Monday 25 May 2020

Final Week for the 100th Challenge at Unstampabelles

Hello Peeps!

Have you had a busy week? I have - it just sort crept up on me and then I was in the middle of a busy time dealing with a million things. Funny thing is I did craft too in this time - it seems the busier one becomes, the more time one has to create!

I do hope you are all well - both in body and spirit. This virus has us all in its thrall but we will overcome it eventually.  We are lucky in that we can now venture out a bit and see friends and family.



The Unstampabelles blog is running it's 100th challenge
This is the last week in May for it

If you had intended entering, now is the time.

I made another card
The photo is taken at night with the lamp light rather than a flash
so it looks off-white but rest assured I used Whisper White card


The die set from SU called Butterfly Beauty came in handy for this
The DP is out-of-date paper mounted on blue card and then a white folded card.



I cut two different die cuts and then mounted one on the other

The simple layout created a pretty card. 

We have been trying to do some general maintenance
- seven steps to be replaced

Hubby eventually has acceded that he cannot do it so we can get someone in



A funny thing - I made another card for this challenge
Then became aware that it was a blue and white TWIST!



Here is the card


Yes, it is autumn here. 

Had to make another in a hurry!

Let me see what you can make over at Unstampabelles. 

Monday 18 May 2020

Walk on the Wild Side




Hello Peeps 

Just a quick post for Bizzy Bec's Store Blog
for her May challenge

Anything Goes!

My card this month is featuring Dark Room Door again.

My card  is a little wacky - OK wackier than ususal......


I went back to the Darkroom Door part of my collection
and had a bit of a play

Firstly I cut a circle using one of the bigger circle dies and used this as a stencil. I  laid it over my card while between the two I slid in the small stencil from DD (see below for details)


The I got out my Brusho's and others that are similar.
I lightly sprayed some water to begin with  and then
sprinkled various paints onto the wet surface.

I did lay another piece of w/c card over this and take another impression for later use
as well as rolling over some paper towel to dry it off a bit more before beginning work.

Then  I ran a fine line black pen around the edge of my circle
before undoing all the layers to revel the take.
It was a bit messier than I expected but I made do with it.


 I took the sentiment and randomly added ink using my w/c markers to the stamp.
When I assumed it was pretty well covered, I huffed on it
 and then held my breath while I stamped it.
I wanted to mimic the mess in the circle a bit.


After fussy cutting out my girl, I added her on dimensionals.


The gold banner was in my stash

Of course I had to have a supervisor when I was trying to get a good photo of it in the sunshine


Details:
Circle die was from an early Sizzix set
The circle was decorated using a Small Stencil - DDSS036 Grunge Borders

The sentiment comes from the set
This was coloured with water markers
(I used SU markers but anything will do)

My girl was fussy cut from a G & T Design (NZ) 2017 Paper-Arts
The gold banner is from my stash
All card is from SU

I walked today - not too wild where I went, on the path outside the house around the waterfront.


Why not enter the May Challenge at 


I am entering this at:
Craft Stamper Magazine blog:  Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments: Anything Goes + Sentiment
Southern Girls: newlink

Wings and/or Wind for Unstampabelles!


Hello Peeps 

Hope you are all travelling reasonable well in the Pandemic and keeping safe.
It is certainly cutting a swathe through the world.
I have discovered worrying about people makes you very tired. 
What have you discovered in this time?

Meanwhile it's week 3 over at Unstampabelles and I have made another card  
to get some people inspired to enter - hopefully that includes YOU!

This is the 100th Challenge for 


They have been in operation for over 11 years continuously.

There are extra prizes available for Entrants this month as a result. 

The challenge is 

Wind and/or Wings
TWIST : must be predominantly White and Blue?

Oooops - mine is a white card with a blue background
and gold elements......I think it just fits the TWIST

What do you think?


I used my Tim Holts elements to create a sentiment
I looked up quotes using Google and then found bits I could use
and just hand wrote the rest.

They were a little quiet so I went over them again with the black pen
 and now I think they are a bit too big

I started by creating an early morning sky with TH inks and sponges


I used Whisper White card for this and my sponges


Then it was a simple matter to add a small gold feather die and some sequins
s well as my quote


I tried to line them up with a ruler
but of course they don't look even now......


so, A feather drifting in the breeze represents both wings and wind........

What can you come up with?

Tuesday 12 May 2020

Backgrounds for A Place to Start


Hello Peeps!

Hope you are all keeping well!
If you are stir crazy from being isolated - I feel for you
I can go out for a walk and I still feel it!

We are currently knee deep in autumn and the weather is being autumnal, of course
While our native trees are mostly not ones that loose their leaves, some of the first white settlers
did bring trees from the northern hemisphere and they do shed.

This is at a winery in the North East of the state. 
I have sat at that bench and consumed a tasting plate of local goodies with
some tasting of champagne style wines, admittedly about two years ago now......
Some bottles were purchased for home as a result!



photo taken by Murray's Day Out
http://www.murraysdayout.com.au/

Anyway - today's card was made for the Design Team at


where the challenge in May is to 
create your own background (no Designer Papers)

I created my background by pressing onto the card with the small Tim Holtz ink pads
in a random pattern.
The colour palette was an influence from the weather around me I think.



I then stamped and w/c painted up this Mo's Pencil girl
before fussy cutting her out


The background is very loud but I think she just gets away with it


The sentiment is a stamp that I have in my stash but no idea where it comes from
although I found it in the box with the Darkroom Door stamps.
I am pretty sure it is not one of their's though....

This is my first attempt where I was adding some marks to it
Hated the outcome and just pulled the girl off and
did new background.  


You have a month to enter at the site of


Let us see how artistic and original you can be!

Tuesday 5 May 2020

Bizzy Bec's May Challenge

As always at Bizzy Bec's there is a monthly challenge 

Anything Goes


If you win you get a choice of

5 Digital Images

Kindly donated from Bizzy Becs Online Store-


with a fabulous range of Various Stamps, Dies and Embellishments for all your crafty needs and wants.

I hope you are still coping with endless time to craft and being locked in!
We can go for a walk as long as we socially distance 
The other day I went for a wander around the bay to the bridge over the creek that runs into our bay
Geilston Creek runs into what is now known as Geilston Bay


We are in Autumn and that day was beautifully autumnal
The Yacht Club is featured in the middle ground with kunanyi/Mt Wellington in the backgound

 Colonel Geils was a Governor of Tasmania at some point and had an estate here so of course it is named for him but the first peoples had another name for it, now lost in time.

Whatever the name it is a beautiful spot - 
yesterday morning there we a pod of dolphins playing in this bay.

Back to Bizzy Bec's Challenge

i went straight to my Dark Room Door Stamps and got one of the tins out
Almost an antique stamp!
I had seen a similar card made using one of the other vintage car sets DRD has
and this clever use of paint and ink over at the DRD f/b page
- so I sort of cased it!


I had a scrap of this DP left (I think it is an old SU) and I used a roller
and white acrylic paint to create a space to stamp into with black ink

You can see how well the black looks stamped onto the dry white paint
A good way to use up bright DP 


The sentiment comes from the same set
I added the sequins for a bit of male bling!

I used a Pacific Blue card mount behind the DP 
I like the contrast here.


A simple card but quite effective for a male - or a female.

Bizzy Bec has lots of goodies to purchase and she will order in stuff from USA and other places
for you at reasonable prices (especially now with postage costs). 
In addition there is a prize for the monthly winner of 5 digital images created by Bec herself.
You can see them on her website


Monday 4 May 2020

Unstampabelles has had 100 Challenges!

Did you know that Unstampabelles has been running for 100 Challenges? 
That is 11 a year for 9 years.......how about that?

The new challenge is 


I made a card - I am running low on energy atm
Wonder why?

Anyway - it was a card and I was mulling this over in my head for several days
When I came to make it - it didn't exactly turn out as I had imagined but it will do



A collection of die cuts and some blue card.......
My sun is fussy cat from a yellow doily - I used a stencil as a template......
I like the raggy rays....


The rewst is a collection of scrap card and various dies
I started with the kids and went from there
Some dimensionals helped with spacing


It is autumn here - so sunny one
minute and cloudy/raining at another time

Thiw photo was taken yesterday from the deck in the morning


It was blowing a gale and cold as but pretty!

Anyway - you can enter over at Unstampabelles and you have amonth
Lots of good prizes this month!