Second Card Challenge.

Kia Ora

For the third time today but with my second challenge card.
This card is another darling 4 x 3 card.

The image and sentiment are from TGF Keep Cozy stamp set, the DP is Peppermint Express from American Crafts. And there is a teeny amount of copic coloring and paper piecing. Oh yes and I made another envelope from the same DP.

I'd like to enter this card into these x2 challenges

Totally Gorjuss : Challenge 211

FFF: Snow Challenge

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And as always

Keep Well x

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Lace 'n' Pearls

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I wasn't feeling the running love today so I'm going to post to a couple of challenges .. the first card today I'd like to enter into my fav challenge blog and their challenge this week over at Crafty Little Fairies is Lace 'n' Pearls . 

The stamp is a Wee Stamp called Winter Fairy , the DP is Peppermint Express from American Crafts, the sentiment is from LOTV Set 8, a bit of lace and pearls and green bling from my stash. The image is copic colored and paper pieced. And I have used a spellbinders die with a doily hiding behind the image …

I think that's about  it for today.

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And as always

Keep Well x 

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Super Excited

Kia Ora,

Just a quick post to say a big thank you to the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge for contacting me to let me know that I had won a prize in last weeks challenge. I just did my usual scroll down the page to check out all the Fab cards that are posted each week and totally missed my name lols.

So this is a big shout out to them, they are a great challenge blog to play along with every week.

Thanks again

And as always

Keep Well x 

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Winter Wishes.

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From a less than sunny day in South Island New Zealand.

I bought an envelope punch board a couple of days ago so I thought I would give it a go with todays card, unfortunately I only have 6x6 DP papers so the size of card I had to make was predicated upon this fact, I ended up with a 4x3 inch card.

I used TGF Angel Anya who I think is a super cute image and paper pieced her dress and bow. The sentiment and snowflake is from TGF Keep Cozy stamp set and the DP is Peppermint Express from American Crafts.  I copic colored her skin and hair.

Card and matching envelope

I now have a great excuse to go and get some 8x8 DP pads to make bigger cards with  ;)

I'd like to enter this card into the ABC Christmas Challenge W for Winter Wishes.

Thanks for stopping by

And as always

Keep Well x 

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Challenge 210

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From yet another beautiful day in the South Island, New Zealand. I went for my run a bit earlier today and it was a good job I did because it is hot, hot, hot.

I would like to enter today's card into the Totally Gorjuss Challenge 210 using 3 patterned papers.

The image is a Gorjuss image and is colored with my water color pencils. The sentiment is form LOTV. The die is a spellbinders die and the flowers, leaves and ribbon are from my stash. The Dp is Flea Market from Crate Paper. And as you can probably see this is an easel card.  

That is all I have for today.

Thanks for stopping by and as always.

Keep Well x 

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Pink and White

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From a baking hot day in the south of New Zealand. I have a card that I'd like to enter into the LOTV monthly challenge Pink and White. I have used the stamp Aimi with Lantern from LOTV and DP Flea Market from Crate Paper. I colored the stamp with my copics and listed them on a separate piece of paper and then I tidied up and voila no more list of copics used, lols. I made the ribbon roses from my stash ribbon and added some flat back pearls. The dies I used were spellbinders small circles and the doily die is from Couture creations, I painstakingly pierced the second lot of holes so that I could hand stitch around the die. It took about an hour all told and I nearly gave up halfway because it took so long. I don't know where the tag came from because it was on sale due to lack of packaging. And that's about it, so here's the card.

Easel Card

Easel Card

Hand made ribbon rossette

Hand made ribbon roses

Stitching detail

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And as always,

Keep Well x 

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MFTWSC 150

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And welcome to another lovely sunny day in South Island New Zealand.

I'd like to enter todays card into the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Sketch Challenge #150 . As I've mentioned previously most of my card making gear is still on the boat which includes all of my MFT stamps and fantastic dies.. I really love MFT dies, oh well it's a good excuse to get some for Christmas lols. Here is my card..

As I said my supplies are at a minimum but the DP I used was American Crafts Peppermint Express. I just colored around the DP edges with a black copic marker and added an organza bow, a button I found in a draw and some twine. Et voila as the French would say.

Thanks for stopping by.

And as always

Keep Well x 

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Delightfully Surprised

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Today I am feeling delightfully surprised because my card Holy Light got picked for a Top 3 spot over at the  crafty little fairies challenge blog. I just want to say a big THANK YOU to them for picking my card.

I'd like to enters today's card in to the crafty little fairies challenge Top Of The Pops (inspired by a song)  the song that immediately came to my mind was 99 Red Balloons  this was an anti-nuclear protest song originally but later became the song that marked the Berlin wall coming down and ending the cold war. Who could ever forget such a momentous occasion.  So here is my card …

The image Patchwork Bunch of Balloons by LOTV was copic colored with ..

E - 31, 43, 49, 53 and w- 1, 3, 5, 7. and the balloons were paper pieced using the same DP as the background from Rosie's Studio. The sentiment stamp is Set 8 Happy Circular Sentiments also from LOTV. 

Thanks for stopping by.

And as always,

Keep Well x 

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Holy Light

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From another gloriously warm day in New Zealand. We live 15km from the nearest shops and we don't have a car, we sold it when we moved on to the boat. We can catch a bus to the shops but we only get one an hour this far out, which is fine, but my neighbor can't imagine it so she gave me a lift today. It  was very kind of her, but it meant that I had to rush around and not take my time like I would normally do. Shopping has now become a day outing for me because there is no popping to the shops in the car lols. It's funny but it's how we shopped when we were little, Mum had to get the bus in to town or walk, luckily for her town was only 3km away from the house and the buses ran every 20 minutes.

Enough with the reminiscing and on to todays card.

I'd like to enter the following card in the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge Christmas in November.

I colored in this image Holy-Light from LOTV when I was still on the boat using my water color pencils and I think it came out all right. The DP is Peppermint Express by American Crafts and I got the idea for the card when I watched this video on youtube by Vicky Papaioannou. I've been watching her for a while now and I like what she does. This is a link to her blog. 

That's about it.

Thanks for stopping by.

And as always

Keep Well x 

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MFT card sketch 149

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As I'm sat writing this blog post my Scrubby is watching big trouble in little China and giggling to himself, I'm trying hard not to roll my eyes at him, honestly I am.

I'd like to enter this card into the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge 149 unfortunately my MFT stamps are in Jersey and I'm in New Zealand :( but I had colored in a few images prior and was able to get this card together with the few supplies I do have here at home. Enough babbling here is the card.

Thanks for looking in and as always

Keep Well x 

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I'm Back

Kia Ora to all you lovely people out there in blog land.

I am back with a new card challenge from my home in New Zealand shock horror yes I know lols.

I have news, the first one being that my daughter just got married and the other is that I'm going to be a Nan for the second time in June. Now, if I only knew how then I'd insert a smiley face here.

Anyway without further ado here is my card

And I'd like to enter it into the challenge over at ABC Challenges Case any Past DT Member's card in this case (pun intended) I'm casing a card cased by Jackie who cased Lela's card (confused? you will be lols). 

I know I won't make any southern hemisphere gals jealous right now but it might my northern hemisphere blog chums because  this is the scene outside my bedroom window today, it's a bit different from the view outside the yacht but that will have to wait until next year now ;) 

All I can say is that it's great to be back home again if only for a few months, thanks for stopping by.

And as always

Keep Well x 

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