Teddy 1st Birthday Card

This is the card that I made yesterday for my youngest nephew's 1st Birthday. Hope you all like it. :D

Teddy 1st Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I then covered with a green and white patterned paper. I then threaded bright orange ribbon through 3 yellow buttons and tied it in bows. I then glued the 3 yellow buttons down the right side of the card, I also glued 2 orange buttons in between the yellow ones.

The teddy image was another of my sketches which I coloured in using coloured pencils (am hoping to upload it as a Digi for you all soon). Next I stamped an animal themed  "1" stamp onto a piece of white paper and coloured it in with coloured pencils. I then glued the stamped "1" to the center of the teddy's shirt, before then gluing the teddy himself to the card.

Lastly for the inside of my card I sketched out my sentiment "Happy Birthday" which I coloured in with coloured pencils. I also coloured another stamped "1" and sketched an "st" which I coloured in as well. I then cut out my entire sentiment and glued it onto the inside of the card.

Happy 1st Birthday Turtle Card

I made this card yesterday for my Mum to give my youngest nephew for his 1st Birthday. Hope you all like it :D

Happy 1st Birthday Turtle Card

I used white card for my base card which I covered with a pastel blue and white stripe paper.

The turtle image was another of my sketches which I coloured in using coloured pencils (am hoping to upload it as a Digi for you all soon). However I did not colour in his shell or hat, as I paper pieced these with pastel patterned papers. I then cut a "1" out of orange paper, outlined it with a black marker and glued it to the center of his shell. I then glued him onto the card. I also cut the "Happy Birthday" sentiment out of orange paper, outlined it with a black marker and glued it to the card.

For the inside of my card I cut a strip of pastel blue striped paper and glued it down the middle. Lastly I sketched out my sentiment "1 Today" which I coloured in with an orange pencil, cut out and glued to the inside of the card. 

Mother's Day Card 2012

This year I made my Mum a quick Mother's Day card, as I just had no inspiration nor inclination to craft lol ;) However I was very pleased with how it turned out considering I made it because I had to, not because I wanted to ;) Hope you all like it :D

Mother's Day Card 2012

I used white card as my base card which I then covered with a lime green and gold print paper. Next I glued a black satin fern frond diagonally across the card.

 I then attached a glitter butterfly diecut shape from Grant Archival's Grace Taylor range (which for all my fellow Aussie's is available at Big W stores) to the base of the black satin fern frond. I also glued a small pastel blue pearl heart embellishment to the top of the fern frond.

Lastly I used my labeler and metallic blue label tape to make the "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment which I then stuck to the top left corner of the card.

It's A Girl

Thought I had better give you all an update on the little bubs that is happily growing inside me :D
I am now 21 weeks along and had my 18 - 22 week ultra sound scan on Monday... Baby is doing extremely well and has a nice regular heart beat... And yes we decided to find out the sex, and yes she is a girl :D We have already decided on a name too... Maddison Ellen Spencer (as she will have her daddy's last name) :D

Whilst baby is well I have had a few trips to the Hospital and GP's due to a few bleeds... The DR's thought that the placenta might have been low, but Monday's ultra sound scan has confirmed that it is nice and high... We will find out more when I see my GP tomorrow and get some test results... But the DR's said I could just be super sensitive to all the stretching that is taking place down there... So finger's crossed that's all it is ;) Other than that I feel absolutely fine :D

Anyways thought I would share a pic from Monday's ultra sound scan with you all... This one was the best of them all... 

Baby Maddison's feet

My Apologies and Some Exciting News

Sorry I haven't been around much lately... Sorry to the Willow Sketchie Challenge DT that I missed last week's challenge too. I haven't been crafting much lately... Which brings me to my exciting news... I am 15 weeks pregnant. :D Baby and myself are well... However I have been very tired and it is taking me a bit to learn my limits... My craft mojo also seems to have run away of late. :( Hoping it returns soon as I have a few Birthday cards I need to make. ;)

This is a pic of our baby taken at my first ultra sound scan at 11 weeks and 4 days.

Peek-A-Bunny Easter Card

I have been sick with the flu all week, but no matter what I was going to get my entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge done... And tonight I did just that. I once again used both the sketch and the theme. Hope you all like it. :D

Peek-A-Bunny Easter Card

I used white card for my base card which I covered with pink paper. I then cut 4 6cm x 6cm squares out of a white and pink patterned paper and stuck them onto the card. I embossed a piece of yellow paper using paw print embossing plates and then cut out a 8 x 8cm square.

I sketched a bunny picture onto a piece of white card, traced around it with a black marker, coloured it in with coloured pencils and trimmed around it. I then glued it to the embossed yellow paw print square and attached it to the center of the card. Lastly I threaded pink satin ribbon through 2 yellow buttons and tied a bow and glued one to the top left corner and the other to the bottom right corner of the card.

I would like to congratulate Claire from Willow Sketchie Challenge on her recent wedding and also thank her for a great sketch and theme. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Cupcake With Sprinkles Birthday Card

I finally managed to get my entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge done tonight. I once again used the theme as well as the sketch. Hope you all like it. :D

Cup Cake With Sprinkles Birthday Card

I used white card for the base card, which I then covered with a plain pink paper. I then cut a square slightly smaller than the card itself out of a pink and brown spotted paper, and attached it to the card. I attached 2 pink and white spotted ribbons down the right side of my card and cut them both to form a "V". Next I cut a triangle out of pink paper and attached it to the bottom left corner. I then cut 2 different sized rectangles out of yellow card and matted them with pink paper.

To make the cupcake I first drew a cupcake onto a piece of brown metallic paper and cut it out. Next I cut a strip of pink polka dot paper and folded it like an accordion. I then trimmed and attached it to the bottom of the cupcake cut out. Next I attached the cupcake to the center of the larger yellow card rectangle. I then glued a red diamonte heart to the top of the cupcake and long white beads on for sprinkles. I then attached it to the card. Lastly I made the sentiment by writing "Birthday" onto the smaller yellow card rectangle using a black marker.

I was very pleased with how this card turned out and I would like to thank Lisa from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a great sketch and theme. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Fairy And Mushroom Card

Has been another busy week for me, but I managed to get my entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge done tonight. I decided to once again use both the sketch and the theme. Hope you all like it. :D

Fairy And Mushroom Card

I used white card for my base card. I then cut 2 triangles half the size of my card, 1 out of black and silver polka dot card and the other out of a berry pink patterned paper. I then attached them to my card. Next I cut a smaller triangle out of the berry pink patterned paper and a square out of pale blue metallic paper and set them aside.

I then sketched a fairy and a mushroom and went back over them with a black marker. I then coloured them in with pencils and cut them both out. I made the fairy some wings out of white velum, which I added some glitter to and attached to the back of the fairy. I glued the mushroom and fairy onto the pale blue metallic square, which I then attached to the center of my card. Next I glued a tiny star diamonte in the fairy's hair.

I then attached the small berry pink triangle to the bottom left corner of the card. Lastly I made some flower embellishments using paper flowers, glitter glue, diamontes and buttons and I then attached them to the small berry pink triangle.

 I really enjoyed making this card, and I would like to thank Pauline from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a fantastic sketch and theme. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Rose Bud Birthday Card

Have been super busy the last few days getting our house nice and clean for the real estate to do an inspection on Friday. Managed to sneak a bit of time today to get my entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge done though. This week they gave us the option between a sketch and a theme (use ribbon or twine), I chose to do both. Hope you all like it. :D

Rose Bud Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I covered with gold paper. I then cut 3 different sized rectangles out of various patterned and plain papers and attached them to my card.

The rose bud was a quick sketch that drew and then went back over with a black marker. I then coloured it in with crayons. Next I added a dab of brown acrylic paint to some water, mixed it up and then painted over the rose bud. Once dry I wrapped a piece of twine around the image, threaded some beads onto it and tied it off at the back of the image. I then matted the rose bud image to a piece of black textured paper and attached it to my card.

Lastly I made the "Birthday" sentiment using the same technique that I used for the rose bud, I wrote the "Birthday" text in a peach coloured crayon and then painted over it with brown acrylic paint mixed with water. Once dry I attached it to my card.

I enjoyed doing something a little different this week and I would like to thank Miria from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a great sketch, as well as wish her all the best in her future crafting. Good luck to all that enter. :D

A Flowery Birthday Card

I made this card last night for my entry in this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. I came across a whole heap of paper flowers that I had forgot I had bought and thought that I would use them to create my card. Hope you all like it. :D

A Flowery Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card. I then cut a square (1cm smaller than the card itself) out of a blue floral patterned paper and attached it to the center of my card. I then attached a purple ribbon across the center of the card. Next I cut 2 rectangles (one slightly smaller then the other) out of a multi-cloured leaf patterned paper, matted them with purple paper and attached them to the card.

I then applied glitter glue to a variety of paper flowers (I also used flowers off a flower patterned paper) and left them to dry. Whilst they were drying I made a "Happy Birthday To You" sentiment by writing the text freehand on a piece of white card using a purple metallic marker, I then went around the text with a purple gel pen and attached it to the center of the larger rectangle. Once the paper flowers were dry I layered them on top of each other and secured with a brad (or for the smaller ones I just glued them in place), I then attached them to the smaller rectangle on the card. I applied glitter glue to 2 of the brads that were holding the flowers too. Lastly I glued a purple diamonte flower on to a pre-made purple glitter flower embellishment, which I then attached to the top right of my sentiment.

Even though I was covered in glitter by the end, I had fun making this card and would like to thank Kelly from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a great sketch and recipe. Good luck to all that enter. :D

2 Gift Boxes

The theme at Willow Sketchie Challenge this week is "Anything Goes", so I decided to do something a bit different and make a couple of gift boxes instead of a card for my entry. Hope you all like them. :D

2 Gift Boxes

 

To make these gift boxes I first went through my craft goodies to see what  boxes I had in there.

I decided on an empty "Thomas Sabo" charm box and a square paper mache box. I started with the paper mache box first.

I covered the lid with a glitter patterned cardstock, using a separate piece for each surface of the lid. I then did the same for the box itself using a co-ordinating glitter striped cardstock. I then painted the edges of the box with gold acrylic paint.

  

I then made a flower embellishment out of several paper flowers (which I held in place with a small brad), I curled up strips of scrap cardstock and glued them in amongst the flowers and next I glued a square diamonte to the center. I then attached it to the top left corner of the box lid. Lastly I glued a few metal embellishments onto the lid as well.

I decided to keep the empty "Thomas Sabo" charm box relatively simple, as I quite like the stripes on the original box. So I cut a small circle out of white card which I attached to the center of the lid (to cover the writing). I then made a flower embellishment for the lid using 2 medium and one small pink silk flowers and a pink pre made paper rosette which I attached to the center of them by poking the stem (as they came in a bunch and I left approx 1.5cm of stem on it) through each silk flower and then bending it at a 90 degree angle to push flat on the back of the flowers. Lastly I glued it to the center of the box lid.

I quite enjoyed making something other than a card for once and I would like to thank Hazel and the design team at Willow Sketchie Challenge for a fun theme. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Shoe Of Purple Roses Birthday Card

Finally got around to making my entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. Has been a busy last few days for us, as we had to move my Boyfriend out of his Mother's house into my Parent's house with me. He helped me move some of his boxes so I could get to my craft stuff and make my card tonight. Hope you all like it. :D

Shoe Of Purple Roses Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I covered with a purple glittered patterned cardstock. I then cut a square out of pink patterned paper. I cut a rectangle out of black glitter patterned cardstock and used a 3 heart rounded corner punch on the corners, I then attached it towards the bottom of my card. I cut a triangle out of pink patterned paper and attached it to the bottom left corner. I then glued a raspberry satin bow to the triangle.

 

I coloured in a free Beary Wishes Butterfly and Roses Digi Stamp in Photoshop, printed it on white card and trimmed around the shoe and roses part of the digi only. I then glued it to the center of the pink patterned square. Next I applied glitter glue to the roses and set aside to dry. Once dry I attached the image towards the top of my card. I then cut the back off 3 metallic pink brads and glued them down the top right side of my card. Lastly I used my labeler and pink metallic label tape to make the "Happy Birthday" sentiment, which I then attached to the black glitter patterned rectangle.


I was very pleased with how this card turned out and I would like to thank Anne-Marie from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a fantastic sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Fun In The Rain Birthday Card

I got my Craft Robo last Friday, and have been playing with it all week, downloading templates, getting used to the settings, program and even the cutting itself. So I thought seeing as I have had several plays with it using scrap paper, it was time to make a card using it. And what better card to make with it than my entry in this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. Hope you all like it. :D

Fun In The Rain Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I then covered with a glittered multi-coloured patterned paper. Then using my Craft Robo I cut out a patterned 10 x 10cm square out of blue patterned paper, and a plain 10 x 10cm square out of purple paper. I then glued the blue square to the purple square.

I coloured in a free Sliekje Just Cute Digi Stamp in Photoshop, printed it on white card and trimmed it to a square. I then wrote "Happy Birthday" on a pre-cut orange tag and tied a pink ribbon through the hole in the tag. I attached the end of the tag to the back of my purple and blue square using double sided tape. Next I attached the purple and blue square to the top left corner of my card, and the digi to the bottom right corner. Lastly I punched 3 holes across the bottom left of my card and set 3 large black eyelets in them.

I enjoyed using my Craft Robo to make this card and I would like to thank Claire from Willow Sketchie Challenge for her fantastic sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Kitty Tunes Birthday Card

Thought that seeing as I got my entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge in early that I would make another one. Hope you all like it. :D

Kitty Tunes Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I covered with a glitter multi-coloured patterned paper.

I coloured in a free Sliekje Music Kitten Digi Stamp in Photoshop, printed it on white card and then trimmed it to a rectangle. I then matted it to blue metallic textured paper, which I then matted to purple paper. I then attached it to the center of my card. Next I made the sentiment by printing out on white card a long strip of pink with yellow "Happy Birthday" text in the middle, I then folded the ends to create a banner and trimmed off the excess. I attached my banner sentiment to the top left of my digi with double sided foam tape. I then attached a raspberry satin ribbon across my card towards the bottom of my digi. Lastly I made a double bow out of multi-coloured cord and glued it to the center of the ribbon.

This card was a load of fun to make and I would once again like to thank Lisa from Willow Sketchie Challenge for her fantastic sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Monkey Valentine's Day Card

My Boyfriend went to a buck's party tonight, so I thought while he was gone I would make his Valentine's Day card. I also made this card for my entry in this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. Hope you all like it. :D

Monkey Valentine's Day Card

I used white card for my base card, which I covered with a glitter black spot patterned card.

I then coloured in a free Dustin Pike Monkey Digi Stamp in Photoshop, printed it on white card and then cut it out to a rectangle. Next I matted the digi to a piece of black card, which I then matted again to a piece of red foil card. I then attached it to the center of my card using double sided tape. I attached a red love heart ribbon across my card towards the bottom of the digi. I then made a bow out of a red love ribbon and attached it to the center of the love heart ribbon. Next I glued a red diamonte heart to the middle of the bow. Lastly I made and attached the sentiment.

1. First of all to make the sentiment I made and printed out on white card a long strip of red with the text "Happy Valentine's Day" in the middle. I then decided to roll the ends in, just to make it a bit different.

2. To roll the ends in, first you need to fold the end back (make sure you leave a few cm between the end of the text and the fold).

3. Then it's as simple as bending the edge of the fold over and rolling to where desired (make sure you stop at least 1cm before or after your text).

4. Then carefully roll the ends over so that you can flatten them out.

5. I then trimmed the ends into a  "V" shape.

I really enjoyed making this card, particularly the sentiment and I would like to thank Lisa from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a fantastic sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

6 Year Old Harry Potter Card

Running late again I know, but I made this card this afternoon for my entry in this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. It is also for my Harry Potter obsessed nephew's 6th Birthday. Hope you all like it. :D

6 Year Old Harry Potter Card

I used white card for my base card, which I covered with a piece of black card for extra strength. I then cut a rectangle out of red flecked metallic paper and matted it to gold paper.

I printed out 3 Harry Potter emblems from Google Images onto white card, trimmed around them and glued them to the top left corner of my card.

I then found a Harry Potter colouring page also using Google Images, I coloured it in using Photoshop, printed it on white card, trimmed around it and attached it to the red and gold rectangle. Next I attached the rectangle to my card using double sided tape. As I still haven't got my die cutter yet, I made the "6" sentiment by hand. First I made a circle template out of a scrap piece of white card, I then traced it onto gold paper and cut it out. I then drew a 6 onto the white card circle template and cut it out, next I traced it onto red flecked metallic paper and cut it out. I then glued the 6 to the middle of the circle and glued it to the bottom right corner of my card. Lastly I used glitter glue to create magic bolts coming out of the wand.

This was a fun card to make and I can't wait to give it to my nephew. I would like to thank Shell from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a fantastic sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Kitty Bling Birthday Card

I made this card tonight for my entry in this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. Thought I would get it in a little bit earlier this time. ;) Hope you all like it. :D

Kitty Bling Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I then covered with a purple glitter patterned paper. Next I cut 2 rectangles 8 x 11cm, one out of pink polka dot paper and the other out of a pink patterned paper.

Next I attached a "Happy Birthday" pink ribbon across the bottom of my card (this also doubled as my sentiment). I then attached the 2 rectangles to my card using double sided tape. I also glued a few embellishments to my card; a diamonte heart to the ribbon, a purple glitter and white paper flower and also a purple bud ribbon to the pink patterned rectangle.

I then coloured in a free Sliekje Kitty Digi Stamp in Photoshop, printed it on white card, trimmed around it and glued it to the pink polka dot rectangle. Lastly I stuck a pink pearl on her bag, and pink pearls and pink diamontes on to her necklace.

I would like to thank Pauline from Willow Sketchie Challenge for another fantastic sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Quick Wedding Acceptance Card

Have been so busy lately that I completely forgot to RSVP for a friend's wedding. :( Luckily she already knew we were attending and sent us a text today to just confirm it. So I decided to make her a quick acceptance card today and post it off to her, more as a keepsake than anything. Hope you all like it. :D

Quick Wedding Acceptance Card

I also made this quick card as a mini card (10 x 9cm). I used white card for my base card and cut a rectangle of black card 2cm smaller, which I then attached to the center of the card. I attached a black spotted ribbon across the middle of the card.

For the flower embellishment I layered 3 different coloured and sized paper flowers. I then attached a pink pre made paper rosette to the center of them by poking the stem (as they came in a bunch and I left approx 1.5cm of stem on it) through each paper flower and then bending it at a 90 degree angle to push flat on the back of the flowers. Lastly I attached the flowers using foam double sided tape.

Quick Pink Birthday Card

Have been so busy this week that I completely forgot about making an entry for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. So I just made a quick card for my entry. Hope you all like it. :D

Quick Pink Birthday Card

I used white card for my base card, which I then covered with a pink polka dot paper. I then glued a strip of pink sprinkle patterned paper across the bottom. I attached a large pink silk flower to the top left of my card and 3 paper flowers to the top right corner. Next I glued 3 blue mini buttons to the center of each paper flower.

I coloured in a free Sliekje Cupcake digi stamp in Photoshop, printed it on white card and cut it in a rectangle. I then attached it to my card using double sided tape. Lastly I wrote out a "Happy Birthday" sentiment on white card, trimmed around it and glued it to the left of the digi.

I would like to thank Miria from Willow Sketchie Challenge for such a great sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D

Pastel Easter Card

I made this card last night for my entry in this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. Thought I may as well start on my Easter cards, as Easter will be here before I know it. Hope you all like it. :D

Pastel Easter Card

I used white card as my base card. I then cut four 1.5 x 15cm strips of pastel paper (2x Yellow and 2x Pink), I cut all the ends on a 45 degree angle and glued them around the edge of my card to make a border.

I used 2 image elements on this card, one being a paper pieced egg that I made and the other a colouring page which I found using Google Images. I coloured the colouring page in using Photoshop, printed it on white card and then trimmed around it. I then cut 2.5cm strips off either side, leaving the middle strip 3.5cm, I then cut 0.5cm off either side of the middle strip. Next I cut 0.5cm off the top of the 2 outside strips and 0.5cm off the bottom of the middle strip. I then glued the strips to my card.

To make the paper pieced egg I made an oval template out of white card (as I don't have a cutter yet, but am getting one soon :D ), I then traced it onto yellow, pink and blue paper and cut out the 3 egg shapes. Using the long side of the oval template I then marked and cut off the ends of the pink and blue eggs (leaving the pink longer than the blue). I glued the yellow egg to the template for strength. Then using a flower shaped punch I punched 3 flowers down the middle of the blue egg and then glued it to the pink egg. Next using a small hole punch I punched around the edges of the pink egg and the center out of the flowers, I then glued it to the yellow egg. I then glued it to my card on top of the other image.

I glued a blue ribbon across the bottom of my card. I then made a "Happy Easter" sentiment in Photoshop, printed it on white card, trimmed around it and attached it to the bottom right corner of my card. I made and glued a little pink ribbon to the top of my sentiment. Lastly I glued a little orange flower sequin to the bottom right of my sentiment.

I had so much fun creating this card and I would like to thank Kelly from Willow Sketchie Challenge for a great sketch. Good luck to all that enter. :D