Acetate Flower Bookmark

I decided to make a quick bookmark as a back up gift, as my drawer of giveaways empties as fast as I make them.I used Stazon Black Ink to stamp the flower on acetate and then hand cut to add an extra and unusual layer to my flower.It’s great to be able to give a handmade gift!

Challenges my bookmark qualifies for:

1. I used this inspirational photo as below, and it was a chance to use all of the colours of the rainbow.

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-13.html

2.http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-92-anything-goes_26.html Anything Goes

3.http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-70-check-it-out.html Anything goes

4.  http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/anything-but-card-challenge.html Anything but a card

5 .http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/2012/01/panpastel-uk-challenge-3-glitter-and.html Glitter & Glitz

6. http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-92-make-it-sparkle-1292012.html Make it sparkle

Have fun

Hugs

Trish Munro

Noel Christmas Card

I made this Christmas card that folds out like like a banner which becomes not just a Christmas card but a decoration too. I looked up the dictionary  meaning for Noel : Noël [nəʊˈɛl] 1. (esp in carols) another word for Christmas 2. (Music, other) (often not capital) Rare a Christmas carol . I kept the colour palette simply sticking with red, green and gold for a touch of class. I stamped the background using Versamark Ink and Gold Mica Powder. To get the letters I used a scrapbooking letters sheet like a template and traced out the letters in pencil (remember to pencil on the reverse side by flipping the stencil over) hand cut the letters in red and green and have saved the scrapbooking designer paper letters for when I finally get to do some scrapbooking. I edged all the letters with my Gold Krylon pen and finished by attaching all the circles with some sheer red  ribbon I found with with gold stars on it to match perfectly. There is plenty of room on the back of the card for the whole family to write their own personal message.



Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-58-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
• http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/2011/11/paper-sundaes-challenge-96-beautiful.html Beautiful Bows
• http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-148-festive-cheer-news-and.html Red,Green and Gold or Silver
• http://littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.com/2011/11/little-claire-monthly-challenge-15.html Shaped card
• http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-number-41redgreen-and.html Red, Green & Metallic
• http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-83-colour-combo-of-red-green.html Colour combo of Red & Green
• http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/arabella-barbara-cleota-leah-ann-peggy.html Simplicity

Have a great day
Trish Munro

Magnolia Birthday Card

As you can see I got carried away and embossed two layers on this card and then used my sponging block with some chalk ink to highlight the embossing. I adore this cute Magnolia stamp she is so versatile and had a ball colouring her with my new Copics. I saw the balloons inside the card idea on Valita’s Fresh Folds ages ago and finally tried it out and it adds a real cuteness to the Happy Birthday card!

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/craft-challenge-128-cute.html Cute
• http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-44-cutesy-2-week-challenge.html Cutesy
• http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-31-sugar-and-spice.html Sugar and Spice
• http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/young-at-heart.html Young at heart

Have a great weekend

Trish Munro

Flower Birthday Card

I’m a huge fan of lime green and pink together and by having the lime green underneath as my base card it really popped the pretty pink flower off the card . I wanted to create some interest in the flower and add another pink layer so I punched a plain white flower and then stamped baby butterflies on it and then edged it with pink ink so that the flower has lots of layer but kept it’s pinkness. I feel  in this creation I have achieved - less is more!

• http://createmepink.blogspot.com/2011/11/cmp-3-flower-challenge.html Flower
• http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/2011/11/were-going-minimalistic-and-our-winners.html Minimalistic
• http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/11/tuesday-throwdown-74.html My favourite colour combination
• http://creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/2011/11/ci-paints-inspired-by-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
• http://thesquirrelandthefox.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-4-hats-or-flowers.html Hats and/or flowers

Keep smiling

Trish Munro

Happy Mother’s Day

I was in the mood to use bold ,bright ,happy colours and butterfly's 

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/04/flutter-by-wednesday-149.html
• http://scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/2011/04/card-challenge-number-30.html
• http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com/2011/04/make-it-monday-31-changessearching-for.html
• http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-24-layer-it-up-and-some-extra.html

Masquerade

I made this Masquerade card when I was having stamping lessons with Louise Magetti about 3 years ago and used foils to shadow highlight this image.

Teen Birthday

I cannot believe my son is 15.

Love You

I used my green ink on the stems and directly applied this to the stamp and daubed a lighter yellow colour on flower and then a second terracotta (darker )colour to add variation to the flower colour and keeping in the same tones as the paper .