Team Challenge...

Here is the card I made for our latest team challenge (which finishes today LOL- We went away for five days on a sort-of-spur-of-the-moment holiday) The colours are definitely NOT me, so I'm not really sure what to think of it... But I do like doing things like this as like nearly everyone else says, it certainly makes it a challenge to step out of one's comfort zone and try new things...

The inspiration was a tea-bag packet, so I have made a 'Tea bag' holder. And we had to use Summer Sun, More Mustard, Garden Green and Whisper White and the 'Seeing Spots' stamp set. Veeeeery challenging!!!! LOL

Ps: I also tried to do like Kristina Werner and write my own words instead of stamping... not good.....

And still more Chrissy cards :-))

And I was still receiving Chrissy cards in the new year LOL (thanks to our wonderful postal system - card was post-stamped 16th Dec - definitely got lost somewhere?????).

I received this lovely card from Kim - thanks so much Kim. :-))

Team Challenge...

Challenge photo:

Coffee Pouch closed:
Coffee Pouch opened:

Hi all - Last week I had the enjoyment of setting a challenge for our team and this is what I gave them - Using Basic Black, Elegant Eggplant, Gold Embossing and a touch of Real Red, they were to make something using the packets as inspiration..... And be inspired they were!!!! Check out my team members blogs to see how we all 'interpreted' the colours. It truly amazes me how everyone 'sees' things and how so very, very different every card is.

I found the colours to be very 'rich' looking (must be 'cause of the yummy, very rich tasting coffee that was inside the pouches LOL) so I have gone for hopefully something very 'rich' looking in design. I also made a 'coffee pouch' (got the idea from here - thanks Kylie - but made my pouch from scratch to fit the coffee packets in) After I finished, I didn't know if I liked the mainly black look so made a card as well to try with the Elegant Eggplant being the main colour. Trust me... It was extremely challenging!!!! LOL - WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!.... But in the end I was very pleased with the results.

Is it just me? Now-a-days just about everything I see I consider how it could be interpreted into a card layout / design / colour theme etc.....

Received Chrissy Cards....

Hi all - I know, I know, Christmas is over, time to move on to bigger and better things LOL, but I thought you might all like to see the beautiful cards I received for Christmas....

From back left:
Melissa M (Fam), Judy (Demo), Karen T (Demo), Rose (Fam), Kerri (Friend),
Kylie (Demo), Karen G (Friend), Melissa H (Demo),
Melissa M (Fam), Judy (Fam), Melissa M (Fam).

The two bottom outer ones (Melissa M) were gift card holders for my DH and myself.


And then I received this beautiful card from:
Leigh (Demo)

To you all, my family and I thank you for the beautiful cards and Christmas wishes.


Ps: And on the note of moving on, I see I still have cards saved in draft from mid November..... LOL

KWerner Challenge #36

Short and sweet... here is my card for Kristina's latest colour challenge. Very simple but I really like how it turned out.

Thanks for looking.

Step Chrissy Cards....

Hi all again - here is my 'pride and joy' Chrissy card. I made a couple of these to send to some card making/demonstrator friends. A little adventurous for making more than one and at this time of year but I was very happy with how they turned out. I really wanted something special for these girls as I always get apprehensive when making cards for seasoned card makers.. Yeah, yeah I know, I shouldn't, but I do.... But as I said I was very pleased with how it turned out.

Here is a close up to show the glitter detail (just for fun LOL)

And here is another idea that I got half way through making the other ones. I needed one more card for someone else who loves making things for other people so I thought she would love one of these also.

Ps: All Stampin' Up products
Pss: I got the idea for a step card from Splitcoast Stampers.

Christmas Cards....

Hi all - hope you all had a great Chrissy and that 'Santa' bought you all that you wished for....

This was the first lot of bulk cards I made (after my stamp-a-stack cards). I first saw the idea for these on my upline, Karen's blog long ago so will give the credit there. Hers were a little fancier that mine but I was very pleased with how mine turned out. And don't they look pretty in all the different colours (if I do say so myself... YILM). I was guided by the coloured ribbons I had and made the base card and sentiment etc in the same colour for each one. I so loved how they turned out that I made another batch of 12 for another group. But with those ones I added another layer of card stock and cut out the corners of the white card stock with a small circle punch. I was very please with those also but chose not to take a photo at the time thinking that they were too close to these.... but now i wish I had... (As my DH loves to tell me, "hindsight is a wonderful thing" LOL)

All supplies used were Stampin' Up.