Hi again,

Well it’s been a while I can’t even tell you were the last 2 months went since I last blogged and it’s even hard to believe that we are now in February. Hoping now the kids a back at school life can resume to normal again, but maybe not in my case.

Over the last few months my husband and I have been doing some alterations to our house which has been quite a challenge. My craft studio is part of the renovation, (which is very exciting for me) but patience is the key word as all my stuff is packed away and not accessably at the moment so I am itching to get back into some stamping agian soon.

In the mean time I would like to show some photo’s of where I started with my Craft space to studio and then soon some pic’s of my nearly new studio.

This first photo goes back about 7 years where all I had was a desk in the corner of our lounge room and a cupboard that my husband built for me.

When I look at this photo I can’t believe how much stuff I have accumualted in 7 years, and here I was only just starting out.

This second photo is of my studio I have now and the one that is being renovated, but this photo was taken about 2 years ago. The view of this room is only half but you can see what I mean when I say I have accumulated alot of stuff.

This room was classed as the formal lounge when our home was built, but when my husband started working from home it became his office until he converted our car port into an office, which then I claimed the room as my studio. Once the renovation is finished this room will join with the office as currently the office is situated outside of our home with no access into the house.

I’m looking forward to posting some photo’s soon of the new room, but it will be a few more weeks yet before it will be finished.

Until next time

Thanks for looking!!!

Cindy

Hi Again,

Time again for another one of Makeesha’s challenge. This weeks challenge is a sketch. Hope you like what I have come up with this week.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

With this card I have used the water misting technique onto the stamp once I inked it up to give this gorgeous water colour look.

The circle backing the stamped image is on doesn’t show up very well in this photo, the colour I have used is Stampin’ Up’s pumpkin pie to pick up the orange in the stamped image and I have used the night of navy marker to create the faux stitching around the edges of the circle.

Card Recipe:

Stamp It: Cling On Stamp - Foliage Flurry & Solid Butterfly. Penny Black Clear Stamp Words - For You. Kaleidacolor Ink - Royal Satin. Kaisercraft: Pearls. Fiskars: Scallop Punch. Stampin’ Up: Cardstock - Rose Red, Pumpkin Pie and Night of Navy. Ink: Night of Navy. Other: Gingham Ribbon

Thanks for looking!!!!

Cindy

Hi there,

Well I have had a flood of birthdays recently and I have been on a production line making cards, unfortunately I wasn’t able to photograph alot of the cards I made, as I keep leaving everything to the last minute with no time to get them done.

I did manage to photograph one card I made which was for my best friends husbands birthday. I actually don’t often make a lot of male cards, so I enjoy the challenge when I have to make one.

So here is the card:

Card Recipe:

Stampin’ Up: Stamp Set: Party Hearty (B is for Birthday Stamp). Cardstock - Night of Navy & Whisper White. Ink: Night of Navy. Cuttlebug: Embossing folder - Circles. Basic Grey Paper Collection: Granola.

Thanks for looking!!!!

Cindy

Hi Again,

Gosh! Two posts in the same day I must be on a roll. This week’s challenge from Keesh is a colour combo, which I love cause it leaves the challenge open to do what ever you like and these colours go so well together.

Here are the colours for this week:

Here is my card:

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: SU- Spring Song & Great Friend. Cardstock: SU - Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa & Very Vanilla. Ink: SU-Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip & Craft-Whisper White. Accessories: SU- Gross-Grain Ribbon-Chocolate Chip, SU-5/16″ Neutral Brads & Scallop Border Punch-Apron Lace.

Thanks for Looking!

Cindy

Hi Again,

I picked up these notepads from a local stationary shop the other day as I had seen these note pads altered into notepad holders. They make great gifts or even just for grocery or to do list for yourself.

Here is the one I made:

I made this cute little Robin from a tutorial I found here and thought it was great for the front cover of my note pad. Here is a close up of the Robin:

and here is a photo of the inside:

I nearly forgot to mention that I downloaded the template for the Note Pad holder here but as the note pads that I had didn’t fit the template I adjusted and changed the template to fit the ones I had.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi there,

I love the fact that you can get so much inspiration from other talented people that enjoy creating as much as I do. This card I have made is inspired from the “Sweet Sunday Sketch ” challenge.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my creation:

When I saw the sketch I thought straight away of the Rustic Rooster set to make this card. I love how this set is so French Provincial looking and thats the feel I wanted for this card.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi Again,

Today my youngest was home from school unwell, so I made some time today to have a go at Keesh’s Inkspiration Sketch Challenge.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Products Used:

Cardstock: Stampin’ Up! - Blush Blossom, Rose Red, Old Olive & Whisper White. Pattern Paper: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill. Stamp set: Penny Black - Micey Day. Ink: Stampin’ Up! - Rose Red, Close to Cocoa, More Mustard, Regal Rose, Bashful Blue & Old Olive. Marker: Stampin’ Up! - Stampin’ Write - Old Olive.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hello again,

Well after spending the last few weeks not being inspired at all to do anything creative, I decided to get inspired and have a go at Makeesha’s  Inspiration challenge for this week.

Here is what I came up with:

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Recipe:

Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip. Ink: Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip. Stamp Sets: Petal Pizzazz, Circle Circus and Live Your Dream (Retired). DSP: Patterns- Riding Hood Red Other: Hemp Twine, Apron Lace Border Punch, Corner Rounder, Stampin’ Dimensionals and a Red Button.

Hi there,

The Southern Belles group that I am part of have a blog and this month we have started doing monthly challenges not only for us belles, but for anyone who likes a challenge.

This months challenge sketch has been created by Denise Boddey which you can check out her blog here

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card I created for the challenge:

I decided to go with a male theme for this card and I have made it to A5 size. I have cut out circle and stars using templates I have, but all other products used are from Stampin’ Up!®

Card Recipe:

Cardstock: Basic Grey, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White and Baja Breeze. DSP: Urban Oasis. Stamp Set: Circle Circus and (words) Great Friend. Ink: Baja Breeze and Basic Grey Other: Hemp Twine.

If you would like to view all the lovely cards that have already been created for the challenge you can visit Southern Belles blog here

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi there,

Today I met up with one of my good friends to do some craft, while she scrapbooked, I decided to have a go at Keesh’s  colour challenge for this week.

Here are the colours:

Here is what I came up with:

Recipe:

Stamp Sets: Polka Dot & Enjoy Every Moment. Ink: Whisper White Craft Pad & Regal Rose. Stampin’ Write Marker: Real Red. Cardstock: Real Red, Regal Rose, So Saffron & Whisper White. Other: Rhinestone Gems.

Surprisingly I really like this colour combo as red is not really one of my favourite colours.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy