Another quick valentines day card :)

 So this is a quick valentines day card to share with you all today.
I was in a bit of a rush when i did this card, so it shows you can get one made in 10 mins :)

Very quick and simple to make!
I took a 5 inch card and then with my Fiskars trimmer i cut out several squares smaller than the one before so i could mat and layer on to my card.
I then took some off white cardstock and stamped and embossed my image with the Fiskars stamp press. Once this was dome i took my Fiskars interchangeable border punch and the groovy rainbow cartridge and punched the side of the off white card stock.
I attached a piece of ribbon i cut with my Fiskars scissors and placed on the left side of the card as a tab. a few embellishments and the card was finished.
Quick, simple and easy to do in 10 mins.
I will share 1 more valentines card tomorrow using the Fiskars tabs and labels stamp express template.
Tara :)

mad for markers challenge- oscars and red carpet!

This month with the Oscars upon us we are having a challenge over the mad for markers challenge blog for everyone to create a card/project inspired by a movie or the red carpet.
for my movie inspired card i used the film Red riding hood.

Here is the card i created.

 

 She is a little more friendly than the movie red riding hood!

I used a some odd girl image, then copic markers. the copic i used are as follows-
R24,27,29, B93,95,97,99,E02,11,13,25,27,29,W1,3,5,G82,85,R83

if you would like to join us in the challenge just add your card over at the Mad for markers challenge blog

Tara :)

Paper smooches Sparks challenge 28th jan-3rd feb

it has been a while since i entered a paper smooches sparks challenge. i think the last time was when it was just one challenge not different things each week...that WAS a while ago! but between juggling the kids and getting a bunch of work with practical publishing putting work in magazines like Australian simply cards and Australian paper craft essentials i have been quite the busy bee! not to mention doing my usual posts for the Fiskars blog.

So anyways, this challenge was Picture Perfect.

And here is the pic......

I was stumped  for a little while then i cracked open the new nine lives set from paper smooches. i brought this set cause....well i buy anything with cats on it!

but i had not had the chance to use it yet!
so after a bit of thinking i came up with this card......

To create this card i embossed with white embossing powder the little fish skeletons from the nine lives stamp set on the orange card.
Then i stamped the cat onto some patterned paper ( echo park-a walk in the park paper set) cut him out and added bobble eyes and used a white marker to make his teeth stick out.
This little cat stamp just reminds me so much of my cat Loki!
then using My favorite things jumbo fishtail banner staz dienamics i cut out a grey and white banner, adhered them together then stamped my sentiment and added the cat.
i used 3D foam dots to adhere this all to my card!

I really like how this has turned out. i was not sure of the colours at first but i will be totally using this color combo again!!!

If you would like to join in with the challenge all you need to do is link up your cards HERE.

Tara :)

A bit of Rio inspiration!

Yesterday Zoe was off to a friend birthday party. and the little boy whose birthday it was is CRAZY for Rio the movie! so the hunt was on! i needed a pic of the bird in the movie-Blue. i managed to find a couple of coloring in pages and printed one out. i colored with copics and then decided to make a beach scene to pop the bird on to....well it is set in Rio isn't it!
I then die cut his name in the colors of the movie title and finished!
The card did not turn out too bad! and Zoe said he loved it!
Job Done!!!

Tara :)

Lily Pad Cards Virginia's View #1

So, over at Lily Pad Cards They have a new challenge. Virginia's View. This first challenge has some inspiration from a martha stewart pic.

I just love the paint splatted look of this image, and the colours are lovely. So i took this inspiration and created this card.

I used an A la mode stamp and paper pieced the 4 leaf clover then punched some little hearts, added some definition  by drawing the creases on them and shading them with copic markers W1 and W3. Then coloured the rest of the girl with copics.
To create the Spat effect i took 2 distress ink pads- ripe persimmon and barn door, then put some of the ink on my wipe off mat. i then spritz the ink with perfect pearl mist in biscotti . once i had done this i picked up some of the ink mixture with a toothbrush and flicked it onto my card. then heat set it. It gave such a perfect colour with just that little bit of sparkle! I stamped the sentiment from paper smooches stamp set sentiment sampler
and i was finished!

Don't forget if you would like to have a go with this challenge ,head on over to Lily Pad Cards and add your link with your card!

Tara:)

Moxie Fab World Punchs Challenge

This challenge at Moxie Fab World is a punching challenge.
For this challenge Challenge i have used my trusty Fiskars border punches! They are great on most cards but with this monochromatic card the kaleidoscope border punch looks even better!

The image is from The greeting Farm and is a digital image. You can also buy rubber Greeting Farm stamps from Mad 4 Markers along with the copic markers i used with this image. (W1,3,5,7)
The sentiment was from a My Favorite Things - a la mode-wishing you luck stamp set.

If you would like to have a go at this challenge check out the above link before the 13th feb.

Tara:)

Moxie Fab World Embossing and Debossing Challenge

This Moxie Fab World Challenge is Embossing and Debossing.

So out came the cuttlebug embossing plates and i set to work!
Here is my card.

I used a dot embossing folder to emboss the card, and a postage heart stamp embossing folder. I embossed several different card colours and then cut out bits of each to give the different colours. i then added stickles into the word love and finished off with some twine and some bling.

If you would like to have a go on this challenge click the above link before the 13th feb.

Tara:)

Moxie Fab World Cutting and Trimming Challenge

It's Moxie Fab World Challenge again and this challenge is Cutting and Trimming

It is funny,cutting and trimming is not always as simple as it seems! i use a few techniques on most cards i do so to think of just cutting and trimming...... it was HARD!
After a lot of playing about i make this card.

I used Tim Toltz Seasonal paper pad and cut using my Fiskars sure-cut trimmers all the little Easter bunnies of a 12 x 12 page. I stuck them onto my card,Blended with distress ink in bundled sage and old paper, dyed my lace with bundled sage distress ink and perfect pearls mist heirloom gold, spritz my card as well, then cut out the word Easter with MFT alphabet dies. simple but effective i think!

If you would like to enter this challenge click on the above link.

Tara :)

Moxie Fab World Die Cutting Challenge

It's a Moxie Fab World Die cutting Challenge  and i wanted to use a die that i had not what it was intended for, so i grabbed my Die-namics from My Favorite Things and got cutting!

And after a little of creating licence i made this card!

I used the Christmas ornament die to use as petals for a flower. i then added a few other die cuts and a button, a bit of perfect pearls mist and Done! a cute little card using Christmas dies not for Christmas!
Click on the above link if you would like to join in with this challenge!!!
Tara:)

Paper smooches Sparks challenge January 12th...

Another week another challenge and this week the photo for inspiration  is as follows

I love the bright red and green in the pic so i went with these colours and make this card.

I used Paper Smooches stamp set "wake up" and coloured with copics. ( R22,24,27-G02,05,07 & 0)
I also used my Fiskars Double Bubble Border Punch and My Favourite Things Grass border die and film strip die. The paper is My minds eye.

Tara:)

Map to Your Heart Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

Here is my card for the Map to your heart Challenge on Moxie Fab World.

I photocopied a map of the world and shrunk it. then stamped with a Hero Arts stamp CG140 poppy background in black (thinking about it maybe i should have used chocolate brown.......) then embossed with clear embossing powder. mat and layered it tied some twine from the twinery around the pic, then added some patterned paper from stampin up! I used my fiskars kaleidoscopic border punch and My Favorite Things tabs die and a MFT stamp sentiment.

 The challenge is open till the 23rd January so get creating!!!

Tara :)

Bella! January Challenge...finally got it finished and not a moment too soon!

I had been planning to do this challenge all month but with one day to go i finally finished my 3 cards! if you want to check out the challenge it is on the Bella! blog Here.

The First card i used the Bella Australia Paper pad. I also used ruby rocket gems,and a zipper flower from Bella! too. The little sentiment was from My Favorite things.

The Second card (my favorite card of the 3) I used the Oriental chic paper pad from Bella! Along with Bella fundamentals card stock as the base. The stamp was from my cute stamps- Ni Hao I coloured with copics and the dress was paper pieced with the Bella paper too.

The third card i made i used the Boy range from Bella. I also used the coordinating embellishments and some Bella gems. I used My Favorite Things Dienamics alphabet dies to make the 'birthday' on the card.I used the Fundamentals cardstock for this card also.

The 3 cards are all different which is what i wanted. a lot of the time when you get a 3 card challenge many peoples cards all look really similar. i did not want this for my cards. i really wanted to show the different ranges of paper collections that Bella have.

Fingers crossed!

Tara :)

 

Lawnscaping challenge #24 Texture.

 Now trying to get a card done between Xmas and getting everything ready for the family OMG how hard was that! but i managed to get some time to do it while the kids are in bed!

The Challenge this time was texture. felt and glitter was my texture of choice and i made a bon voyage card.
I used the little mini set from lawn fawn, MFT cloud dies to cut the felt and a judikins pop block cut in 1/2 to make the plane'fly'on the card. i shaded with copics and the background papers were unit papers i found a while back.

Cute Huh!

Tara:)

moxie fab world tuesday trigger - red and rustic

Here is the Tuesday trigger above if you want to play along click here.

Here is my card....

The striped papers reminded me of the cushions on the trigger and who would not want to sit on those cushions and eat choccies!!!
Tara :)

Paper smooches sparks challenge November 17th-30th

Hello there! Once again it is time for the paper smooches sparks challenge.

If you have not joined in before here is the link for this weeks challenge.

The inspiration for the challenge was this lovely pic from etsy.

don't you love the colors!!!!
so i thought i would use a great Hero arts background stamp with my Chubby chums paper smooches stamps. I was a little limited with options as i only own 2 sets of their stamps so far. it is a long battle to justify buying MORE stamps to rob!!! but i am working on it!!!!
So with my card i stamped the background embossed it with gold embossing and them used several distress inks to blend onto the card. pumice stome,shabby shutters and broken china. a spritz of perfect pearl spray and i was happy....well almost! the gold was a bit too bright so i took my iron and a bit of kitchen paper and took the embossing ink off. i was then just left with the brown ink i used to start with a little fleck of gold. much better!
i colored in my owl with copics and cut him out. then with my Fiskars everywhere punch i punched a hole for my owl. I die cut a vintage scroll flourish from My Favorite Things dies and sat the owl on it with a bit of 3D foam. i cut another flourish and cut out the bit to match the outside of the card. Stamped Woohoo! with ink went over it with quickie glue pen and a bit of glitter.
done!
Here is the finished card.

Tara :)

Need Icicles????

Hello there everyone!
Today i am here to share with you a neat little trick with the Fiskars grass border punch.
Did you know that if you use it upside down you have your very own icicles to use on your cards!
Neat.Huh!
Here is a card i have made using the Fiskars grass border punch for just that purpose...Icicles.

As you can see i have made some pretty silver icicles on the bottom of my card.
I have also used my Fiskars snow bubbles border and corner punch, and i have also made some glitter ric rak by punching with the fiskars scalloped border punch, trimming my paper close to the scallop and punching again slightly off centre to get the ric rak effect. Then i ran it through my Xyron 150 to get it sticky, glittered it and ran it through again to get sticky glitter ric rak.
The winter wonderland stamp is also a Fiskars simple stick stamp i got from America and the image is from My favorite things.
I hope this little trick helps you our in your christmas card making.

Tara :)

Lawnscaping challenge #21 thanks...

So this week the Lawnscaping challenge blog has a thanks challenge. you can check it out Here.
Thank you cards i think are the easiest to make but surprise,surprise, i got a brain freeze when i sat down to make this card. so i read a few copies of papercrafts again, then finally set to work!

Here is what i came up with.

I used my favorite things rainbow die, and clouds die, Lawn Fawn many thanks stamp set, and the smile from sophies sentiments. My Fiskars notebook border punch and papers by imaginse.
Tara :)