It’s been so long since I’ve done some ‘real’ sponging on my cards.  By real, I mean sponging every piece of layering card.  I really like the warmth it gives to a card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp Set: Artfully Asian, Sanded Background

Card: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss, Whisper White

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Basic Black

Accessories:  Blender Pen, Sponges, Mellow Moss Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals.

Yesterday was my little man’s 7th Birthday, so tomorrow I’ll upload the card I whipped up for him.  That is when my batteries in the camera recharge.  Why is it that when you want the camera the most, the batteries go flat?  Like at the birthday party!  Grrrrr

Gosh, 3 posts in one day!

Remember this little cutie?  Well here she is again.

Tilda and the Roses are from Magnolia as is the card base and the patterned paper.

I’ve coloured Tilda in using Stampin’ Up! Markers and layered her onto some Old Olive.  I’ve also used a little bit of sparkle in her wings, which the camera has picked up nicely.

I also stamped Baroque Motifs in the corners with Old Olive

I’ll have some to show very soon.

Did you all see this??

It’s me on page 150!

If you did happen to see it, or are visiting for the first time, I’d love it if you left a ‘hello’ in the comments section, (mainly for my own feedback) - Thanks!

Garden Whimsy has met the Elite Challenges Sketch number 9!

For this card, I coloured the tulip image in with a lighter marker first, then added a touch of darker marker to give it some depth.   I’ve also used some of the beeautiful Designer Papers from the Palette O’ Prints Promtion with a little bit of Old Olive Ink Sponged around the edgs, as suggested by my downline Bev 

Card Recipe

Stamp Set: Garden Whimsy

Card: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Designer Paper, Whisper White

Ink:  Old Olive

Accessories: Basful Blue, Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery, Old Olive Markers, Bashful Blue Taffeta Ribbon, Dimensionals, Sponges.

Another reason why I just love Stampin’ Up! is because they give us demo so many fantastic card samples.

This card came from our monthly magazine called Impressions.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Brocade Basics, Warm Words

Card: River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Ink:  River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive

Accessories: River Rock Striped Ribbon, Chocolate Chip Wide Grosgrain, Dimensionals

I know I’m late for Mothers Day, I hope you all had a fantastic day.   Here’s a card that I made, but now that it’s past, you could easily change the sentiment to something new.

On Mothers Day, my 6 year old son, begged me to teach him how to knit!  Hmm Knitting a boy??  But he insisted.  So I say down with him and taught him, and you know what, he’s really good at it.  It has to be good for his hand eye coordination and concentration.  I’ll take a photo later and show you all how good he is at it!

Card Recipe

Stamp Set:  Fabulous Flowers

Card: Purely Pomegranite, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White

Ink: Purely Pomegranite, Wild Wasabi

And a little bit of bling!

Due to all the Downtime my site has experienced lately, I’m extending this to FRIDAY - so get all your questions/comments in and sign up to the newsletter and you’ll go in to win 2 cards.

Time to give some cards away I think!

Remember these cards?

Well I have 2 sets of them, so I’m going to give these away. 

I’ll be giving them away in lots of 2.  To win them, simply sign up to my Newsletter (on the right hand panel) if you are not already on my list. 

OR simply leave me a question in this thread.  I’ll compile all the questions and answer them over the comings weeks (assuming you all ask questions LOL).

I’ll close this off Tuesday Night

Trish Leonard is the winner of my last blog candy, so Trish this is on it’s way to you.

There’s still time to join in this round of Stamps by Mail.

What’s Stamps by Mail??  See this post here - it will explain everything.

Above is a snippet of the first 3 projects for the first month.  We’ll be making 2 cards and a 6×6 layout, all in the beautiful tones of Blue Bayou and Soft Sky.

This card uses more of the Palette O’Prints Designer Paper.  I soooooo love this paper.  Dont forget that you too can own this pad for $12.95 when you make a purchase of $35 or more.

Full instructions on how to make this card were in my monthly newsletter.  So if you’d like the instructions, simply sign up in the newsletter box on the right hand side.

I’ll be back with some blog candy in the next few days

Here’s some highlights of my posts in April

Stamps by Mail  Due to popular demand I’m running another Stamps By Mail Program

Bronco Busters   Another challenge I set for the Team Cyberstamp was a colour challenge.  We had to use Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Whisper White and Chocolate Chip.

Happy!  Last Tuesday night, we had a team Cyber Stamp in our Demo Forums

For Sarah Klass    At convention Sarah Klass asked me what was beyond the window where I take all my card photo’s from.

Convention Awards    I feel a little funny about coming here and writing all my awards down now.

Convention 2008  Well I’m home again after a very full on Convention in Brisbane.

Watercolour Spritz Tutorial   Our Workhop Tutorials continue to be a hit.  Thank you to everyone who support us. This month’s Technique of The Month is the ”Watercolour Spritz Workshop” delivered directly to your email in-box.