yay I my funky doodle frame cards have been accepted for publication!!!

Yippee the cards that I made using the Kaiser Doodle Frames and Daisy bucket papers are being published in For Keeps Creative Paper issue 79. This is a real bonus as I also had another series of cards that is to be featured in the issue before (#78).

My goal for this year was to try and get more of my cards published!!! Now fingers crossed that I can get some cards published in Cardmaking, stamping and papercraft, which is my fav magazine. I did have some cards accepted by them but unfortunately I had to decline as For Keeps had already picked them up!

So I am off to have a celebratory cup of Earl Grey Tea and poor Neil will just have to put up with on cloud 9 for the next few days!!!

Lauras sketch #18 And more cards!!!

Man I am really early this week with the 2 sketches 4 You card!!! Since we are having a heat wave my work has decided to start early to beat the heat so I get home at 2.30pm and have 2-3 hours to fill in before Neil and dinner so I can card make to my hearts content.

So here is my attempt at this weeks sketch ... I have used Making Memories and K & Co. papers, Bazzill cardstock, MM expressions sticker, blue twill and Carolees Creations adorn it tiny blue alphabet stickers.

I do love Making Memories products and in particular I am very fond of the Funky Vintage collections both Lizzie and Ruby ... I know they are old but things like that don't worry me ... I just use range, regardless of age, because I like it!!!

So here are a few cards done using Ruby papers and a Prima Owl stamp.

Some funky doodle frame cards

Since it was a long weekend here in Australia I had some inspiration to do some cards. Here is a range of cards using the Kaiser doodle frame stamps as well as other stamps and also papers (and colour range) that I absolutely adore ... the Daisy Bucket Sweet Marabella range.

Using past sketches from 2 sketches 4 you I made the following cards.

Kazans sketch #18

You know I planned to do this card Friday afternoon (Australia time!) and for some unknown reason I was awake at 2.00am this morning!!! So what usually happens (and this had occured alot in the past, not so much now!) is Neil kicks me out of bed but I decided to kick myself out of bed to do the cardmaking ... and this is the result!!! I actually like it ... the papers are BG and some of their papers are great for handcutting (which I obviously still can do at 2.00am in the morning!). And the colour combo is not to bad either - brown and pink (I do have an aversion to pink!) with a splash of green in the papers. I have also used Bazzill cardstock, velvet trim, Stampendous saying and kaiser flower.

So thankyou for looking!

Lauras sketch

What a mad week it has been, work was busy (considering the first week is usually slow!!!), yet another birthday (in fact 2 this week) and another birthday gift to be made!

So I took advantage of Lauras sketch from 2 sketches 4 u to make a birthday card for my mother in law.
I have used Kaiser papers, bazzill cardstock, maya road blossom slide, stampin up ribbon and american craft foam thickers.

I made the slide mount from chipboard and covered it with patterned paper and used a Joy definition rubber stamp.

Mojo Monday week69

Hi there, here is another inspirational sketch from Mojo Monday. I loved doing this card with Kaiser Paper and BG butterfly stamps. The sketch was perfect for the Maya Road Blossom slides which I have had for ages (so much that I nearly forgot I had them and stumbled across them accidently!!!), the title is from Queen Kat design and the ribbon is from Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking!

Mojo Monday week 68

While looking at an Aussie Scrapbooking site I found this great blog called Mojo Monday. It is a card sketch blog and since I am into cards again I decided to give their sketch a go.

The Blog had fantastic work on it and I am really inspired by the "American style" of cards - very clean and crisp lines!

So here is my interpretation of this weeks sketch - I have used Prima owl stamp and Studio G alphabet stamps and coloured them in with water colour pencils as well as papers and embellishments from the Making Memories Funky Vintage Ruby Collection ... I know the range is old but I have some papers left over and I just love this collection! Thanks for looking.