hello again :oD

Hello, it's been a very long time but I thought I'd come in and take

down the cobwebs, lol!

I have been crafting, but mainly sewing, but I suddenly rediscovered

my love of papercrafts...yay. I am really rusty, but I had a play around

with some bits and pieces and decided to start planning my christmas

goodies...yeah I know Christmas is ages away, but there's no time like the

Present wink wink...get it :oD

Anyway I have been a long time fan of Chic'n'scratch so I thought I'd

head on over and get some inspiration, just to get things going again.

Angie has the most incredible tutorial videos, I think I have a list

as long as santa himself, of things I want to try...

so today I settled on these two projects. They came from the

Angie's 12 days of Christmas tutorials...

 First, a Snow globe bag. I did modify this one to hold

a box, instead of a bag

I am linking this one up with Christmas Card Challenges

week 31, "Monochromatic"

I have also used their sketch as inspiration

I have also made a Treat holder

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Crafting!

Peta xoxo

Art doll

Hi everyone,
I thought I'd try something different and have a go at joining
in on an Art Doll swap. This is my first attempt and I'm still
not really sure if she fits the bill of being an 'Art Doll'  lol. But
I think she is supposed to be a doll that is not played with as
such. So any comments/criticism would be greatly appreciated.
My 6 year old daughter has decided that she would love to have
her, so  I had to convince her to wait and see what
the next one turns out like first as she might like her more,
(especially if lots of purple is invloved) hahaha.
I wanted to give this one a soft grunge look...

Here's a close up of her face...

I am linking up for the first  time to
Handmade Tuesdays/Ladybug Blessings    and
Sew Cute Tuesday


Thanks for stopping by

Peta xoxo

Jingle Bells

Hi everyone
Happy Easter to you all, my children are super excited
about the Easter bunnie's visit during the night, but for now,
I'm thinking CHRISTMAS!
Over at Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges, they are having their
second Christmas challenge and the theme is
"Jingle Bells", so Ofcourse I have taken it quite literally
and instead of a card, I have made a cute Bell ornament for
my Christmas tree. I picked the bell up at an op shop (it's a
shame there weren't atleast two) and added some ribbon,
flowers, rhinestone brads, more bells, string, and some
beaded garland and pipecleaners and topped it ofwith the
truly gorgeous Lil Christmas Lad Luca, who you can find
HERE with all the rest of the Lil' Lolitas/Lads.

I am also entering this into Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge 
#3 'Ribbons and Gems

Thanks for stopping by :o)
Please feel free to leave a comment, I really do
appreciate your thoughts.
Happy Stamping
Peta xoxox

Tickled Pink Challenge #15

Hi everyone
It's the first day of school holidays over here in WA, and I
wanted to make a card...what was I thinking! It was so not
going to happen, well I finally got there, it didn't turn out
quite the way I wanted it to, but  I  thought I'd share anyway.
So today I have used the sketch from challenge 15 over at
Tickled Pink Stamp Challenges

and here is my card using "Lil lad Lestat", you can find him
and all the other Lil Lads and Lolitas over at Tickled Pink
Stamps HERE

 

I have coloured using Derwent Artist pencils.

Thanks for stopping by
please feel free to leave a comment I really do appreciate
your thoughts!

Happy Stamping
Peta xoxox

Love letters

Hi all,
Today I have made for Tickled Pink Stamps Challenges
#13, and this week the challenge is 'Blinging it up'
I have teamed up 'Lil Birthday Luca' (he was a recent freebie
for answering a question on Tickled Pink's Facebook page
Thanks Kellie :oD) with 'Lil fashionette - 30s Lylah' to
create a long lasting Love story, hope you like it...

for 'Bling', I have  added a ring, which I snagged from my
6 years old daughter's jewllery box (I'll have to buy her another
one now haha), pearl sprays, crystal hearts, a cute little kissing
couple charm that I picked up at Tickled Pink Stamps some time
ago, and there is also a little clear gemstone button at the
bottom of the floral arrangement. Hope that's enough bling :o)

The flowers and heart doily are also from Tickled Pink Stamps,
and I have added some cardboard, a crocheted doily, some
'Love letters', raffia and I have used Scrabble font.

Here is a close up of the lovely couple, coloured with 2B and 4B
graphic Pencils, to try and get that old photo look...

I am also entering this into Cute Card Thursday challenge 158

"Couples"

Thanks for stopping by

Please feel free to leave a comment, I really do apprecaite

your thoughts :o)

Happy Stamping

Peta xoxox

Another shaker card

Hi everyone,
Wow this is my second post in 24 hrs, I must be feeling crafty
hahaha. I had lots of fun making the shaker card yesterday
and my daughter asked if I could make one for her BFFs
Birthday.

Inside the shaker sre some star shaped sequins, some pearlised
sequins and some beads

I have used the Jane's sketch over at Magnolia Downunder
Challenges  again for this card, kind of switched around this
time. I hope its Ok to enter a second one...

Stamp          Ballerina Tilda (Fairytale collection)
Other          Digi sentiment from Bizzy Becs
                     Pink and Rose and Silver metallic cardstock,
                     Border punch, circle and scallop punches, flowers,
                     rhinestones, stickles, acetate, foam tape, beads, sequins.
                     Coloured with Derwent 'Artist' Pencils.

Thanks for stopping by :o)
Please feel free to leave a comment, I really do
appreciate your thoughts.
Happy Stamping
Peta xoxoxo

My first shaker card

Hi Everyone,
I have made a card today, and I must say, its been
a long time and I was feeling quite rusty! I have always
wanted to have a go at a shaker card, I saw a tutorial
probably a year ago, but Im not sure where that was,
maybe splitcoast stampers or youtube.
and seeing as it is soon to be Easter, I thought I'd
dust off one of the stamps from last year's Easter collection.

Close up so you can see the 'shaker' contents...

If you like the sentiment that I have used, great news, it's a freebie
from Bizzy Becs, click HERE for more!


So anyway, would like to enter this acrd into these
challenges :
Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenge This month it is a colour
challenge, use Chocolate, Raspberry, Mint and Cream

Magnolia Downunder Challenges - Sketch

Stamp            Tilda hugging Bunny
Other             Sentiment from Bizzy Becs, Chocolate card, papers from
                       my scrap stash, Square doilie from Tickled Pink Stamps,
                       acetate, foam tape, flowers and fillers and leaves, beads,
                       sequins. circle and scallop punches, stickles, heart crystal,
                      3d butterfly sticker.
                      Coloured with Derwent 'Artist' Pencils

Thanks for stopping by
Please feel free to leave a comment, I really do
appreciate your thoughts :o)
Happy Stampng
Peta xoxox

I've gone crackers!

Christmas crackers that is :)
Hi everyone,
I decided that I am going to be extra prepared for Christmas
this year and get a start on making things now (or atleast while
I'm in the mood hehe). While I was blog surfing, I decided that
Tickled Pink Stamps have begun a new Christmas Challenge
Blog, you can check it out HERE What Geniuses!  Now I can
get some inspiration to keep me creating every month, Yay!
So here we are, it is their First Challenge and the requirements
are to use tradional Christmas colours...Red, Green and Gold
you must also use stamps or digis from the 'Tickled Pink Stamps '
Range, you can check them all out HERE
I decided that I wanted to make some Christmas Crackers or
Candy Boxes, I started by making one, then thought, what the
hey, I'll make 6 and use all 6 stamps from the Tickled Pink
"Lil' Christmas" Collection...

Now I just need to make a box to store them away in until Christmas
and then fill them with yummy treats :o)

I have found a fun new challenge blog that is also devoted to
Christmas, they are currently having their second challenge,
so why not pop on over and check them out below.
I am also entering this into Sparkles Forum Christmas Challenge
#2  where we can make anything using Red and Green

Stamps      Tickled Pink Lil' Christmas collection
                   - Lad Frankie
              -Lolita Lilith
                   -Lolita Ivy
                   -Lolita Willow
                   -Lad Luca
                   -Lolita Evie
Other        Red, Green cardstock, Kaszazz Merry Christmas DSP, Gold ribbons.
                   bells, gold thread,  flowers, boho blossoms punch, rhinestone brads
                   Diamond stickles, Coloured with copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by
Please feel free to leave a comment, I really do apprecaite
your thoughts :o)
Happy Stamping

Peta xoxox

Wedding Guest Book

Hi all,
Yes I am still out here, sometimes I can't even find myself  :)
Anyway, my Nephew got married on the weekend and he asked
me if I would be able to make a guest book for everyone to sign.
I had, what I felt was the perfect stamp for the cover, so I happily
agreed, even though I had less than a week to make it,
Thanks Reece! but I managed to pull it together and hand it to
them the day before the Wedding, holding my breathe, that they
would like it (lol) I filled the inside with pages where the guests
could not only sign their names but add comments to reflect their
favourite memories of the couple, how they have come to know
the couple, add any advice they would like to give and also
encouraged them to draw a little pic of themselves to make it a
special little keepsake. There were also verses and photo mats for
them to add their fave photos of the day.
I have only photographed the front cover today, as the inside
contained lots of personal information...

The photo doesn't capture all of the glitter, but that doesn't really
matter. I kept everything throughout the book Black, White and
Pink as these were there wedding colours.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping xoxo
Peta

My Wild Child

Hi everyone
I have been awol for a long time, so I thought it was time to get
back on the horse and try and get the creativity going again :o)

I have decided to do something a little different and have a go
at a Scrapbook challenge as I have mountains of photos laying
around just begging to be scrapped...so here we go...

I am entering a challenge at ScrapwithV this month they are
using this fabulous sketch as inspiration.

and Here is my take...

'Where the wild things are' was one of my favourite books as a
child and it was one of the first books that I added to my children's
collection. When I saw this 'Max' outfit hanging in the window at
our local Angus and Robertson store last year, I just had to snap
it up for my boy. He looks fabulous as Max and really fits the
character sometimes hahaha.

Thanks for stopping by
Peta xoxo

Magic Reindeer Food

Hi everyone,
I'm sure you've seen this before, I have seen it done on so
many blogs, that I can not just credit one person. This is
my take on "Magic Reindeer Food", I made some of these
last year as well, for my two children, and my 6 year
old is eager to get her hand on some more this year haha.

The verse on the back reads:

Santa's Magic Reindeer Food

(Make a wish and close your eyes tight)

Sprinkle on the lawn at night

the moon will make it sparkle bright

as Santa's reindeer fly and roam

this treat will guide them to your home.

To make the mix of food, I have used a mixture of rolled oats

and some bird seed with Green jelly crystals mixed in to act

as glitter, this way, birds can come and eat the mixture later

without causing them any harm.

I like to send my own personal Santa letter along with the

reindeer food, there are some amazing websites around that

offer free Santa letters, but I like to make mine that little bit

more personalised to fit the person I am sending them to.

I also send a copy of  Santa's official 'Naughty or Nice' Ranking

Certificate, which can be downloaded and printed for free from

http://www.emailsanta.com/ there are so many amzing things that you

can see and do on that website, you really should check it out

if you haven't already.

Finally I include the all important Candy cane and stamp up

the envelope to match. Can't wait to see their faces when they

go to the letterbox this arvo ;o)

Stamps       'Winter Post'  and  'Best Yet' from stampin up

Other          Paper and cardstock from my personal stash

                     Happy Holidays ribbon, cellophane, circle punch

                     Scallop punch, foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a very Merry

Christmas and wonderful New Year.

Peta xoxoxo

Advent Calendar

Hi everyone,
I found this Advent Calendar kit at my local scrapbook shop
and I just had to have a go. It was really easy to put together
and I had completed it within a couple hours, quick and easy,
just the way I like it :o)
I used the new Kaisercraft 'Tis the Season' Papers on this and
made it pretty much the same way that it was featured in the
latest Kaisercraft workshop magazine (I loved the papers too
much to change them), and I am thinking of adding a photo
of my children to the inside square next to the Santa.

Wow, I can't believe I made something without stamping!

Thanks for stopping by :o)
Happy Stamping!

Peta xoxoxo

Colour challenge at MDUC

Hi everyone
This week at Magnolia Down Under Challenges we have
a colour challenge...use Blue, Green, Yellow and Kraft.
I have managed to lose my mojo this week, and still can't
find it anywhere hahaha, but I had a go anyway and this
is what I have come up with.

The papers are from the Mariposa Stack and I have used copic
markers.This Tilda is the Japese Tilda from the recent travel
collection.
Don't forget to pop on over HERE and check out all the
awesome creations by the other Dt members.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping!

Peta xoxoxox

Marvin The Bat Review

Hi everyone
Do you all remember "Marvin the Bat"? Well he is one of
the super cute images created by Marina Niera over at
The Stamping Bazaar 
I have made a little treat bag with Halloween in mind,
using Marvin. I have used some hallloween scraps and
coloured him up with Derwent Atrist pencils.

If you love Marvin The Bat as much as I do, you can find him
HERE at The Stamping Bazaar store

Oh and if you would like a chance to win some digi images,
pop on over to The Stamping Bazaar blog HERE and leave
a comment, too easy :o)

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping!

Peta xoxoxo

Operation Write Home Challenge!

Hi everyone
Today at THE STAMPING BAZAAR Marina Neira,
talented artist, who creates all these wonderful images,
is unvieling 4 new gorgeous little critters, to amaze you
all! On top of this, they are hosting their first ever
challenge, entitled "Operation Write Home"

But first I will share with you, some cards that I have made
using the two images that Marina has created specially
for the Occasion. The first one here is
SOLDIER PUG

The next one is PATRIOTIC EAGLE

There are also 2 other gorgeous Christmas creations that you
may like, that Marina is also unveiling over at The stamping
Bazaar, you can check them out HERE

Now, to fill you in...
Operation Write Home is an organization that sends blank
handmade greeting cards for all occasions to deployed service
members to write home on. They’ve mailed approximately
500,000 cards so far—and are still going strong! Our challenge
to you is to make cards to send to them for our nation’s heroes.

*Please check out the guidelines HERE before starting your
card, as it is important to NOT use Glitter on these cards
also the MUST be handmade and A2 sized!

“Operation Write Home” needs to be on the backs of your
cards—it can be stamped, handwritten, or printed on labels.
Please include a packing slip inside your box or envelope,
and mail them to any of their shippers listed on the Mailroom
page. In your package, you can also include notes written to
a deployed service member.


How to Enter,  Just Pop on over HERE  for all the details and
don't forget to check out all the other creations by all the
talented DT members.

Thanks so much for stopping by ;o)
Please feel free to leave a comment if you wish, I really do
appreciate your thoughts.

Happy Stamping!
Peta xoxo

Shane playing Basketball

Hi everyone
just a quick post today, as I have another post to do after this
one, with some exiting new images from The Stamping Bazzar
First of all, I'd like to share this gorgeous Image which can
also be purchased from The Stamping Bazaar store HERE
This cute little critter is "SHANE PLAYING BASKETBALL",
he was created by talented artist Marina Neira.

Hope you like him :oD

Thanks for stopping by.
Please feel free to leave a comment if you wish, I really do
appreciate your thoughts :o)

Happy Stamping!
Peta xoxo

Love to Shop!

Hi Everyone
This week at Magnolia Downunder Challenges the challenge is
FANCY FOLDS. I have wanted to have a go at this style of card
for a while now and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to
give it a go. I'm not sure of the name of the style, but I first came
across it in Magnolia Ink magazine, issue #4 on page 55 and there
is a tutorial on making them.
I have used Shopping Tilda and the Boutique Window, from
Magnolia's travel collection.

it opens out like...

the image doubles up as a pocket, where you can add a gift

card/voucher.

Thanks for stopping by :o)

Please feel free to leave a comment if you like, I really do

appreciate your thoughts!

Happy Stamping

Peta xoxo

Giveaway at The Stamping Bazaar!

How cute is This image?

Her name is "Susie with Pie" and she is a brand new digi,

created by Marina Neira of The Stamping Bazaar and she

will be released for the first time Tomorrow.

The great news is that Marina is giving you all the chance

to win your very own Susie with Pie digi image! What do you

have to do? Well that's easy, just pop on over HERE and

leave a comment, too easy! There are lots of other sweet

critters and gorgeous creations on sale that have also been

created by the talented Marina, so why not pop on over

HERE to see what else she has on offer ;o)

Thanks for stopping by, Happy stamping!
Peta xoxox

MDUC challenges

Hi everyone
Today at Magnolia Downunder Challenges the challenge is
Feathers, Fur or Fins
I have made an easel card using the new Mermaid and an
older mermaid from the Magnolia collection...

I added some green feathers and pearls and my daughter told me

it looks like seaweed, haha, she's more imaginative than I am :)

Stamps          Mermaid Tilda (2010) and Mermaid Tilda (not sure which year)
                       Magnolia beach scene, and the Turtle and seahorses are from
                       CC designs.
Other            Dark teal, Deep teal card, DSP
                       Pearl string-clear and pearl. Shells, plasticine pearl covered
                       with glossy accents, Sequins, green dyed Emu feathers,
                       mesh ribbon. Coloured with Derwent Artist Pencils

Before I go, I just wanted to share with you the card that my little
girl made for her Daddy for Father's Day at pre-school, I think
she's going to be taking my DT spot soon enough LOL

Have a great Father's Day everyone!

Thanks for stopping by :) Please feel free to leave a comment
I really appreciate your thoughts.

Happy Stamping!
Peta xoxo

Introducing "Pumpernickel"

Hi everyone
I haven't entered any challenges in what seems like ages
lately! So I sat down this arvo and crafted away...yay!

There is a brand new challenge blog, that just started
this week, called THE FUZZY WUZZY CHALLENGES 
They have a colour challenge, as shown here

This is the place to bring out your 'Critter/Animal' images,
I don't have alot, but I have come up with my own design
here, so RUBY, if you are watching, I heard your challenge
or chant a few weeks back to Draw, so I have used one of my
old favourite characters that I used to draw, revived especially
for this challenge.
Stephanne, you asked if he has a name, well yes he does...it is
PUMPERNICKEL strange name I know lol, but when I origially
drew him (almost 10 years ago), I was trying to think of a name
and I kept getting the word 'Pumpernickel' stuck in my head.
I had no idea what Pumpernickel was and couldnt work out why
it was stuck in my head, I asked everyone and no one knew what
on earth I was talking about. Then around a week later, I was
walking past a bakery near where I worked and I saw that they
sold Pumpernickel Bread, hahaha, so I must have seen it earlier,
but passed it off into the subconcious mind or something! Anyway
it just just seemed to fit his character, so there you have it...
Introducing        PUMPERNICKEL

Hope you like him :oD   If he gets a few fans, he may just appear

again next month in a differerent pose!

Thanks for stopping by, please feel free to leave a comment,
I really do appreciate your thoughts!

Happy Stamping!
Peta xoxo