Baby Shower Card

Happy Monday to you all, only 5 more sleeps till we head of on our Holidays to Caloundra. We all really need to get away for this one as we have had a few stressful months so I am really looking forward to this holiday.
We had a friends Baby Shower on the weekend and the girls decided that I had to make the card, I wonder why.... they would have just bought one, not very crafty some of my friends.
I have used Cricut Cartridge New Arrival for the pram and the words, and a Martha Stewart round the page punch as well as some Kaiser flourishes and a little bling.

Just a side on photo to show you that its an easel card and its quite large 8" x 8" in size.

Maybe you can guess that she is having a BOY!

Well I hope I will get a couple more posts in before the week is out, I am trying to get a few things packed and then onto my craft as I am not sure what I am taking with me this time.

I have got a fair few of the Marianne Craftables Dies as well as some new Nestabilities and new Cheery Lynn's so I think that may be my choice?

Cheers Shelley

Sketches with a Twist February

This is the layout for Sketches with a Twist for the month of February,
This Months Twist is :- You must use something Green on your Layout or Card

So here is my layout for the sketch, its another addition to my album from my mini holiday at Caloundra with my mum and dad.

A close up of the banner and I have used a Martha Stewart around the page punch for the border of a 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock then just cut out the inside to make it look like a frame.

Cheers Shelley

Kaiser Saturday Sketch October # 2

It is very hard to imagine that this gorgeous girl Shelby is 17 and all dressed up for her Year 12 Formal.
We have known her since she was born and we have watched her grow into a beautiful Young Lady.
I loved doing this Kaiser Sketch October # 2 as you could use 3 photo's and I love putting lots of photos on my pages. So this is done with an older paper called Sakura Park, I am not sure if you can still buy it but I wanted to use it because of the red and black colours.

I have used Doily Dies, Martha Stewart Punches, Nestabilities Dies, all Kaiser paper and of course lots of bling. Pop back in a few days as I have finished the Sketch for October # 1, and it will go into my album as this page's other half. The words are cut with Cricut Cartridge Forever Young.

This is the sketch we had to work with.

Cheers Shelley

Cheery Lynn Designs Blog

Well over the last few months I have been very lucky in adding some new friends to the blogs I follow. Some of the ladies are trying out for a spot on the Cheery Lyn Design Team. So I thought why not I will give it a go seeing as I have a few of the Doily Dies. I thought Doily Dies were all that Cheery Lyn Designs made, little did I know that there are lots more, so go on over to www.cheerylynndesigns.com and check them all out.

This is a box that I covered with some paper and then I have used a Martha Stewart around the page punch. To get the Lattice look I have used  A2 Frame Die in Lattice FRM 115,cut it out twice and joined it together. Then I have used Doily Die English Tea Party DL101 and on top of that is the Doily Die Italian Flourish DL103,that I have cut 3 times and joined them together folded them over to get the Doily to look like a flower. The Butterflies are from Exotic Butterfly small set of 3- DL113 and then I have used the Small Angel Wing-Two Layer Die Butterflies DL132A as the white background.

I don't have any of the flowers so I used my Spellbinders Nestabilities Carnation Creations S5-049 to make the 2 sizes of the flowers and the leaves then added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the ends of all the flowers. The vine in the background is made with Spellbinders Borderabilities On The Vine Border S7-017.

And of course I have added the gorgeous Doily Dies Hearts from Heart to Heart DL106

 I have added Italian Flourish DL103 cut in half on three sides of the box.

I just love using the Doily Dies on Cards and Scrapbooking as well and now I have my Vagabond to cut them with it's so easy and effective, especially the small pieces that gets cut out of the dies.

I have 18 Cheery Lyn Dies now and I am looking at adding more to my collection.

I really enjoyed making this little box and I am thinking of making a few more for pressie's.

Cheers Shelley

Scrap The Girls Challenge

For the month of July the challenge for Scrap The Girls is scrap a Layout using this album cover by

‘Pink’ ‘Greatest Hits….So Far’ as your inspiration.

Choose the colours, design, words whatever grabs you and use them to create your layout, girls only of course. And you have to choose any song title or lyrics by Pink and use them anywhere on your layout,

either as a title on your page or in your journaling.

So this is what I have come up with, I chose the song WHO KNEW, and then added on the page- you would be so BEAUTIFUL. This is my daughter Jess and a photo that was taken on there cruise this year.

I have used Kaiser Paper Pink Gelato, flourish and  pearls. Martha Stewart around the page punch and paper flowers. I cut the words out using Cricut Cartridge Lyrical Letters.The Flowers in the middle are from Hair Clips that I picked up from a Equip Jewellery shop.

I hope you like this one, I will be back soon with my Kaiser Sketch.

Cheers Shelley



Another Llittle Box

This is another little box that I have made for 2 challenges this week.
The first is for Totally Tilda Challenge is anything but a card, but you do have to use Magnolia Stamps.
The second is for Just Magnolia Challenge  Butterfly theme using Magnolia or Hanglar & Stanglar images.
So I bought this little box awhile ago thinking I would use it for something, don't we all have those sorts of things floating around in our craft rooms, well at least I am getting to use one of them.

I used Magnolia's Tilda as a Butterfly Stamp and Open Gate, I have used a Martha Stewart around the page  Punch to make the leaf shape and added some Kaiser Rhinestones, Flowers and Butterfly Flourishes.

I also used Spellbinders Nestabilities for the edge of the box. I am not sure where I am going to put it but I am sure I will find somewhere.
Cheers Shelley

Scrap The Girls Challenge

Well finally here is my layout for my second month on Scrap The Girls Challenge. This month's challenge is a COLOUR CHALLENGE LOVE THESE COLOURS!

These are the colours that you had to use and this is my Layout. I have used Kaiser papers and Rub ons Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Punches lace and flowers.  

Here is a close up if the Martha Stewart Butterfly punch and the Kaiser Rub on.

The photo is of myself and my dear friend Tanya at her Black and Bling 40th Birthday Party so I thought the colours went really well.

Cheers Shelley

Scrap The Boys Challenge

Well I did say in my last post that I got a few page layouts done, so here is my first try with Scrap the Boys Challenge, I have finished my second layout for Scrap the Girls Challenge but I have got to take a picture of it. So for the month of June we had to use these colours with a little bit of black for journalling.



Here is my layout of little Heath, he comes to play every Monday afternoon so his mummy can spend time with his sister in her classroom, so we get to play and we have lots of fun.

Can you believe Heath turned 1 on Wednesday and he is having his first birthday party today, I think I am more excited than he is.

Cheers Shelley

Kaiser Saturday Sketch

Well I am back from a fantastic weekend of Scrapping, great company and great food.
Before I tell you about the first challenge, I would like to share with you the great news that my page layout from Scrapbook Awards in April/May won the PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS FOR BABIES. A special thanks to Sherie for letting me publish the picture's of Kirra and Heath.

I thought I would catch up on a couple of Challenges while I was away.  I will do each post separately, the first is the Kaiser Saturday Sketch for June no1.

I love this photo of our daughter Jessie, she decided to water her Daddy while he was watering the garden.

You have to use at least 70% Kaiser products so the only think that isn't on here is the cardstock, ribbon and lace. So come on Kaiser and get some Cardstock and I could use that as well.

Will post the next challenge up soon.

Cheers Shelley

Scrap The Girls Challenge

Good morning everyone its a lovley day here is Brisbane a bit overcast and a little chilly.
For this challenge over at Scrap The Girls Blog this is what you had to do. Scrap a layout based on an important female in your life. Extra criteria: more than 20 words of handwritten journalling. Whoops I didnt read that far and mine is actually typed but I decided to enter it anyway. This is my Mum and I having Mothers Day dinner out and its really nice photo of us so I decided to scrap it using Kaiser Papers Love Note Collection. I have used Nestabilities Dies Parisian Accents for the borders and a few extra's on the page. A little bit of Kaiser Bling and some glitter on the Flowers and Butterfly and I have added Martha Stewart Luster Glass Microbeads on the Kaiser Heart.

Here are just smaller photos so show you some of the extra's I have added to the page.

My photography is not good at the moment I think its either the Camera or Me. If you click on the photos they do come up a bit better.

Cheers Shelley

Challenges

Hello this will be just a quick one to show you another card I have made for 2 Challenges Just Magnolia,you have to make a card that matches the sketch and Birthday Sundaes has to be with Pearls and Lace you can go over to there sites and check out the lovely cards that have been made.
This one is Tilda with a Bunch of Roses and I have coloured her in with Copic Markers and added Lace, Pearls and Flowers. I have used the Cuttlebug, Matha Stewart Border Punch and Nestabilities.

I hope you like this one, I have tried taking photos outside to see if I get a better picture.

Cheers Shelley

New Kaiser Papers

Hello everyone I hope your all having a great day.
I have been working with the latest in the Kaiser Collections. The first one is Chapter One and it was just a coincidence that Jessie is in the same colour green so it really blends in well. I have used the specialty paper Experience Die Cut and Foil for the background and then just added the black card stock to the back. I have used Martha Stewart Punches for the Hearts and Butterflies and the flowers are just from Carl Punches. A few Kaiser pearls in the centre and its done.

You cant see the verse that I have written but here it is for you I really thought it suited the photo's.
Love is like a butterfly
As soft and gentle as a sigh
The multicolored moods of love are like it's satin wings
Love makes your heart feel strange inside
It flutters like soft wings in flight
Love its like a butterfly, a rare and gentle thing.
This is  Dolly Parton Song.
This next one is Party Animals and I thought it suited my son and his girlfriend as they were having such a fun morning in the park just clowning around. I cut the photo's so they looked like banners and added some string, Kaiser buttons and bling and some Kindy Glitz to bling it up.

I hope you like these 2 layouts I had so much fun making them.