The Paper Players #177: Chalkboard challenge

With the fun I've had crafting the last few days I've had a wonderful opportunity to play along with some challenges!! This one at The Paper Players is all about the chalkboard technique!! LOVE THAT TECH!! SO I was in! Here is my take on the challenge with a birthday card I'll be needing next month (YAY super organized!!)

I've made my card a matchbook card! It's really fun to do something different with your cards, mix it up a little!! Hey new Year, new way of making cards!!

I really LOVE the island indigo ribbon, so with some sweet buttons and a hot air balloon (gotta love those) a birthday greeting stamped on some vellum (also gotta love that!) the card was complete!!

Oh and I did the inside too!! Another thing for the New YEar (at least while I'm on holidays!! hee he!)
Hope you like my take on the challenge! It was fun to play along!! Thanks ladies for the inspiration,

StuckonUSketches: January SKetch Challenge with Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper

I've been having LOADS of fun the past few days crafting and joining in on some fabbo challenges that are out there!! What a super way to start my crafting New yEAR!! This challenge site HERE, Kim (my great friend) found once and so I hopped on over to see their latest sketch! 

I also found this super Inspiration board too that I thought would work a treat with the new,  BRAND NEW (here's a sneak peak lovelies) Sweet Sorbet DSP!!! It's a FREEBIE with the Sale-a-bration celebration coming up at the end of the month, so I was keen to play with it!! YIPPEE!!! Hannah is the birthday girl this month in our family so this is the new JANUARY page for our toilet calendar!!

 Now for some close ups......

I'm totally loving added some sparkle to my projects, especially the gold glitter paper, oh sooo pretty!! I also love the thinlits die with the xxox's and arrows!! Oh and check out that "love you More" stamp, that's the new Valentine's set available NOW! SO CUTE!!!

I've really enjoyed playing along, thanks heaps dear ladies at Stuck on You sketches!! I had fun!

Flowers, ribbons and thanks!

What girl doesn't like ribbon and flowers?? I know they are up there in things I love and with the wonderful colours of SU's latest in-colours these ribbons are sooooo pretty!!!
So with some gifts of thanks needed I put together a ribbon share and presented them all pretty in a quick and easy bag with a DSP topper! Add a flower using the core'dinations primrose petal cardstock (sanded to add a lift) a pearl for the center, stamp a thank you and your gift is complete!!

Just Add Ink Scrapbooking Challenge #24

As you may have read HERE I've just put together a calendar for myself and my dear friends who live in Nowra. It was their Christmas gift! Teresa and I get together each month to do some pages, chat, hang out and do what we love.... SCRAP!! We were both down a page and we needed a male one so before posting it off I got busy making the final page!! When you're in a hurry and feel the pressure inspiration is a MUST and so i turned to the fabbo JAI ladies for their latest challenge..... Just add a date!
AWESOME!!! This will work a treat! In saying that I don't have a photo on my page so I hope I'm still eligible to enter the challenge......
Here is my page....

 A close up of the date! I cut the numbers from the Soho Subway DSP and then stamped over them with the fabulous grunge stamp set! The little date is with the rotary stamp!

 Some very cool island indigo chevron ribbon, and the burlap ribbon (LOVE!!!) with a retired button and some twine. You can also see some wood grain embossing from the great wood grain embossing folder! I've edged around the naturals ivory ready for the photo of Andrew who's birthday month this is!

What do you think?? Is it a good guy page?? What favourite things do you like to add to your blokey pages?? Why not give the JAI add a date challenge a go too!! See you again soon,

Merry Christmas to you all!

The gifts have been wrapped and even given out now...... Turkey eaten, plum pudding enjoyed and carols sung!! Truly a wonderful Christmas has been our day today, what a blessing it has been to us all! How I love that God sent His Son Jesus to be born on this earth for all, the most amazing gift of all!

Scrap and Music: Sketch #17.... Like a Prayer

How about this very groovy sketch and some equally great words over at Scrap and Music at the moment! Well with some scrapping very much needed (it feels like AGES!!!) I got to it with the last few pages I needed for my 2014 calendar!! 

 

I had these totally wonderful pictures of Sapphire and Reuben (our little cousin) and Sarah my sister and I that will be just perfect for my "October" next year! Can't imagine just how much they will have grown in another year, so it will be really special to remember them at one! I just got some super sweet Valentine's gift bags so wanted to use them for sure! I'm also having sooo much fun with vellum and silver at the moment (with all my Christmas cards) and stars have ALWAYS been a fav for me!! SO here are some close ups of my page......

 I made this rose from THIS tut and then popped some crystal effects on the edges with my finger and sprinkled silver glitter on! The star row is made with the star die from the Thinlits circle pack!

 Here is the sweet little Valentine's gift bags..... I've popped some vellum inside for my journalling and topped it with the bakers twine! Those little silver splatters are with the stamp from Gorgeous grunge and the silver ink pad in the mini!

 My title "LIKE A CHILD" is words from the song "like a prayer" and the die here is the Tasteful trim which I've just edged the scallop one in real red and the other is cut with vellum.

I forget about the doilies sometimes, they are such a pretty embellishment and the soft blue buttons all make my page complete!

DIY Christmas Star (made from wooden sticks)

 If you are looking for an easy gift idea that looks really lovely and is very in-expensive, then this wooden star is the gift idea for YOU!
Just gather yourself up some sticks, about the same thickness and then cut them to the same length!. Then place them on top of each other in lots of two. From there form your "star" shape. Next grab some ribbon or twine or string and wrap it around the end a good few times. Tie a knot.

 Continue doing this until you have 5 points all tied together! In the center where it crosses over I've also tied a little string to help hold my star in place, this way it doesn't all fall in to itself! Then it's ready to hang!

This makes a fantastic gift, something you've handmade always does!! What do you think? Any good ideas you have to share too? Another fabbo idea I saw over at Traveling Mama is HERE! Very groovy indeed!
Well with only 6 more sleeps I hope that you are getting your lists done and enjoying all of the Christmas spirit at this special time of year!