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I have a few cards to share so with fingers crossed hope to be popping in a few times over the next little while to share with you.
Today I thought I would start with some NBUS from Jane’s Doodles.
Thought I best start with these as I have more of Jane’s goodies on their way!
I am linking up to the current challenge at NBUS here
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Vicki
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Boy the days and weeks just fly by! Continue reading
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Today is my turn to share at the Unstampabelles Challenge you can find it here
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I have been playing with Papersmooches Blossoming Buds and thought I would link up to the current challenge here
Here is my first card Papersmooches Blossoming Buds teamed with PTI Penned Elegance. Coloured with alcohol markers.
And my second card is teamed with Jane’s Doodles Mother’s Day. Once again coloured with alcohol markers.
Both sentiment pieces are cut using SSS stitched circles & ME Sew Fancy dies.
Thanks for stopping by
Cheers
Vicki
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I am sharing some cards I made recently for my Auntie. We caught up during the week (on my day off!) for me to give them to her. I think she was happy. I also had made some aprons which I shared a few weeks ago.
I think I have used this PTI penquin every year since I purchased it. I think he is so cute! I teamed this one with snow drifts and a sentiment from SU Holiday Home.
Another favourite is SU Dashing deer with sentiment from Uniko Pure Florals Poinsettia.
Another all time Christmas favourite is baubles. This was a quick and easy one with SU Holiday Framelits and PTI holiday cheer sentiment.
These are cards are made with some new SU to my stash of stamps and dies. Every year I say I don’t need any more Christmas stamps or dies however I always seem to add to my collection! I really love this santa and how could I go past cheeky elves. The tree is from Flourishes and the fireplace is from SU hearth and home.
Now some non-christmas cards
I used SU fable friends coloured with markers. I personalised the inside with a computer generated phrase. I have used Uniquely, ME and SSS stitched circle dies.
My aunt also has a few special birthdays coming up so I made the cards above. I needed to get some help from Ms S to write “moet” as my hand writting isn’t so great! Each one of these birthday cards was like a mini challenge trying to personalise with things in my stash.
On another note I started a new job this week. I had been trying to find work close to home however even if I got an interview I seemed to be getting overlooked. I saw a position recently both online and in the newspaper so thought why not! I applied on the Saturday, was called Monday for an interview on the Tuesday and by the end of the week they had offered me the position. My new position means I catch the train in and out of the city. The plus is I am getting some steps up walking to/from the station and to/from the workplace.
I am located between Melbourne Museum and Lygon street. Having an hour for lunch has been nice (can’t remember the last time that happened!). So far I have visited some shops in Lygon street and the Carlton Gardens. I can walk to Brunetti’s an iconic cake shop or Koko black a specialist chocolate shop in my lunch time. Now I have walked to these places but have not purchased anything other than a coffee – I am trying to not undo all the good from walking. I am considering looking at other ways of travelling perhaps parking at the Museum as it is around the block and will only cost me $3 more (+petrol) per day however it could possible save me an hour travel time. Handy when I have after school activities with Ms A. I have tried to use the travel time to check emails etc however I found my phone battery died really fast.
Enough of my waffle. I need to go dig over the veggie garden and start reading the new book by Margaret Attwood – The Testaments before it is due back at the library. Another good thing about train travel is I get to read on the train.
Thanks for stopping and listening to my waffle
Cheers
Vicki
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Today I’m sharing my creation for the current challenge at Unstampabelles #93 we’re at week 3. You can find the first week of the challenge here
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When I posted yesterday I realised I had a few other creations I hadn’t shared. So here they are.
A recent 21st card for a Tigers fan
I used My Cute Stamps circus animals and SSS stitched circles dies along with SU Large numbers.
A planter box for a another significant birthday – this time for one of my walking/book club friends who happens to love gardening.
I used Bronwyn Eastley’s pattern here along with various SU stamps and dies.
A Unicorn card – a special request.
This time I used Jane’s Doodles and SU Beautiful Bouquet stamps & dies.
A little error here the kiddos also requested a unicorn card for this girl last year for her birthday and you guessed correct I used Jane’s Doodles Unicorn stamp set for the same girl’s card last year. (Insert embarassed face). When I looked back at last years card it only had one unicorn so hopefully significantly different. Needless to say next year I’ll either have to invest in a new unicorn stamp set or make another style of card.
Lastly an update on my Bernate Hi Lo Jumper.
Almost finished the front!
I have another request from the family and a pile of mending so I will get on with that in the coming days.
Until next time
Cheers
Vicki
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Hope you are well. Melbourne has turned on the sunshine the last few days which has been very welcome.
Today I am sharing a card for a book club/walking friend who is celebrating a birthday soon. I am entering it into the current challenge at Scrapbook Boutique here
My inspiration was the cute dog.
I chose Papersmooches paws for a cause and paired with the sentiment from PTI Penned Elegance. I created my own pattern paper using images from Papersmooches. I felt I needed a little pop of colour so added a few red hearts. The sentiment panel, dogs and hearts are all popped up with foam tabs.
My friend has 3 dogs and is very much an animal lover so I think she will like this card.
Until next time
Cheers
Vicki
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I’m popping in today to share a few baby cards.
I am linking up to the current challenge at ScrapbookBoutique here
Last week was a busy week with 2 friends from knitting group becoming grandmothers, my cousin became a grandma for the second time and one of my book club buddies welcomed another into her extended family.
One of my friends asked me to make a card. So I made several. Sorry this is going to be a bit of a pic overload. Cause when I have everything out and I can’t decide I just get on a roll. Especially with the Noah’s Ark. Decided to make a few colour ways as I coloured up a few images at once.
Using ABS digital paper (the stripes match the shorts on the mood board), SU Made with Love, Su Baby’s first framelits and Simon Says Stamp baby.
Using Papersmooches Fascinators to create a shelf, ME Carnival Cupcakes & dies with digital pattern paper and ME just hatched. Do you think the little creatures are to straight? I wanted them to look like they are sitting on a shelf maybe the little rabbit should be leaning to one side. What do you think?
This one uses PTI Sweet baby, SSS baby, stitched dies and circle dies.
SU Baby’s first framelits and SSS baby.
This is the one she chose. SU Two by Two coloured with alcohol markers die cut with circle die and layed onto doily die.
I stamped and coloured a few images while I had the markers out and made a few for my stash.
I recently resigned from my part time job so today is my first day I would normally be at work. I have applied for a few jobs. So what am I going to do in the meantime? After a little bit of tiding up I plan to turn on the sewing machine and maybe make another card or two. I finished a quilt last week which I will share another day. I started another one some time ago and would like to make some progress on it.
Thanks for stopping
Cheers
Vicki
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