Scrapbook Boutique July Blog Hop and Inspirational Challenge

Hello,

Today I'm joining the girls from Scrapbook Boutique for the July Blog Hop and Inspirational Challenge, hope you'll join us for both.  

The Hop starts and ends at the Scrapbook Boutique Blog.  If you're following along you should have arrived from Sue K's  blog and when you leave me you hop over to Therese's Blog.

The hop is open for one week, closing at midday Tuesday 17th July. 

To be eligible to win the prize, leave a comment on each of the blogs, with the SB blog being the last one.  The random winner will be drawn from the  SB blog and announced on Wednesday18th.

Unfortunately the blog hop prize (and the inspiration challenge) are only open to anyone with an Australian mailing address.

I think you'll enjoy the prize this month from Penny Black   

BIG WISH

Why not play along with our regular monthly inspirational challenge.

   Make a project using the following picture as your inspiration and "make one for the boys" You could be the winner of a $30 gift voucher for Scrapbook Boutique.

(Link your project on the SB Blog before 31/7/12)

I had some fun with Distress ink markers for the main panel on my card.  

Just scribbling some ink to the back of an acrylic block and spritzing with water, then pressing to some watercolour card.  Love the way it blends the faded jeans and worn lipstick.  

Then I flicked some watered down faded jeans over the dried card and sponged some areas I'd masked with a heart shape. 

Next I added stamps from Prima Marketing Musicale stamp set.  

It's starting to take shape but I wanted to add a bit of sparkle, so sprayed some Mister Huey's Calico shine over the card and wrapped some silver twine, finishing it off at the back of the card.

My base card is 4.25" x 5.5" with a layer of embossed blue card. The  folder is Spellbinders 

M-Bossabilities - So Trendy.

A layer of gingham card from lilybee designs 'Double Dutch' followed by two banners hand cut from core'dinations card stock. 

I'm loving how much fun you can have with these new distress markers......Have you tried them yet?

Off you go to Therese's blog I'm sure her beautiful project will inspire you to join in.........

SBB - Prima Marketing - Clear Stamps - Musicale	SBB White Smooth Cardstock 12x12	SBB = 12 x 12 card stock in Blues (30 sheets)	SBB- core'dinations T.H. Distress Collection 12x12 pad
Lillybee Design - Double Dutch 6 x 6 tiny tablet	SBB - Fiskars Compact Stamp Press	SBB - Ranger Distress Ink - Faded Jeans	SBB - Ranger's Distress Ink pad - Broken China
SBB- Ranger Distress Ink - Tattered Rose	SBB - Rangers Distress Ink Worn Lipstick	SBB - Memento Inks - Danube Blue	SBB - Ranger Distress Markers
SBB - Studio Calico - Mr Hueys- Colour Mist - Calico Shine	SBB - Ranger Inkssentials - Ink Blending Tool with Foam	SBB - Spellbinders M=Bossabilities - So Trendy	SBB - Spellbinders -Grand Calibur - Raspberry Spacer plate
SBB -Grand Calibur	SBB-X-Press It Double sided High Tac Tape	SBB - Beacon Zip Dry Paper Glue	SBB - Scrapbook Adhesives - 3D foam squares 1/4"

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AnnaBelle Stamps - Snowflakes

Hiya....Friday again, time for AnnaBelle Stamps challenge and take a look......Snowflakes!  It's pretty cold here at the moment......no snow in this part of New South Wales though.  Snowflakes means Christmas to me and I need to get busy so I can get my cards away early. I'm thinking to make  batches of a couple of designs this year and CAS cards that are easy to mail might be the way to go! 

This week's challenge seemed the perfect way to try a couple of ideas :)

Not the best pictures I'm afraid, I had an accident with my prime 50mm lens and broke it........oops. I'm not the most popular girl in this house at the moment as that was this years B'Day present!

I stamped the snowflakes from ABS Gifted Swirls in s.e.i. tiffany chalk ink, to form an oval frame for the embossed sentiment.  Three silver Sprinkles and some silver twine,  between two lines embossed using a Scor-Pal  and this CAS card is ready. 

 For the second one I was thinking Christmas decorations so.......I masked a circle and sponged SU Baja Breeze before adding the gold embossed snowflakes, with the sentiment below.  Gold twine with a bow completed this one.

Check in with the Belles, who are also playing with this set and I'm sure they have projects to inspire you.  I know lots of you are enjoying summer vacations and half term here in Australia but I hope you can  play along with us this week.......... you could win your copy of AnnaBelle Stamps - Gifted Swirls.

I spent Thursday morning with the Patchwork ladies and guess what..... they were talking about this years  Christmas party........Already!  Still with a group I guess it pays to set the date in plenty of time so everyone pencils it in. I remember how hard it was in Sydney with 'Les Girls'!

Christmas......it's coming!


Thanks for calling past.......see you soon.

AnnaBelle Smooth White - pk 10	ABS - Gifted Swirls	VersaMark Ink	AnnaBelle Stamps Silver Embossing Powder
Rich Gold Embossing Powder	AnnaBelle Stamps Gold Metallic Cord	AnnaBelle Stamps Silver Twine	ABS - 3mm silver Sprinkles
ABS - Sakura Quickie Craft Glue	SBB - Art Glitter - Designer Dries Clear Adhesive	SBB - ScorPal Score Board 12"x12" Imperial

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Scrapbook Boutique - Celebrate.

Hello Bloggers, 

Hope my American friends all enjoyed the 4th July Celebrations.  It's been fun seeing all the red, white and blue themed craft ideas over on Pinterest.

Today, I'm sharing a card made with supplies from Scrapbook Boutique today.

This was Walshie's Birthday Card a couple of weeks back :)

The theme is nautical.........down to the knot in the twine.  However did we manage before the internet?  Love that you can type in a word and all sorts jumps up on the screen. That's how I learnt to tie this knot!

I've added a selection of bright dp behind the image.........Looks a bit like patchwork.....or sails.......

Evelyn has the 'how to' details over on the SBB Blog today and I've added the yummy supplies I used....just below.

Thanks for calling past.......see you soon.

SBB - Websters Pages - Unity - Celebrate cling stamp	SBB White Smooth Cardstock 12x12	SBB = 12 x 12 card stock in Blues (30 sheets)
Lillybee Design - Double Dutch 6 x 6 tiny tablet	SBB - Memento Inks - Danube Blue	Prismacolour Premier Colour Pencils - Tin 72 Colour Set
SBB - Die-namics Jumbo ric rac die	SBB - Spellbinders - Pettite Oval Large	SBB - ScorPal Score Board 12"x12" Imperial
Cuttlebug Cutting and Embossing Machine	SBB - Beacon Zip Dry Paper Glue	SBB - Scrapbook Adhesives - 3D foam squares 1/4"

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Shaped Cards at Stamp, Embellish, Create.

Hi Blogger's,

It's been a bit quiet around here for a few days and there's a reason for that!! Last week I joined a local Quilting Group!  

I was a mad sewer before I started making cards, making quilts, bags, dolls, bears, you name it and I probably gave it a try.  I stopped when all the beds had a couple of quilts each and the dolls and bears were starting to get a bit out of hand.  I stopped, but there were plenty of UFO's around the place and when it came to moving house my craft supplies made up a large portion of the boxes we transported. 

 So anyway, getting back to the story.... when it came to taking some work to my first meeting I had a little lap size quilt partially completed to take along.  It was a project I bought from a quilt show in Sydney some years ago, incorporating some simple hand embroidery.  I had the top 2/3's completed and just needed to join the bottom section which meant adding strips of small 2" x 2" blocks......argh! 

The ladies from the group were lovely, very welcoming and interested in the piece I was working on.  They all agreed that every quilter has a 'few' UFO's stashed away and were looking forward to seeing my piece completed..........  So wanting to make a good impression with these really talented ladies....I've been busy! 

Here's where I'm up to with the quilt, just the outer borders to go and hopefully at the next meeting they will be added and this piece is ready for quilting!

I do have a card to share today though!

Over at Stamp, Embellish, Create  Andrea hosts a monthly challenge with a prize  of a $20 shopping voucher for the AnnaBelle Store.  With some beautiful new sets, including Digital Papers and fabulous Dies in store $20 would kick start any shopping trip!!!!

The June challenge was to make a shaped card so I pulled out the PI and had a play.

I've used Lil Bee's Flowers (which is the prize for this week's sketch challenge) for my card and designed the card base on the Pazzles Inspiration.   Love playing with my die cutter, and I know lots of you use them too, so shaped cards are a breeze!

There's a new challenge just up for July....... go take a look......

Thanks for taking the time to call past today, hope it's nice and warm where you are.....pretty cool here, though the sun is out.

Til next time............