Butterfly garden

Today the weather was stunning, the sun was shining, the birds were singing and some butterflies paid us a visit. With these images in my head, I went crafting.

I did something very unusual for me, and pulled out some pool party cardstock for my card base.

A garden is never complete without some butterflies joining the party.

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Fun fishing - Punch Art

As it is still the crazy birthday month of July, today I have another birthday card for you. This time I tried my hand at punch art. Now I did try CASing (Copy And Share), I browsed Pintrest to see if I could find an image that I wanted. I found plenty, just nothing that I was after. I don't tend to use punch art a great deal, even when I am CASing, so this was a stretch.

Here is my first attempt at making my own punch art. Hope it gives you some inspiration to design your own. I would love to see it if you do. Feel free to add a link in the comments to any of your work.

To create the fishing rod I used the word window punch with Basic Black card stock. I then used Crumb Cake and cut a narrow piece of cardstock and with my trimmer I tapered it, to make one end slightly narrower than the other. The reel and top end of the rod were punched out of circles from the Owl Builder Punch. I made the hook by double cutting with the word window punch, also out of crumb cake cardstock. The worm was cut free hand to create its shape, then sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.

The fish was created out of Marina Mist and Smoky Slate card stock. I used the oval punch for the body, double punching the marina mist to create the shape I was after. The tail is from the small heart punch from the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. The fin was from the same punch and cut in half. I used snips, to cut the mouth. No set way to do this, it was just another free hand aspect.

The background of this card uses images from Wetlands and Sprinkles of Life, with a touch of sponging of Pacific Point for the water.

Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Rosalie

Have a Beautiful Birthday - Mojo#406

I love the inspiration I gain from challenges and this weeks Mojo Monday is no different. This week we have a sketch, and today it is a lifesaver.

For those of you that have been following me for awhile, you would know that July is a huge birthday month in our family. This year I have a couple of extras I need to do on top of my norm. Lets just hope I get them all done in time.

We have a double 60th to go to on the weekend. My brother and his sister-in-law. Hers is the one I am concentrating on today. I don't think I have even seen her in 15 years, so this was a hard one for me to make. I decided to utilise the sketch to give me the inspiration I needed. Here is my card.

I decided to stay simple and elegant, choosing to stay with black and white.

 

 

 

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Rosalie

Mojo Monday MOJO405

After having heaps of fun last week, I thought it was time to create with the sketch from Mojo Monday #405. This is the inspiration for this card.

This is my card for this weeks challenge. Once again I used the Birthday Blossoms stamp set. This time I not only used a sentiment from it, but also one of the flower images. I then used my blender pen and daffodil delight ink, to make the centres pop.

This is the stamp set Birthday Blossoms that I seemed to be using all the time lately.

To create the layers for the sentiment I used circle framelits in two different sizes which created the layering effect. The flowers use the Petite Petals Punch to punch out flowers in matching colours. I then used  Brights collection candy dots used for the centre of the flowers.

I hope you find this card inspirational. Maybe next week you may play along with Mojo Monday and I can be inspired by your creations as well.

Thanks for stopping by,
Rose

Autumn is...beautiful!

Today I deciced to join in on this weeks challenge at The Paper Players. This week the theme challenge #252 is The Great Outdoors.

In Australia we are in the thick of Winter, but yet I was inspired by Autumn.

I love the brown hues and the crunch of dry leaves under my feet. Watching the kids throwing Autumn leaves at each other, being outside and enjoying nature. On that note, I took these feelings and images, and pulled out the sheltering tree stamp set.

The sentiment came from my go to set - Birthday Blossoms.

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Celebrate You

I love using my stamp sets in a slightly different way from how they were originally intended. I was playing with the leaves from the Sheltering Tree stamp set during class one day, then all of a sudden I had a thought.

 Wouldn't this look amazing as a background!

I love these blues together, so used the same card stock as I did inks, in my background piece. Tempting Turquoise, Island Indigo and Bermuda Bay.

The sentiment for this is from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set. If you don't already own this set, I suggest that you take a look at it. It is one of my favourites to use for sentiments.

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