Barb's 90 minute scramble

Today Barb's scramble was at a very civilised time for me ~ 10.00am on a Sunday morning... I got my sleep in... had my fruit smoothie and was ready to play.  Barb set a cool challenge... to use a flower and a die cut... you could combine and make it a flower die cut!  I had a thought in mind... but it didn't really come to the fruition.   But the card I did end up with was okay...

To start, I couldn't find my Neenah card so just used some card I had on hand.  I coloured the Hero Arts Etched flowers with Copics but they bleed a bit.  I tried to do the trimming of the image around the die... but think I need more practice with this.  I pulled out a silver shimmery gate card.  I stamped Hero Arts Magical background in Soft Pool for a subtle background.  Layered the die cut onto the card.

Then I got a quick CAS mini card done.  It is 4 1/4" x 3 3/4"

I used a Spellbinders die to make the card base.   The Magical background was still on my desk so I inked it up with Brilliance Twilight ink ( nice and shimmery) I used a smaller die and before removing it, sponged on some of the ink.  The sentiment is also from Hero Arts.  The flower was in my box of pre-made flowers.  I had used a stamp and purple ink onto some card and used a Spellbinders die to cut out the petals.  It was perfect for the card.

It was a beautiful day here, so once I finished crafting, it was outside to enjoy it.  I sat outside and read my book, and later in the afternoon, Hubby and I walked down to the beach.  He had a couple of swims and I even ventured in..  first time this summer ( and it's all but finished)  but Hubby says that it wasn't a real swim as I didn't get my hair wet.  

Hope your weekend has been as much fun as mine
Dawn

Photo Friday challenge # 6~ Love

Carly set the challenge last week LOVE.  So what does LOVE mean for you.  Some of the others have taken some amazing photos.  Take a look here.  I thought and thought and finally thought about some of the loves in my life.... my family, my animals and of course my craft.
Before I started making cards ( and it became my obsession passion)  I used to make Teddy Bears.   So here's one of the Love's of my Life

This bear is one of my Favourites.  She's called Pippin and stands around 5 inches tall.  And I made her!  I filled her feet with special sand that allows her to stand on her own.  I tore some fabric to tie round her head.

And here are just a few of the others that live on my dresser

Can you see Ben.... he's the teeny tiny one in the front.... he's about 2 inches tall, fully joined.

Thanks for popping in today.  Hope you enjoyed seeing some of the LOVE of My Life.
Dawn

Two quite different cards.

A couple more of the cards I made on Saturday to share with you....  Very different styles indeed.

This first one is a Hybrid card.  The cute couple are from The Greeting Farm.  I printed them out and then used Copics to colour.  The black is a Martha Stewart punch.  I found the ribbon in my stash, but not sure where it came from.  It really seemed to suit the card.   I printed the "Mr and Mrs" on the computer.

this next one, is mainly all about Patterned Paper.... I used the Theresa Collins free papers from Australian Simply Cards to make this card.   I CASE'd a card from the Magazine.  The only stamping is the Dream sentiment which I white embossed.  I added some punched butterflies and gems and a bit of ribbon.  Entering this into Lily Pad's Patterned Paper Challenge.

Ive just got back from attending a seminar about Self Management of Diabetes.  My Blood Glucose Levels have been constantly rising over the last year and my Doctor wants me to learn more about this condition so I can better control my levels.  In the last 3 weeks I've been testing my bloods 4 times a day, I have become more aware of what foods I should and shouldn't be eating.  Already I've lost weight and my levels are becoming more stable.   Now just to up the activity levels.  The seminar is 3hrs every Thursday for 4 weeks.  Next week is about being able to read the labels on foods and working out which are best for you.  Should be interesting.

Well that's it for me.  Just time to visit a few blogs before bed.

Take care
Dawn

Rainbows

There's nothing prettier than a rainbow... and over at City Crafter Challenge Blog the challenge was "Colors of the Rainbow".  I decided on a design around about 50 mins before the challenge finished this afternoon... and in 15 mins I had my card made~

I started with Hero Arts Zig Zag background and inked it up with some Colorbox Rainbow ink (given to me by someone who had it for years) I stamped it onto my base card.  I then stamped the sentiment.  Now it was to be an upright, side opening card, but mucked up the placement of the sentiment, so turned it on it's side for a top opening card... actually gives a nice look with the zig zags going sideways.   I stamped three butterflies in the Rainbow ink and cut out.  Added to the card with some silver gems.   Over all I was really pleased with