Just Magnolia Challenge blog.

Challenge for this week is a sketch. I really enjoyed doing this one.

Entertained by my Cricut

My Sunday afternoon has been spent trying to get to know my Cricut machine. I've made this little gift bag with some Stampin Up papers, a Sugar Nellie Gorjuss Girl stamp and some Prima Caboodles. I bought 3 tins of these cute flowers and I have to get some more. They're really pretty.

My 1st Gorjuss Girl

This is my entry into this weeks challenge at the Sugar Bowl. The card is based on a sketch and you had to also use kraft paper in your card. These Sugar Nellie stamps are just too cute.

A night of little surprises

Having a little blog hop and I've noticed a few hits coming from Stampin' When I Can so I thought I'd go and check it out. Gorgeous blog of Allison with lots of links to other beautiful places. She has these lists on her blog titled 'Newly Discovered' and my blog is listed there. Very cool and very flattering.

I've popped onto Magnolia Down Under Challenges Blog and see that I got a Top 3 badge for my Edwin boy card in last weeks challenge. Very cool again :)

Next stop on the blog list is off to Sugar Nellie and I see I've won the wedding candy. Two wedding stamps not released until July, with a few other bits and pieces to make wedding cards. How exciting!!! (I got these images from the Sugar Nellie blog, someone let me know if I'm not allowed to put the here :) please ).

I wasn't even going to blog hop tonight seeing as though once again this month I've used all my broadband download limit and am on dinosaur dial up again.

I'm hoping to get my card for the Sugar Bowl finished tonight, took me ages to decide which Gorjuss Girl I'm going to use. I've got her all coloured in and just have to pick some papers.

Enjoy your Wednesday!

I ummed and arred about putting this here

...but I've seen some of the new releases on another blog now. I've been waiting for what seems like ages to get my hands on the new Kaisercraft Penny Royale and it was so worth the wait. The stuff is gorgeous. In fact all the new ranges are.

So I scrapped, for the first time in ages. I didn't exactly do a page but I still scrapped!! No stamps or pencils in sight, just a gorgeous off the page product. A Kaisercraft key holder in the shape of a birdhouse. How cute is this!!

I've layered heaps on this and the centre of the bird house has a circle die cut and I've used rubons on acetate circles and layered them over the top of this. I love how it's turned out. I originally thought I'd have to gift it to someone though cause the colour theme in our house is browns and greens, it doesn't quite match.

I then thought I could put it in my craft room and hang ribbons from it on little rings, but I've got a pretty cool ribbon holder already. Now I've decided that it is definitely going in the craft room. I'm going to hang my plastic templates and stencils from it and also my Tim Holtz ink mat thing, which I've been looking for a place to hang for ages.

A boy card!!! What the!!!

That's what I said when I saw the challenge at Magnolia Down Under. This fortnights challenge is all about a boy. I'm hopeless at male cards and don't even really have any guy images. I borrowed this Edwin stamp from Vickii at work and I'm really happy with how he's turned out. I love this paper I used too, I think it's 7 Gypsies.

The Just Magnolia challenge blog is to paper piece. I pieced my Tilda together the other day and made this quickie 5 minute acetate card tonight. Her dress, shoes and hair bow have been pieced with Sassafrass Lass paper. Not overly impressed with the end result but maybe I should have took my time a bit more :)

Note to self: have a look at the colour ink you pick up before going for it!!!

Tea Dye Distress ink is apparently darker than I think. In my mad rush I grabbed the wrong one, smugged it and then just had to cover the whole little pic.

I do love the acetate cards but, and I haven't made one for ages. Drives me insane trying to get a decent photo of them though.

Hump days been and gone, enjoy the rest of your week!!

My 1st Sugar Nellie

This is one of the images I got from Mel. I put through my first order for some Sugar Nellies last week and the same night I was back online putting through another order. I got some Gorjuss Girls and I can't wait to find them in my letterbox.

I've done this card for the Sugar Bowl Blog. It's a sketch and you also had to use blue and green.

This card has been done for a challenge on the Roses on Paper. The criteria for this one was to use pink, yellow and green.

It's Saturday night and I have no plans but to sit here and blog hop for a while and get some crafting done. I'm full up with a stupid cold and have no energy at all. Every bone in my body feels like it's aching. I need chocolate...desperately.....

If you like strawberry Freddos then you have to try the new Cadbury Berry Pannacotta, not quite as sweet as the strawberry frogs...just perfect. mmmm