Monday, August 31, 2009

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 ~

Saturday, August 29, 2009

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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~ Peta ~

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Spring is in the Air!!!!!

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Spring is nearly here and so is another challenge
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

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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,
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:
Cardboard Folder
Spiral Binding
Metallic Cardstock
Shrinky Dinks
Ribbon
Flowers
Pearls
Hand Made Hat Pin
Diamantie Brads
H20's
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~ Peta ~

Monday, August 10, 2009

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~

Friday, August 7, 2009

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~

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