Happy Australia Day!

Hi everyone, today in Australia it's Australia Day. A public holiday to celebrate what a wonderful country we live in. And I do feel very lucky to be living in the magnificent country. It's so good to see so many flags on cars and houses. My niece even has an Australian hat and wears it proudly. So today we will be celebrating in typical Aussie style by having a bbq and lazing around my sisters pool.

Tonight I will be posting the winner of my monthly challenge #4 so check back to see all the amazing creations. You still have time if you want to enter just leave a comment with a link to your card or email it to me. Easy!

Have a fantastic Australia Day.

More Polka Dots

Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge #3. This week Makeesha's challenge is to use the picture of the gorgeous flowers as our inspiration. I choose the Polka Dot Punches Sale-A-Bration set, I love this stamp set it can be used in so many ways.

I had lots of fun with this challenge, thanks Keesha.

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Polka Dot Punches, Sanded background, Simple Serif Alphabet & Numbers
Colours: Ruby Red, Sage Shadow, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Whisper White
Punches: 5 petal flower, 1/2" & 3/4" circle
Accessories: soft sky double stitched ribbon, vintage brads, hemp twine, dimensionals, mat pack

You can check out all the other amazing creations here.

K I S S

I decided to " Keep It Simple S..... " for Kristina"s Colour Inspiration #39. Partly because it's so hot I can't think and because these colours look stunning on the black card. Don't you think!

I've embossed the flower from the Polka Dot Punches Sale-A-Bration set twice on real red and once on green galore card with white embossing powder, then punching out with the 5 petal flower punch. Cutting off some green petals to use as leafs.

Quick, easy and simple.

I'm off to find a cool breeze.
Enjoy.

Mel's Challenge

I love Mel's Challenge this week, It was just what I needed to get me started with scrapping our holiday photos. We went to Rainbow Beach at the Sunshine Coast and it is just beautiful up there. I actually took some really good photos.

I tried to keep the page as natural as I could by keeping the chipboard raw and using natural colours. I did need to put a bit of red in there.

I really enjoyed this challenge and I'm now motivated to get rest of our holiday photos scraped.

Inkspirations Colour Challenge #3

Makeesha's challenge this week is a colour challenge. I was so excited when I saw Choc Chip was one of the colours. Love it. The others colours are Ruby Red, Blue Bayou and Very Vanilla. And Makeesha is right this colour combo works well.

I used the Hidden Garden Rub-Ons on this card, I really love these because there is one sheet of white and one of Choc Chip. So I used a Rub-On for the main image, the greeting and the little dots along the scalloped edge.

So here it is....

Recipe
Stamp Set: Eastern Bloom new
Ink: VersaMark
Card: Blue Bayou, Choc Chip, Ruby Red, Very Vanilla
DSP: Ginger Blossom new
Punches: scallop edge new, photo corner
Accessories: Rub-Ons Hidden Garden new, vintage brads, taffeta ribbon very vanilla, mini glue dot

One week till the kids go back to school. And counting. giggle

A New Challenge

Nerine, up in the NT has a great blog called Stampin Addiction. Thought I'd give her Tuesday Layout Challenge a go. I really like the simplicity of this layout, but I did change the circle to an oval. I used the Live Your Dreams stamp set with the DSP Afternoon tea.

I was thinking of a very lovely and special lady while I was making this and I feel so privileged to have meet her and thankful for being her friend. So this card is for you Robyn C, I think you would really like it. You will always have a place in my heart.

Recipe
Stamp Set: Live your Dream new
Ink: Groovy Guava, Wild Wasabi
Card: Groovy Guava, Choc Chip, Whisper White
DSP: Afternoon Tea new
Punches: oval, large oval, corner rounder
Accessories: double stitched ribbon choc chip new, vintage brads, cutter kit, dimensionals, paper snips

Jan Diary/Calender Page

Well here it is, this is what I've been working on this week and the sneak peak I gave you a few days ago. It's a diary/calender. After looking and looking at all the ones at the shop I decided it would be fun to make my own. And it was really fun.

I started with an On Board Art Journal, covered it with the yummy DSP Ginger Blossom then decorated. I tried to keep it flat because it will be going in and out of my bag a lot. When I'm at home it will stand nicely on my desk, so I shouldn't forget anything.

On the inside I have made a calender of the whole year.

This is the January page again trying to keep it flat. The Stamp set I've used here is Embrace Life from the Summer Mini Catalogue. See how it stands up by itself.

Here is the birthday page, so I won't forget any one's birthday. Getting the birthday card mailed on time is another matter.

My children saw what I was doing and wanted to make one too. We used card stock so they can be hung on their walls. We used the Crop A Dile to punch the holes though all the layers of card at the same time, so the holes would match up. Brilliant.

This is Rebecca's January page. She loves the Bail Breeze DSP.

And Jamie made this one. He picked bright summer colours. He is going to draw a picture on the top part. A work in progress.

If you would like to make your own diary/calender I am happy to do a class for you and your friends. Contact me at stampin.with.leah@live.com.au .

Now I'm off to make a start on the February page.

Colour Inspiration #38

I love the colours Kristina's picked for her Colour Inspiration #38. Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie & Whisper White. I've used lot of my favorite things on this card. My new favorite colour, Pumpkin Pie. My favorite Sale-A-Bration set, Polka Dot Punches. My favorite wheel, Lots of Dots. My favorite DSP, Bali Breeze. My favorite punch, Scallop edge. And my favorite felt flowers, Flower Fusion.

The Lots of Dots Wheel is embossed in white and a circle punched out to make the flower center. I think it looks cute. Anyway here it is.

Enjoy!

Recipe
Stamp Sets: Polka Dot Punches new Sale-A-Bration, So Many Sayings Hostess Set, Lots of Dots wheel
Ink: Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, VersaMark
Card: Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
DSP: Bali Breeze new
Punches: scallop edge, scallop circle, 3/4" circle, word window, corner rounder
Accessories: White embossing powder, buddy, heat tool, wheel guide, Hodge podge silver, felt flower new, grosgrain ribbon pumpkin pie