I made the Spotlight!

The card I made for Dawn McVey’s latest Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge is in the Spotlight!  For my card I used a template to cut out lovebirds and create a folksy style card.  You can see it and all the others in the Spotlight here.  Thanks Dawn!

I was also excited to receive in the mail the latest copy of Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft Magazine, in which one of my cards is published!  This is my first time in this particular magazine, and I’ve made an effort to be published in as many different publications as possible, so it’s really cool

Awhile ago I made some cards for Kaisercraft using the Pack your Bags and Lilac Avenue ranges, and they were published on their blog this week, so I can show them to you now:

I had fun making these cards-you can see many more examples by visiting the Kaisercraft blog, which is updated with lots of inspiration daily.

Phew! That’s all my news for now, thanks for stopping by and have a great Friday!

Anthea

CPS#144

I really liked this week’s sketch at the Card Positioning Systems blog, so I’ve used it for a couple of cards:

I’m loving this pale pink and black colour combination right now, and the papers I’ve used are from October Afternoon & Kaisercraft.  The silver and black butterflies are covered in glitter, and the rub-ons are from Kaisercraft.  I have to go now, as I think it’s time to put up the Christmas tree!  I normally do this by myself, but I might get some help from my cat, Selwood…

Anthea

The Convent Gallery

Yesterday I went to the Convent Gallery in Daylesford, just over an hour’s drive from Geelong.  Daylesford is a small country town with quirky shops and places to stay, and the Convent Gallery is located on Wombat Hill Botannical Gardens, overlooking Daylesford.  In days gone by the building was a functioning convent, but now it’s a fabulous place to visit, with art galleries, magnificent gardens, a wedding chapel and reception area, a cafe, and gift shop.  I took my cards along to show the owner, and they took some to sell in the gift shop!  It’s really exciting for me, because the Convent Gallery is extremely busy, and people come from far and wide to visit. 

I’m nearly done, but I do have some cards for today, using more of the lovely Nook & Pantry paper from Basic Grey:

I love this green lacy paper from Basic Grey, and the flowers that match so well are from Prima.  Enjoy the rest of your day!

Anthea

Basic Grey Challenge Week 9

Another challenge is up at Basic Grey Blog Challenges!  This week it’s a sketch challenge:

For this weeks challenge we would like you to follow this fab sketch which has been designed by our wonderful DT member Tara G

 

Here’s my cards for this fortnight’s challenge-I’ve used Nook & Pantry papers and fabric brads with vintage pictures, a fabric  yo-yo, and a Cosmo Cricket tag.  Great sketch, Tara!  Pop over and check out what the other designers have come up with if you get the chance…  Thanks for looking at my cards,

Anthea

Glitter & sparkle…

Like everyone else, there are certain products I reach for each time I make a card, but I’ve found that mixing it up sometimes with new things can open up a whole lot of possibilities (and it means a visit to my scrapbooking shop! ).

So this week I visited Chandon Craft (my local scrapbooking shop), and bought some new glitter!  I love all bling things (and even wrote a magazine article about cards using bling), so I was inspired to invest in some more.  Here’s what I bought:

These little glitter pots are so cute, I can’t wait to use all the colours and see what they look like!  I’ve used one colour so far, on this card I made last night:

This is a ‘bits & pieces’ card I made using left-over Basic Grey & Papertrey Ink papers, along with flowers from Prima & Heidi Swapp, a vintage greeting, and the brad is from Basic Grey too.  I used the yellow glitter along the bottom and around the sentiment.  I’m liking this glitter-no doubt I’ll be finding many more uses in future!

I’ve also been purchasing books online-I’ve found that buying second-hand books online saves money and they’re often in brand new condition.  Here’s one that arrived recently:

I love embellishments, and this book is full of great ideas for all different embellishments, and lots of layouts from various scrapbookers.  Also, it’s been produced in a spiral format so it sits flat! 

Well, that’s all from me for now, so thanks for reading my ramblings!

Anthea

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #19

It’s been awhile since I’ve entered one of Dawn McVey’s colour challenges, but I had the time and was inspired by these lovely colours.  Here’s the colour inspiration and the card I made:

I was going for a folksy/applique look here, using the different pastels on the chocolate background.  I cut the birdies from a template I made, and used Kaisercraft rhinestones for their eyes.  The cardstock, polka dot papers & stamp are from Papertrey Ink, the ribbon is from American Crafts, and I used my Fiskars border punch on the aqua glitter paper.  How cute are the lovebirds?  Thanks for stopping by,

Anthea

Earlier this week

I sold 6 sympathy cards, so today I made a couple of new ones to increase my depleted stash.  Here they are:

I’ve used Basic Grey & Kaisercraft paper, with Cosmo Cricket journalling tags, and Making Memories alphabet stickers.  The little birdies are vintage, and I’ve also used my Cuttlebug for the label shapes and embossing.  Sympathy cards obviously can’t be too bright, so I like how these turned out.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Anthea

It’s a Kaisercraft Christmas

Two posts in one day!  I’m back to share with you some Christmas cards I made using the 3 Kaisercraft Christmas ranges.  I’ve made two from each range:

I loved working with all of these ranges-something to suit everyone.  These cards are on the Kaisercraft blog today, along with a lot of other Christmas cards from Kaisercraft design team members, so check them out for some more inspiration!

Anthea

Nook & Pantry

is a funky vintagey-style paper range from Basic Grey.  I’ve been making cards combining these papers with some of my vintage pictures, and here’s a couple of them:

I’ve also used the fabric brads from the Nook & Pantry range, and the rub-ons and rhinestones are from Kaisercraft.  I love using my little vintage pictures – each card is unique.  Thanks for stopping by, and for those in my part of the world, stay cool!

Anthea

One of my favourite things

to use on my cards is journal die-cuts, and the Madeline range from K&Co are some of the loveliest I’ve ever come across.  I’ve used them on all these pastel cards-great colours and pretty gold edging.  Here’s a couple more cards using these:

Once again I’ve made the same design, just using different rub-ons.  The papers for these cards are from Melissa Frances & K&Co.  I like the little crown & eiffel tower in the design, and pink and green are one of my favourite colour combinations.  That’s all from me for now, have a great day!

Anthea