Kazans sketch #24

Well I am back and completely refreshed from my 1 week holiday up in the warmer climate of the Gold Coast ... although I am back here in Melbourne where it is a lot cooler as we are in the Autumn months I still wanted to make a card that is reflective of the Summer months and colours that I will sorely miss!

I have used MM papers and a Sizzix thong die to make this card. It is a small card but I absolutely loved the way it turned out ... I have always wanted to turn this die into a card and Kazans sketch from 2 sketches 4 U was perfect for it.

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Lauras sketch #23

I never thought I would get this card done!!! ... I am currently on holiday with my family up in in Gold Coast and I so far have been on the Giant drop twice, the claw once and the wipe out once and I think those names are self explanatory. It is not as easy to do those rides when you are at the tender age of 37 but it is okay if you are 10!!!

I did mange to slip in my luggage some card making supplies thinking that I would have the time to do some cards ... well I tell you the minute I get the supplies out ... "Oh Janet can I make a card please" and "oh yeah I need to make a card for ..." so finally today I managed to do the fabulous sketch from 2 sketches 4 U.

I have used Bo Bunny Alyssa papers and rubons and that range is really girly (well for me it is!) and I absolutely loved it!

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Kazans sketch #23

What I love about 2 sketches 4 U is that I get a great sketch each week and then I can decide if I want to do something different, or practice a technique, or go completely "A" wall (so to speak) and just see what happens if I don't think!!! well this week I decided to not think about it and not plan and just start with some farm animal stamps from Ferngully Stamps, so I started with the animals and did a bit of colouring in! and then I thought yep I have a fence stamp somewhere in my collection so I stamped that and a little bit more colouring in, then I thought about 4 years ago I bought some farm stamps (why I did that I have no idea!) so I got those out and did the background barn .... now being a city girl through and through I thought now what do farm people say and I decided to stereotype country people and started out with "y'all" (I think I watched too much Dukes of Hazard when I was a kid!!!) and then I finished it off with 'have a good day'.

Hopefully I haven't offended anyone but I adore this simple card and I love my title for it! thanks for looking!

Examples of my creations for the Kaiser DT callout.

Below are some examples of my creations. I thought it would be easier to view them here on my blog rather than trying to look for them in online galleries. I have created this post exclusively for the Kaiser DT callout and I thankyou for taking the time to look at my work.

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What an exhausting week it has been for me .... just busy busy busy at work but I still found the energy to do Lauras sketch #22. Since we are now in Autumn (and you all up there in the Northern Hemisphere are in Spring) and we are finding the days shorter and cooler but the temperatures are still liveable! I decided to use brighter colours for my card (compared to my normal conservative colours!) and it is a bright yellow and orange with papers from Sassafras Lass, ribbon from American Crafts and versa colour ink. I loved the yellow, normally I don't use that colour in cards and scrapbooking and the paper is really bright and cheery ... i think I will keep this card for myself, it fits perfectly in my room as it is a bright yellow too.

I look forward to next weeks card and I hope you all have a great weekend/week. Thanks for looking.

Kazans sketch #22 and Woohoo!!!

WOOHOO!!! I have just received an email from my favourite cardmaking magazine (Australian cardmaking - rubber stamping and papercraft) and they would like to publish some "Non Traditional" christmas cards that I submitted to them ... I know it is a wee bit early to make christmas cards but they asked for the submission so I used my favourite stamps at the moment from Stampin Up - all in the family where you can mix and match the heads, clothes, legs and arms ... they are fabulous stamps and I also used non christmas colours and papers, so they are a little unusual!!!

Any how I did Kazans sketch last night and thought since this is a big year in my family for milestone birthdays - 2 x 5oth and 1 x 80th I thought I would get in early and start to make the 50th birthday cards and this is the result. I have used Kaiser 'cafe culture' papers, which are great for both feminine and male layouts and cards, Red tag dies (for the numbers), jump rings, Carolees Creations alphabet stickers, Cuttlebug embossing numbers plates, Bazzill cardboard and Stazon timber brown ink.

Thanks for looking! and have a great week everyone!

Inkurable Stampers - using alphabet stamps

Here is a card that I have made for Inkurable Stampers - the challenge was to use alphabet stamps. I have used a variety of alphabet stamps - the 'c' is See Dees, I can't remember the brand for the alphabet used in 'elebrate and Age'! and 'your and old' are Stampendous typewriter alphabet.

The chicken is from Ferngully stamps and I have used watercolour pencils and an aquabrush, the card bazzill and I have used a sizzix die and a lilac colour grossgrain ribbon to finish it!

The beauty of alphabet stamps is you can create any saying or title to suit the person you are giving the card to. Obviously this card is going to someone with a sense of humour about their age!

Thanks for looking!