orange project life

project life rocks

it makes my scrapbooking so easy

i have to admit that i was reluctant at first but 

now i have had a few plays i am getting more and more into it

 here i used the everyday adventures set from stmapin up

i mixed a few things up, added some washi tape to the outside and made sure i did the obligatory journalling lol

another challenge for the creative crew for their august mega round

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geometric orange

orange is my favourite colour

just in case you hadn't gotten the hint 

mwahahahahaha

so i have been playing with 

loads of orange lately 

as part of the august mega round for the creative crew at split coast stampers

 here is my play on a sunburst pattern

with punched out circles and pearls and using a variety of su oranges

 the circles are done by punching the smallest circle first and then punching the bigger one around it

just make sure you punch fast otherwise it may not like it very much

then i just added a sentiment

-any would do-

but this is for a thank you card for a friend

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orange gratefulness

not my normal type of card

far too normal and classic for me lol

 i used the leaves from the kinda ecletic stamp set with the hardwood stamp and the sentiment from the apothecary accents set.

 lots of layering with dimensionals and punches and top note die

 inside the card i echoed the theme from the front

i added the small flower punches to give it some layering.

this is also for the august orange challenge over at splitcoast stampers creative crew

orange poppies

i have seen a few building block cards 

around and thought i 

would have a play with them myself 

as they seemed really cool....

and they are!

 i made mine for my orange challenge 

over at splitcoast stampers for their 

mega august challenges and as a thank you

for a friend and family who looked after us like royalty when we visited them recently

 i used the poppy parade stamp

and coloured it with my blendies

 most of the building block cards i ahve seen

have got the tops covered but then they

wont fold down into an envelope so mine is bare for that reason-i needed to post it

 here it is flat with the sentiment 

and some extra buterflies to add some pop!

 the back of the card is left relatively plain

hope my recipients like it

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it's life jim but not as we know it

this month over at the creative crew

we were asked to embrace our white space! 

to show monochromatic with white (or vanilla) 

to any progressions of color 

while showcasing the beauty of any image of our choice.

we were asked to do this in a scrapbooking sketch

 i decided to graduate the arrows instead of colour.  

i wanted to use a variety of arrows 

of different sizes and shapes

 like here i went from small to large

 i also decided to use project life not as it is supposed to be used lol

my boy is awesome-no doubt about it :)

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love u

this month over at the creative crew

we were asked to embrace our white space! 

to show monochromatic with white (or vanilla) 

to any progressions of color 

while showcasing the beauty of any image of our choice.

this challenge we had to use ribbon or twine

 so i decided to colour up some of the chevron ribbon with the new blendabilities but graduate the colours just like the pens

 instead of using a stamp set i used the new accessories from the everyday adventure project life kit

not sure if you can see the graduation of colours that well 

oh well

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all you need is love

this month over at the creative crew

we were asked to embrace our white space! 

to show monochromatic with white (or vanilla) 

to any progressions of color 

while showcasing the beauty of any image of our choice.

this challenge was to make a celebration card

 i made a wedding anniversary card

although ti could also be used as a valentine's day or wedding card too i guess

i sponged lightest to darkest from the middle out in a variety of reds and pinks

 i used the new alphabet photopolymer abc set

i added some of the new punched hearts in white

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layers of butterflies

this month over at the creative crew

we were asked to embrace our white space! 

to show monochromatic with white (or vanilla) 

to any progressions of color 

while showcasing the beauty of any image of our choice.

this card had to be a lightest to darkest theme and follow a sketch

 i sued daffodil, pumpkin and red to make the effect.

 i added a 3d butterfly to the layers

 i amde my own stencil from the itty bitty butterfly punch and then sponged the inks onto the card.

i used the shiny side of the card that comes in the dsp packs as it is a bit glossier than other card we have.

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love my mum

another inspired creation from pinterest 

for the creative crew challenges this month

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a holiday that we love using a new technique

 i chose mother's day for my holiday as it is the one day in the year i get a holiday from the daily chores and get to be with my family and cherish what i have. it is also bittersweet as it also represents the things i don't have....my own mum...who passed away in 2008 and reminds me of how much i love and miss her

her face and hair are made using a circle punch with a circle for her bun too.

  the garland is made using the blossom punch and cutting the petals up to use as hearts.

letters are from a new polymer set from the 2014/15 catalogue

 inside the card i used leftovers to pretty it up

 the technique i used was called the sanded pencil background

basically wet water colour paper and then sand your water colour pencils onto it using sandpaper

so easy and beautiful and fun

this is what it looked like wet

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orange rose of victoria

i have just gotten back from the south pacific convention 

and we were lucky enough to have a play

 with the new blendabilities coming from stampin up 

but also got a free stamp set and pens to play with

woohoo!

i love being a demo!!

so i decided to use my new goodies for a colour challenge 

at the creative crew 

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using our favourite colour

mine is orange so these pens are pretty close

we were also encouraged to use our favourite colour 

in a new colour combo 

so i used a colour i don't like 

(old olive) and soft suede

 i also made a box card using the tutorial from split coast stampers which was easy to follow

i made mine with naturals specialty card which made it quite chunky and hard to fold

....just so you know lolol

firstly i stamped the flower using versamark and black embossing powder 

(although there will be a momento black ink especially for this purpose very soon)

 i coloured in the new flower stamp from the 14/15 catalogue using the new blendabilities we got

i started using the lightest one first and then got darker and darker

around the edges i used normal pumpkin and caramel markers and then added some crystal effects

inside the box/card i used some watercolour wonder dsp and a stamp from a new stamp set

this was sent to a friend for her birthday 

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i love butterflies

this month for the creative crew 

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i was inspired by a beautiful picture 

on my pinterest board

to make something similar in punch art 

using the theme of your 

favourite product from the catalogue

mine, of course, are the punches!!!!

 i used watercolour pencils for the background on water colour paper then added the other elements.

 not entirely convinced about the face

but this is my third attempt at a face so i have left it now lolol

 the grass was made using a stamp from gorgeous grunge and about five different colours of green and one brown and then i cut the edges with my fringe scissors

hands were made from the bird punch-the branch part.

butterflies are the bitty butterfly with dazzling details

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toilet paper roll mini album

in our house the toilet rolls tend to get used up rather quickly as binoculars, puppets or cat toys...

so i was lucky to snaffle these ones away before the calves got into them

a creative crew challenge this month was to make a mini album using toilet rolls

an idea i found a bit weird but tried anyways lol

 you need toilet rolls and them you have to squash them flat

i used a bone folder to get them extra flat as they were surprisingly springy

 then i prettied them up wiht high tide dsp from the seasonal catalogue.

 a couple of the sheets are these very cool ships in a bottle designs which i used as the inserts for the album which i tied around the neck with twine

 they were glued to a piece of card to go inside the roll.

 i went down to my local officeworks and got our holiday photo printed up as passport photo size 

 i stuck the photos down and added a variety of small design elements using scallop border punch, hexagon punch and small strips of card.

 i also cut out design elements from the dsp to add to the mini album pages

we had such a lovely fantastic time at the shack with our friend joy that this mini album will be a treasure to keep

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