Hawaiian Girly

I'm still digging through my photos, searching for cards that I haven't posted yet. Hmmm, there are a few more than I anticipated. Gosh, I've been slack! Ha ha... Anyway, here is another one of them...

 

This is sweet Hawaiian Birgitta from C.C.Designs. She has been coloured with SU markers. The hair looks a little patchy in the photo. I think my Crumb Cake marker is running out. :(

The background was stamped in Pretty in Pink with a stamp from the Off the Grid stamp set. The butterfly was stamped with one of the stamps from the Papillion Potpourri set. It was punched with the matching punch. I just love butterflies and will include one at any opportunity. Ha ha...

Flutter by...
Andrea

Angel Christmas Tags

More tags!

This time tags to accompany little gifts for my girls' school friends...

The gorgeous little angel is from C.C. Designs. All I did to her once she was stamped onto Crumb Cake cardstock with black StazOn ink, was add a bit of red accents with a Real red marker from SU, and a little flower that I punch with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. The "To/From" stamp is from the Winter Post stamp set and the alphabet letters are from Simpy Serif Alphabet set, both from Stampin' Up! Very quick and easy!

Next up will be the gazillions (or so it seems) of Christmas cards I made for the girls to give to all their classmates. Stay tuned.

Andrea :)

Both of My Nieces Get Married!

Both of my lovely nieces were married within of a month of each other in March and April of this year, and my nephew is getting married next year! My poor sister! Ha ha...

Both the weddings were amazing. I made this same card for both of them...

This sweet stamp is called Bride Emma and is from C.C. Designs. I used Stampin' Up! cardstock in Crumb Cake, Pretty in Pink and Whisper White, together with some white glitter paper. The image was stamped in black StazOn in and coloured with SU markers. The sentiment is from the SU set, Love and Laughter.

See you soon.

Andrea

P.S. - to the lovely Belinda who so kindly left a comment on my previous post, I won't be posting photos of Demi's cake and party, simply because they were exactly the same as Mia's! Mia girls have always had the same party theme as each other. :)

Demi Fairy

I was just going through my Blog when I realised that I had forgotten to post this little card that I made Demi for her birthday back in March.

My sister calls her Demi Fairy so this cute little fairy with very sparkly wings (that I received as a 'gift with purchase' was just so perfect for her...

 

 

The sentiment is from Happiest Birthday Wishes. Colours used were Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pool Party and Wisteria Wonder.

Now to search for any more cards I may have missed. :)

Take care.

Andrea

Fancy A Cupcake?

Well, this little girl does! Isn't she the cutest?

She is from C.C. Designs and just called for soft pastel colours. I used Whisper White, So Saffron, Pool Party and Pretty in Pink. I coloured her with SU markers and embellished the card with little flowers punched using the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and adhesive pearls. The SU sentiment is from the Friendly Phrases set.

 

 

I have to say it feels good to be back after a motivational and inspiration dry spell! I'll see you all again real soon.



Christmas Cards 2012

I didn't think I was ever going to get around to making Christmas cards this year - honestly, but just when I'd almost given up hope, I got some spare time and voila!

I really like how this one turned out. I used Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Garden Green cardstock, and black StazOn ink. The stamp sets I used were En Francais for the background and the retired Welcome Christmas set. The "ribbon" was cut using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch. The little leaves are from the Lovely as a Tree set. They were embellished with red adhesive pearls.

The next card features a whimsical little Christmas tree stamped in black StazOn ink, which again, has been embellished with red adhesive pearls and silver glitter. Cardstock colours used were Real Red and Whisper White. The sentiment (one of my favourites) is from Many Merry Messages.

My final card was made using the unconventional Christmas cardstock colours of Crumb Cake and Pretty in Pink. The script background was stamped with En Francais in Versa Mark ink. The pink background was stamped also stamped in Versa Mark ink with the snowflake from the Winter Post stamp set. I then stamped the same snowflake again on Crumb Cake with Versa Mark, heat embossed it with white embossing powder, punched it out with a circle punch, and mounted it on a large scallop circle. The little flowers were punched with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack, which I have to say was "my buy" of 2012. The flowers were embellished with an adhesive pearl. Again, the "ribbon" was cut using the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch.

 

 

I have a couple more to show you but they will have to wait for a day or so as it's getting late. Catch you again soon. Zzzz....

 

Andrea

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beachy Theme

Just had to use my gorgeous new beachy images again, so this time I used them on a card...

 
This is the inside of the card, in which I stamped the image again...

There's the ol' Crumb Cake cardstock again, teamed with So Saffron and Pretty in Pink this time. The pink card strip was punch with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch. The background was embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder. The image was coloured with ink pads and an Aqua Painter. The sentiment is from the Happiest Birthday Wishes hostess set. Did you spot the little flower from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack again? ;)

Two posts in one day. Not a bad effort if I say so myself.

Well, have a good night and I hope that those of you with children are enjoying the school holidays despite of the cold weather.

Stay warm.

Andrea

Scrapbooking Layouts

Hi everyone!

I have two scrapbooking layouts to share with you today - one of Mia during our holiday in Fiji last year, and the other of Mia at the Athletics Carnival last year. Gosh, I'm so behind! Well, here they are...


First up is the Fiji layout. I used Crumb Cake (which I'm really into at the moment), Real Red and Bashful Blue cardstock, and First Edition paper of which I tore the edged using the Tearing Edge ruler. I sponged the edges of the paper with Bashful Blue. The images were stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured using ink pads and an Aqua Painter. The little flower in the girl's hair was punch with one of the punches from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. This little flower features in just about every one of my projects lately. :)

Now for the very simple layout of Mia at her Athletics Carnival...

No great athletic accomplishments on the day, unfortunately, :( but I just wanted to write Mia a few words to let her know that it doesn't really matter if she comes a place or not as long as she knows in her heart that she tried her very best and had lots of fun in the process. No one excels at everything. And this lesson applies to everything in life, not just running races. I will always be there to support her and cheer her on in life. I will always be proud of her regardless of the outcome but she owes it to herself to always give everything 100% effort. It's the least anyone can do in gratitude for being put on this earth.

Too deep? Sorry! Let's move on and talk about the supplies.

I used Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy cardstock. The background was creaed with stamps from the Extreme Elements set and the stars were punched with the Large Star Punch. Very quick and simple.

Don't go too far. I have another post coming right up!

Andrea :)

Somebunny to Love!

Hi everyone.

I hope you've been keeping warm since the last time I posted, which, just quietly, was a looong time ago.

I, as I'm sure you all are too, have been so busy with just trying to keep on top of the everyday things, that my poor crafting hobby has been put way back on the backburner. :( But anyway, I'm here now and I have a cute little card and gift tag set that I made for a baby shower that I have tomorrow, using the same image, concept and colours that I used in my last post, except this time I wanted to try out colouring with an aqua painter...

This is a closeup of the adorable little image...

And here is the inside of the card...

This is the matching tag with a computer generated sentiment...

And a closeup of the tag...

I used Crumb Cake and Pretty in Pink cardstock, and watercolour paper for the image, which I stamped in black StazOn ink.

I coloured the image with ink pads and an aqua painter. It was the first time that I used an aqua painter and besides being a little bit too runny, I really enjoyed colouring with it. This technique will take a little practice to perfect but I'm determined! Ink pad colours were Soft Suede, Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Basic Grey and Blush Blossom.

The little flowers (can't get enough of these!) are from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. The tag was cut with the Two Tags Die. The "baby" letters were cut with the alphabet dies (can't remember their actual name) and the ribbon is Pretty in Pink.

Can't wait for the baby shower! Such a cute and happy occasion.

Well, enjoy your weekend and stay warm.

Thanks again for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment, whether I know you or not. I love to hear from you.

Ok, I'm really going now.

Really, I am.

Bye.....

:)

An Under the Sea Pool Party!!!

Yes, I've been missing in action for some time but with good reason, as you will soon see!

My girls both celebrate their birthdays in March and they had their pool party last weekend. The theme was "Under the Sea." I have lots (and I mean, lots) of photos to share with you. Some craft related, some not. Here goes...

First up is the octopus cake and cupcakes that I made for them. You may know that decorating cakes is my other love other than papercrafts. I have to say that this has to be my favourite cake that I have made, and the girls agreed. They loved it which makes all those hours of labour so worthwhile.

Here are the birthday girls themselves and the loves of my life... Demi turning 6 and Mia turning 9.

Next are the invitations. These are the mermaid invitations that Demi gave to her friends...

...and these are Mia's invitations. All hand coloured by moi. :)

Instead of hiding the invitations inside envelopes, I used clear cello bags and decorated them with a thin ribbon, personalised tag  and charm.

This one of the little baskets that I had the girls make as part of the crafting activity. They made these to put the spoils of the pinata into...

This is Mia with her finished basket...

And Demi with her finished basket...

This was the mermaid pinata... She's not the prettiest but she did the job. Ha ha...

Finally I want to show you the goody bags for the guests...

The weather was great on the day and all the kids had a blast! Oh, to be a child again.

Now that you've seen all of that, do you forgive me for being off the radar for a while? Ha ha...

Feel free to leave me any comments. I'd love to hear from you.

Take care.

Andrea