A Favoutite

I thought I’d share one of my absolute favourite Make it Crafty images. The very first time I came across MIC was when someone posted a card made with one of the gorgeous whimsical houses . I couldn’t resist hopping straight over to the store and buying a few and the Mushroom house has to be one of my favourites, especially for making ” Welcome to your new home” cards!

I thought a pencil coloured one, just for a change!!! so I coloured with prismas and polychromos onto kraft. The paper is Prima Fairy Flora, with some  mesh and a key charm from my stash. The sentiment I created in word, after finally figuring out how to get the spacing to suit! Took a while, but realised using individual text boxes and text wrapping, I could put what I wanted where I wanted. Yay!

To round out the scene I actually added Daffodil dell digi onto each side of the house digi, by merging them in Word.

To finish off this adorable setting what could be better than some MIC dragonflies and a butterfly coloured with copic R27 then stickled, and roundleaf chippies which I coloured with copics G99.

MIC products used:

Daffodil Dell 

Mushroom House

Dragonflies

Butterfly

Round leaves

A Cute doggie

I made this card a wee while ago , after my pencils arrived and I spent hours playing with them. This gorgeous little dog is a Chrissy Armstrong stamp from Whimsy , cute huh?

The copper foil I ran through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder, the gorgeous delicate chipboard corners are from Make it Crafty ( I'm trying to stop hoarding these, I love them!) The flowers are from my stash.

I've been unwell the last few weeks, started with a cold and a hoarse voice, which led over Easter weekend to a total loss of voice....and its still (2 weeks later) no more than a squawk and squeak with the occasional burst of sound. Everyone thinks its hilarious and the jokes are flying about how quiet it is, and everyone must be loving it....yeh, yeh, whatever! The doctor's instructions were to keep my mouth shut, no mouth breathing, no talking, no whispering......have you ever tried it? IMPOSSIBLE!  
 So if anyone finds my voice out there....please send it back, I'm REALLY over this!


I'm entering this card in Di's Digi designs- animal friends
                           and Paper Play - animal antics

Fairy Dahlia

This is  my first time colouring the gorgeous Fairy Dahlia and she is sitting on the fairy chair, both available from Make it Crafty.

I merged these two digis using word, Zoe has a great tutorial on doing this and its SOOOOO easy!   Anyway, I printed onto kraft cardstock  so that I could have another play with my new polychromos pencils, did I mention I have 120 of them? LOL!   I’m having so much fun with them my copics are being neglected.

Anyway, I’ve used some gorgeous prima paper and edged all the pieces with picket fence distress crackle paint, before layering the pieces, with some bits of muslin cloth. The flowers are all from my stash. The chipboard corners I left plain this time to try and balance out the kraft paper a bit. I adore these corners as they finish off a card so nicely.

 The Whimsy garden stamp I’ve  stamped onto white cardstock and sprayed with 2 colours of glimmermist to blend in with the backing papers.



And there we have it, a sweet girly card . Hope you find a little inspiration in this.

Make it Crafty products used:

Fairy Dahlia

 Fairy Chair

Delicate Corners  chipboard

Fancy folds

The challenge over at Southern Girls is to use fancy folds, ie not your normal plain card.   I decided to make a stair step card, because I've never done one before. 

The image is One of the pack ( Lycaonia)  from delicious Doodles, the paper I can't remember....its from my stash anyway!  As is the seam binding ehich I hand-dyed with distress inks.  The dark brown metal strip is from Ten Second studio, I love this stuff but hardly ever use it!

 I've been at home the last couple of days, with severe laryngitis.No real sore throat, just no voice.  Never had it like this before, I sound like a chipmunk who has been inhaling helium! Squeak, squeak!  The dogs love it, they can ignore me, and I'm sure DH is loving it too, soooo quiet! LOL!  

Sew it

Well I had to get the sewing machine out to do some alterations on new pants for DH and decided while it was out to have a play with sewing some cards too.  Its really not a biggie to set it up but I guess I'm lazy and don't usually bother. Anyway, this cutie image is from Marianne Design and she is called Sweet Daisy. 

The paper is MME and the gorgeous chipboard frame is from Make it Crafty and can be found HERE

I'm entering this in Willow Sketchie Challenge- lots of layers

Big Boys

A card for a teenage boy , don't you just hate them?  This card was sooooooo hard to put together and I don't like it that much but what can ya do?  At least he's a cool surfer dude (from Mo Manning) , and the paper looks suitably dirty! LOL!

I'm entering this in Waste Not Wednesday challenge- the paper I've had for years and years, the hardware is SU stuff I've had forever . 

Brodie

Our boy is on the mend! Yay!  A week of antibiotics stopped the spread of his icky lip and started to heal it, and the addition of steroids on Thursday made a huge difference almost overnight. He's going to be his handsome self again in no time! He even had a play date with Solly this week to cheer him up.

And Riley, my little agility star, won 2 silver medals at the Taranaki Masters games  Dog Agility last Sunday!  Go wee gingernut!

Brodie's afternoon out

Poor Brods is a bit under the weather and  had his playdate cancelled yesterday cos he suddenly developed a very red, sore top lip and we didn't want to risk him hurting himself. He's on antibiotics.....if they don't work then further investigations will be necessary and that means a general anaesthetic for a biopsy.  We felt sorry for him and since it was such a lovely day, we took him for a bit of a blat down the beach.

Check out his poor sore face.....

Red Blue & yellow

Southern Girls have a new challenge up and we want you to use the colours red, blue and yellow.    And we have FOUR sponsors this time around and I've used a Marianne Design stamp and some Marianne Dies for my card, as they are one of the sponsors for the challenge.   I' m loving these stamps , some real cuties!  I've coloured my image with my new polychromo pencils....yes, my copics are being neglected :(  .   The paper I've used is just scraps from my pile...not sure what they are.

A simple card

This is a quick card I made for a friend who competes and judges in the Dog Agility scene in NZ. Last weekend he had a tragic fire in his house which claimed the life of his adored agility dog, 7 year old Rapid. He was away for the day, at a dog show and Rapid was left at home in a crate, still recovering from surgery .  It was a shock to everyone of course but most of all to him. Last year he and his two dogs walked 2325 km around the South Island in 69 days , raising more than $22,000 for Cancer support.

RIP Rapid.

Not a card but I've been playing

At last! A chance to play with my 120 polychromo pencils!   I'm in LUUUURRRRVE!   And I'm too busy to make a card, I have more images to colour! And I need lots of practice. Hehehehe!

This week at Make it Colourful, the challenge is to colour with green.   Don't forget this is a colouring challenge, it doesn't have to be a card or other project. You can see what the DT have done if you pop over to the gallery HERE.

Did ya miss me?

We left home Monday morning after dropping off two of the dogs ( Vinnie goes with mama!)  to their babysitters, headed off in Bryan ,the Kombi,  for a trip around the East Cape of NZ.   Got as far as Waverley when we started to notice engine problems  ( that's only 30 minutes from home!) which then came right, until Marton when he decided to stop on us.  A few minutes mucking around, restarted , drove to an auto electrician, fitted a new coil and we were off again! Yay!

First night at Kuripapango, a beautiful doc camping spot beside the Ngaruroro river , no one there but us! The next morning to Napier, called in to see my brother & his wife and their son and his new dog. What a cutie Speedy is!
Then on to Wairoa, a night at Mum's, caught up with another brother, then headed off to our next overnight stop at Anaura Bay via Tolaga Bay and a walk along its wharf.   The next day it was on through Tokomaru bay, another wharf visit, Waipiro Bay, lunch at Te Araroa where there was a huge contingent of police with plane and helicopter for their marijuana search! LOL! A quick visit to Lottin Point then the night was spent at Waihau Bay, beside the hotel and store where the movie " Boy" was filmed.
 We headed off early , stopped to take some pics of the church at Raukokore where the penguins nest

We were intending staying a night at Lake Whakamaru when we got there but a check of the weather on the internet warned us of the nasty weather heading our way so we packed up and took off, driving into increasing rain and decreasing temps, but luckily no wind at that stage.  That hit in the early hours of this morning while we were lying in bed , very glad we were home and not in the van , and hoping our roof stayed on !  The garden is a bit worse for wear, branches down, plants flattened , and most of the ripening pears on the tree are now on the ground! Grrrr!  Brodie likes that though,  yummmmmmmmmm!  Tasty treats!!!!!

Brodie again!

I made another card yesterday with the Brodie dog cos its so cute! Brodie had visitors yesterday (well they actually came to see me but don't tell him that!)  and this is what he was doing! Then after the initial excitement is over , present them with a toy of course...play with me? Please?  

We've actually got some sunshine today, and its hot and its humid .  A day of almost constant rain yesterday and everything is pretty damp.

Another doggie

Its been a very wet day here, though definitely not cold. The dogs got a run, then we retired to my craftroom to colour and throw some paper and stuff around...the result, a card or two!   I was given this image, from Kitty Lane to colour up, along with the happy brodie dog stamp, which I couldn't resist colouring again.
Anyway, I'm sorry I don't know what this image is called but its another cutie and these stamps can be ordered by contacting Fay .

Check it Out!!!

Tracy has some yummy candy!

Follower candy and

 birthday candy!

A Simple card...

I know I don't do simple, just doesn't feel finished! LOL!  But this card is for an older man in our dog training club who has recently come out of hospital.   I was given this gorgeous doggie stamp from Kitty Lane stamps and knew immediately it would have to go on this card! LOL! It's BRODIE!!!!! Yep, even Tracy recognised him!

I used a mixture of copics, prisma pencils and my new polychromo pencils that just arrived.   I'm just drooling over the colour range of pencils I have now, but can see I need lots of practice. Might just have to spend ALL of my spare time colouring......LOL!
  

I'm getting distressed

For the challenge this fortnight at Southern Girls!   This was a quick card, and for the first time I have used a pre-coloured image! These little cuties are from Little Claire Designs, and I love the watercoloured look to them. Great for the challenge theme I thought.

The chipboard swirls are from MIC, the ribbon is from Linda the Funkie Junkie and the diecut is a Memory box die....did I tell you I love these dies? LOL!


I'm off work now for 2 weeks, to prepare for our Agility show, then have a holiday over in Hawkes Bay. And guess what, the weather is crap!  Rain, rain, more rain....it's been a non-existent summer this year , I'm feeling ripped off!  

Are you ready?

Not one, Not two but THREE COMPANIES have come together to bring you a  fantastic collection of images, sentiments and even matching embellishments to  get your creative minds flowing with ideas!

WHO  ARE THEY??

  If you have been  following the lead up to our big release then you may have taken a stab at  guessing who we are.
  If you guessed...
 
  Whimsy Stamps, Make it Crafty & Little Miss  Muffet Stamps!
 
  Then  you are correct!! Woot!

Now as you can  imagine there are HEAPS of prizes to be won but before all that, join us on our  incredible inspiration hop where the talented girls from our teams share  different ways you can combine our products.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

  With it being  Valentine's Day, of course the theme has an element of love... whether it be friendships,  a thank you or even a romantic kiss in Paris... you are sure to feel the love  all round.

So if you have just  popped by to say hi and stumbled into this hop you may want to

  START AT THE BEGINNING!
  Otherwise you should have arrived from Mariska.

Firstly, the two characters are new releases from Little Miss Muffet Stamps , Wilma-Kay Hatter and Natalia, part of the fabulous Paris release designed by the lovely Barbara.

 The background is made from individual elements from Make It Crafty, the New Paris release. There will be some ready made scenes also for those quaking in their boots at the thought of building a background! LOL!

The gorgeous sentiment is from the new Fanciful Birthday notables from Whimsy Stamps. I love the gorgeous sentiments they have!   So many lovely shapes with matching dies to make cutting out so easy. 

The chipboard surrounding the sentiment is a new range designed by Zoe at Make it Crafty , and I've coloured mine with copics. 

PRIZES & SURPISES & A CHALLENGE!!

  Make sure you comment  along the way for a chance at winning a few extra goodies and once you reach  the end, we'll share all the details on the prizes you can win and we even have  a fun challenge you can enter which could win you a feature in the upcoming  Whimsy Magazine! Wooohoo!

Did we just hear you scream?

    "I LOVE THESE PRODUCTS AND I WANT THEM NOW!"

haha - they are  awesome right? Our ideas just exploded!!

  Well they are available RIGHT NOW!!
  Whimsy Stamps Store | Make it Crafty Store | Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store

So where to next you  ask??

  JUMP on over to my  friend Vicky!

Spring Colours

The challenge at Make it Colourful is to use spring colours. How easy is that?    I coloured this cute image from Whimsy with prismas, made a card, took a picture, didn't like it, so I recoloured the image a bit to brighten it. The paper is from Prima, floral diecut is from Memory Box and flowers from my stash.

Now hop on over to the gallery to check out what everyone has been doing! 

Have you heard?

There are 3 companies releasing together soon ...I wonder who they are?!!!!!  Check out the blinkie on the right and click on it for some more clues!