Some More Sparkle and Shine for October....

Over at Unstampabelles there is a Challenge running that requires you to use lots of Sparkle and Shine - or at least to use Gold and White - no, that is the TWIST: it is to use Golden Glitter and or Foils!

I made another card.

Here is my Golden Sparkle and Shine......

Butter wouldn't melt.....

We went away for 10 day's and he (Weasley) was staying in a Cattery - quite luxurious. He was well looked after but managed to loose about 400 grams and to become a clingy boy when he got home again!

I couldn't move for three days without him right at my feet and he slept under the covers with me most of the night, with one paw wrapped around my leg in case I moved. 

Thank goodness he is almost back to normal - and no longer sleeping in the bed!

Still sleeps in me in the evening while TV watching....

My card is also sparkly and shiny and uses both glitter (card) and a foil

Firstly, I die cut a frame of squares - from Memory Box

Then I lines up some different card and put it behind the die cut

There are two different gold glitter's and one plain gold

This got attached to a card blank

I replaced five of the squares for a bit of interest

The foil sentiment was cut from a set of cards from American Crafts - Project Life - Snapshots

These cards have gold foiling on them

One card was dark grey and had the sentiment on it - you can just see the edge

I just fussy cut it from the card and attached to the middle of my card

I added the butterfly diecut for more interest

That's it.

You can go to Unstampabelles and see the rest of the month's work from the  DT

You have until Friday at midnight (AEST) to enter - there is a prize

Good Luck!

A Quick Post for Unstampabelles

It is week three at Unstampabelles for the current challenge:

Challenge#84

 Golden Glitter/Foil - twist:use only white and gold

I have been away for 12 days and Weasley was put into a Cattery. He was well looked after but still managed to lose over 400 grms and I have had a shadow trailing me for the last three days we have been home. Early this morning he put himself down under the doona, at my feet with one paw on my foot...if I moved he moved. 

We visited family in Melbourne and in Canberra. Lovely time in both cities. Both Grandchildren in Canberra are miles taller than me now - and well into Teenagehood......(GRUNT) ...... but they are gorgeous and so funny. Whatever you do, it is obviously soooo boring..... even if this is before we went to see the 'Road to Rome' exhibit at the National Museum. Actually, we were waiting for the parents to arrive before we went in......

Before I show you the card I tried to make quickly.....

'made a mate on the beach'

A gorgeous photo from Taylors Beach at the stunning 'The Gardens' in far north-east Tassie
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This was meant to be a quick card.....I had got some mail while I was away.

A die that not only foiled but cut the silhouette out. 

I decided to use it.....

However, I have obviously not got the right way of using it. 

Here are two fails used together in the end,  as I just ran our of time and patience......

It is foiled sentiment and foiled image

One layered on the other......

.....different views.....

You can go to the site at 

Unstampabelles

and see the wonderful work of the other DT members for further inspiration

Second Week at Unstampabelles

Unstampabelles has a new challenge for October

It involved using GOLD foiling and/or glitter

TWIST - to make it white and gold only

Of course I used my foiling machine to make the sentiment

You cannot use stamps for Unstampabelles but foiling plates are OK!

Then I used glitter tape, and card as well a some gold card and thread

I die cut three feathers

I added some clear beads to the ends of the gold thread and tied a bow

The gold strips were layered depending on size under the thread and feathers

White and varying shades of gold

That's all folks - we are away so hopefully this schedules well!

Last Week for Challenge #83: Buttons and Washi Tape

Hello Peeps - hope you have had a good week. This typifies our week here in the south of Tasmania

This morning’s sunrise from Blackmans Bay thanks to Katy Morgan who says:
A trifecta of cracking sunrises. The last three days have been spectacular something different every morning. A place close to home this morning to watch another sunrise in.
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Well, this has been an interesting challenge fort Unstampabelles, if only to show us that people don't have buttons anymore or perhaps just don't like using them.

I have made a card this week for some inspiration for you all - trying out a technique I have seen a few times but not done before.

Here is a blast from the past - my old Fiskar's big circle punch!

This suits my hands to use better than other punch types

I used some old DSP from SU (Carried Away) and punched out a few circles

This meant all the circles were going to meld and match

As I had the camera handy this time I took a few more shots than usual.

I had to mark where the cross pieces were on each circle and then carefully score and fold to create the square

Then I took a piece of mount (SU Whisper White) and measured where to place the washi tape

I used two different ones

Then I placed the squares into the middle and glued them down

I played with lots of buttons and finally settled on this combination

Some are SU buttons and some are jumper buttons!

 Once glued in place I added this to a card

I decided to keep the sentiment inside

My take on using buttons and washi tape!

Hope to see your work over at Unstampabelles!

You have a week to enter.

Tags for Christmas: #83 Button Art plus washi tape for twist at Unstampabelles

Well Hello Peeps - guess what, playing with buttons is apparently too hard for anyone as there are NO entries for the Unstampabelles September Challenge yet. NO ENTRIES! I cannot believe that - what is so difficult about using a button?

Here is my mid week inspiration for the challenge

A set of four tags for Christmas

I started with a sheet of four tags

I added two strips of washi tape across the bottom 

I used this as the foundation to glue on the buttons

I then drew the birds around the buttons

This idea is not new - I used a card I saw on Pinterest as the basis of the idea

I hand wrote the sentiment and added the To and From

And then some SU ribbon

before snipping through the tags to separate them 

It took me about 20 minutes to make the four from scratch so guess I could make 20 in about 30 minutes.....

Always a rainbow in a storm - when time is limited, make something quick!

Here is another rainbow in Hobart - Spring weather here so lots of rainbows.....

Rainbows and stormy skies over the Hobart waterfront ⛈ ☔️ 🌧www.instagram.com/emilybarwinski

So, off you go and get creating using your buttons!

Post the result on 

UNSTAMPABELLES

Button Art in a Bag......

Hello people...

I have a new DT project for you for Unstampabelles

Apparently Buttons frightened crafters off as there are no entries yet for the month....

Anyway, I decorated a white paper bag - one I was given with something I purchased a few months ago, so the bag itself is being reused.

As it is Spring  I went with a flower scene

Firstly I used my luscious Dylusions paints and created a background on a sheet of Whisper White (SU).

I used TH Distress ink's to stencil on some foliage using a sponge

Then I raided my button stash - in the middle of this I knocked a lot of button's off my desk and spent the next 24 hours removing them from the claws and jaws of Weasley!!!! The upside of this was that I had to clean up a bit!!!

Once I decided on my buttons, I glued them down and let them dry for a day before attaching the panel to the bag.

I did think of adding twine to each button but quickly gave that idea away as my hands are not that capable at the moment of sewing. I did add some washi tape to the edges and co-ordinated the back with two strips also

I used two rub-ons for sentiments

OK, that's it.

You can make a card, a tag, a bag, a box  - recycle if possible too - and/or create a mixed media piece.....up to you and your style.

The photo I am sharing to say is black and white and shows off the idea that Spring is not all sunshine and blue skies. It was taken on the top of the mountain in the city and that is my bay there on the far left just off the edge from the bridge. Lindisfarne is the first bay with the boats in there and Geilston Bay is the next one up from there (out of the picture).

The hill in the far distance is Maria Island and Mt Maria

That is just near where I grew up and an hour's drive from the city.

The water in the middle is known as Pitt Water and leads off to the right into Frederick Henry Bay

The bridge is of course the Tasman Bridge

I love the cloud line in the forefront......hiding the top of the mountain.

Hobartian layers
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Repurposing an old box.......for Unstampabelles Challenge #84!

The current challenge at Unstampabelles is

 Emboss, emboss, emboss........

The TWIST is to make it for a male!

The Random Number Draw prize will be Stampin' Up's 

GARDEN TRELLIS TEXTURED IMPRESSIONS EMBOSSING FOLDER

Remember - NO STAMPS PLEASE!

I had an idea in my head for such a long time and finally got to make it but I don't really have the ideal inks to do this stuff - I need more alcohol inks, I think. However, I made do with the TH Black Soot ink refill ink to get my black look.....

...warning, lots of photos

I used a sheet of Whisper White and a roll of Flashing Tape purchased for hardware store (Bunnings)

I added strips of tape to the white card

It is hard to get straight an at times it wrapped over the edge

Next I fossicked in my stash and found a cardboard box - small

It used to contain product from SU I think - looks like a small, fat pizza box

It is about 8.5 cm high and similar squareish

As I had to use the white card to let me emboss the tape, I then had to try and cut the pieces to fit and then stick them to the box rather than just sticking the tape directly to the box....

I used a Tim Holtz EF to get the top and top sides

I just left the rest as the tape has texture anyway

Once I had it (mostly) stuck down, I began to add some inks and metallic paints.

As I said before I used TH ink refill (Black Soot) and also Starlight Metalic Paints - pink and aqua/teal colours over the bronze

The ink was rubbed over last

When it was dry I buffed it with a tissue

I used two small EF's with sentiments on them to add the Happy Birthday strip and the For You tag

Hopefully this tickles your fancy!!!

You can enter your creation in our challenge HERE at Unstampabelles

We have had an exciting week - hubby wrote off his car on Tuesday (he is fine and so is the poor man who ran into his car; thank goodness for insurance!) so we went looking for a new one on Friday. We were only looking, not buying......however, we found a new Honda HRV with a great deal so it looks like we have purchased that! I will be doing the majority of the driving from now on so hopefully he will not damage it too much in the short term!

However, I feel a bit like our friend here - I want to roll up into a ball and keep everyone away with my spikes for a while!!!

A gorgeous young Echidna having a forage around the southeastern Tasmanian coastline.
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