Colour Inkspiration #26

Hi Everyone,

Today I've joined in the Colour INKspirations Challenge #26

And this is what I made:

Something a little different, I was trying to create a graffiti wall for the background.... not sure if I accomplished that or not! Let me know what you think! :)

Colour Inkspirations #CI25 - Watercolouring and dragonfly dreams

Hi Everyone,

This week I had a play with my Stampin' Up! goodies for the first time this year!

I took part in the Colour Inkspirations Challenge #CI25 and designed these cards with their colour combination:

And then whilst I was there, and the supplies were all out... I went on to make these cards as well.

I've also bought myself a lightbox as I'm often up late crafting and can never get the lighting right for photos (I've always been a big "daylight is better than artificial light' for photography but I may be convinced otherwise for now ;)

Helping Hudson Challenge #4

Hi Everyone,


Ever had one of those days were you have a million ideas and things to do but don't really get many of them done, well at least not as man as you'd hoped. Today was one of those days.... I thought with a kid-free afternoon I'd be able to get heaps done! Ah, ummm nup! Instead, I've been in a bit of a fog after a shocking headache yesterday and I had to sort out a new fridge as our one semi-died earlier this week. Wondering about the "semi-died" part, well our fridge is working like an esky instead of a fridge. It's cold but not as cold as a fridge should be... Anyway, enough of my babble...


With my foggy brain, I did manage to do up a couple of cards including one for this week's for the Helping Hudson site is a colour challenge using these colours:

And this is my card:

I'm not too happy with ribbon but a bow or knot was too chunky and the old foggy brain wasn't working so I left it (for now lol).

Thanks for looking,

Just Add Ink Challenge Launch

Hi Everyone,

There's a new challenge blog just starting up... Just Add Ink... Its a great new site with Stampin' Up Demo's running it here in Australia! Yay!!

The challenge was to use these colours:

So in my continuing trend of actually attempting some of my New Year's resolutions (trying lots of new colours from my cardstock stash), here's my entry to the inaugral Just Add Ink Challenge... My only problem is there's now another resolution = join in the JAI challenges as much as possible!! Hope you like my card! And fingers crossed for the Launch Prize of $50 to spend with Stampin' Up! Who wouldn't love that!!!!... If you'd like to join in, simply click here to go to Just Add Ink for all the details.

I've dug out my pastels & blender pens to colour the flower and stem from the Scribble This stamp set... A little versamark for the background stamp from the Sprinkles stamp set.... And simply run each of the torn edges along my ink pad - no fancy tools needed, simply wipe/dab your ink straight from the ink pad onto your cardstock - easy peasy

  

What was fiddly is the pleated ribbon across the bottom... In theory its easy, apply your sticky strip or snail adhesive across the back of your ribbon, fold into individual pleats and stick down as you go... However, I found it a little fiddly making my pleats so small. Hopefully with some more practice, my pleats will improve,it is only the 2nd time I've tried it! lol.


Thanks for looking,

Mojo Monday #103

Hi,

Here's a quick card I made for Mojo Monday #103.... I cased the idea for the tree from a video tutorial on a rare trip to Youtube on the weekend. Here's the link if you are interested.

Obviously, my folding technique needs a little more practice to become neater and crisper, but I just was so excited to actually create a mojo monday card within a day of the challenge being posted!
Very unlike me! lol :)



Thanks for looking,

Marelle's Challenge

Hi Everyone, I've just entered my first challenge on Marelle Taylor's blog.... Using the cute notecards and box set I made for my Spring mini launch in August cos I think they are the perfect fit for her Spring Mini Springboard Challenge that I've just come across this arvo. If you'd like to enter as well, check out her blog here. Now off to find everything else I need to catch up on and to stop procrastinating by reading blogs and playing with Emily! lol :) Thanks for looking, Richelle

Mojo Monday #87 and a Win for me!

Hi Everyone,

Well, last week I was extremely lucky to win some blog candy from Makeesha, a WA based SU demonstrator who creates some fantastic and mind blowing cards and was recently a presenter at the SU Convention in Canberra. (Check out her website here). My reaction was: "Gulp... I've won!!??" as normally I don't tend to win things and was even more surprised when I saw what I had won...

I won't keep you in suspense any longer... the prize was the Fifth Avenue Stamp set which is one I ummmed and ahhhed about buying, so a BIG MASSIVE thank you to Keesh for the prize and it will be put to some good use over the coming months lol :P

Well, today I received the stamp set and have put it straight to work catching up on my Mojo Monday challenges. Here's a couple that I've done tonite with Fifth Ave & the Best yet Hostess sets.

Supplies: Card - Pink pirouette (NEW In Colour), Baja breeze (NEW In Colour) & Very vanilla; Urban Garden Designer Series Paper; Rhinestone Brads (NEW); Scallop Edge Punch

Don't look too closely at the circles on this card.. I didn't have the cutter for my circle stencil and used standard scissors and I HATE (with a passion) cutting circles!! lol :D

Supplies: Rose Red & Very Vanilla card; Raspberry Tart Paper; Eyelet Border Punch (NEW)

Thanks for looking,

Richelle

Mojo Monday

Here's my card for Mojo Monday - Week 86 (which was last Monday, but I haven't had a chance to post it!):

This is the sketch

And this is my card

I've used the Eastern Blooms stamp set, some retired papers, and Taken with Teal and Certainly Celery card stock. I've also used the same 2 colours for the main flower and the centre has dazzling diamonds on it. The flower has also been raised with a dimensional :)

Thanks for looking, Richelle

Mother's Day Card

Hi Everyone, I hope my mum isn't really keen and happens to read my blog before I see her tomoro, but here's a quick pic of the little card and matching bookmark I've made to go with her present... The photo doesn't do it much justice but there is crystal effects over the flower to make it 3D and dazzling diamonds in the middle for a bit of bling :) And the bookmark is covered with a flower background wheel. If you like it, you'll have to borrow the set as its no longer avail..... I wasn't planning to blog this card but thought it was cute so I changed my mind :P It didn't take long to knock up last nite and the book mark with a little beading was so simple and fast. My mother in law also received a similar set tonite, but I didn't photograph it in time.... Oh and the layout was inspired by Makeesha's Inkspirations Sketch Challenge #7 (click here for her site - its absolutely marvellous what she can create!!!!!) Thanks for looking, Richelle

Mojo Monday #85

Here's my first completed Mojo Monday Challenge... Its for a friend who just had her first baby girl today! Congrats Stacey!! And I just love making girls cards cos you can make them so bright and pink!! LOL :)

And this card is of my own creation, and its for another friend who had a baby boy recently. I've actually used my 'crop-a-dile' to make holes all the way along the ribbon to put the brads in. I thought of this all by myself tonite (altho I guess I may have seen it done somewhere so I won't take all the credit). And the 'happy new baby' image has been raised off the page with some dimensionals

Thanks for looking, Richelle

Please join in my Challenge

I've always thought about joining a great weekly challenge called "Mojo Monday" which gives you a template to work out a card design. And no its not cheating to use a little planning from someone else, its to get your mojo flowing... Good luck and pls email me any of your designs as I'd love to see them. For more on Mojo Monday, just link on the logo in the right hand column and you can go to their site Now, I'm off to try my first Mojo Monday challenge :D Thanks for looking, Richelle