Cas(E) this Sketch #345

Awesome sketch this week and I had so many idea's running around in my head :). I am trying really hard to use some of my patterned papers so decided that I had to incorporate some into my card.
Here is this weeks Sketch

This is my take :)

Ink to Paper

When season of Joy was released I was in awe of all the stunning samples that were shared by the creative team and had to have that set like there was no tomorrow :) . Today's card I have made for Laurie's inlaid die cut challenge. I inlaid the joy dies into my card in a beautiful silver glitter paper and love it against the blended blues of the background. I have made several cards with this beautiful set and see a few more on the horizon.

Thanks for dropping by today!

CAS(E) this Sketch #343

I love the sketch for this week, it is one that I could use again and again. I love hearts and decided to base mine on some beautiful hearts I have in my stash from Taylored Expressions. Here is the sketch...........

Here is my card for the Sketch

Southern Girls Challenge

It sure has been a while since I posted, life gets busy and I am happy to be here sharing a post today. I made this card and have entered it to the Challenge Tic, Tac, Toe..........

 I am using Bling, Die Cut and Ink today. TE have just started their Christmas release and I pulled out one of my very favourite Christmas sets from them that has possibly retired now. Anyways I hope you enjoy the card and thanks for stopping by :)

Lauries Fabulous Favourites

This week was about using your favourite background stamp and I did not have one from Ink to Paper so I decided to make my own with using a Papertrey Ink Stencil so hope that is okay!
I used the new Framing Florals Stamp Set..............Love this to bits and hope to add the Birch background to my collection one day soon :)

Laurie's Fabulous Favourites....Paper Scraps

I adore Laurie's creations and this week is no exception :). I was also very delighted to receive my very first order of Ink to Stamps sets and love this Frame It Out set to bits <3. I found some left over card stock and stamped some fun circular patterns from the Lets Fiesta Set in the matching inks and then opened the beautiful Frame It Out set to finish my card off.

Laurie's Fabulous Favourites Ink to Paper Challenge

It feels like forever since I made a card and it has been a while. I am sooooo loving the new Ink to Paper stamps and had a couple of sets arrive today <3
I love Lauries Fabulous favourites and it is so nice to see her creations each week. I played along this week and I decided two things...............I was going to play with a set I have had and adored for a long time and use a colour that is not my norm to turn to :)
Here is my card, the flowers are from the set Bloomers which is among one of the first set I purchased. I selected Lavender Moon to create with and really happy with the outcome <3 I need to go sleep now as just finished a night shift with one left then two off to play with my new goodies.

Win it Wednesday

Been a few weeks since I have played as so busy prepping the house and gardens for winter. But this week has seen me with some creative time so here I am. I adore this stamp set called Orchid Expressions and cannot believe I had it on my wish list for so long :).
This week is about choosing your favourite style so I went with layering............now this is really a challenge for me and of late I have been trying to challenge myself with more layers so I hope I did okay with todays card :). Here is the card

Here is a photo to show a little of the layering that I did. Love how people layer and want to do more :) thanks for dropping in and I hope you have a wonderful crafty week.

Southern Girls Frame it

I have recently started scrapbooking again and loved the new challenge so thought I would scrapbook a page for my daughters album with a frame in use :). I think I am getting the bug, so many wonderful pages of inspiration out there. When I lived in Australia I loved to visit the KaiserCraft stores and have  little splurge.............Was delighted when I read they are now shipping to NZ and have a few goodies on the way :)
This are some older Crate Paper goodies I have in my stash.................Thanks for dropping in today :)

Southern Girls Challenge

I recently bought this beautiful stamp from Papertrey Ink and I adore it! Any excuse to ink it up sounds good to me so when I saw the Challenge for this week I thought YES my heart contains flowers so it meets the criteria and I got creating :)
This is the second time I have used this stamp and honestly think it will be a regular for when needing to create................Just love it to bits. So without further ado here is the card I created. Thanks for dropping by!

Southern Girls Challenge.....Girl Power

As soon as I saw this challenge I knew the perfect stamp lol. Here is to the ongoing numerous requests for 'I don't care' I experience when asking the kids what they want for dinner. Girl power to us that continue to supply all those meals :)

My Favourite Papertrey Ink Stampset

Without doubt I am totally in love with the new Bear Hugs stamp set.................Well as a bear collector I have to be don't I :)
I have now made several cards with this set as it is so versatile, from Valentines to New Baby to Miss You to Happy Birthday and more. There are so  many reasons to ink this one up!

Thanks for dropping in. I sure hope your day is going well.

Card 2 Love is in the Air

I have just recently recieved this gorgeous set from Krafters Cart here in New Zealand. It is so nice to have a supplier that stocks so many of the wonderful stamping brands from overseas <3 .
This set of owls from MFT was just too hard to resist :) so thought I would get them opened and make a second card for the Southern Girls Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and again thinking of all our USA crafters.............Keep Warm!

Southern Girls Love is in the Air

Well with Valentines coming up this is a great challenge as someone somewhere will be wanting a card to send to someone!
I adore this sentiment from Altenew and thought this was the perfect time to ink it up. Thanks for dropping by today. For those crafty friends in America please keep warm. My Aussie friends are sweltering and same here in NZ. Today is a little more overcast so here is to hoping it is a tad cooler.

Anything goes Southern Girls Challenge

First Challenge for 2019 and it is anything goes. I decided to use a stamp set from Neat and Tangled that I had bought and not used. I have made this card to send to a beautiful soul in England who is battling breast cancer. Inside the card is stamped You Rock which is just the right sentiment for this amazing woman. Despite all the challenges in her life Sue remains positive and is fighting like a champ. Love that we can make and send cards <3