ROP Challenge - Patchwork Card

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My little baby turned 5 on Monday

and to help her celebrate we had a party.

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Since having my blog this would have to have been

one of the longest breaks I had from making cards.

Not that I haven't wanted to, seriously I could

hear my craft room calling me.

However, this week there was no time

for anything else other than getting things

ready for Annie-May's birthday party.

And let me tell you, it was worth every second

of stress that I went through.

.....including the whole day it took me to make the cake.

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.....and the arm strain putting up decorations.

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.....and the 20 little girls here on Sunday.

Every year we have a theme and this year

was no exception.

The Circus came to town and no circus

is complete without a clown.

Annie-May was lucky enough to have not one, but two

clowns. Daisy (the paid professional), ........

was absolutely brilliant and her sister Maddie.....

(who is in just a clown in general!!!!)

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And so we survived another party, and

apart from the huge pile of presents in

my loungeroom life returns to normal and

that means more challenges.

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Once again the very generous Summer has

put up for grabs a great prize and all you have

to do for your chance to win is make a card.

Sound simple, right, well it is.

Just head over to our Roses on Paper Challenge

Blog for all the details of this weeks

Patchwork Card Challenge,

hosted by the very talented Jodi.

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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamps (available from Roses on Paper)

Red and Purple Bazzil

BoBunny Marakesh Vines Paper

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

Crystal Effects

Dew Drops

Quilting Template

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70 Years of Wedded Bliss

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When my auntie asked my to make an anniversary

card for her dear friends, of course I said yes.

When she told me it was for their

70th Wedding Anniversary I was speechless.

I can't even begin to image 70 years old,

let alone being married for 70 years.

How different their lives have been to young married

couples starting out today.

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I've tried to capture how I imagine their romance would

have been, the antique script of the many love letters

they would have written each other, the weekly bunches

of roses - just to say I Love You and the hat pin from the

Sunday Best as they dressed for church,

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Ingredients:

SU - Stipple Rose, French Script, Cherish word

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Cream & Brown Cardstock

atyou

Spica Markers

Scallop & Circle Punches

Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Ribbon

Hand Made Hat Pin
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ROP Sketch Challenge - Warm Wishes

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Get your stamps inked up, it's Challenge time again.

With Summer from Roses On Paper offering some

wonderful prizes each fortnight you'd be crazy not

to join in.

Our host for Challenge # 7 is Rosette, who has

dazzled the DT with her beautiful creation.

For those of you who love layering your cards

Rosette has provided an awesome sketch for

you to work with.

For all the details head on over to the

Roses On Paper Challenge Blog.

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I'd been waiting for the right time to use this gorgeous

Elisabeth Bell Sugar Nellie stamp - Hug in a Mug,

and what better time than now.

After managing to avoid all the flu bugs

that have hounded my DT friends for so long

it finally caught up with me.

The long awaited for cool change finally hit Melbourne,

but along with it came the coughs and colds.

So while I was sitting bundled up on the couch drinking

my honey tea, hugging my beloved flower cup, the

inspiration came to me, now was the time to use

this beautiful stamp.

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Last month Elisabeth announced that she will be working

exclusively with 4 stores, and as you know Summer

is the owner of one of those lucky stores.

I'll keep you up to date with new stamps at

Roses On Paper, but in the meantime, head over there

for the Sugar Nellie, Magnolia and The Greeting Farm

stamps that Summer has in store

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Ingredients:

Elisabeth Bell , Sugar Nellie - Hug in a Mug

Basic Grey - Bittersweet Paper Pad

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

Crystal Effects

Flower Soft
Heart Brads

Punches

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Good Friends Never Go Out of Style

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Last week's sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday

was so much fun I thought I'd do it again this week.

Once again, my very talented friend Susan, is guest

designer for the challenge.

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As soon as I saw this image, Pretty Head Rachel

from The Greeting Farm, I immediatley thought

of my daughter's Bratz Dolls -

Sassy, Sexy, Styl'n and Sultry, so what better

paper to use than Basic Grey's Sultry Paper Pad.

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Ingredients:

Pretty Head Rachel - Digi Image - The Greeting Farm

Basic Grey - Sultry Paper Pad

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

Crystal Effects

Prima Flowers

Diamanties

Corner Punch

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