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

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.

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

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 !

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

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

Thank You Card with a Family Baked Dinner!

I have only used fabric once before on a card and it was quite a challenge to think what to do for my card this week. I recently went thru my daughters wardrobe and anything she won’t wear or is too small I popped in bags under the house and plan to take it to the Op Shop. I dug through the bags and found a brand new dress she refused to wear and used my Stampin Up Top Note Die to cut the fabric and a Sizzix Hearts Die to cut some old denim shorts of hubby’s for the heart. Hubby nearly had a heart attack at the chopped up shorts until he realised they were the one’s that were too small for him now!! I used my fingernails to pull at the edges of my fabrics to fray the fabric for a Shabby Chic effect.I 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. It’s great when you can use pre colour coordinated  papers and the card comes together that much easier, I really love this script paper in the background. I borrowed a Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die from a girlfriend at my group day last week and it’s such a pretty flower.  I used an image from Milk Coffee called I Love you Mom. There’s nothing like a family roast dinner to warm your heart!

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

Card Crafter’s Circle 37th  Challenge

FABRIC

We are talking fabric, sewing material, things our clothes are made of,  not ribbon or lace (but of course they are welcome additions)!

 Milk Coffee Stamps is sponsoring  and the winner's prize  is their choice of 3 Milk Coffee images of their choice and our super sponsor also provides each of our Top 3 with an image of their choice too!

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 - Anything Goes
2. Emerald Faeries - Punches & Dies
3. Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
4. Crafty Sentiments – Flowers
5. Creative Card Crew - Maps/Newsprint/Sheet music/Script
6. Jacksons Digital Expressions - Anything Goes Inks and Such
7. Whoopsie Daisy - Include a Sentiment
8. Markerpop - Children/School
9. Simon Says Stamp & Show - No Rules
10. Touch Twin - Food plus Shadowing

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Immies Scarf Christmas Card

Christmas is coming and I’ve now made a start to have a few cards ready in time for Christmas! I used Immies Scarf from  The Digi Garden  and I love that cheeky smile! I used a metallic gold paper to cut my snowflakes instead of traditional white to give the card a touch of class and keep a warm cosy colour scheme going, it’s change for me as I usually love to use pink and green. I have never been a scarf wearer but my daughter’s singing teacher has insisted we invest and wear them. We have a nice collection of scarves thanks to Nanna Joan who has knitted us quite a few now, so we have lots of colours to chose from when we go out.

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

Card Crafter’s Circle 36th  Challenge

RICH AND EARTHY COLOURS

The Digi Garden  has kindly sponsored our challenge and there is a winner's prize is their choice of

6 Digi Garden 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. Just Keep on Creating – Christmas
2. Critter Sketch Challenge - Digi Week
3. Lexi's Creations - Sparkle & Shine
4. Love to Create – Sparkle
5. Paper Pretties - Anything Goes
6. Whoopsie Daisy - Anything Goes
7. Crafts & Me - Add some lace
8. Delightful Challenges - Punches & or Dies
9. Celebrate the Occasion – Christmas
10. Dare to be Sassy - Pop it up

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

With Sympathy

When I made this card I really wanted to have a cross on the front. A template would have been an excellent help but I just hand drew it and cut it out as I was keen to keep going to get the result I had imagined and visualised in my head. I love the metal brad I used with the flower it really anchored the card design. An extra layer of darker ribbon subtly popped the soft lace detail trim at the bottom edge of the card. I made my own Shabby Chic designer paper  which I distressed and have included a detail description so you can also have a go. I inked all the edges in Denim Adirondack Ink with a Stamp It Sponging Block to complete my distressed look.

Shabby Chic Designer Paper Technique

• I chose some designer paper and clear embossed (wet) some swirls and curls, always use your anti-static bag over your paper before embossing.
• Then brushed over some white gesso paint when almost dry, removed paint off embossed area. Then waited for all this to dry.
• Protect your ironing board with a heat proof sheet like the Tim Holtz one.When paint is finally dry, place a sheet(or a few) of brown paper (not newspaper) over your designer paper and iron off the clear embossing until it vanishes, absorbed into a few layers of the brown paper. Best to use a sheet of baking paper as the top layer before you begin to iron as this will protect your iron base from any potential mess.
• It leaves this amazing effect as you can see by my close up.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://diekreativenstempelfreunde.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-31.html Handmade Background
• http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2011/08/make-it-monday-50.html Anything goes
• http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-106-distressing-maria.html Distressing
• http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/distressedshabby-chic-challenge-at.html Shabby Chic
• http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/2011/08/speedy-cats-friends-challenge-68.html Distressed
• http://phindysplacechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-68-vintage-look.html Vintage Look
• http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-32-team-gem-distressing.html Distressing
• http://sassystudiodesigns.blogspot.com/2011/08/dare-to-be-sassy-thursday-85.html Distressing
• http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-63-lace-it-up.html Lace

Have a great week

Trish Munro

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.

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

Happy Birthday to me!

I received this beautiful birthday card from Vicki Fraser,I love the pearl flourish. Vicki and Roz took me out for coffee and we each ordered a slice of the most amazing cake I’ve ever eaten. Vicki arrived with a big bag with all sorts of crafting goodies including some pearl flourishes (it’s like she can read my mind), and my friend Roz gave me a Kaisercraft stamp set.Thanks girls for making it special!

Friends Forever

I made this card with my daughter as inspiration and I wanted to do something to do with Ballet and asked my friend Gloria Harrison if she had any dance style stamps that I could borrow and this is one of them. I originally stamped with the two dancers sitting together with black ink on white cardstock but it just didn’t look right, and as I am a bit of a pink fan I tried the pink cardstock and knew I was onto something when the image came to life! The bow is secured with a office notice board pin as Hat pins aren't in the budget yet. I used what I had in my lace and ribbon stashes that I secured as freebies along the way. When I first started crafting I asked everybody I knew to go through their sewing boxes and give me any old buttons,lace, ribbons etc. and it was amazing what turned up over the next few months. I have since invested in some large clear A4 sized plastic bags and sorted my ribbons and lace into colours and try to work with what I have. I hope you like this card as much as I do.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• Cute Card Thursday - C5 - Music and Dance
•  Creative Craft Challenges - 2W, 3E – Lace
•  Tuesday Throwdown – Lace
•  Paper Take Weekly - 3 of Something
•  Paper Romance - SIO - Black & White plus 1 other colour