Perfectly Rustics - Make It Better

Hello There,

Challenge time over at Perfectly Rustics, and this time the aim is to take a project you have done in the past that you have not been completely happy with, you know the one that you look at and screw up your face and go, did I really do that?  Well I had a scrap booking page like that, I initially started off as a scrapper, but then got into cards and didn't do any scrapping for a while. When I got back into it, it was a bit of a struggle, so my technique has evolved over the past three years since starting scrapbooking again.  This is my before page:

 

So many things that I dislike about this, it is kind of embarrassing to put this up.  Here is my page after some work:

 

 

I am much happier with this page.  So now is the time for you to go back and revisit some dodgy projects and make them better!

 

We have also welcomed a new design team member over at Perfectly Rustics, Lisa Babitz, please stop by and check out her wonderful work.  The lovely Sharnee is stepping down from the design team, to spend more time with her beautiful family.  Thank you for being a part of the design team, your wonderful creations will be missed. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and may the crafting force be with you!

Perfectly Rustics - Little Boy or Girl

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I don't know about you, but I always love creating projects for the precious little ones in our lives, so that is exactly what the challenge is over at Perfectly Rustics this fortnight.  I made a Birthday card for a special little man who turned one.  I used Tangerine Tango and Tempting Turquoise together, which are awesome together for a little boy.  I also used a stamp set from Heartfelt Creations, I just loved the plane and the clouds in this set.  I added colour with a blender pen.  I am so chuffed with this card, here it is:

So break out the inner child and get creating and enter the challenge at Perfectly Rustics.  

 

Thanks for stopping by and may the crafting force be with you.

Perfectly Rustics - Wings

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Challenge time again over at Perfectly Rustics and this time we are asking you to get your wings on!  So many things have wings, birds, butterflies, dragon flies, fairies and planes, so many possibilities for this one.  I used a butterfly image, which I water coloured to make a congratulations card.  My colour scheme was black and Bermuda Bay, I used some of the new sequin trim available in the current Stampin' Up! Occassions catalogue, you can't really tell in the picture, but the sequins are the Bermuda Bay colour and are awesome.  Here is my card:

 

Hope to see you over at Perfectly Rustics. 

 

Thanks for stopping by and may the crafting force be with you.

 

 

Our Beautiful Abbey

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Our beautiful little girl arrived on Tuesday 6 January at 8.33am, by planned C-section. She weighed 7 pound 12 ounces or around 3.5kg. Abbey will be four weeks old tomorrow. I cannot believe how quickly that time has passed. We are both doing well, she is gaining weight nicely, some days I feel like a dairy cow with her wanting to feed a lot. Nights are going ok, I am up twice with her at the moment.  She does make a lot of noise when she sleeps, grunting and snorting! Owen seems to be excited about his little sister. Here are some snapshots of our princess.

Perfectly Rustics - Hugs and Kisses

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It is coming up for that time of year when we show just how much we love everyone, especially the significant other in your life, mind you I think we should do this all year round.  So with Valentines Day fast approaching the challenge over at Perfectly Rustics is Hugs and Kisses.  I decided to create a scrapbooking page for this challenge using a photo from our wedding.  I used to some washi tape on this page, which always makes me happy and an embossing folder for the 'and' sign, which I have had for a while but had not yet used.   Here is my page:

I look forward to seeing your Hugs and Kisses creations over at Perfectly Rustics.

 

Thanks for stopping by and may the crafting force be with you.

Perfectly Rustics - Animals

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This fortnight over at Perfectly Rustics the challenge is to include an animal in your creation.  I used one of the stamps from a favourite Stampin' Up! set called Storybook Friends, which is ideal to use for water colouring.  All the animals are so cute in this set so it is always hard to choose just one to use.  I went with the duck for a thank you card and stamped it with Staz On ink on water colour paper and set to work with an aqua painter to colour up the image. Some sponging around the edges, ribbon and a greeting and the card was done.  Here is my card:

Hope to see your creations over at Perfectly Rustics.

 

Thanks for stopping by and may the crafting force be with you.

Perfectly Rustics - Trees

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Not long until Christmas now!  I cannot believe it.  Our little man of 3 is getting quite excited this year, which makes Christmas just that little more special.

I don't now about you but I have been pumping at Christmas cards this month and was most pleased when I popped them in the post or handed them out last week! Sense of achievement right there.  The current challenge over at Perfectly Rustics is Trees, which most of my Christmas cards seem to have on them this year.  Here is a sample of two of my cards:



I am really happy with both of them, but I especially like the black and gold number.  So easy to make, but very effective.  The challenge is open for a month this time to account for holidays so get creating and entering at Perfectly Rustics.

Thanks for stopping by and may the crafting force be with you.