Lots of Delightful Decorations

Hello everyone.

Wow! Can you believe there are just two weeks left until Christmas? Yikes! I really have to get a move on those Christmas presents tomorrow. There have been so many things to do lately that I just haven't had the time.

These projects were one of the 'so many things to do.' These are some other Christmas cards that I made for our friends and neighbours...

The prerequisite for making my cards was that they had to be quick to make, and they were, except for the fact that I had to clean my stamp after every image that I stamped because of the rocking 'n' rolling. There are no layers! I rarely make cards without any layering! And they really stand out in real life. I was really happy with how they turned out and how quicly I was able to get them all done. These photos only show a selection of the total of cards I made. There were plenty more.

The gorgeous ornaments are from the Delightful Decorations set and the sentiment is my favourite from the So Many Merry Messages set.  Each ornament has either half pearls or clear crystals on them.

I plan to make a few more Christmas projects yet. I just hope I find the time. Wish me luck!

Andrea

Party Time!

Good morning! Listen. What do you hear? I think the rain here in Sydney has finally stopped. Thank goodness.

Another weekend of Kindergarten parties for my Demi this weekend and here are the cards I made for them, using The Greeting Farm stamps stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with Stampin' Up! markers...

The colour scheme is Night of Navy, Sahara Sand and Certainly Celery. The background of the second card was created with stamps from the Extreme Elements set. The sentiments are from Happiest Birthday Wishes. The stars were punched with both sizes star punches and the charms are from my stash.

What do you think?

Well, take care and enjoy your weekend.

Andrea

Hello!

It has been a while, hasn't it? Life has been just soooo busy, as is typical of this time of year, so when it came to my Christmas cards this year I wanted them to be quick and simple.

I came up with two cards, both incorporating the photos of my girls that I took especially to be included in the cards.

This first one is a front door card, complete with a Christmas wreath and the photo and sentiment inside...

The flowers were stamped using the Vintage Vogue set.

Next is the other card I made using some premade silver cardstock cards that were kindly given to me by a friend who used to work at a stationery outlet...

The Real Red belt is adorned with a stamped image from the retired Punches Three set. The inside is the same as the previous card...

There. All done. Now just have to address the envelopes and post them out. It is such a relief to have crossed off another item off my 'to do' list.

I hope to finish some birthday cards in the next couple of days so stay tuned for those.

See y ou soon.
Andrea

Ugh! Such bad photos.

Hi everyone.

What a scorcher today was, and still is. Thank goodness for air conditioning.

Anyway, I have two cards to share with you tonight but....the photos are terrible! I took them in the dark and the colours look so bad, but I will still show you. Here they are...

Believe it or not, the colours used were Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Whisper Wahite and Groovy Guava. I love Groovy Guava. Such a shame that it is retired.

The image was stamped in black StazOn onto watercolour paper and coloured with SU markers. The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes. The flowers were from my stash and were accented with little flowers punch with one of the flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, and a half pearl.

The next card features images from the Up, Up & Away set. The colours used were Basic Grey, Whisper White and Marina Mist. The balloons were inked with Marina Mist ink & then 'rock 'n' rolled' in Basic Grey. The sentiment is from a retired set called Vintage Labels.

The cloud background was created by using a punched scallop circle and sponging with Bashful Blue ink. A really nice effect.

So, what do you think, despite the bad photos? Feel free to let me know.

Well, stay cool (literally). See you soon.

Andrea

Welcome to another glorious Sydney morning! Just beautiful out there today, as it was yesterday.

The girls had a party yesterday & they'll be off  to another party later today, not to mention the school disco they went to on Friday night. What a social life!

Here are the cards I made for the parties...

They were both inspired by this card by Jodene at Did I Say That Out Loud?

Colours used were Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Marina Mist and Old Olive. The image was stamped in Black StazOn ink onto watercolour paper, and coloured with SU markers. The sentiments are from Happiest Birthday Wishes. Not sure if you can make it out from the photo but I added some Crystal Effects on the sunglasses for a glassy finish. The rest is pretty self explanatoru but if you'd like to know anything, feel free to ask.

Whatever you're doing today, I hope you have a great day.

See you all soon.
Andrea

Surfer Chick

Happy Halloween, everyone!

Did you trick ot treat today? Halloween is not very big here in OZ but I did take my girls for a Trick or Treat around our cul-de-sac, as all the neighbours know each other. Here is a photo of my girls before we set off...

They looked so cute!

Now that I've done my proud mummy thing, I do actually have a card to show you. This is a card I made for one of Mia's school friends...

I love the image! So adorable and so much fun to colour with my SU markers. The sentiment is from the Hostess set, Happiest Birthday Wishes.

That's all from me today.

Catch you all again soon.

Andrea
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Christmas Cards! Yes, Already!

Hi everyone.

Those of you that know me know that I'm very organised, to the point of obsessiveness. So, true to my style, I already have some Christmas cards to share with you.

This first one is with the new and delightful Stitched Stockings stamp set that is available to purchase right now, together with the matching Stocking Tag Punch. So cute!

The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages and the stamp on the little tag is from a retired set called Vintage Labels. The tag was punched with the Jewellery Tag Punch and embellished with an adhesive crystal.

Colours used in this card were Old Olive, Real Red and Basic Black.

This next card uses all the previously listed supplies, but is a little more intricate, also using a brick embossing folder and some More Mustard cardstock for the fire.

This next Christmas card was made using a non-Christmas stamp set. I stamped the baubles with one of the hot air balloons from the cute Up, Up & Away stamp set. I stamped it in, rock 'n' rolled it in black and embellished them with ahdesive crystals.

The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages.

The final card was inspired by this card by Lisa Young. Mine was made using the gorgeous Delightful Decorations stamp set and matching Ornament Punch. They were stamped in Rich Razzleberry and rock 'n' rolled in Basic Grey.

The sentiment is from Many Merry Messages. The white strip of Whisper White cardstock was torn with the Tearing Edge ruler and glitter glue placed along the torn edge. The centre bauble was embellished with an adhesive crystal.

Sorry that the photos are a little dark. I was in a hurry, as always seems to be the case.

Well, bye again.

Hope to see you soon.

Andrea

Demi's School Photo

Hi everyone!

As these school holidays are coming to an end, I'd like to share a scrapbooking layout of my little munchkin...

It's pretty simple, really. I just wanted to keep the beautiful photo as the feature.

Quick, huh?

Well, be sure to pop back tomorrow for lots of Christmas cards to get your Christmas spirit going. :)

Until then, take care.

Andrea

Halloween Owl Trick or Treat Boxes

Well, Halloween is fast approaching and although we don't really celebrate it here in Australia, we still do get quite a number of children knocking our door for treats.

This year I made these quick and easy little boxes to hand out...

This is just a selection of them. There are plenty more where these came from! Ha ha...

I made them using the Box No. 2 die and the large circle, scallop circle and owl punches. Oh, and don't forget the googly eyes! The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set.

OK, kiddies. I'm ready for you!!!

What do you think?

Andrea

Wink Wink

Good morning again! How are you all today?

We're having a quiet day at home today after two days of holiday outings. Yesterday we went to the movies to watch the Smurfs and a relatively (this time) inexpensive visit to Smiggle. For those of you who don't know, Smiggle is store that sells all kinds of cute stationery. Every little girl's dream. :)

Well, as promised, I'm back today with a card I made for my niece whose birthday is coming up next month....

I coloured the cute image from the Greeting Farm with markers once stamped in black StazOn ink onto watercolour paper. Her sunglasses have been highlighted using Crystal Effects. Cardstock is Chocolate Chip. The flowers and butterflies were cut from Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose using the Floral Fusion and Beautiful Wings dies, and they were embellishment with adhesive-backed crystals. The Bricked embossing folder is one that I picked up recently from eBay. The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Wishes hostess set.

Well, be sure to come back tomorrow so I can show you my quick and easy Halloween project.

See you then...oh, and don't forget to leave me a comment. :)

Take care.
Andrea

Mermaid for Mum

Good morning all.

Hoping that all of you with little ones are enjoying the start of the school holidays. We kicked off our holidays with a visit to the beautiful Centennial Park yesterday.

Well, here is the card I made for my Mum for her birthday next month...

I really enjoyed colouring this Magnolia image with my SU markers. She's just so cute. Colours used were Marina Mist, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue and Blush Blossom. The sentiment is from the new hostess set, Happy Birthday Wishes. The charm & flower are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by again. I really appreciate you taking the time. I'm off now to plan some activities for my girlies.

I'll be back tomorrow with another card so be sure to come back.

See you then. :)

On the Laptop

Howdy peeps!

What an awful change in the weather we experienced today! Back to my night gown tonight. Brrr. The only good thing about it was that my girls & I stayed indoors in our PJ's and made cards all morning.

Here is one of them that I made for a good friend of ours....

You'll have to excuse the really bad photos. I took them in really poor lighting practically as we were running out the door to the party.

The Mo Manning image was stamped in black StazOn ink and coloured with SU markers. Cardstock colour is Soft Suede. The sentiment is from the Happy Birthday Wishes hostess set. The flowers were cut with the Floral Fusion die and one of the Itty Bitty Punch Pack flowers. The leaves were cut with the Two Step Bird punch.

Hope to be back tomorrow with another card, school holidays allowing. :)

Take care.
Andrea

Best Fishes!

Here is a card I made for my husband, a keen fisherman, for Father's Day, but didn't end up giving to him as the girls had made him their own gorgeous cards (one of them using this particular stamp). I'll hang on to it for his birthday in February...

Colours used were More Mustard, Night of Navy and Bashful Blue. The image was coloured with SU markers and I used a little fishy charm from my stash. And yes, there's that little flag again. :)

I added Glossy Effects to the fisherman's eyes but it's difficult, if not impossible to see in the photo. And I added a little googly eye to the fishy. Too cute!

So what do you think of this one?

Well, that's all from me for a few days while I finish some scrapbooking layouts. I'll be sure to post them once they're done.

Don't miss me! ;)

See you then.

Andrea

Sail Away.....

Happy Saturday to you all!

Today I have a card for you with my freshly inked Sail Away stamp that I just snapped up before the Winter Mini Catalogue retired. I just had to have it as it is a perfect image for masculine cards. They can be so hard for me sometimes. Maybe I just prefer to make cutesy, girlie cards.

Anyway, here is my card....

I took inspiration from this card by Connie Babbert that I stumbled across online.

The colours I used were Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Real Red and Basic Black. The boat was stamped in black pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. The sails were coloured with a Sahara Sand marker. The water was sponged with Bashful Blue ink. The coloured card panels were embossed with the Lattice Embossing Folder. I used silver brads to embellish and the sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set and yes, there's that little flag. In my defence, it is appropriate in this instance. You know, the sea, the sea breeze, the flag in the wind... ha ha...

What do you think? You like? Let me know.

Well, I'll be back tomorrow with another card. That'll be three cards in three days! Woo hoo!

Until then, take care.

Andrea

A Girly Girl Card

Well, just when we thought Winter was over, we get another burst of cold weather and yucky rain. :(

Well, at least it's Friday and that's always good, right? :)

This weekend will be another busy one, bringing with it two parties and my daughter's netball presentation.

This is the card that I made for a nine-year-old's party we have tonight...

Isn't she just so stylish?

I love the soft, earthy colours. I sed Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Blush Blossom abd Bashful Blue to colour the image that was stamped in black StazOn on watercolour paper, and Soft Suede and Bashful Blue cardstock.

The embellishments were made with the Beautiful Wings and Floral Fusion dies (love these!) and the alphabet dies.

The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Sentiments stamp set. I'm really liking the sentiment card piece shaped into a flag. I have used this 'touch' on all my latest cards. Hey, when you're onto a good thing....ha ha...

I hope you all have a great weekend and I can't wait to read your comments.

Take care.
Andrea