Blog Candy

Hi all this is my first blog candy attempt. I don't think the Cuttlebug Christmas tree tops (PC 37-1854) is around much any more but there is a fair bit of interest from the Cuttlebug-itis ladies. So in the tradition of card makers everywhere I'm offering 100 cuttlebug trees for the best comment for why you'd like this piece of 'candy'. There'll be die cut and embossed trees, die cut trees ready for you to emboss with your own folders, and I'll also do up some combinations for you for ideas. At this stage I think I have 70 to 80 ready to go.

I'll choose the winner on the morning of 5th March Australian Eastern Standard Time - and I mail to anywhere. Looking forward to seeing  your replies

2012

Time has moved quickly!  We have had Christmas - and floods - and Tropical Cyclone Yasi - and LOTS of wind. However through it all I have been able to make cards and chill out - even better as it was without electricity. Hopefully I can show just what I've been making in the coming days as it's been a very creative time. I've also had a bit of eye surgery - so crooked is my new technique for the time being.


And I hope you like the new look blog   

November and invitations

Well my Christmas cards are almost finished and I'm back to playing with colours other than those I've chosen for the 25th Dec. Yeah!!


I decided to make these invitations ... and got carried away - but they are in my favourite colours. I saw something similar on splitcoaststampers (for a child's invitation) and went from there. The invite isn't the exact one I saw - but you get the idea.

Hope you like this and it inspires you to future projects - thanks for stopping by

one sheet wonders

I was on one of my groups recently and saw the term One Sheet Wonder - and didn't have a clue what it was. Over to my favourite websites Google and   Splitcoast stampers and typed in OSW and WOW the light went on. I make cards for my local hospital foundation and because I've been away they've run out of everything. I thought I'd make a start with baby cards and take it from there. Having done my first one I'd be a little more adventurous next time. But the main drawback can be that you get bored repeatedly using the same pattern - as you can see I got 13 cards out of one 30x30 cm sheet of paper. Next one i intend cutting the paper, then getting the basic components together and making them up as I feel urge. Christmas cards should be a easy peasy. Thanks for stopping and having a look. Feel free to comment.

Julie

new technique - sliders

I had to make a card for a special young man (birthdays are always special) and try each year to do something very different. This year I decided to try a slider card - and after some googling (what did we do before google?) I found this site to have the easiest explanation. This was my first attempt at a slider card - and I know where I made the mistakes - but I would be keen to try again. I just have to remember to follow ALL her instructions. Rushing a new technique is not a good idea.

Thanks for looking 

Julie

updates and cards

Well I'm finally back here after a fantastic trip - and a few dramas. Kuala Lumpar gave us all our adventures, while Italy just felt like we had returned home. I bought a stamp in Rome that screamed that I had to buy it but other than that lots of fun. We also managed to get to Paris for a week - and fully intend returning.

We were supposed to be having lunch with an Italian family (didn't happen in the end) but I took some cards with me - just in case I needed a small gift for my hostess. The interesting part was keeping verse off the front as the intended hostess was Italian. In the end I gave them to my sister 

I made this one using stickers and aqualip pens. I originally had the entire background CB herringbone but that was too overpowering.

 This started as a plain white sheet of paper - chalked it, ran it through my best friend cbug, then Stayzon Forrest Green with metallic rub-on ink. I'll be trying this one again that's for sure.

This was a quick one - I just used a patterned paper then overlaid it with embellishments. Sometimes I think you don't need to be fancy to be effective. I had made ten but don't want to bore you. Please feel free to comment


Julie

sympathy cards

It has been a while since I was here- we have been preparing for our trip to Europe (Italy and France) and I've been on jury duty - no case yet (insert a sigh of relief here).

I've also bee trying to get up to date (and ahead) with my swaps as I'd like to continue while I'm away. Recently I needed to make a sympathy card for a friend and thought make two while I was at it. Because these are always hard to do I thought I'd share the results.
The first card was stamped with a Blockheads UMS  www.blockheadstamps.com :" Nature Full Sheet 1 IN1001" using Versamark. I covered the seed heads with fabric butterflies - then just used a Fiskars border punch and stickers

The second one is fairly plain with glass jewels in the corner and ribbon from my stash with a rub-on pressed flower.