Bugaboo on a Monday

Hi there . welcome to my room . Thanks so much for calling in and you will really make my day if you let me know via comment that you were here . Thank you to my followers , hope that you enjoy your visits .
I am not going to talk about the freezing weather or the lousy football .  BORING!!
Although Sunday was a pleasant day and we did manage our first walk for ages .

Instead I'm happy to let you know that Make it Monday Linky Party  # 106  is up and running .
I bet you all know by now that it is for anything in Papercraft. You all know that the DT show off their weekly projects along with their POTW on their personal blogs . If you would like to visit them , look on my side bar for their names , just click and it will take you to their blogs .
My card ..

                                    Card and paper from my stash as are  the bling on the petals and butterfly. .
The image, Thanks a Bunch    is from our sponsor for this week and I really enjoyed colouring it in Copics .
Which brings me to our sponsor
                                                      

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

  As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a   challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of   papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago.     Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we're still    growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to   create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies    every week!

 If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   atTotally Stampalicious. And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT   for weekly challenges at Catch the Bug. 

    

Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

   Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
Congrats to winners from last week


Massive number of entries again last  week . Thank you one and all .    I wonder if you ..or you were picked by on of the DT as their POTW.
My POTW is
# 256..PINKY   
 http://pinky-pinkysworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/autumn-has-arrived.html 


Amazing creation .Just love the colour combinations and the sweetest image coloured perfectly .The papers are awesome and I love the shaped card .Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday ,Pinky. Hope to see more of your talent soon .
                                  Time now for my thought for today

                                                          Never go to bed mad.
                                                               Stay up and fight .

                                                                          - Phyllis Diller.

                            Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne



                

Vintage elegance

Hi there ,thank you for calling  in .Welcome to my room . Hope that you and yours are well .
Another blast of Winter weather here today and for the rest of the week , it seems .
Just a quick post with a couple of  card photos . Have plenty to do before Michelle and family arrive for visit .

Have been playing with a CD-ROM,  free with a magazine .

This particular image is , Jean,  from Decor Follies. She comes complete with back ground papers

Using my microsoft publishing programme , I chose  first,  the  tan flecked paper then the smaller gold coloured panel then " Jean " and after layering together I printed it out  onto Whisper White..

I then trimmed to size , layered it onto some Confetti White card , then sponged edges with T H. Tattered Rose Ink . Then , leaving small border I adhered to base card of Soft Suede.

I had wanted to  embellish with  flowers or somesuch

but settled for a few rhinestones from my stash .

And for the inside I printed out " Jean " again , cut her out and placed her inside onto same background paper and on the side of some Very Vanilla card for a greeting .
Love these free additions to magazines !
To finish this post I wanted to share with you a card , our Daughter
Michelle ,  from   http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com.au/  sent for Father's day .

Michelle , Dad loves it, BIG TIME !!
Thank you for your visit ,I hope that you will call in again soon .
                                                        My thought for today .
                                                                
                                                                If you judge people,
                                                                   you have no time to love them .

                                                                                     - Mother Teresa.

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

                           

Make it Monday with Ribbon

HELLO.

Wow ,a sunny weekend here in Adelaide .Not really warm but ,  Spring is nigh ! We actually got to walk around the block a couple of times .And I might add my legs are letting me know all about it too . Hope all the DADS and GRANDDADS had a fab Father's day yesterday.

Hi there , welcome to my room for another Make it Monday Linky Party , #105
This party is going from strength to strength , over 300 entries last week.. Thank you to all the entrants  for helping to make this so . Congrats to the winners from last week .
My card to share for this week .

Here I have used a sweet image from a free CD on a magazine , added some flowers and ribbon  from my stash  and a green card base. The background paper and inside tag  is also free  from magazine . 

I used the topnote diecut  for the image . 

And to the inside ..

                                           

This week we are sponsored by The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

http://prettylittleribbonshop.co.uk/      

The Pretty little Ribbon Shop supplies beautiful ribbons, lace, twine embellishments, rubber  stamps etc aimed at the crafting world. Small and international orders are always welcome.  Our sale continues with further reductions and more items added regularly.

New in stock is a very pretty range of guipure lace and pearl string  in some lovely colours. We also now have many Christmas ribbons and embellishments in our Christmas section.   As always we offer free postage for UK orders ( equivalent discount for international orders) over £25.

                                             

They are generously offering this wonderful Catslife Press "It's Your Birthday" Rubber Stamp.

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

I do hope that you can pop over to all the DT blogs and see what amazing shares

they have for you and who they have chosen from last week as their POTW.

        My pick ,well I had to revisit a couple as it has been so hard to choose ..

but choose I have  and it is # 248

Linda,    http://lovelylindascraftcentral.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/the-journey.html

                                                             

                                                          

The vintage feel to this masculine card along with a recycled book page and  sponged

 edges tickled my fancy this week . Hope we see more of these Linda .

             Before I end my post .          .My thought for today

                                                                   

                                                           If you can learn from hard knocks,

                                                             you can also learn from soft touches.

                                                                                    -Carolyn Kenmore.

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

                                                            

Better with Cupcakes

Hello there ,welcome to my room .Thank you so much for calling in . Hope you had just the best weekend . Thank you too for all the comments I've  had since last Monday .
The weather here has been down right ordinary , cold , wet and windy . That being so , there has been no outings to speak of and really,  we have been pretty quiet . Watching movies ,sports and car racing on TV. Regular couch potatoes !
Loved browsing through some of the entries on Make it Monday though.
And now Michelle has opened the new Linky Party # 104 Hope that you join in .
    If you are interested , you might like to visit the facebook page ,Michelle may have featured you too .

Check out Michelle's Pink Paper Paradise Facebook Page.

Random entries from the weekly linky parties will be featured regularly and you can also view Michelle's cards that are available for sale. Free postage is offered Australia wide.

My card to share 

The image and sentiment are from " my little friend " There She Goes Clear Stamps .

 

I enjoyed using these papers and layering the two smaller pieces as frames for little gnome . Wonderful things computers. I wonder if this would count as one layer in a challenge?

and the inside

 

Here I have used digi papers from our wonderful sponsor this week .

                               
http://www.cupcakecardcraft.co.uk/
Mandy is generously offering our winner a digi paper collection of their choice.

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

The lovely ladies of the design team have created some gorgeous card to get you all inspired.

Please be sure to swing by their blogs to say hi and to see who they have chosen as their favourite entry from last week.

This one is my pick .Now don't you dare think that this was easy pickings , cause it weren't ! I cannot believe that there are so many talented papercrafters out in blogland .

                                           Mandy  #176
http://asprinklingofglitter.blogspot.co.uk/

               
Beautiful card design, stunning image, beautiful colouring and awesome flowers .Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday, Mandy .
The new Linky Party is open now and I am looking forward to the link that takes me to your place .
                                                                   My thought for today ..

                                             Nobody knows enough,
                                                 but many know too much .
                      
                                                                    - Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach;
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

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Shades of Blue for Annabelle .

Hi , welcome to my room . Hope that all is good for you and yours .
Thank you for all the lovely comments on previous postings .I do try to get back to you all but if I have missed you , sorry , I'll will say though that I read every one and appreciate each .
To share today is a card for a challenge , or two ,if I find them later..
http://www.annabellestamps.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/say-it-inshades-of-blue.html

 AND INSIDE ..

Now before I start . A short time ago I was blog browsing and saw this layout with  similar card and papers .I dont know what blue card or paper that artist used or image for centre.If that artist sees this and cares to show me her link to her card I will certainly acknowledege that I was inspired by  her .
I cant  even remember if she had a blue card base or not  or what sentiment was with it .
Anyhow I have used Whisper White, SU, card base with layer of  Night of Navy, SU . Striped paper is from SU also , as is the ribbon and Bakers twine and punch used for tag .
Sentiment is from Expressions ,and the image from Delicate Doilies  , SU. I used a hole punch for the ribbon and the tag.
Will be used as a masculine birthday card in September .
                                                My thought for today

                                             Faith is that quality or power by which the things desired
                                                   become the things possessed.
                          
                                                                    -Kathryn  Kuhlman.

Catch you again soon , cheers for now, Shirley-Anne

Old Salty and Meljen's.

Whoopie ,  glad you called in . All in a tither here this morning . Not for any particular reason other than too many things on the go .
Now that you are here though I 'll sit down and share some time with you . Hope that you are going to join us for the Make it Monday Linky Party  #103 as it starts today . Last week had another mega number of entries , were you one of them ?
My DT card to share is showcasing one of our sponsors images
Seafaring Seagull frame . As usual it is in my favourite style CAS ,

and inside .

Thanks to our sponsor .

                                            

                                                  http://shop.meljensdesigns.com

Meljen Designs Digital Stamps  are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
Pop over to the talented DT ladies as they share their inspirational projects to enthuse you .
If you entered last week then you may have been one of  their  POTW
My choice is # 278
http://somethinggonemissing.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/off-to-school.html

                    
Carol's first scrapbook and if the cover is anything to go by the rest is going to be fabulous .Can't wait to see first day photos . Thanks for sharing with us Carol .

                                                       My thought for today .
                                                 
                              If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs ,
                                it's just possible you haven't grasped the situation .

                                                                                     - Jean Kerr
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Hip Hip Hooray!

Well hello there . Another wintry day here in Adelaide . Not minding much though as I have had time to make another card today .
Thanks for calling in .
Just a quick card from digi  images and papers from a free CD on a magazine .

Now the card base looks red but it is Pumpkin Pie .Buttons from my SU stash and punch used for bottom edge on image frame , Pacific Point.

inside ..

WOW that's better ! photographed same time , same place , same light , same camera but card base looks like it should , Pumpkin Pie.

Going to enter in these challenges .

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/challenge-73-summer-days.html  [Mon 20th ]

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/inspire-me-fridays-72-anything-goes.html 

My thought for today

 An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have ;

the older she gets ,

the more interested he is in her.

-Agatha Christie.

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