Topiary Tree and Trellis

Good day everyone,

Today I share a card with you I made with a Cottage Cutz die “Topiary”.  Although it took a little patience and time to glue all the little bits and pieces together I am always pleased with the end results achieved with these cute dies. To add depth to the leaves, rose and planter I coloured the die cuts with my ordinary colour pencils. The trellis frame was created with a Martha Stewart edge punch “Garden trellis” and the inside of the frame lined with glitter for a little bling. I liked the clean and simple look on the outside and decided to add my stamped sentiment on the inside with some of the little roses and leaves.  The colour combo of ivory, mint and coral  is this week’s challenge at the Play Date Cafe.

I enter  my card in the following challenges:

• The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC#96 (ends 09/01) – Mint, Ivory and Coral.
• The Paper Shelter Challenge #28 (ends 08/31) – Die Cuts and Punches
• Ooh La La Challenge #87 (ends 09/05) – No Backing Paper
• Heartsong Inspirations #HSI#13 (ends 09/04) – Anything Goes/Favourite Colour Combo
• Totally Gorjuss Challenge #95 (ends 09/03) – As You Like It
• Jellypark Friends Friday Challenges (ends 09/02) – Die cuts and/or punches
• Inspire Me Fridays Linky Party #21 (ends 09/01)
• Make It Monday #52 (ends 09/05) – Create, Share, Inspire

A close-up of the topiary tree. I added some depth with colour pencils to the roses. leaves and planter.

A peep at the inside. I did some stamping too!

Project details:

• White, Ivory, coral and mint green cardstock
• Cottage Cutz Die “Topiary” from The Scrapping Cottage
• Martha Stewart Punch “Garden Trellis”
• Lili of the Valley sentiment stamp
•  Croxley colour pencils
• Skwiglues glitter “Crystal”

Thanks for visiting today and I hope you see something to inspire you. I appreciate your kind comments and looking forward visiting you and see what you have created this week.

Have a wonderful week.

Regards from South Africa,

Amelia

Gingerbread Baby

Hello everyone,

For Fun Challenges is sponsored this week by The Stamp Fairy. They have some really gorgeous images in store and also some freebies to try out before you buy. The Stamp Fairy sponsored prize for this challenge is 3 digital images of the winner’s choice. To be eligible to win the prize at For Fun the challenge is to create a non-traditional shaped card and maybe you can win the prize– think out of the box and experiment with shapes. The card must not be square or A2 size, but can be round, star, triangle, business sized envelope etc. I decided on a three-fold concertina card and cut away a diagonal section running from the edge of the first panel to midway down the end panel. My image  is “Gingerbread Babies Candy Canes” kindly sponsored by The Stamp Fairy. I used a A4 paper and my Crafter’s Companion to fold the card. To decorate the diagonal section I punched leaves with my Martha Stewart punch and added red pearls for berries to form a wreath.

I entered my card for the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #60 – Christmas
• Ellephantastic Challenges #20 – Red and Green
• Keep it Simple – Joy
• Moving along with the Time Challenge #74 – More than one Fold (Three-fold concertina card)
• One Stop Craft Challenge #108 – Christmas Cuties
• Stampin’ B’s Design Team Challenge #86 – Holiday Card
• Top Tip Tuesday #12 – Anything Goes
• Tuesday Throwdown #27 – Embellish It (Pearls and ribbon) 

 

I used the following to create the card:

• White and green cardstock
• Queen of Hearts Designer paper “Gingham”
• The Stamp Fairy digi image “Gingerbread Babies Candy Cane”
• Inkadinkado clear stamp sentiment60-30271  “Joy”
• Derwent Color Soft pencils
• Odourless mineral spirits
• Red pearls
• Martha Stewart punch “Oak Leaf”
• Spellbinders Nestabilities “Circles and Scalloped Circles”
• Stickles “Icicle”

The talented ladies at For Fun Challenges had, yet again, created some stunning projects for inspiration. Please visit and take part in the fun – we would love to see your card at For Fun Challenges blog this week.

Have a wonderful week.

Greetings from a (very) warm South Africa,

Amelia

Wheelbarrow Elegance

Hello everyone,

It feels like ages since I last made a card with flowers, and actually I love flowers. Daisy’s Digi Doodles is our sponsor this week at For Fun Challenges and the Design Team could each choose a lovely image from Daisy’s Digi Doodles fabulous shop to create a card for this challenge. The prize for this week’s challenge is a $10 gift certificate from Daisy’s Digi Doodles.

This week we want to see some metal on your creations – this can be brads, charms, etc. When I chose this “Wheelbarrow” image I didn’t have a particular style in mind on how to create the card. For the metal requirement of the challenge I dug this silver photo corners out of my stash and, viola, the theme was set! An old Victorian style card with soft pinks and a little dash of blue colour and of course for a nostalgic look,  lots of delicate flowers. The pearls were added on second thought – still don’t know if that was the right decision.

I entered my card also for the following challenges:

• A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge #128 – Relish to Embellish
• City Crafter Challenge CCCB Week 29 – Get your Digi on!!!
• Craft Your Passion Challenges #30 – Anything Goes
• Ellephantastic Challenge #18 – Blue (Dash of blue)
• Kaboodle Doodles Challenge #43 – Make it Vintage
• The Paper Players #22 – Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts Challenge #40 – Bling it On …

 

I used the following to create the card:

• Daisy’s Digi Doodles image “Wheelbarrow”
• White and pink cardstock
• Scrapbook paper
• Pearls
• Silver photo corners
• Derwent Colour Soft pencils
• Odourless mineral spirits
• Paper flowers
• Martha Stewart punch “Oak Leaf”
• Tim Holtz Distress ink “Tattered Rose”
• Stickles “Diamond”
• Spellbinders Nestabilities “Ovals”

The For Fun Challenges Design Team created lovely cards for this challenge, so hop over for fantastic inspiration.  I would love to see your card link this week at For Fun Challenges.

Greetings from South Africa,

Amelia

Make A Wish …

Hello everyone, 

 

Another lovely challenge at For Fun Challenges posted this week and a great prize to be won.  Digi Doodle Shop is the sponsors for this challenge and the theme is Fall Ball. The prize: the winner gets a $10 gift certificate from Digi Doodle to spent in the shop! As it is autumn in the Northern Hemisphere all the lovely warm colours of this splendid season will be visible in nature and we would love to see your cards created with these colours. I live in the Southern Hemisphere and in September we enjoy spring in South Africa but that is not a problem to make my fall ball card! I was born in autumn (Southern Hemisphere in May!) and maybe that is why I love the warm and earthy colours of autumn and use these colours quite often in my card creations.

 

I enter my card for the following challenges:

• Craftalicious Challenges #9 – Harvest Festival or Autumn
• Sentimental Sundays Challenge #22  – Let’s See Some Dimension
• My Time to Craft Challenge #108 – Looks Like Autumn

Here is my card with the Digi Doodles image “Old Well” from their vintage collection:  

 

I used the following to create the card:

•  Digi Doodle Shop  vintage image “Old Well”
•  Great Impressions (South Africa) stamp (F600) “Leaves”
•  Brown, Beige and Caramel cardstock
• PSX gold detailed embossing powder
•  Computer-generated sentiment
•  Gold braid
•  Derwent Coloursoft pencils
•  Zellen Odourless Mineral Spirits
•  Twinkling H2O’s
• Gold cord

The ladies of the Design Team at For Fun Challenges created beautiful cards with the Digi Doodles images for this challenge. Please visit For Fun Challenges, get inspiration and join in the fun. Hope to see your card at the For Fun Challenges linked this week.

Greetings from South Africa,

Amelia

Rainy Days

Hello everyone, 

 

This is my last card as Guest Designer for September at The Stamping Boutique.  Thanks to The Stamping Boutique for the opportunity to showcase my cards during September on their challenge blog. It was a wonderful time and I enjoyed it so much to create cards with my TSB images. For everyone who took the time to leave such lovely comments about my cards and even visit my blog – I really appreciate your kindness. To Tracey, Christy and the Design Team thanks for my wonderful prize, all the help to upload the cards and the invites to all the TSB fun places. A slide show of all my guest designer TSB cards is available here. Maybe sometime in future I will be the lucky winner of The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge again!

I enter my card for the following challenges: 

• Paper Playtime Challenge #18 – Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain
• Flutter By Wednesdays #123 – All Winged Things
• Charisma Cardz Challenge #38 – Anything Goes
• Paper Sundaes Challenge #37 – Things with Wings

I used the following to create the card:

• The Stamping Boutique image “Rainy Chynthia”
• White , blue and gold cardstock
•  FabScraps designer paper “Heritage Floral”
• Paper flowers
• Pearls
• Spellbinders Nestabilities “Ovals”
• Cuttlebug die “Floral Borders”
• Derwent  Coloursoft pencils
• Zellen odourless mineral spirits
• Stickles “Diamond”

Greetings from South Africa,

Amelia

Snow Friends

Hello card maker friends,

My first Christmas card this year and the lovely digi from  The Stamping Boutique “Snow friends” was just the right inspiration to start creating Christmas cards for 2010. Where have the time gone? – only about 3 months before Christmas day!  The Stamping Boutique sponsored the 2 Sisters Challenge this week with the theme  to make a Christmas card and as The Stamping Boutique’s guest designer for September this card. The Stamping Boutique is running a monthly challenge where you can win some beautiful digi’s from their store and also the Guest Designer spot for the following month. The only rule is to use a TSB image on your card – hop over to enter your card. 

I enter my card for the following challenges:

• Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge 19 (Week 2) – Christmas colours
• Moving along with the Times Challenge 64 – Christmas
• Aimee’s Challenge #12 – Christmas Wishes 

I used the following to create the card:

• White and green cardstock
• Designer paper from K and Company
• The Stamping Boutique digi “Snowfriends”
• Satin ribbon
• Flower Soft “White”
• Derwent Coloursoft pencils
• Zellen odourless mineral spirits
• Spellbinders Nestabilities dies “Circles”
• Cuttlebug die “Vintage”
• Sentiment stamp
• Stickles “Icicle”

Have a wonderful weekend and remember to visit The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog to enter your card.

Greetings from South Africa,

Amelia