Xmas decoration made of wood

XMAS

Here is my first ever entry in a new challenge blog called What's in the Bickie Tin?

You have to use bling, green and ribbon. In this case my ribbon is green and also sparkly, so all 3 things rolled into one. I also have sequins though.

This is a Kaisercraft wooden word which I have made into a decoration.



I painted it entirely red, then painted the front of it silver. Added some red and white twine, some green sparkly ribbon and some red sequins and beads. Done.

Thanks for looking.

Dale x

A new challenge at Archiscraps

JANUARY CHALLENGE - Archiscraps

I just love this month's challenge and the examples that the Design Team have created.
Here is the criteria.


BLACK AND WHITE

Your item should be nearly all black and white.
A coloured photo is ok and on cards just a TINY bit of colour if possible.



This is a card that I have made for my first born son. He completed his University degree at Curtin at the end of this year.  I haven't given it to him yet so I hope that he doesn't see it.  I will give it to him at his Graduation ceremony.

Hope you can join in!

Dale x

Christmas themed challenge 2018

Wow. It's well into December.

Have you done your shopping and sent your cards?

Here is your chance to get into the Christmas spirit.

Unstampabelles December challenge is:

#86: December - Christmas theme for your Country 

Twist - explain the theme in your blog

You could win this.

I live in Western Australia.  Do you know the song that goes "give me a home among the gum trees"?

Well, that was my inspiration.

What do you think?

Remember: you can scrap; make a card or tag; or do off-the-page items and 3D stuff

for this challenge as long as you DON'T USE STAMPS!

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Happy crafting.

Dale x

Birthday card using rhinestones and patterned paper

Hello there.

Here is a challenge for you. I'm on the Design Team at Archiscraps. The challenge this month is to be inspired by the picture below and use lots of rhinestones and/or bling.




Such a unique Church!

Here is my card example. I gave this to my Nan on the last day of last year for her 93rd birthday.



Hope you join in. Ribbons are the prize this month, thanks to Craft Queen.

Two pretty cards

I often create two cards that are the same or similar at one time. If you have all your crafty stuff out I figure you might as well.

I had some new music butterflies that I wanted to use so that gave me a starting point. I loved the music pp that they are made from.  I used a base of kraft and punched along the bottom edge. These cards fold upwards. I put some pink paper on the card on the inside so you could see a splash of colour through the punched area. I added some Kaisercraft music pp that is embossed. Very pretty. Then I chose to cut out some hearts and ink around the edges with pink.  I had previously created some flowers using rose tissue paper. I added those and some various pink flowers to finish my cards off.

I'm entering these in this month's anything goes challenge at Scrapbookit.

Thanks for looking and happy crafting.

UNSTAMPABELLES May challenge - Vintage

UNSTAMPABELLES May 2015 challenge

Pillow Box die

Family History - who is in your family tree? Make a scrap page or create a card or photo page/inside a frame about a family member who is in the past. Mother's Day is in May in Australia too and of course, MAY DAY.

The twist is to Make it Vintage! Remember, it does not have to be a card!
Plus, remember not to use stamps.

WHAT I DID

When I think of vintage I tend to think of the colours black and brown and the word elegant. That's what I've gone with for this challenge.

I have made a card for my Mum for her birthday. I started with a wooden frame which has been painted brown. Then I added some black cherryArte rub-on leaves for effect.

Paper wise I have used American Crafts brown cardstock as the base. I have corner rounded all my papers to match the rounding on the wooden frame. I've used Creative Memories vintage patterned papers, which I've inked with sepia ink.

Isn't my sticker cute? She looks positively pouty and cheeky.

Finishing touches are a cream ribbon, 3 different black flowers and some brown rhinestones and a sentiment sticker.

I hope you can join in this challenge. Pillow boxes make great little gift holders and this die will make life really easy if you win it.

Birthday card for ARTastic challenge

I've made a card for April 2015's challenge at Artistry. You needed to use the picture below as inspiration and add swirls. I used a stencil and some green pen to create swirls on my white cardstock. I then added some yellow and black flowers. Lastly I added some Bella! bling black rhinestone swirls to finish it off.

Peace and Love card - challenge at Unstampabelles

Unstampabelles challenge for March 2015 is:

Harmony or/and Peace ­- there are many symbols of harmony or peace but the dove is one of the most recognizable. Create anything around the theme of Harmony and/or Peace.

The twist is to incorporate flight into your article

Here is the card I made for it.

I chose to use blue and white for my colour scheme as I find those colours calming and soothing.

I cut a feather out of white vellum freehand. I scored up the middle of it to give it a little definition. Then I cut at a diagonal along each side to create the effect of a bird's feather. This is the flight element to satisfy the twist.

I added the sentiment in different letter and word stickers.

Why not join in this month at Unstampabelles? You just might win! We'd love to see your interpretation of our theme.

Thank You Card

Today I have made a card to thank a singing Coach who is coming to our Chorus tonight. The Chorus colours are hot pink and black so I've used those colours, plus some white. Of course I had to include music notes. The design for this card just popped into my head last night. I like how it has turned out.

I'm entering it in a challenge over at In The Pink, which is a new one for me.

Here is my card, the front and then the inside. It is joined together at the middle by some brand new washi tape I got yesterday.

Christmas cards

This photograph is the challenge for November at Scrapbook Boutique. You can make any project you like, except no digital stamps allowed. Fair enough. The stamp I've used for the sentiment is an acrylic one from Kaisercraft.
I've made a set of cards in the colours, plus they are a pile of presents but could be viewed as a 3 tier cake. Wish I could make such attractive cupcakes as those in the pic.

Here are my cards.

Thanks for looking.

Kaisercraft challenges #4 and#5 August 2014

Kaisercraft challenge #4 - August 2014 - Make Father's Day card

Here is the card I have made for my FIL.

The front

Inside

 Kaisercraft challenge #5 - August 2014 - Make a green card

The front

Inside

5 sport cards for mood board challenge

I found a new challenge today. It's over at Let's Get Inspired.  This is the mood board inspiration.
I have made a set of 5 cards for my son's football (AFL) coaches and team manager's. Usually I vary them slightly but I decided to make them all the same this time. I've used all the colours and added a football, inspired by the brown leather shoes and clutch in the mood board.

How did I spot this challenge? I was looking at the lovely Debi's blog. Thanks Debi. xx

Here are my cards.

A guava and teal mixed media canvas

CANVAS

I have created a canvas to hang in my lounge room above the TV.  I'm entering it into Scrapbookit's August 2014 challenge which is a tic tac toe. I chose the top line of teal, chipboard and bling. My canvas has all 3. This is my third canvas. I do enjoy making them. I'm sure I'll make some more. This is a 12x12 one.

Card for papercrafter's corner week #46

After making a layout for tonight's cyber crop challenge at Mystical Scrapbooks, where I am a Designer, I noticed that the products I was using would lend themselves to week #46's challenge over at Papercrafter's Corner. I had it in mind to enter this week.

Here is the magazine cover to take your inspiration from. At first I thought family tree but I've already done several of those and didn't need another page like that.



The sticker on the Echo Park Springtime elements sheet I was using had a sticker of a tree on it. So I've used that in my card. I can tie in using the scraps from my last project with the recycling them of this magazine. Wouldn't want my scraps to go to waste!

Here is my card, front and inside as well. Must not forget that inside is just as important sometimes and I  like to tie in the theme, front and back.

Wk 43 Papercrafter's Monday Mag challenge

My PAPERCRAFTER'S CORNER challenge entry
















When looking at the inspiration piece I remembered Kaisercraft's Hunt & Gather collection had a grid paper in the right colour scheme.  I started my card with an American Craft's orange base cardstock. I've added some 6x6 paper from the Hunt & Gather paper pad, along with another piece from the pad that had the grid of camping images. I then added a fancy fabric flower with a button centre through which I pushed a Prima butterfly pin. The first image I noticed on the magazine was the butterfly and butterflies are an object in nature so it suited. Lastly I have added a wood piece for my sentiment that came with some string which I have threaded around the button.

Thanks for visiting.

Mystical Cyber Crop - March mood board

Mood Board Cyber Crop starts 5pm WST 7/3/14

This month's cyber crop is a mood board. Each Designer has made their own.  Here is the link to my Mood Board for March Click

I've given a few options, education would be the obvious choice of topic to go for, which is what I did.

My base paper is by Simple Stories. I really love this relative newcomer to the industry. Click here to learn more about the Company from it's owner Amber. The quality of the paper and thickness makes it a pleasure to work with.

Like one of my mood board pics I have created a torn paper apple. I freehand drew an apple shape, cut it out, pasted it with Mod Podge and adhered all the little pieces of scrap paper I had torn up. Then I neatened off the edges with scissors.

I also hand drew an arrow, like the mood board one and drew lines on it with a thick brown pen. Then I coloured in in with various other coloured pens. It matches nicely to the stripes on the Simple Stories paper and highlights my son in this large group photo.

Products from the Mystical Scrapbooks shop used are:

Simple Stories - Year-o-graphy/Year In Review paper

Basic Grey Serenade/Shilling paper

jillibean soup/Grandma's lima Bean Soup stickers

Set of 3 Christmas cards

ENTRY FOR JOT MAGAZINE

Challenge 3 – Yana’s Glittery Christmas Card

Your challenge: share with us your sparkly, glitter card inspired by Yana’s tutorial.

Why do one card when you can do three?  I have 3 special friends who I get together with each Christmas and have a drink, a nibble and exchange gifts. This year I am hosting the event at my place. I wanted 3 cards, one for each friend, which were similar, yet different.

I have the white cardstock base, the red and white patterned paper, the red is flocked and really pretty in real life. The top two cards have Merry Christmas all glittery and the bottom card has sparklet centres.

Card for PCC - Journey

Papercrafter's Corner Week 25 magazine cover is the image on the right above.

I was inspired immediately by the suitcase. I knew I had a Bo Bunny dimensional sticker with 2 stacked suitcases so I built my card around that. I started with the burnt orange Kaisercraft cardstock as my base and chose some scrap pieces that co-ordinated that I have layered up. I stamped a 7gypsies image on to some misted cardstock (also a piece of scrap). The suitcase sticker is mounted on a piece of labelling card from a washi tape which I have flipped over and inked around the outside of.  Lastly I added some Bo Bunny brown rhinestones to finish.  I love using up my scraps.

Pool layout for D'Lish

I bought the Just Add Paper Citrus Breeze kit from D-lish Scraps this month because I just loved the colours and the items contained therein.  As it happens there's a challenge using the above mood board and sketch that you can do. I thought I'd give it a go. I had this pool photo of the Bali Hotel I stayed in with my Aunt that I thought would be perfect. I started with some stencil work using green and yellow pens on white card stock. I think it adds a nice touch of whimsy.

Thanks for looking.

Treasure Island - reveal for FS2S

This layout is of the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. It's just one of the many on the strip that we saw when we went there in October 2011. I still haven't finished scrapping our 2010 trip entirely but the inspiration movie poster at From Screen 2 Scrap begged for these photos to be used.  It is Casino Jack. See pic below.



The criteria is:

1pt = Grey base card stock
2 pts = playing card/s
3 pts = money notes

Try to get all the points if you can. 

I have used light grey American Crafts cardstock. I tore up some Sassafras Lass paper that I had in my stash for ages because it had hearts on it and made it into the shape of an island. It also replicates the shoulders of the actor in the poster. Then I piled on the photos, the US dollar bills and some playing card patterned paper.

Hope you can join in. See http://screen2scrap.blogspot.com.au/ to view the other Designers' inspiring layouts.