A Sketch Challenge

Hi there,

I'm back again with another challenge, but this time it's a sketch challenge. I found this sketch challenge over at the fantastically talented Sarah Berry's blog, Stamp with Sarah. She has just started introducing sketch challenges over at her blog and this is the second one ever. So if you pop over to Strawberry Sketches #SS002 you too can take part in the challenge. Click HERE to go to the challenge. Whilst your're  visiting  have a go yourself. I've only just started taking part in challenges and they have certainly got me stretching my creative wings.......so a little less "case-ing" for me I think!

OK you are here to see my card. What do you think? I love it.

Card details are as follows.

1. Thick extra white CS base with a smaller whisper white panel popped up with dimensionals.

2. A circle cut out just off centre on the front panel, then  ran  through the Softly Falling embossing folder.

3. Flowers and leaves cut out using the Botanical Builder framelits. Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz and Basic Black CS used.

4. Sentiment from Floral Phrases stamped in the aperture of the circle with Pumpkin Pie ink.

And that  my friends, is my card.

One last photo for viewing pleasure.

I am hoping my card is a good interpretation of the sketch.

Have a lovely weekend and keep warm if you are in Melbourne!

Cheers Donna :)

Crates of Cards.....

Hi there,

I trust you are well, as am I.

 Look what I made isn't it cute? A little crate ready to be filled with...well stuff, but more about that later.

I originally saw these over at Laura's blog, click HERE to visit Laura. Laura had in turn found these at Jackie Topia's blog who she linked back to. 

Well they were too cute not to make. So make I did.

Remember these darling little cards I made HERE?

And these cards I made HERE?

Well look at where these cards now live.......

How cute are these little cards in these crates?

There are 4 cards in each crate and there is plenty of room for envelopes. The cards are 4"x 4" or for those of us who like metric

 10 cm x 10 cm.  These would make a lovely gift all packaged up. What do you think?

It looks I will have to make more crates and obviously more small cards to fit inside.

FYI If you have a copy of the current Stampin' Up catalogue, take a look on page 148 and you will see a couple of these little crates too

Have a lovely week.

Cheers Donna :)

Ferrero in a Box

Hi there,

I'm back again with another Ferrero in a box! Once again this is another creation cased from  the super talented Heidi at her amazing blog flutterbyheidi. Click HERE to go to Heidi's post and video tutorial on how to make this gorgeous diamond shaped box.

What would I do if Pinterest was not around? Probably more house work and very limited crafting lo!. It would appear from all of my blog posts that I don't have an original idea at all and I keep CASE-ing everyone else. I make sure I always give credit if I have seen the idea somewhere and provide links back to the source I found. If CASE-ing isn't the highest form of flattery I don't know what is.

Anywhoo..... ta da inside this darling little box is surprise, surprise a Ferrero chocolate, everyone's favourite :)

Here is a side view. You can sort of see the diamond shaped sides in this photo

And a little group shot of them. These are for some work colleagues.

Thanks for stopping by......please leave a comment I'd love to hear what you think.

Cheers Donna :)

Ferrero thanks!

Hi there,

how are you? It's all good here in  Melbourne.

My delightful little box that I have to share with you today is a gorgeous little double  slider box. I cannot take credit for this amazing creation. Once again I spied this on Pinterest. Thank the creative fairies for Pinterest lol! I followed the link to a fantastic blog called Flutterbyheidi. Heidi  has lots of amazing creations on her blog.

 Every Friday she has a post called Ferrero Friday and yes you guessed it, she shows you a cute little box or such that houses one Ferrero chocolate!  Click HERE to go to Heidi's video tutorial on how to make your own double slider box. They are very easy to make, in fact I whipped up 12!

The photo below is the double slider in action.

Here is one last photo showing the double slider in action with said Ferrero chocolate attached with a glue dot.

In case you are wondering why I made 12....... I attended a Stamp Club today and wanted to give a treat to all the girls I stamp with. I love going to Stamp Club, it's  run by my super talented friend Felicity.

 Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers Donna :)

PS. the girls loved them!

Pootles' Colour Challenge 003!

Hi there,

thanks for stopping by to visit my fledgling little blog.

  Well I'm back again  to take part in Pootles' Colour Challenge 003. Click HERE to go to the challenge and see what it's all about.

While you're there have a go, you never know you may even win........ speaking of which I won last week's challenge 002! Talk about excited and shocked beyond belief, I still can't believe it. Click HERE to see my winning card.

Anyway onto Challenge 003. The colours for this challege are, Melon Mambo, Watermelon Wonder, Crushed Curry and Cucumber Crush, all really BRIGHT colours! You can use all the colours or just some of the colours, it's your choice.

Game on people this is what I came up with.

 The first thing that came to mind when I saw these lovely bright  colours was tropical flowers.I was a bit concerned that the Melon Mambo and Watermelon Wonder would clash a bit, but I think not....they don't look half bad if you ask me.

Details for the card are:

1. Thick whisper white card  A5 base.

2. Watermelon Wonder mat.

3.Whisper White mat.

4. Four large flowers cranked out with the big shot using the Botanical Builder Framelits. Two in Melon Mambo, the other  two in Watermelon Wonder. I stacked the two flowers together in each colour to make them look a bit fuller. They each have a Crushed Curry centre, as well as a rhinestone

5. One small flower again cranked out with the big shot using the Botanical Builder Framelits, in Crushed Curry.

6. Two fronds/greenery in Cucumber Crush.

7. Watermelon Wonder ribbon tied in a knot around the card.

8. Happy birthday from Butterfly Basics stamp set, stamped in Watermelon Wonder ink.

One last photo so you can see the entire sentiment as the knot tail sort of obscured part of it in the last photo lol!

That's it people card done. It's your turn now to have a go. Pop over to Pootles and jump into the challenge!

 Do leave a comment and let me know what you think. 

Thanks for stopping by.

  Cheers Donna :)

Baby Bear Again.......!

Hi there,

welcome back to another post featuring the ever popular Baby Bear from SU.

 I cannot claim this idea as mine. I found this idea on pinterest. Click HERE to go to the blog Willow Piggy that shows you how to make these beauties. The lovely Jerim even has a short youtube video showing you how she made them. I just had to copy them as they were too cute not to. Thanks Jerim for sharing!

All the bears were stamped with soft suede and crumb cake. The final colour used on each one was different, this bear has soft sky.

This bear's final colour layer was pink pirouette.

This bear's final colour layer was crumb cake.

The sentiments and banner are from the new Thoughtful Banners stamp set from Stampin 'Up. The banner was of course punched out with the new Duet Banner punch as well. All 3 banners were stamped in black and the sentiments were stamped in the colour to match the bear, if that makes sense.

So what do you think, cute right? They are small enough to attach as a gift card to a gift you are giving or as a small note card for someone special. My dear daughter loved hers!

Have a lovely day.

Cheers Donna :)

A Baby Bear Colour Challenge

Hi there,

 are you tired of Baby Bear yet? " Most definitely" not I here you all shout! "Oh please show us another Baby Bear card Donna, go on please show us one".......

"OK if you insist"    ; )

 Here is another card featuring Baby Bear and I am combining it with Pootles' Colour Challenge 002 over at POOTLES. Click HERE to go to the  challenge and possibly take part yourself.....go on have a go, you never know!

The colours to use are Whisper White, Smoky Slate, Wisteria Wonder and Emerald Envy. What a challenge it was. Here is what I came up with......... The colours particularly the Smokey Slate and Wisteria Wonder didn't photograph that well. In fact in the photos they both look grey to me. You will have to trust me that I did use Wisteria Wonder, because I did. It looks better IRL

I think in the photo above you can just distinguish between the Wisteria Wonder dsp next to the word hello stamped in Smokey Slate.

What do you think? Do you think I met the brief? I didn't add any extra colours this week and I used all the colours in the challenge, wahoo!

OK here are the details.

1. Whisper White 9x9 card base.

2. Wisteria Wonder DSP layer.

3.Whisper White backing piece.

4. Baby Bear stamped, cut out & mounted on dimensionals. Baby Bear is stamped as follows-stamp 3 is stamped using Wisteria wonder ink, stamp 2 is stamped in Smoky Slate, stamp 1 is stamped in stamped off once Wisteria Wonder.

5. Emerald Envy bow with a wash of clear Wink of Stella over the top, which does not photograph at all, insert sad face here!

6. The word hello is stamped with smoky slate and punched out with the small banner punch and popped up with a dimensional.

Do pop over to POOTLES and see what everyone has come up with and maybe take part yourself.

Do leave a comment to let me know what you think I'd love to hear from you.

Cheers Donna :)