Off to the Races

I love the sound of horses when they run and this digi really adds a bit of race track action. I did not have a hat stamp so I drew this hat with my Copic Multiliner to create a foreground for all the glamour girls out there who wear hats to the races, I could not resist but to add a feather to this hat. I was given this amazing ribbon by a Polish girl friend and it adds such  a nice detail.  

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Card Crafter’s Circle 46th  Challenge

OFF TO THE RACES - GLITZ AND GLAM

Di's Digi Downloads is our sponsor for this weeks challenge and there is a random winner’s prize ! Our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check them out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
2. Card Makin' Mamas - Anything Goes
3. Fussy and Fancy - Anything Goes
4. The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes
5. Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes
6. My Heart Pieces - Use Ribbon
7. Paper crafting journey - Ribbon or Twine
8. Dare to be Sassy -Pink Christmas or Holiday
9. Southern Girls - Animal Crackers
10. Fab n 'Funky - Animals

  Have a great week

Hugs Trish Munro

Vintage Card

  I had a lot of fun making this Vintage style card and I used two papers and ripped the edge thru the middle and inked the edges.I then sprayed walnut inks over the top, green ink over the blue paper on the left and a brown ink over the right side. I had a list in my head of products I wanted to see on my card …pearls definitely, vintage flowers, lace which I left a frayed edge and wove some satin ribbon thru for extra detail , I even managed to add a feather. The big bow ribbon has detailed stitching and a perfect accent. I purchased this ruler ribbon on the bottom recently and was dying to use it! She is such a sweet little girl and she has that lovely vintage childhood memories feel to it, kind of like the Secret Garden.

I’d love you to come and Join our 42nd Challenge this week at Card Crafter’s Circle

our Sponsor this week is Whoopsie Daisy 

Our challenge is to pull out the old stuff, the muted colours, to create something

VINTAGE!

Our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check it out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
2. Clear it Out - A project with a child image on it
3. The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
4. Craft Room - Childhood Memories
5. Paper Play Challenges -Flowers & Lace
6. Digital Tuesday - Say it with Flowers
7. Oldie but a Goodie - Show us your ribbons
8. Sassy Cheryl's - Inspiration Photo
9. Platypus Creek Digitals - Pearls & Lace
10. It's all about the Vintage - Brown Tones

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Roses & Ribbon Pocket Card

When I decided to use this Full Bloom Rose digi this week from Happileigh Scrappin all I could visualise was a pot full of flowers. So I made a Flower Pot Pocket Card and changed the dimensions to suit my image. I used a kraft coloured cardboard scrap of packaging that had black marker writing on it and most of that is concealed by being either under designer paper or inside the pocket, but the kraft colour was just right for what I had in mind. After I made the base of the card I sponged the edges with pink ink inside and out and now it’s finished you would never that I recycled this cardboard but I’m trying to be thrifty and even the ribbon is from a box of chocolates I was given about three years ago.I also used a second lovely thick ribbon underneath and the sheer one over the top for a lovely effect. There is some gain by being a hoarder and today was the day I used a few bits and pieces up that have been in my stash for years!!!

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Card Crafter’s Circle 41st  Challenge

Our Sponsor this week is Happileigh Scrappin

Our random prize winner will receive the images showcased by our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle! 

Challenges I am entering:

1. House of Gilli - More than 1 Fold
2. Paper Pretties - Use Ribbon
3. Crafts & Me – Roses
4. Divas by Design - Lovely Layers
5. Penny's Challenges - Shaped Cards
6. Cutie Pie – Shaped Cards
7. Ribbon Girl -Photo Inspiration (Pink & Green)
8. Oldie but a Goodie – Ribbons
9. Cute Card Thursday - Different Shaped Card
10. Little Miss Muffet - Anything but Square

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Grow With Love

I picked Watering my Garden digi from Soft Pencil Studios because this activity in Summer is so very relaxing for me and one of my all time favourite things to do at home! I used my Retro Flower Punch in two sizes to create my own flowers and they tone in nicely with my colour scheme.

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Twist of Faith  for our 3rd Challenge

The prize offered to our randomly drawn prize winner, consists of all 3 Soft Pencil Studios digital images .

Our Design Team at Twist of Faith has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check them out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. Challenges 4 Everybody- Anything Goes
2. Joanna Sheen - So Sweet
3. No Matter Which Challenge - Dies & or Punches
4. The Squirrel & The Fox - Anything Goes
5. Digi Design - Use more than 1 die or punch
6. Avadares Challenge -Make it Sparkle
7. Polka Doodle - Ice Cream Colours
8. Simply Create Too- Anything Goes
9. Digi Doodle - Anything Goes
10. Milk Coffee - Use at least 2 different shapes

Have a great day

Hugs Trish Munro

Star Card

I am now a member of the Design Team at Twist of Faith and here is my card for the first challenge. I made a Star Card and used a paper pad I received Free with Australian Simply Cards Magazine recently, the paper is from Webster’s Pages Petite Papers-Collection Combo Pack. I used this cute Garden Angel from The Doodle Garden. I think the pearl brad gives it a upmarket look crossed with my shabby Chic vintage styling. I enjoyed distressing the edges and also inking every edge as well for additional dimension! I had fun making this card over several days! I borrowed my girlfriends oval dies for my focal point and I’m keen to add them to my Santa Wish List !

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Twist of Faith  for our very 1st  Challenge

  The prize offered to our randomly drawn prize winner, consists of the two fabulous digital images our design team has showcased .Our Design Team at Twist of Faith has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check it out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi
2. Crafty Pad - Anything but Square
3. Stampalot Challenge - Photo Inspiration
4. Allsorts - Anything But Square
5. Trimmies Craft Challenge - Shaped Card

Have a great day

Hugs Trish Munro

Heart Shaped Card -Teddy Loves Hugs & Kisses

I used my favourite colours again Pink & Green and as my daughter said when I had finished my heart shaped card “it’s very bright Mum”, well maybe she is right! We all need a hug sometimes and this is so very cute and bright to cheer anyone’s day, I picked this cute little teddy bear out at Whimsy and the sentiment inside . I borrowed my girlfriends Spellbinder Nested Hearts die (I use it way more than she does) and used my Spellbinder Scallop Hearts for all my layers. The pale pink layer has pretty love hearts and I decided to paper pierce all the scalloped hearts for extra detailing. I tried to make my bear look like he was so loved.. he was losing some fur in places, just like my favourite bear who is so well worn he’s  nearly bald!

 

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 34th  Challenge

create a SHAPED CARD

 

(Be inventive...a  shape other than our regular square or rectangle!)

What's this? We have two sponsors?  This means two prizes for random winners!

Our challenge this week is sponsored by MelJen's Designs, who continues to delight us with magical images!

Our MelJens prize is 4 uncoloured images.

And we are enjoying another sponsorship visit by Kathryne of Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne!
Our SADK prize winner will receive their choice of 4 SADK images!
Our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check it out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. Divas by Design – Flowers
2. Penny's - Butterfly's &/or Bows
3. Perfect Sentiments – Girlfriends
4. Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
5. Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes
6. Tammy Scrapin Corner - Anything Goes
7. Whoopsi Daisy - Lots of Layers
8. Stamp-n-Doodle- Use your favourite colour
9. Ready Teddy Go - Anything Goes using a Teddy
10. Charisma Cardz – Pink plus 1 

Here is a photo of a friend of mine who comes to visit every day. He is an Australian rainbow lorikeet! He loves our local honey soaked bread that  I soften with hot water.

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Stella on Summer Holiday 5 o’clock

This stamp reminded me straight away of my mother in law who will be 83 soon and I know she will show the whole neighborhood this card, and they will all totally love the humor!!! As soon as I saw this image at Bugaboo Stamps I knew it would get a laugh and I love how this image comes with it’s own perfect sentiment!! To add a tropical feel I used a cocktail umbrella and added some bright flowers. I used yellow as my 5% accent colour to go with the blue sky & ocean and used it on the frame of my image and added flowers that I have had in my stash for at least 5 years and finally used them.I actually have a whole drawer of flowers, and as I am a hoarder have amassed a fair few over the years and it’s time to start using them up!!! I really love this sand paper to literally bring the beach to my easel card, there is nothing like the feel of sand beneath your feet..it really makes you feel like you are on holidays!!

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Card Crafter’s Circle 25th  Challenge

This weeks theme is SUMMER HOLIDAY

Our challenge this week is sponsored by  Bugaboo Stamps!  Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 7 Bugaboo images.

Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Challenges that I am entering:

1. Mishelflos Challenge- Happy Blooming Birthday

2. Paper Makeup Stamps - Easel Card

3. Tuesday Throwdown - Summertime

4. LEJ Designs-Fabulous Flowers

5. Crafty Sentiments - Summertime

6. Clear it out - Anything Goes plus from your stash use something yellow on your card

7. Sparkles - Summer Fun

8. Oozac- Bright Colors

9. Memas crafts.Anything goes

10. Emerald faeries-birthdays

  Have a great weekend …I love weekends….and thanks for stopping by!!!

Hugs

Trish Munro

Prom Queen

This week I am using the Prom Queen digi from  Stamp N Doodle and I used a Monochromatic colour scheme. I wanted to add texture to my layers so I used my embossing folders. I used a shaving brush to add colour to my last embossed layers and after I coloured my image with my Copics I added some more ink by masking my girl and inking with Adirondack Ink the edging again with my shaving brush. Using the shaving brush adds tiny dots of ink and the more times you hit the paper the deeper the colour gets. I also did this effect on my flower and it ended up a nice rich colour so that all colours matched for my monochromatic colour scheme. I already has these pearls in my stash which turned out great and to add something extra I  used Dimensional Magic on my heart and the word kiss and also tiny smidge to my flower to have a slight gloss to it. I only used half of my Prom Queen image to instill a sense of thinking about the moment!

 

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 26th  Challenge

      this week we challenge you to create in a MONOCHROMATIC colour scheme!  We want to see what you can do with one colour (allowing for black line images, white cardstock etc) ....

We are excited to have this fabulous sponsor  Stamp N Doodle

 

 

Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive 2 digis.

Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Challenges I am entering:

1. Stella Says Sketch (as above) Challenge 12
2. Ooh La La Creations - Make it Girly
3. Digital Tuesday - Anything Goes
4. Crop Stop _ Monchromatic
5. Papaer Craft Bliss - Hand Coloured
6. Crafting for all Seasons - Many Layers
7. 4 Crafty Chicks – Monochromatic
8. Sassy Studio Designs - Use something wet
9. Celebrate the Occasion - Thinking of You
10. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting me!

Hugs

Trish Munro

Cascading Card with Sparkle

I really enjoy making construction style cards as it challenges me to use my brain a lot more than a standard card base and gives me so much satisfaction to say to myself “I did that”!  My girlfriend Vicki came over with the Destructions and we made one each and it’s hard to see in the first photo but I found some cardstock in my stash that was white one side and a coral pink on the other side, so it looks rather tricky! This adorable little angel I used is from Whoopsi Daisy Digis and I generously added some glitter which you can see in my second picture, she “Shines like the top of the Chrysler Building”!!!!!! I ended up creating a whole garden behind her with cascading leaves and flowers everywhere. Then to make sure it was extra sparkly I used a mountain of Bling and splashed it everywhere!! I can now say with conviction that leaf die was an excellent investment towards my stash, and lately has had a serious workout!!!

 

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 23rd  Challenge

Sparkle and bling can be fun... and don't we love it!  So our challenge theme for you this week is 

SPARKLE, SPARKLE

We challenge you to create a card that sparkles.... glitter, shimmer, bling...  make it shine!

  and the Sponsor this week is 

We are happy to welcome back Whoopsi Daisy Digis as our sponsor for this week's challenge!  Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 2 sheets of Whoopsi Daisy images... which is 8 images! Fabulous!

Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Challenges that I am entering:  

1. Bearly Mine – Dies
2. Die Cuttin Divas-Flowers
3. LEJ designs-Lots of Layers
4. Papertake Weekly-In the Garden
5. Critter Sketch-Flowers
6. Hooked on craft-Flowers
7. Paper Creations Ink- In the Garden
8. Paper Pretties-Glitter
9. Whoopsi Daisy-Spring colours 
10. Sassy Cheryls-Anything BUT a Square card 

Thanks for stopping by

Love n’ Hugs

Trish Munro

Tilda Easel Card with Pearls and Lace

  On the love heart panel behind Tilda I distressed Kraft card and then stamps flowers and then added the series of tidy dots with my White Gel Pen. I borrowed this love heart Spellbinders locket from my girlfriend Vicki and then used it the sponge the design by placing the spellbinder over my die cut to mask over design,so now it’s embossed and highlighted. I used my Stamp It Sponging Block to distress the edges of a modern pink love heart designer paper panel both inside and on front of card with Kraft coloured ink after I had stamped my flowers. I added lots lace and pearls to create a soft romantic feel to my card and added lots of flowers! I borrowed my girlfriend Vicki’s die to cut the leaves. I added a healthy amount of glitter glue to highlight and I’m so happy with how this card  turned out, even though I didn’t use half the stuff I had out to get my mojo going. It’s funny how cards take a life of their own once you start creating. My husband is glad to have the dining table back for the weekend!   

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Card Crafter’s Circle 20th  Challenge

We're in a bit of a romantic mood this week, so we would love to see your creations embellished in

PEARLS and LACE

Our sponsor this week is another fabulous returning sponsor DI'S DIGI DOWNLOADS! Di is so talented with the pen, her designs are gorgeous, and there are so many for all occasions!  Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive a $10 credit at the shop, which equals about 4 images, or they can choose to use it as a discount of a larger order! Woohoo! 

Our Design Team has been designing a storm this week, and are surely to wow you with their creations in Pearls and Lace! We hope you find inspiration in them!Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Challenges I am entering this week:

1. Colour Create-Rose,pink,kraft and white
2. Pixie dust studio –Embossing
3. Shellys  images- Pastel,Kraft & Flowers
4. A lot a rubber stamps - Easel card
5. Little darlings – Flowers
6. Simon Says - Anything Goes
7. Truly Scrumptious - Distressing, die-cuts/punches
8. Creative card crew – Ribbon
9. Tuesday throwdown-Use some Sparkle
10. Lexis creations- Use punches/Dies

 

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Anita Munro Flower Arranging

I am very pleased with my daughter Anita’s first attempt at flower arranging from what we had in the garden. She even added a matching bow!

Proud Mum

Trish Munro

Bird on a Quilted Card

I have always wanted to sew with a sewing machine and make a quilt, so with our challenge this week I made a mini quilt for my card and as I don’t have a sewing machine, it’s faux stitching for me!I punched out 16 squares and I used two matching double sided papers. I know I keep using my favorite colours green and pink but they just speak to me! I then taught my daughter how to paper pierce using a Stampin Up product, she got about half of the squares done for me and really enjoyed it until her favorite show came on TV and she dumped me like a bag of potatoes! I then used a very fine marker to make the stiches. I recently cut a few die cuts in white from my girlfriends new dies and she did the same with mine and I used these on my card, it was great to have these pre cut to fiddle with and made the perfect addition to my card!  I used my Copics to colour this cute little bird sitting in a tree called MORNING GLORY and matched these colours to my designer  papers. I added glitter glue to my ribbon bow and I am really pleased with how that makes the ribbon look so much prettier, I am so glad I took up card making!!!

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 19th  Challenge

Grab your needle and thread, because we want to see you

IN STITCHES!

(Real or Faux Stitching)

What's that you say? You don't sew on your cards? That doesn't matter.... grab a pen to add some FAUX stitching detail to your card instead…just like I have!

Our sponsor this week is another fabulous returning sponsor LIMITED RUNS!

Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 3 (three) images from

the Limited Runs shop!

Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Challenges I am entering my card into this week:

1. Charisma Cardz-Shabby Chic
2. Paper Crafting Journey-Use 3 or more patterned papers
3. Sassy Studio Designs-Flowers and flourishes
4. Emerald Faeries-Dazzle it
5. Little Darlings –Pastels
6. Paper Shelter-Wings and Things
7. Whimsy Inspires- Punches and or Die Cuts
8. Cooking it up with Katie-Green gorgeous garden
9. Pretty Little Ribbon Shop-To die for
10. Crafty Ribbons-Things with Wings

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish xxx