Debz

G’day Everyone!

I love anything old and antiquey and my home is full of dead peoples things as my DH likes to say! I like to think that the people who owned these things previously are very happy to think someone else loves them as much as they did!

Anyways this brings me to this card. I love old fashioned clocks with embroidery on the faces , gold trimming & a little hanger on the top,  they are just sooo pretty and feminine. These clocks gave me the  inspriation for this weeks layout challenge by Makeesha Byl.

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This card also shows a little of something nearly old from the Spring Mini and of course a little snit bit of something new from the Summer Mini released on the 1st of December. 

Something old & something new

I over stamped the centre of the clock with the flower image & coloured using a Blender Pen then added the Flower Fusion & Brad to give more texture to the card. Of course I had to have a little sparkle so added this to the butterfly image and use the bracket image to form the hanger of the clock. I hope you like it?

Stamp Set – Sense of Time / Great Friend & For Everything

Ink – Close to Cocoa & Cameo Coral 

Card – Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, More Mustard & Cameo Coral

Accessories - 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Eyelet Border punch, Brad, Flower Fusion, Blender Pen, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, DSP Raspberry Tart, Hodgepodge Hardware, Urban West rub on’s, Snail & Deminsionals

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

On the weekend I sat down & wrote in the Christmas cards I am sending to family in the UK. I always include the Darby Annual Newsletter, as it is lovely to let the family know what we have been up to over the last 12 months.  I thought I would take a piccy of the cards and post them for you.

I am not going to list all of the supplies list but as you can see I have used the Season of Joy & Tree Trimmings Stamp set along with the Ski Slope DSP. Keeping the colour fairly tradional I used Real Red, Old Olive & Baja Breeze as these colour also coordinate with the DSP and of course a little dazling diamonds for some sparkle.

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Last year I decided I would make 3 or 4 Chrismas designs as it takes so much time to make everyone different. But you know what it didn’t happen, I have made them all a little different from the next LOL! Next year perhaps????

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

You may remember that I participated in the Artful Stampers swaps a couple of weeks ago.

Well I have realised that I didn’t post the card that I made. But you know what I forgot to take a piccy of the final copy so unfortunateley I only have a piccy of the draft version. So here is the draft version which is pretty close the fianlly anyways, I hope you like it?

I did a little punch art with this one. I just love to be able to use my punches is different ways. If only I had more time to play with them LOL!

Stamp Set – Short & Sweet

Ink – Sage Shadow

Card – Sage Shadow & So Saffron

Accessories- Brad, Scallop Circle punch, Photo Corner punch, 3/4″ Circle Punch, Small & Large Oval punch, Mat Pack & paper piercer, White Gel Pen, Sponge, 5/8″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Windsor Knot DSP, Snail & Dimensionals

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

Well my twin brothers celebrated their birthdays yesterday – happy birthday boys xxx.

You will recall that I posted on of their cards a week or so ago for a challenge, so today I am posting the other card. I used the Sense of Time set again but or course made the card different for my other brother.

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Again I used the bleaching techique for this card as it is just such a great effect.

Stamp Set – Sense of Time

Ink – More Mustard & Chocolate Chip

Card – Chocolate Chip, More Mustard & Whisper White

Accessories - 1″ Circle Punch, Jumbo Brads, Snail & Dimensionals

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

Well the weather is on the way up to the 40’s again and we only had a couple of days of respite. Such is life in South Australia. So again I am not too sure how much crafting I will be doing over the next few days. Mind you I have  couple of SAS classes to prepare for so if nothing else I need to get the prep work done for these.

Todays post is a sketch challenge for Elite Challenges and is taken from the Spring Mini page 12. I have made this card for a dear friend Leonie and although it is a couple of days late she is overseas, so will have what I hope will be a lovely surprise when she gets home.  Leonie has such a bright and sunny personality, so card just had to have some sparkle,  I hope the camera has picked up the Dazzling Diamonds.

Eastern Blooms

Stamp Set – Eastern Blooms / Short & Sweet

Ink – Cameo Coral & Baja Breeze

Card – Cameo Coral, Baja Breeze & Whisper White

Accessories - 1” Circle punch, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Rhinestone Brad, Sponge, 5/8″ Striped Grosgrain ribbon, DSP Walk in the Park, SAMJ, Snail & Dimensionals

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

Well we are still having that heat wave and it is 44 here today. I am sure somewhere the bitumen on the roads is melting and no doubt railway lines somewhere, as it is just soooo hot outside.

I am in my room sorting through the Christmas cards I have been making & writing out the ones I will be sending to the UK (waving to all the family).

This card was for the Elite Challenges colour challenge (There’s Always Chocolate) for this month. And I have to say I have never made a sympathy card before so I am not sure I would give this to anyone being a first attempt. What do you think?

Yes it was a challenge, I have to say it was one of the hardest cards I have made. 

Stamp Set – Thoughts & Prayers

Ink – Chocolate Chip & Riding Hood Red

Card – Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Choci\olate Chip & Natural Ivory

Accessories – Scallop Edge punch, Scallop Square punch, Mat Pack & Paper Piercer, Corner Rounder, Snail & Dimensionals.

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

We are having a heatwave and it only early November. Makes me wonder what Summer has instore for us, which is a bit of a worry???

Anyways it is getting warm in my craft room as it is the furtherest from the air-conditioner, hence I’am not sure how much playtime or blogging I am going to get done over the next few days. So please bear with me and keep stopping by just in case I have put up a post.

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

Just a quick post tonight as I am hoping to have a little play with my Summer Mini stampin’ essentials- well hopefully as every time I say that it takes me ages LOL!

I made this card up sometime ago & never got around to posting so tonight is as good as time as any.

 

I really like the shadowed effect on the Upsy Daisy flowers, what do you think?

Stamp Set - Upsy Daisy

Card – Not Quite Navy, Cameo Coral & Ruby Red

Ink – Ruby Red & Craft Whisper White

Accessories - DSP Bella Bleu, Eyelet Border punch, Corner Rounder, SAMJ, Flower Fusion Too, Hodgepodge Hardware, Mat Pack & paper piercer, Sponge. Snail & Dimensionals

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Debz

G’day Everyone!

Boy cyberspace is giving me a hard time tonight. This is my second attemp at this post, fingers crossed LOL!!!

Two special men in my life, my twin brothers celebate their birthdays this month. So I thought I would use the wonderful Sense of Time from the about to expire Spring Mini, as this is such a great stamp set.

So I decided to make one of the cards using Makeesha Byls colour challenge this week as it was such a great colour combo for a bloke.

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Look at that Corduroy Brad – yep I altered the colour using the Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Pad , how cool is that? And I used the Bleaching Technique which I hope to do a class on next year, so make sure you keep an eye on my class schedule.

Sense of Time

Stamp Set – Sense of Time

Ink - Chocolate Chip & Close to Cocoa

Card – Chocoalte Chip, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa & Very Vanilla

Accessories – Corduroy Brad, Word Window punch, 1″ Circle punch, 1/2″ Circle punch, Crop-A-Dile, Sponge, Snail & Dimensionals

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Debbie

G’day Everyone!

Well the weekend is nearly over again, time is flying by.

This card I started some time ago & was one that I didn’t know where I was going with it, so I put it aside for a rainy day. Although today has not been rainy, in fact is has been quite hot, so it was a good day to finally sit down in the cool indoors & finish the project.

I really started with the background as I had just received my Spritzer a few weeks back & just wanted to have a quick play with my new tool, so the background was as far as I got.

Anyways here is the finished project, I hope you like it?

Spritzed Fresh Cuts

Don’t forget the Boho Blossom punch is the additional free punch Stampin’ Up! have included in the Christmas Gift-Giving Guide promotion. You can earn this punch for free (value $30.95) by spending over $85 on any of the items listed in this guide.

Stamp Set – Fresh Cuts

Ink – Rose Red

Card – Whisper White, Old Olive, Rose Red & Regal Rose

Accessories - Boho Blossoms punch, 5-Petal Flower punch,  1/4″ Circle punch (retired),Colour Spritzer Tool, Sponge, Crystal Effects, Snail, Dimensionals & Glue Dots.

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