Summer Starfruit, Old Olive
Paper: Fresh Prints dsp, Naturals White, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake, Vellum
Accessories: Midnight Muse ribbon, white embossing powder
Tools: Square lattice embossing folder, Labels framelits, Label thinlits collections

Thanks for stopping by... and Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there, but particularly my own very special Mum!

x Amy x

Card Concept Birthday set

Hello!

I've been on a mission to make some more birthday cards for my stash, so when I saw the current challenge at Card Concept I thought it was a great opportunity to create some cards for my collection...

I was inspired by the flowers, the fab frosted cake and the woodgrain in the background, and so came up with this...

I used a combination of the Blossoms originals die as well as the pansy punch to create the flowers with Real Red and Strawberry Slush and Pool Party card. I added a Naturals button in the centre of each. I had so much fun making one card that I ended up making some more...

I think these definitely fit the 'clean and layered' card style!

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Hardwood, Blooming with Kindness
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake
Paper: Naturals White, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Real Red, Strawberry Slush, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Naturals buttons, Crumb Cake seam binding
Tools: Angled Tag topper punch, Beautifully Baroque EF, Little Leaves sizzlit, pansy punch, blossoms die

These also fit with the Paper Players challenge this week:

I've followed the top line: a birthday card using the tag topper punch, pansy punch and blossoms die with some ribbon!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Mojo Farm Bouquet...

Hiya!

I'm just popping in quickly to show you some cards I made yesterday for a couple of challenges: Mojo Monday's sketch and the inspiration from Curtain Call...

I was determined to make the same card several times to add to my stash of birthday and thank you cards (I realised the other day how few I have left!) so I came up with this design:

 And then I made a few more...

I'm gonna keep it short and sweet tonight cos I've got a bunch to do before bedtime and I'm getting sleepy...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Best of Flowers (only available until the end of this month!!), Hardwood, Petite Pairs
Ink: Stazon, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Old Olive
Paper: Afternoon Picnic dsp, Crumb Cake, Midnight Muse, Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory, Watercolour, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Midnight Muse ribbon
Tools: On Film framelits, delicate doilies sizzlit, 1" circle punch

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Waterlily Notebook

Hiya!

This week over at the ColourQ we've got a fun colour combo for you that includes a GREAT new element...

How fun is the newsprint element?! I wanted to create something other than a card this time, so I pulled out a plain notebook to alter, and came up with this...

I started with one of the fabric banners from the Sale-a-Bration Heartfelt banner kit, and I stamped the letters from Outlined Alphabet with stazon then frayed the edges a bit to a add a bit of 'shabby'. The flower is from the single stamp People Like You, which I stamped with Old Olive twice and cut, once with the complete flower then again with the foreground petals, and layered over the top with dimensionals for a 3D effect.

The Old Olive panel was stamped with the Hardwood background stamp with Whisper White ink, and the Crumb Cake panel behind was stamped with the largest flourish from Flowering Flourishes with Crumb Cake ink. I added some newsprint (Modern Medley dsp) and some Old Olive buttons and twine (also from the Heartfelt banner kit).

I used this week's Seize the Sketch for my layout...

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: People Like You, Hardwood, Outlined Alphabet, Flowering Flourishes
Ink: Stazon, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Whisper White
Paper: Modern Medley dsp, Whisper White, Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Naturals White
Accessories: Old Olive buttons, twine, Heartfelt banner kit
Tools: Circles framelits
Other: 9x7" notebook

Make sure you check out the creations from the rest of the Royal Court this week - they've always got something to inspire you with!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x

Rustic Daffodil Roses

Hi there!

I have been wanting to play with the new Spiral Flower bigz die that is being released in the Stampin' Up Spring/Summer catalogue on the 28th of Jan, and I was inspired by the inspiration pic over at the Fusion challenge at the moment...

Seeing as the roses are pretty bulky, I decided to make a piece of wall art rather than a card...

Aren't those roses fab?! Love this die from Stampin' Up! The roses were cut from Daffodil Delight card - the largest flower is the full die-cut, the medium sized one is half the die cut (the wider section) and the smallest rose is the other, narrower half of the die-cut. I also used the new Hardwood background stamp from the catalogue, as well as one of my favourite sets: Perfect Pennants.

Here's a close-up...

Here's the recipe: 
Stamps: Perfect Pennants, Hardwood
Ink: Stazon, Crumb Cake
Paper: Smokey Slate, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Naturals Ivory, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
Accessories: Burlap ribbon, lace trim, Crumb Cake seam binding ribbon, Hard album cover (non-SU)
Tools: spiral flower die, Circles framelits, Deco Labels framelits, Little Leaves sizzlits die, piercing tool and template

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Simple Stems Sympathy

Hiya,

I'm popping in quickly to share a simple card I put together last night using the colour challenge over at Create with Connie and Mary, together with the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch...

I pulled out a new background stamp coming in the Spring/Summer catalogue called Hardwood, as well as the lovely Simple Stems set...

I also used the Angled Tag Topper punch (can you tell that I rather like this punch?!). I used some Island Indigo chevron ribbon, a smoky slate button and some white baker's twine to make a bow, and added a couple of Perfect Plum candy dots.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Hardwood, Simple Stems, Simply Sketched
Ink: Smoky Slate, Perfect Plum, Stazon black
Paper: Smoky Slate, Island Indigo, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: Neutrals button, Regals candy dots, Island Indigo chevron ribbon
Tools: Angled Tag Topper punch

Don't forget that during Preview Week you can subscribe to the Create with Connie and Mary Spring Edition for only $24.95 - that's a $5 discount... but only during this week! And today, Debbie and Natasha both have fabulous projects for you to download, as well as blog candy up for grabs on their blog... Head on over and check it out!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x