Brown & Gold Christmas

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It's time to start sharing some of my

Christmas cards with you.

First up is my Brown & Gold Church and then my

Gold and Brown Church.

Made on metallic cardstock with gold embossing,

it's quite simple, yet elegant and good style card for

some of my older relatives that like a more traditional

style card.

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Ingredients:

Alota Rubber Stamps Church

Gold Ink

Gold Embossing Powder

Metallic Cardstock

Ribbon

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My next card is made using my new Holly Horn stamp.

found at stampit.com.au.

Two cards made using the same stamp,

just reversing the designer papers.

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Ingredients:

Holly Horn Stamp

Kaisercraft Design Paper

Copic Markers

Martha Stewart Punch

Diamanties

Nesties

Glitter

Crystal Effects

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~ Peta ~

After a Loooooong Break .....

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Very slowly, after a loooooong break away from my

craft desk, I'm making my way through the big list

of cards that I need to make over the next few weeks.

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First up was a wedding card and matching envelope made

for my cousins friend.

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I love the elegance of the black, gold

and white, and the inside poem is a

favourite of mine for wedding cards.

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A sheer black ribbon and hand-made

hat pin completed my card.

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Ingredients

Alota Church Stamp

Metallic Cardstock

Glitter

Border Punch

Ribbon

Hand-Made Hat Pin

Computer Typed Poem

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Next up is my daughter Maddie's 14th birthday card.

This 3D Pixie proved a big hit. 14 is that awkward age

of being past a child, but not quite an adult. This Pixie

is quite magical and mystical - something very appealing

for young teenage girls.

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I haven't made a paper tole card for such a

long time, I forgot how much fun they are to

make, very time consuming, but the end result

is so worth the effort.

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Ingredients

Caron Vinson 3D Paper Tole Kit

Metallic Cardstock

Purple Bazzil

3D Pop Dots

Diamanties

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And finally, a First Holy Communion

card for Marks niece.

I didn't put as much effort into this

card as I would have like to, however

time wasn't on my side for this one, so

the end result is not what I originally

planned.

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Ingredients

Elisabeth Bell Willow Stamp

Cardstock

Cuttlebug

Nesties

Diamanties

Copic Markers

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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!!!!

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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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ROP Challenge - Decorated Candle

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I've wanted to decorate a candle for so

long, but have always been apprehensive, thinking

it would be too difficult - boy was I wrong.

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At Roses On Paper this week there is actually two

challenges to choose from.

Hosted by my very talented friend, Iris

you are being given the choice of decorating

a candle or using the inspirational picture to make a card.

A Hint - do the candle - it is SOOOOOO much fun.

With the help of a great tutorial from Iris I picked this

technique up in no time.

I was meant to decorate one candle for the DT team,

but I ended up making 5!!!!!

For your chance to join in the fun, learn a new technique

and maybe pick up an awesome prize donated by Summer,

head over to our Challenge Blog.

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Once I got started I was instantly hooked.

I'm now thinking ahead for all the beautiful presents

I can make with a matching card,

who wouldn't be happy to receive that.

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For the Tilda candle I used my H20's

to decorate the stamped image.

I was concerned that they might lose some of

their shimmer once the was paper went over the top -

but surprisingly the images are still shimmery.
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Prima Belle Fleur flowers, which are available

in various colours from Summer were used to

decorate the candle, with matching ribbon and

brads to finish off.

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My church candle, using and image from Alota Rubber Stamps ,

which is available from Summer turned out to be my

favourite candle.

I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black and

highlighted it with gold glitter.

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I was able to incorporate my new love at the moment,

a handmade decorated hatpin, as additional decoration

along with matching black satin and gold ribbon.

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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamps

Alota Rubber Stamps

White Pillar Candles

Tissue Paper

Wax Paper

H20's

Prima Belle Fleur Flowers

Ribbon

Brads

Glitter

Martha Stewart Punch

Hand Made Hat Pin

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ROP Challenge - Happiness is Knowing You

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It's challenge time again at Roses on Paper.

Can you believe we're up to Challenge # 6

already.

As a design team we've been having such

fun putting these challenges together and

this one is no acception.

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The very talented Lim, has provided

us with this weeks themed challenge -

Love and Friendship.

So what are you waiting for, for full

details on this great challenge, including

the possibility of picking up a great

prize from Summer head on

over to our Roses On Paper Challenge Blog.

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I had a lot of fun creating this card.

Of all the Magnolia stamps I own this is my

first Magnolia stamp that includes Edwin

and I thought together they were just perfect

for the Love and Friendship theme.

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I've coloured the images with Copic Markers

and the used H20's with added glitter for the

ice in the lake and kindy glitz (slick white) mixed

glitter for the snow cappings.

Unfortuntately the photo's don't quite capture

the shimmery effects.

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Ingredients:

Magnolia Stamps

Alota Rubber Stamps

(available from Roses on Paper)

SU - Words

2 shades Purple Bazzil

White Bazzil

Copic Markers

atyou Spica Markers

Kindy Glitz (Slick White)

H20's

Glitter

Crystal Effects

Silver Marker Pen

Snow Flake Brads

Diamanties
Circle Punch

Martha Stewart Punch

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Roses On Paper Valentines Challenge - Sending You My Love

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It's time to get your stamps inked up and

join us for another challenge at Roses on Paper.

Monday the 2nd of February sees the start of a new week,

and my turn to host challenge number 5.

I hope you like what I have in store for you.

For this challenge you will be creating a card using

the 'Masking' technique.

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For those of you who have never done masking,

don't panic, it's not scarey, it's actually quite fun

and the results are great.

I have created a tutorial here on my blog

(look at right hand side under stamps & tools used - masking)

and if that's confusing here's a link to another tutorial http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/masking_basic/

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Just remember, the image you want to appear in front

needs to be stamped first, the image that is way in the

back is the last image.

To clarify - on my card I've stamped Tilda first,

then the bunch of roses, then the individual roses

and finally the french script.

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Now for the challenge - create a

Valentines Day Card using the Masking Technique.

Your card should include one of the following stamps:

Magnolia, Alota, Whiff of Joy, Sarah Kay,

Rachelle Anne Miller or The Greeting Farm!

All of these stamps are available

from Summer at www.rosesonpaper.com.

In honour of Summers' love of roses your card must

include at least one ROSE

(think outside the square - doesn't have to be a stamp)

I've stamped and coloured my images with

Tim Holtz Distress Inks,

but you can use any colouring medium.

Layout is your choice.

To enter the challenge and for your chance

to maybe win a great prize head over to

http://ropchallenge.blogspot.com/

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Ingredients:
Magnolia Tilda with Envelope
Alota Rubber Stamps Bunch of Roses
SU - French Script
Rubber Stamp Company - Rose
Brown Bazzil, Cream Bazzil,
Handmade Brown Paper
Tim Holz Distress Inks
Flowers, Pearls, Ribbon,
Martha Stewart Punch
White Highlighter Pen
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Have Fun!!!!