Cardz 'n' Scrapz DT - Enchanted Garden

Hi! Today I have a Cardz 'n' Scrapz DT card to share, which features Bo Bunny's Enchanted Garden paper collection. 

These papers are amazing and, with a little fussy cutting, you don't need any embellishments. 

The card is 120mm x 148mm kraft base with a 115mm x 143mm white panel. 

The butterflies on the book page is from one of the papers in the pack. I used the same paper again and fussy cut the butterflies, adhering them just along the bodies so that the wings could stand up. I layered a Lacey Circle between the panels. 

I also fussy cut some flowers on the banner and the postage from other papers in the pack.  Finally, I applied some liquid pearls around the card and on the Lacey Circle. 

Products used:

Kraft & White Cardstock

Bo Bunny Enchanted Garden

Spellbinders Lacey Circles

Liquid Pearls

Double Sided Tape

Tacky Glue

Sandie

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La-La Land Crafts - New Release Showcase

Good morning!

Each Monday and Friday the La-La Land Crafts design team aims to bring you a new and inspirational theme to follow and this week we have something VERY SPECIAL for you!!

Last Monday saw the release of 14 NEW STAMPS from our April Release and it's Team Friday's turn to showcase these amazing images.

On my card I've used Kimono Marci, Fence and Hollyhocks Set

 

I've coloured it us using Copic Markers - 

Skin - E000, E00, E01, E11, R20

Hair - 100, C1

Kimono, hairbands - E07, E08, E09, E19. C1, C3, C5

Umbrella - BG11, BG13

Slippers - C1, C3 C5

Fence - E31, E33, E35, E37

Ground - C1, C3, C5, C7

My design papers are Bo Bunny Serenity and to embellish I've simply used some white flat-back pearls.

Of course we have some amazing PRIZES for you! 

- Comment on EACH Blog from participating Guests and Design Team Members (links are attached below for your convenience) for a chance to WIN THREE STAMPS of your choice from our store! *we will pick two winners from your comments on different blogs.

- Make a qualifying* purchase in the La-La Land Crafts Store at any time between April 23rd and May 1st. All orders will be entered into the drawing and one of the orders will be refunded, making it FREE!
*rubber stamps only, digis excluded

In addition, we have a Limited Time Bundled PACKAGE!! You can purchase ALL 14 stamps stamps in this release with savings of over 20%!!

Click HERE to go shopping!

Here is  a recap of the amazing stamps we released on Monday, which are available RIGHT NOW!! 

Kimono Marci, Marci with Lantern, Karate Marci, Karate Luka...

Hula Marci, Ukulele Luka, Graduation Marci, Graduation Luka...

Travel Marci, Telephone Marci, Watercan Marci...

Hollyhocks, Sunflowers, & Fence

And here is the full list of participants to help you along your way

Arlene Cuevas - www.butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com
Leanne Poe - http://liloshaggymoto.blogspot.com/
Jeanette Comerford - http://jeanette-happythoughtsinkspots.blogspot.com/
Jo Nevill - http://bootsblogspot.blogspot.com/
Karen Yates - http://karenscraftspace.blogspot.com/
Lou Mac - http://lou-dot-mac.blogspot.com/
Sandie Dunne - http://sandieshores.blogspot.com/
Sue Kohler - http://sue-myinnerreflection.blogspot.com/
Alberto Gava - http://loshakeratoalberto.blogspot.com
Irina Blount - http://everythingpapercrafts.blogspot.com/
Jing van Opstal - http://www.jingvanopstal.com/about

Have fun!
Sandie
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Color Me Creative - Non Traditional Hair Colour

Happy Sunday!! We have a new and exciting challenge over on the Color Me Creative Copic Challenge group and this time your challenge is all about

** Multi-Colored Hair / Non Traditional Hair Colors **
This is a FUN CHALLENGE--use colors on hair you wouldn't normally use, mix in lots of colors but just have fun with it!

You may use any image you like of course but NO BRUNETTES, BLONDES or BLACK hair!!

We want to see you use YOUR COPICS, COPIC REFILLS OR COPIC AIRBRUSH SYSTEM (Or ProMarkers if you have them)

The Prize for the winner of this challenge (randomly chosen) will get:

 

**Prize from our sponsor Simply Betty Stamps!!
**1 pack of Cryogen Cardstock

In addition, each month there will be a random winner chosen from ALL the entries that month to recieve a $50 Gift Certificate to Oozak.com! So you have 2 ways to win

Challenges - 

2 Sisters - Holiday

 Hiding in my Craft Room - Holiday-any holiday
So Artful Challenge - Sew Pretty
Fairy Tale - Christmas
Jingle Belles - Christmas – Holiday Food, Drink or Candy
Patties Creations  – Christmas
Meljens Designs - Twine or String

 

Inky Impressions Challenge - Handmade Embellishments

Hi everyone! We have a new challenge over on Inky Impressions today - We would love to see some handmade embellishments.

On my card I've used Nicholas on Ice and he's been coloured with copic markers. I made the rosette from a 12"x1" strip of paper, scored at 0.25" intervals. Then I stamped my sentiment, cut it out with a circle nestabilities and adhered it to the top of my rosette.

My papers are Bo Bunny Blitzen stitched down onto Brown and white cardstock from The Paper Mill. 

Check out what the rest of the DT have created over on the Inky Blog!

Sandie

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Waltzingmouse Stamps November SOAP Day 3

Good morning bloggers!!

Welcome to the third day of the Waltzingmouse Stamps November Stamp of Approval Parade (SOAP). Over four days the Design Team will be sharing projects made with any and all of the WMS Christmas stamps

Today I am sharing a card I made using Nordic Winter. I just love this set, so much so that it's inspired me to bug my mum into knitting Nordic design hats for my kids, lol. She's warming to the idea ;)

Supplies - 
Stamps: Nordic Winter
Papers: Bo Bunny Blitzen Collection
Ink: Stampin' Up
Twine: Quixotic Paperie
Tools: Sewing Machine, Corner Rounder
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

And here is the list of ladies set to inspire you today -

Anya Schrier
Becca Feeken
Clare Buswell
Julia Aston
Jennifer Holmes
Kate Whelan
Kelly Schirmer
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne
Tosha Leyendekker
Claire Brennan (Owner)

Tickled Pink Stamps Challenge #43 Photo Inspiration

Hi everyone! It's Tickled Pink Challenges time of the week and this week we have a Photo Inspiration Challenge for you. The photo is Halloween but I decided not to use the theme but rather take the colours for my inspiration.

I used the fabulously sassy Christina and coloured her using Copic markers. My papers are Bo-Bunny ETC and they've been inked and machined stitched down onto kraft card. The vintage tag and postcard are from an Ebay purchase.

Copics Used - Skin: E00. 01,11, R20. Hair: E41, 43, 44. Shirt/Boots/Hairband: R32, 35, 37.
Pants: E50, 51, 53, 55. Trim: Y00, 02, 04. Watch: Y21, 26.

REMEMBER to use an image from the Tickled Pink Stamps Line on your project!

This includes the Pinkettes, Lil Lad & Lolitas, Cherrie, Lil Pets

What can you win? Up for grabs we have....1 DIGITAL Stamps of your choice!

Challenges - 

Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - #37 Anything goes

sScrapbook Sisters - #58 Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Partytime Tuesdays - PTT #38 Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts -  Lace 

Craft Your Passion - Use KRAFT Paper

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - must include Kraft cardstock - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping in. 

Sandie

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Waltzingmouse Stamps October Previews - Day 3

Good morning and welcome to Day 3 of our Waltzingmouse Stamps October release previews. Do you have a favourite so far??!! You might want to hold off on that decision until after you see today's fabulous sets 2011 Holiday Ornaments and Santa's Coming To Town

The red pattern paper is from Bo Bunny Blitzen 6x6 pad. I stamped my Heirloom Ornament with Close to the Heart ink and used the matching nestabilities to cut it out. I punched a hole in the top using the crop-a-dile and threaded some yellow/white bakers twine through. 

I also made some tags, using the Nestabilies tag dies. I used Antique Linen and Momento black ink for the image/sentiment and then sponged the background with more Antique Linen. These tags are perfect for Christmas Gifts.

I used various different ribbons threaded through a punched hole at the top of each tag. 

Check out what the rest of the DT have created - 

Anya Schrier

Becca Feeken

Belinda Chang Langner

Clare Buswell

Julia Aston

Jennifer Holmes

Kate Whelan

Kelly Schirmer

Laurie Schmidlin

Lynn Mercurio

Mona Pendleton

Niki Estes

Sandie Dunne {you're here}

Tosha Leyendekker

Claire Brennan (Owner)

Catch up...

Good morning. Today I have a couple of cards to share. I was too ill last week to blog them, but thankfully I'm almost back to normal now.

Colo{u}r Me Creative's new challenge started on Friday night and we would love to see you create a Black & White OR Sepia project with a pop of one other colour.

Be sure to link up over on the CMC Copic Challenge for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate from Susana's Custom Art & Card Design.  Each challenge entry is entered into a monthly drawing for a $50 gift certificate to Oozak.com.  You have until Sept. 30th to enter. Remember this is a copic marker challenge so you MUST use your copics.

I used one of the new stamps from Tickled Pink Stamps and I've also used this card for my Tickled Pink DT card - yes, very naughty but I was ill, remember?! ;) The challenge set for us this week was to RIP something. You can interpret this as actually ripping something like your cardboard, paper, image etc. etc OR you can interpret this as R.I.P something. You must use an image from the Tickled Pink Stamps Line on your project to enter!!

Challenges - 

Card Cupids - Anything Goes

Gingerloft -  Vintage or Distressed

Here Come the Boys -Bingo* (Twine, Image, Squares)

 Scrappy Frogs -  Vintage

 

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My next card is for Basic Grey Challenges and we would love to see you use Pink & Brown on your projects. 

Of course I jumped right in as this is one of my favourite colour combos and when I was half way through I realised I was using My Mind's Eye papers so I had to dig into my stash and found some Basic Grey Sugared Rub-Ons that suited perfectly. . phew!! 

Challenges - 

Crafty Boots -  Wings

Kaboodle Doodles - Lots of Layers

Magnolia Monday Link Party - always Anything Goes
Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps - Stitching

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Picture Inspiration

Thanks for dropping by! Have a wonderful Tuesday. xx

Waltzingmouse Stamps September Release Blog Waltz

It's release time!!

Today Waltzingmouse Stamps is releasing 4 new collections - A Cottage Home, Hocus Pocus, Say it Loud Autumn/Winter and A Christmas Cottage. 

If you've arrived here from Sarah's blog then you're stepping in the right direction, but if you've lost your way or just stumbled across this  post you need to head back to Claire's Blog where the Waltz begins. 

Over the past 3 days the DT have been bringing you sneak peeks of each set and today it is the turn of A Christmas Cottage

I have made a couple of cards and a gift bag. On these projects I have used various stamps from A Christmas Cottage, A Cottage Home &  Vintage Ornaments. 

For this card I stamped out the trees and masked them before stamping the cottage. I also used the pathway from A Cottage Home. I used copic markers to colour it, then added some Polar White flower soft for the snow. 

I handcut the sentiment, inked it with distess ink and added some punched snowflakes with pearl centres. The snowman has been trimmed out and mounted on dimensionals. 

For the gift bag I used Prisma pencils, blended with Jest-It solution. For the snow I used Star Dust Stickles. For the tag I used the Vintage Ornaments stamped with red SU ink, hand cut it out and tied it to the bag using a soft twine.

For a very quick and easy card I took two sheets of Bo Bunny Blitzen paper, cut out the baubles from one and mounted them on dimensionals over the other and stamped a sentiment with black momento ink. I stitched down all of my papers, adhered it to the card base and voila!!

Next stop on the Waltz is Julia's Blog. 

Have fun!!

Sandie

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Waltzingmouse Stamps New Release Previews - Day 2

Morning!! Well I do hope you all enjoyed yesterdays previews of A Cottage Home, the DT did an absolutely amazing job!! We also welcomed 3 fabulous new ladies to the DT - Becca Feeken, Clare Buswell & Kelly Schirmer.

Today we are bringing you Say it Loud Autumn/Winter - a wonderful follow-on to the Say it Loud collection which is a personal favourite of mine, so I was thrilled to see a Holiday version being released this month.

 I've used Bo Bunny 'Father Christmas' 6x6 paper pad, machine stitched and adhered to a white card base. These papers are very traditional in colour and quite vintage'y in style. 

I added some lace and pearl spray, along with some poinsettias and punched pine leaves. The sentiment was stamped out using momento tuxedo black onto white cardstock, cut out with oval nestabilites, matted with a green scalloped oval and stitched down. Then I mounted them on dimensionals. 

Thanks for looking! Please do drop by my teamies' blogs to see their fabulous creations - here is the list of participants today:

• Anya Schrier
• Becca Feekan
• Claire Brennan
• Clare Buswell
• Jennifer Holmes
• Julia Aston
• Kate Whelan
• Kelly Schirmer
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Mona Pendleton
• Niki Estes
• Sandie Dunne<----- You are here :) 
• Sarah Martina Parker
• Tosha Leyendekker 

La-La Land Crafts & DT Whiff of Joy

Morning!! Today is Friday and that means another Inspiration Friday from La-La Land Crafts. To see all of the DT "Buttons and/or Bows" inspiration check out the La-La Land Blog. Don't forget to link up in the Customer Gallery if you play along.

My image is one of the newly released Summer stamps - Marci with Flower . 

  

Copics used:
Hair - E42, 43, 44. 

Pants/Shoes - BG70, 72, 75. 

Top/Pants - Y00, 02, 06. 

Flower Pot - E15, 18. 

Flower - RV10, 21, 23 

Papers - Basic Grey 

Cardstock - The Paper Mill

Seambinding, Flowers & Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Button & Twine from my stash.  

Challenges - 

Digital Tuesday -  In The Garden/Outdoors

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything goes

 Card Cupids - More Than 3 Layers

Corrosive Challenges - Summer Colours
Sassy Studio Designs - Stitching.

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Next I would like to show you a Tag/Bookmark that I made using one of the new Back To School stamps from Whiff of Joy - On Time for Class. The sentiment is also from the same collection.

The gorgeous papers I used  are Back to Basics by Bo Bunny. I won the full collection on Bo Bunny's Facebook page last year. Stay tuned for another project using these papers next week ;) 

The School Days tag has been in my stash for.ev.er!! I can't remember where I bought it .. I'm thinking it was somewhere like the Eyelet Outlet.. yes, I think that's where I got it from. I tied twine around the bookmark and then attached the metal tag to it using the same twine. 

To finish off I added some staples and tied alphabet ribbon on the top of the bookmark. 

Copics Used:

Skin - E00, 01, 11. R20{cheeks}

Hair - E42, 43, 44.

Jeans - B91, 93, 95

Shirt - YR20, 23, 24

Vest/Shoes - G20, 21, 24

Backpack - E50, 51, 53

Challenges:

AiFactory - Use something new.

Moving Along With The Times – Anything but a card

Shelly's Images - Anything goes.

Some Odd Girl  - Masculine.

Stamp Insanity  - Masculine

Crafts and Me - Stamp something

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge  - Masculine

The Stamping Boutique - Men Only

Bows 'n Berries - Masculine

 Pink Elephant  - Teacher Gifts

Simon Says Stamp and Show... - A tag

Woodware USA  - Masculine

 There's Magic in the Air  - Masculine

Well that's it from me for now. Back later with another project.... then I am finally caught up...  and I won't be running out of skin tone copics again!! lol. 

Sandie

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PaperPlay Challenges - Coffee & Cream

This week our challenge on PaperPlay Challenges is COFFEE AND CREAM. Use only shades of brown on your creation. I love this colour choice, it's the one I usually do when a monochromatic project is needed. I really, really enjoyed making this card.

We are being sponosed by Phindy's Place, and the prize is $15 gift certificate for the store

My image is called Connected Boy and is available HERE

I've coloured him using copic markers and shaded the background with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink. 

My papers are Bo Bunny Manuscript and I've distressed the edges using my scissors. I added some jute for texture, I just love this on boys cards and layouts - great for seaside/beach projects too. To embellish I added some brown ribbon and cream pearls.

Copics

Skin - E21, 51, 00, 000, 02(blush)

Sweater - E50, 51, 53

Pants & Shoes- E42, 43, 44

Bag - E31,33,35

Ground, Phone, iPod, Bottle- W1, 3, 5, 7

Tools: 

Cuttlebug, Circle Nestabilities, Trimmers

Be sure to pop over to my teamies' blogs to see their wonderful creations. Have fun and

Happy Crafting

Sandie

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Stampin' for the Weekend - Back to School

Woo hoo, it's nearly that time again! The kids are back to school in 3 weeks and it's not a moment too soon. Rain for most of the summer (again) has left them stuck indoors and very hard to amuse. Ok, so I'll miss the morning lie ins, the pj days, the easy going routine but I won't miss the fighting, crying, whining and screaming!!! Love my kids really :) 

Anyhoooo.. enough of my rambling. The challenge on Stampin' for the Weekend for this fortnight is Back to School.

We are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp, our very generous monthly sponsor and the prize up for grabs is a $25 voucher to spend in their online store!! With all the new CHA stuff coming out this is definitely a prize to have :D 

My background paper is from Kaisercraft and is called Simon Says (how apt, lol) and I've paired it with some Bo Bunny "Sophie" and brown cardstock. 

The cute image is from The Greeting Farm and she's been coloured using copic markers. I used nesties Labels 2 to cut out my image and shaded the background with Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet distress ink.

Both ribbons, button threaded with scrappers floss, Wild Orchid flowers and pink crystal gems are from my stash. 

Copics Used:

Skin: E11, E21, E51, E00, E000

Cheeks: E02

Skirt & Hairclip: E15, E18

Shirt: R81, R83, R85

Hair: E50, E53, E45

Books: B12, B14, B16 (blue) & W1, W3, W5 (grey)

PaperPlay Challenges - Simons Says Stamp - Cute Card Thursday

MORNING!! Well today is weekly shopping day *big sigh*. The kids have taken to nibbling at the furniture and the cat has gone into hiding after some very hungry looks from said kids, so I figure it's time to get some food in!!

Today I have 3 cards to share... 

First up is two cards I made for PaperPlay Challenges whose theme is ANYTHING GOES. I used some Waltzing Mouse stamps and they are sponsoring this week.

I am also entering into the Cute Card Thursday which is TEXTING CRAZY - they want to see text being the predominant feature on your card.

On this card I used  Rescue Remedies - which are nestie friendly and compatible with Labels Four. I used London Fog momento ink for stamping the sentiment. The papers are Bo Bunny and the ribbon and button are from my stash.

This card was made using the hearts and a sentiment from Sewing Box Hugs. I stamped out the large heart twice, cut the first one on the outside row of 'stitching' and the second one on the inside row. Then I stamped out the smaller heart from the set. I inked them all and layered them - then added a cream pearl to the centre. Then I added some lace and wild orchid flowers to finish off.

I will be entering this card into Wild Orchid's challenge - Lovely Lace

If you would like a chance to win A FULL SET of fantastic Waltzing Mouse stamps then make sure to play along HERE. 

Next up is for Simon Says Stamp whose theme is GOING DOTTY and Stamp Something Challenges with SOMETHING FLOWERY.

I used a free Kenny K digi image and coloured her with copic markers. I love how funky these images are. I bought some others but I loved this free one too much not to use it:)

The papers are from my scraps box and are a mix of Pink Paislee & Jenni Bowlin. I punched the border using a MS punch and inked all my papers with Brushed Cordoroy distress ink. Again, I used some WO flowers, dotty ribbon and black gems to embellish.

Wow, what a long post! If you're still with me thanks for popping by today. Have a great Thursday and happy crafting!! 

Sandie

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Crafty Angels Birthday Bash

Hi everyone!! Before I get to my class projects from the Crafty Angels birthday bash I would like to share some Creative Card Crew news. Paula, our fabby 'leader' has decided to step down for personal reasons and has asked the lovely Janna to take over the blog. I hope you will all hop over to wish her luck in this new venture!! 

Now, on to my classes. The first one was 'Colouring with Distress Inks' and this is the card I made for it. Magnolia images are just perfect for teaching the art of using inks as a colouring medium because of their size and features. And the Fairytale range are just so pretty that it HAD to one of them, lol. 

This mini book was my other class. Fabulous Bo Bunny Sophie papers complimented by deep pink and brown cardstock. The book is 6x6 not including the tabs.

Thanks for popping in, I'll be back later with my card for the Bella Tucker Blog hop and I'll have some delicious candy up for grabs too!!!