Perfectly Rustics - New Technique

Hello There,

Another fortnight has disappeared so that means that it is time for a new challenge over at Perfectly Rustics.  This time we are asking you to try a new technique.  Finding a new technique to try gave me an excuse to trawl through Pintrest, there are so many new techniques to try, it was hard to choose just one! I did pin many, so have future inspiration. The technique I decided to try was faux embossing, check it out here.  So simple to do yet it looks totally awesome!  Here is my card:

It is now your turn to try your hand at a new technique and enter the challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations.

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

Perfectly Rustics - Remember

 

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Another challenge over at Perfectly Rustics and in honour of Anzac day we are asking that you incorporate the word Remembrance or Remember in your project.  I did a scrapbook page, I am so loving scrapbooking at the moment.  If I get a few minutes, I duck into the craft room and work on another page, even if it is only to pick papers and embellishments, it means I am one step closer to getting a page completed.  True it could take a number of days to finish one page, but at least it is a page and one that I wouldn't have done if I hadn't used my little pockets of time for scrapbooking.  I think scrapping keeps me sane!  So here is my page, which I put together in the company of my two Scrapping Besties, Jayne and Sharnee - love you guys!

 

I look forward to seeing your projects.

 

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

Perfectly Rustics - Eggs

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The current challenge over at Perfectly Rustics is Eggs.  Hard to believe that it is Easter time again. Time is certainly zooming past very quickly.  I am not really into giving out Easter cards so I included an egg on a birthday card, which I think worked well.  Here is my card:

 

I would love to see your eggy creations over at Perfectly Rustics.

 

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

Perfectly Rustics - Make It Better

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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.