Sunday Scrap - Puppy Love.

Oh no, something went wrong with my pre scheduling of my post yesterday. So it's one day late this week. I had a busy and fun day yesterday making Christmas craft with the kids in my family. I didn't realise the post didn't work until I received a text from Christine. Thanks Christine.

Hi, this weeks page is of Rebecca and our new Puppy Scruff. Well he was new in the photo's, he is now 6 years old and still full of mischief.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: I (Heart) Hearts, Dotted Lines Wheel
Card: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Pink Pirouette
DSP: Elegant Soiree
Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Punches: 3/4" circle, small heart, scallop trim border
Accessories: Pink Pirouette ribbon, Jewels-Rhinestone
Tools: Big Shot-Timeless Type Jnr Alpha

Hope you have a Scrappy Sunday.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Sunday Scrap - Big Blow.

Hi, Happy Sunday. For today's Scrap Page I've used this weeks sketch challenge #214 from Pencil Lines. I just discovered Pencil Lines the international sketch challenge blog this week. With designers from all over the world I'm sure to get plenty of inspiration. This weeks sketch was designed by the super talented Laura Vegas. This sketch was great for me as I struggle a bit with multiple photos.

And here is my page. Zach again, the camera just loves him, having a bubble bath.

I've used Vellum circles to represent the bubbles and the Extreme Elements stamp set in the background. The Vellum bubbles are really good for covering up .... things. You know what I mean!



Recipe (All Products are from Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Defining Alphabet, Extreme Elements, Dotted Lines Wheel
Card: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Vellum
DSP: Elegant Soiree
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Punches: 1/2", 3/4" 1 1/4", 1 3/8" circles, scallop circle
Accessories: baja breeze ribbon, linen thread

That's it from me today, have a great Sunday.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Sunday Scrap - Up, Up & Away.

I finally got some Scraping time. Today's page is of Alex when he was 3 years old, as most 3 year olds he loved to dress up and his Super Man costume was one of his favorites. There is not much stamping on this page just the Dotted Lines Wheel I rolled onto the metal edge tag. The Dotted Lines Wheel is excellent for Journaling.

Recipe

Stamp: Dotted Lines Wheel

Card: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Daffadil Delight, Real Red

Ink" Daffodil Delight

Punches: word window, 1 3/8" circle

Accessories: Pacific Point ribbon, silver Jumbo brad, metal edge tag

Tools: Big Shot-Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Timeless Type Jnr Alphabet dies

Have a super Sunday.

Sharing my Passion

Leah

JAI #43

The challenge over at Just Add Ink this week is Just Add Christmas. This is a Christmas card I made using up left over bits. I have rolled the Contempo Wheel in VersaMark then heat embossed with a mixture of clear embossing powder and dazzling diamonds. This looks very effective and is quite quick to make.

Make sure you head over to Just Add Ink to check out the amazing cards made by the design team. You will be inspired.

Recipe

Stamp Sets: Contempo Christmas, Contempo Wheel

Card: Real Red, Very Vanilla

DSP: Jolly Holiday

Ink: VersaMark,

Markers: Old Olive, Real Red

Punches: Ornament, Scallop Trim Border

Accessories: Real Red brads, ribbon, clear embossing powder, dazzling diamonds, buddy

Tools: heat tool, wheel guide

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Sharing my Passion

Leah

Baby Tees.

Wow it's Thursday already.

I'd like to wish my very good friend Christine a very Happy Birthday today. I hope you have a fantastic day.

No, this isn't the card I made for Christine. She would freak out if I did. :) I want to keep Christine's card a surprise for her. This is a cute baby card using the Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel. I just wheeled along Whisper White card and coloured in with Stampin' Write markers. Then add some ribbon and a few rows of different colours punched with the Scallop Edge Border punch.

Two of my kids teachers are pregnant, but we just found out they are both having boys. So Ill have to make some boy baby cards now.

Have a great day.
Sharing my Passion.

Leah

Poppin Pastels.

Hi, hope you all had a great weekend. We went to my nieces soccer game, it was so good to get out in the sunshine and fresh air, they won 6-nil. I also got lots of stampin done, I've been playing with my new goodies. So much fun.

Today I'm going to show you a card we made at a workshop a while back, just found it in my photo file. It's using the Poppin' Pastels technique with the Always in Bloom wheel. We inked the wheel with VersaMark ink and wheeled it across the white card then using daubers added colour with the Stampin Pastels. This technique is really fun because you don't really know what it will look like until your finished. The greeting and beautiful butterfly are from the Great Friend stamp set, which is making a come back in the new Catalogue.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Great Friends, Always in Bloom wheel
Card: Kraft, Cameo Coral, Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Choc chip
Punch: corner rounder, photo corner
Accessories: Choc Chip ribbon, silver brads, daubers, Stampin' Pastels

Enjoy.

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Leah

Mr & Mrs.

Hi, another weekend over. For me it was a busy one with a Wedding, a big family bbq and relies staying with us. Lots of fun but I did need to have a rest day today.

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Here is the Wedding card I made, using the Together Forever stamp set with the coordinating wheel Forever Flowers. My inspiration for this card came from the Wedding invitation which is a similar shape to the top note die.

The inside.

Recipe

Stamp Sets: Together Forever, Forever Flowers wheel

Card: Choc Chip, Kraft, Naturals Ivory

Ink: Choc chip

Tools: Big Shot-top note die, wheel guide, dauber, stamp a ma jig, blender pen

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I tried really hard to fit some ribbon on there, I love ribbon, but it just didn't need it.

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Leah

Friends 24-7.

Hi, isn't this week going fast! It's Zach's 3rd birthday today and I didn't get to make his card yet. I'm going to have a fun craft day with friends tomorrow so I'm hoping to get it made then, if I don't chat too much. I also need a Wedding card for Saturday so I better get my act into gear.

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I'm so excited, my 55 Chev card made it to the Top Pick over at Just Add ink. Thanks so much for all your fabulous comments. They are much appreciated.

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Ok today I have a card I made a little while ago using the Friends 24-7 stamp set. Don't we all love this set! The main image has been stamped twice and looks a bit fuzzy in the photo so don't think you need to get your eye sight checked. The background was wheeled with the Friendly Words wheel. I also wheeled the die cut blooms and scrunched then up a bit. I really like how this card looks.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words wheel
Card: Choc chip, Kraft, Very Vanilla, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Choc chip, Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette
Punches: 1" circle
Tools: mat pack & tool, stamp a ma jig, wheel guide
Accessories: Die Cut Blooms Again, Pink pirouette ribbon, dauber

Have a Fabulous Friday.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Medallion - Emboss Resist.

Hi, hope your all having a great weekend. My Internet is on go slow again today so it's taking me forever to do this post. I've had lots going on with my new baby nephew being born and my sister in-law and her children staying with us. It's so great that they are here, we don't get to see them very much as they live so far away.

We had great fun on Friday night with the Passion 4 Paper girls coming over to have a play with the new toys/products in the Autumn-Winter Mini. It's always great to get together with the girls. Thanks Christine for making us Susi, so yummy. And thank you to Julie for the fantastic DVD you made for us, the DVD cover is just gorgeous. I'll show you next time.

But now I have a card to show you, that we made at Amanda's yesterday. Using the new Medallion stamp. I think this is my favorite stamp in the Autumn-Winter mini and the new wheel Very Vintage. We used the emboss resist technique where we wheeled across the whisper white card then clear embossed the Medallion over the top, then using the brayer covered the whole card with Rich Razzelberry ink. (one of the new colours) Then wiped off the extra ink with a tissue. allowing the Very Vintage pattern to show through. Very cool! We finished the card off with coordinating Rich Razzelberry ribbon, silver brads and used the Big Shot with the Sizzlits 4-pack dies for the greeting.

Here is a close up.

Some of the girls made their card in Melon Mambo another new colour which looked just as stunning.


Recipe
Stamps: Medallion, Very Vintage wheel, Short & Sweet/Warm Words
Card: Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White
Ink: VersaMark, Rich Razzelberry
Tools: Big Shot, Sizzlits 4 pack dies, brayer, heat tool
Punch: oval
Accessories: clear embossing powder, buddy, Rich Razzelberry ribbon, silver brads, dimenionals

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Leah

Inkspirations Colour Challenge #20.

Makessha has again picked gorgeous colours for her Colour Challenge #20 this week. I've used lots of new products in this card, the extra-large two-step bird punch, Big Shot ovals originals die and perfect polka dots impression embossing folder, the Very Vintage wheel. I'm having lots of fun playing with my new toys.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Very Vintage Wheel, Whimsical Words(SAB)
Ink: Choc Chip
Card: Choc chip, Creamy Caramel, Very Vanilla, Brocade Blue
Punches: extra large Two-step Bird
Tools: Big Shot- Ovals originals die, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Embossing Folder
Accessories: choc chip ribbon, jumbo brads very vanilla, daubers, 2 way glue pen, dimensionals
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I know who this card is being sent to!
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Leah

Spring Floral

Here is the other card we made yesterday. The only stamping on this one is with the Spring Floral wheel. We used it three ways, with VersaMark on the front of the card, with pink Pirouette on the inside and heat embossed on the ribbon. Did you know you can heat emboss on ribbon? So cool! I love the effect of the white embossing powder on the Pink Pirouette ribbon. The photo doesn't do it justice. That cute flower is made from 3 scallop circles. Amazingly I only saw it in the Idea Book & Catalogue this week. I don't know how many times I've looked through the catalogue and didn't see it. :) If you haven't spotted it yet it's on page 34 in the top left of the page.

Recipe
Wheel: Spring Floral
Ink: VersaMark, Pink Pirouette
Card: Kraft, Whisper White
DSP: Patterns Pink Pirouette
Punches: scallop circle, eyelet boarder, 1 1/4" circle ( for the back of the flower)
Tools: wheel guide, mat pack & tool, heat tool
Accessories: silver brads, white embossing powder, buddy


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Leah

Here for You.

A quick post today. I really love this card using the Friends 24-7 stamp set with the Friendly Words wheel. The colours are choc chip, pink pirouette, Kraft and very vanilla. Inked around the edgers with a bit of distressing.

One day left to enter the Colour coach Challenge. You have until 9.00pm to get your entry in.

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Leah

Merry Christmas.

Wow what a crazy week, I'm finally all organized for Christmas. Just in time too.

I want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a safe, fun Holiday Season.

I want to show you quickly (because I have to go to bed before Santa comes) the cute sleigh I made for the Passion 4 Paper girls. I couldn't believe my luck when I found the chocolate reindeer just the right size for the sleigh.

And here are some of the projects we made at the Christmas Class last Saturday. It was such a great day. Thank you again to the ladies that attended.

Sharing my Passion

Leah

Butterfly Prints.

I love butterfly's and could not resist the new stamp set Butterfly Prints in the Summer Mini and the coordinating butterfly punch. (so gorgeous) Carlyn and the girls loved playing with this set too.

Recipe
Stamp Sets : Butterfly Prints, So Swirly (wheel)
Card: Sahara Sand, Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White
Ink : VersaMark, Baja Breeze, Not quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss
Punches: eyelet boarder, wide oval, butterfly
Accessories: wheel guide, silver brads, stamp a ma jig, ribbon


Sharing my Passion
Leah

Photo Frame.

This is a 8 x 8 photo frame using the Friendly Words wheel. I love how this turned out. The photo is of my Grandparents on there wedding day many years ago. I used daubers to ink around the edgers for dimension and also rolled on the die cut flowers. I inked an uninked catridge with choc chip ink refill to make a choc chip catridge for the wheel. To finish off I added a few half pearls.

Recipe
Stamps : Friendly Words wheel
Ink : choc chip
Card : kraft, choc chip, very vanilla
Accessories: wheel guide, daubers, Die Cut-Blooms Again, Pretties Kit-half pearls, ribbon-pretty in pink, Flower Fusion Too-felt flower, mini glue dots


Thanks for stopping by.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Poppin Pastels with Wheels.

We had lots of fun playing with wheels at a recent workshop. This is the card we made using the Always in Bloom wheel with the Poppin Pastels technique. I love using wheels, you can do so many different things with a wheel. We used the wheel to make the background, rolled with VersaMark ink then added colour with the Stampin' Pastels.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Always in Bloom Wheel, Great Friend
Ink : VersaMark, Choc Chip, Cameo Coral
Markers: Cameo Coral, Summer sun
Card: Kraft, Cameo Coral, Choc Chip, Whisper White
Punches : corner rounder, photo corner
Accessories: Stampin' Pastels, daubers, silver brads, stamp a ma jig, double stitched grosgrain ribbon Choc Chip

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Leah

Mojo Monday 106

This card is for Mojo Monday 106 sketch challenge. There is a lot happening in this card but it kinda works. There is heat embossing, distressing and wheeling. The stamp set is Friends 24-7, the wheel is Friendly Words and also the Cute & Curly stamp set.

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Do these colours look familiar.... they are the colours from my challenge this month. Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White. There is still time to enter check for the details here. Entries close at 7.00pm Brisbane time tomorrow.

Recipe

Stamp Sets: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words Wheel. Cute & Curly

Ink: VersaMark, Stazon Black, Basic Black cartridge

Card: Basic black, Real Red, Whisper White

Punches: oval, curly label, designer label

Accessories: Clear & Black embossing powder, buddy, heat tool, wheel guide, dauber, clear button, white taffeta ribbon, mini glue dot, dimensionals

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Leah

Purse Box.

Here is a cute purse box. I really like making these. With this one I clear embossed flowers on the top, punched a strip of white card with the eyelet boarder punch then ran it through the crimper. Love how this looks. I put a bit of crystal effects on the brad and then dabbed it into dazzling diamonds. Recipe
Stamps: So Swirly Wheel, Baroque Motifs (embossed flower)
Card: pink pirouette, riding hood red, whisper white
Ink: riding hood red, versamark
Punches: eyelet boarder, 5 petal flower, 1/2" circle,3/4" circle
Accessories: riding hood red taffeta ribbon, white grosgrain ribbon, crimper, wheel guide, crystal effects, dazzling diamonds, clear embossing powder, buddy

Thanks for checking in today.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Wedding Pocket Card.

Wow what a huge weekend we've had. We had a family wedding on Saturday (my Hubby side), so lots of family had arrived from all over, with three groups staying at our house. Lucky we have a big house. On Sunday we had a bbq with most of the wedding guests, it was so great to spend time with everyone. It's not often we have so many of the family in the same place at the same time. When I sort through the photo's I'll put some up to show you. My boys looked so handsome in their suits and although Rebecca didn't wear a dress she still looked gorgeous.

So here is the Wedding card I made for the bride and groom. A Pocket Card using the So Swirly wheel and the Together Forever stamp set with silver embossing. I love how this card works. In the mad rush of getting 6 of us ready for the wedding I asked my Hubby to write on the card, he picked it up and said "but where do I write?" men :) I also had Alex's subject selection for senior that day and we didn't get home until 1.45pm with us having to be ready by 3.00pm it got a bit crazy, but we made it on time all looking very glamours.

So we have being having late nights with lots of talking and lots of cuppa's while every one's here. Our last group of house guests will be leaving for NZ tomorrow :( so then we'll be able to get some sleep. But it is so wonderful to have them here and I haven't had to cook a thing for days.

It's Alex's birthday today he is now 15. I am so proud of him, of the man he is becoming and the decisions he is making about his future. My baby is all grown up. He shares his birthday with my sister/best friend. Happy birthday to you both.

Life really is Beautiful.

Leah

Friends Scrap Page

It's Friday already, It's only a few more days until the kids go back to school. Yeh! Don't get me wrong, I do love having the extra time to spend with them and the sleeping in is wonderful, they just wanta eat all the time and it seems like a lot more house work needs to be done when their home. You know what I mean! Little Zach will miss them terribly when they go back.

So I finally got some computer time. Today I have a 8x8 scrap page to show you featuring the gorgeous Friends 24-7 stamp set, Friendly Words Wheel, the new eyelet boarder punch and die cut flowers Blooms Again. I wheeled the Friendly Words wheel over the die cut flower then scrunched it up and inked the edgers to give it a distressed look. I really like this effect. Then I used the eyelet border punch for the strip above the DSP and also to make a sweet corner for the bird image. We had a lot of fun making this at Lisa's.

Recipe

Stamp Sets: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words wheel

Ink: VersaMark, creamy caramel, not quite navy

Card: kraft, not quite navy, very vanilla

DSP: Bella Blue

Punches: eyelet boarder, oval, large oval

Accessories: die cut Blooms Again, silver brads, kraft taffeta ribbon

I better go and check on the kiddies and see what their getting into. It's very quite, too quite....

Thanks for checking in.