Friday, May 27, 2011

Teddy Bear Card


I’m entering this sketch challenge, hope you like my big teddy bear!
http://annabellestamps.blogspot.com/2011/04/absc037.html
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which is all about teddy bears!
I had so much fun colouring in this teddy, he is so darn cute! I popped up his nose and heart for some extra dimension.
Trish Munro

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Bold,Bright & Bring on the Bling Star Christmas Card

I decided to have a play around and try to clear emboss onto patterned paper which is something I’ve never tried before. I adore bright and bold colours because they make me happy just looking at them.so I chose this patterned paper sheet in my DCWV The Blossoms & Butterflies Stack to try out this new technique combined with this scalloped star stamp that I bought from a lovely lady clearing out all her old stamps. Well …she never made it out of the car park to try to sell them at our group day I bought them all, because they were so unusual and she gave me an absolute bargain and threw in some free stamps for my darling daughter. I knew the scallops on the star would soften the strong diamond pattern and make an unusual Christmas Card. So I clear embossed the star onto the patterned paper then used my Stamp It Sponging Block with Vicki Fraser’s  Stampin Up Temping Turquoise Inkpad. I’m definitely getting that Temping Turquoise  Inkpad I just love this colour.Anyway,I sponged it until I covered the square of patterned paper and then rubbed over with a tissue to remove he excess ink to reveal my clear embossing. I think it turned out great.Then to the job of mounting it.I went and bought some new cardstock so it all matched beautifully .  I was passionate about doing some paper piercing and using my new Stampin Up photo corner punch and very pleased with the result of this card inside and out. Those who know me well, know I am currently addicted to glitter and bling. I’m sorry but I just can’t help myself there is glitter and bling everywhere on this card and the dog who forever sits underneath me, but really who doesn’t love glitter and bling!

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Challenges  this card qualifies for:

  1. http://karensdoodleschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-no-64.html
  2. http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/2011/05/anything-goes.html
  3. http://cheerfulstamppad.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-18-color-my-world.html
  4. http://ccmspotlight.blogspot.com/2011/05/spotlight-challenge-yourself.html
  5. http://creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/2011/05/ci-paints-inspired-by-bling.html
  6. http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-63-bling-it-on.html
  7. http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/chnc-challenge-21-lets-see-some.html

I really enjoyed making this card, I’m going to give it to my son’s Learning Support teacher for Christmas.I know she will love it.

Trish Munro

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

May ALL your DREAMS come TRUE

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This is such a cute stamp from a set that I picked up years ago at a bargain shop. I’ve finally discovered if you colour your image in the same colours as your papers it all look so much better. I’m going to save up and buy some Sketch Copic markers because you can clearly see my image is furry because the markers I have seem to do this.It might take me five years to save up  for Copic Sketch markers but there is no point only buying one.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

  1. http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-82-girls-birthday-card.html
  2. http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/colors.html
  3. http://creativecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/restful-colour-challenge.html
  4. http://karensdoodlesnetherlandschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/uitdaging-64.html
  5. http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-142-use-die-cut.html
  6. http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/05/pale-pretty-pastels.html
  7. http://nettiegsdandydigitalgems-challengeblo.blogspot.com/2011/05/nettiegs-in-childhood-fantasy-challenge.html
  8. http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-56-anything-goes.html
  9. http://ecpchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-38.html
  10. http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/craftycatz-challenge-no-83-anything.html

I love the the thought that my vice is to be colouring in!

Trish Munro

Friday, May 20, 2011

Hibiscus Birthday

I clear embossed this Stamp It hibiscus  flower stamp over patterned paper then used a Kaiser craft Hot Pink and purple  inkpad with a Stamp It sponging block to blend over card and removed any excess ink by rubbing a tissue over .I then added the glitter,butterflies and bling to finish!

 

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Challenges this card qualifies for:

  1. http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/paper-pretties-wednesday-challenge_18.html
  2. http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/simon-says-sparkle-and-shine.html
  3. http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-57anything-goes-dt-call.html
  4. http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-35-anything-goes-optional.html
  5. http://aspoonfullofsugarchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-152-anything-goes.html
  6. http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/sweet-stamps-challenge-15-birthday.html
  7. http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-40-and-winners-of-39.html
  8. http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2011/05/make-it-monday-37.html
  9. http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-116-birthdays.html
  10. http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-131-ice-cream.html

My challenge to myself is to one day win a card  challenge, I can’t do anymore than try my hardest and have as much fun in the process as humanly possible!

Trish Munro

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Perfect Moments

Vicki Fraser and I teamed up on Sunday to try out some new techniques. I took white gloss cardstock and streaked purple and pink inks over it,then clear embossed this sentiment from Stamp It. Then I mixed up purple paint and glitter and painted in the same streaked way as the inks. When nearly dry removed excess paint from my clear embossed sentiment to reveal “Perfect Moments” then added some purple ink over to define words using my Stamp It Sponging Block. I decided my ribbon need a pin so I made my own with beads from my daughters stash and added a little glitter. Then I decided to decorate inside the card with a very pleasing result. I’m happy with these photos you can see a lot of detail.

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Challenges this card qualifies for:

  1. http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-12-lace.html
  2. http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-46-embossing.html
  3. http://hippitywithippity.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-2-flowers.html
  4. http://karensdoodleschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/are-you-ready-to-play-along.html
  5. http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/2011/05/magical-monday-embossing.html
  6. http://creativeinspirationschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-59.html
  7. http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/2011/05/may-anything-goes.html
  8. http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-55-lace-and-ribbon.html
  9. http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-15.html
  10. http://annabellestamps.blogspot.com/2011/05/say-it-in.html

Hope you like my creation!

Trish Munro

Saturday, May 14, 2011

BFF Award

I received a comment from Nancy D from Crafting Passions telling me about an award she was sending my way.I haven’t had a chance until now, so here is my post - finally - and I am sending a thank you and huge hugs to you Nancy D !!!

Well, now I have the pleasure of passing along this award to other wonderful crafters/commenters. The rules for the BFB award are two-fold:

  1. Post about the award on your blog with a link back to the sender.
  2. Pass onto those who visit your blog and leave comments regularly.

So my list of BFB award winners includes:


I have always loved making cards and I am certainly enjoying the challenge of blogging,computers and photography. This award lets me know that I am appreciated.  I think we all deserve to be appreciated and I wish I could pass these awards on to the person behind every blog that I have poured over wishing I had more time so that I could make cards using their creative ideas.

Please take the time to hop over to the very talented crafters listed above so that you can see how amazing they really are.

My card was Spotlighted at a Challenge

I was delighted to read that my challenge card was spotlighted at The Paper Variety.

This is what they Said:

The Paper Variety

Team B DT member, Melissa chose to feature Trish Munro's beautiful card!

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Melissa said, "This card really caught my attention. I like the color selection and coordination, the energy of the design with the butterflies going from small to larger right at the point where the main element meets the embossed butterfly background. The glitter just makes it dance."

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Butterfly Birthday

I had a special request for this card in my comments from Vicki Fraser  at CardarTart for this card with purple in fact we kind of pre planed it over the phone, so here it is. I also got to  try out some new ideas I’d been thinking about for a while . I used pale pink Kaisercraft paper and Kaisercraft Hot Pink Ink inside my embossing folder and when it came out I thought it looked too neat so I spritzed it with my own Shimmer mist and this seemed to blend the ink to create this effect and then I sponged the edges to finish it off with a little more depth of colour, so that the colour mirrored the same pink of my flowers in the main image. Instead of spending ages trying to find the right ribbon I embossed then folded up a ribbon out of matching cardstock for a perfect colour match for my card, I didn’t measure the folds I just went for it. At the bottom I used my 3 bling and to add a little extra I used glitter around each bling, Vicki always says a bit of glitter always makes everything better!.  

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I couldn’t resist and added another photo of this card again with a change of background fabric and how it makes the card look so different.

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Challenges this card qualifies for:

  1. http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-81-butterflies.html
  2. http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-141-flowers.html
  3. http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-18.html
  4. http://paperandsuchonline.blogspot.com/2011/05/our-very-first-challengewelcome.html
  5. http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/05/fancy-punch.html
  6. http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/sweet-stamps-challenge-14-butterflies.html
  7. http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-throwdown-48.html
  8. http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-7-bling.html
  9. http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/05/simon-says-stamp-and-show-anything-goes.html
  10. http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.com/2011/05/emerald-faerie-first-challenge.html

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Mailbox

Here is the adorable mailbox my wonderful talented hubby Mark Munro whipped up for me using Bali Fish Scale Shingles available from Casbah Imports. What more could a girl want!

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Monday, May 9, 2011

Card Kit by Kaye Clyma

At my stamping group my friend Kaye Clyma made this gorgeous card and a kit for me to share her idea. This is Kaye’s sample card and the one below in blue and yellow I made. The hardest part was fitting the ribbon off centre and it was the first time I twirled wire.This card design doesn’t use a lot of product and is an economical way to use up bits of patterned paper left over from other projects. Feb 16 2011 cards & flowers 030

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Friday, May 6, 2011

Happy Mother’s Day

It’s Mothers Day in Australia this Sunday 8th May and I made this for my Mum (she’s in her 80’s). I fussed over this card for hours and now I’m very happy with the result. I like how this embossing folder changed the affect on the polka dot paper and I have been inspired by http://michellezindorf.stampinup.net (for those who don’t know about her she is so talented and in my circle we call her The Brayer Queen. I signed up for her email internet tutorials and this has inspired me to make more of my inks and expand on my stamping style but I don’t have a brayer yet so I used my sponging Blocks and ink to make up my background to suit the cardstock that I wanted to use… I just love getting inky fingers! Daisy’s remind my Mum of my Dad (he loved to grow daisy’s in their garden) so this was the perfect image for her especially because Mum is such a huge fan of pink (and so am I). I enjoyed decorating the inside of the card to compliment the main image and can you tell that I’m into butterfly’s at the moment and very partial to glitter.
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Challenges this card qualifies for:
  1. http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/2011/05/for-mom.html
  2. http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/05/flutter-by-wednesday-153.html
  3. http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/is-it-spring-yet.html
  4. http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-4-cute-girly.html
  5. http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2011/04/mothers-day-challenge.html
  6. http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/2011/05/lets-get-messy.html
  7. http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-81-butterflies.html
  8. http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-26-going-dotty.html
  9. http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-am-so-excited-to-introduce-this.html
  10. http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-throwdown-47.html
Wish me luck, sooner or later I might win a challenge. Dad always said “you’ve got to be in it to win it”!

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Birthday card

I received this card a little late for my birthday but very appreciated. In my group of card makers we each make one birthday card at the beginning of the year and one of the girls in our group hands you your Birthday card at our monthly meeting, that way we each get a card for our birthday!

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I found a great tutorial , this is a great place to resource tutorials and get great ideas for different projects and if you have Stampin Up stamps (if you noticed I have a few) their gallery is amazing where every stamp set has a section and can be hundreds of ideas, great especially before you buy a set to see if you really love what you can do with it. 

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Christmas Card Shoebox Swap

All the girls at Stamping with Friends card making group got together and we organised a Shoe Box Swap. Every Shoebox contains all the stamped images, or stamps and inkpads, ribbon, bling, cardstock etc .to make that card exactly, and all you bring is your basic tool kit as usual and supply all you own adhesives and stamp cleaner kit. These were the amazing cards I ended up making, perfect for my Christmas stash…. that is if I can bear to part with them!Trish's Cards Feb 2011 048
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