Saturday 31 December 2011

2012 Calendar

*Sorry...this post is rather picture heavy!*

It's become a kind of tradition, that every year I decorate some of the Papermill Shop's blank calendars to give as Christmas presents...this year, I made three...this is the one I gave to my Mum.


I kept each page very simple, mounting each one on to kraft card (cut to 6x4 so they can be recycled into cards once the calendar is finished), distressing the edges and adding faux stitching to unite all the different makes of papers, and brands of stamps used. I'll try to list the 'ingredients' under each month.


Image: 'Cat on the Moon' (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Papa' (Fancy Pants)
Tools: 'Lacey Scalloped Circles'; 'Stars' Nestabilities


Image: 'Bunnies - In Love' (Lili of the Valley)
Papers: 'Adore' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: 'Concentric Hearts' die (Cuttlebug)


Image: 'Pinky Joy' (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Hello Luscious' (BasicGrey)
Tools: 'Circle' Nestabilites 
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Brads: BasicGrey


Image: 'Spring Bunnies' (Hambo Digi Staamps)
Papers & Die Cut: 'Hippity Hoppity' (We R Memory Keepers)
Tools: 'Circle' Nestabilities; 'Wild Honey' Distress Ink


Image: from the 'Hugs' set (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Penny Lane' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: 'Circles' Nestabilities
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Brad: BasicGrey


Image: 'In the Shed' (Lili of the Valley)
Papers & Die Cut: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)


Image: 'Good Game' (Penny Black)
Papers & Die Cut: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)
Ribbon: Hobbycraft


Image: 'Toot the Flute' (Penny Black)
Background Stamp: 'Music' (Hero Arts)
Paper: 'Wild Asparagus' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: 'Old Paper' & 'Brushed Corduroy' Distress Inks


Image: 'Clive Cockran' (Toodles & Binks)
Papers & Die Cuts: '72 & Sunny' (We R Memory Keepers)
Tools: 'Circles' Nestabilities


Image: from the 'Be Very Scared' set (Penny Black)
Tools: Spider's Web folder (Tim Holtz); Sweets folder (Cuttlebug); 'Lacey Circles' Nestabilities


Image: 'Circus Act' (Whipper Snapper)
Papers: 'True' (Fancy Pants)
Tools: 'Stars' Nestabilities


Image: 'Welcome Party' (Penny Black)
Papers: 'Countdown to Christmas' (My Mind's Eye)
Tools: Tree Die (Marianne Designs)

See...I warned you there was a lot of photos! Don't worry...I'm not going to show you the other two...they're not the smae as this one...different images, and papers...but very similar.

Challenges for this calendar:
  • Die Cut Dreams - Calendar
  • Dutch Dare - My Favourite Things (Penny Black stamps, My Mind's Eye, BasicGrey & We R Memory Keepers papers, Nesties, distressing, faux stitching, embossing...just about everything! lol)

Friday 30 December 2011

Simple Thanks

I have a set of (very) simple thank you cards to show today...


They're a variation on a theme...just with the squares placed in different positions...


A couple in portrait, and a couple in landscape...


The cards are A6 sized...not too much space to have to fill! lol...the papers are Stampin' Up! (a prize from Lady LIM Mandi from a challenge she sponsored on Totally Papercrafts a while back), and the sentiment stamp is from the 'Sending Sunshine' set by Simon Says Stamp. I lightly inked around the edges of the papers with 'Old Paper' Distress Ink, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for these cards:

Thursday 29 December 2011

Cute & Cuddly

Hurrah - I have a new card to show you today! I haven't made a card in nearly two weeks...which for anyone who knows me, will know that's some kind of record! lol
I was aksed to make a 'new baby' card for the latest addition to our family...a baby boy (I hope!) due tomorrow. The image is called 'Cute & Cuddly' by Sugar Nellie, which I coloured using watercolour pencils, adding Glossy Accents to the balloon. The only instruction I was given was to keep it simple, so I used just a couple of papers (My Mind's Eye & Cosmo Cricket), embossing the plainish one using my Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sending Sunshine' set by Simon Says Stamp.


Challenges for this card:

Wednesday 28 December 2011

ABC Christmas Challenge - Z is for...

I have another project for the final ABC Christmas Challenge of 2011...where our theme is:

'Z is for Zingy Colours!'

And I found this funny photo for some inspiration:


Lol...rainbow coloured turkeys!

We have two wonderful sposors for this challenge...firstly our lovely Lacey & her store, Stamp & Create:


The prize from Lacey is a $20 voucher to spend at Stamp & Create!

Our other sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps:




The prize from Bugaboo Stamps is 7 of their fabulous digis!

I've decorated a polystyrene bauble...I covered it with a mixture of brightly coloured sequins. Each one is attached with a pin...very simple...but very time consuming...this took me hours to do...but I love it, so it was worth it! :0)


I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.