bearing christmas cards

slowly very slowly getting through my christmas card list

 here i used the the bearing gifts stamp set and my blendabilities

then i used some post it notes to mask the image and make the moon so i could then brayer over it in a variety of blue inks. 

i tried making a mask from the stars border punch and it kinda worked but images weren't as crisp as i wanted...hence the extra stars from glitter card :)

 i like using non-traditional colour combinations so have gone for a daffodil/turquoise/gumball/red/tangelo mix.

the inside flaps  (man what dodgey photography-apologies lolol) with sentiment and plenty of space for writing or a family photo.

cheers ears

here fishy fishy

there's something cool about fishing

i like the relaxing waiting for the fish to bite part and then the frenzy that is the catching part

and finally the story telling part when the big one got away lololol

 here's a cute fishing card i amde suing punch art, stencils and brayering

 the fish was relatively easy to do

 i know because i made a few lol

 i used a 13/4" circle punch, ornament punch and 11/2" circle

 cut out the tail using the circle punch and cut a circle in half

hold onto the leftovers for the fisherman's hat

 attach tail and eye (save that other bit for the hat remember?)

attach half circle to fish

colour in eye and use a white gel pen for scales and a green marker for a cheek

then the fisher man

 you will need that leftover bit from the ornament punch and the petite pennant punch and the xl oval

 punch out as shown only taking a little bit of the scalloped triangle

 you should have this

 snip the scalloped edge off and attach to large triangle to make a nose

 remember that ornament bit leftover from the fish?

 cut the top bit off it for his hat

 then stick the other bit for his shirt

 trim off the edges to make it look better

i added a sentiment at the top using the word window.

to do the background i used a brayer and the scalloped edge punch as a stencil.

i used daffodil delight card and brayered on pistachio, cabana, turquoise and indigo

i punched out the trees from the merry litle bits punch set and stenciled them on with some gumball green.

all the details were done in marker

cheers ears

neigh!!!

i was asked by my lovely hubby to make a retirement card for his P.A. who is sadly retiring. she loves horses so hence this card. i don't own a horse stamp so hunted down a suitable peice of clip art i could play with. this si what i came up with

the background is brayered and sponged and the plants are done in black. the backing papers are dry embossed and sponged with various inks one layer is browns and the other is gold

inside i made it pretty too with some brayering and stamping. now all hubby has to do is find a gift to compliment it!!! cheers ears

AND THE WORST KEPT SECRET IN AUSTRALIAN STAMPING GOES TO....

the stampin up sizzix big shot!!!!!! woohoo! it's here! it's here! no seriously it is truely here right in my house sitting at my table mine....mwahahaha...all mine!!!!!! and it is available from the stampin up autumn/winter mini catalogue and you can make cards like this with it this was made with the beautiful manhattan flower embossing folder, some brayering, taffeta ribbon and a piece of some lusciously new in-colour card called melon mambo there are loads of cool new toys and gadgets and stamp sets to play with there are these cool pendant notes to create with here i added some so swirley to the card and added some cool stuff down the bottom after punching out all the holes i was left with the bits so instead of throwing them away i added them to the card to make them even cooler than what they already are....i know i know...seriously clare you are getting a tad carried away.... but they are cool! and there is more stuff heading to be shown coming up. keep watching oh and i also have a catalogue launch on the 11th of april come and have a play and make some stuff $10 for a fun filled afternoon of crafting, giveaways and friendship contact me for more details cheers ears