Make It Monday #90

Hi there!

It's been a bit of a crazy week at my house and the chances for crafting and or blogging has been pretty much nil.

I did managed to steal a few minutes on Saturday morning to whip up a card for today's 

Make It Monday Linky Party

I used a beautiful image called "All Dressed Up" from our sponsor this week.

The image is so pretty that I wanted it to be the focal point of my card so I decided not to add any embellishments. I opted instead for this pretty Stampin' Up! paper called Beyond The Garden.

Click Here 

To find out more about the fabulous Paper Party Promo running until the end of May

To add a little interest to the card I decided to run the image and sentiment through the Bigshot to emboss.

Make It Monday #90 is now open.

We are excited to be sponsored by the lovely ladies at 

http://www.scrapbooksisters.co.uk/

Prize - 5 Digis 

Scrapbook Sisters was born 7 years ago out of our love of all things crafty. We have a family owned retail shop with a website and blog where we have weekly card challenges, Monthly Scrapbook Challenges and a great giveaway every month. Julie holds classes every day but also has mini book kits which she will be adding to in 2012. 

To be in the running to win this fabulous prize just leave a comment for an entry in this week's linky party. Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Before you head off over to MIM to see the wonderful creations by my fellow teamies just take a look at the entry I have chosen as my favourite from those linked up last week.

I absolutely loved this card by

Debra at Cream City Angels

Ok, you have seen what I have creating this week now it's your turn.

Come and join us at Make It Monday this week, we'd love to see you there!

Michelle :o)

Fabulous Florets and Beyond the Garden

Hi

Wow, posting three days in a row!! I better be careful I don't do myself an injury hey,lol!

Even more incredible is that I have a set of three cards to share with you today!!

My wonderful sponsor

STAMPING SHANNI

recently provided me with a little goodie bag of Stampin' Up! products to review.

OOOh I felt like a kid on Christmas morning!!

No sooner did I get my little package home and I had that plastic wrap off the delicious paper and I was lost in that blissful feeling that comes from flipping through a new paper pack and the feel of the smooth stamp blocks in the palm of  your hand, dreaming of all the fabulous creations to come.

You know, you've been there................. standing there eyes closed, paper pack clutched to your chest, vague sensation of something pulling on your shirt tails and the distant voice calling.........Mum........Mum.

Oh snap! Back to reality...........lol!

With the combination of the versatile Fabulous Florets stamp set and pretty Beyond The Garden Designer Paper this trio of cards were created in quick succession.

The colour combination of Melon Mambo and Wild Wasabi is fresh and vibrant.

I stamped the flowers and leaves with Wild Wasabi ink and fussy cut them and popped them up with dimentionals.

I love the pretty Wild Wasabi Grosgrain Ribbon and I chose to use it to help tie in the three card layouts.

If you, like me, are a big fan of the beautiful Stampin' Up! stamps and papers and you would like to purchase this lovely set  or view the full range of products available then you can visit 

Shanni's Stampin' Up! Blog

Shanni will be doing a guest post here on Friday to tell you all about a fantastic 
PAPER PARTY
promotion running for the month of May.

* the promotion excludes Specialty Designer Series Papers and Patterns Designer Series Paper Stacks and is only open to Australian residents

If you are just too impatient to wait for Shanni's guest post,  (lol,that's so me!) then just swing by and say hello to Shanni and she will give you all the details.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

MIM #85 with Meljen's Designs

Hi

Welcome to my new followers!

Here it is, Monday again and the first day back at school for my boys. 

We had such a fun two weeks break.Went to the beach, swam in the pool and just kicked back. I have to be honest and say it wasn't just the boys who struggled to get back in the "going to school" routine this morning, lol.

I am excited though that a new Make It Monday linky party starts today.

Last week's link up was HUGE!

It is wonderful to be in the company of so many talented people, and you are such  friendly bunch too,:o). 

I gain so much inspiration from you all.

I love being able to feature the variety of cardmaking and scrapbooking styles that I see each week on the Pink Paper Paradise facebook page and I love those off the page projects too.

For this week's linky party I created a card using an image from our sponsor 

Meljen's Designs

Image is called Victorian Bird Cage

I have coloured it with Copics and inked around the edges with Stampin' Up! Baja Breeze and Old Olive.

Sentiment is computer generated.

Papers are from My Minds Eye.

Cardstock is Chocolate Chip and Blushing Bride both from Stampin' Up!

Ok, now you've seen what I've been working on this week. Let's see what you've been up to!! 

Come on over to Make It Monday and share you latest creation. Or if you haven't found time to get crafty this week but you'd still like to play along how about reviving an old post. No need to create a whole new post just link back to the old one and blow the dust off that creation you were so proud of back then.  Lots of new faces joining us each week that will be seeing it for the first time.

Make It Monday #85 is now open.

This week we are being sponsored once again by the everfun and cute Meljen Designs Digital Stamps!

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical rubber and digital images inspired by her kids and family. Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog, and freebies and promos now and then on our facebook FAN PAGE!  Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at our store HERE to browse through all of Melissa's lovely designs! You can also see Melissa's rubber stamps at her corner of Whimsy Stamps, too!

http://shop.meljensdesigns.com/

Meljen Designs Digital Stamps  are giving away the lovely prize of the winner's choice of 4 single digis!

To be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize all you need to do is leave a comment for another entry in this week's linky party. Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM. The entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Now I would like to share with you an entry that I absolutely loved from last week's link up.

There were so many fabulous entries but this one gave the whole team a good laugh

Thanks for sharing with us 

Shari from Pickled Memories

You just have to head on over to Shari's blog to see what it was about this awesome card that gave us such a good giggle.

Thank you for stopping by today, I hope we see you over at Make It Monday this week.

I look forward to seeing what you have creating.

Michelle :o)

MIM #82 with Di's Digi Downloads

Hi

Oh I'm excited now, only five sleeps to the start of two weeks school holidays! Yay!

It's not that I don't like my job because I love it and it's not like I don't enjoy the time I get to myself on the days I don't work and the kids are at school because I do.  It's just that time is going so fast and my boys are growing up before my eyes and I just want more time with them. I'm looking forward to just hanging out with them while they still think it's fun to spend time with Mum and Dad.

But, before I wish away another week I want to tell you all about this week's Make It Monday linky party.

It was another fabulously inspiring linky party last week. It is so much fun discovering new blogs each week and meeting some really lovely people.

I was fairly organised again this week with my card made ahead of time.

 I was inspired to make this card after seeing my friend Shannean's creation here. 

I really loved her card and thought I would have a try at heat embossing some flowers and then colouring them with ink with my water brush. I also really liked the way Shannean did the sentiment in the distressed oval.

Recipe:

Stamp Set - Friends 24-7 by Stampin' Up!

Flower stamp -              by Stampin' Up!

Papers - Prima Melody collection 6"x 6"

Newspaper print from Stampin' Up!

I am entering my card in the following challenges

Get Hippity with Ippity - Things With Wings

Lawnscaping - Be Inspired By Someone Else

Ok, now you've seen what I've been working on this week. Let's see what you've been up to!! 

Come on over to Make It Monday and share you latest creation. Or if you haven't found time to get crafty this week but you'd still like to play along how about reviving an old post. No need to create a whole new post just link back to the old one and blow the dust off that creation you were so proud of back then.  Lots of new faces joining us each week that will be seeing it for the first time.

This week's Make It Monday linky party is now open!!

 

http://disdigidownloads.blogspot.com/

They are generously offering a $10 gift voucher

To be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize all you need to do is leave a comment on an entry in this week's linky party. Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.  

The wonderful Design Team ladies have created some positively gorgeous card to get your mojo in gear this week. Please head over to MIM and check them out. Don't forget to visit their blogs to see who they have featured as their favourite entry this week.

Speaking of favourite entries I need to show you the one I thought really stood out to me this week.

I have been featuring a few entries this week on the Pink Paper Paradise facebook page that have caught my eye. It is lovely to see a few familiar faces turning up over there. We are so close now to our magic "100 Likes" and the give away will be starting soon.

But for today I would like to share this particular entry from

Alyce

 

I just couldn't go past this absolutely amazing colouring!

Thank you for sharing with us at MIM Alyce.

Make It Monday linky #82 is now open.

Come on over and join in the fun, we'd love to see you there!

Thank you for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

MIM #81 with K 'n K Designs

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream..............

Hi

No I haven't completely lost the plot......well maybe I have slight case of cabin fever.

For those of you who don't know, I live in Tropical Far North Queensland Australia and the wet season has definitely arrived!!

Apparently we have had nearly 200mm of rain in the last 24 hours over the weekend . They reckon we will get around another 200mm  over the next 24 hours or so!

So I have managed to squeeze in a little extra craft time in between playing memory games, Mario Kart Wii and baking with my boys.

And although it is still very soggy outside it's not all bad as today brings a brand new linky party over at

MAKE IT MONDAY

I got my card made early for a change this week!!  I got a good head start when I went and spent the day with friends at a fabulous craft store down south called Scrap Therapy (they are an online store too).

The image is one of my favourites from Kenny K and I have coloured her with my Copics.

I picked up this pretty paper at Scrap Therapy while I was there.

 They are from Echo Park and called Seeing Spots.

I am entering my card in to the following challenges:

CMC challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog - Pink and Girly

Crafty Ribbons Challege - Birthday

Ok, now you've seen what I've been working on this week. Let's see what you've been up to!! 

Come on over to Make It Monday and share you latest creation. Or if you haven't found time to get crafty this week but you'd still like to play along how about reviving an old post. No need to create a whole new post just link back to the old one and blow the dust off that creation you were so proud of back then.  Lots of new faces joining us each week that will be seeing it for the first time.

This week we have a special sponsor K 'n K Designs!  

http://knkdesigns.blogspot.com/

K 'n K designs are offering the winner 3 digis from their store!

To be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize all you need to do is leave a comment on an entry in this week's linky party. Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning. 

Sadly K 'n K Designs are closing down at the end of March, which is such a shame as they have such a great range of Digi's. But it does mean that there is a bargain to be had over at the store.

OK, now it's time for me to share with you my favourite pick from last week's linky party.

Of all the (290!!) entries last week this one really stood out to me.

Created by

Missy G

 

I absolutely love this beautiful Mother's Day gift set.

Great work Missy G!

Thank you for sharing with us.

Ok, now it's your turn. Come and join in the fun over at Make It Monday this week. Come see what the wonderful Design Team have created and don't forget to check out their blogs to see who they have featured this week.

Thanks for stopping  by today.

Michelle :o)

Another request

Hi

Here we are end of the first week of February already!! Never mind Valentines, the shops are full of Easter already!! What is with that? Mind you, I don't mind too much as I'm a bit partial to the odd hot cross bun and secretly wish they would sell them all year long.

I have been busy this week, with a request for some cards from a lady I work with. She was after some cards without any sentiment so that they could be used for any occassion.

It's funny really, maybe it's just me, but I always struggle with where to put the sentiment on a card, I find it tricky to place it just right. So I thought that making cards without a sentiment would be a breeze! Well, I think it is even harder! 

That said, I am pretty happy with this card.

Image is "Friends 24-7" from Stampin' Up! inked using Stampin' Up Chocolate Chip.

Cardstock is also Chocolate Chip.

I embossed the whole image panel with the "Square Lattice" embossing folder also from SU.

Papers are from My Minds Eye

Flowers were created using the same papers and Spellbinders "Rose Creations" die.

I gave the whole card a spritz of glimmer mist.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

I hope you are all having a great week!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

Pin It

A special request

Hi!

Well, here I am, back for the third time this week! Now I'm just being an over achiever, lol!

I had special request from a friend this week to make a 60th birthday card for her Mum. So here I am today to share what I came up with for her.

I used one of my new favourite stamp sets that I got from my Mum recently called Notably Ornate from Stampin' Up! 

The papers are from the Prima 6x6 paper stack called  Melody Collection. I used Chocolate Chip ink (SU) to distress the edges.

I used Chocolate Chip cardstock (SU) for the the card base and also for the numbers and swirls.

The numbers are from a Sizzlits Die called Timeless Type and Alphabet Jr and the swirls are from a Sizzix Die called Scribbles Swirls that my friend Shannean gave me as she had two of them. Thanks Shannean!!

Faux stitching is drawn with a Chocolate Chip Stampin' Up! Marker.

I gave the whole card a spritz of glimmer mist just to snaz it up a bit.

I would like to enter my card in to the following challenges:

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Don't forget that the Make It Monday linky party is currently open. Come on over and check out all the amazing entries linked up so far and share with us what you have been creating.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

MIM #74 with Di's Digi Downloads

(Photo Heavy Post)

Hi, nice to have you stop by today.

I hope your weather is either warming up or cooling down depending on where you live.

Here in Australia it has been a real scorcher this week. I reckon there were quite a few unfortunate souls doing their best lobster impersonations at BBQ's around the country on Australia Day.

It's been a very busy week for me with my return to work and my boys back at school  after our summer school holidays. A couple of days spent preparing our house for inspection, but sadly no offer to buy it.

I had hoped to get crafty in the evenings but just felt too exhausted with all that and the heat too.

But I did at least get my card made for this weeks

MAKE IT MONDAY LINKY PARTY #74

I've been getting in to the romantic spirit with Valentines Day fast approaching and I have to say I am pretty pleased with the card that I made.

The card is made using two stamps sets from Stampin' Up! called A Rose Is A Rose and Notably Ornate.

Papers are also from Stampin' Up!

I inked around the edges of the flourished frame with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The roses and leaves are created using a two step process. For the roses I stamped first in Riding Hood Red and then in Memento Tuxedo Black and for the leaves I used Old Olive and Memento Tuxedo Black.

For the inside of  the card I created the frame by stamping just the edge of  the Notably Ornate flourish frame  around the edges and also the bud of the roses. Again I used a dauber to just very lightly ink around the edges with the Tuxedo Black ink.

I have to be honest and say I am really happy with how this card ended up. I had no idea in the beginning what I was going to create and this just sort of evolved. I did end up getting a bit carried away in the end and even stamped the envelope.

Ok that's enough of my card, lol!!

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Simply Create Too - Love Is In the Air

Wags 'n Whiskers - Valentines/Love

Paper Creations Ink - Love/Romance

Did you happen to get the chance to check out last week's Make It Monday linky party? Wow, there were so many amazing entries linked up, 236 to be exact. That is some serious inspiration, let me tell you!

This week's Make It Monday linky party #74 is now open.

Our sponsor this week is the wonderful 

Store

They are offering a fabulous prize this week of a $10 gift voucher.

To be in with a chance to win this prize all you need to do is comment on one of the entries in this week's Make it Monday linky party. Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Head on over now and check out the amazing cards the talented Design Team have created to share with you this week.

Now, here's the hard part..........

Choosing just one entry from last week to feature as my favourite.

Well  I know this lady was chosen as our featured blogger over at MIM this week too but I really just couldn't go past her amazing layout.

Celeste from Gerogirl The Paper Princess

created this absolute stunner

I mean seriously, look at those beautiful hand made flowers!

Head on over to Celeste's blog to see them in more detail.

Thank you for sharing with us Celeste.

Come on, join us this week for another fun linky party. Take a tour around the amazing blogs that link up and share you latest creation with us too. You can even share an older post with us if you like. Maybe you have an all time favourite you would like to shed some light on once again.

See you there!

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #59

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Hi MIM fans!

Here we at Monday again already!

I'm really finding that the weeks are just speeding past now. I think since I made the step up to working three days a week  I feel like I am chasing my tail with everything! I take my hat off to all the Mums who work full time. I could certainly take some time management lessons from you!

Still it is only a few weeks (seven, but whos counting, lol) till the end of the school year and I plan to use the six week school break as an opportunity to re organise myself.

I did manage to find some time earlier in the week to get my card made for Make It Monday.

I have used the "Happy Moments" stamp set from Stampin' U! and have coloured with my Copics.

Make It Monday #59 is now open

and this week we are sponsored by

http://www.mymumscraftshop.co.uk/

who are generously offer a £10 Gift Voucher to their store for the winning commenter this week.

To be in with a chance of winning this fab prize all you have to do is leave a little blog love for an entrant on this week's Make It Monday linky party. Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM.The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Ok now, on to my favourite entry from last week.............

Suzanne J Dean

with this fabulous boy's card

How awesome is this card, I ask you?!!

Suzanne is an extremely talented lady and always makes the most beautiful cards. She is actually the main reason I ventured in to using copics over a year ago. Her blog was one of the first ones I came across when I started blogging and I was always blown away by her amazing colouring skills.

Please swing past Suzanne's blog and say hi, let her know you saw her here.

Thank you for sharing with us Suzanne!

This weeks MIM linky party is now open. The Design Team have come up with some positively gorgeous cards to get you all inspired.

Please come along and join in the fun.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #49 with Ladybug Crafts Ink and a DT call

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Hi MIM fans

Thanks for swinging by my blog today.

What a fabulous weekend we've just had. Hubby and took our boys on a little hike yesterday, their first one and the first one I have done in quite a while. It was 6.4km round trip (mainly up hill) to check out a gorgeous waterfall.

I'm certainly feeling it today, LOL. The best part is that this beautiful place is just a ten minute drive from our house!

Ok, let's move on to the Make It Monday linky party now.

Wow, you guys are amazing! Week after week you keep that creativity coming. The Design Team and I absolutley love coming to visit you and checking out your gorgeous creations.

For my card this week I decided to make a smaller gift card using this sweet "Ruby Fairy" image from our sponsor.

Isn't she just the sweetest little fairy?!

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful

Kerry from Ladybug Crafts Ink

Kerry is generously offering the winning commentor a stamp of their choice to the value of £6.50

There are some really awesome new stamps available over at Ladybug Crafts Ink including the new range of Christmas Jack and Robin.

To be in with a chance of winning this fab prize all you have to do is leave a little blog love for an entrant on this week's Make It Monday linky party. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

 

Let's see who I picked this week as my favourite from last week's entries...

 

I had a really tough time choosing a favourite this week spend ages agonising between two really fabulous entries and in the end picked this one from

 

Deonna from For The Love Of Cardmaking

 

 

Seriously, how fab is this?!

 

Thanks for sharing this with us Deonna!

 

Oh boy, what a long post this has turned out to be. Just one more thing before I got and that is to give you the heads up on the Design Team call happening over at Make It Monday this week.

 

If you think you might be interested in getting in on all the fun check out the Make It Monday blog for all the details.

 

Thanks you for stopping by today.

 

I look forward to seeing what you have made this week.

 

Michelle :o)

Make It Monday #48 - with Delicious Doodles

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Whoah, ok now this is just getting silly!!

Yesterday was Friday right? No, really? It was Sunday? Wow, that must mean today is Monday.

Boy, that seems to be coming round quicker every week!

Good news is however that it is Make It Monday time again.

So many amazing entries last week, did you get to see them? The creativity was definitely flowing, there were some fab tutorials in amongst them all too.

Congratulations to the featured blogger and winning commenter.

My favourite pick for the week is featured at the end of this post.

This week we are sponsored by the fantastic Delicious Doodles and I have used their "Vase Of Roses" image for my card today.

Image is coloured with Copics and I have embossed the image panal with an embossing folder from SU but the name escapes me at the moment.

This week we are sponsored by the wonderful

Delicious Doodles - http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com/

You will find a fabulous range of Digi images over at Delicious Doodles. There is something there for any occassion.

The lovely Teri is offer a fabulous prize of

4 digi images of winners choic

to the winning commentor this week.all you have to do to be in the running to win this fantastic prize is leave a comment for an entry in the Make It Monday linky party. Be sure to mention you saw their entry on Make It Monday.The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

Now, let me show you who I chose to feature this week from last weeks linky party

This is an incredibly difficult choice to make but in the end I decided on

This card by Linda

Please head on over to Linda's blog to see it in more glorious detail.

Thank you for sharing with us at Make It Monday Linda!

Thank you for stopping by today. I look forward to seeing YOUR creations over at Make It Monday this week.

Michelle :o)

 

Mad For Markers - New Challenge - Pink and Yellow

Hi there Copic fans!!

Can you believe it is Thursday again already?! Now that we are in to July it's like a down hill run, I'm sure the days are just going faster!

I'm here today with a card to share with you that will hopefully get you all inspired to take part in the current challenge over at Mad For Markers.

We want to see your pretty PINK AND YELLOW creations.

Sammi is offering a couple of Copic Markers to the winning entry ( Pink and Yellow of course!)

For my card I have used a fabulous image from Kenny K called Download Diva.

I'm loving the pale pink and yellow but gee, it was tough to photograph! It really does look so much better in real life.

click on image for a better view

Pretty yellow crochet flowers are from my friend Helen over at Let's Create.

Copics used were

Skin - E000, E00, E11 and R20

Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26 and Y28

Shirt and Socks - C1, Y21 and Y23

Jeans and Shoes - R81, R83, R85 and C1

Ground - E33, E31 and E30

Shading around image - B0000, B000, B00

I'm entering my card in to the following challenges:

Diva's By Design - Pastels

The current Mad For Markers challenge is open now and the fabulously talented Design Team have already posted some stunning creations to get you all inspired over on the Mad For Markers challenge blog. Hop on over there now and check them out.

For all your Copic and related supplies head on over to Mad For Markers online store.

Mad For Markers post to Australia and New Zealand and stock a large range of Copic Markers, Blending Card, Masking Paper etc.

You can also check out the store blog and challenge blog for tips, tutorials and inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by today

Michelle :o)