Southern Girls Challenge & Artfull Crafts Combined post

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A double up post today sharing a card made for the SOUTHERN GIRLS CHALLENGE for this fortnight which is Angels & Fairies and also my post for ARTFULL CRAFTS - MY FAV COLOUR COMBO.

I have used "Free Falling Fairy Keisha" from Just some lines who are our sponsor over at Southern Girls for this challenge.

I am currently very smitten with the new basic grey releases, What's Up & Shine On. They both have a gorgeous spring/summer feel and I am definitely feeling like some warmth in my life at the moment. For my card I have used the What's Up paper pad with the lovely pink and blue combo.
I coloured my image with copic markers and highlighted parts of the image with stickles. I also used the following Marianne Creatables dies... Flower & Leaves (L0156), Five Small Flowers (LR0145),Butterfly (LR0113). Thanks loads for coming and checking out my card and I hope you like it.

I am entering my card in the following Challenges.......

Marianne Design Divas - Anything goes

Fab & Funky Challenges - Make your own flowers

Everybody Art Challenge - Summer

Stampin plus challenge - anything goes

Papertake Challenge - All things Girlie

Yummy little layout

Hi, I have a layout for Artfull Crafts to share today.
This month our centre stage company has been Fynmark and Ruby Rock-it.  I have used the Nostalgia Kit from Ruby Rock-It for my layout along with the photo from Zippy's first taste of solids......

He looks pretty impressed by them I must say, it is a shame it didn't last though :(  He has now completely gone of food since he had a sore throat.

That is is from me for today, I am back to resting up while I can until Monday when hubster goes back to work.

Artfull Crafts Quick Four

Hi I am here with you today to share four cards that are quick to make but fun to give, plus of course they have some great quotes which is our Artfull Crafts theme this month.

First up we have this card for a lovely mum in your life...............

 I have used Kaiser Cardstock, Versamark ink, clear embossing powder, stamp, Lake House rub on, punched leaves, flowers, brad sticker, flowers, labels and paper lace

Next is a pretty note card, perfect for sending to a friend.....

 Lake house paper - Springs & Resort , seam binding ribbon, lakehouse rubons, corner rounder punch, KaiserCraft Cardstock.

Another quick and easy note card, I have always loved this quote :)..........

 Lake House Papers - Springs & Resort, tag, heart tag, paper lace, Cardstock, lakehouse rubons,

And lastly........

  Lake House Papers - Springs & Resort, Cardstock, lace & trim, spellbinders embossing folder - Flora

Thanks loads for joining me and I hope you will give some quick and easy cards a go, they are a great way of using up leftovers from layouts or even using a couple of sheets of 12x12 and give away as a gift.

Going to the Zoo with Teresa Collins & Artfull Crafts

Hi,  am here today with a layout using some of the fantastic Teresa Collins Fabrications Canvas products available in the Artfull Crafts shop 

I used some photos of the kids looking at the Giraffes when we went to the Zoo in the Christmas School holidays.

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Close up of the glimmer glam.....

For my layout I have used the following products...

Fabrications Canvas Paper - Orange Tapestry

Fabrications Canvas Paper - Green Damask

Fabrications Canvas - Die Cuts

KaiserCraft White Cardstock

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam - Rockin On Sunshine

Bakers Twine

Jillibean Soup Cardboard Alphas

Thanks loads for looking and be sure to check out the fabulous Teresa Collins products at Artfull Crafts :)

Artfull Crafts - A Rather Sweet OTP

Hi, my project for Artfull crafts for this week is a cute little house decorated with the gorgeous Kaisercraft Fine & Sunny Collection.  The house is a chipboard kitset which was sent to me by Trace ( my partner in crime over at Southern Girls Challenge).  I had lots of fun picking which embellishments and papers to use on this project as there are loads of cute ones in the collection.

 Here is the front of my house, the walls and roof are both from one piece of 12x12 RAINBOW paper.  I have added a sticker border along the bottom, stamped a pennant border from the fine & sunny stampset onto a paper from the 6.5 x 6.5 paper pad which is where the paper came from to make the flag.  The sun/clouds and the bird are from the layered chipboard pack.  The windows and doors?  Well I am sure they would look loads better if I had taken tech drawing at school.

 This is my side view, not very interesting, so we will move on to the next pic..........

This is the back of the house, but totally cute to boot! I used stickers to cover the yukky brown back of the layered Chipboard sun on the roof and also the apple tree is a sticker.  Again the stamped pennants and layered chipboard birdhouse and bird.

So that is it, a cute little project to sit on shelf in a childs room as a cute decoration.

Artfull Crafts, Quick and easy with Tigerlilly

I am going to share some elegant and simple cards with you using KaiserCraft Tigerlilly Collection. These were really quick to make as no stamping required which means I don't spend hours colouring and getting my image perfect :)

Both cards use pink cardstock, Tigerlilly 6.5x6.5 pad, Tigerlilly collectables and Tigerlilly Sticker sheet.

I have propped up the elements on both cards using foam tape. These are so pretty and really easy and this collection has the most gorgeous images and flourishes. You could make so many different types of cards with this collection.

ARTFULL CRAFTS & ECHO PARK COMBINED BLOGHOP

Welcome to the Echo Park Paper and Artfull Crafts Design Team Blog Hop! 

Be sure to follow the blog hop list below as you hop from one blog to the next and read carefully below as there are a few ways you can win some fabulous prizes. Return to the Echo Park Paper blog at any time for the next blogger on the list in case you get lost or confused!

Ways to win an Echo Park Collection Kit

1.       ONE winner will be selected from EACH blog to receive an Echo Park Paper collection kit of their choosing. To win for the kit, comments will be due by midnight EST, Sunday, March 25 to qualify. The winner will be announced on each blog Monday, March 26 so be sure to check back to see if you've won.

2.       TWO additional winners will be chosen to receive an Echo Park Collection kit from Artfull Crafts. To win this you must become a follower of each Artfull Crafts DT member and leave a comment on each of their blogs

Here is the hop list!

Echo Park Paper: http://www.echoparkpaper.typepad.com/

Leslie Ashe: http://leslieashe.blogspot.com/

Sandy Ang: http://angsandy.blogspot.com/

Linda Auclair: http://elendae.wordpress.com/

Betsy Clark: http://bestofbetsys.blogspot.com/

Nancy Damiano: http://www.thepaperorchard.blogspot.com/

Lowri McNabb: http://papervinenz.blogspot.com/

Amy Heller: http://www.amyheller.typepad.com/

Lisa Skinner: http://mypassiontoscrap.blogspot.com/

Christine Bonifacio: http://christinebcreates.blogspot.com/

Tamara Tripodi: http://happylifecraftywife.com/

Louise Forsyth: http://punknscrap2.blogspot.com/ === YOU ARE HERE

Wendy Sue Anderson: http://www.wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Gallacher: http://jengallacher.blogspot.com/

Artfull Crafts: http://artfullcrafts.blogspot.com/

For my Hop project I have made this layout of my daughter using Echo Park This & That Graceful Collection

The next blog to visit on the list is Wendy and don’t forget to leave a comment and become a follower to win some fabulous giveaways

Artfull Crafts Centre Stage - Echo Park Card

This month at Artfull Crafts we are focusing on Echo Park products. In an exciting new initiative Liz is teaming up with popular scrapbooking companies and they will be the focus by the design team for a whole month.

I have used some of the "Yours Truly" to make this card for someone who is travelling overseas.                                

I used stamps from hero arts for the sentiments and assorted flowers and a ribbon from the store to embellish.  I also stamped on the background layer with a KaiserCraft swirl stamp.

Be sure to check out the fabulous Echo Park Collections in the webshop, they are gorgeous, the papers are lovely and thick and the embellishments are fantastic.

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Lovey Dovey Family Album

 you on this lovely sunny Monday morning to share a Mini Album that I made with some family photos made with a wooden KaiserCraft Album and MME "Love Me" papers and accessory sheet.


Before I started each individual page I selected the papers I wanted for the base of the pages, trimmed them to size and stuck them down with modge podge then sealed them with MP as well.  Once the MP was dry I went around the edges of the album with Distress Crackle Paint  "Picket Fence"

 First up is the cover page.  I cut a title on my Cricut with "Opposites Attract" cartridge and inked the edges of the letters with distress inkpad "antique linen" and painted the inside of the flower with the picket fence paint.

 second page is embellished with bits of the accessory sheet and photos of my husband and daughter, Jodie.

 Third page I cut some large shapes from one of the papers and stuck them around the edges of the page and again used the accessory sheet to embellish. Then added the photos of Connor, Anguus and Jodie.

And the last page which will eventually have a photo of our baby William and myself (when I decide that one is suitable) is yet again decorated with the accessory sheet.

I used VERY few supplies in this album but with some paint, ink and dimensional adhesive it came together really nicely.  So a sweet way to make a relatively inexpensive album as a keepsake.

Artfull Crafts Valentines Treat

I'm here today with a cute little gift box and card for your Valentine.
The template is one I purchased quite some time ago from Timeless Templates?  I think that was where, anyway here is the box from a few angles.........

The papers and embellishments are all from the new MME LOVE ME  collection.  I have used the same collection on the card below.........

I am entering these in the following Challenges........

Creatalicious Challenges - <3Love<3
Crafty Annes Challenge - Love is in the air
Annabelle Stamps - Say it with Hearts
Emerald Faeries - Be My Valentine
Digi Doodle Shops Best - Love is in the air
Delicious Doodles - All Loved Up
Fairy tale Challenge - Love love love
Bling It On - Love is all around

Some Sewing Cards..........

Have you been to the Artfull Craft webshop and seen the bag a bargain packs?????  If not you should definitely check them out.  My first 2 cards are made with Cosmo Cricket (one of my very favourite companies) Material Girl papers and my sewing machine.

aren't they cute! I also used my sewing machine on paper (arghhhhhhhhh) a personal first for me as I always feared wrecking my precious sewing machine, but now I have started, I LOVE IT! I worked out you still need to backstitch just like on fabric.

Next up is a lil' primrose card, made with a 6.5x6.5 pad.  The flowers are from my stash and the leaves were punched.  The cage and bird were cut on my cricut.

You can see I made this card before I discovered the joys of "real" sewing, although the faux stitching looks great too and is very therapeutic when we are nearing the end of the school holidays :) 

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Fun with Modge Podge

I have had another busy week with it being the School Holidays but I have still managed to sneak away and get a few things made to ease my crafting bug.  Although with my SIL's birthday in a week or so I had the perfect excuse.  She loves pink and pale green so the new collection from KaiserCraft "Lil Primrose" is just perfect for her.  I have been harping on at her that she needs to start sending me her pictures as she draws adorable little animals and gorgeous flowers and I think they would make fabulous digital stamps, so give her a little motivation I have made her an Art Journal to put them in.  Once she has a few together I will get her organised to get them into files and start her an etsy shop.

Firstly here is her Birthday card......

I have used a selection of papers from the Lil Primrose 6x6 paper pad, cute frilled Gingham ribbon, prima innocence 2 flower, oval spellbinder nesties, distress ink and a KaiserCraft Lil Primrose stamp all available from Artfull Crafts.
The chipboard is some I won from Kellie's Blog when she was doing a 12 Days Of Christmas giveaway, and the other flowers are from my stash.  I coloured the image with prisma pencils.

I am entering this card in the following challenges...
Annabelle Stamps - Anything Goes
Cardmakin Mamas - Happy New Year
Crafty Catz Weekly challenge - Use Something New
Polkadoodles - Vintage/Retro



Now the Art Journal......

Again I used papers from the Lil Primrose 6x6 Pad.  I fussy cut some flowers from one of the sheets on both the art journal and the card. I used Glimmermist  on the lovely Prima resist canvas (teapot and butterfly), I cut out the label and the word "CREATE" on my cricut. there is 1/4 of a container of modge podge on here too, which is why the project took days instead of a few hours as I had to wait for layers to dry before moving onto the next one.

I am entering my art journal in the following challenges.....
Frosted Designs - Paint
Delicious Doodles - All things new
Fairytale Challenge blog - all things new
Simply Create too - Layers

Well that's me for now, hope you found a little inspiration. xox

Christmas Tags

A few gift tags to share with you.  I have actually made these for my children as decorations for the tree, hence the monogram letter on each one.

Firstly we have Connor's Tag.......

 For all three cards I cut 2 labels on my cricut with the George and basic shapes cartridge and stuck them together to make the tags a bit firmer.   For this tag I embossed a background in white ep with the music notes  stamp from the December 25 clear stamp set by KaiserCraft, I then painted with glimmer glam be positive, once the glimmer glam was dry I buffed with a chux cloth to bring out the white embossing. I stamped the  "25" from the December 25 stampset with versamark and embossed again with white EP, I then inked over with Distress ink in Fired Brick. I finished the tag with some spotted organza ribbon, bakers twine and an AC Thickers letter.

 Angus' tag took a lot longer to complete and looks very shiny and textured in real life.  I started by inking the tag with a sponge withDistress ink in Fired Brick, I then stamped the flourishy stamp fromDecember 25 stamp set in versamark and embossed with copper ep, I then painted over with be positive glimmer glam, once again I burnished when it was dry with a chux cloth.  I then sprayed with glimmer mist in iridescent gold and dried with my heat gun, I brushed the edge of the tag with glimmer glaze in sea kelp and stamped the sentiment withblack stazon.  The chipboard star is painted with glimmer glam be positive and covered with royal coat gloss, once dry I I edged it with agold inkpad.  I used a kaisercraft wooden flourish and coloured it with a gold inkpad.  the A is another AC Thicker.

And lastly Jodie's tag.  Painted completely with glimmer glam heffalumpand I  then stamped the angel from December 25 stamp set and embossed in silver.  The roses and crystals were attached with my heat gun and a pink organza ribbon tied and bowed at the top to finish.


I am entering these into the following Challenges........
Dream Valley Challenges - Christmas
Gettin Cricky - Joys of the season
Gingerloft Challenge - Winter & Christmas
The Squirrel and The Fox - Christmas
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Christmas Glitz
Pile it On - Bling it On
Let's Ink it Up - Christmas Projects
Paper Sundaes - Anything Christmas

Pretty Little Christmas Baubles

Hi, it is a stunning day here!!!  Nice to see the start of summer arrive.  I am going to share some Christmas deccys with you today.  Every Year I buy clear glass baubles from a craft shop and decorate them however the years mood strikes me.  The boys also do a bauble each every year as well, it has turned into a kind of tradition .  So here are some that I have done so far this year......

The first one is my favourite so far,  keeping in mind these are all super easy to make don't be expecting any mind blowing techniques here.  I spray painted this one with gloss white spray paint and when it was dry stuck buttons all over it using my glue gun so they will never fall off. ;)  I finished it by tying some pink  ribbon around the top.

 The next one is again spray painted with gloss whit spray paint.  I stuck red ribbon around the middle then stuck the bells on with my glue gun.  You could also sew on charms.

 This one took a  bit longer than the rest to make.  I painted this bauble with 3 coats of glimmer glam in Heffalump, on the last coat I sprinkled irridescent glitter on while it was still wet.  Once it had dried I glued the roses on.  i then tied a bow with seam binding ribbon.

 And lastly this one was spray painted in silver and then I put pink pearls on.  EASY!!!!!

These are lots of fun to decorate and you are only limited by your imagination :)

I am entering these in the following challenges...

The Culture Shock Challenge - DIY
Decorate to Celebrate - Christmas
Creative Craft Challenges - Free for All
ScrappinChics Challenge - Christmas
Creatalicious Challenges - Christmas that Sparkles

One Sheet Wonders...........

Hi, here with a sample of some super quick and easy cards made from a one sheet wonder template.  A one sheet wonder is a template that you print off either onto your paper or onto a separate sheet of photocopy paper and score onto your patterned paper.  You can find instructions and the template here

Here are the sheets of cardstock ready for me to cut down plus the leftover strip from my 12 x 12 paper, red & green candy cane strip by Best Creations

Here are my pieces cut up and on the template sheet so I can keep track of them :)  Tricky hey?

Here is my first card which uses a background stamp, a brown ink pad,Best Creations expressions chipboard,  kaisercraft flowers and akaisercraft pearl brad. 

The next card uses a border punch, a strip of bling, KaiserCraft Flowers,Best Creations Chipboard and a pearl brad from MME Lost & Found Christmas Decorative Brad pack

This one again uses Best Creations Chipboard, Brown Grosgrain ribbon, some velum Christmas embellies I found in my drawer and a bling strip.

And the last of my samples, chipboard hearts, cosmo cricket letters, organza ribbon and some bling strip cut up into single gems.

Hope you get some inspiration from these, they are really easy and lots of fun to make up and you don't need a lot of supplies.  Thanks for looking and let me know what you think :)

Quick & Easy With Baby Steps and Artfull Crafts

Just thought I would share a couple of projects I made using the Simple Stories Baby Steps 6x6 paper pad availble from ARTFULL CRAFTS.  I am so into this cute little pad as it has adorable single sided papers in totally cute patterns that could be for boys or girls.  Plus pages of sweet elements like I have used on my thank you card.  I like single sided paper pads as I always have a panic attack covering up a gorgeous pattern on the reverse side when I do projects using double sided papers, but that is just me and my OCD kicking in.

Onto the projects............... 

 First up we have a really quick and easy Thank You card using papers and an element from the Baby steps pad which have been distressed with scissors to within an inch of their lives then inked with a creamish brown ink in a sponge, then I painted the edges of the card and distressed the letters for the sentiment using Distress Crackle Paint in Picket Fences, I used some twine to fasten a button for some added interest and then stuck a punched butterfly in the corner of the element. To finish I gave it a couple of sprays with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Frost.  It honestly took about 10 minutes to make.  Super quick and easy.

I am entering my card in the following challenges....
Whimsy Stamps - Button It
Lady bug Crafts - Oh Baby
Charisma Cards - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop - Anything goes

Next up we have Zippy's ( sorry William's ) plunket book, none of my children have boring run of the mill uncovered  record books, where is the fun in that?????  So out came the Baby Steps pad again, I cut up a few papers to use on this to give it kind of a quilted look.  I cut Will's name out on my cricut using the "songbird" cartridge.  The cute wooden safety pin is from KaiserCraft and I put some distress Crackle paint in Picket Fences on it and around the edges of the book.  I then did the little dashes to look like stitching with a brown ink pen and went round the letters for definition.  Another really quick project.
Thanks for looking and I hope I have inspired you to whip up some super easy and quick projects.

I am entering Will's Book in the following Challenges
Anything Goes Challenge - To The Letter
Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything But a Card