Shabby Chic Thank You Card

Life has been a bit hectic recently and I havent found myself blogging or card-making. I have a set of cards on my desk that are half-made and have been that way for the last three days. Tonight I plan to spend some time blogging, cathcing up on all the creations I have missed commenting on recently and of course, making some cards!

Life sometimes throws up a few diversions and gets in the way of crafting, doesn't it!

This set of cards I made because my sister wants me to make her a pack of Thank you cards. I thought I would do six and make several packs with an assortment of different thank you cards. So this is the first design. I am into making bulk cards at them moment...I want to get a stock of them, for me to use and also to sell down the track.

I went for a Shabby Chic look for this card because of the DP I used "{note} worthy" by Making Memories. It just called out to be distressed. The base card is Rose Red and the image and sentiment is on Very Vanilla card stock. The digi-image is called "Softly Afloat" by Paper Cupcakes and coloured with Copics. I love the antique - looking lace across the bottom of the card. I added a ribbon to the top of the lace from my stash.

I would like to play along with the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Thank you

The Play Date Cafe - Colour Theme

(My colours arent exactly the same as I dont have any of the new SU colours yet.)

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Buttons and/or Lace

I hope to get around and visit and comment tonight...I hope you are having a great June Long-Weekend. Thanks for looking.

 Goodevening Blogging Buddies.

I made this card last week for my sister who wanted a "Thank You" card for a work colleague....I dont know if it is really suitable for a "Thank You" card so I made another one as well so she can choose.  ( I will blog the second one another day) This beautiful fairy/angel image is from CC designs and I do love her.  This is the first time she has been inked up.  I think I followed a sketch, but I have no idea which blog it was off now...the challenge would have probably been finished anyway.

I would like to play along with the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Floral Delights

Cup Cake Craft Challenges - Dazzle Us

Crafts and Me - Friends and Family

The Play Date Cafe - Colours: Peach, Pale Peach and Lemon

Die-Cut Dreams - Angels

I had an exhausting day at school today...some of the kids in my class have very sad home lives and it gets me down from time to time.  I wish I could help them more.  When I come home I start worrying about them.  It would be nice if all children could go home to safe households where they feel loved and happy... But I have to look on the positive side and make the classroom a comfortable and joyful place for them to come each day : )

I have been making more bulk cards over the last few days and will share those soon.

I hope you had a lovely day today, thanks for visiting.

Baby Boy Cards

My cousin Caroline has recently had a baby boy called Joshua.  I needed to make her a card, while I was at it I decided to make another five exactly the same.  This will give me a good stash to use and sell as needed.

I used "Thomas in Pram" from Digistamp Boutique. 

This was the first digi-stamp I bought and boy has he had a workout! I have used him many times (sometimes I colour him in pinks and dress him up as a girl).  I coloured him with Copics and mounted all the DPs onto Bashful Blue card.  I kept the design very simple because I didnt want these cards to take me ten hours!  I stamped the sentiment in Bashful Blue ink but it looks very washed out in the photos...in real life you can see it much more clearly.

 I would like to play along with the S2G Challenge - Brides and Babies and the

Stamp Something Challenge - Stamp Something Digi - Digi Stamp Challenge 

I spent most of today mowing the lawn and then visited my sister this afternoon.

It was a nice sunny day, but very cold.

I am hoping to make some more cards tonight.

Thanks for visiting me today and thank you for your lovely comments.

A Summer Inspired Magnolia Card

Well, it is nothing like Summer here at the moment in Australia...we have the fire going, and I am needing to get some slippers and an electric blanket....After living on the Gold Coast for five years and now being back in NSW the cold weather is a little hard to take.

I was quite happy to make a Summer-inspired card to remind me of those sunny days...and to fit all the summer challenges out there in blog-land at the moment.

This is the first time I have coloured this Tilda. I was lucky enough to win her and she was fun to colour. I coloured her in bright summery colours to match my SU DP. I was going for a bright, cheery card.

I would like to play along with the following challenges...

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch

Stampavie and More - Summer

Stampin' for the Weekend - Summer/Travel Theme

Just Magnolia - Frame it

Our Creative Corner - Summer Inspiration

I finalised my reports today so they are all done - Hooray! That leaves plenty of time for one thing...making cards! I just want to sit and craft and craft and craft...

Hope you have had a lovely weekend.

Thanks for visiting.

Magnolia Thank you Card

 Goodevening Blogging Buddies...I am so glad it is Friday! I have just finished my part of my school reports...but have to meet with my teaching partner this Sunday to finalise our efforts...yuck! I can think of better ways to spend a Sunday, can't you...snuggled up in my craft room with inky fingers, mess everywhere, hot chocolates and tim-tam biscuits!

Anyway...the sooner the reports are over and done with the better.

Tonight I have a Thank-you card to share.  I made this card for Annette last week but didnt want to blog it until she had received it in the mail.  I am in love with this Tilda stamp and it really doesnt take long at all to colour...she is so, so cute!  The card stock is SU Regal Rose and the DP is SU as well.  The flowers, leaves and hat pins are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The doily and stamp are from Tickled Pink Stamps.  The ribbon is from my stash, the sentiment is SU.  I coloured Tilda with Copics and added Kindy-Glitzz all over for some sparkle.

I would like to play along with the following challenges:

Alphabet Challenge - F is for flowers

Magnolia Down Under Challenge - Flowers

PaperPlay Challenges - Flowers and Sparkle

I hope you are having a lovely Friday evening and you get plenty of crafting time this weekend.

Thanks very much for visiting me.

Magnolia "Thinking of you" Card

 Good evening blogging buddies...I have a sweet little Magnolia card to share with you tonight.

This card is for my Auntie...she has had a huge month, her birthday (which I missed), her Mum and her sister passing away and now a new Grandchild that arrived last week.  So she has had a turbulent time and has been in my thoughts lately.  

I thought a nice card would be well-received.

I followed another one of Hanna's sketches.  They really are to die for! Lots of layering and detail.  I have really enjoyed using her designs.  I used some yummy Magnolia DPs that Kellie kindly sent me from Tickled Pink Stamps.  (I also bought my stamp, doily and charm from her store as well).  I teamed the DPs with some silver paper, some mauve (kind of furry) paper and mounted it all on Bashful Blue card.  I added some silver ribbon and a blue crystal stem as well. I certainly used lots of embellishments on this card and so I think it would qualify for the Pimp your Card Challenge at Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog.

 The little blue roses I bought from Wild Orchid Crafts and I nestled some of them into flowers cut on my Martha Stewart punch. Because of these flowers I would like to enter this card in the Magnolia Down Under Challenge - Flowers and the Sir Stampalot Challenge - Punch It! (Sorry I cut them off a bit in the photo - you have to look at the first photo to get a good view of the punched flowers.)

I used Versamark ink and Silver embossing powder for the sentiment in the middle of the doily and this enables me to enter the Quixotic Challenge - Emboss it!  Because of the metallic touches, the silver paper, the charm, the silver embossing, the metal stem and the silver ribbon I would also like to enter the Metal madness Challenge at Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenges. 

Over at By The Cute and Girly their challenge is "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.."  On my card my something old is my silver ribbon, my something new is this gorgeous Tilda stamp.  She is new to my collection...and I just love her!  My something borrowed is the silver paper and purple paper which I have collected from my sister and a friend and the something blue is the DP and the card.

Well I think that is about all the challenges I can handle tonight.  I thoroughly enjoyed making this card and hope that my Auntie likes it too.

Today I did a Casual day on a 5/6 class and tomorrow I am back to my 3/4 class for the rest of the week.  Reports are due in next week so I am busy working on them at the moment...I will be definately celebrating when they are over!!!

I hope your week is going well.  Thanks for popping over to my blog today.