Cards made Sat 09 Feb 08

Last night I made the following two cards:

Brown with Pink - Cover

Brown with Pink - Inside lying down

Brown with Pink - Inside standing up

Pink with Brown

Pink with Brown - Inside lying down

Pink with Brown - Inside standing up

I do not actually have this stamp, I borrowed it from a friend. However, I have ordered this stamp from my craft supplier, Lana of K.I.S.S. These two cards were CASED/Inspired by Robyn Jones. I'm thinking of giving on to my mum for her birthday and another to a friend as a "Thinking of You".

Out of the two cards, I much prefer the Brown with Pink rather than the Pink with Brown. It was fun doing these and seeing how using the same colours but reversed gives a different effect. I do plan to make a few more of these, so will stamp up some more images before giving the stamp back to my friend.

Cheers Fiona

Cards_R_Us February 2008 Card Sketch Template Challenge

On the weekend I posted the February 2008 Sketch Card Challenge for yahoo group "cards_r_us". This sketch was taken from Becky Fleck's sketches. I really like this one, I think it has a lot of potential. This is the sketch that I think will work well with my Hanna Stamps used in the bookmark swap, as mentioned in my earlier post. Here is the sketch for anyone wanting to give it a go:

Cheers FiLoMa

Cards_R_Us Jan 08 Swaps

I'm running a little late in getting my last 2 yahoo group "cards_r_us" January 2008 swaps out. I've already done my ATCs, see Australia Day blog entry, but as yet I haven't posted them to my partner. Tonight I made my "Precious Paper" card swap and my "Celebrations" Bookmark swap.

"Precious Paper" Card swap
My "Precious Paper" was Japanese Paper given to me for Xmas

"Celebrations" Bookmark swap
My "Celebrations" theme is Xmas.
First time using one of my Hanna Stamps.

I'm really happy with how these both turned out. I'm going to use my bookmark design to make some Xmas cards. I have a good sketch template that I think it will work well against.

Cheers FiLoMa

Australia Day Long Weekend Card making

I've been pretty quiet both with my blogging, my card making and my general chat with my friends on my yahoo groups. Basically I've been too tired after work to worry about anything too much and when I get home from work I crash onto the lounge in front of the TV and don't really move. I've been checking emails and seeing all the great creations my friends have been making. That said, I decided that this Australia Day long weekend was not going to be wasted and I was going to make cards for all my committed swaps as well as some birthday cards. I still have a few cards to make for people, but I'll do that sometime this week. Anyway, below are the cards & ATC's that I made:

This card was made for the ACTSA January sketch challenge

This card was made for the ACTSA January sketch challenge

This is a birthday card to one of the ladies on the TSS RAK list
CASED from Lana Murray of K.I.S.S

I made 2 of these cards
Both birthday cards - 1 for TSS RAK List & 1 for WWRS Birthday List

I made 2 of these cards
Both birthday cards - 1 for WWRS Birthday List & 1 for my local girlfriend

I made 2 of these cards
Both made for the WWRS Valentine Swap

This is a birthday card for Wendy Pettifer of yahoo group cards_r_us
CASED from Lana Murray of K.I.S.S

These ATCs were made for the yahoo group cards_r_us 3 Theme ATC swap
Themes were: Music - 1920's - Nine

I'm really happy with the effort that I put in this long weekend to make these cards & ATCs. I am now on top of all my swaps, well, up to date with the due date, but there are more swaps I have committed myself to, so the cycle begins again ROFLOL.

Cheers FiLoMa

Cards made Sun 13 Jan 08

In amongst my reading, movie watching, eating and just being hot, I made three cards today.

This first card, see below, I made two of, sticking to my 2008 Art Resolutions to make 2 of each card I make. These two cards were made for no other reason than wanting to use my new Pink Cat Studio stamps. This stamp, stamps up really well. For a moment there I wasn't happy with what I had done, even though the stamp, stamped beautifully. I think next time instead of using my H2O's, I'll use shimmer chalks and I'll use black ink instead of brown. However, I am happy with the final outcome, the card has grown on me during the day and I do like the colour of the cardstock I selected. For those of you who may not know, I love bling, whether it be brads or stickles, I just love the cards to sparkle. Also, to help me with my card, I went to Isabel's little corner blog to see how she had used the stamp. This is why I think next time to use chalks.

Pink Cat Studio
Cat Plate #1

This second card was done as part of the yahoo group "cards_r_us" January 2008 sketch challenge. I have posted the sketch challenge earlier, but here it is again to see as well as my card. I am happy with the card, though I do find it is quite simple.

"cards_r_us"
January 2008 - Sketch Challenge

Even though I only made 3 cards in total today, it did take up about half of my day. I don't always have a clear picture of what I want my card to look like, so often when I identify a stamp I want to use, I then have to think about how I want that to turn out, what decorative paper and embellishments I want to use with it.

And, at the moment, it is just hot, hot, hot here in Canberra, Australia & it shows no signs of letting up.

Cheers FiLoMa

Stamping Bella stamps arrive

Hi everyone, just letting you know that I picked up my Stamping Bella stamps that I had ordered through Paper Addiction. This time round I got 9 Stamping Bella's. I absolutely love them, so will aim to use these also this weekend. At lunch today, my girlfriend, a non cardmaker, gave me some great ideas on how to use them, so I think I'll give it a go.

Cheers FiLoMa

Pink Cat Studio Stamps arrive

Hi everyone, I just had to share that when I got home tonight there waiting for me was my Pink Cat Studio Stamps - Cat Plate #1. I was so excited I wish it was the weekend already so I can make some cards. It was way to late when I got home, so I'm just quickly posting my excitement and sharing with you the stamp set that I purchased, see below.

Cat Plate #1

Click HERE, (or in the panel on the right under on-line craft shops) for the link to the Pink Cat Studio web site if you want to check out what other stamps they have. Also, check out Isabel's Little Corner blog, she has done some fantastic work using the Pink Cat Studio stamps. It is because of her creativity that pointed me in the direction of Pink Cat Studio and ultimately to purchase.

Cheers FiLoMa