Happy 10th Birthday!!!

Hello Everyone!!!  Today we are celebrating my son's 10th Birthday!!  I can't believe my firstborn is 10 already!!!  Where did that time go?  It seems like yesterday that he was a baby and now is growing into a smart, sensitive, thoughtful, wonderful young man!!  Happy Birthday Zac - we are so proud of you!!!

The card is made of a base of black and layered with white and some Echo Park Happy Days DP.  The middle panel is more black and topped with more Happy Days DP.  The feature panel is black cut with Large Circle Nestabilities, White cut with Large Pinking Circle Nestabilities and Blue cut with Labels 16 Nestabilities.  The numbers are from a really old SU set called Headline Numbers, that I will never get rid of because they are perfect for those difficult masculine card (apparently there is to be no more cutesy stuff because he's too cool!).  :)  I've added a couple of little black Want2Scrap rhinestones to the corners otherwise it just seemed too bare!


Stamps - Headline Numbers (SU)
Paper - Black, White, Blue, Echo Park Happy Days DP
Ink - Memento Danube Blue
Accessories - Large Circle, Large Pinking Circle and Labels 16 Nestabilities, Want2Scrap Black Rhinestones.

That's all from me today, thanks for visiting!!  :)

Deepest Sympathy

Today's card is made using the Colorless Blender Bleaching technique!  The tutorial for this fabulous technique has been done by Colleen Schaan - one of the amazing Copic Instructors in the USA, and you can find her fabulous tutorial in the Resources section at Splitcoaststampers!!

I began by following the tutorial by airbrushing Copics (B32, B34 and B37) onto some photographic paper.  Then I used my Mist It which had been filled with Colorless Blender Solution to spritz (not to heavily) a silhouette stamp (Upsy Daisy by SU) and stamped it onto my airbrushed paper.  It was cut out with Small Oval Nestabilites, matted with white cut with Large Ovals and then matted again with white and blue cut with two sizes of Label 4 Nestabilities.  The sentiment is from JustRite's Sympathy Nested Sentiments and Verse set, which fits perfectly inside the Fancy Tags Spellbinders.  Finally I created my base of alternating blue and white, embossing the top white layer with the Victoria EF.  I finished by adding some blue pearls to the corners.

Stamps - Upsy Daisy (SU), Sympathy Nested Sentiments and Verse (JustRite)
Paper - Photographic Paper, White, Blue
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Airbrush System, Colorless Blender, Mist It Spray, Victoria EF, Label 4, Large and Small Oval Nestabilities, Fancy Tags, Blue Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!  :)

Sweet Daffodils

Hello Everyone!!!  Today's card is one I made a little while ago but hadn't had the chance to post.  Finally after 2wks of no internet connection because of the Brisbane floods - our cable has been restored!!!  It's amazing how much you miss it when you don't have it!!!  My boys are back at school after the Summer break and I'm hoping life will start getting into some sort of routine again!!

I started with a yellow base and layered with green bazzill and white (punched with the Fiskars Lace Border Punch) and topped with some Basic Grey DP that I found in my stash.  The Daffodils are from Flourishes' Year of Flowers 1 set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (Y21, Y35, Y38, YG11, YG13, YG17, BG0000).  I've cut it out with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted with yellow bazzill cut with Beaded Oval Nestabilities.  All die cutting has been done with my Raspberry Friend (aka the Grand Calibur!).  :)  To finish I added the sentiment from SU's Short and Sweet set and a couple of Kaisercraft Snow Pearls in the corners.


Stamps - Year of Flowers 1 (Flourishes), Short and Sweet (SU)
Paper - X-press It Blending Card, Yellow, Green and White Bazzill, Basic Grey DP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Copics, Large Oval and Beaded Oval Nestabilities, Grand Calibur, Fiskars Lace Border Punch, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!  :)

A Daisy Bouquet

Welcome to the JustRite Garden Tour!!!  Today the team are showcasing four sets that will be available from the 7th February!!!  I have chosen to use the Beautiful Blossoms set - a set of four centres and borders in the large oval shape!!!  If you read my post when I used the large circle daisy from My Garden you would realise my love for daises!!!  In fact this beautiful bouquet somewhat resembles my wedding bouquet!!!  :)  Since we are talking about daisies, if you happen to be near Nambour (QLD) on February 6th, why not call ahead or pop into Daisy Chain Scrapbooks - I'm going to be there demonstrating this and other new JustRite sets!!!  :)

I started this card with a base of Baja Breeze and layered with yellow bazzill (pierced around the edge), Not Quite Navy and some Urban Garden DSP.  The vertical panel is more yellow bazzill punched on one side with the Martha Stewart Floral Lace Border Punch and layered with more Urban Garden DSP.  Over the top of that I added some 1" White Satin Ribbon and attached a large bow and yellow button (thanks to my friend Michelle).  To the side of this I added some Old Olive that has been cut using the Label 8 Nestabilities.  I stamped the centre and border from Beautiful Blossoms twice - once in Jet Black Stazon and once in Not Quite Navy.  I decided to handcut the oval because I wanted a very close trim and then sponged the centre with Summer Sun and popped it up on foam tape.  I coloured the daisies and cut them out and popped them up on foam squares.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to each corner of the Label 8.

Keep hopping and see what gorgeous projects the rest of the team have created!!!!! 

JustRite Inspiration Blog

Becca Feeken
Kellie Fortin
Sharon Harnist
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones
Michele Kovack
Michelle Wooderson
Sharon Johnson
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram

Stamps - Beautiful Blossoms

Paper - Baja Breeze, Yellow Bazzill, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Urban Garden DSP

Ink - Jet Black Stazon, Not Quite Navy

Accessories - Label 8 Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Floral Lace Border Punch, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Lemon Tart Button, Silver Cord, Bow Easy, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape and squares.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the Hop!!!!  :)

I Fought the Contact....

and the contact won.  School in Australia starts back on Wednesday after the Australia Day Holiday, so today I have been finishing off covering books and labeling everything possible.  Contact is NOT my friend!!!  :(  Needless to say, today's card is a nice quick, easy one and bonus....it qualifies for the WT challenge to cut and pop!  :)

I started with a base of light pink bazzill, layered with darker pink and some MME Whirlybird DSP.  The middle panel is more darker pink layered with more MME.  Across the bottom I've added some vanilla grosgrain ribbon.  Popped on top of the ribbon is the present stack from Flourishes 'All Wrapped Up' set that was coloured in markers and cut out.  To finish I added  the sentiment from SU's Elegant Cheer to the corner and some Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to the ribbon.

Stamps - All Wrapped Up (Flourishes), Elegant Cheer (SU)

Paper - Pink and Dark Pink Bazzill, MME Whirlybird DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Markers (Regal Rose, Old Olive), Blender Pen, Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

LIM/MIM For My Friend

Hi Everyone!!  I really liked this week's SCS Sketch challenge (which strangely enough resembles the Featured Stamper card I made?!) and after thinking about it for a while, I thought this would also be fabulous to use for the Dirty Dozen Less Is More/More Is More (LIM/MIM - only accessible to Fan Club Members) challenge too!!!  So I've combined these challenges to create two cards today!!!  :) 

I started with the LIM card, using this week's Sketch.  A base of Very Vanilla, layered with Close to Cocoa, Pale Pink Bazzill and more Vanilla.  The three vertical strips are more Cocoa embossed with the Jemara EF and then added some pink satin ribbon across the middle.  The feature panel has been stamped with Plant a Little Love (new release by JustRite Stampers), coloured with markers and then added the sentiment from Elegant Cheer (SU) and cut out with Label 6 Nestabilities and popped the panel up on foam tape.

My MIM card has the same Vanilla base, Cocoa and pink and then I embossed the next Vanilla layer with the Jemara EF.  Instead of rectangles I made the Cocoa strips using the Fancy Tags and attached the pink satin ribbon as above.  This time I stamped the roses from Plant a Little Love, coloured and cut them out with scissors and popped them up on the Label 6 die cut that has also been stamped with the same sentiment.  To finish I added a pink satin bow to the side and some Kaisercraft Blush Pearls to the tag panels.

Stamps - Plant a Little Love (JustRite), Elegant Cheer (SU)

Paper - Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa, Pale Pink Bazzill

Ink - Jet Black Stazon, Close to Cocoa

Accessories - Markers, Blender Pen, Label 6 Nestabilities, Fancy Tags, 1" and 1/2" pink satin ribbon, Bow Easy, Jemara EF, Kasiercraft Blush Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

FS154 A Touch of Red

I'm a little late posting this on my blog due to all the JustRite fun we've had going on this week!!  :)  This is the card I made for this week's FS Challenge.  The honour this week goes to Anne (aka jdmommy) and I chose her Layered Tulips in RED card.  Anne has a clean and simple style and a huge love of RED!  I changed the images, omitted the sentiment and used embossing instead of paper.

I started with a base of red bazzill and layered with white and more red embossed with the Jemara EF.  Across the middle I attached two pieces of black satin ribbon.  Next I stamped the flowers from Artfully Asian three times in black and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  I used the Fancy Tags die to draw a line around each and cut them out with a cutter and matted them on three black Fancy Tags die cuts.  Finished with a small black Kaisercraft pearl in each corner.

Stamps - Artfully Asian (SU)

Paper - Black, White and Red Bazzill

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Always Artichoke

Accessories - Fancy Tags Spellbinders, Jemara EF, Black Satin Ribbon, Black Kaisercraft Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!

Hydrangea Birthday

Today the girls at JustRite are able to start showing you sneak peeks of the up coming January Release!!!!  Next week 3 new sets will be available - including the one I am sneak peeking for you today - Plant a Little Love.  This is a set of 4 centres and borders in the 3 1/2" size and they are all beautiful flowers to colour!  I choose to use this beautiful hydrangea and the Crazy 4 Challenges challenge C4C19, to create a Birthday Card!  :)

I started with a base of Baja Breeze and layered with white (pierced around the edge), Old Olive and Urban Garden DSP.  Across the middle is a piece of white punched on both sides with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch and layered with more Baja Breeze.  The Hydrangea and border from Plant a Little Love has been stamped twice - once in Old Olive and once in Black.  The olive impression had a little sponging to the centre and was cut out with Large Circle Nestabilities and matted on some Kiwi Kiss cut with the matching scalloped nestabilities.  I then coloured the hydrangea from the black impression with markers and a blender pen and cut it out with scissors and popped it up with foam squares and adhered the whole panel to the centre of the card.  To finish I added the sentiment from JustRite's Just A Note set to the bottom corner and added vintage corners to the other three and embellished with a Kaisercraft Bliss Pearl.

Want to see more inspiration???  Stop by Heidi, Barb, Angela, Michele and the JustRite Blog to see more beautiful creations!!

Stamps - Plant a Little Love, Just A Note (JustRite)

Paper - Baja Breeze, Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, White, Urban Garden DSP

Ink - Old Olive, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Large Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Vintage die set, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch, Markers, Blender Pen, Scissors, Kaisercraft Bliss Pearls, Foam Squares.

That's all for today, but keep a look out for further sneak peeks this week from the JustRite Team!  Thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Tangerine Birthday Wishes

Hello Everyone!  I hope you are enjoying your Christmas Break!  While you read this I am away visiting family and enjoying a break from routine!  You may remember that before I went away, I was working on a set of cards that I was giving my grandmother for Christmas.  This is one that I made for her - let's face it, you can never have too many Birthday Cards!!

I was inspired by a recent Mojo Sketch, although I made this after the week's cut off.  I started with a base of Tangerine Tango and layered with white and some Bloom and Grow DSP.  Across that I've added some striped Bloom and Grow that was matted with green bazzill punched both sides with the Martha Stewart Lattice Arch Border Punch.  The image is from SU's Bloomin' with Beauty (Bloomin' Beautiful in the US) and stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke and Creamy Caramel.  I cut it out and popped it up on an embossed piece of white which is matted with Hazel Bazzill and more Tangerine Tango.  I finished off by adding the sentiment (Sincere Salutations - SU), Kaisercraft Blush Pearls to the top corner and also to many of the flower centres.

Stamps - Bloomin' with Beauty (Bloomin' Beautiful), Sincere Salutation (SU)

Paper - Tangerine Tango, Pear and Hazel Bazzill, White, Bloom and Grow DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke, Creamy Caramel

Accessories - Small, Large and Large Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Lattice Arch Border Punch, Swiss Dots EF, Kaisercraft Blush Pearls, Scissors and Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)