Remembrance Day - November 11th

Hello again from a very hot and sunny Melbourne. We are in a bit of a spring heat wave here with hot and humid summer temperatures. So for all of you looking at this post from Australia I hope that you are able to have a cool day somewhere inside and remember to slip, slop slap to help avoid skin cancer.

Today I have for you Soldier Bunny. Sunshine brought out a few images and sentiments to coincide with Remembrance Day which is November 11th. It is the day that we remember the end of World War 1 and subsequent wars and all the brave men and women who fought for our Country.

Soldier bunny is very cute and I happen to be looking for a card sketch to use for Soldier bunny when a came across a challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges and they had a challenge to use an easel card. Well I had never seen one so I looked for the instructions and I like this video that I found to explain how to put one together. I hope you like Sunshine’s Soldier bunny and Sunshine’s Sentiment: Lest we Forget.




Easel Card Open:



Side view:



Easel Card Closed





Recipe:

Green card stock (brand unknown)
Stampin’ Up Very Vanilla Card Stock
Stampin’ Up Old Olive DSP
Stampin’ Up ink : Old Olive, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Handsome Hunter, Brilliant Blue, Ballet Blue, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Apricot Appeal and Barely Banana.
Stampin’ Up build a brad
Creative Memories corner punch and my personal trimmer

Thanks for stopping by I hope that you have a wonderful week.
Take Care,

Three's A Charm - Christmas Blog Hop and a great project for you to try

I know what you are saying 2 posts in one week…What is going on? Well I am glad that you asked. Sunshine’s Stamps is joining with 2 other digital stamp companies to have Three’s Company Blog Hop on November 7th. Head on over to Sunshine’s Blog for all the details of the fun hop and blog candy…... It will be FANTASTIC!

Sunshine has some new members on the DT so they are participating in the blog hop this time so I know that you will have fun checking out their fabulous cards and projects as well as Ildico and The Stamping Boutique DT projects.

Although I am not part of the blog hop this time when I saw the Candle and Ornament stamp from Sunshine’s Christmas stamps I just had to put together a project to show you.

This is what I came up with. It is a luminary and I found the project here at SplitCoast Stampers. It is really easy to make and how good does it look! Well I like it anyway, hope you do too!


I have taken photos of the luminary both with the candle lit and not lit so that you can see what it looks like.

Luminary without lit candle:

Luminary in the dark with votive candle lit:

Luminary in daylight with the votive candle lit:

This is what I used.

Sunshine’s Digital Stamps: Candle and Ornament
Stampin Up’s snowflake stamp from the short and sweet set.
Card Stock: The Green was given to me so not sure what brand it is. The Candle and Ornament I printed out onto Whisper White Card from Stampin’ Up.
The cut out windows are backed with vellum.
Inks: Stampin’ Up Ruby Red, Real Red, Pixie Pink, Rose Red, Handsome Hunter, Pretty in Pink, Going Grey and Basic Black.
I also used versamark to emboss the silver snowflakes in the base card. I should have used my embossing buddy but completely forgot so I had to get out the paint brush to brush off excess silver embossing powder (also Stampin’Up). I suggest you use an embossing buddy so the embossing powder sticks to just what you want it to and nothing else.
I also used my heat gun for the embossing
I used Stampin’ Up’s Crystal effects on the candle to make it look like the wax was running and on the berries on the holly to make them stand out a bit more.
To Cut out the windows in the box I used the cuttings system from Creative Memories.
I used my personal trimmer, scissors and scoring tool, super strong tape to keep the box together and also dimensionals to pop the Candle out from the box as I didn’t think it looked quite right flush to the box.

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to jump over to the blog hop it will be lots of fun.

Click on the Banner and you will jump right to Sunshine's Blog for the details or put these addresses into your address bar to jump to each of the three companies blogs to start your blog hop. Enjoy!!!

Sunshine's Stamps:
http://sunshinesstamps.blogspot.com/

Ildico: http://playingisapassion.blogspot.com/

The Stamping Boutique: http://thestampingboutique.com/

Don't forget there are 12 Copic Markers up for grabs as the prize of this blog hop! How good is That!

Take Care

Ballerina Bunny

Hello again another week has come and gone and man was it crazy for us. We had our car brake down a couple of times had the starter motor replaced and then had it replaced again. The new starter motor was faulty so we had to put another one in. The car is now working but having only one car sure is hard when it is out of action and kids have to be all over the place.

Well today I am bringing you Ballerina Bunny from Sunshine’s Stamps. She is very cute and great for you little girl. I used Midnight Madness Sketch 25 for the design of the card. I hope that you like it.




The Recipe:
Stamp: Ballerina Bunny from Sunshine’s Stamps
Card Stock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink
DSP: Stampin’ Up Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Stampin’ Up Pink Passion, Pretty in Pink, Pixie Pink, Pale Plum, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand, Real Red.
Embellishments: Stripped Grosgrain from Stampin’ Up, Li’l Trinkets and Treasures Pearl Buckles, Kaiser Craft Rhinestones.
Other: Stampin’ Up Scallop Circle Punch, Creative Memories 1 ½” circle punch, personal trimmer, double sided tape.

Here is the sketch from Midnight Madness that I used.

Also make sure you come back on Saturday for a new Blog Hop.
BLOG HOP: THREE'S A CHARM!!

Date: November 7th
Sunshine’s Stamps is teaming up with Ildico and The Stamping Boutique for this fantastic Blog Hop.
Win: Images and Prizes - there is a set of 12 Copic Markers up for grabs thanks to Tracey at The Stamping Boutique! Blog Links for Ildico and The Stamping Boutique:

Ildico: http://playingisapassion.blogspot.com/

The Stamping Boutique: http://thestampingboutique.com/ and of course

Sunshine's Stamps: http://sunshinesstamps.blogspot.com/

Red Hot Bunny and Sunflower Spray from Sunshine's Stamps

Well another week has come and gone, did it go as fast for you as it did for me? Thank you to all of you who came and visited during the blog hop and for all your lovely comments. I really love flowers so when Sunshine gave me that particular stamp to use for the blog hop I was extremely happy. So this week I wanted to use the Sunflower Spray again and I have also used Red Hot Bunny this week.

First I will show you Red Hot Bunny. He is rather “Hot”. I do like fire fighters they are heroes in my book.

I have used Red Hot Bunny on a birthday card. You can put as many birthday candles on as you want but I went for lots. I based the design of the card on the Saturday sketch challenge from 365 Cards

Here is my Card:


I have used Sunshine’s Red Hot Bunny Stamp, Stampin’ Up’s Riding Hood Red and Whisper white Card Stock, DP from Creative Memories. The Ink is from Stampin’ Up and is Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Going Grey, Real Red, Yoyo Yellow, Creamy Caramel, Blush blossom and Tempting Turquoise. I also used dimensional and Fiskars Vines Texture Plate on the background to represent water shooting everywhere to put out the candles.

Here is the sketch:

Like I mentioned I have also done another project with the Sunflower Spray from Sunshine Stamp’s. I wanted to cover a little notebook that can be kept in your handbag or purse if you live in North America. In Australia we call a wallet a purse. Just for all of you who look at my blog from the U.S. and Canada, I didn’t want anyone getting confused. My Girlfriend loves to write notes so I thought I would give this to her but my daughter also wants one so I will have to make another one.

This is what it looked like before I covered it: It has a purple plastic cover but for some reason it doesn’t look that purple.

Here is my covered notebook

I have used Stampin’ Up’s Chocolate chip and Very Vanilla card stock, I have also used the same colours as I did for the scrapbook page on the Sunflower Spray. Stampin’ Up Garden Green, Old Olive, Summer Sun, So Saffron, Creamy Caramel, More Mustard and Chocolate Chip. I also used Stampin’ Up Crystal Effects to add rain drops to the sunflowers and leaves. I also used Fiskars filigree texture plate on the chocolate chip card stock. I used very strong double sided tape to adhere the card stock to the plastic cover. I didn’t want to take chances that it would come off.

Well I hope that you like these couple of projects and I will be back again next week with something else to show you.

Thanks for stopping by and spending a little time with me.

Take Care,

Sentiments from Sunshine's Stamps

Hello Lovely Ladies and I assume a few Men as well. Thank you for stopping by to see what I have been up to.

First I want to let you know that Sunshine’s Stamps will be having a blog hop and challenge and blog candy on Saturday 17th of October at 8 a.m. Central Time and finishing on the 20th of October at 9 p.m. central time. That is the U.S. Time and for those of you who want to play along in Australia it will be starting on Sunday 18th of October at 12 AM. And finish on October 21st at 1 AM.. So be sure to stop back at Midnight on Saturday if you are a night owl in Australia for the start of the blog hop. This is all to celebrate the GRAND OPENING of Sunshine's shop.

Well I have some great things to show you today.

I have used 2 of Sunshine’s Sentiments on cards this week and I also promised you some more Boobie Bunny.

First I have used the Sketch from MOJO Monday107 for this first card. Hope you like it.


The Sentiment is from Sunshine and it is called Attitude. I have used Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, and Riding Hood Red Card Stock, Pink Pirouette DSP. Also the Pink Pirouette striped Gosgrain Ribbon all from Stampin’ up. I have also used the Eyelet Border Punch from Stampin’ Up as well. Also I have the self adhesive half pearls and Fiskar’s Filigree texture plate as well as my personal trimmer. The Sentiment has been cut out using Creative Memories Circle cutting system.

Here is the sketch from MOJO Monday 107.

My Second card also using Sunshine’s Sentiment is called God is already there. I have used the sketch from Midnight Madness for this card. I must admit I liked it without the added embellishment around the sentiment but I was trying to stay true to the sketch. So I actually used DMC cross stitch floss in 3 colours and braided it to give it that little extra flare. I have again used Chocolate chip and Whisper White Card Stock and Chocolate Chip DSP from Stampin’ up. I must say I am quite fond of this colour and I just love the DSP. I have also used dimensionals to lift up the sentiment and 2 way glue from Stampin’ Up to add the braided DMC floss. Also the self adhesive half pearls and of course my personal trimmer.

Here is the sketch from Midnight Madness

I also promised you a couple of more things that I had done with Boobie Bunny. I mentioned last week that I was having a “Girls Night In”. We had a games night but not any ordinary games night. I had 9 games for us all to play and we played them much like speed dating. Not having to a speed dating night I am assuming what happens. Anyway we played each game for 10 minutes and at the end the winner got a Boobie Bunny Medal which also had a chocolate coin in the middle. At the end of the night the 2 Girlfriends with the most Boobie Bunny Medals played a game of Celebrity Heads to determine the winner of the Prize Basket. By the way I had help putting the Boobie Bunnies together (THANK YOU) we made 81 of them. It was heaps of fun and we raised a great amount towards Breast Cancer research and support and awareness.

Hope you like the Basket and the Medals. Don’t forget to go over to Sunshine’s Shop so that you can get your own Boobie Bunny to use in helping raise awareness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Well Thanks for stopping by.

Have a great day

Take Care

Happy Birthday from Ref Rodney and Fumble!

Hi everyone,

It is another Monday so time for another look at what Sunshine’s Stamps have on offer. This week I have used 2 images from Sunshine’s Stamps on the one card: Fumble the football and Ref Rodney. I have also used Midnights Madness Sketch #19 for the basis of my card. I printed out 2 Ref Rodney’s coloured them the same, cut out one and popped it using dimensionals. I also popped the sentiment and a couple of Fumble the Football. I haven’t sponged the edges of the sentiment or around the oval as I wanted a very clean look for this card. I know when you are playing football there is nothing that is clean about it! Hope you like it.



Here is the recipe:

Card Stock: Stampin’ Up night of Navy, Bordering Blue and Whisper White
DSP: Stampi’ Up Urban Garden
Ink: Stampin’ Up Basic Black, Going Grey, Basic Grey, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom, Real Red, Really Rust, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Brilliant Blue and Night of Navy.
Other: Black Half Pearls, Dimensional, Double Sided tape, Scissors and Personal Trimmer

Here is the sketch from the Midnight Madness team:

I also promised that I would show you a scrapbooking pages that I had worked on in August but just haven’t had time to post it. I do have more but you can wait until another post for those. This page I did as challenges for SBT50 Australia. It was a fun Cyber Crop in August where we also had to make a card using the scraps from our pages. It was a great idea so here is a page that I came up with for one of the challenges.

This page was a quote challenge as well as a challenge to have stars as the main attraction so to speak. I used Stampin’ Up Pretty in Pink card stock to create the title (which is also the quote we were to use and all the stars. I cut it all out on my Craft Robo. Man did it come in handy for this project. I had seen a similar page where it was almost all the one colour so I thought I would give a monochromatic layout a go and I quite like how it turned out. The background paper is also Stampin’ Up and was from the Berry Bliss DSP pack.

Here is the card I made using the scraps. The stamp is also from Stampin’ Up from the Best Yet set. I also used Pink Passion as the ink on this card.

Well that is all for now, oh alright just because you begged. I will show you one more page and card.

This layout I also did for the Cyber Challenge at SBT50 We each had certain criteria that we had to use. I had to use 2 different ribbons, a one word title, use at least 3 buttons and use something made of chipboard. This is what I came up with. I just love this photo of my Sarah. I had never made flowers with ribbon before so I thought I would give it a go and they came out o.k. The background paper is Stampin’ Up, the green torn paper is creative memories, The ribbon is Stampin’ Up and then we have the sticker alpha’s, buttons and chipboard flourishes to finish it all off.

This card is using the same stamp set as the previous card obviously because it is the same sentiment: Stampin’ Up’s Best Yet set. The paper, ribbon, and buttons are the same as the page as we had to use our scraps to make it as the extra challenge. I also used Stampin’ Up’s scallop circle punch.

Well thanks for stopping by and spending a little of your time with me.

Take Care