Love You

Hello my blogging friends . Hope that you are finding lots of time for crafting . The weekend is well on the way . Is that family time for you?
I would like to make a mention tonight , of a friend of mine, Sandy.  . Sandy has just opened her blog recently to chat and share some of her creations . I encourage you to visit when you have a moment as Sandy shows off her  papercraft skills .
Todays card from me was inspired by a surprise snail mail delivery .  This card came for me today , thank you Jane .The background music and flowers embellishing is beautiful.
I just loved the butterfly .

The element that inspired me was the decorated  partial diecut  as background .
Now my card looks nothing like Jane's , but I did add a half a  topnote .
It's a top fold card of green .

                                                          Card and dsp from SU
                                                         Sentiment , Well Scripted , SU.

                                                         Bow image from Lucy's Stamps .
I punched a 1 3/4" circle from Rose Red  for the sentiment . I created faux stitching in white gell pen around edge of circle then adhered it with foam tape .
The bow was slightly curled before adding with foam tape  as well.
Hope you like it.
Catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-Anne.

One layer card challenge .

Hi there , welcome to my room .
Hope that where ever you are and whatever you are doing , you are happy .
Had a senior moment yesterday and thought that I had a card for this challenge but luckily I realised  my error and edited my blog and deleted it from the challenge site .
So a quick card this afternoon will hopefully fit all the  requirements .
Week 2 One Layer Challenge     

http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/

The challenge is a ONE LAYER CARD with the theme of a  FLOWER or a TREE.                
And here is my card .

                                                                 Recipe
                                                           Glossy White
                                                             Rose Red ink
                                                                 Floral , SU
I love this stamp image and have normally used it as a background but today I wanted it as a focal point of my card .

To achieve this I created a template as shown . I cut a piece of thin paper the same size as the card front . Then I roughly tore a shape from the paper placing the frame over card and taping it down to bench. I stamped the image over card and then removed template..

Hope this gets me into challenge .
Catch you again soon cheers for now Shirley-Anne.
 

Birthday Bash



Good evening every one thanks for popping in . Welcome to my room .
I had a fantastic  morning with 4 bestest friends ever. There were
tears of laughter as we chatted and  teased each other while cardmaking .
 And some of our quick comeback one liners were so funny we must have sounded like  productive chooks in a pen .. I spied Doug shaking his head and grinning several times .

I have used this image recently and along with many silhouette images I just love using  it.

Now I did take this photo outside so I dont know why the glossy White card looks pinky .I will edit later after taking another picture .                                 
                                                                     Recipe
                                                        Glossy White card
                                                        Basic Black ink
                                                         Itty Bitty Backgrounds,SU.  Birthday Fancy Notes[ Hero Arts]  
                                                       Dancing , Stamp-it.
                                                      Markers to colour.

I used the Itty Bitty Background as party confetti and had the challenge been two layers I would have used a punch for a disco ball and adhered that to top . As it is there are no other layers on this card . No embellishments used .
                                          
Windy as anything here so going out the back to ensure everything secure .
                                            Catch you again soon . Cheers for now , ShirleyAnne.

Embossing a die cut

Good evening folks . I hope that you have had the most wonderful of weekends .
Welcome to my room ,I'm glad of your company .

When my Mojo leaves me from time to time I find  browsing through my favourite craft magazines. So this afternoon when I came to my room I was prepared to lose myself in the latest  Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft mag. Was inspired !
 Using the idea /layout on ,page 42, designed by Emily McQueen I energetically set out creating another card for my workshop on Tuesday.
Here is the result , hope you like it .

                                                                     Recipe
                                                  Designer Series Paper , Sweet Slumber Specialty for card.
                                                             Old Olive and Whisper White card
                                                            Swirl embossing folder , Oval punch , SU.
                                                             SU Sizzix Beautiful Butterflys
                                                            Sentiment ,Trendy Trees.Real Red Marker.
                                                           White ribbon from stash . Glue dot
                                                              Martha Stewart border punch
                                                            SU Jewels Basic Rhinestones. 

I cut a strip from DSP and punched edge and adhered to card front with foam tape.
I made bow and used glue dot to place on strip . After diecutting the butterfly I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the swirl folder and adhered that with foam tape as well, embellishing with some rhinestones . Then, stamped the sentiment punching it out and using doublesided tape to adhere.
Was quite happy with it's simplisity so my day ended happily .
Hope you like it too.
Catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-Anne.

                                                            

A Sweet Day

Hello every one , thank you for visiting . Hope that you are getting a bit of craft time . Welcome to my room where,  I hope you see this card I share today as worthy of your time .
Have been a little of colour the last two days but with antibiotics I should be bouncing back to 100% in a few days. Have been sleeping a lot and crafting less . But have managed this

                                                                  Recipe
                                                  retired Glorious Green , Whisper White and Crumb  Cake
                                                              DSP from Woodland Walk pkt.
                                                               SU ribbon 
                                                               Brads from my stash
                                                               image   Every Moment.
                                                               Ink , Basic grey 
                                               SU Originals Circles#2 Diecut,  and Top Note .           
                      

                                                              Sentiment from Crazy for Cupcakes
I love stamp images  where you can just use a portion of said image using a punch .
Hope you like the card .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-Anne.


                   

Christmas card challenge for 2011.

Hello everyone , boy I am late tonight . Hope that you have all had a most productive day in craft.
Welcome to my room . Just a quick post , sharing another Christmas card . This one is number 5 . I was really grateful that I started last years early because as circumstances turned out I would have been sending shop bought ones ...great intake of breath + shock horror!


Before I share my card though , I will give some great news flash ........DRUM ROLL PLEASE
Shirley-Anne  [thats me ] is going to give a little candy to one of her  blogging friends who joins the challenge to make 50 Christmas cards by 1st December . I am hoping that Robyn joins in as she made some fantastic Christmas cards last year . I do believe that there is one at least on her blog already. Please check my side bar for candy photo asap . To be in the running for little candy all you have to do is 
1.create a new  Christmas card ,
2  post it on your blog along with a link to my blog  ,
3 then place the link to that post in a comment on my blog .
This only the first notice. I will place another post about the challenge, in a while as a reminder  when I take photo of candy to add to  my side bar.
OOPs this was going to be short post ...HA!     Any way here's the card .

recipe

Brilliant Blue , Whisper White, DSP , SU

Brilliant Blue ink,SU

Embossing folder.

lge Star Punch, 13/4 Circle Punch ,     Scallop Trim Border Punch   SU

stamps set Christmas Classics SU

Hope you like this one . Sorry so long winded tonight .

catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-Anne.

embossing scraps

Hello blogging friends, welcome to my room . Hope that you and yours are well . Doug is doing  better. I have to think about tying a bell to his walker as he is now able to get himself out of his lounge chair and hobble off with out me seeing him .
Just a quick card today . I have so many scrappy bits on my desk AGAIN ...[ still,] So I decided on embossing 6.5cm squares and layering them onto a 14cm square card of Tangerine Tango.

I embossed swirl on 3 squares  and floral embossed the other . I diecut  two circles and layered them . The image in Pumpkin Pie ink on Whisper White card is from set Animal Stories , SU.
Just love tools of  craft , trouble is they are a bit like exercise machines . One can buy them and not use them to their fullest potential .
Ladies here for craft tomorrow so best go and set up the table to save time in the morning .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne .