Simon Says Stamp & Hero Arts goodies

Hi friends!

Sorry for being such a bad blogger lately, we've been packing the house frantically for our big move to Perth.

We arrived three days ago to this sky:

HOW'S THAT FOR BLUE?!

SO yes, we've been here four days. and the sky is still blue. Not sure what to do about that LOL (Melbourne weather is pretty grey and rainy)

So when I arrived, there was a huge HUGE HUUUGE box of crafty goodies I'd had sent to this address, waiting for me.  I'd been paying it off and paying it off and paying it off (and adding to it) for SIX MONTHS!!! So very excited to have it here.

HELLO LOVER.

So anyway, a LARGE part of the box was new Memento Luxe Inks, Hero Arts goodies, and Simon Says Stamp loveliness.

As soon as the grandparents took baby (which was pretty much immediately after we got off the plane lol), I got to 'work' on using my crafty goodies.

Here are a couple of cards I made.

With some Avery Elle Flecked and coloured cardstock as my base, I simply stamped the Hero Arts Star background, and added the little sentiment from Kelly Purkey (which I stamped on a separate piece of cardstock then cut out and mounted on foam tape)

Just as simple! Simon Says Stamp exclusive Chevron stencil (LOVE THIS THING!), some daubers to give a nice soft colour in ombre-stylin'. The sentiment is Simon Says Stamp too. I'm seriously in love with everything they release.

OK that's it for me peeps! I'll be back soon with the new Neat and Tangled Release in a few days!

Seeya soon!

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Christmastime over at ABNH!!

Hi there!

It's Christmas-come-early over at A Blog Named Hero!

We've got an amazing lineup of Guest Designers and awesome projects that we'll be sharing with you over the coming month!

Here is my card:

There's a back story...ready to hear it?!

Now that stamped "hello" might look familiar to you, but in a weird way. That's because it's a die. A new die exclusive to Simon Says Stamp.  I coveted it from the moment I saw it. The size, the script, everything. So I bought it.


Then, to save money, I had it shipped to a friend in the USA who had a few other things to send to me. Then, through various occurrences (mainly me continuing to purchase things and have them sent to this friend to save shipping costs lol), it ended up being at her house for several weeks. SEVERAL.

Eventually I asked her just to send me my Simon Says Stamp products (I couldn't wait any longer to play with them)...and they arrived about a week ago...Did I mention that we're moving house?! We're heading back to my home-city of Perth in Western Australia, we leave less than two weeks from now...Can you see where this is going?!

The package full to the brim of beautiful, exciting, FABULOUS Simon Says Stamp products finally arrived... around about 2 days after I'd packed my die-cutting machine.

So I spent about four days staring at this hello die, walking past it and side-eyeing it (to see if I could trick it into giving me an idea when it thought I wasn't looking, you see)... trying to figure out how I could possibly use it (because it's far to beautiful not to be used), without a die-cutting machine. I couldn't even emboss it!!!!!!!

I very nearly went through the piles of boxes in search of my Big Shot.

I very nearly gave up.

Then it hit me. Wouldn't it be wonderful if there were a matching stamp...*lightbulb*

With a little low-tac (or non-permanent) adhesive, I could use it as a stamp!!!!!

Now I'll admit, it took me a couple of tries to get it right, but I did it. and look how cool the results are!!!

For the colour splashes I used gelatos and water (and a little of the Faber Castell Aquarell Pencils for additional colour), Amy Tangerine Cut and Paste papers, a Neat and Tangled "holiday" sentiment stamp and some Hero Arts Black ink (it's waterproof you see)...and the rest, as they say is history!

Now I do hope you'll pop over to ABNH and check out the other amazeballs projects that are on today (I must've been drunk when I scheduled myself on the same day as Laura Bassen, Kelly Purkey and Jennifer McGuire!! Not to mention the other to DT ladies. Drunk I tell ya...) except I dont drink! *confused face*

Well I do hope you like it!! I'll be back next Monday with another project for the beginning of our Gifts Week on ABNH, but please be sure to stop over at ABNH every week day this month to see ALL the inspiration!!

See you again soon!

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CHallenge time over at ABNH!

Hi!

It's time for a new challenge over at ABNH and I thought I'd share what I made!

SO the challenge is to embellish an envelope. You can make a card to match if you want.

NOWWW....i ran into some trouble with this one lol.

I ordered the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch board several months ago, but due to the late delivery of a couple of other items to my friend who's going to send it all on to me, it's still not in my hot little hands.

So I've had to use my boring ugly normal envelopes instead of a pretty hand-made matching-paper envelope.

To make up for this, I made TWO cards and TWO envelopes :)

what do you think?!

Sorry for the weird lighting in the photos, one of my photo-tent lamps busted the other day and I haven't had a chance to get a new bulb.

ok!

Hope you'll pop over to ABNH and check out what the rest of the DT made, they're all fantabulous, and we really hope you'll join us!!

See you soon!

Linda

Hero Arts LURVES Lawn Fawn!

Hiya!

It's a fun, exciting week over at A Blog named Hero, we've teamed up with Lawn Fawn to show you how well these two fabulous companies work together!

I'm up on the blog on Monday (yesterday), but I thought I'd show you my card here :)

For the background I used a Studio Calico mask and some texture paste, the diecut 'thanks' is from Lawn Fawn's Quinns' ABC's the words 'time for' are an old Hero Arts stamp set, as are the gorgeous leaves.

 To colour the leaves I stamped with my distress markers after colouring in the stamp and spritzing with water. I love love love liggedy-love this effect. I'll be doing it a whole lot more.

The patterned papers I used are all from the Lawn Fawn Into the Woods collection. Crazy-love!!!!!!!! The sequins are LF too :)


See how fun it is when people place nicely together?! (or companies :))


OK! Be sure to head over to ABNH, there are some AH-MAZING cards.

Seeya!

Linda xx

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Lawn Fawn and Hero Arts

Hiya!

We've got a collaboration with Lawn Fawn coming up on ABNH so I was playing with some amazing new product from Lawn Fawn recently and came up with a couple of cards.

Thought I'd share one of them with you today :)

I've been hunting Pinterest a lot lately and I've been SO very inspired by Maile Belles.  I mean, MAN is she talented. That girl ROCKS the tilted cardstock too!! (Check out her blog, you'll see what I mean!) I think I just want to BE HER!

Anyway, I thought I'd go wtih a super cute little card and that bird?! It makes me so happy lol. SO CUTE.

ok, baby is awake so I have to run.

Back again soon!! xx

Design Memory Craft and May Arts blog hop!

Hello!!!!

This week over at the Design Memory Craft blog, we're having a Blog Hop with the fantabulous May Arts!! 

May Arts have some of THE nicest ribbons and twines I've ever seen and I was so very excited to have the opportunity to play with them!

Each day this week, we’ll post a new project on the Faber-Castell and May Arts blogs.  Make sure you hop to both blogs and the Facebook page for more chances to win and more inspiration!

Leave a comment here and on the May Arts blog for a chance to win $50 in product from Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft and May Arts!  For another chance to win, leave a comment on our Facebook page and the May Arts Facebook page! International participants are welcome too!

This blog hop will end at 12am EST on September 28^th.  Winners will be announced on the companies’ blogs on September 30^th.  

 Here is a sneak peek of my project! Be sure to head over to the Design Memory Craft blog to see the full project (a tutorial video will be coming soon I hope! My PC isn't playing nicely :( ) 

Details of ALL the delicious May Arts and Faber-Castell Design Memory Crafts products I used are in my post over on the Design Memory Craft blog :)

 See you again soon!

Linda xx

Welcome to my little Olivia

Hello friends!

I'm sure most of you know by now, but I thought I'd share with those of you who don't 'follow' me on twitter/facebook etc, that my little girl was born on August 30th.

She arrived after three days of contractions (so fun), but still a week early.

So far she is proving to be mostly, a very easy baby. She still has to learn to sleep better through the nights (especially since she sleeps so well in the daytime!) She's very much a Mama's girl and likes to stay close to me, but honestly, that's ok with me :)

Here are a couple of photos of her first days.

This is just an hour or two after she was born:

The next day when her big sisters met her :)

And a few days later, sending y'all a kiss!

I hope you'll forgive me for not blogging much for the next few weeks at least. I have a very good (and cute) reason :)

See you again soon

I'm over at the Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Blog!

Hiya!

I'm very excited to tell you that my first post as Guest Designer over at the fabulous Design Memory Craft Blog, is up!

Here's a sneak of my project using lots of fun and fantastic Faber Castell Design Memory Craft Products (A full list of the products is available over at the blog!)

I hope you'll pop over there and leave me some comment-love! (I also very much hope you'll enjoy the project and tutorial that goes with it!)

See you again VERY soon!