Wild and Windy Weather..........

that's what we have today..... there are Gale warnings in the Haukai Gulf and the harbour here in Auckland... and even at our house which usually is a bit sheltered.  So I closeted myself in my craft room for most of the afternoon....and then Hubby (who had been out in the late afternoon) came home with Fish and Chips for dinner.... so no cooking required!

Over the past few days, I have been very creative.... since Wednesday I have made 7 cards.... I'm am quite ahead with my DT work, both for Red Carpet Studio and Mygrafico so it will be a few weeks before I can share these cards.  I received my Simon Says prize pack this week.... a few new stamps, a die or two, so it was time to try them out.

I picked up this cute little Snoopy stamp for a very reasonable price.  I combined with some free papers from Mygrafico ( available here) and computer generated the sentiment with this font from Dafont.com  I used pencils to colour Snoopy in and cut with Spellbinders.

My next card uses some stamps I got with a Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.  I used one of the designs in the magazine as my starting point to make the card.

I used some heavy watercolour paper and cut out a circle which I trimmed.  I stamped the flower with "Grey Flannel" memento ink and then used distress inks and an aqua brush to colour.  Love the soft look this gives.  I layered the circle on pink card and trimmed around it.  The lace strip is two pieces of die cut watercolour paper, butted together and the join covered with a thin stripe of the pink card.  The die I used is the Crochet edging by Die-namics.  The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp set. 

So that's it for today.  As I'm typing this, I'm watching the rugby test... All Blacks versus South Africa.  14 minutes gone and no score... its a very tight game so far!  GO THE BLACKS!!!!!!!!!

Just a quick reminder that Red Carpet Studio's "Pun" Challenge, finishes in a few hours.... would love you to join us.

Enjoy your weekend.  I'm hoping to spend some more time crafting tomorrow.
Dawn

What a naughty cat.....

Snoopy has been up to his old tricks again.... but this time he has upset my next door neighbour!!!!!  He bought home her big straw hat the other night.... how on earth he managed to drag it over the fence, up 6 steps and inside, I really don't know.... but unfortunately this neighbour is rather odd and not as tolerant as the other side ones....  she really got into a state yesterday, demanding I get rid of the cat.... and it was causing her to be mentally stressed!!!!!  I was patient and told her to get a water pistol and spray him whenever she saw him over at her place.......... what more can I do?????  He really is a bit of a rat bag.....

Anyway Snoopy got me to make a little card to give to Joshua, Lucy and Elle who feed him while we were away.....

The background was some that I made with distress inks and gold pearlised water.  The image is a stamp I bought of Trade Me for $2.  I added Metallic Accents to the cats ears and feet and tail...  Although you can't see it in the picture... the outer edge of the back of the card has the same edging punched.  To get it to sit properly I had to open the card a bit.   Inside it says " thanks for feeding me.  Love Snoopy"

I got quite a bit done yesterday as it was a bit windy ( to windy to swim)  I made some multi coloured backgrounds with Kaleidocolor  inks and my Fabric design background cling... and I cleaned off the brayer by running it over a scrap piece of card.  I then overstamped the design in Fired Brick ink and cut up the pieces to create a Mosaic background to enter into Louise's latest challenge .  I used some Black Metallic Accents for the grouting ( think it looks more like Stained Glass though)

added some netting for texture and a bird from The Graphic Fairy.   The text was typed onto some translucent paper via the computer and torn

And just when I had posted the Christmas cards from my friends,.... two more arrived in yesterdays mail.... so many thanks to Suzz and Donna...

Aren't they just gorgeous.  Donna also kindly sent me some of her lovely dyed ribbon.  It is so pretty.   Thank you to these kind ladies.

Well today is my last day of holidays... back to work Monday  :-(  and the weather is perfect... infact a bit too hot.... hence being inside at 2pm trying to stay cool.   I think a swim is in order shortly and then shower and get ready to go out to dinner.... Hubby told me this morning he would take me out to the Club ( we belong to the Bays Club) for dinner. 

Thank you all for your lovely comments on this blog.... I ramble on and it is nice to know that someone takes the time to read it.... Much appreciated.

Being sick sucks....

I hate when I get sick... 'specially when I get the coughing bug.... but the upside is that I feel well enough to surf the net, make cards etc. I've got a doctors cert stating I don't have to go back to work till Wednesday next week... but will see how I feel earlier in the week.

Anyway I did get some cards made yesterday and today. I saw a "1" card on HA Flickr group and decided to give it a go for Nathan's 1st birthday in August. Thanks to Anne who posted the template on her site.

This photo is of Snoopy who decided this morning to keep me company. He came into my craft room and jumped up on to the other table and laid himself down on my mending pile.... he is not used to having someone at home during the day so is making the most of being inside.

This next card is one I made for my friend Jean whose birthday is tomorrow. As I said one of the advantages of being sick ( but not too sick) I can surf the net. I came across this tutorial on Faux Postage stamps.
Thought I'd give it a try and am rather pleased with the results. Although I wish I had a paler red or a pinker piece of felt for the flower. I used 3 different types of ink - the lime green is VersaMagic chalk ink in Key Lime, the blue is Pearlescent Sky Blue Brilliance pigment ink and the reddish one is Worn Lipstick Distress ink (dye ink) - all sponged onto white computer paper that I had printed with the template. The butterfly is a HA one from the Artistic Butterfly set.
I made the felt flowers with my CB. and used a Kaisercraft brad in the centre. The blue background card is embossed with the Texture folder in the CB and it is all mounted onto a cream card.

Well I better get some house work done.... not too sick to do that unfortunately... and I want to go tomorrow to the big craft fair being held here in Auckland. It is huge... comes to Auckland twice a year. Really worth visiting.

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend.