Snow flakes

Hello , thanks for popping in, hope it is worth your visit .

Have you had a great weekend ? Every day is a weekender for us here , being retirees.

Had a great day though , with some ladies here for a fun afternoon making cards .

Was not going to create tonight but this thought popped into my head and I began to draw it but decided to make it instead. 15 minutes later here it is!

All Stampin'Up products
I measured and punched squares out of white layer before embossing it and adhering to red card with Stampin'Dimensials .  I stamped images from set Festive Favourites and cut to fit in apetures. Then stamped Noel from set Many Merry Messages on bottom right of card .
            Pretty simple will add this to my challenge number , 27 now
             Thanks again for looking in cheers for now Shirley-Anne.

You're on my Mind and Best Wishes

Well, here we are again , at the end of another month. Only 5 more till Christmas !!

Hope that you are all enjoying whatever it is you are doing today

Thank you for calling in and if you take the extra time to leave me a comment I would really appreciate it .

I have just completed this card , Hope you like it .

Lavender Lace, Whisper White, Basic Black  and  striped patterned paper.

Image and greeting  from  Upsy Daisy. Basic Black ink.

SU large Oval Punch and Trio Flower Punch

Rhinestones

and the second for today is....

Is not a great picture , sorry . I will have to use digi camera I think . Scans and web cams don't always work.

Lavender Lace , Regal Rose, Whisper White . Pixie Pink and markers for colours.

Flower from ' pocketful o' posies ' Hero Arts. Words from SU ' Short & Sweet ' set.

Two SU Oval Punches . SU Crimping tool .

I loved the effect of Crimping larger white layer then crimping centre piece so that the lines went the other way . And I love white on white .  

Hope that you liked this one too.

Have to tidy up now , nearly time to prepare  dinner.

Cheers for now - Shirley-Anne 

Circles of flowers

Hi there , glad you could call in . I have been trying  to

 clear out some papers that I have had for so  long .

I have found a pad of specialty papers from    " me& my BIG ideas"    

                                       

 This is the first sheet that I have used from it and I actually can't wait to try some more as they are quite  lovely    patterns.                                                       

 Can't stay blogging tonight as I have still two kits to make for Sunday. Sorry for appalling  picture , need more practice with camera .                                

 White Gloss card with single layer of patterned paper to start . I placed ribbon around card front  then using some scrap shades of  lavender card , I dry embossed lighter shade before layering it onto other piece. I inked image from SU set , Playful Petals in Groovy Guava , twice so that I could cut centre piece from  one to 3D onto first . I 3D whole flower onto lavender pieces then centred that onto card front . I used a large rhinestone to highlight flower centre.                                                                                                                                                    Hope that you are set for a fantastic weekend

Cheers for now, Shirley-Anne                             

Joyous Spirit of Christmas

Hello and welcome to my warm, cheerful craft room . It is wet and cold in Adelaide today so here is a good place to be.                                            Thought that I had better add a couple of cards to my Christmas card numbers. Robyn sent out a challenge to create 50 Christmas cards by 1st December. these two will bring my tally to 26.        Recipe for first ; Pacific Point, Naturals Ivory ,        Riding Hod Red   . Brilliant Blue ink for image from Illuminations stamp set.                                         Extra 'J ' for 3D has glitter added.     Red Gingham ribbon from SU 

                     For this card I used frame from SU set Frames With A Flourish  then words and snowflakes from Snow Swirled. Cardstock is Riding Hood Red, So Safron and Whisper White .  Chocolate Chip , Old Olive and Real Red inks.                          Wave edge punch from my collection and Old Olive ribbon from SU. Some glitter and Stampin' Dimensials.                              Robyn's collection can be seen at this link                               http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=19340

How are you going with your Christmas cards ? Have you started yet or is it going to be a mad dash a little later in the year?

Enjoy the rest of your day and  whatever you are up to.

catch you again soon

Cheers Shirley-Anne

Celebrate

Hello . I am so happy that you could call in . Don't forget to leave me your link so that I can visit you too .                                  Last week I found one of the first stamps I bought years ago and could not resist using it again . It is a simple little dress on a coat hanger , which in this case I have left out .  But I found it a little beauty which could be dressed up or played down . It could be that " little black dress" or if stamped onto gingham paper a cool summer number. It is a stamp Fran's Fashions from STAMPENDOUS.

Spring is a little way of yet but I can  but dream . 

I think making  this card shook  of the winter blues for a while .

Recipe ; Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, Whisper White and Bashful Blue.

Ink; Green Galore and Brocade Blue.                                                   

Big Shot and embossing folder. Flowers  and brads, from my stash . Stampin' Dimensials.

Hope you like it .

Catch you again soon

Cheers Shirley-Anne

Pages for my Journal

Hello and welcome to my room . It is quite a pleasant day here  although not warm . Actually was able to get out for a morning walk so life is good .
I would like to share with you a layout for my  Craft Journal. Jane is one of my Sunday group who comes for card making and she has spent time creating this for me .

Thanks Jane

The bottom quote just suits me to a tee!

I love the shade of blue Jane has chosen as a background with all the embellishments matching perfectly.

It is the gift of her time it took to create these pages ,  which is so precious to me .

Hope you like them too . Thanks for calling in .

Cheers for now  Shirley-Anne

Challenge card

 King for a day.

Hello, thank you for joining me tonight . Hope that you had a wonderful weekend.
I had a great card making  afternoon with a couple of super ladies. This evening as I checked my favourite blogs , I came across a challenge I thought that I could handle so I whipped up this card . As Fathers' Day is fast approaching and I am in a mood for masculine cards , here is what I created.
Really Rust, Whisper White , Tempting Turquoise and Creamy Caramel.
Big Shot and Timeless Type Alphabet Junior Sizzlits.
Card Games and Background Sampler stamp sets
Dry embossing folder 
Entering this in the challenge by  Crafty Sentiments . link below...
 http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2010/07/crafty-sentiments-challenge-28.html

Enjoy the rest of your evening and I will catch you again soon
Cheers Shirley-Anne