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

Magnolia Christmas Card

I made this for my girlfriend Tracey(my bridesmaid) and her family. I wanted to have a bit of fun with Tilda and decided if I was her I’d be swinging around too!As you can see there is lots of glitter..on the card, all over me and Honey my dog has a bit on her as well…everywhere I tell you. I challenged myself to make a Centre Step Card and I’m very pleased with the result and using not just….. non traditional colours, but my favorites!
Challenges I would like to enter:

• http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/12/im-dreaming-of-your-fave-colour.html Christmas card or project in YOUR fave  colour theme
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-21no-traditional-christmas.html No traditional Christmas colours
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/p/monthly-contest.html Happy Holidays
• http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-19-fancy-foldsshaped-cards.html Fancy folds shaped cards
• http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas.html Christmas
• http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/cupcake-172-dont-look-at-light.html If it sparkles, shines, gleams, glints and/ or glitter
• http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-28-snowflakes-andor-doilies.html Snowflakes and or doilies
• http://blog.icopic.com/2011/12/icopic-weekly-challenge-60.html Holidays, must use Copics
• http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/cch-97-more-than-one-fold.html More than one fold

Merry Christmas to all my new friends

Trish Munro

Magnolia Singing Tilda

I really enjoyed making this card for my daughters birthday,she loves to sing and my girlfriend Vicki Fraser bought this Magnolia Tilda Singing stamp for me so I could make my darling daughter the perfect birthday card. I paper pieced Singing Tilda to get the dress just the right colour and shaped it to give it a slight curve using my flower tool, before gluing into position.  I chose a designer paper that my wonderful friend Frances from Stamp Owl gave me for Tilda’s dress to match the dress my daughter wears on stage that shimmers and sparkles. I used a purple gel pen and highlighted with Ice Stickles Glitter Glue to finish.I wanted to use some shading behind and used my Spellbinder Circle as a mask to get the white edge effect with my Sponging Block and Colorbox Chalk Ink. Then I used the Tim Holtz Alterations Carnivale to personalise the card and add her age using some new Glitter Cardstock. I wanted an unusual shape card  and placed Tilda looking down from the top of the card like my daughter does when she’s on stage.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2011/10/lawnscaping-challenge-20-paper-piecing.html Paper Piecing
• http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-115-girls-girls-girls-cazza.html Girls,Girls,Girls
• http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-134-you-choose.html You choose your own theme BUT must use a stamp
• http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/2011/10/2nd-year-birthday-challenge-and-blog.html Anything Goes
• http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-97-happy-birthday.html Happy Birthday
• http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2011/10/birthday-celebrations-with-stretch-n.html Birthdays
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-17someone-special-and-winner.html Someone Special
• http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/10/tuesday-throwdown-71.html Shaped Card

Trish Munro