New Release from Sunshine's Stamps

This week saw Sunshine's Stamps release 3 new images - you can check them all out here - and Sunshine has them all coloured up in this release so you get to see their true potential. I chose to use the latest in the Ocean Dweller series for my card - Suzanne Swordfish. The other new releases are Frankie Forklift and Flushie - a toilet with personality plus!!!! I did try VERY hard to use Flushie - but just couldn't get the toilet humour right - LOL. Can't wait to see if the other Sunshine Gals get it right - he could be a LOT of fun with the right sentiment. I wish he had of been around when we were making signs for a party we had recently!!!

Back to Suzanne - I figured if she was having a birthday what would she want??? A nice big juicy worm was the answer. So out came my recently acquired Bugs & Kisses set from SU. The sentiment in the set fit perfectly too - I just worry the worm is too cute to give as a present - maybe it's just a friend popping in for the party!!! I did cover it with Crystal Effects to give it the right wormy shine though.

I also wanted to post a link for a fellow demo and friend's blog - she made a couple FABULOUS cards using Tipsy McStaggers - check them out here. She enlarged him and used his shape to make the cards - WONDERFUL idea - will have to "borrow" it - thanx Annette. BTW - she blames me for introducing her to these fun images - so I know I'm doing something right - LOL.

Here's hoping there's a little Sunshine in your day too....

xXx

Club Anya's I Wanna Be Just Like... Challenge

My lovely friend Lisa from The Craft's Meow had the honour of being selected by Club Anya to be CASE'd for their I Wanna Be Just Like... Challenge this weekend. Of course I HAD to give it a go - especially as Lisa sent me both the Miss Anya stamp and the Greeting Farm DP used here - and only a little because she emailed me and told me I HAD to play - LOL. Here in Australia The Greeting Farm stamps are available over at The Stamp Spot Online Store.

Lisa was responsible for getting me into these gorgeous stamps - so it has been an absolute pleasure to have fun this weekend putting this card together. I've stuck fairly closely to the layout Lisa used - but I just couldn't help myself - I had to add a flower - they ARE my weakness lately!

The rules for the challenge, and Lisa'a card to CASE, are here. It closes on Sunday evening at 7:00p.m. CST - so you don't have long!

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Keesh's Inkspiration Colour Challenge #12

Is it just me or did August just race by???? It only seems like yesterday that Keesh asked me to be her Guest DT for August - and now here's my last post - or it was meant to be before Keesh needed last week off - too much partying on the Incentive Trip methinks - LOL!!! Only joking Keesh - I know how sore your poor foot is!

I do seem to have been chasing my tail a bit lately - but it was SOOO much fun to be a part of Keesh's team - and thanx soo much to Keesh and the regular DT girls , past and present, for welcoming me aboard. If you don't know who they are you have been missing some awesome talent - so here's a link to them all...
Amy
Kirsty
Cindy
Renee
and the lovely Karen, who has retired from the team but is an amazing talent, and a lot of fun!!!

Now onto this week's challenge!!!

There's a funny story to my card - and my sister will have a good laugh when she sees it!!! I was on the phone to my sister (she was on loudspeaker so I could keep working - we chat a LOT - LOL), when I was "playing" with the colours and trying to choose a stamp set to use. WELL - I was having all sorts of problems, the cold I had just wasn't helping my brain function. I wasn't happy with how anything was working out and Sharon was trying to make suggestions sight unseen! In a fit of angst I told her I was done, and maybe I should just put EVERYTHING I had done on the card!! We had a laugh and I decided to walk away from it for a bit. After picking my daughter up from school I popped into my desk and saw all the bits lying together - and thought "why not!" - so I DID use all the bits I was working on and came up with this!!! And I actually quite like it - LOL.

The Stamp sets I've used are Circle Circus, A Kind Word, Embrace Life and Short & Sweet. The DP is from the Windsor Knot series.

Thanx again for all of your kind words and support during my time on Keesh's team!

xXx

Creatalicious Challenge #1

Recently the ultra talented Bec and Cheryl launched a fun new monthly challenge - Creatalicious Challenges - and it's just as well it's monthly as it's taken me forever to find the time to play along!!!

Their first challenge was inspired by Father's Day here in Australia - which is this coming Sunday. You need to make a male card including the colour brown and some metal. When I saw this digital image from Mo Manning at Digital Pencil Too I knew it was the image for me - or at least for my train obsessed brother-in-law! I find male cards hard - I keep wanting to tizz them up with other bits'n'pieces - but I think I stopped myself in time here - LOL. A bit of texture with the cuttlebug embossing, some rich colours and some metal and that's it!

The sun is shining outside and I'm heading off for lunch with my sister and mum to celebrate my mum's birthday - no complaints from me today - LOL. Hope your day is just as much fun!!!

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Wednesday at The Stamp Spot

Aaaagh - don't you just HATE it when you've been sick and are running WAAAAYYYY behind on your blurfing and the computer has a mini meltdown!!!! Not really a meltdown - more a go slow - think it was me having the meltdown!!! My son has discovered You Tube and has been watching all sorts of funny videos. Unfortunately this helped us use up our broadband quota for the month and our speed slowed right down - I tried to check in on some blogs and they took 1/2 hour to open!!!! BUT it's the start of the month so we are back at a reasonable speed - phew! Now to find time to catch up.....

In the meantime today is my day at The Stamp Spot and I had decided to use Lelo's Party Dragon from Rachelle Anne Miller - and raced home from work yesterday to finish putting my card together - only to discover that Sue had used the same image - it's just NOT my week - LOL. This isn't the first time Sue and I have done something similar in the same week - we must be in sync!!! Ah well, I quickly had time to put another card together...

At least this way I get to show you one of the new Greeting Farm Miss Anya Dressy's that Marcia has just gotten in at the store. I was one lucky lady to have been given this set - and some other fabulous bits'n'pieces - by my amazingly generous blogging friend Lisa from The Craft's Meow. Lisa was lucky enough to win an amazing prize pack from The Greeting Farm and decided to spread the joy by sharing with some friends - she's a true gem and I'm soo glad to call her my friend.

I love orange but don't often colour with it, but it went beautifully with this Scenic Route DP - and the dark green is a wonderful contrast. Both my cards use a similar layout - so I decided to show both of them to you anyway...

Off to bed now for me - tomorrow's another day and I'm hoping to catch up on all my blog visits!

xXx

Sunshine's Stamps and a Happy 18th!

I get a kick out of introducing one of Sunshine's Stamps new images for the week to you. This is Tipsy McStagger and I think he is a wonderful image for an 18 year old male birthday - the fact that my daughter has lots of friends turning 18 this year has a lot to do with me choosing to show off Tipsy instead of one of the other new releases for the week - Clammy Pete or Herky Bird. You can check these other guys out here - and see what the DT do with them by checking out the links on the side bar.

I do want to add that here in Australia the legal drinking age is 18 - so I'm NOT endorsing underage drinking. Most young guys get a little rough around the edges on their 18th - so I used my distressing tool to roughen up the edges of the image layers and sentiment - thought it would fit the mood. Tipsy was a lot of fun to colour - and I nearly made the foam 3D and covered the glass with Crystal effects - maybe next time - or maybe not - not sure an 18 year old would appreciate the extra effort!!!

Here's hoping there's a little Sunshine in your week too...

xXx

Magnolia Down Under Challenge #21 - A Card Recipe

This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges Kellie has set us a Card Recipe to use. We need to include 1 flower, 2 ribbons, 3 brads and 4 colours/papers. I've gone back to a watercoloured Tilda this week - mainly because she was already coloured up and I haven't been well - how slack!!! I'm glad she came out to play though as I'm really happy with how she turned out and reminded me why I like watercolouring! I did cheat a little on the 2 ribbons though - I counted the one in her hair!

Here's what I used - 1 layered flower, 2 ribboons - in her hair and Riding Hood Red Taffeta, 3 SU rhinestone brads and 4 Papers - Bashful Blue Card base, Riding Hood Red Layer, Watercolour Paper and both sides of some Washington Apple DP. I also used some Crystal Effects on the balloons and Tilda's ribbon and boots, as well as some Stickles on Tilda's wings.

Don't forget to pop over to MDUC and see what the other DT members have come up with - and hopefully be inspired to give it a go yourself!!!

I'd also like to thank everyone for their get well wishes - it was heart warming and better than a cold and flu tablet!!!! Love you guys!

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Apologies

Just a quick note to let you know I'm a little under the weather - nasty last minute Winter cold before Spring starts here next week - aaaaagh. I apologise for not catching up on my blog visits - and have a few blog awards to pass on too - will be here for my DT work commitments for now and hopefully I'll be back in tip top condition and stampin' away again soon!

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods....

xXx

It's Raining Hanna Stamps at The Stamp Spot

Hi Guys - it's Wednesday and that's my DT day at The Stamp Spot!

I recently bought this fabulous set from The Stamp Spot Store - it's Rainy Day Hanna from Hanna Stamps. You get several co-ordinating stamps in the set. I've used 2 here - the main image and the splash by her foot. The DP is Sweet Nothings from Pink Paislee, also available at TSS store. I thought it went beautifully with this image. Maybe I'm showing my age but it reminds me of the old Gene Kelly movie "Singin' in the Rain"! Actually I just googled the movie and it was made in 1952 - several years before I came along - but I grew up enjoying old musicals! Phew - maybe I'm NOT that old - LOL.

I've cut my main image out using a labels nestability and the red layer was originally cut as a rectangle. I decided it needed a little more shaping so I traced waves from the corners of the nestie I used for the main image before cutting them out. A few rhinestones added a little bit of bling!

And don't forget Marcia's August Special - you've still got time!!!

All orders made from August 1-31 go into the draw for the chance to win 20% off your next order. Multiple purchase during August from the same customer will gain you multiple entry into the draw.
Good luck!

xXx

Meet Sunshine's Stamps Hayseed Hank!

This week Sunshine's Stamps have released 3 new fabulous images - this is one of them - Hayseed Hank! He has such a cute expression on his face! You can check out the other images at Sunshine's blog here.

I've used some mesh ribbon across the card - it almost looks like a bumpy dirt road or a ploughed field - OK - you may need to use a little imagination there - LOL. I've also used some DP that looks a little like gingham - something I always associate with a country theme. And apologies for Hank's terrible spelling in the sentiment - he only thinks "HAY" is spelt one way - LOL.

Here's hoping there's a little Sunshine in all of your days!!!

xXx