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Sending Smiles

2010-02-02T09:24:00.004+11:00

Well I have been making some cards lately - but a lot of them I have taken photos of - so of course they are still stuck on the camera. Will try to upload them soon. I made these two cards last night. I really need to get some birthday cards/thank you cards made before the baby arrives - so I think I might have to make a bit of a production line and have some cards ready. The flowers are slightly different on these cards - they come from a Kaisercraft clear set called Lilac Avenue. I've used the same stem and leaves from that clear set as well. The "sending smiles" sentiment is from Hero Arts. On the yellow card - the flower has the addition of a green stick on flower for the centre. I've also used a pale gold see through ribbon and green cardstock offcut to go under the image. The purple/maroon card I have used offcut cardstocks under the image. All the stamping has been done with VersaMagic Dew Drop chalk inks.

Nik's Birthday Card by Caitlin

2009-12-13T16:36:00.000+11:00

Here's a card Caitlin made for Nikole's birthday. She drew a picture of Nikole - who doesn't look very happy! I asked why Nikole had a sad face and she said that Nik is sad because her puppy dog has been naughty. Nik's doggy Ebony has been escaping and running away quite a bit lately!

Baby Shower

2009-12-13T16:33:00.001+11:00

Here's the card I made for Nik's baby shower. Lots of blue as she is expecting a blue bundle of joy. Have added some baby stickers in blues to make a cute card.

Nik's Birthday Card

2009-12-13T16:24:00.002+11:00

Well I've been a bit tardy with putting up cards that I've made lately. Here's Nik's birthday card from a few weeks ago. I found some lovely material flowers at a craft show and stuck these onto some pretty paper. Have also stuck on some little paper flowers with jewels already on them. The ribbon also had Happy Birthday on it so it was a matter of sticking that on as well. Got to love purple and greens - and with the sparkly butterfly the card comes up very well.

Karen's Birthday

2009-11-18T16:55:00.003+11:00

Here's a card I made for Karen's Birthday on the 12th November. One of my favourite colour combinations is hot pink and black - it always looks so striking. I have used a Hero Arts flower stamp and the Happiness stamp is also from Hero Arts. I hope Karen had a lovely birthday!!!!

Hayley's First Birthday

2009-11-08T10:21:00.002+11:00

Here's a very special birthday card for a very special little girl. Gotta love pinks and purples especially when you are 1! The "one" stamps are from Hero Arts, the swirl stamp used in the middle of the one is from Fiskars, and the little mouse stamp from Penny Black. Hope Hayley has a lovely day in sunny Queensland.

Birthday card for Nanna

2009-10-30T21:30:00.004+11:00

Here's a card for my Nanna. She has turned 94 this week - how fantastic is that! I've stamped the Penny Black rose stamp using marvy markers straight onto the stamp - and then ghosted the image by stamping straight away without reinking. The words are by Hero Arts and stamped with black pigment ink.

Mick's Birthday

2009-10-20T11:02:00.003+11:00

Here's a boy card for our friend Mick. He loves fish so I stamped a fish stamp 3 times in cranberry ink - then masked the fish and stamped the net stamp over the top in black. Penny Black Happy Birthday stamp in black ink as well.

New Baby

2009-09-24T20:20:00.004+10:00

Here's some photos of our new baby due in February 2010 - so we are just on half way.

Caitlin's 4th Birthday

2009-09-24T19:59:00.003+10:00

Here's the card I made for my little girl who had her 4th birthday recently. The little girl stamp is by Whipper Snapper and the enjoy your birthday stamp is by Hero Arts. I've added some punched flowers, some pretty pink petals, and cut out roughly the orange petals for the big flower. Some of the flowers have been topped off with kindy glitz or some buttons.

Another Birthday

2008-12-07T20:39:00.004+11:00

Here's a card for a friend - just sent in the mail so I won't reveal who yet. Again have used the pretty Hero Arts stamp for the background with Marvy Markers, Penny Black happy birthday stamp, and swirl and flower punches. Little stick on gems for the flowers.

Nik's Birthday

2008-12-07T20:35:00.003+11:00

Nik loves purples and greens - so here is a pretty card for her birthday!! I have used a Hero Arts stamp with marvy markers to make the pretty background. The birthday stamp is from Penny Black. Plus I love using the swirl punch - makes a lovely feature on the card.
Happy Birthday Nik!!

Baby Emily

2008-11-16T17:36:00.002+11:00

There must be something in the water at the moment. We seem to know so many people who are having babies this year!!! Our dear friends Peter and Michelle's beautiful baby girl arrived on Friday - 5 weeks early!!! We've been down to see her very happy but exhausted parents - and Michelle is getting a lot better -she had a very complicated birth. Baby Emily is perfect but so tiny!

I really enjoyed making the card for Hayley last week so I decided to go with a similar theme. I used some lovely spotty paper and pretty embellishments (punched flowers and flower stickers) with a similar stamp layout to last time. I'm pretty pleased with how this turned out.

Karen's Birthday

2008-11-16T17:31:00.002+11:00

A pretty birthday card for my friend Karen. Very pink and girly with bright pink cardstock. I've used pink marvy markers on the Hero Arts flower stamp to create a pretty background. Stamp It sentiment in black. I've punched out some spirals in black cardstock to make the pretty curls. It's a bit hard to see in this picture but there are pretty hot pink sparkly flowers (that have self adhesive) added to the curls.

Hayley's Arrived

2008-11-16T17:25:00.003+11:00

My friend Karen had a little girl on the 7th November. Here's the card I made to celebrate the safe arrival of Hayley Emma. Bazzil cardstock background. Image tree baby stamp. Hero Arts capital letters and Hero Arts "love" stamp. Added some pretty embellishments and punched flowers.

Congrats to Karen, David and Kirrily on the arrival of their beautiful daughter and sister!!

Spring Birthday!

2008-08-10T20:15:00.004+10:00

Here's a card that I have made early (hard to believe I know!!) for my Mum's Birthday in early September. I thought I'd go for flowers since her birthday is at the beginning of spring - & also because I just love flower stamps!! The flower stamp that I have used in the background is from Victoria's Secret - stamped in an olive ink. I have also punched out the cardstock that I stamped this image on and used pink and olive punched flowers as well. I have added green gem to set the flowers off.

Tim's Birthday

2008-08-10T20:07:00.005+10:00

Here's a card for my brother-in-law's birthday. I love this huge Hero Arts stamp - it's perfect for boy cards! In the background I have stamped some circle Hero Arts stamps in different sizes (some of them are very hard to see in the scanned image). All mounted on black and aqua cardstock.

Wedding Acceptance Card

2008-07-03T19:17:00.002+10:00

Here's a wedding acceptance card for my brother-in-law's wedding. I had fun with the punches for this card. The swirl punch was pretty effective here. Have stamped the heart image with a versacolor cardinal ink. The acceptance stamp again with the cardinal ink and then a black ink for over the top.

Amanda's Birthday Card

2008-07-03T19:13:00.004+10:00

Here's a card I made for Amanda's Birthday. It has some really pretty flowers from Hero Arts. I've used Marvy Markers for the main image and added some crystals to set the flower off. The background flowers on the purple cardstock have been stamped with a vellum pad and then chalked over with purple chalk. The script stamp on the green paper is from Stamp-It. I'm very proud of the bow - I'm finally getting the nack of tying a pretty bow!! Sorry this image is so blurry - it didn't come out that great on the scanner.

Why have there been no cards lately?

2008-03-23T21:20:00.003+11:00

Well - the last few months have been full of excitement! We've sold our house, moved in with my parents to save money, and have bought a block of land to build on. Hopefully we will be in the new house around Christmas! So the scanner has been packed away in the move - but hopefully it will re-emerge soon so some more cards can be scanned in. Today I actually got to spend a few hours stamping - such luxury!! Have made some birthday cards and have begun work on some Mother's Day cards. Also have some 60th birthday cards, my husband's 30th birthday card, and an engagement card to make - will have to get moving on all of these!
Oh - and did I mention - I have also gone back to work full-time. So now you can see why stamping has been right down the list of priorities!

Happy New Year!

2008-01-04T20:01:00.001+11:00

Happy New Year everyone! I know - I've been extremely slack posting. Just been busy busy busy!! Anyway, New Year's resolution is to try to make more cards and post them. This one I've made for my Father-In-Law's birthday. Base card is baby blue in colour. Background images are "Celebrate" from the Hero Arts "Original Definitions" set and "Squiggle" from Lucy's Stamps. Foreground "Sea Horse" image is from Lucy"s Stamps. Have stamped Celebrate with tricolour Brilliance (Peacock) pad. Sea Horse stamped with Versa Color Turquoise pad. Squiggle stamped with Versa Color Cyan pad. Have also used this to go around the edges of the white card stock. Sea Horse image mounted on mint green cardstock. Have used clear kindyglitz on the corners of the sea horse image.

Paul's Birthday Card

2007-09-27T08:08:00.000+10:00

Here's the birthday card I made for my brother. Background yellow cardstock - I've stamped with Versamagic ink the present stamp and then chalked over with orange chalk. Bird and saying stamps stamped on white cardstock with black archival ink. Coloured with watercolour pencils and blended in with the Dove blender pen. All Stamps from Hero Arts - Clear Design Bird sets.

September Wedding

2007-09-10T03:07:00.001+10:00

We are going to a wedding in a couple of weeks time. Have stamped on white gloss cardstock the love and cherish stamps from Hero Arts in white Versa Color ink and then embossed in fine white embossing powder. Swiped some Versa Magic chalk pads over the cardstock (Pink Petunia, Wheat, and Perfect Plumeria colours) - buffed with a tissue. Swiped around the card with a gold pad and embossed with gold powder. Ended up restamping the love an cherish words over the original stamped image - just to make it stand out a bit more. Have punched small retro flowers (EK Success) out of gold wrapping paper; deep pink cardstock; and some petal design paper (recycled from the lining of an envelope).

Caitlin's Blanket

2007-09-08T20:48:00.001+10:00

Here's the reason why I haven't been stamping as much over the last few months. Have been crocheting Caitlin a blanket - finished it in time for her birthday last week! I'm very happy with how my first crocheted piece has turned out.

Ben's Birthday Card

2007-09-06T21:22:00.001+10:00

My friend's little boy has turned one! Here's the birthday card I made for him. Unfortunately the "one" word is a bit hard to see on the card in the scanned image. It has beenb stamped in a aqua blue colour as well as yellow. Giraffe is from Stamp-It; Happy Birthday from Penny Black, "one" from Hero Arts Clear Design number one set. Patterned papers used in background.

Father's Day Card

2007-08-26T14:03:00.001+10:00

Well it's Father's Day next weekend, so I thought I'd better get started with making some cards. I have heaps to make this week - 3 father's day cards, a birthday card for Caitlin, a birthday card for Mum - all due this coming weekend! Stress!!!
I have been sick the last few weeks and have had no motivation to do cards. Last night I made this card for my Dad and I'm really happy with how it came out. Had fun with resist embossing - I do love this technique. Have used a Hero Arts clear fern stamp (letter F in the alphabet range of stamps) - embossed in white on white gloss card. Have swiped over the top with VersaMagic Dew Drop chalk pads Spanish Olive and Aegean Blue. Polished with a tissue - then swiped gold over the cardstock and embossed with gold embossing powder. For the Father word - have used the large F from the Hero Arts clear F stamp set and letters from a Hero Arts Classic Alphabet set. All mounted on blue and olive cardstock.

Wedding Acceptance Card

2007-07-29T17:22:00.001+10:00

Opened card - I have blocked out the message I have written.

Card closed.

We have been invited to another wedding that is on in September. Grape bazzil cardstock has been used. Folded in half and then folded one of the halves in half again - the folds from left to right go mountain fold then valley fold. Have stamped on white cardstock the Hero Arts florentine scroll background. Cut a strip for the front left of the card - butted against the mountain fold. Ends of card I have attached small strips of silver cardstock. With scrap florentine stamped card have cut out heart shape and then some larger hearts in grape and silver. Mounted all together and then stuck half the heart over the florentine scroll so that mountain fold is in the middle of the heart. The acceptance stamp embossed in silver is from Lucy's Stamps.

Enjoy

2007-07-29T17:13:00.001+10:00

I made this card for a friend who has just got a new job. A grape coloured Bazzil cardstock has been used for the base of the card. Have stamped Hero Arts Florentine Scroll Background stamp in VersaMagic Perfect Plumeria on white cardstock and mounted onto grape card. On some smaller white cardstock I swiped the Perfect Plumeria over the card and then stamped Hero Arts "Great Enjoy" stamp in the same colour and then mounted on silver cardstock. Then mounted this on card so that it overlapped the grape and florentine sections. Punched out grape cardstock with large Kikyou punch and again some scrap white card with the florentine pattern on it. Also with a small Kikyou punched out some small flowers in grape cardstock. Mounted these as shown and topped with a crystal on each flower.
This is the first bit of stamping I've done in a little while. I've been madly crocheting Caitlin's blanket. It is nearly there! Will post a picture when it is complete.

Asian Birthday Card

2007-07-08T13:22:00.001+10:00

This is a card that I've made for my friend Peter. Also made another the same for my brother-in-law. I try to make multiple cards now of the same design so that I have enough cards when a birthday comes around. Just too little time to do some stamping with a toddler in the house! The background of this cardstock has been stamped with a Lucy's Texture Cube in vanilla versacolor (you can't see it on the scanned image - but it just gives the cardstock a nice aged appearance). The crane image is also a Lucy's stamp - stamped in pinecone versacolor. The edges of the cardstock have been swiped with the pinecone ink. Image has then been mounted onto gold cardstock.

I haven't had much time to stamp lately, but I have been crocheting a blanket for Caitlin - so I will try to upload a picture of the finished product soon. I'm hoping to have it completed in 2-3 weeks! It's been nice crocheting on cold winter nights and watching the show Heroes. Saw the final episode of season 1 - can't wait to see season 2 now!

Sympathy Card

2007-06-19T09:57:00.000+10:00

I've just made this card for a friend whose Mum passed away last week. White gloss card with Stamp-It Dandelion stamped in white versacolor and embossed with fine white embossing powder. Have swiped light and dark blue chalk pads, plus a pink chalk pad over the gloss card and then rubbed it down with a tissue. Swiped a gold ink pad around the edge and then embossed with gold embossing powder. Image was then mounted on textured blue cardstock.

Ribbons

2007-06-14T13:27:00.001+10:00

A quick card using Hero Arts ribbon stamp set and sentiment. Ribbons have been stamped with versacolor inks. Have used Fiskars scissors on the cardstock around the sentiment and raised it up with foam tape.

Well I'm exhausted after all of these posts!! I find it easier to upload a few cards in one hit - but I had quite a few I needed to upload this time.

Jamaican Forget-Me-Not

2007-06-14T13:23:00.001+10:00

You may have worked out I'm addicted to Hero Arts stamps (as well as flower stamps in general!). Again all stamps from Hero Arts except the sentiment on the vellum card - this is from Stamp-It. Have been playing with the Marvy Markers again. The sentiment stamps have been embossed either in gold or black embossing powder.

More Flowers!

2007-06-14T13:19:00.001+10:00

This design was in a stamping magazine - and I just had to make it myself!! I love how simple the design is. All stamps are from Hero Arts.

It is giving me some ideas to try out on other cards now. I like how the silver embossing on the torn vellum makes this card so elegant.

Dry Embossed Cards

2007-06-14T13:13:00.000+10:00

Here's some more of the dry embossed cards that I did in a class a while back now. All stamping has been done with a sepia ink pad. Images have been coloured with chalks - as has the dry embossing. The flowers on the first two cards have been cut out and raised up with foam tape. The third card has a printed flower border raised up with foam tape.

Pretty Cards Take 2

2007-06-14T13:05:00.000+10:00

Here's some more cards with the pretty stripey background. All stamps are from Hero Arts. Again have used the tri-coloured brilliance pad for the background and wavy word border, and Marvy Markers for the flowers.

Background Work

2007-06-07T11:05:00.001+10:00

I've been playing with my new Aud Design stamps. I'm planning on making a card or scrapbook page with this background. Have been using the resist-embossing technique again because it is just so pretty!!! Will post the end result when I finish things up. Now I just need to wave my magic wand and produce a few more hours to stamp away in!!

Pretty Happy Birthday Card

2007-06-07T11:00:00.001+10:00

I'm a bit disappointed with how this card looks in the scanned image. The cardstock border around the flower looks very blue compared to how it looks normally! Again I've used the Hero Arts stipes - this time with a tri-coloured Brilliance pad. Wavy Happy Birthday is from Hero Arts and stamped with the same ink pad. Flower also from Hero Arts - have used blue, purple, and pink Marvy Markers.

Again - I think this looks better in real life than via the scanner!

Birthday Card For James

2007-06-07T10:55:00.000+10:00

Here's a card for my new brother-in-law. I haven't had much time to stamp lately - so this was a very quick card!! Stripes are from a Hero Arts stamp - have used blue and green marvy markers for the colour. Happy Birthday stamp is from Penny Black - inked in Denim Adirondack ink. I think this card looks better standing on the shelf! The scanner sort of harshens up the image a bit.

Stitched Flower

2007-05-20T15:35:00.001+10:00

I've used the same Flower Stamp (Hero Arts) from the previous post. Image has been embossed with fine black embossing powder and then coloured with Marvy Markers. Some Kindy-Glitz has also been added. The background image is a scroll stamp from Aud Design - again embossed with fine black embossing powder. I love this stamp!

I Love Flower Stamps

2007-05-20T15:28:00.001+10:00

My stamping friends have a bit of a laugh at me because of my addiction to flower stamps. I have drawers full of them - yet I always manage to convince myself that I need more. I'm trying to be very good and not buy anymore for a while (the craft fair in Sydney is coming up at the end of June - need to save my pennies for that). Here's a card with a flower stamp I purchased a couple of months ago - it's from Hero Arts. The image has been embossed with silver embossing powder and then coloured with metallic pencils. Word borders are also from Hero Arts and embossed the same way.

Cameron's Birthday Card

2007-05-20T15:22:00.000+10:00

It's my husband's birthday tomorrow (21st May). Here's the card I have made for him using Aud's circle/dot stamp; Lucy's dragon stamp; words by Stamp-It. Inside the card I've used Aud's stamp again and a Hero Arts sentiment stamp. I think he will like this card - he's into Dungeons and Dragons and sci-fi/fantasy books!

Photo Booklet

2007-05-09T21:12:00.000+10:00

This is the photo booklet I started a few weeks back in a class. I gave it to my Mum yesterday and she loved it! There are photos of my Nanna, Mum, me and my daughter Caitlin.

I even managed to put some of Aud's lovely sentiment stamps in the booklet. They arrived just before I finished making it!

Mother's Day

2007-05-09T09:30:00.000+10:00

Here's some Mother's Day cards that I've made this year. I made 5 cards with this design for mothers and grandmothers in our family. The idea came from the Stampendous website (www.stampendous.com) in the projects section. I didn't have any of their stamps so I have used similar stamps to them.

Wedding Card

2007-05-08T11:05:00.000+10:00

I made this card last night for my sister-in-law's wedding this weekend. I've still got to put a verse or something inside the card yet. All stamps are by Hero Arts. Burgundy Versa Color ink has been used for the hearts and clear embossed. The "love border" stamp has been stamped with versa mark ink and embossed with fine black embossing powder.

Other news I've been madly cutting out Aud's stamps that I received in the mail the other day. I've even managed to use some of Aud's sentiments stamps in a mini-booklet I've made for my Mum. Just got to download the photos of the booklet and I will upload to the blog!

Dry Embossed Card

2007-05-08T11:01:00.000+10:00

A card that I made in a class the other day using a corner stencil for dry embossing. Chalks added to lift the embossing effect. A picture has been added with magic mount and also chalked over. A l little bit of the embossed areas have been cut out to show the base card through the design.

Thank You

2007-05-06T10:18:00.000+10:00

Here's a card I did for my cousin. It was a very quick and easy card to make. Background stamp is from Lucy's Stamps - have used shadow ink. Flower and Thank You tag are from Hero Arts.
I'm trying to get some time to finish off some cards. I'm madly working on mother's day cards, a birthday card for Cam's Mum, and a wedding card for his sister - everything needs to be finished by Wednesday before we go tripping off to the wedding in Canberra! Expect some posts soon with new cards - hopefully I will be able to fit time in to scan them onto the computer.

Star Card

2007-05-02T19:00:00.000+10:00

Cam's Nanna was 90 not long ago. This is the card I made for her birthday. Lots of my stamping friends let me use their stamps so that I could have a variety of sayings and images for this card. For the front cover I printed out a photo on normal paper and then put some acetate over the top. Made the frame out of thick cardboard - covered it in gold ink and then put on Utee embossing powder. Did a few layers. The last layer I put gold embossing powder on it and then while it was hot stamped a Hero Arts flower design around into the frame. All other stamping within the star card has been with a gold ink pad and gold embossing powder.

I Love Red

2007-04-28T08:43:00.000+10:00

Well it's not my favourite colour - but it is for my friend Gaileen! I was inspired by her favourite colour when making this card. Base card is red bazzill cardstock. Have used some scrapbooking paper - painted design for the bottom of the card. Red and pink cardstock used for the tag, punched flowers and flower border at the top of the card. All stamping has been stamped with white versa color ink and then embossed with Stampendous Ultra Detail white embossing powder. Stamps - flower border and tag are from Hero Arts; Happy Birthday words from Stamp-It. Punches are from EK Success. On the punched flowers I have swiped around the edges of the petals with the white versa color pad to soften things up a bit. Have also used some textured thread and a gemstone on the card.

Dad's Birthday Card

2007-04-24T17:14:00.000+10:00

It was my Dad's birthday a couple of weeks ago. Here's a card designed especially for him! Car is from Stamp-It (Australia) and the Harlequin pattern is from Hero Arts. Birthday Wishes stamp is a clear stamp from Inkadinkado. Deep brown and red cardstock along with striped paper have been used. Technique - stamped the car in pinecone versacolor ink and then masked it. Then stamped harlequin pattern over the top with burgundy versacolor ink. Sponged some vanilla versacolor ink over the harlequin pattern with a tissue to get an aged look. Stamped car again and clear embossed on another piece of cardstock and then cut out and put over the top of the base image with magic mount (it's a bit hard to see the extra dimension in the scanned photo).

I'm pretty happy with how this card turned out. Boys cards can be hard to do!!

Sorry about how this displays on the blog with all the blank space below the image. Will have to work out how to crop this out.

House Warming Card

2007-04-23T10:17:00.000+10:00

Hi again! Here's a card that I gave to my friends Megan and Peter who are setting up their new home. A quick and easy card to make - the "a new home" stamp came with Craft Stamper (UK) magazine and the background flowers stamp is from Fern Gully Stamps (Australia). Background flowers are stamped in orchid versacolor ink. New home is stamped in archival ink and coloured with watercolour pencils. Kindyglitz to jazz it up a bit!

My First Post

2007-04-21T20:52:00.002+10:00

Hi. Thought I'd start the ball rolling with a card I made for my husband for Valentine's Day. Base card is Bazzil cardstock. In the background I have used the resist embossing technique. The heart border on black cardstock is embossed with white embossing powder. The main heart has been stamped in black on purple paper and then swiped over with Versamark and then clear embossed. All stamps are from Hero Arts.