Merry Monday #8

Hi everyone. My friend Sherry and I skype on a regular basis and this week because Sherry is a guest designer at Merry Monday I decided to play along. I made this card and a layout which I will post tomorrow on my blog.

The above sketch is what I had to follow for the challenge. I used October Afternoon paper, chipboard and ephemera and jute twine from my stash. The cardstock is from Stampin' Up! Make sure to come back tomorrow for my layout.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

A layout I completed. . . .

Well it has been a little while again but to be honest I am in a rut and sick of making cards that just sit in a box. So I have decided to take on scrapbooking in earnest. I did not follow a challenge or anything. This is completely my own design lol. The pictures are of my youngest daughter Ashleigh and my grandaughter Sophie. These pics was taken last Sunday just gone when they went over to the coast for the day.

I am really happy with how the page turned out and it is now the 4th page I have done in this style which I am totally loving. I love the sprays Mister Huey's by Studio Calico and I have two with two more coming. I would like to get them all. I used various paper lines - Cosmo Cricket, Sassafras Lass, Pink Paislee and October Afternoon. The Alphas are from Basic Grey. I hope you enjoy it but in the meantime. . . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Just Because. . .I felt like making a card!!

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY for all the Aussies out there in blogland. . . .YAY!!!!!!!

I have been putting this card together for nearly a week but when Sherry and I skyped the other day I put it aside and only finished it off tonight so I thought I would put it up here on my blog as I really like how it turned out eventually lol. This card is not for a challenge or anything it was just because I felt like making a card.

I have used SU cardstock, Modern Label punch and Early Expresso ink pad, I Am Roses flowers (totally in love with them), MFT Dies for the dress form and sewing bits and bobs as well as the doily background and stamp set, some jute twine and a Making Memories vintage garment pin. Oh I nearly forgot the most important bit I used OA Thrift Shop paper pad. That is it for now.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

Clean and Simple Stamping - #174

Another day another challenge people lol. Once again Sherry and I were skyping and we both chose to do this weeks Clean and Simple sketch. Below is my interpretation of that challenge.

This is the sketch we followed. . . .

Okay hopefully I will be back before the end of the week with another project.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Christmas Card Challenges - #7

Well here I am another day another challenge lol. Once again during the same skyping session with my friend and partner in crime and laughter the other day here is another challenge from Christmas Card Challenges - this week being using flourishes on your card. I used my beautiful christmas gift from Sherry which was the WHOLE collection of Holiday Style by October Afternoon and I was going to put it away until next christmas but I promised myself I was going to try and not hoard so much of my stash hehehe. I used my lovely Flourish die my MFT which I absolutely adore as it always looks fabulous no matter what you use it on.

Once again the twine is from my friend Sherry. Cardstock is from Stampin' Up! and the chipboard Santa is also from OA same collection. Okay once that is it from me for now.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #35

I was skyping with my friend Sherry and I decided to do a couple of card challenges while we chatted (4 hours of chatting lol). She told me about CAS-ual Fridays Challenges and what the challenge was for this week so I decided to make a card to meet that challenge and for this week it was a clean and simple card using scallops. Below is the card I entered.

I used October Afternoon Farmhouse collection, the sentiment I typed out myself using an OA Ephemera piece laying it on an A4 piece of paper and putting it through my printer using a typewriter font. The cardstock is by Stampin' Up! The twine is from my friend Sherry and the chipboard house is also OA. The scallops I cut out using an MFT die. Okay that is all for now. . . .

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Marion Smith's 31 Day Challenge 2012

It is time for Marion Smith's 2012 - 31 Day challenge. . . YAYYYYY!!!

This year will be a little different from last year in that for each day of January we are to take a photo and create a photographic journal for them. Marion does have downloads to make a beautiful journal with all the inserts etc. but because it is just after Christmas I have no funds to purchase any of them at the moment but maybe I may down the track a bit. I have used Kaisercraft's Sweet Nothings collection and it is very shabby chic. I fell in love with it when I saw someone showing it on You Tube. I have had this collection in my possession for not even two weeks lol and I am cutting into it already why you ask???? Because I made a vow for 2012 that I would use my stash and not lock it away in the hoard vault ROTFLOL. I have a tendency to do just that but not this year! I will be doing videos during the month of my progression but not every day maybe every 2-3 days we'll see.

The first pic is of the front cover and I have not added any embellishments yet until I finish the month as I do not want to knock it around unnecessarily.

The second pic shows the inside of the journal and I have used random envelopes, paper bags and those vintage envelopes that was all the rage last year. I will also be cutting my own envelopes using some of the Sweet Nothings paper but for now I am far too tired so maybe in the morning I will start that but for now I just wanted to post on the blog for the day. I am off to bed but in the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day in beauty

The Gypsy