Friday, December 31, 2010

Favourites of the Year - Round 3

Welcome back to round 3 of my favourite cards from this year.

I want to thank all these magnificent crafters for bringing beauty, happiness and inspiration into our worlds with their small pieces of art. Thank you ladies!


Wow, amazing distressing by Natasha




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Love these shiny leaves, also by Natasha
















Such a pretty softness to this card by Nicky


























Fabulous design by Pia


























Another gorgeous card by Pia

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Love the contrast of colours on this card by popsicletoes



















A true beauty by Suzz





















Tami's winter scene is wonderful


























Gorgeous card by Tomo





Trinh's leaf card is just wonderful




Fantastic use of leaf stamps by Vanessa





















Love the fresh and happy feel of this card by Virginia

























I hope you enjoyed visiting my favourites of the year and I hope they will inspire you to create beautiful crafty projects!

Happy New Year everyone!


Thursday, December 30, 2010

Favourites of the Year - Round 2

Welcome back to round 2 of my favourite cards from this year.

I want to thank all these magnificent crafters for bringing beauty, happiness and inspiration into our worlds with their small pieces of art. Thank you ladies!



Love the subtle shimmer of this leaf card by Joy

























Simple and beautiful by Karen






















Love this colourful tree by Kathy


























Pure elegance by Kryssi


























Lin's winter scene is perfect


























Sophisticated elegance by Lucy


























Love this flock of butterflies by Mabel



















Gorgeous vellum flower by Marisol

























Also by Marisol, the same flower but stamped on wood paper






















Fabulous design by Mariana

























Fantastic colours on this beauty by Mariette





















Michelle creates amazing things with the help of a brayer
























Please stop by for our final round tomorrow!

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Favourites of the Year - Round 1

Last year I decided to pick my ten favourite cards from the previous year and of course I wanted to do that again this year. The problem. Ten is too few! There were so many projects that made my heart sing and made me smile that I decided to not worry about the number count and just show you my top picks.


I want to thank all these magnificent crafters for bringing beauty, happiness and inspiration into our worlds with their small pieces of art. Thank you ladies!


Gorgeous dragonflies by Aga

























A simple beauty by Alice





















Love this peacock by Alice


























Barb's layered ferns and bold red flowers are beautiful

























Perfect distressing by Carole

























Love the ferns on this, also by Carole























Heather's multitude of colourful butterflies and wavy sewing are perfection




















Fabulous design by Isha




The background colours by Jennifer are magnificent against the black images




















Jenny's mass of butterflies are amazing




















Jill's red background looks fabulous against the ferns
























Another red beauty by Jill

























The background is so soft and pretty on this card by Joy


Please stop by tomorrow to see round two!


Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Embossed Snowflake

This is my second post for today. Keep scrolling down to see my Wednesday Wonders.

I didn't have a chance to use this beautiful snowflake from BoBunny yet so I wanted to make a quick card and show it off. I love how the snowflake looks embossed in Turquoise Tapestry embossing powder, so pretty. The background is Hero Arts Woodgrain stamp and  I used Kassie's Brocade from Cuttlebug to emboss the red cardstock.

























I probably won't be posting again before Christmas so I would like to wish everyone all the best during the holidays. Merry Christmas!


Thanks for stopping by!

Wow Wednesday!

So sorry I haven't been posting lately but the holiday season is so busy! I have a short list of a few fabulous cards I've spotted lately.

Gorgeous background on this card here by Agata.

Such a simple and charming card here and the pom pom ribbon is a perfect touch.

Fantastic design by Jennifer here.

Cristina made a gorgeous glittery card here and love the little pops of red.

Beautiful card here using Glimmer Mist.

The card here just makes me happy. Love the sunny colours and wonderful texture.

Simple and beautiful design here.

I hope these beauties give you some inspiration!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Another Tiffany Doodles Winner!

I have drawn another name for the digi image Birdies Housework because judkajudi already has this image. Thanks Judy for letting me know. The new winner is.....

Josephine Cox

Congratulations Josephine!
Please email me so I can send the digi to you.

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Tiffany Doodles Digi Winner

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and left a comment, it was very much appreciated. The winner of the Birdies Housework image is.........

judkajudi

Congratulations Judy!
Please contact me with an email address so I can send out the digi to you!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Hero Arts Blog Hop



Mark your calendars for Friday, December 10th for a fantastic Blog Hop showcasing NEW stamps from the Hero Arts 2011 catalog. You don't want to miss it! For more info click here.

Wow Wednesday!

If you are here for the Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop and Christmas Challenge click here.


There are so many beautiful projects out there that I had a hard time narrowing it down but I think you'll agree these are all magnificent!

Michelle never ceases to amaze me and what she can do with an ink pad! Check out this gorgeous scene here.

Simple stamping plus paper piercing equals gorgeous luminaries here.

Wow, Jennifer's background here is amazing!

The gift card holders here by Julee are so festive and the unconventional holiday colours here are so elegant.

Clean and simple design here by Karen.

Simple elegance in red, black and white here.

Jean's design here is so elegant and love the colour palette.

Maureen's card here is a beauty in black and white.

The card here is a simple delight.

Beautiful Christmas card by Amy here.

There's something so charming about the cards here. They make me smile.

Have a great inky day and thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Tiffany Doodles Christmas Challenge and Blog Hop

Here is my first project as Design Team member for Tiffany Doodles. The December challenge is Christmas and runs from Dec. 7-31 with a new challenge starting every month on the 7th!

I had a crazy Dr. Suess kind-of-moment when I combined the two images for this card, Christmas Sleigh and Presents. I used Distress Inks on the gifts and Prismacolors and glitter pens on the sleigh. I put lots of Glossy Accents on the sleigh runner to make it nice and shiny and used Mica Flakes for the snow.
























If you're here from the Blog Hop, yippee you're almost at the end of the journey. Only two more blogs left! If you don't know what I'm talking about, there's a Blog Hop that started at Tiffany Doodles. Go check it out!

To win prizes, become a follower of every blog on the list and leave a comment at each blog. The more comments, the more prizes you could win! There will be 3 Grand Prizes of 3 digi images for each winner and every blog will also have a random winner. Check back on Friday at the Tiffany Doodles blog and here to see if you're a lucky winner.

The random winner from my blog will win the Birdies Housework image which I used on this "We've Moved" card.
























Now before you head on over to the next blog I just want to remind you of the digi special going on right now, buy 3 get 1 free. Who doesn't love a special! Also, Tiffany is madly working away at a new and improved blog to make your shopping experience so much easier. Keep your eyes peeled for all the great changes! And if you know of anyone who would love to have Tiffany Doodles sponsor a challenge, just click here to find out all the info.

Your next stop on the hop is Willemien's blog. Go check out what wonderful things she's created with her digi images!

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, December 3, 2010

Exciting News!

I have some fun news to share with you! I've been asked to join the Tiffany Doodles Design Team! If you aren't familiar with this company, Tiffany Doodles offers wonderful digi images to use in all your paper crafting projects.

There are monthly challenges at TD and a new challenge starts on December 7th and runs through until the end of the month. Drop by on Tuesday and see the amazing creations by all the Designers!  Also on Tuesday, there will be a three day Blog Hop with prizes so don't forget to visit the entire teams blogs and leave lots of comments.

Would you like to meet the 10 other new Designers? Stop by the blog, you may recognize a couple of names.

Wishing you an inky day!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Wow Wednesday!

Another group of beautiful inspirations!

Fabulous snowflake CAS card here.

Love the wood background on this charming Christmas scene here.

Here is such a fun advent calendar.

Sharon has made some beautiful sparkling cards here and here using Penny Black stamps.

Jennifer's cards have a great clean and crisp look to them. Check out her holiday cards hereherehere and here. There's a mix of more traditional cards and one done in non-traditional black.

The card by Iwona here is gorgeous and elegant in black and burgundy.

Need some inspiration for gift wrapping? Check out these creative beauties here.

Black and yellow in simple elegance here.

Wonderful Christmas card here and this card here was made by using up the scraps!

Thanks for stopping by!