Christmas Gifts Card

This Christmas Tree looks warm, cozy and festive and has a lovely Christmas feeling to it. To create the card, I used a sketch a girlfriend gave me which made it so much easier to make decisions on how to put my card together. I love Christmas morning and all the presents wrapped under the tree. My kids favourite joke present for their father is to wrap his wallet, good for a laugh!!  

  I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at Card Crafter’s Circle 51st Challenge

BEARING GIFTS

Meljens Designs  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. Crimbo Crackers -Christmas/Festive
2. Cute Card Thursday – Snowflakes
3. Pixie Dust Studio - Winter Holiday
4. Paper Shelter - Christmas is Coming
5. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
6. Sisterhood of Crafters – Embossing
7. Whimsy Stamps - Traditional Christmas Colours
8. Ladybug Crafts – Snowflakes
9. Craft Room Door Magazine - Anything Goes
10. Tuesday Throwdown - Lots of Layers

Here is a picture of my daughter warming up before a dance showcase .

Have  fun

Hugs Trish xx

Poppies Card

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 48th  Challenge

Remembrance / Poppies

Pauline Guttrey  is our sponsor for this weeks challenge and there is a random winner’s prize of 24m of beautiful ribbons ! Our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check them out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. ATC's with Attitude - Sentiment with Anything Goes
2. Crafty Catz – Anything Goes
3. Delicious Doodles – Remembering
4. Jelly Park Challenges - Back to Nature
5. Forever Friends - Anything Goes
6. Happy Campers - Use Bright Colours
7. Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
8. Lady Anne Challenges - Anything Goes
9. Crafts & Me – Reds
10. Simon Says Stamp - Thinking of You/Sympathy

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Winter Bird Christmas Card

I used Winter Bird from The Doodle Garden for my Christmas card and created an extra few branches for my birdy to sit on using my Bird punch, which has been literally gathering dust as I haven’t used it it ages. I also used the punch poo from my snowflake border for the little stars.  I just love snow and this reminds me of all the wonderful holidays I have had at the snow. I remember that moment when for the first time I actually noticed a snowflake on my ski jacket and it looked like the snowflakes on Christmas cards I had received over the years and I realised that is how they really look…this was a more than 20years ago folks when I had lovely young eyes and could still see everything!

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Twist of Faith  for our 10th Challenge

SKETCH CHALLENGE

The prize offered to our randomly drawn prize winner is from The Doodle Garden .Pop over and see my team mates cards over at Twist of Faith !

 
Challenges I am entering:

1. Card Mania – Embossing

2. Lawnscaping - Dust em off

3. Kaboodle Doodles - Anything Goes

Have a great week

Hugs Trish Munro

Christmas Card in Black,White & Red

I used Holly’s Stocking from The Digi Garden for my latest Christmas creation. Christmas is coming so fast I only hope to get as many cards made over the next few weeks to be really ready, as a card maker it’s embarrassing  to give out store bought cards. I bought this swirly Winterland  tree die at the last craft fair and it was so exciting to finally use it. On Christmas day in our house we dress up in Santa Hats even though we live in a tropical climate but determined to celebrate the occasion, this image reminded me of our family.  I added some flower soft to her hat to give it a fluffy look and Santa Stocking and a smile to Holly with my Copic Multi Liner because she is definitely thinking about what Santa is going to bring! I also added baby pearl bling as earrings!!

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 44th  Challenge

BLACK , WHITE & ONE OTHER COLOUR

The Digi Garden is our sponsor for this weeks challenge and the winner’s prize is choice of 6 images! Our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check them out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
2. Incy Wincy Designs - Anything Goes
3. The Cutie Pie Challenge - Use a Digi
4. Crafting for all Seasons - Costumes/Dress Ups
5. Crafts & Me - Anything Goes
6. Divas by Design - Anything Goes
7. Simon Says - Dies and Punches
8. Whimsy Stamps - All things Sparkly
9. Bearly Mine - Pearls & Swirls
10. Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes 

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Choo Choo Train Birthday Card

I have wanted to make a card with a train on for ages and when I saw this train image at Robyn’s Fetish called Choo Choo Charlie I had to have it.

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 33rd  Challenge

  Our challenge theme for you this week is to be uncluttered, uncomplicated, but bold and fresh.... we want you to create in the style of 

CAS - Clean and Simple

We are excited to share that this week we have two prize winners, because we have two sponsors!

A randomly drawn winner will receive their choice of five (5) digital images from

  Robyn's Fetish!  

Another randomly drawn winner will receive their choice of two (2) digital images from

   Oak Pond Creations

Challenges I am entering:

1. Anything Goes Challenge - Let's not be square
2. Jacksons Digital Expressions - Anything goes
3. Fashionista - Baby or Birthday
4. The Kraft Journal - use kraft and Make me Smile
5. Paper Pretties - Clean & Simple
6. Totally Stampalicious – Texture
7. Ribbon Girls - Colour Challenge
8. Emergency Crafters challenge – Circles
9. Simon Says Stamps - Simon Says Anything Goes
10. Crafts and Me Challenges - Anything Goes

Have a nice day

Hugs Trish xx

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!

 

 

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

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

Astronaut Card

I have wanted to make a space card for ages and I’ve often seen rocket ships on boys cards and I was inspired by an article in an Australian Simply Cards to start creating. I started by carefully studying the night sky above my house and noticed that most of the stars were in a bit of a line directly above the house, I think it’s called the Milky Way so I placed my stars that I punched from some Kaisercraft designer paper in a similar line. I used a blank white cardstock card base and created my night sky using only 2 different blue inks Adirondack- Denim and Stampin Up- Tempting Turquoise I applied the inks using my Sponging block just like  I had seen Tim Holtz create a distressed background for a bookmark he made me when he was last in Australia. Then I used one of my home made green mica powder mists to help create my arty distressed night sky, that totally shimmers if you hold the card at an angle. I’m very happy with the result. Then my astronaut had to land in a rocket ship which I just hand drew straight onto some silver and red papers, and my daughter reminded me that my astronaut needed a couple of windows in his rocket ship so he could look outside,excellent point and duly noted and added! I made the flag from a bamboo skewer that I coloured with my Copics so it matched my beary cute astronaut.

This first photo is inside the card. 

This is the card front .

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 24th  Challenge

     The theme for you this week is 

STARS and STRIPES!

It doesn't have to be patriotic, but I know with the 4th of July is only a month away for all my American friends.

We are excited to have a fabulous returning sponsor 

MELJENS DESIGNS!

Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive 4 digital images (uncoloured) of their choice... what a great prize!

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

Challenges I am entering:

1. Cute Card Thursday - Transportation Theme
2. SJ Papercrafts-All about the Boy
3. Willow Sketchie-Sketch or make your own backing paper
4. Little darlings Challenges - Boy Card
5. TuesdayThrowdown-Masculine
6. Crafty Cardmakers- Distress It
7. Daisy Doodles Creative challenge - Beary Cute
8. Forever Friends - One for the Boys
9. Lexi's Creations - For the man/Boy in our lives
10. Simon Says Stamp and Show- One for the Boys       

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish

Rainbow Thank You Card

I chose this image from the silhouette range of images from Bugaboo stamps because I could visualize a rainbow as the background and it’s just an amazing piece of art and it was the perfect image for a rainbow theme. When I went to pick up my Copics to start colouring a rainbow I couldn't remember what order the colours went in and had to look it up. Here is the order  for a Rainbow….Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet if you are like me and not sure of the exact order. I wanted a darker background at the top  to pop the focal point forward and really frame this rainbow and used dimensional adhesive to add even more dimension. I chose a ribbon that picked up all the colours I used in my cardstock. I used Dimensional Magic to add  a 3d effect and it really made a difference especially for my hummingbird! I used my Butterfly embossing folder so it adds another natural element both on the front and the inside of my card. I made this card for my daughters hair dresser and wig lady to thank her for everything she has done and the wonderful friendship they formed.. Altogether  my daughter has used over 50 cards to thank everybody the whole cast and crew after a great show working together in Annie the Musical from Brisbane, it’s been an experience of a lifetime!  

 

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 22nd  Challenge

We would love to see your creations in our latest theme of

RAINBOW BRIGHT

We are always excited to have a repeat sponsor, super-fabulous... Bugaboo Stamps!  Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 7 Bugaboo images... what an awesome prize! Have you had a chance to see the latest Bugaboo releases? I can't keep up with them... I want them all!    Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team has created some fabulous Rainbow Bright creations to share with you, and to inspire you! Swing by and check them out.

Challenges I am entering :

1. Crafty Creations - Frame it
2. Digi Stamps 4 Joy – Gratitude
3. Inky Impressions - Thank You
4. Sisterhood of Crafters - May Flowers
5. Whimsy Inspires - Make it pop add dimension
6. Anything Goes- Things with Wings
7. Craft Room - Emboss it
8. Jacksons Digital  Expressions - anything goes inks and such
9. Lej Designs - Things with Wings
10. By the Cute and Girly - Spring is all around

Have a great weekend

Hugs

Trish Munro

Birdcage Thank You Card

I had so much fun making this birdcage card using pastel colours and dry embossed the inside with more birdcages. I’m really enjoying the Copics to colour in with,and  it’s just so relaxing colouring in. I made this card using pastel colours which is something that I don’t do very often but I really liked it, it’s funny how your taste changes and as you experiment with different styles and colours your cards change with time. The thing I really enjoyed adding to my card were my new small paper lace corners but almost impossible to glue down,any tips?…greatly appreciated!!!   

Inside I embossed birdcages to carry through my theme. 

 

Here are the Copic colours I used.

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 18th  Challenge

Pastel Colours

Use Pastel Colours in your creations

and the Sponsor this week is  Happileigh Scrappin Designs

Winners prize is 3 digi images and top three will receive an image off their choice also!!!!

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

Challenges that inspire me:

1. Crafting Life's Pieces-Sketch 46 I really enjoyed having this sketch to follow,my card design came together so much easier.
2. Crafty Ribbons-C17 Things with Wings
3. Paper Play-Things with Wings
4. Totally Papercrafts-C 112 Things with Wings
5. Pixie Dust Studio-Ribbon

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish

Charlotte and Butterfly Gate Fold Card

I made this gate fold card using a beautiful gold ribbon to keep it closed. I love this sweet little girl called Charlotte and Butterfly  from Milk Coffee Stamps and I really wanted her in a red dress and to have a white collar and white socks with white lace trim, so cute!!!! I enjoyed my colour scheme of gold for our challenge this week and the gold cardstock was like a mirror I can nearly see myself taking the photo,too funny! The embossed butterflies added to the theme and added a touch of class. I watched a you tube tube tutorial to try to improve my hair colouring and swapped a few colours around and used what I had to try to create golden hair. It is my challenge to myself  this year to improve my colouring in. I really enjoyed colouring in her dress and then adding spots with my white gel pen, that was fun! On the inside, I wanted it to look like a flower so I added a flourish under the die cuts and I think it looks clever. Then I  added another butterfly so the inside and outside theme was carried through. 

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 14th  Challenge

POT OF GOLD

Use Gold in your creations

and the Sponsor this week is  Milk Coffee Stamps

Winners prize is 3 digi images and top three will receive an image off their choice also!!!!

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

Challenges that inspire me:

1. Crafty Sentiments- Things with Wings
2. Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges-Tie it up
3. Hooked on Craft-More than one fold
4. Whimsy Stamps- Embossing
5. Papertake Weekly-One for the girls or Mum
6. Cupcake Craft-Going Dotty
7. The Stamping Boutique-Gold

Have a gold weekend!!!

Hugs Trish

Daisy Teapot Card

I am inspired this year to make as many construction cards as possible,so this week I made my first gatefold card. It took me ages to make this card and I fiddled with the Copic colouring, added glitter and dimensional magic to the flowers, and then layered them with dimensional adhesive. I literally killed one set of flowers beyond retrieval with the heat gun (don’t ask) but in the end all the flowers looked pretty. I seem to have an affiliation with bright colours especially pink and green and I really enjoyed the coloring in part …a lot!!!   I decorated inside and out to match, and fell in love with this teapot which even has some gorgeous polka dots on it. I cut a second bee out and layered him over the top, the larger wing I cut and pulled forward to give the effect of flight. The line of tiny words under the bee inside the card says…You’re one in a Buzzillion…Naturally this teapot says it all, friendship and a cup of tea… what more could you want!!!!

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 7th  Challenge

FEEL GOOD WITH A FRIEND

and the Sponsor this week is Happileigh Scrappin

All you have to do is create something cheery for a friend and the winners prize is the same digis as showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.

Daisy Teapot is the image I used this week from Happileigh Scrappin

Challenges I am entering with this card:

1. http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/i-brake-for-fancy-folds-ibfcc17.html Fancy Folds
2. http://littledarlingschallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-16-polka-dots.html Polka dots
3. http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-41-flowers.html Flowers
4. http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/simon-saysanything-goes.html Anything Goes
5. http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-16-and-design-team-call.html Something Bright
6. http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-64-wing-it.html Wing it
7. http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/?p=2104 Butterflies or Bugs
8. http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-133-blooming-marvellous.htmlBLOOMING MARVELLOUS as long as it has flowers
9. http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/2012/01/pcj-challenge-1-floral.html Floral
10. http://colourcreatechallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-88-pink-green.html Pink & Green optional Flowers

 

Have a great weekend

A Buzzillion Hugs

Trish Munro

Meljens Birthday Cake Mouse Card

I had a lot of fun creating this Happy Birthday card this week with my new Birthday Cake Mouse Digi from Meljens.. Hope you like how I decorated the inside of the card with balloons everywhere! The balloons flip back and forth as you wiggle the card, it’s so much fun to play with. I used a border punch to create paper lace and then embossed it so it looks even more like lace, but with a fresh and funky feel. I can’t honestly believe I actually had fluro pink cardstock and fluro green cardstock, and after digging through all my green ribbons… yes I actually had fluro green ribbon…what the …where did all that come from!!!!I used a combination of fluro gel pens for the 3 candles and icing and Copics to colour the cake and hungry mouse! I used my new flower soft and after much debate with my daughter to use white or cream we decided on cream flower soft because it looks like real cream oozing out the sides of this delicious chocolate cake.

I’d love you to come and Join our 5th Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle

our theme is BIRTHDAYS

and the Sponsor this week is Meljens

Winners Prize is 4 B & W Digis (Your choice)

Here is the image I used this week from Meljens

Challenges I am entering with this card:

1. http://dancinginpajamas.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-hop-tcp-tuesday.html Embossing
2. http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com/2012/01/monday-challenge-40-its-delicious.html It’s delicious
3. http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/january-monthly-challenge-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
4. http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/happy-birthday-challenge.html Happy Birthday
5. http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/9-ribbons-lace.html Ribbons and Lace
6. http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-45.html Child’s Birthday
7. http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-140-ring-in-new-year.html Ring in the New Year and use some thing NEW!
8. http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-142-punch-it-out.html Punch it out
9. http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-1-happy-3rd-birthday-charisma.html Happy Birthday plus option of adding  3
10. http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-21-happy-birthday.html Happy Birthday

Have a Great Weekend

Trish Munro

Bugaboo Stamps Stella Nursing Hospital Food Get Well Card

This week I used my new Bugaboo Stamps image called Stella Nursing- Hospital Food and it really brought a smile to my face the minute I laid eyes on her, so I knew it was the perfect card to make this week for something bright and colourful to give to my sick friend. It will be great to look at…. and she will be able to  feel the love even if I’m not there with her. I added these flowers with a set of punches I forgot I had and ran a few through my embossing folder to add some depth and texture to the flowers.

Please come and join us this week at Card Crafter’s Circle Challenge 4 and

Make it Colourful

and the challenge this week is sponsored by

Bugaboo Stamps

Winner’s Prize 7 Images (your choice)

I love how this folds in so many ways and made this card as bright, and colourful as possible.Stella just had to have the classic purple rinse in her hair!Same card folded differently looks great either way!

Challenges I am entering with this card:

1. http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-year-new-design-team-new-anything.html Anything Goes
2. http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-45-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
3. http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/01/simon-says-new-something.html Use something NEW!
4. http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-29.html Colour-Purple,Green,Pink & White
5. http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-19-fancy-foldsshaped-cards.html Fancy Folds/Shaped Cards
6. http://www.papercreationsink.com/2012/01/challenge-16-die-cuts-andor-punches.html Die Cuts/Punches
7. http://www.vostamps.blogspot.com/2011/12/victorine-originals-24-punch-challenge.html Use Punch
8. http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-52-over-rainbow.html Over the rainbow
9. http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-26-something-new.html Use something New
10. http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/2011/12/merry-christmas-from-craft-us-crazy.html Anything New and or Humorous

Have a great weekend

Trish Munro

Dearie Dolls Laundry Day Snowman Christmas Card Set

Join us for our second challenge over at Card Crafters Circle.

Our theme this week is:

Create for CHRISTMAS!

Sponsored by Dearie Dolls.

Winner's Prize is their choice of 3 digis.

Here is the digital image I used and printed it in two sizes.

Dearie Dolls Laundry Day Snowman

 

 

 

I embossed the inside pockets of my cardholder for a touch of class and place 3 cards either side and held closed with a ribbon..

Inside view of the gift cards

In an effort to be frugal I always try to be as economical as possible with my projects as you can see.

As you can’t see…. as once it’s all glued down….. and otherwise it’s just such a waste!

I made this Christmas card set as a present for one of my sisters.

Challenges I would like to enter with this project:

• http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-141-winter-wonderland.html Winter Wonderland- Must use Digi
• http://blog.icopic.com/2011/12/icopic-weekly-challenge-61.html Last minute Christmas cards
• http://theresmagicintheair.blogspot.com/2011/12/magical-monday-bird-image.html Anything Goes, but must include a bird
• http://paperandsuchonline.blogspot.com/2011/12/time-for-another-challenge-here-at.html Last minute Christmas Card
• http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-95-snowman-with-die-cut.html Snowman with Diecut
• http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/baby-its-cold-outside.html Winter/Cold Project
• http://craftyourdaysaway.blogspot.com/2011/12/cyda-challenge-35-snowmen.html Snowmen
• http://craftycalendarchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/cold-and-frosty.html Cold and Frosty

Merry Christmas

Trish Munro