Sweet as Cherry Pie

This image reminds me of my girlfriend Tracey who makes amazing meals and especially desserts, so when I saw this image called Dotti Baking from Bugaboo Stamps I had to have it! I decided to make my own sentiment on the computer and I’m very pleased how it turned out.  I used my White Gel Pen to add tiny white dots to her dress and dimensional adhesive to really lift the pie…it’s making me hungry talking about it!  I managed to find some paper in my stash that has cherry’s and I’m committed to using what I’ve got and as I explore my stash I definitely have more than I thought! I used my button die to get the perfect colour for my buttons!

 

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 39th  Challenge

Our Sponsor Bugaboo Stamps  is providing a 7 images to the winner!

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

Challenges I am entering:

1. Inky Impressions - Anything Goes
2. My Mum's Craft Shop - Anything Goes
3. Penny's Challenges – Sewing
4. Papelitos Stamps - Anything Goes
5. Paper Makeup Stamps - Use a Digi & Button Up
6. Crazy Challenge - Seeing Spots
7. Cutie Pie Challenge - No Flowers
8. Joanna Sheen - Going Dotty
9. Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
10. Tuesday Alchemy - Anything Goes

Have a great weekend

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 !

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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

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

Christmas Fireplace Card

I love sitting by a nice cozy fireplace in winter and naturally that’s never going to happen on Christmas morning in Australia but hey…I can dream of a white Christmas!!! Here I am with a Christmas card ready in July, there lies a miracle. In fact this is the second Christmas card I made this week, I am on a roll! This year I am trying… and it’s not in my nature, but try I will to get as organised as possible this year. I’m so delighted with this card as I used my new Memory Box Die that I got at the Craft Show and it really adds a pretty dimension. This digi is called Christmas Hearth and it’s from Happileigh Scrappin' and when I saw the cat on the mat I knew it was for me!!! This cat reminds me of my daughters singing teachers cat, and when I’m lucky it gives me some attention and sits on my lap while I pretend to read, but really I just sit on the couch and listen to my daughter sing!

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Card Crafter’s Circle 31th  Challenge

This weeks theme is CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Our sponsor  this week is Happileigh Scrappin'! 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 other wonderful sponsor this week is.... Stamp Art Design by Kathryne 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 by Kathryne, that you see showcased at Card Crafter’s Circle . We are so honoured to have such  fabulous sponsors.... 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. Cherry Lynn Designs - Silver and or Gold
2. Tuesday morning sketches -154 plus things with wings
3. Stamp n plus -Anything Goes
4. Forever Friends - Christmas in July
5. Hooked on Craft - Christmas in July
6. Lollipop Crafts - Christmas in July
7. Crazy Challenge - Christmas in July
8. Creative Card Crew - Swirls and Pearls
9. LEJ Designs – Animals
10. Twisted Tuesday - Holiday(Christmas) plus pick 2 (Twine & Die Cuts)

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish Munro

Bird on a Quilted Card

I have always wanted to sew with a sewing machine and make a quilt, so with our challenge this week I made a mini quilt for my card and as I don’t have a sewing machine, it’s faux stitching for me!I punched out 16 squares and I used two matching double sided papers. I know I keep using my favorite colours green and pink but they just speak to me! I then taught my daughter how to paper pierce using a Stampin Up product, she got about half of the squares done for me and really enjoyed it until her favorite show came on TV and she dumped me like a bag of potatoes! I then used a very fine marker to make the stiches. I recently cut a few die cuts in white from my girlfriends new dies and she did the same with mine and I used these on my card, it was great to have these pre cut to fiddle with and made the perfect addition to my card!  I used my Copics to colour this cute little bird sitting in a tree called MORNING GLORY and matched these colours to my designer  papers. I added glitter glue to my ribbon bow and I am really pleased with how that makes the ribbon look so much prettier, I am so glad I took up card making!!!

 

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Card Crafter’s Circle 19th  Challenge

Grab your needle and thread, because we want to see you

IN STITCHES!

(Real or Faux Stitching)

What's that you say? You don't sew on your cards? That doesn't matter.... grab a pen to add some FAUX stitching detail to your card instead…just like I have!

Our sponsor this week is another fabulous returning sponsor LIMITED RUNS!

Our randomly drawn challenge winner will receive their choice of 3 (three) images from

the Limited Runs shop!

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

Challenges I am entering my card into this week:

1. Charisma Cardz-Shabby Chic
2. Paper Crafting Journey-Use 3 or more patterned papers
3. Sassy Studio Designs-Flowers and flourishes
4. Emerald Faeries-Dazzle it
5. Little Darlings –Pastels
6. Paper Shelter-Wings and Things
7. Whimsy Inspires- Punches and or Die Cuts
8. Cooking it up with Katie-Green gorgeous garden
9. Pretty Little Ribbon Shop-To die for
10. Crafty Ribbons-Things with Wings

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish xxx

Chocolate Bunny Card

I decided to challenge myself to make a fussy with flowers Easter card!I don’t have a sewing machine yet, so I added some faux stitching for some extra detailing, combined with buttons and a  bow.It’s been a work in progress for days until I was happy. I used this adorable little Easter Bunny from  Meljen’s Designs, how could I resist those eyes! I love bunnies with chocolate Easter eggs and I’m hoping the Easter bunny remembers to drops by this Easter !

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Card Crafter’s Circle 17th  Challenge

  Easter is here, and so is the Bunny, and the Chocolate! Our challenge theme for you this week is 

CHOCOLATE BUNNIES!

We are allowing some freedom here... we'd love to see you create a card using a bunny, or chocolate (the colour) or both! And 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 this week with this card:
I have entered into a few Easter Challenges including one a Crafty Cardmakers and I just love to challenge myself to improve my cards week after week and try new things!

1. Creatalicious Challenges-Sketch 32  (as per picture above) I rotated mine.
2. Crafty Sentiments –Bunnies
3. Digital Tuesday Challenge-Easter
4. Everybody Art-Easter
5. http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/challenge-65-easter.html
6. My Grafico Crafts -Buttons and Bows

Have a great weekend

Hugs

Trish Munro

Spesch Birthday Card using Paper Piecing

I have to say I am feeling very special as my girlfriend Vicki Fraser arrived with a card ready to make and like twins we made one each only differing with our coloring in and ribbons and buttons. We used her new Spesch Designer Stamp and she is so very cute, and cut around her so she popped off the background paper. Vicki had already sorted out two paper piecing- firstly the dress and then the balloons and pre cut them both ,how lucky am I! I used my Whispers Strokes Marker to colour her hair,eyes and dress trim and my favorite markers ever are my Copic  Markers E11 & E00 which I used for the face/skin tones.Copic markers are so on my Santa Wish List!Vicki got these lovely rounded bling as a gift with purchase from the Craft Queen, they are so classy.I used some glitter to accentuate her pretty bow in her hair. Vicki cut the grass using her border punch that had a kind of soft wavy line then going back thru the punch off center this time and not lining it up makes grass, too easy! I had a heap of fun making this card!

 

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://madformarkerschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/favorite-copic-combo.html  Favourite Copic Marker Combo
• http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-79-multiple-sponsors.html Anything Goes plus use Ribbon
• http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/2011/10/hsi-challenge-18-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
• http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/winners-challenge-8-and-deep-ocean.html Happy Birthday
• http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/sweet-stamps-challenge-35-anything-goes.html Anything Goes

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You really make my day

Trish Munro