Shaker Card...A first

Well I finally did it....I made a shaker card.   I was a little intimidated by these but actually, as many things are, its not as hard as it looks.

I was inspired by both Paper Sweeties Red white and Blue challenge and Spiegelmom Scraps sketch and birthday challenge.

I used Paper Sweeties Stitched tags for the shaker added some lovely Paper Sweeties spring mix sequins and tied it with Strawberry seam binding.  I also popped in some stars from my stash.  Now I have made one I think I shall have to make more.  Its a fun thing to do!!

Before I go I would like to welcome my new followers this week.  Thanks so much for joining me and I hope you stop by often.  Its lovely to have you in my crafty world. 

Entered into the following challenges

Paper Sweeties Challenge # 33

Spielgelmom Scraps

A Gem of a Challenge #148

613 Avenue Create #132

Southern Girls get Inky

The new challenge this round is all about getting inky.  We have 2 great sponsors offering prizes.  So pop over to the Southern Girls Challenge blog and check it all out.

I used this quirky little image from Oddball Art called Chubs the Panda.  I quickly realised that he actually doesn't require a lot of colouring which miffed me a little.  So I took the "inky" thing a little literally and created a big ink splotch and placed the image to look as though he went "splat" sliding into the ink.  The Woohooo sentiment seemed to fit perfectly.  Its a fun card that makes me smile.

Entered into the following challenges

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #13

Crafting with Friends Challenge 1

Sister Act Challenge #114

Inky Chicks #53 My Furry Friends

Pocket Letter Number 1

This new craze seems to be hot in the paper craft world right now.  I decided it looked like fun and  I'd like to give it a try.  I joined the Pocket Letter swap being hosted by Speigelmom Scraps on Facebook so I could get an actual partner and the partner I have
likes pink.  I have little bits and bobs to pop into some of the pockets which will make it a little more exciting to receive.

Now this is my first attempt at a pocket letter so I am not sure if there are any hard and fast rules and if I have broken any of them.  But I did enjoy making this and I hope my partner likes it.

Speigelmom Scraps are having a party to celebrate being in business for 5 years and one of the challenges is to make a Pocket Letter.   I am going to pop this into the challenge.

 

Celebrating the N"EWE"ST release at Gerda Steiner Design

Welcome to my blog.  Gerda kindly invited me back to join the blog hop to celebrate her newest release.  As you have probably guessed its all about sheep.  Super cute sheep I might add.  Gerda has 3 sets to give away, all you have to do is leave a comment to be in with a chance to win.

You should have come to me from Weibke's blog, I'm sure you are super inspired
so hope I can add some more inspiration for you.

Here in New Zealand we are famous for our sheep. When there is a big Rugby match it is not uncommon to see sheep in team colours grazing happily in paddocks around the country.

Its such a great stamp set to create with.  There are lots of little accent stamps and sentiments to go with the sweet little sheep.  I am showcasing only two of the sheep and some of the many accents and sentiments.

Up first using one of the cute little sheep and mix and matching the sentiments 

with a question mark from the set.

Up next using another cutie and this time masking 

and stamping several times to make a family "flock" portrait.

And finally using the same little sheep this time singularly, with another sentiment 

and the little bird and butterfly accents.

Heres the blog lineup so next up is Jess.  

She has some more wonderful creations for you to enjoy.

Gerda Steiner Design

Wiebke Zander

Karen Oliver (that's me so you are here)

Jess Gerstner 

Julia Altermann

Joyce Nakaoka

Madey Lim 

Chitra Menon

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to leave a comment for the chance to win 

this super cute stamp set.

Hello with Wings

I was messing around with some dye sprays the other day, just for fun.  I didn't really like what I produced so I popped in my box of "stuff" that I periodically go through and put away or trash or simply put back in the box.  Its only a small box so I have to go through it reasonably regularly.  As I was going through it yesterday I found the piece of card and decide to die-cut some butterflies from it to see what they would look like.  I decided that actually they looked okay.

The butterfly is from the Paper Smooches Flap Happy stamp set cut using Wise Die Butterflies 1.  Using Paper Smooches Wise Die Frame 2,  I cut a frame popped it up slightly and stamped the hello also from Flap Happy.  Added some gorgeous little flower sequins and my card was complete.  It just goes to show that trash really can become treasure.

This is for the challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks July Anything Goes (wk1)

  Paper Smooches Stamps

Odd Dog...

Odd Dog is one of the newest Lili of the Valley characters.  He has just been released on 7 new rubber stamps. This one is aptly called Odd Dog Balloon. Now he may be odd but he is also super cute.

I have been playing around with masking so I decided that whilst Odd Dog is holding onto a single balloon on the stamp, why stop at one.  Hence my Odd Dog has six.  I inked subtle clouds into the background but kept the rest of the design pretty simple. The papers come from Sunny Side Up and Up, Up and Away (appropriately).

Purrfect

This is the card I have made for the Designer Drafts Challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks.  I didn't want to use just straight cuts of paper so I lay my very small collection of Paper Smooches dies out to see what would come to me. The bookmark die was the only one calling out possibilities.

So I used this die, well part of it,  to create my banner using several different papers.  The cute little kitty is from Chubby Chums Stamp set as is the sentiment.  

Paper Smooches Stamps