Sunday, February 22, 2009
Beate is back
Here is another challenge that I completed last night. Beate's challenge was a layout sketch; 
And this was my take on the challenge;
The fine print
Card: Old olive, Not quite navy, Whisper white and Bali breeze designer paper
Stamps: Eastern Blooms and Lexicon of love
Inks: Not Quite Navy and versamark
Bling: Pewter hodgepodge and random white ribbon
Have a good weekend
Bron
Saturday, February 21, 2009
I'm back
So it has been a while and the main reason is because I have a new computer and I had forgotten the password for my blog. I finally dug around and found the piece of paper hidden in that special spot that took ages to find. The second reason is because I have started studying again and that is taking up some of my spare time.
Saying that, I came home from work this afternoon and decided that I needed some time for my brain to slow down so I hauled out the stamps and decided to do some challenges.
The first one in Kristina Werners colour challenge. I am surprised that her edible arrangement was not a colour challenge in itself! Here are the colours;
We haven't got kiwi kiss yet in Australia so I substituted Old Olive instead. I must say that I have not used anything like this combination before and to be honest, in the earth elements colour family, I use really rust and more mustard the least. So here is the card;
Here is the fine print
Card: Old Olive, More Mustard, Really Rust, Whisper White and Old Olive DSP from the Bali Breeze set
Inks: Old Olive, More Mustard, Really Rust, Whisper White and versamark
Stamps: One of a Kind
Punch: Boho (how great is this punch!)
Bling: Silver hodgepodge and random white ribbon.
I will be back soon with some other challenge cards.
Bron
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Mekeesha's flowery challenge
Well it hasn't been raining so there hasn't been much stamping, in fact I have looked at all my stamping stuff on the dining table and keep thinking that I need to tidy up and put everything away for a week or two and concentrate on some other hobbies. I know I have a cross stitch to do in the next couple of weeks, but I couldn't resist a challenge.
Makeesha's challenge this week is a picture of some fluffy flowers.
And as per my usual style I have taken it quite literally and produced this...
All I can say is thank goodness for the boho punch. The colours are from my scrap bag so not 100% sure on the colours but my guess for the flowers would be old olive, garden green, real red, tempting turquoise, brilliant blue stuck rather gingerly to very vanilla and old olive card with the base colour being chocolate chip.
The brads inside the flowers are from the bold brights brads collection and some black ones that I had.
The tag is from "a lot of thanks" stamp set on very vanilla set on tempting turquoise and real red.
The ribbon is chocolate chip and refused to be tied in a bow for the first five attempts but I won in the end.
I had some empty space so I decided to add some jumbo eyelets.
Sorry the photos are a bit out of focus, the light disappeared and it was bit difficult to avoid shadows.
So I am off to clean up the dining table. I have some days off coming up and it might all come out again but I just want to reclaim my home from my spreading stamping stuff.
Have a good week
Bron
Makeesha's challenge this week is a picture of some fluffy flowers.
And as per my usual style I have taken it quite literally and produced this...
All I can say is thank goodness for the boho punch. The colours are from my scrap bag so not 100% sure on the colours but my guess for the flowers would be old olive, garden green, real red, tempting turquoise, brilliant blue stuck rather gingerly to very vanilla and old olive card with the base colour being chocolate chip.The brads inside the flowers are from the bold brights brads collection and some black ones that I had.
The tag is from "a lot of thanks" stamp set on very vanilla set on tempting turquoise and real red.
The ribbon is chocolate chip and refused to be tied in a bow for the first five attempts but I won in the end.
I had some empty space so I decided to add some jumbo eyelets.
Sorry the photos are a bit out of focus, the light disappeared and it was bit difficult to avoid shadows.
So I am off to clean up the dining table. I have some days off coming up and it might all come out again but I just want to reclaim my home from my spreading stamping stuff.
Have a good week
Bron
Monday, January 19, 2009
Stamp therapy
I have been looking at this challenge since it came out. Last night I lay in bed trying to put the millions of thoughts that were going around my head out of my head and trying to fill it with ideas for a card that uses colours that I hardly ever use. Although I am a big fan of choc chip, I am not a big fan of the other three colours in the challenge so a challenge it became.
Makeesha's challenged called for a card using the following colours:
Makeesha's challenged called for a card using the following colours:
All well and good. Even after thinking about this challenge I struggled so this is what I came up with;
The colours are Ruby Red, Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. The stamp set is called "One of a kind." The ribbon is Chocolate Chip satin. The bling comes from stampin up's hodgepodge range (which I am getting addicted to).
It has been a sad couple of days for me with the death of a colleague and fairly amazing that this card didn't turn out depressing.
Bron
Thought for today
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
The Quotable Lewis, (Wheaton, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, 1989), 335.
Mel's challenge with some fishy friends
It has been pouring with rain all night and at times quite heavy waking me up but there is nothing like the sound of rain on a tin roof. I found Mels challenge this morning and thought I would drag out a card I did a while ago and see how I go. Mel's picture of inspiration is 
The instructions are: "I want you to create a beach themed card or scrapbook page, using any colours, any stamps, anything, as long as it relates to the beach somehow!"
So here is my take:
The stamp set is Fishy friends which have been coloured in with blender pens and the bubbles have been dry embossed using the crop-a-dile.
Hope everyone has a great day
Bron
Monday, January 12, 2009
Makeesha's challenge
What else can you do when you are stuck at home due to flooding, watching the storm drain out the back slowly encroaching on your home and watching water drip from the roof? Stamp. So far we have had 350mm in the last 24hrs.
At least we haven't lost power (touch wood).
And here is my take on it. Sort of an Autumn card...maybe the weather inspired me.
At least we haven't lost power (touch wood). This photo is pre king tide at about 7am this morning. And this what it should look like...
I am still home on flood leave (thank you Queensland Health) and thought I would give Makeesha's challenge a go. Here is the sketch
And here is my take on it. Sort of an Autumn card...maybe the weather inspired me. This is the second card where I have used these colours for today. I believe one of them is groovy guava which intrigues me because I have never brought that colour so Paula or Adrianne must have given me a couple of sheets. It goes well with the new afternoon tea designer paper from the Summer mini catalogue. I have used the eastern blooms stamp set along with the sweet serendipity salutation.
From a rainy, wet, soaking, drenched
From a rainy, wet, soaking, drenched
Bron
A couple of days at home
Well, I am back in the land of Australia and have been reintroduced to the joys of wet season. Here in the tropics we enjoy two seasons, not four. We have wet and dry. Currently we are in the "wet" and wet we are. I am meant to be at work today but alas 280mm of rain in 10 hours has meant that the roads are flooded and despite living 5km from the hospital, I cant get there. So, I am taking liberty of a flood leave day and staying at home.
This card comes from my ebay purchase at Christmas by the name of blooming with happiness. The cardstock is purely pomegranate and whisper white. The hodgepodge is from stampin up and the salutation is from sweet serenidipty. Ribbon and diamond sparkles from overflow.
This one uses the eastern bloom stamp set again in creamy caramel, old olive and purely pomeganate. The hodgepodge is from stampin up. I used some old olive designer paper and done some daubering. 
I was trying to do something different with the eastern blooms set and it is meant to look like the bird is sitting on a fence. Not sure if I have perfected this one or not yet.
Saturday I was hanging around the house trying to sell my old car and got the stamping stuff out to help full in time between visits from prospective buyers and got a few cards done. All day I was being bugged by the croaking of a frog that made it feel like he was in the house with me. I arrived home last night and found him at the front door. This has to be the biggest green tree frog I have ever seen. No wonder he was loud.
I anticipate that there will be a few more cards from my day at home today as well. Though I might go for a walk/wade to the McCafe around the corner and have a hot chocolate and a treat.
So here are the cards from Saturday
So this one is using the Eastern Blooms stamp set. The big red brads came from the craft shop in Atherton and the Jumbo eyelets are from Stampin Up. The colours are Not quite navy, Ruby red and whisper white. The salutation is from a set I forgot to name (I have learnt my lesson).
So this one is using the Eastern Blooms stamp set. The big red brads came from the craft shop in Atherton and the Jumbo eyelets are from Stampin Up. The colours are Not quite navy, Ruby red and whisper white. The salutation is from a set I forgot to name (I have learnt my lesson).
This card comes from my ebay purchase at Christmas by the name of blooming with happiness. The cardstock is purely pomegranate and whisper white. The hodgepodge is from stampin up and the salutation is from sweet serenidipty. Ribbon and diamond sparkles from overflow.
Another ebay purchase over Christmas. This stamp set is called fun filled and looks like it could have a couple of uses. Card stock is purely pomegrante, very vanilla, chocolate chip and some designer paper. Ribbon is again from my recommended supplier...overflow.
This one uses the eastern bloom stamp set again in creamy caramel, old olive and purely pomeganate. The hodgepodge is from stampin up. I used some old olive designer paper and done some daubering. I had another play with the eastern blooms set and this is what I came up with. I used my favourite colours of purely pomegrante and chocolate chip (I have heaps of cardstock of both, thats why I use it so much).Hodgepodge is stampin up.
And lucky last
I was trying to do something different with the eastern blooms set and it is meant to look like the bird is sitting on a fence. Not sure if I have perfected this one or not yet.So that is all for now. Have just discovered that the roof leaks so sitting on the couch beside a bucket.
Bron
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Holidays at last
Well they have finally arrived...after waiting eight months I have two weeks off work. So I am off to the land of the long grey cloud AKA Nuu Zulund. This will only happen if I can pull myself out of bed at 4am so I can be at the airport at 4.30am. So far mum has sorted out day one. Dentist at 8am (NZ time) which is 5am QLD time which is a bit cruel but mum has never really grasphed time zones. Then after the dentist I am apparently drenching and innoculating sheep! Oh the memories of my former life and child labour come flooding back.
Bron
Bron
Monday, December 8, 2008
A few recent creations
As per Adriannes request, here are some of the latest creations that have been created over the last day or so. Thank goodness for air con and days off.
I recieved the Merci stamp set after winning a challenge on another blog (thank you Gina) and have had heaps of fun with it. 
I used some crystal effects to bring out the colours and to give the card a bit more bling. Now for the ones that just about did my head in. I had seen these cards on splitcoast stampers and thought I would give it a go but honestly the fiddly hand work require to get the bodice onto the dresses was a bit stressful but here they are:
I used some crystal effects to bring out the colours and to give the card a bit more bling. Now for the ones that just about did my head in. I had seen these cards on splitcoast stampers and thought I would give it a go but honestly the fiddly hand work require to get the bodice onto the dresses was a bit stressful but here they are:
Not for the faint hearted, I tell you. Finally, something I will not do again. There are just too many angles that need to be cut to make it look right. Found the dangly bits at spotlight the other day. It is meant to be a handbag card but I forgot to stick the handle on when I was glueing the inside card to the card so it didn't turn out quite how I wanted but still ok.
So Adrianne, hope this keeps you fed for a while. I have more but for now I need to go to bed so I can cope with the patients tomorrow.
Bron
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