Time Flies

Wowww it the end of August...
The last few days have been glorious, sunny and just this side of warm.  Today I got to spend some time with a lovely Tracey who has the blog http://trace-elementz.blogspot.com.au/  talking about all things crafty... Next time we'll get down to some actually Copic colouring.  Time does fly when your having a good time.
I got to drool over her lovely craftroom and dream that one day I get to have a room like that too...
Well back to the card above.  I made the main image a few weeks ago and never got around to putting it together, so with the challenge over at http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com.au/  Sketches #48 it's come in handy.  I had the background strips in a lighter lilac but ended up colouring them with some Tim Holtz distress ink. Wasn't too sure about the card after I created it, but it's slowly growing on me.  :D

D'OH  I missed the deadline, never mind  here's to better time management.

Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Ornate Artisan Tags and Accents
SU - stamp, cardstock and ds paper
Prima flowers
Candi brads
brads from the stock
rub on sentiments

Have a gr8 day
Julie

Sleepy n cute

Howdy dowdy one and all
Back to routine this week, the last week has been busy, busy, busy.  Thousands of apple slinkies were eaten at the show.  The chest infection is slowly going away...  :D   Back to the gym with a new routine so bring on the pain.

Here's a cute card I've coloured with Copic pens using a Gorguss stamp, Prima flowers, pearls, My Mind's Eye - Summer Song stack, twine and some glitter pen to create this.  I'm entering it into the challenge over at http://especiallymade.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/three-pearls-challenge.html
http://www.palspaperarts.com/   PPA141 Sketch Challenge

Have a gr8 day
cheers

Flying Kitty

Howdy dowdy everyone
This week hasn't been the best for health.  I've managed to catch a cold from the scrap weekend which has thrown the whole exercise routine out the window.   NOT HAPPY JAN!!!  Starting this Saturday we've got our yearly Exhibition Show that show cases animals, food, rides, showbags, entertainment, fashion, sideshow alley.  I get to work in a booth making apple slinkies ...  So apologies for lack of posts for the coming week.  I'll try and get as many challenges up before Sat.
Here's Hello Kitty card I've done for the challenge over at http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com.au/  CFC64 - on cloud 9.  I've cut out a cloud and used Tim Holtz distress ink to outline the clouds.

Cricut - Hello Kitty
Ribbon from the stash
Birthday plaque
SU punch
Copic pens
Tim Holtz ink

Have a gr8 day

Julie

Cherry cupcake

Hi everyone,
I got to go to a Scrap camp weekend gone.   lol  it's hard work when you have your meals cooked for you. Breakkie, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and supper .  That didn't include the arrival the nite before where not an hour after arrival we had a 3 course dinner ready for us.  So being good and not eating way too much and having a good time went out the window.  After all the chef went to all that effort to make these delicious meals for us, we could only be noice and eat the food.  We still had breakkie, morning tea and lunch on the final day.

Hooray I did do some Christmas cards, colouring and generally have a VERY GOOD time chatting to the ladies around me.  Lack of sleep finally caught up with me when I got home.  Will have to post some pics of the room with the ladies later on.

Anyway here's one of the cards I managed to put together.  This will go well over at http://blog.markerpop.com/  Weekly #4 challenge - Bright colours.

The image was from the  http://sureya.deviantart.com/gallery/, Copic pens, Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Parisian Accents, Spica pens for high lights in the hair, Prima flowers, jewel brad, bling and cardstock from My Mind's Eye.

Have a gr8 week
cheers
Julie

Flowers on an Easel

Heya everyone,
My the week is nearly ending again.  Hope everyone has had a fab week.  Here's an easel card I've made for a friend for his mum.  Lol he said the flowers he got her for her HB last year made her sneeze so he wasn't gonna give her live ones this year.  So what betta way to keep the flowers you get for your birthday.
I'm entering this into the challenge over at http://especiallymade.blogspot.com.au/p/weekly-challenge_24.html
4th Week: Create a card using the specified technique

I used Spellbinders Shapeabilities Blossom Tags and Accents, Parisian Accents;  SU cardstock, ds paper, leaf die cut; lace and organza ribbon; Prima flowers, various brads and some ribbon roses as well.  Oh and some Candi brads and rub on sentiment.

Have a gr8 day
cheers
Julie

Love

Evening one and all,
This second half of the year is off with a bang.  Very scary.
The coming months are gonna be busy, busy, busy.  Work, weddings and more work.
This wedding card has was maded for a family member whose getting married the end of this month.

I've use Cricut, Elegant Cakes to cut out the roses and initials for the bride and groom and the word LOVE. I coloured the roses with Copic pens and then used red glitter to give the roses a little bit of the highlight.  SU diamond dazzling glitter was use to cover the initials and  leaves diecut.  Organza ribbon and lace ribbon was also used.  Clear heart button from SU tied down with craft wire.  Finally embossing folder was used for the background.

I'm entering this into the challenge over at http://www.cookingwithcricut.com/2012/07/cwc-95-buttons-brads.html

Have a gr8 day
Julie

3 colours

Hi everyone,
The weekend gone by has been full on with hubby doing the Kokoda challenge.  I've just recovered yesterday from all the running around and lack of sleep during the challenge.  It's amazing to see pics and you tube videos of the challenge from the competitor's point of view and other support crews.  Mud, mud and rivers of mud was in store for everyone.
I managed to buy some gumboots on the morning of the Kokoda and boy am I thankful.  Winning team from last year did the 96kms in just under 12 hrs, with the course slightly changed and more hills and creek crossings.  Our team did it in 24.24 hrs with all 4 coming in.  Out of 345 teams competing only 131 teams came in with the full team of 4.  1380 ppl competed, 893 finished the course.  Our boys came 34th out of the 131 full  teams.  How awesome is that...  I can also say I can fall asleep sitting upright in a car or a deck chair outside waiting for them to come into checkpoint, 4am in the morning...

Back to the card I've made that will suit the challenge over at http://especiallymade.blogspot.com.au/p/weekly-challenge_11.html - 3rd Week: Create a card using three of the specified item (3 colour challenge) 


Spellbinders Shapabilities - Blossom Tags and Accents
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Peony
Lace ribbon
SU - punch, cardstock, diamond dazzling glitter
Craft concepts - funky poinsettia embossing folder
My Mind's Eye - Summer song
Liquid pearls
rubon sentiment

Have a gr8 day

Thinking of U 2

Hey everyone,
Here's a sketch and colour challenge over at http://sunnychallenges.blogspot.com.au/  SC 48/12
Something quick and simple here, lol things I want to do I forgot.  Still I don't mind how the card has come out.
SU punch, stamps from different sets, retired ds paper and finally die cuts from Spellbinders and Impress.
Bird and pear had embossing powder added to give them a little bit of a shine as well.

Have a gr8 day
cheers

Konnichiwa

Good Morning
Another overcast day here.  This weekend is gonna be a huge weekend with my other half competing in the 96km Kokoda Challenge down the coast.  He said this is gonna be the 3rd and final time his doing it. ( This is a fund raising event to help our young ppl who've had a difficult life and showing them about team work and co-operation and give them the confidence to better themselves.)  The aim is not only to complete the course in the time give but beat the clock as well.  Their aim for this year is 20hrs.  Last years winning team did it in just over 10 hrs.  How good is that.  I get to do support again this year which is just as huge in a different way, making sure your at the right checkpoint when they come in to refuel and repack their rations to get on the way.
No walk in the park for this challenge.  From start to finish we get to track the teams on Google Earth and see where their at.  Too bad I don't get to see that happening since I'll be out on the road at various checkpoints.  Here's a link to anyone whose interested about the challenge http://kokodachallenge.com/

Anyway back to this card I made for the challenge over at http://especiallymade.blogspot.com.au/p/weekly-challenge.html  , http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/  in the Customer Gallery section, http://blog.markerpop.com/2012/07/01/markerpop-challenge-1-blog-hop/.  I use LaLa Land Stamp, coloured it in Copic Markers, Spica pen is give the hair a bit of highlighting,  Spellbinders Shapeabilities for the embellishments, and Candi brads to finish it off.

Have a gr8 day
cheers

Ello

G'day
Well I managed to colour this little cutie this afternoon.  Using a Gorjuss stamp I've coloured her with Copic pens, embossed the back ground with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, Liquid pearls on the booties, buttons and beanie for dimension.  Tim Holtz distress ink , SU ribbon, die cut from Spellbinders shapabilites (Blossoms Tags and Accents).  Finally Candi brads to finish it off.
Second time lucky I think I've got it right this time. 

Baby Girl

I'm doing okay this week.  The moon and sun must be alined.  Three cards done and dusted.
Well this one certainly fits into the challenge over at http://www.thecricutchirp.com/2012/06/july-cricut-chirp-challenge-1-smiling.html  Something clean and simple for a baby girl.

Cricut - Create a Critter
Shape die cut
lace ribbon
bling, brad and die cut flowers from the stash
rubon sentiment.

LEST WE FORGET

Hiya blogging friends and visitors,
The drama's of a Cricut Gypsy that had come back from the dead....   Note to self, don't do anything silly with it.
Onto the challenges out there.  I notice there's a lot of red, white n blue, stars n stripes, 4th July themes happening.  So for my take since we're in the Land Downunder and don't celebrate the 4th July, I thought I'd do one in the theme colours in support of our troops deployed around the world, past and present armed services.

A very big THANKS to all armed forces and personnel 

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com.au/  #72 Colour challenge - red, white n blue with bonus
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/challenge-69.html
http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/challenge-me-monday-118.html
http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/monday-challenge-62-4th-of-july-canada.html

Cricut - Ultimate Cricut Cartridge
Gloss red card stock
glitter and sticker stars

Stars and Sparkles

Bonjour
  My Gypsy has died  :( and the trouble I've had to try and get it replaced with a new one (re-serializing it with the orginal number) is painful beyond belief.  Makes you wonder about linking the cartridges onto the machine in the first place.  Provocraft certainly don't make it easy for crafters that don't live in the United States or Canada....
Can you believe it's July and it's the count down towards Christmas...  Looks like I should start planning my Chrissy cards soon.  I was asked to make a male teen card for a friend of mine for his nephew who in a band and plays the guitar.  I might have to retake the pic tomorrow in natural light to show the colours in better light.

This card fits into the challenge over at  http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com.au/  #143 (Wild Card) - Stars and Sparkles

Cricut - Quater Note, CCR basic font, Gyspy wanderings
SU - cardstock
various papers, blak glitter, lace ribbon.

Christmas baubles

Hey everyone,
Having to think outside the box here.  Looks like I've started the Christmas card early this year.
I'm entering this into a few of the challenges out there
http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com.au/  #59 - Round and round
http://blog.scrappy-go-lucky.com.au/ Christmas

Cricut - Accent Essentials, Cindy Loo
SU - punches, ds paper, cardstock, marker
craft wire, brads, 

Birthday wishes 3

Good morning
The sun has finally come out after a cpl of weeks of overcast and wet weather.  You forget how glorious the sunshine is and how everything always looks so bright and beautiful when it's not there.
I've been playing with my Copic pens the last cpl of weeks after buying some gr8 stamp sets to colour in.
This card fits into a few of the challenges currently running.  I did a quick free hand sketch of the flower beside Marci since it was quicker and easier to do then find a stamp.

http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com.au/  #68 - Happy Birthday


La-La Land stamp
Copic pens
SU - cardstock, ds paper
Spellbinders shapeabilities - Damask Motifs, Persian Accents
rubon sentiment,  brad, lace ribbon