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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Happy Birthday .............. another 50!

Another 50th Birthday, this time for my CraftMad friend, Merry, who was also creator and Team Leader for the UnstampaBelles Challenge blog.

I thought it rather fitting that I used up one of the cards I created for one of our UnstampaBelles challenges - you couldn't use a stamp, but you could use anything else :)

I added more detail with Kindy Glitz, then added a big flower for the fifty. The photo doesn't show it very well, but the kindy glitz enhanced the delicate details of the folded doily.

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Monday, December 2, 2013

UnstampaBelles Challenge #30 - Christmas (no stamps)

It is that time of the month again :)

Time for the UnstampaBelles Challenge - which sadly, will be my last as a member of the Design Team :(

I have decided to step down and concentrate of some other things.

There are some changes in the wind for UnstampaBelles in 2014 - our founder Merry is also stepping down, along with myself and Lauren, but do not stress, the Unstampabelles challenges will continue in the very capable hands of Susan starting January 2014 with a New Beginnings challenge. How apt is that. :-)

So, here are the details for Challenge #30 - Christmas (no stamps)

Remember, All entries are subject to the Design Teams discretion.

Prize for December Challenge includes:

Laser cut cards and card fronts - Christmas Designs

Card front designs pre-holed ready for stitching.

Card front designs with the stitching pattern printed on the card.

Christmas stickers.

3 types of star brads

Christmas foil shapes

Four pads of Sticky Notes

You can find our rules here for further information.

Please remember .............

Any form of paper creation will be accepted as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used. Due to graphic technology any entry with a graphic image will be subject to the Design Teams' discretion and we will contact you if we feel the entry does not meet the ethos of our challenge blog.

For further information, see our rules here.

The November challenge closes Friday, 3rd January 2014 and Winners will be announced Monday, 6th January 2014 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Just as a reminder, our current Design Team is as follows, please feel free to visit and say hello ;-)

Current Design Team Members - July - December 2013

Now onto my DT submission - with my first Christmas card for the year :)

I started with a sketch from Feeling Sketchy #75 (flipped upside down, Miss Pat) and used a square card as a base, layered with 6x6 DP, hand cut Christmas Trees from scraps, decorated using a method seen on Splitcoast Stampers, Kindy Glitz added and snowflakes cut with the CraftROBO placed on Kindy Glitz whilst still wet. Ribbon and pre-made embellishment & gold sticker stars added.

The small snowflakes are 2cm (3/4 inch) across!

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Feeling Sketchy - sketch #75 (flipped upside down)
Less is more - Sparkle
Crafty Hands - Sparkle & Bling
Fairy Tale Challenge - Snowflake photo

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Happy Anniversary

Well, it is the BIL's and SIL's 23rd Wedding Anniversary tomorrow - even though we will be celebrating tonight ;-)

Front of card made with items from a kit bought a few years ago at a craft fair - Jenni B - the rub-ons have deteriorated, but the rest of the kit is good :) The sentiment is stamped.

I thought it rather fortuitous that the 23rd Anniversary present is Silver Plated and I used a silver plated heart on the front.

The inside verse is printed on a patterned vellum that is similar to the shape of the flower on the front - and this is submitted as halfway inspiration for the UnstampaBelles Challenge #29 - Vellum.

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Monday, November 4, 2013

UnstampaBelles #29 - Vellum (no stamps)

Challenge #29 - Vellum
Scrap pages, cards, journal pages, origami etc. are all welcome.

All entries are subject to the Design Teams discretion.

You can find our rules here for further information.

Our Sponsor this month is our very own Beth
with this gorgeous prize

Prize pack from Beth - Huggies Crafts

consists of:

· 15 x A4 Sheets of card-stock

· Jenni B Ovals

· 2 pkts of 12 Felt Christmas Icons

· 1 x Making Memories Sheer Frame

· 1 x 1mx9cm Wide Burlap Ribbon

· 1 pkt crafty bitz

· 1 pk Forever Friends Elements

· 2 Pks say it with Crystals

· 1 Pk Bazzil Basic Organza flowers.

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The November challenge closes Friday, 29th November 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 2nd December 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Just as a reminder, our current Design Team is as follows, please feel free to visit and say hello ;-)

Current Design Team Members - July - December 2013

Now onto my DT submission.

A plain sheet of vellum has been embossed using the cuttlebug and Stylised Flowers folder, attached to some red card with brads, a ribbon added and a rub-on sentiment, then layered on a white card.

A bling heart added :)

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Monday, October 7, 2013

UnstampaBelles Challenge #28 - Stitching

Ooh, just noticed ........... blog post #400 and over 44,000 page views ;-)

Challenge #28 - Stitching
Scrap pages, cards, journal pages, origami etc. are all welcome.

All entries are subject to the Design Teams discretion.

Just for this challenge, any form of creation will be accepted (it does not have to be papercraft)
as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used.

You can find our rules here for further information.

Our Sponsor this month is Blue Edge Crafts
with this gorgeous prize

Be sure to visit here and see all the other goodies they have to offer.

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The October challenge closes Friday, 1st November 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 4th November 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Just as a reminder, our current Design Team is as follows, please feel free to visit and say hello ;-)

Current Design Team Members - July - December 2013

Now onto my DT submission.

once again, I confess, I have been very preoccupied with doing some serious stitching on the A4A Quilt Along (SEE my sewing blog HERE), but have found some photos of cards I have made in the past and would like to show these by way of inspiration for you.

cheating ;-) pre-stitched embellishments

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Halfway Inspiration - UnstampaBelles #27 - stash or scraps

time for some halfway inspiration for Challenge #27 for UnstampaBelles - use up our scraps or old stash!

Our sponsor this month is

my goto craft forum

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The September challenge closes Friday, 4th October 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 7th October 2013 (yippee, on my Birthday) - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

As I have mentioned previously, I have been slowly going through my stash and have been attempting to make some order of it all ................... remind me to post some pics of my efforts in organising my ever increasing stash of papers and cardstock ......... and embellishments, and bling ...... and the rest ;-)

Anyway .......... back to the halfway inspiration for UnstampaBelles.

I had come across some old cardstock - very thin, too thin to form the base of a card, but wonderful for using in my CraftROBO.

It is Mr Fixit's birthday today ;-) and as I often do, I used him as a 'crash test dummy' for an idea for a card I have been working on.

His words were ................ "very clever, love! that's not a photo is it? you did that yourself!"

well, yes, I did, I used our own remote as a reference, and designed it in Silhouette Studio, but I think it needs a bit of fine tuning before I can put it for sale in my ETSY store ;-)

Another thing on my 'need to make time for' list!

EDITED: MK II available in my ETSY STORE

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Lollipop Ladies - photo inspiration 'smarties' the buttons
Creative Cutting Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Monday, September 2, 2013

UnstampaBelles Challenge # 27 - Using Scraps or Old Stash - PLUS A new toy - well new for me ;-)

Challenge #27 for UnstampaBelles is up and running and this month we are asked to use up our scraps or old stash!

Our sponsor this month is

my goto craft forum

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The September challenge closes Friday, 4th October 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 7th October 2013 (yippee, on my Birthday) - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Just as a reminder, our current Design Team is as follows, please feel free to visit and say hello ;-)

Current Design Team Members - July - December 2013

I got a Scor-Pal recently ;-), yeah, I know, I must be the last person I know to get one .................. and I love it!

I grabbed some scrapbook papers, acetate and my Cuttlebug and Spellbinder dies, and this is what I came up with ;-)

This is the first thing I made with it - in 10 minutes flat!

Because it was a test, I grabbed some old scrapbook papers - I used a fresh sheet for the base, but a scrap piece I had miscut for a card was used for the lid, and the acetate is ~~borrowed~~ from where I used to work - I won't say where, but since I have not worked there since some time in 2006, I think it counts as OLD STASH ;-) The centre hole was cut using the Cuttlebug and Spellbinder Circle die.

Interestingly, the circle spellbinder dies were one of the first Nestabilities dies I bought way back in 2009 - I remember thinking when I purchased the Cuttlebug .... "I hope I use this thing a lot" because it was quite expensive - $100. I still use it today, at least once a month, sometimes more!

The Scor-Pal site has heaps of projects - the box I made can be found HERE
I can see some great Christmas boxes coming up in the near future ;-)
If you want a metric Scor-Pal, BlueEdge Crafts have them HERE

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Monday, August 5, 2013

UnstampaBelles Challenge #26 - Paper Dress (no stamps)

I'm so very late ................ again!

Challenge #26 for UnstampaBelles is up and running and this month we are asked to include a paper dress ........... remember ....... no stamps!

Our sponsor this month is

with this wonderful selection of stickers

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The August challenge closes Friday, 30th August 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 2nd September 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Just as a reminder, our current Design Team is as follows, please feel free to visit and say hello ;-)

Current Design Team Members - July - December 2013

Beth - Design Team Member since January 2012 and is also a member of CraftMad
Cathy(me) - Design Team Member since inception and is also a member of CraftMad
JanR - Design Team Member since January 2012
Lauren - Design Team Member since July 2012
Merry - founder of Unstampabelles and member of CraftMad
Sarah - Design Team Member since July 2012
Susan - Design Team Member since January 2012

Now onto my card.

I was really stumped what to do for a paper dress, since I figured I had used up my creative mojo on the Paper Doily card ;-) but then I remembered, I had used the beautiful bodice sticker in a slightly different card I had made for a girlfriend's birthday.

this is a slightly formal dress - the blue 'dress' part is a shimmer paper that does not show up in the photo :(

and here is a more summery, fun party dress feel to it.

The papers I have used on these cards I have had in my collection since I first started cardmaking - around 2008. The stickers, cardstock and papers were from Blue Edge Crafts.

I am still in de-stash mode, and have been attempting to sort through my stuff - the craft room looks like a bomb hit it - so my motivation is a bit low - I seem to be only making cards 'when I absolutely have to' and I really don't like feeling that way :( I am sure it won't be long until my mojo returns fully - but, it better return this week as I have a birthday card for my nephew to make ;-)

Pop on over to the UnstampaBelles blog to see what the rest of the DT have created!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.

Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Thursday, July 4, 2013

I'm late, I'm late .....................

I'm so very late!

Challenge #25 for UnstampaBelles is up and running and we are celebrating our 2nd Birthday.

This is the wonderful prize offered by Susan for Challenge #25 - Birthday

Consists of:

SU brads

SU ribbon

SU Dazzling Details Silver Sparkle

Wooden topper

Glitter Butterflies

Some HB Buttons

Forever Friends Toppers (male)

Foam Dots

Rub-ons – Happy Birthday

Paper Doilies

Rhinestones

Total Value approximately $80.00

What a great prize ........... pity the DT can't win ;-)

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The July challenge closes Friday, 2nd August 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 5th August 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Just as a reminder, our current Design Team is as follows, please feel free to visit and say hello ;-)

Current Design Team Members - July - December 2013

Beth - Design Team Member since January 2012 and is also a member of CraftMad
Cathy - Design Team Member since inception and is also a member of CraftMad
JanR - Design Team Member since January 2012
Lauren - Design Team Member since July 2012
Merry - founder of Unstampabelles and member of CraftMad
Sarah - Design Team Member since July 2012
Susan - Design Team Member since January 2012

Now onto my card.

I have been attempting to sort through my stash in an endeavour to use up some older supplies. These sweet metal/mesh embellishments have been in my stash since I first started cardmaking - around 2008. The lovely mulberry paper is beautiful to work with and is now in short supply. The cardstock is Bazzill Basics and the most gorgeous colour of burgundy.

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Friday, May 31, 2013

UnstampaBelles Baby!

One of our lovely UnstampaBelles Team members has had a baby boy!

Congratulations to Sarah on the birth of baby Elijah!

inside

Items Used

CUP File #105242-28 - Baby Boy Topper

White square card, foam dots - Blue Edge Crafts

Kindy Glitz/Stickles

Cuttlebug - dots embossing folder

Pop on over to the UnstampaBelles blog to see what the rest of the DT have created!

Thank you for visiting my blog - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Monday, May 6, 2013

UnstampaBelles Challenge #23 - Easel Card

Challenge #23 for UnstampaBelles is up and running and this month we are to make an easel card.

Our very own Beth is providing the prize this month!
A Stampin' Up prize pack which includes: a DSP paper pack ‘Be of Good Cheer’; Jewels Basic Pearls; Jewels basic Rhinestones and a pack of Dimensionals.

Please remember .............

For further information, see our rules here.

The May challenge closes Friday, 31st May 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 3rd June 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

I needed a card for my Great Nephew, Riley's 3rd Birthday - it took a little while for motivation to hit, but when it did .......... I was on a roll!

I really enjoyed making this card ;-)

I printed this gorgeous image on white cardstock three times, hand cut out and layered various elements, highlighting with Kindy Glitz, gold stickers sentiment and stars have also been used. I went through my stash and found the most perfect backing papers ;-) Riley's name I created in Photoshop (using some newfound skills from my TAFE course, and cut out with Spellbinder dies and Cuttlebug.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Cards for Men #9 - Animals (bears are animals, right ;-))
Creative Card Crew - Bling
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes
abc Challenge - M - Make it sparkle

Please visit the UnstampaBelles blog and see last month's entries and check out the winner.

Looks like the "Anything Goes' challenge was popular - there were 84 entries! Once again, very difficult for the DT to pick a favourite!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Quilling Inspirations

Challenge #21 for UnstampaBelles is up and running and this month we are to utilise Quilling.

is our sponsor this month.

Please remember .............

Any form of paper creation will be accepted as long as NO STAMPS (Digital or Rubber) have been used. Due to graphic technology any entry with a graphic image will be subject to the Design Teams' discretion and we will contact you if we feel the entry does not meet the ethos of our challenge blog.

For further information, see our rules here.

The Quilling challenge closes Friday, 29th March 2013 and Winners will be announced Monday, 1st April 2013 - Remember we are working on Aussie Time.

Here is another card made using the quilling technique, combined with roses made with paper punches.

this card was made for my sister's 50th Birthday

I was out shopping the other day, and came across a new store in our Local Shopping Centre - it sells all sorts of handcrafted objects - and I spied these!

such quilled gorgeousness! I can only hope I get this good with my quilling!

Please visit the UnstampaBelles blog and see the current entries and check out last month's winner.

Looks like the Doily challenge was a real challenge, but there were some beautiful entries submitted, again very difficult for the DT to pick a favourite!

Thank you for visiting my blog today - I hope you have a good day.
Remember, any day doing something you love makes it a good day ;-)

Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.