Bo Bunny's Card Challenge

Found some time today to join in the latest card challenge over at Bo Bunny's blog. 

This time it's a card sketch challenge .

Loving these challenges to help me cut into more of the Bo Bunny Gabrielle 6x6 paper pad. 

Other supplies : 

Prima's Blue Rose trim, Making Memories' glittered chipboard scrolls

Blessings

Posted this card last week on the Webster's Pages ning site

and it is one of the featured photos on their gallery page this week. ;) 

Features WP's Country Estate petite pps with sentiment from Crafty Secrets' 

Creative Scraps - Little Blessings.

You make me so happy/Help Japan

Sharing some card creations today 

featuring Chelley Bean Design's Ribbon Flowers. 

I thought they work well with 

Echo Park's Springtime papers . 

Just adorable they are and each one is unique . 

I used them as is . 

International blogging ,crafty friends who would like to contribute to Tomoko's( in Osaka)  fundraising efforts   to contribute to the Japanese Red Cross Society ,
 do check out her blog here .
Donations of layouts, cards, altered projects, ATCs etc are welcome. 

Bo Bunny Card Challenge

The latest card challenge over at Bo Bunny's blog is to Bling It On . 

 I had a go at it using the Gabrielle 6x6 papers with the coordinating sticker for the card sentiment. 

Brought out some bling with stickles ,a little pearl bling and glittered chipboard flourish . 

And then I tried to see how to Bling It On with the Ad Lib 6x6 papers. 

and was happy with a totally different version . ;) 

Just because ...

Last weekend , in 24 hrs I scrapped up 2 layouts , a canvas and a card. 

These past coupla days - 

it's all about cards with the new CC Upcycle & Social Club paper pads . 

That's just how the mojo rolls sometimes...

I based the design of this card on Got Sketch 93. 

This one is based on Got Sketch 97. 

And this one is a variation of Got Sketch 103 with CC Social Club. 

Sentiment is Unity Stamps - Heartfelt Sentiments. 

Sure am getting a lot out of these CC paper pads ! 

And a few more ...Cosmo Cricket Upcycle

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& so the cardmaking mojo today  continued with 

the new Cosmo Cricket Upcycle 

& with Got Sketch card sketches - here using Sketch 111 - made more quick cards.

Sentiment here - Unity Stamps Heartfelt Sentiments - a stamp set with 42 sentiments .

 I definitely have a sentiment for every occassion now ! woohoo . 

More butterfly & doilies from the CC Lovely Bits pack.
Inspired by Got Sketch 103.

Our hearts & prayers go out to the stricken areas where a 8.9 magnitude earthquake, tsunami struck Northern Japan this afternoon.
A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific, including areas as far away as South America, the entire U.S. West Coast, Canada and Alaska.
Praying for minimal damage and loss of lives. 

Quick cards with new Cosmo Cricket

It's that time of the week here - happy new,scrappy arrivals ! yeehaw ! 

Brought home the new Cosmo Cricket Upcyle 6x6 paper pad 

( simply because I never bought their 6x6 paper pads ) 

and had to try it out . Love their itty bitty butterflies and doilies for cardmaking . 

They might be too small for layouts I'd say. 

With a little help from Got Sketch 113  too. 

I also carted home Social Club 

( thinking this would be great for masculine cards , firstly) 

& had a go here using Get Sketchy #77. 

Sentiment  by Unity Stamps-  Heartfelt Sentiments , Ink - American Crafts Denim . 

Easter Greeting and others

I have made many a card type but never Easter Greetings ! 

Always a first time for everything ! 

New Crafty Secrets' Creative Scraps with Webster's Pages Yatch Club petite papers. 

Hard to go wrong with Crafty Secrets & Webster's Pages petite papers I reckoned here. ;) 

New Prima fabric petite blossom & Country Estate pps ,

sentiment & images - Crafty Secrets. 

Bo Bunny's Card Challenge

Always a first time for everything - 

entering this week's Bo Bunny's Card Challenge Tuesday 

and using their 6x6 paper pad - in this case -

the new Gabrielle papers . 

Sometimes, it is simply easier to make cards with 6x6 paper pads- 

only a recent discovery for me . 

I didn't get the 12x12 papers of this line yet -

 figured I wouldn't be scrapping with them anytime soon

but cards I definitely could try . So that was an easy decision . ;)

ICSketches #102 & 100

I did some quick cards with EP's For the Record,

using some ICS sketches by sketch artist, Stacy .

This card was inspired by ICS#100. 

Sure was a productive 2 days of card making frenzy - 

& all these cards are out of my hands now , 

given to friends who do like to use handmade cards ! ;) 

Today's cards

The following two cards uses the Webster's Pages petite papers from the Yatch Club line. 

Having these Crafty Little Secrets sentiments on hand 

sure made light work of making these cards. 

And a little crinkled seam binding & a rosette or two always finishes things off nicely .

This card uses the WP Spring Market petite papers. 

I'll put in the sentiment when I'm ready to use this card. ;) 

Cards with new Webster's Pages petite papers - Country Estate

Fresh inspo with fresh products ! 

What can I say - 

Creating is just easier with new products !!!

The latest Webster's Pages 6x6 paper pad to land on our sunny shores is a triple collection of papers 

from the Spring Market , Country Estate and Yatch Club lines . 

I couldn't believe our good fortune that this pad had that many new lines together . 

All the vintage sentiments used here are by Crafty Little Secrets . 

I have more to share later . ;) 

TCR#45 - Sweet Baby card

A new palette up & running over at the Color Room today - 

& with a new inspiring card sketch , new products on hand, 

it wasn't too hard to create . 

I didn't get a whole load of the new Prima Sweet Fairy papers 

- just those that appealed to me immediately .  

( just check out the range in the pic below !!) 

source : 

http://prima.typepad.com/

Something tells me I just might be back for more Prima papers 

but let me get through cutting more into the 15 I just brought home ! lol . 

Quick cards with "Celebrate with Jack & Jill"

Prima's brand new 8 lines for CHA Winter 2011 have landed on our sunny shores !!!!

Can you imagine 8 collections - each line with 12 papers ?

 Am I going home with 8x12=96 pps at one go ? 

Well. the cost of 96 papers was what I parted with in the end ! 

But spread over just 15 pps ( mainly Celebrate Jack & Jill & some Sweet Fairy )

 and lots of embellies- love their new resin flower centers,some  petite stamps and  masks . But NO FLOWERS tho'.  Teehee . 

When it comes to paper selection , I mainly try to buy what I need or can use immediately these days. 

And these papers were just in time for some quick Valentine's Day cards.

 Adorable & unique images I have to say. 

There are a coupla celebration themes running thru this line - 

Birthday , Easter, Picnics & even Christmas ! 

A very versatile line indeed ! ;) 

Oh Baby Baby !

I am on a roll with a series of Baby cards- 

with the arrival of my DT pack of buttons

 from Such Sweet Tierney this month. 

I thought some Sassafras Lass papers would work for  baby cards

and dug deep into my stash to find Vintage Yummy- Remember Me 

with all the lovely frames , sentiments and adorable baby images. 

Getting a hang of adding glitter to chipboard especially -

 the secret is using spray adhesive to get the glitter all properly adhered

 and covering the chipboard evenly  I have discovered. 

So glad to have rediscovered Vintage Yummy - sure made light work of making these cards ! ;) 

Check out these darling buttons here , now in stock ! 

TCR#41

 

I found time today to make a card inspired by the palette for TCR#41 

when my DT mail from Such Sweet Tierney arrived. 

There were some adorable Baby button sets this time .

I have hoarded some cute baby lines and embellies to make cards or albums etc

it's about time to use some up ! ;)
For some reason , I was shy of using much yellow on this card or my layout below .
I stuck to a safer cream or just a litle hint of yellow. 

Card design was inspired by CRC#40 by Lydell Quinn at the Color Room . 

Supplies : Making Memories' Pitter Patter line , felt dimensional sticker, Q&Co pearls , glossy accent.

& now back to the layout that I created for yesterday's reveal : 

On this day , I brought Ms Piradee & Tanya Tahir , Perth Scrapper -
who was in Singapore on holiday in Dec - 

to a cosy little corner of my neighborhood - 

Big Ben's Place - looks like a little British place from the '60s, no? 

source : http://www.bigbenspies.com/default.aspx?uc=10

Alas, I didn't realise they were famous for their Aussie style pies until now -

 or that their beef pies are actually made of Wagyu beef shank !

 hmmm & only SGD4 per pie or USD 3.10 or AUD 3.14 ......

I just might head there now since it's lunchtime here. 

In fact, we three had their spicy chicken cutlet set lunch that day,
 which we very much enjoyed . ;) 

Sure was fun hanging out with you , Tanya ! 

 Call on us again whenever you're in town ! 

CR8FN Color Challenge

I love seeking out new challenges to join in 

at the start of each new year -

here's one that I spotted.

A fun color challenge blog site started by Mona Pendleton. 

Using  a few of my favorite things - 

SRM sticker card sentiment, MR chipboard shape , 

Webster's 8x8 pp , lace trim , heart whimsy , vintage sparkler ,

my own hand colored crinkled ribbon 

I also re-discovered Rock Candy distressed stickles 

which I have used on the flower petals on the pp

here & there . Really gives an effortless, textured sugar coating . ;) 

I also entered this card for the January thank you card challenge over at inspireMe. 

Thanks for looking !