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Friday, 18 March 2016

Remarkable Mum

I lay in bed last night, unable to go to sleep, and so I designed a card. Fortunately, I remembered what I'd decided on this morning, and I just had to make some time in my day to put it together. I'm not sure if I've reached the full quota of greens, my original card would have with its leafy DSP but it took too much away from these dramatic leaves from Remarkable You.

Most weeks I try to get inspired by the Freshly Made Sketches challenge, even if I don't get something made to link, but this week there's plenty of time. Hey! You could get something made too.

Obviously those leaves were going to suit shades of green but I thought all the challenges might be done with green with St Patrick's Day being over for another year. Luckily I found that ColourQ has a few more days left for their gorgeous green challenge.

I have decided this should be the card for me, as I love the garden and outdoor spaces, but I expect there are many others who feel the same. The sentiment is made up of one from Remarkable You and For My Family.

Now , I must get on to prepare for my class tonight,
happy crafting,

Cheers, Rachel

Friday, 26 June 2015

Love and Sympathy CTC#36

This week the CASE-ing The Catty Crew are CASE-ing the section of the catalogue titled Love & Sympathy, pages 19-30. You may be starting here with me, or perhaps you have come from Alison's blog. If you've started here, you can continue to blog hop your way right around for plenty of CASE-ing The Catty inspiration by clicking on the link at the end of my blog. If you happen to get lost along the way, you can get back on track at Case-ing The Catty.

My idea for this card came to me in the middle of the night, and I could hardly wait for some free time to try it out! It was inspired by a card on page 20 using the same stamp set, Groovy Love. I liked the way the front of the card was raised, with a heart placed behind the punched out heart. I also loved the Linen Thread tied through the heart, to the outer edge.

The line with 'love' is from Hello Life and underneath is 'you' from Endless Birthday Wishes. Both these stamp sets are photopolymer, making them easy to place accurately, as they're see-through, and slightly cheaper too.Two great points in their favour. The 'Mum' and 'Dad' stamps are from a retired stamp set, For My Family. It hasn't had a lot of use, but I knew it was one I should hang on to when it retired.

I made the card for my littlest grandson to take home to his parents after he had spent the day with me. One of my team, Carmela, gave me the idea, after she shared some of the crafting she does with her grandsons. I've snuck a little picture of Oliver and me onto the page. I must try stamping with some of my older grandchildren, when they come to stay. Naturally, since Oliver is only 13 months old, it was all made before he arrived, and I drew around his chubby little hand. When I gave him markers to draw on the inside, he hardly connected with the paper, but almost poked my eye out!!!

Next blog along the loop is Bronwyn's Addinktive Designs, she will have something wonderful to share.

Cheers,
Rachel

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Tuesday, 2 September 2014

Happy Birthday By the Tide CCMC318

I've been playing around with a couple of my masculine card sets lately, because it is Father's Day in Australia this Sunday.So while I had The Great Outdoors and By The Tide still on my work table, I decided to have a go at making my husband's birthday card.

He loves fishing, it is probably his favourite leisure pursuit, but he doesn't often find time for it. I do like this soothing trio of colours at Create With Connie and Mary, and it has been quite a while since I played along with any of their challenges.

It's hard to resist adding a bright sun, stamped in Hello Honey with this well-used stamp from Kinda Eclectic.

The sentiments are actually three stamps from a retired set, For My Family. It was a particularly good one, so I have hung on to it. Only problem is, three stamps can be a bit tricky to line up and it was quite lucky that two out of three were reasonably straight. I added the 'to my' on a piece of Pool Party card and punched it with the Modern Label Punch.
It adds a nice point of interest to this rather simple design. There is just a layer of Hello Honey between the Whisper White and Pool Party, all very easy.

Thanks for reading my blog,
Rachel