Christmas in August.

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

So, I have finally created another Christmas card and thought I'd share it with you.  It's still early I know, but there's only four months to go till Christmas so I need to get cracking.
I KNOW!!!  Freaked me out too!!  How did it get so close so soon??  The last one was only a couple of months ago wasn't it????   Seems like it anyway .. LOL!!

The papers used are from Kaisercraft's  'Heirloom'  6 x 6 Paper pack along with a small scrap piece from their 'Holy Night' papers.

 Only a couple of layers on this one but I did add a little lace in between.

 The white bloom is 'Azalea' available from Megs Garden.  Love this flower .. it is reasonable large but not too bulky, so it's ideal for cards and also very easy to alter, colourwise, if necessary.

The bauble sprig is cut from a cheap Christmas decoration.

 When the card was finished, I added a few paint splatters and, while the paint was still wet, I sprinkled some glitter over the top.  You can't really see it on these piccies but the glitter has a touch of gold in it .. looks really pretty.

 

 The chippies are from Scrapmatts . Picked them up at a Craft Show that was on in Adelaide just recently along with some other lovely little bargains.   I've used them raw .. just added a bit of white paint and glitter at the top of the bauble.

I really love this pine bough die from  Impression Obsession.  Think I have used it on just about all of my Christmas cards for this year.

This little flower is the 'Cherry Blossom' also available at Megs Garden.  It was white originally and I just sprayed it with some Dylusion Ink.

... And another Christmas card done and dusted.  Hoping to make a few more this month as I am way behind on my original plan of doing two each month.  Still, I have more cards now than I had at this time last year and that is really good.

Last Saturday I had a girl's day out with Astrid MacClean, Heather Jacob, Adriana Bolzon and Helen Wallace.  Astrid is in Australia visiting her family in Melbourne and was able to come to Adelaide for a couple of days.  It was so wonderful to meet her  in person and we all had a fantastic day together.  Lots of fun and laughter was had by all.  Thought I would share a couple of piccies.

We swapped some hand made gifts as well and I will share those with you over the next few weeks.
Thank you my gorgeous friends for a truly wonderful day. 

Once again, thank you so much for dropping by and I hope you have a fantastic week.

Till next time, take care and God Bless.

Celebrate!

Hello my sweet crafty friends and welcome to my blog.  Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

I cannot believe it is the 1st of August already!!  Where has this year gone???  Flew past me at the speed of sound I think .. won't be long and we'll be celebrating Christmas again.  Didn't that happen only a couple of weeks ago???  Scary!!

Anyways, I'm back to share another masculine card with you today.  This is a fairly clean and simple card made for a close friend who celebrated his birthday recently. 

The papers used are some left-over scraps from other projects so it's a bit of  a mix.  Some from Kairsercraft some from Prima and some from Megs Garden.  Some layers were cut in my trimmer, some were distressed and some were simply torn to size.

Added a little stamping too.  The ink splat was made with a Kaisercraft stamp and archival ink.

Ran the base layer through a Tim Holtz die for a bit of interest.  Such a simple thing to do but it is so effective.  Love the look.

Used a Scrapmatts chippie for the greeting.

 The usual pockets on the inside ..

.. and .. voila!!

 All done!!!

Thank you so much for dropping by and looking at my little creations .. I very much appreciate you taking the time.

I hope you enjoy the rest of your week and that the weather is kind to you.  'Till next time ..

Take care and God Bless.

Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy 

into a friend.

 

Cards with Chantilly Cream and Rose Quartz for Megs Garden

Hello lovely visitors and welcome to my blog.  It's been a few weeks since I posted anything and I am so happy that you dropped by.  I hope you are all having a wonderful day.

I'd like to share two cards with you today.  One was made with the beautiful Chantilly Cream papers and the other with the gorgeous Rose Quartz papers, both of which are, of course, exclusive to 

Megs Garden.

Card # 1 - Chantilly Cream.

Unfortunately, our weather has been quite dull lately (lots of rain) and because the light was quite bad, the colour didn't photograph too well.  It is a lot creamier than it looks here but I couldn't leave it for another day because this had to be posted Interstate.
This card measures 4" x  5.5".

The doily and the lace are both available at Megs Garden.  I will leave a list of Megs products (and links) at the end of this post.

This is the lace I used.

As I wanted to  tuck it in under the paper layers, I didn't need the full width so I trimmed off the top section and used that at the bottom of the card and then the remainder was inserted at the top.

This way you don't waste lace that you don't see.  Much more economical.

The leaves were cut from cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo and I also sprinkled a few seed beads here and there. 

The frame was made with air dry clay and a small mould.  The lovely rose graphic glued to the center came from the Rose Quartz cut and create pages.

The flowers are from Prima .. had them in my stash for ages.  The ribbon is from Megs Garden.
I did wipe a little white acrylic paint around the card when it was done.

The inside has two pockets cut from the Chantilly Cream papers and edged with Martha Stewart's Floral Vine Deep Edge Punch.  One pocket is for a gift voucher and the other will have a personal message written on a journal card or tag.

That's the Chantilly Cream card done, and now for

Card # 2 - Rose Quartz

This one is quite tall .. it measures 3.5" x 7".  Don't think I have ever made one that size before, but I quite like it so I'm sure I will do it again.

I have used the same lace as on my first card.

I love these blooms.  They are available from Megs Garden and have not been altered in any way.  Once again, the leaves were cut from cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo.
 

This lace is just so gorgeous .. I love it!!  I didn't cut it apart this time though.

The tiny frame was made with hot glue and a Mod Podge mould.  First time I have used the hot glue .. works a treat, once you get the hang of it. 

Two pockets again on the inside cut from the Rose Quartz papers.  I don't always need a pocket for a voucher but it's handy to have one, just in case.

Thank you so much for dropping by to see my latest Megs Garden project.
Why not pop over and take a stroll around the 'Garden' to see the creations by the rest of the Team .. they are gorgeous and are sure to inspire you.  HERE is the link.

Megs Garden Products used
Rose Quartz Book Kit
Chantilly Cream Book Kit
Puffy Paper Flowers
Burgundy/Cream Open Paper Rose 
Lace 5cm White
10cm Doily

Enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care and God Bless.
oxox Marg

Masculine in a Softer Tone and some Happy Mail!

Hello my sweet visitors, so lovely to have you drop by.  I hope everyone is having an awesome day and that the weather, wherever you are, is being kind.

I am back today to share another of my masculine cards.  As the title suggests, this one is a more gentlemanly (is that a word???  LOL!!) version.  I have used softer colours and not much in the way of grunge.

The papers are from Kaisercraft's Heritage Paper Pad.  Love these papers, they are just gorgeous and suitable for feminine as well as masculine makes.

The chippie is from 2Crafty Chipboard and all I've done is randomly swiped them with VersaColor stamp pads .. a little black, brown and bronze. 

Found the 'Happy Birthday' die in my stash but have no idea who makes it.  Cut it from the same papers and just mounted it on some brown cardstock.

This chippie is also from 2Crafty and is a piece that was left over from another make.  Coloured it the same as the bubble chippie.

At the back of the Kaisercraft Paper pads they usually add a few pages of pop-out labels, tags and borders.  I added some eyelets and bits of twine to two of those tags and tucked them in under the layers.

Some random closies ..

Swiped some gesso around the card and also splattered it with black and white ink.

Added pockets and did a little stamping on the inside ..

.. and, voila!!  Done and dusted!

So that's my card and now for the Happy Mail!!

A few weeks ago Adriana Bolzon from  AB Inspirations  ran a little competition.  All we had to do was leave a comment either on her blog post or on her fb page and there were three prizes to be won.  Each was a set of four little travel tags .. and I won a set!!!  I was so thrilled because I thought they were so cute .. well, I got them in the mail yesterday and they are more than just cute .. they are absolutely gorgeous and so beautifully made .. I totally adore them!!!  Thank you so much Adriana .. I am stoked!!  Can't wait to use them.

If you'd like to see how Adriana put these little cuties together she has a tutorial on her blog HERE.  I urge you to go over and take a look at her work .. you will love it!!

Well, that's all from me for today.  Thank you so much for popping in and do enjoy the rest of your day.
Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

We Learn something from everyone who passes through our lives ...
Some lessons are Painful, some are Painless ...
but ALL are Priceless.