Poppies Card

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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!

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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

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

Sunset Seagull Card

I used Seafaring Seagull Frame from Meljens and I was totally inspired by a card I saw over at my blogging friend Brenda’s of Floral Fantasies and have had something in mind for a while. I enjoyed making the background.

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Card Crafter’s Circle 43rd  Challenge

AUTUMN COLOURS

 Meljens is our sponsor for this weeks challenge and there is a 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. Catch the Bug - Anything Goes
2. Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes
3. Daisy Doodles - One for the Boys
4. Forever Friends - Anything Goes
5. Kaboodle Doodles - Colours of Autumn
6. Paper Pretties - Fall Inspiration
7. Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Fall Colours
8. Do You Stack Up - Warm Colours
9. Pixie Dust Studio - Anything Goes
10. Crafty Creations - Colours of Fall

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Christmas Angel Card

I used Angel Charity for my Christmas card this week from The Art of Michelle Perkett. I love challenging myself to try to come up with something a bit different and added some glitter,stars and snowflakes to add to the Christmas feel. I used my square punch to cut out either end of my Christmas lyrics.

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Twist of Faith  for our 5th Challenge

ANGELS

The prize offered to our randomly drawn prize winner is the choice of one digital image as showcased by our Design Team at Twist of Faith ! Check them out!
Challenges I am entering:

1. Creative Inspiration Paints - Anything Goes
2. Stampin Sisters in Christ – Music
3. The Squirrel & The Fox - Celebrate the Occasion
4. Totally Gorjuss - Punch & Die
5. Christmas Stampin - Photo Inspiration
6. Stamping with Dragon – Music
7. Forever Friends - Anything Goes
8. Moving Along with theTimes - Seeing Red
9. Cutie pie Challenge -Use a Digi
10. My Mum's Craft Shop - Stars

Have a great day

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.

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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

Sympathy Card

I decided that I did not have a Sympathy Card and I wanted to have one ready, so I picked out Inspirational Cross 1 from Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne. I added a dimensional layer on lower leaves and the centre flower  and used dimensional adhesive. As soon as I made it I my Mother in Law needed it for a dear friend of hers. A friend of mine designed the sketch for me to use and I used some gingham to contrast with my background paper and colour matched my flower to the gingham. Another girlfriend gave me this lovely ribbon and this worked nicely to match in with my card.

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Card Crafter’s Circle 40th  Challenge

Our Sponsor this week is Stamp Art Designs by Kathryne

Our random prize winner will receive their choice of 4 SADK images.... so many to choose from ...see them all here at the Whimsy Store! Our Design Team at Card Crafter’s Circle has created some beautiful creations to inspire you! Check it out!

Challenges I am entering:

1. Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Colours of Spring
2. Digi Doodle - Anything Goes........(Final Challenge)
3. Forever Friends Monthly Challenge – Ribbon
4. Milk Coffee - Use at least 2 different shapes
5. My Heart Pieces - Anything Goes
6. Paper Pretties - use Punches
7. The Paper Shelter - Punch it
8. Paper Playtime - Gingham & Die/Punch
9. Ribbon Carousel - Sympathy Card
10. Twisted Tuesday - Never Forget

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Noble Deer Head Christmas Card

I made this Christmas Card with a masculine theme and used this Noble Deer Head from  Stamp Art Design by Kathryne as my focal point. I love to decorate the house at Christmas time to help celebrate the occasion and it’s great to be able to make my own cards for friends and family to add that personal touch!  

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Card Crafter’s Circle 38th  Challenge

FOR THE FELLA’S

Creations should follow a Masculine Theme

Our Sponsor Di’s Digi Downloads is providing a $10 Store credit to the winner!We also have Stamp Art Design by Kathryne joining us again with sponsorship for you! 

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

Challenges I am entering:

1.  Sketch and Stash - Challenge 95
2. Diva's by Design - Let's Celebrate
3. Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
4. Emerald Faeries - Punches /Dies
5. Creative Card Crew – Christmas
6. LEJ Designs - Anything Goes
7. Hooked on Craft - Cards for Men
8. Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes
9. The Squirrel & The Fox - One for Men

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.

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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

Baby Girl Card

  I adore this cute little baby girl in her pram that I picked out at Pink Gem Designs and I just couldn’t wait to colour it in! I always enjoyed dressing my daughter when she was a baby in pretty pink clothes…and still do. Just for a bit of fun I used stickers for a change to embellish my card, and I have thrown a rattle out of the pram in fond memories of my my kids!!! I couldn’t tell you how many times we came home after a day at the shops pushing my pram around and arriving home with baby with just one sock or shoe or missing toys! I did a bit of faux stitching and used acetate to create a bit of a see thru section. I got to use my new Die-namics Flower Border both inside and outside my card and I used glitter glue in the centers. I cut the baby head and bib out and added this as a dimensional layer. I cut my Valerian Flourish Memory Box die cut into three pieces and arranged it to create a Cinderella carriage feel.

 

 

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 35th  Challenge

BABIES

Your creation should be for a baby... boy or girl, we love them all!

Our current sponsor is Pink Gem Designs and the winner will have their choice of 4 Black/White 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 - For a Female
2. AUD Sentiments - Welcome Baby
3. Inky Impressions - Use Ribbon
4. PINspirational - Photo inspiration
5. Incy Wincy Designs - Make it Girly
6. Paper Pretties - Use Scallops
7. Ribbon Carousel – Stitching
8. Craft your Passion - Anything Goes
9. Lexi's Creations - Sparkle & Shine
10. Whoopsi Daisy - Dies &/or Punches

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish

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

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.

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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

Christmas Smoochie Bears

I used this Christmas Smoochie Bears Stamp by Stamp Art Design for my Christmas in July card. I have been dying to use my white  flower soft on a Christmas card and this was the  perfect product to add to the hats to make them look soft and fluffy. I also used my new Memory Box die to give my card some pretty snowflakes and finished off with ribbon with dots. I love this polka dot paper, the dots feel like velvet and add to that warm fuzzy feeling with this card. I’m putting this card aside to give hubby for Christmas as we got married just a few days before Christmas and hopefully he will think this is cute! I paper pieced the jackets and gloves and if you look closely it has faint Christmas running writing through the red designer paper. First I printed onto this image onto White Cardstock and did my colouring in with my Copics and then I decided what paper to use to paper piece with.

For the paper piecing I printed off a sheet of my images using copy paper and then stuck  my designer paper down with double sided tape using a 6 x 6 sheet and ran it through my printer again. I did this so I didn’t have any wastage with my designer paper and positioned it exactly so I could use this for another card at a later time and now I have a spare set to fussy cut out when I’m waiting for my daughter at her next singing lesson!

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Card Crafter’s Circle 31th  Challenge

This weeks theme is CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Our sponsor  is Happileigh Scrappin' and one randomly drawn challenge winner will receive the fabulous selection of Happileigh Scrappin' digital images that our design team at Card Crafter’s Circle created with this week... what a great prize!

And we also have another sponsor.... Stamp Art Design by Kathryne and her delightful images are available exclusively at the Whimsy Stamps Store.  We also have a prize for another randomly drawn winner who will receive the selection of images provided that  you see showcased at Card Crafter’s Circle ... another fabulous prize! We are so honoured to have two such  fabulous sponsors this week.... do visit their blogs, won't you?  Say that I sent you!
Swing by and see the great creations showcased by the Card Crafter’s Circle Design Team.
Challenges I’m entering:

1. Crafty Sentiments - Christmas in July
2. Delightful sketches-bling and bows
   
3. Stamp n plus -Anything Goes
4. Creative Stamp Friends - Paper piecing
5. Forever Friends - Christmas in July
6. Hooked on Craft - Christmas in July
7. Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July
8. Crazy Challenge - Christmas in July
9. Divas by Design - Christmas in July
10. Jelly Park - Christmas in July 

Have a great weekend

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

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.

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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