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

Hi there,

I have a gorgeous friend her name is Claire and she recently had her 10th Birthday and something we both have very much in common is that we both love and adore Hello Kitty! You must admit she really is a cute kitty. Anyway I made her this card using the Hello Kitty die-cut from the cricut machine.

Here it is:

 Isn’t she just so cute!

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi there,

I decided after all the card making I have been doing it was time to do some scrapping. My husband is kind of a “Kombi” fanatic and he is the proud owner of two. So the page I have scrapped is of him in the first Kombi he purchased. 

I often scrapbook in my head more so than I actually do physically so I sketched this page out first so I could remember what I wanted to do.

Heres the sketch:

Here is the finished page:

I have used a bunch of different stamps and pattern papers and the sizzix die Frame to embelish. I ended up framing the page for him to hang on the wall in his office, he loved it!

Thanks for looking!

Till next time

Cindy

Hi There,

This weekend we had my nephew’s 13th Birthday, so I thought I would share the card I made for him. I didn’t go with the number theme as I thought he would get heaps of age cards.

I picked up this cute Monster stamp from my local scrapbooking store, knowing I would get good use out of it seeing I have boys. The Happy Birthday to you! stamp is from the Stampin’ Up! Spring Mini catalogue, I have also used the scalloped edge punch and the Pattern Paper is from the green stack collection from Die cuts with a View.

I think my Nephew liked his present an ITunes gift Voucher more than the card.

Anyway I enjoyed making it.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi there,

I found some time at last, so I decided to have a go at Makeesha’s Colour Challenge for this week. I was really suprised at how well these colours go together.

Here are the colours:

Here is what I came up with:

Card Recipe: Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie & Very Vanilla. Pattern Paper: DSP – Retired Summer Picnic - (Bashful Blue- Polka dots). Fiskas Border Punch – Apron Lace. Other: Blush Round Pearls & Butterfly Template.

Thanks for looking!

Cindy

Hi again,

This weekend I had planned to take some time out to get in to some scrapbooking, but unfortunatley it hasn’t happened. My eldest son has come down sick and my husband has redesigned a better rabbit hutch for our bunny’s to live in, so I have ended up baby sitting them all day. But not all hope is lost as I have managed to make a card.

This card I have made is for one of the Director’s at my husbands work, as sadly he has been diagnosed with throat cancer and is off work having kemo treatment. My husband gets on well with him as they both have a common interest which is “Kombi’s”.

I manged to get this great stamp set called Road Trip by Inkadinkadoo, which of course has a Kombi stamp, so here is what I came up with:

Artwork – Cindy Banks

My husband didn’t want my to put any words or writing on front of the card so inside the card I have stamped some get well words.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Road Trip. Cardstock: Old Olive, Whisper White. Ink: Basic Black, Not Quite Navy & Basic Grey. Pattern Paper: Cosmo Cricket – Get Happy Collection.

I hope this card cheers him up!

Thanks for looking

Cindy

Hi there,

I am always excited when Stampin’ Up! release new products and the Spring Mini Catalogue is right up there, with gorgeous new stamp sets and divine new designer series pattern paper.

One particular stamp set I absolutely love is “Great Friend”. I love this set so much I actually haven’t put any of the other new sets I got together yet. 

So here are a couple of cards I have made with this set:

Recipe Card 1:

Stamp Set: Great Friend. Cardstock: Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Cameo Coral & Kiwi Kiss. Ink Baja Breeze, Basic Black & Cameo Coral. DSP: Walk in the Park. Other: Gems-Pink x3.

Recipe Card 2:

Stamp Set: Great Friend & Background- Polka Dot. Cardstock: Always Artichoke, Rose Red, Mellow Moss & Very Vanilla. Ink: Always Artichoke, Rose Red & Mellow Moss. Stampin’ Write Marker: Mellow Moss. Other: Gems-Green x2 & Corner Punch

Thanks for looking!

Cindy