An Uninterrupted Day at My Craft Desk!!!

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Well that doesn't happen too often .......

a whole day at my craft desk, and yes my

family was home - but I have a new defence

weapon - after many years of constantly

being interrupted by kids for one thing or

another I've just discovered that if I sing

along to Michael Bublé in my craft room

no-one will come near me!!!!!

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I love making these Tri-Fold cards, they are

so much fun. This one is for my brothers

birthday. We all know how much I LOVE

making masculine cards - not, but I was

quite happy with this one.

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Ingredients:

Alota Rubber Stamps Cupcake

Basic Grey Black Tie Paper

Cardstock

Copic Markers

Diamanties

Ribbon

Heart

Crystal Effects

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Another male card - two in a row, oh no - thankfully

I was saved with this gorgeous little Soccer Izac

from Anki's Sweethearts, designed by my very

talented friend Anki.

How perfect for my soccer playing nephews

8th birthday.

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I made a little pocket on the inside of this one to
slip a bit of money in the card.
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Ingredients:
Anki's Sweethearts - Soccer Izac
SU Soccer Balls
Cardstock
Copic Markers
Circle Punch
White Marker Pen
Film Strip Punch
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Can you believe it - ANOTHER male
card - that's three in a row - I'm lucky
if I achieve one a month, but three in
one day, well that's just unheard of!!!
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This time it was a New Home card for
my nephew who has just purchaed his
first home. I'm so proud of him, at 24
it's a great achievement.

Nothing girly about this one, lots of

brown and blue (well apart from the key -

but it does go with the whole house theme)

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Ingredients:

Boards and Beams House Stamp

Cardstock

Tim Holzt Distress Ink

Twine

Decorative Key

Dew Drops

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I think after that my next few cards will all be

pretty pink with lots of ribbon and lace!!!!

~ Peta ~

Belles 'n Whistles Black 'n White Collection

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Finally I finished my first collection of cards from the

gorgeous Belles 'n Whistles Collection.

I'm sure you will agree that Summer and Elisabeth

have worked well together to put together a stunning

set of stamps.

They are so wonderful to work with - lovely big images

that are just so much fun to colour.

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After completing my Sisters project I was a little unsure

of what to do with the other stamps - then I decided to

run with Black 'n White for all of the cards - I thought that

really highlighted the colours I had chosen for the images.

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Teddy Bear Picnic

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Sunshine & Apples

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Lemonade Anyone?

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Belle with Teddy

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Ingredients:

(the same for ALL cards)

Belles 'n Whistles Stamps

Metallic Cardstock

H2o's

Flowers

Diamanties

Pearls

Leone Em Punch

Cuttlebug

White Marker Pen

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Spring is in the Air!!!!!

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Spring is nearly here and so is another challenge

at Roses on Paper.

Unless something dramatic happens with the

weather in a couple of weeks I think I'll still be

shivering for another month or so.

It has been freezing here in Melbourne and

there is no sign of it letting up any time soon.

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I may not have any control over the weather but I can

certainly decide how much spring I put into my cards,

and Tilda with a new born lamb to me is the

image of Spring.

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The weeks have flown by so fast and it's my turn to host
the Challenge at Roses on Paper.
This year I seem to have collected a large amount of
punches - who can resist them when the craft companies
keep bringing out such awesome designs.
My challenge to you is to grab your Magnolia, Alota ,
Belles 'n Whistles or Greeting Farm, choose the sketch
challenge of your choice and then incorporate those great
punches into your card.
Summer very generously has a great new stamp from
Belles 'n Whistles for the winner of this challenge, so get
punching!!!!
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Being a self-confessed Magnolia lover I've chosen the
Just Magnolia sketch challenge this week to combine with
my punch challenge.
The ladies there never fail to come up with some great
sketches.
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Ingredients:
Magnolia Stamps
Bazzil Cardstock
Copkc Markers
3D Kindyglitz
Flowers
Diamantie Brad
Fiskars, Martha Stewart & EK Punches
Nesties
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Peta

Belles 'n Whistles - Sisters

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At last, the wait is over and I can now introduce
to you the newest members of the Belles 'n Whistles
family ~ Sisters.
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I couldn't get the ink on this stamp fast enough, and then
the 2 minute wait for ink to dry before I could start to
colour them was almost un-bearable lol!!!!
And now, I can tell you, the long wait was well worth it.
These stamps are an absolute delight to work with.
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Together with artist, Elisabeth Bell, our very own

Summer ~ from Roses on Paper, has worked tirelessly

to produce the most amazing set of stamps.

The packaging is stunning, as much as I wanted to use

them I also wanted to keep them all wrapped up in their

beautiful packages lol!!!!

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Stamping and colouring these gorgeous Sisters wasn't

enough for me, I had to do something else with them,

so out came the Shrinky Dinks ~ a few minutes in the oven,

some beautiful crystal beads and I have the cutest hat pin

ever. How much fun was that!!!!

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And these special little Sisters also needed

a very special poem.

Whenever I come across a poem or verse that I like

I put in a folder for future use, and this was exactly

the right time for this poem.

The words are beautiful.

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I'll be posting some more images from this fantastic new

Belles 'n Whistles collection over the coming weeks, but

if you can't wait til then to see them take a look at my

fellow Design Team member blogs to see what they have

done with their stamps.

You'll find some stunning creations from:

Iris, Rosette, Lim, Anki, Jodi, Susan and our special guest

Designers: Kathrin, Lynda and Lilian.

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And if all that wasn't enough, the artist herself,

Elisabeth Bell

has the most amazing blog candy up for grabs.

While you're visiting her blog make sure you

take a look at all her beautiful images, who knows,

one or two of them might be turned into rubber

before too long!!!!!!

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Ingredients:

Belles 'n Whistles Stamp ~ Sisters

Cardboard Folder

Spiral Binding

Metallic Cardstock

Shrinky Dinks

Ribbon

Flowers

Pearls

Hand Made Hat Pin

Diamantie Brads

H20's

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ROP Challenge ~ Autumn Photo Shoot

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It's time to get out your Greeting Farm, Alota and

Magnolia stamps and head on over to Roses on Paper

for another great challenge.

Summer has a great range of these stamps available, with

some new Greeting Farm stamps just in stock.

Anki (designer of Anki's Sweethearts) is our talented

host this week with a challenge that was just too easy

for me - Autumn colours, well for all my international friends -

Fall colours - Orange, Brown and Warm Red.

Come and join in the fun, you could pick up one of the great

prizes that Summer has for each of our challenges.

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For those of you that know me you'll know that Pink
Champagne is my favourite drink, the Beach is my favourite
place to be and Autumn is my most favourite time of the year.
If Christmas was in Autumn the years would be perfect.
I love the warm days, the cooler nights and the beautiful
changing colours of the leaves that are just superb for taking
photo's, which is generally what I'm doing on those magical
days.
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Since our combination challenge a couple of months
ago I've really taken a liking to combining my projects.
My design layout for my card this week came from the
great sketch at Friday Sketches.
The have some very talented crafts people over there
providing some great sketches and this is just another
example of the fun layouts.
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I was waiting for the right card for this awesome
camera stamp and when I saw this weeks sketch I knew
it was time to ink my stamp. Tilda just looks so cute
posing for the camera in amongst the Autumn leaves.
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Everytime I use this paper I have to smile - it is my all
time favourite paper, and with very good reason - a few
years ago I was working on a scrapbook page for some
Autumn photo's I had taken of my girls - I knew how I
wanted my page to look and what paper I wanted, but
do you think I could find it anywhere.
I went to every craft store I could get to, phoned them,
and googled them and then eventually after months of
searching and having given up hope I was on Ebay for
something else and found a lady in America selling the
paper that I had designed in my head!!!!! - only problem
she wasn't shipping to Australia - that was until I begged
and pleaded and offered to buy all ten packets that she
was selling!!!!
She gave in and 5 years later - I'm still stocked up on this
paper and Tina is one of my great friends - and I always
tell her she was my best purchase ever on Ebay!!!!!
And so that is why I smile whenever using this paper.
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Ingredients:
Magnolia Stamp
Alota Rubber Stamp
Brown Cardstock
CTMH Patterned Paper
Acetate
Tim Hotlz Distress Inks
Flowers
Leaves
Dew Drops
Glamsol Mist
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~Peta~

Willow Baby Candle

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I ordered this Willow stamp, by Elisabeth Bell

as soon as it was released, and then I waited

and waited and waited for one of my friends

to have a baby girl and now FINALLY I have

a chance to use it.

I know I could have used it for a baby boy but

as a crafter when I get an image in my head of

how I want something to look, that's how it

has to be.

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I used the layout at Sketch Saturday for

my card. I wanted the focus to be on the

gorgeous stamp and the clean simple lines

of this sketch were perfect.

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When my card was complete I wanted to

colour another Willow, so I decided to make

a co-ordinating baby candle.

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I found this beautiful baby poem for one side

with Willow on the other.

I made matching hat-pins for the card and

the candle and used the same metallic pearls

and ribbon.

I love making candles. It amazes me how such

a simple process can look so stunning.

I just hope the recipient doesn't light it!!!!!

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Ingredients:

Whiff of Joy Willow Stamp

Metallic Cardstock

Church Candle

H20's

Ribbon

Hand Made Hat Pin

Metallic Pearl Beads

Computer Generated Poem

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~Peta~