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Well sadly my craft time for this weekend is coming to an end...and I am finishing it off with a very different card to what I would usually make. I have really stepped outside the square here and taken up the challenge from Feeling Sketchy and The Card Concept. I think my card falls into the 'freestyle collage'...if not 'clean layering' hehe. Make sure  you pop on over and check the challenges out, I hope you have a great weekend with lots of stamping in it...until next time, happy stamping.

  

Hello Friend...

Another card for my Stamping Saturday and this time I have been adventurous....I have been really liking the cards of late that have had some texture paste/gel added to their background so after much deliberating I took the plunge and bought me some....who know's if it is the right stuff but it worked for me!! I also picked up a new Kaisercraft Template-Tree around the same time with this technique in mind. So for Sketchbook Saturdays current challenge and for my first time playing at The Mixed Media Card Challenge I pulled them out to give them a whirl. I just used part of the tree in the corner of my card then coloured my card with Distress Inks (probably should have done this before I applied the gel...we live and learn), I also coloured the gel a bit too after it had dried and this is the end result! Very happy....I'm also adding my card to the latest challenge over at Virginia's View where the challenge is Die Cuts....thanks for stopping by...

    

Merry Christmas...

Another Christmas card to add to my growing collection....I've used the latest layout from CAS(E) this Sketch and the colour combo from Colour Me...!  A very nice CAS Christmas card....my favourite type.

  

Purple Monochrome

My last card for the day and a very productive day it has been. It has been ages since I have used my embossing powders and this is the second time in two weeks. I really like the effect of white embossed images with the background coloured with DI's has and it was great to use this stamp. It's one of those stamps that you struggle with...I have had several goes with using this stamp and have always given up on it but this time is not too bad...The softness of the DI against the white looks quite nice. I've chosen purple today because Colour Me! want a monochrome card using purple....pop on over and check it out. Well, that's it for me this weekend, I hope you have a good one and until next time, happy stamping.

Merry Christmas Stamp

and my third Christmas Card for the day...woohoo. I've never done this before, making Christmas cards all year long but it's a good feeling because I know there won't be the usual rush in November. For this card I have used the latest sketch from The Paper Craft Crew and have let my DP influence how my card turned out. Make sure you pop on over and play along...this is their 100th sketch and theirs blog candy to win. Thanks for stopping by..

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Another Christmas card for my stash...for this card I have taken up the challenge from the CAS(E) this Sketch team....love your sketches!! Make sure you pop on over and check it out.

Christmas Fairy

I started this card on Monday and have only now been able to get it finished. I don't really do 'fairies' but over at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' they wanted a fairy so I thought I would step outside my comfort zone and make a card using one. I'm very happy with the end result...I think it has turned out quite nicely and I was even adventurest and added spots and stripes to the presents as they were just plain...that's not something I would normally do hehe...Make sure you pop on over and check out the other great cards and as always, thanks for stopping by.

                              Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Christmas Fairies

Our Beautiful World....turns ONE!!

Wow!! Our Beautiful World has turned ONE! Congratulations ladies...it's a great blog and I love to play along. To celebrate their birthday the team are asking you to post a baby photo of you when you were around 1....
I'm not sure how old I am in this photo but it is one of my favourites. That's me with my Dad who also looks very young and an aussie icon, a koala.

When I was young my parents travelled around a bit going to where there was work for my father which is why I'm not sure exactly where these first two photo's were taken but I know they weren't in our home town.

Lucky for me I have several baby photos because my Dad was a bit of a camera buff....but then some photo's are better than others, like this one where I seemed to be dressed up like a flower..heheh  

And last but not least...a studio shot and another of my favourites. Thanks for taking a peek at my baby photo's and make sure you pop on over and join in the blog hop to celebrate OBW's 1st birthday.

Friendship is a promise for the heart....

My second card for the day it is definitely CAS which is why it came together so quickly. Over at CAS-UAL Fridays they want hearts with bright summer colours which sounded fun. Make sure you pop on over and check out the other great cards and as always...thanks for stopping by.

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July's challenge (yes I am actually a day early with my post) for the RobVikVik challenge was a technique challenge that Robyn put forward. She saw Kristina's beautiful card here and challenged us to use the technique Kristina had used. So other than using this technique our colour and layout was 'anything goes'. Sadly I must admit it has been so long since I have heat embossed that I didn't know if my powder would work but lucky for me it did and I am really pleased with how the card turned out. I have used the latest sketch from Freshly Made Sketches but didn't make the band quite as big as it should be as I didn't want to cut too much of the pretty background card I had just made. I was also able to use one of the die cuts I cut out while visiting Robyn last month to finish it off with a sentiment. It feels really good to have made this card and be happy with it, the fact that it has come together so easily is nice as I have been missing my mojo for a while now. I wasn't able to have my regular stamping day on Saturday as our son turned 18 and he had a party that night but lucky for me it is a public holiday (Show Day) so I am stamping today. On that note...I'm off to search the challenge blogs....thanks for stopping by.

Take time to celebrate....in the sun

Well, today I have struggled to get my mojo happening and my card to come together...so much so I have changed tact about 3 times but finally I have finished a card and I'm really happy with the end result. I made this card with the latest theme from Cards in Envy in mind - Fun in the Sun....this card shows exactly where I live, in the tropics, even though it's not summer here at the moment but then most people would say we don't have a winter <grin>. I hope your weekend is off to a great start and as always, thanks for stopping by.

                                Fun in the Sun Card Challenge

Our Beautiful World...By the Seashore

 Well it's been a while since I have been able to play along with the Our Beautiful World team so I was happy to see that this week's theme was By the Seaside which I have lots of photos of. My first shot is of  little Soldier Crabs...I love these little guys and its so nice to see them when we walk along the beach as there doesn't seem to be as many as there used to be when I was a child.

  The next shot is of friends and family having some quiet fishing time...I'm not much of a fisher person but when I saw them stretched out along the shoreline, I just knew it would be a great photo.

This is just a nice scenic shot....

And an early evening shot of the moon rising up over the horizon...

And last but not least...here is my hubby and our little dog Ozzie. Ozzie used to be terrified of water so it is great to see him walking out into the waves quite happily these days just because he was walking with Dad he knew he would be safe.

Make sure you pop on over and check out the other amazing photo's and perhaps join in....thanks for stopping by.