Monday, January 31, 2011

Lots to tell but so little time!

Wow ! What a weekend!
So much in so few days and have I got some gossip and news to tell you all !

Firstly ...
I am very proud to tell you all that I was fortunate enough
to have been excepted onto the design team of ....

Wait for it ....



Yeppers ! The beautiful Crafty Pad.
It is such an honour to be able to work with their already gorgeous Design Team. 
Please do drop by and show them some love, you will not be dissapointed in the talent these ladies have!


The Crafty Pad Shop has some adorable digital images that are truely worth adding to your wish list so please pop on over and have a looksie, it is well worth the time!

The Crafty Pad also run a weekly challenge blog and while you do not have to use a Crafty Pad image (though we would love to see one) if you do ... you will be put into a separte draw for a chance to win a digital image of your choice.  Now that is worth going shopping for!
(Not that we need an excuse to go craft shopping do we lol )

My second big thing is a card AND some HUGE gossip to go along with it!

Well ... I made this card for something very very special

The flowers are hand made from dear hubbys old and torn boxer shorts (I did wash them before I hacked them to peices lol)  and the image is from Whimspy Stamps - Crafting Sentiments.
Last week I applied to Scrappers Haven
for their position of teaher for their card marking classes.
(My local craft store who is ONLINE as well and ships worldwide!)
They also run a monthly Scrapbook Challenge! Well worth peaking at!



I think my card must have been a sucess and I am pleased and so excited to tell you all that I,
yeppers thats me, am now the proud new card making teacher!

I am holding classes every Friday at Scrappers Haven from 9:30 to 12:30, the cost is $10 per class, and we will make 2 cards per class and each week a new technique.  I am also holding a once a month Saturday Off The Page workshop, and the next workshop will be on the 19th February 2011.

I admit I am as nervous as a bull rider at the gate but I am so excited as well.

Scrappers Haven stock everything the crafter needs from papers, ribbons, inks right down to storage sollutions.  They have just uploaded the new Basic Grey Curio line that I think is to die for! and I can not wait to get my hands on some!  Please grap a coffee, take some ME TIME and pop over for a peak at all their wonderful products.

I know this is getting long ... but I also just wanted to share with you my favourite picture from the weekend.


This was taken on Saturday, you can tell it was the perfect weather to be inside crafting and creating but nope... no such luck for me :(
My kids and I wandered on out to the farm in the pouring rain to ...
Fly a kite !

It really was magical standing high and dry on the porch watching the kids run around the paddock in the bucketing down rain trying to fly kites.  And I am really proud of Dylan for not only getting his in the air every time effortlessly but for also being the only kid to get their kite in the air!
Not that any of them minded getting soaked to the bone lol.
And in truth ....
Didn't the kids sleep well that night! bahahahah
(That's evil ? me? no NEVER :))

Oh the joys of being a kid again!

Fair winds and following seas,
The Navy Wife
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Challenges I am entering:
* The Corrosive Challenge - #101 - Button It Up (Sundays)
* Pile It On - #5 Punch It - The leaves are a punch (Sundays)
* Sketchy Colors - #56 Blue, Brown & White (Sundays)
* Stacey's Stamping Stage - #ACT 67 - Chocolate chip, Whisper White, Almost Amethyst & Cajun Craze (Sundays)
* Stampin' Sisters in Christ - #74 Blue & Green (Sundays)
* Whoopsi Daisy - Any shape but a square (Sundays)
* MyGrafico - Aything Goes (Monthly)
* Ohh-La-La - #72 Three of a kind -I have 3 flower embellishments (Mondays)
* Pear Tree Designs - #34 Flowers (Mondays)
Bearly-Mine - #2 Tis a Recipe, 3 flowers, 2 DP and 1 image - I have 3 flowers, 2 dp (the spotty dots are on the back of the paisly blue DP and 1 image/sentiment (Tuesdays)
City Crafter - #41 Sewing (Tuesdays)
Everybody Art - #126 'My Favourite Thing' - easy CRAFT! (Tuesdays)
My Time To Craft - #125 Emboss - I have embossed the punched leaves (Tuesdays)
Top Tip Tuesdays - #19 Flowers - My flowers are hand made from my husbands old boxer shorts(Tuesdays)
Paper Pretties - #PWC138 Sewing (Wednesdays)
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #45 Anything goes - (Wednesdays)
The Pixie Cottage - #54 Sketch and or Flowers - I have flowers (Wednesdays)
* The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything goes Entry #2 (Wednesdays)
Do you Stack Up? - #4 Patterned Papers - My card has DP (Thursdays)
Moving Along With The Times - #83 Spring (Thursdays)
Pals Paper Arts - Bows (Thursdays)
PaperPlay - Week 4 Layer it up (Thursdays)
* Southern Girls - Dry Embossing - The punch leaves have been embossed (
1st Week - Thursdays)
* StampInsanity - SISC#44 Find your Zen - Crafting is my Zen (Thursdays)
* Crafts 4 Eternity - Poka Dots - There are poka dots on the DP paper along the bottom (Fridays)
* Crafty Catz - #67 Flowers (Fridays)
* Delicious Doodles - #10 Spot or Stripes - There are poka dots on the DP paper along the bottom (Fridays)
* Fairy Knoll - #35 Flowers (Fridays)
* CES Challenge - #21 Bold & Bright (Saturdays)
* Just Us Girls - Make Your Own Flowers - Mine are handmade (Saturdays)
* Saturday Challenge - Chocolate (Saturdays)
* Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - A Punchy challenge - The leaves are punched (Saturdays) 
* Crafty Calendar - New Beginings - I made the card as my resume for a new job (Monthy)
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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Chocolate Wrappers

Of late I have been crafting for no particular reason, just putting paper onto paper and seeing what becomes.  I think that is why I am creating so many cards with so many versatile uses as I have no set 'theme' in mind while playing around.  

I did however stumble across one very cool thing though.... I am one of those annoying lolly eaters that like to play with the wrapper from the sweet.  I was munching away on a box of Ferrero Rochers that were given to me for Christmas and this little light in my head flicked on and I though WOW what a stunning gold and look at the wrinkles in it and how it looks crumbled embossed and then the cogs just kept ticking ... wonder what it would look like if I did actually emboss it and from there, there was NO stopping me. 

I had great fun playing around with these wrappers and of course ... at this point I was only eating ALL the chocolates just so I could pass them through the big shot lol (Well... that it what I am telling my waist line).

A close up of the plain wrapper and in the corner one I have embossed with a leaf stencil.

A close up of the leaf stencil embossed chocolate wrapper in the top left hand corner.


The image is a Crafty Pad digital stamp and it is a Freebie you can find here. Thank you The Crafty Pad!

Challenges this card is entering: 
2 Sister Challenge Blog - #22 Flowers- I have flowers (Saturdays)
A Spoon Full Of Sugar - #134 Thank you - Could be used as a Thank you (Tuesdays)
* Artful Inkables - Think Ink #34 Punches / and or Die Cuts - The frame is a die cut (Tuesdays)
Bah! Humbug! - #2 Use Stencils - I used stencils as an emboss on the chocolate wrappers (Fridays) 
Craft Your Passion -  #40 Let's tie one on (use ribbon, lacing or anything you can tie on) - I have ribbon (Mondays)
Crafty Purple Frog - New year new challenges and new designs - I really used something new and never before ... The gold that is crinkled and also embossed on the corners is actually a Ferrero Rocher Chocolate wrapper (lol were originally a box of them oopps but tasty yummo!) (Thursdays)
* Creatalicious Challenge - #18 Ribbon and love - I have used ribbon and I believe the card is 'love' based on friendship (Saturdays)
 Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cupcake #124 Something New - I really used something new and never before ... The gold that is crinkled and also embossed on the corners is actually a Ferrero Rocher Chocolate wrapper (lol were originally a box of them oopps but tasty yummo!)(Mondays)
 Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog - #80 quote - I have a quote (Mondays)
Fab 'n' Funky Challenge - #55 Let's get warm & toasty - I have used warm colors like orange, yellow and gold. (Wednesday)
Fairy Tale Challenge Blog - #6 Flowers - I have flowers (Fridays)
 Melijens Designs -  #41 Square or Rectangle shaped card - The card is square (Wednesdays)
 Ooh-la-la Creations - #71 Bling it on - I have glitter on the die cut frame (Mondays)
Pattie's Creations -  #10 Anything goes (Fridays)
 Pollycraft Monday - #75 New things - I really used something new and never before ... The gold that is crinkled and also embossed on the corners is actually a Ferrero Rocher Chocolate wrapper (lol were originally a box of them oopps but tasty yummo!)(Mondays)
Prairie Fairy Fridays -  #44 Happy Birthday - Can be used for a Birthday Card (Fridays)
Some Odd Girl - Let's Get Embossed - I have the embossed leaves on the wrappers(Thursdays)
 Stamp Something - Anything Goes (Fridays)
Stampin' B's Design Team - Use a Die Cut - The frame is a die cut (Thursdays)
Tellen's Place - Let's see some ribbon - I have ribbon (Fridays)
The Crafty Pad - Birthdays - Card can be used for a birthday (Sundays)  ** EDIT*** Made top 3!
 The Creative Cottage - #30 Something New I really used something new and never before ... The gold that is crinkled and also embossed on the corners is actually a Ferrero Rocher Chocolate wrapper (lol were originally a box of them oopps but tasty yummo!)(Wednesdays)
 The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthdays - Card can be used for a Birthday ( Wednesdays)
 Top Tip Tuesdays - #17 Anything goes (Tuesdays)

Fair winds and following seas, 
The Navy Wife

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

A crafty time with Love on my mind


With flood waters surrounding me in my neighboring towns here in Queensland, Australia there is sadly not much I can do but be thankful that I and my family are safe, high and dry.  Fuel and food restrictions are now in place and things like fresh fruit and vegetables and perishables are starting to run out as the highway is closed.  With conserving our fuel I have been at home crafting and watching the devastating news unfold on the TV. 

My thoughts and prayers go out to all those who have lost their lives, homes and business and or been effected in this horrible natural disaster.  I believe and I hope that after the rain and waters have subsided that the true nature of the “Aussie” will show through and we will all battle on, lending each mate a hand.   We will rebuild and we will survive this.

This is how I have been amusing my time in front of the TV.  I am not sure if I should save this for another Wedding Card, use it for a Valentines card or keep it in my stash for a Birthday Card! lol Love a multi use!



Challenges I am entering:
 Craft Your Passion - #40 Lets tie one on (Use ribbon, lace or anything you can tie on) (Mondays)
Cupcake Craft Challenges - #Cupcake 124 - Something new - I am using my new corrugated papers (the black and the white) that I got for Christmas (Mondays)
Incy Wincy Designs - #76 Go Dotty - I have used a white 'dot' embossed paper and on one side I have sponged black ink over to highlight and I have used silver dotted paper for the balloons. (Mondays)
Lexi's Creations - #31 Say it with Love - (Mondays)
Ooh La La Creations - OLLCB #71 Bling it on! - I have used two blings on the birds and glitter papper butterflies and I have silver spotted balloon paper. (Mondays)
 Paper Playtime - CH#33 Black, Silver & White Only - I have used black, silver and white only ( Mondays)
Pollycraft Monday - #75 New Things - I am using my new corrugated papers (the black and the white) that I got for Christmas (Mondays)
 Top Tip Tuesday -  #17 Anything Goes (Tuesdays)
Scrapbook Sisters - #17 Anything Goes - (Wednesdays)
Simon Says Stamp - New Beginnings - It is a Love Card (Wednesdays)
The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog - #30 Something New - It is a Love Card (Fortnightly Wednesdays)
The Pixie Cottage -  #51 Sketch and or Use Punches - The swirl border and butterflies are punches. (Wednesdays)
365 Cards  - Day 316 Pure Elegance - Elegance to me is black and white with clean and simple and crispness.
Charisma Cardz Challenge - #1 Happy Birthday - Can be used for a Birthday card. (Thursdays)
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - New Goodies / Techniques - I am using my new corrugated papers (the black and the white) that I got for Christmas (Thursdays)
Cute Card Thursday - #146 Out With the Old - I have used all old stash besides the new corrugated papers. (Thursdays)
Dutch Dare Challenges - DDCC#94 New Beginnings - It is a Love Card (Thursdays)
Paper Play Challenges - 11 Week One - Clean and Simple - The card is clean and simple (Thursdays)
Crafty Calendar Challenge - #16 New Beginnings - It is a Love Card (Saturdays)
Prairie Fairy Fridays -  #43New Beginnings - It is a Love Card (Fridays)
 Fun at fairy Knolls -  #32 All That Glitters - The butterflies are punched from glitter paper, the balloons are on silver spotted glitter paper and the birds both have a bling jewel on them (Fridays)
Paper Cutz Challenge - #73 Use metal - I used beading wire to make the strings on the balloons. (Fridays)
The Secret Crafter - #116 Tons of Texture - I have texture (Saturdays)
 One Stitch At A Time - #44 Love & Valentine - It is a love card ( Sundays)
 The Crafty Pad - #103 Happy Birthday - Could be used as a Birthday Card (Sundays)
Stamping Vacation -   Pick 3 - I used a white background, punch and glitter.
Craft Your Days Away - CYDA #11 Anything Goes (Fridays)
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Blog Hop & Anything Goes (Thursdays)
 Simple Create - #34 I'm the Boss - Embossing - I have the embossed spot paper. (Fridays)
Speedy The Cats Friends Challenges - #37 Embossing - I have the embossed spot paper.   (Saturdays)
Rainbow Lady's - #134 It's all new to me - I am using my new corrugated papers (the black and the white) that I got for Christmas (Thursdays)
Tellen's Place - Punches - The swirl border and the glitter butterflies are punches. (Fridays)***EDIT* MADE TOP 3

Fair winds and following seas,
The Navy Wife





Sunday, January 9, 2011

Celebrate with us at Gingerloft Challenges #9

This fortnight Gingerloft Challenges are 'Celebrating!' There is many a things to celebrate with the New Year ahead of us and this is the perfect time for all of us to make a start preparing for the year ahead.  CELEBRATE and join us in this occasion! You can celebrate anything ~ Birthday, Valentines, Wedding, even Christmas again if you want to get a head start :P the list is endless.  The Gingerloft Challenge runs for a fortnight and you do not have to use a Gingerloft image to play along with us so I / we would love to see you there!
Here is my creation for this fortnight using Gingerloft Seeing Stars image.  I love how well it turned out and am palnning to add it to my 'stash on hand cards' for a wedding card.  Ironically as I love making cards, when weddings come around I always seem to find myself buying them and not making them, this way I will have one on hand.  The holographic stars are a perfect match and I love how they sparkle when the light hits them. 


The image is one of the many new ones recently out and with hubby home at the moment I have not been crafting much but have been dieing to play with this new one.  I have also used old paper scraps from my stash as again with hubby home getting near a craft shop is just ... well .... not in the near sights so I am working with what I have on hand and really it could use a clean out lol :P






Challenges I am Entering :-
Craft Your Passion - #39 Anything goes (Mondays)
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Cupcake #123 White is white - White is the primary color (Mondays)
Die Cut Dreams Challenge - #80 Quote - card includes a quote (We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - We find it with another) (Mondays)
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - #48 Anything Goes (Mondays)
Paper Playtime - #32 Use faces on your project - The image is faces. (Mondays)
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Your newest stamp  - This is one of my newest stamps that I have not used.(Mondays)
The Crazy Challenge - CCH #48 All Things New  - It is a wedding card (Mondays)
Creative Card Crew - New Begginnings - It is a wedding card (Tuesdays)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes ( Tuesdays)
Try It On Tuesday - #Week 1 New Begginnings - It is a wedding card (Tuesdays)
Scrapbook Sisters - #17 Anything Goes (Wednesdays)
Simon Says Stamp - New Begginnings - It is a wedding card (Wednesdays)
 The Creative Cottage Challenge - #30 Something New - It is a wedding card and the stamp is new(Wednesdays)
365 Cards - #Day 314 Romance - It is a wedding card (Daily)
Charisma Cardz Challenge - #1 Birthdays & Cellebrations - It is a wedding card (Thursdays)
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - New year, new challenges & new designs - It is a wedding card and the stamp is new along with the desgin (Thursdays)
Cute Card Thursday - #146 - Out With The Old - I have used all my old stash papers (Thursdays)
 Dutch Dare Card Challenges - DDCC#94 - New Begginnings - It is a wedding card (Thursdays)
Paper Play Challenges - #1 Clean & Simple - It is clean and simple (Thursdays)
Sassy Studio Desgins - DTBST #54 Something New - It is a wedding card  and I have used my new stamp (Thursdays)
 Southern Girls Challenge - #9 Anything Goes (Fortnight Thursdays)
Blog-a-Doodle - New Year's Resolutions - To make ALL my own cards this year and not buy any!(Thursdays)
 Crafty Calendar Challenge - #16 New Begginings - It is a wedding card (Saturday)
Prairie Fairy Fridays - #43 New Begginning - It is a wedding card (Fridays)
Fun At Fairy Knoll - FK32 All The Glitters - The stars are hologiphic paper and shine and sparkle lol and I know I have not spelt that right lol (Fridays)
Stamp Something - January Digi Day - Use a digi - The image is a digi stamp (Fridays)
Our Creative Corner - Inspiration Challenge -  I used the colors of the picture  - Red, black, white and silver/grey (Saturdays)


Fair winds and follwoing seas
The Navy Wife