19th Birthday Card.

Yes another male card. My oldest son turned 19 this week, all my kids have their birthdays really close together which makes for a busy couple of months and lots of cake. 19 is such a great age to be, lots of independence with not much responsibility. I tried to reflect in this card the passing of time while enjoying being 19 and to make the most of this time of his life.

Stamps set used in this card are Clockworks, Memorable Moments, Oh Goddie and Off the Grid. DSP Soho Subway. Colours used Basic Black, Island Indigo, Pool Party. Other products are Chalk Talk framelits, 1 1/4" circle punch, Gold embossing powder (watch), Pool Party embossing powder (grid), bakers twine, rhinestone and smooch spritz.

Have a great Friday Friends.

Sharing my Passion.

Leah

Giggle Greetings.

Morning, how cute is this puppy in the Giggle Greetings stamp set. :)

I am entering this card into the Sunny Challenges & Creations 084/14 Challenge which this fortnight is MALE and using the sketch from Mojo Monday 304.  Click on the links to check out the design team's creations and to enter yourself.

I heat embossed the cute puppy image with Early Espresso embossing powder onto water colour paper then water coloured with Crumb Cake, Burnt Brown Sugar and Real Red ink, added googlie eyes and cut out with the Circles Collection Framelits. DSP is Soho Subway. There is also a bit of spritzing on the background, a button, bakers twine and red candy dots.

Have a great day.

Sharing my Passion

Leah

JAI 78

I needed a card for my brothers birthday and the colours in this weeks JAI 78 challenge suited very well for a man card. The colours are Not Quite navy, Sahara Sand, Choc Chip and Certainly Celery, I quite like this colour combo.  Stamp sets used are Motorcycle, Extreme Elements and Noteably Ornate.

If you haven't checked out the retiring list yet click on the tab above, next to the home tab.

Thanks

Sharing my Passion

Leah



Tool Box for Dad.

Hi, Happy Sunday and Happy Fathers Day. Since it's fathers Day today instead of showing you a Scrap Page I thought I would show you this fantastic Tool Box designed by my talented friend and fellow demonstrator, Julie Hansen, Stampin Up Jewls. Julie showed us how to make this at our last group meeting. Isn't she clever!

Jamie has filled this one with a mini screw driver set and some chocolates for his Dad.

I made this next one for Jamie to store is tools in.

I also made quite a few Real Red tool boxes for the school Father Day stall. They looked pretty good. Sorry no photo as I only had 4 days notice to make them. Someone is not very good at giving me notes from school.

Anyway I hope you all have a fantastic day today.

Sharing my Passion.

Leah

Another Shirt & Tie Card.

Another card for Dad or the man in your life, much the same as the one I posted on Tuesday ( click here to see or scroll down) but a little bit fancy. Using Rhinestone brads and Jumbo eyelets. These are so fun and easy to make.

Sharing my Passion.

Leah

Shirt & Tie card.

With Fathers Day not far away, here is a Shirt & Tie card just perfect for a Father of any age. Or brother, son, uncle, any male really. The shirt is Baja Breeze with the tie folded DSP Urban Oasis. A couple of brads in the collar and a paperclip for a tie clip.

I'm so excited, I can't wait for the release of the new Idea Book & Catalogue tomorrow. Woo Hoo!


Sharing my Passion
Leah

55 Chev.

Hi, this is a card I made for my brother for his birthday. He loves old cars and has spent many years building his pink 55 Chev. The base of the car is made with the Top Note die and clear embossed, adding a bit of dazzling diamonds while still hot. To give it a metallic look, just like my brothers car.

Challenge #26 this week at Just Add Ink is Just Add Embossing, so this card fits in well for the challenge.

The photo's not great but you can kind of get the idea.

This card was inspired by a swap I received at Convention by Kaylene Schultz. Unfortunately I have been unable to find a blog or web site for her.

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Recipe

Stamp Set: Simple Serif Alpha & Numbers

Card: Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Brushed Metallic Silver, Whisper White

DSP: Urban Oasis

Ink: VersaMark, Stazon Black

Punches: 1/2", 3/4", 1" circles, corner rounder, word window, designer label, horizontal slot

Tools: Big Shot-top note die, heat tool

Accessories: clear embossing powder, dimensionals, 2 way glue pen

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Have a great weekend.

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Sharing my Passion

Leah

Sunday Scrap

Hi hope your all enjoying the weekend. Today's Sunday Scrap page is from a scrap sketch challenge not so long ago at ESAD which is an online group for Stampin' Up! demonstrators. This page is of Alex on his 14th birthday pulling funny faces. He has changed so much since he was 3. I had lots of fun with the Big Shot on this page.

Here is a close up of the ribbon.

Recipe

Card: Kraft, Basic Black

DSP: Urban Oasis

Stampin' Write Journaler: Basic Black

Tools: Big shot- Top Note die, Sizzlits 4pk dies, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet
Accessories: Riding Hood Red ribbon,

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'.

Sharing my Passion

Leah

Poppin' my Pastels.

Hi, here is another card using the Poppin' Pastels technique, I've been having lots of fun poppin' my pastels lately. :) I've used the beautiful bird from the Friends 24-7 stamp set with the Sanded background stamp and the Sale A Bration set Vintage Labels. Love it. Only a couple of weeks left to get your FREE Sale A Bration set when you order $100 in Stampin' Up! products. Sale A Bration ends 31st March.

Recipe
Stamps Sets: Friends 24-7, Sanded, Vintage Labels
Card: Choc Chip, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla
Ink: VersaMark, Choc Chip
Punches: Curly Label
Accessories:Stampin' Pastels, dauber, Jumbo brads 5/16, Choc Chip ribbon, mat pack & tool.

Hope you have a great day.

Sharing my Passion.
Leah

Pop's Birthday.

It was my Father In-Law's birthday yesterday and as usual I didn't have a card for him, so I had to whip this up before breakfast. Not to bad... The stars are from my new set Spotlight on Christmas, the "POP" is Lovely Letters Alphabet and the DSP is Urban Oasis.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Lovely Letters Alphabet, Spotlight on Christmas, A Little Birthday Cheer
Card: Basic Gray, Sahara Sand, Whisper White
DSP: Urban Oasis
Ink: Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Kiwi Kiss
Punches: star, 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" square, word window
Accessories: corduroy brad, mat pack & tool, dimensionals

Sharing my Passion
Leah

KWerner Colour Inspiration # 48

When I saw the colours in Kristina's challenge this week I knew they were perfect for a male card. And since I missed my brother in-laws birthday last week I thought I better make a card for him. I went straight to the Cheers to You stamp set because he does love a beer. This set is great for male cards.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Cheers to you, Sanded background
Ink: choc chip, kiwi kiss, baja breeze
Card: whisper white, baja breeze, kiwi kiss, choc chip
DSP: Good Morning Sunshine
Punches: round tab, 13/8" circle, scallop circle, small square (retired)
Accessories: blender pen, vintage brads, dazzling diamonds, piercing mat & tool

I've just missed the deadline for Kristina's challenge, but at least my brother in-law knows we are thinking of him.

Have a happy Wednesday.

Nerine's Tuesday Layout Challenge

Not happy with this card for Nerine's Layout this week. I think the

chipboard tag is too big and the rub-on greeting is too small. I think if I get time I'll have another go because I really like the layout. To enter Nerine's challenge click here.

Recipe
Stamp Set : Boho Backgrounds
Ink : really rust, choc chip
DSP : Outlaw (retiring list)
Card : choc chip, really rust, very vanilla
Punches: scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle
Accessories : On Board Accents, Rub-ons Cherished Memories, sanding block, double stitched ribbon choc chip, hemp twine, jumbo eyelet pewter, crop a dile

Mel's Weekly Challenge #8

Mel's Challenge this week is using this photo as our inspiration with the colours choc chip, more mustard, ruby red & whisper white. I think it's a fantastic colour combination but my photo not so good. I made this card for my Uncle who is turning 65 soon. I've used quite a few stamp sets with this card which I don't usually do. But it works.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: All Scallops new, Sanded background, A Little Birthday Cheer, Say it with Scallops new
Ink: choc chip, more mustard
Card: choc chip, more mustard, whisper white
DSP: ginger blossom new
Punches: scallop square new, scallop edge new, 1 1/4" square
Accessories: 1" double stitched ribbon choc chip new, hemp twine, jumbo eyelet, crop a dile, white embossing powder, buddy, heat tool, stamp a ma jig, dimensionals

Thanks Mel for an other great inspirational challenge.

Mel's Accessory Challenge

This week Mel's challenge is to incorporate piercing and accessories. As it's was my Father In-laws birthday yesterday, ( with no card in sight) I decided to use his card in Mel's challenge. Does that make sense?

I've inked a piece of chipboard with River Rock, the colour changed a lot on the chipboard, then stamped "make a wish" in Blue Bayou, and clear embossed the whole piece three times. The background is the Baroque background stamp. I used the cutter kit to ruff up the River Rock card and inked the edgers with Always Artichoke.

The photo's not very good, it's raining here today. But belive me it does look really good.

Recipe
Stamp Sets : Baroque background, A Little Birthday Cheer
Ink : Blue Bayou, River Rock, Always Artichoke
Card : Whisper White, Blue Bayou, River Rock
Accessories : On Board Accents, clear emboss powder, double stitched ribbon River Rock, Piecing tool and mat, stamp a ma jig, cutter kit, vintage brads

I almost forgot to tell you, I won Mel's last challenge. Very excited!!! She's now holding her challenges weekly, so I will try my best to play along each week, no promises. You can check out her blog here.

Happy school holidays.

Boho Friend Wheel

The boys all went to the football today (rugby league, the real football) so I thought the girls should do something fun too. What can be more fun than shopping, lunch then a chick flick? (besides stamping of course) Nothing I can think of! So my daughter Rebecca and I headed for the shopping centre. We went into all the shops the boys don't like. And the movie we saw was Mamma Mia. Fantastic, we both loved it. It's so good spending time together, away from the boys, to do girl stuff. We'll have to do it more often. Must check paper for the next day game. lol

I made this card when I was making the cards for the Stamp A Stack Cards for Men. It's much the same except I used the Boho Friend wheel instead of the background stamp. And I stitched around the DSP. I'm going to give it to my Father in-law for Fathers Day tomorrow. I'm loving the Outlaw DSP.

I will announce the winner of the punch competition on Wednesday so you still have time to enter here.

I am thinking of starting a monthly challenge. Their so much fun. Let me know what you think.

Keep on Stampin'

Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday alright, I slept nearly all day. I guess I needed to catch up after my busy week. I so love lazing around on Sundays.

For those of you who couldn't make it to the Stamp A Stack on Saturday, this is what you missed out on. We had a really fun afternoon with plenty of Tim Tams. OK, I'll put the recipe below for you.


Recipe
Stamp Sets : Sanded background, Classic Backgrounds, Everyday Flexible Phrases
Ink : Choc Chip,
Card : Very Vanilla, Choc Chip, Sage Shadow, Really Rust
DSP : Outlaw (love it)
Punches : scallop circle, star, 1 1/4 "& 3/4" circle
Accessories : taffeta ribbon Choc Chip

All in the Family

This is the card I made for Alex for his 14th birthday. He was my first baby and no matter how tall he gets he will always be my baby. Actually his height and strength come in handy quite often.

Recipe

Stamp Sets : All in the Family, A Little Birthday Cheer

Ink : Choc Chip

Stampin' Write Markers : Sage Shadow, Really Rust, Close to Cocoa, Blossom Blush (cheeks)

Card : Very Vanilla, Choc Chip

Punches : Star, 13/8" & 11/4" circles

Accessories : DSP Outlaw, Crop A Dile, eyelet, Taffeta ribbon Choc Chip

Happy Stampin'

Boho for Boys

With so many girls in my family it was good to make a male card for a change. With just a strip of Designer Series Paper - Outlaw, and the scallop circle punch and a couple of brads, too easy! I've inked the edges and did a bit of paper piecing to finish it off. I quite like it.

Recipe
Stamps: Boho Backgrounds, Sincere Salutations
Ink: Choc Chip, Mellow Moss
Card: Choc Chip, Mellow Moss, Very Vanilla
Punches: scallop circle punch, 3.5cm & 2.5cm circle punch
Accessories: Sliver brads, Crafters tool kit, stamp-a-ma-jig, Designer Series Paper Outlaw

Boho Backgrounds is my new favourite set, I love it. You've properly noticed that I use punches a lot. The Stampin' Up! punches are made by EK Success and are the best. I have a large collection of punches from different company's and the Stampin' Up! punches are the best. I can punch through card easily without straining my hand and wrist. Love em!

Happy Punching

Leah