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i don't generally do clean and simple

i am more of a crazy and colourful kinda chick

so when i saw the challenge at casology this week

involving the TROPICAL theme

i had to do a picture that has been 

playing around in my head for awhile

so here is my idea-still not quite right but this can be a work in progress-a beginning of an idea

i have been playing around with the smooshing technique

-basically put i splodged ink all over my glass cutting mat, 

spritzed with water,

 jiggled with the ink to make them all run nicely together

and then plonked a piece of paper on top of it.

simple really and a very cool random technique

my girl's dress was made using the bow tie punch

hat with an oval

hair and arms with the bird punch

waves were just randomly torn out of dsp

sentiment done with the rotary stamp

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ballerina

ballerina card in a box

using my tutorial here

i added it to the card in a box

i added soem extra lace and ribbon and pearls to her

love the feel good sayings from stampin up

this is perfect for the little dancer in our lives

side of the card when it folds down to go in a envelope

front of card with lace details and ribbon

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slumber party invites

my daughter is having a slumber party for her birthday soon

so i made these as the invites.

 simple envelope cards with inserts.
approx 7cm across and 9cm down
with a 2cm strip across the top.

i used the very perky and bright sweet taffy dsp from stampin up

 the girl was made from a small tag punch (top), 

1"circle (face) plus word windows(hands and feet) 

and modern label (sleeves + pants). 

hair was scraps from a blossom punch. 

pillow is a decorative label punch 

with the pointy bits cut off.
mattress was approx 6.5cm x 12cm with the edges cut with a corner rounder

if you decide to case this

make sure you have her arms up or right down

otherwise she wont fit into bed :)

information about the party 

was stuck to the back of the 'mattress' the girl was stuck to.

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clay earrings and gift box

i made these for a very special person at convention

i hope she liked them

they were made by squishing the paper clay into the baroque stamp and colouring in with inks. 

then i covered it with crystal effects

then i made a pretty little gift box for them to go in

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COOL FUNKY WOOHOO!!!

let's go eat cake

celebrate

YAY

happy birthday to you

these are some of the sayings on the a la carte birthday stamp from stampin up

one stamp...alll by itself...cool huh?

 got me a cool funky chick standing by the cool funky stamp with some cool funky dsp in the background

waaaay funky dude :>

 inside the card are some co-ordinating bits-the ribbon sticks out just a little teeny tiny bit to see when the card is folded 

 the top of the sentiment/tag with some clips, string (free from a sab kit) and more ribbon

check out the funky tights

wish they made those in MY size

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girl on a swing

remember when you were a kid 

and all you wanted to do was 

swing sooooooo high you could reach the sky and touch the clouds?

now as a mum i watch my kids swinging 

and see that same determination in their eyes

it's so cute

this card was made with that in mind

i was inspired by a card made by jackie topia

and tweaked it to make my own version

now i would tell you the punches i used but i am offering this as a card class this month

(or as a kit **australia only sorry folks**) so feel free to pop on over here to find out more information

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lala loopsey name plaque

another loopsey post!

this time it is a name plaque done in paper

 i have used button eyes, added her name with die cut letters and used the very fab birthday basics dsp

i also added some pretty ribbon and some lov hearts to make it extra girly

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la la loopsey

my girls love lala loopsey

i don't quite know why

but meh

they probably feel the same about my love of watching the news each night lol

here is some loopsey fun from this week made for a special birthday girl

 to make her face i used a 11/4" circle punch for her hair and face.

owl punch for the hair bows 

cupcake punch for dots on bows, eyes, and cheeks

 here's a close up of her face

 then i put it on a card-nice and simple
i got the sketch idea from retro sketches 

 i also made a special box for her present to go into that matched the card.

i recycled an old su button container

 just stuck sticky strip all over it and added ribbon and dsp to it and a suede flower

 my little "helper" with her punch art horse she made

 i also made a little hand bag for the rest of the present to match the card and container

 i made a door name plaque out of polymer clay

 i made some matching earrings as well

 here is the matching necklace

and the whole set of present-name plaque, earrings and necklace

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on the twelth day of christmas the crafty cow made for me...

 ...a present for a girly girl!

 i recently made this for a client who was turning 8.

she had booked a birthday party with me 

and, as part of the service the lucky birthday girl gets a home made present from me.

this name banner was made with the lids off tin cans, some fabric flowers and ribbon from my stash and plenty of stampin up card and brads and my trusty crop-a-dile

i used the flower stamp from silhouette sentiments to stamp in silver around the card

the present also needed a gift bag.

i found this little treasure at my local mission australia op shop a few weeks ago 

and knew it would be great for something later on lol

i made a mixture of purple acrylic paint and glitter and painted the box.

i added some island oasis paper to the middle bits and then some 5 petal flowers

 i also added some diamantes to bling it up!

okies well that is my 12 days of christmas for you.

i hope you enjoyed looking at what i have been making the last few weeks in anticipation for christmas.there were also a few goodies that didn't make the cut and i will pop those into the blog over the next few days. please please PLEASE leave a comment if you coema dn have a look. it is really lovely readign your comments and to know that soemone somewhere is reading this apart from me rofl.

i will leave the comments competition open for a few more days and then will close it on thursday when i will pick a winner. good luck and thanks for visiting

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a girly present idea

another birthday present to present! this time i made a simple gift for a freinds' 12 year old girl. i wanted something simple, girlie and, lets face it, cheap lol

i used a sweet treats cup as the centre of the flower and used my small oval punch for the petals. i daubered the petals and glittered them too inside the sweet treats cup is the gift there is an opening at the back of the card where the gift can be removed see! just pull up a flap from the back and voila! here is the necklace and earrings i made using the small tag punch and the always stamp set i put crystal effects all over them as well as a teeny bit of bling in the form of a diamante i hope she liked her gift-teenagers are quite a tricky gift making group to make for

girlie robots

i bet you never thought the lots of bots stamp set

from the new autmun/winter catalogue was girlie now did you? well i did :> i really like the thought of mixing things up and making masculine sets girlie and girlie sets masculine so for the tomboy in us all here are some lots of fem-bots hahahahaha minus the shooting boobies . these were done for the may card swap at essential baby we had a sketch to follow and we were supposed to do kissing with a twist (ssssshhhh but i didin't sssshhhhh) just used a selection papers and embossed some matching card with a cuttlebug folder i also used my much neglected circle of friendship set which is really quite handy i've decided i coloured in the robots using a water colour brush and the colours from the lids of my ink pads (seeing i don't have all the markers as yet) here are the whole set of which i will be posting out as soon as our mighty leader tells us to lol if you are an eb card swap lady please say hi as you have a sneak preview!!! okies cheers ears