Swap Sisters Week 5 Challenge

Hello everyone. How the hell are you all this glorious weekend? I got the most fabulous gift in the mail this week but I am going to save that for another post lol, hate to keep you in suspense but this gift deserves its own post. This week over at Swap Sisters the challenge was a colour challenge and you can see what those colours are below. Mel picked some beauties for sure lol.

This is my interpretation of the above colour challenge. I stamped the background in Pink Pirohuette using the French Script stamp. Then I used the Fifth Avenue rose and stamped it in Chocolate Chip over that then stamped it again onto another piece of Whisper White and cut it out to 3D it over the top but I added Dazzling Diamonds to the flower. I also stamped another piece above that to give the impression of several flowers . The flower embellishment we did in the chat room on the Friday night live with Sue Denning our fearless leader. I stamped the pink pieces with Chocolate Chip in French Script and the Chocolate Chip pieces in Versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I used the Filagree brads for the centre of the flower. I think the double layered photo corner in the top right hand corner pulls it alltogether.

I would love to hear your opinion of this card so please leave a comment, it doesn't take very long to do lol. If you are interested in joining us over at Swap Sisters then please send me an email or leave a comment with this post with your email addy and I will send you an invitation to join Swap Sisters. There will be live tutorials and challenges on most nights in the chatroom which is the happening place to be, so why not come and join us I guarantee that the laughter and fun we have is second to none. Okay that is it from me for now and if you would like to purchase this card then just hit the Add to Cart button below this post to purchase it.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

$6.00 - Postage Inclusive

Project Tuesday Gift Card Holder

Hi everyone, It has been a very busy week for me this week with trying to get my mini albums finished and my tag swaps as well as being sick with a virus for a few days. All in all things are looking a lot better now near the end of the week thank goodness. This week over at Project Tuesday the challenge was to create a gift card holder. There were links to written instructions and a how to video my Jen McGuire over at the Hero Arts Blog. I chose to watch the Jen McGuire video and as a result of that below see my finished card.

This is the inside of my card and there was another pic with my credit card inserted into the gift holder section but it exposed all my credit card details and I was not comfortable with that so I left the pic out . . .sorry about that. I was going to add ribbon but I thought there was enough going on not to add that as well. Ok that is all for me tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

$6.00 With Postage Inclusive

Swap Sisters Week 4 Challenge

I'm so sorry that my post is late this week for Swap Sisters I came down with some kind of virus and I have been sleeping virtually since Saturday. I was only well enough tonight to finally make my card for this weeks challenge over at Swap Sisters. The challenge this week was to use/incorporate something 3D from nature, together with a nature themed image. Scrubby had just trimmed all the small pine trees in the backyard so when I walked outside that was the first thing I spotted so that was it for me lol. Besides being far too sick at the time of getting my nature bit, I knew I could do something with it. The stamp set I used was a two step set which is now retired. The brads used are from Rich Regals and I also used Hemp Twine. Cardstock used was Always Artichoke, Mellow Moss and Whisper White. I used retired River Rock, Mellow Moss and Basic Black stamp pads. The button and ribbon are from my stash.

I hope you come along and play with us this week and for those of you who are not a member why not drop me an email and join you will be pleasantly surprised by what you find. The ning community is by invitation only. Okay for now that is all I have. Don't forget this card is for sale so if you wish to purchase it click on the Add to Cart button below.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

$6.00 Postage Included

Changes for The Gypsy Cart blog

Hello everyone. Well today I have made some decisions about where I am going and what I want to do and there will be some changes made to my blog to reflect those decisions. All good I can assure you. You see here is the gist of it. . . .I work from home and have done since my workplace bullying incident nearly two years ago, and now I need to let that go finally and move on which has been an issue for me and I guess it has stopped me from getting on with my life in some ways. But, and here is the thing, I am happy working from home it gives me a real freedom but I need to make it work for me and when I say work for me it needs to sustain my family and I and to pay the bills etc.

I will still take part in challenges but the card or whatever I make for the challenge will be immediately for sale on my blog. Some of the things I will have for sale are my journals, my vintage keepsake box and there will be more of those, some mini album kits, some embellishment packages, some handmade flower embellishments, vintage ephemera including sheet music from the beginning of the 1900's.

As some of you know I was recently chosen to be a design team member on Swap Sisters which is a ning community and is by invitation only. This community will be quite the place to be and there will be all sorts of wonderful things happening as we grow. Challenges, tutorials, how to get the most out of your camera, how to make your own whitebox for more professional looking pics, how to use distress inks, alcohol inks, how to use Copic markers, how to use Prisma coloured pencils and how to shade and blend effectively. There will also be regular swaps whereby each person swapping has to create a tutorial of their swap project to share with only the other members who swap and no one else will have access to them.

As a member of the design team Mel Davies and I were given a Cricut Expression which also included the SCAL software program, a deep cut blade and housing, extra mats, extra blades for both the regular and deep cut housing. This has blown us away and I really want to make this work for all of us. It was such a generous thing for Sue Denning to give us and in her words she wants her design team to have access to the very best of everything. We will also be getting the very latest in Distress Inks, Glimmer Mists, Copic Markers and Prisma pencils just to name a few things. Mel and I have been unable to sleep since we found out lol. Now I ask you what other design team offers such tools for their design girls? If you would like to become a member of the hottest place to be then drop me an email at thegypsycart@gmail.com and I will arrange an invitation. Bear in mind that the three of us are Stampin' Up! demonstrators and a lot of the projects will be inspired by SU products and the products used will mainly be SU for us but that is not to say that there won't be other products to play with lol. I mean it is all about the creativity and learning and sharing with other like-minded people. So make a start and contact me, you will not be sorry. Okay I think that is all for now but if you have any questions please do not hesitate to email me and I will promptly answer your query. I am so excited by these changes and I hope you will be able to share in that excitement and join me on a new journey.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with Creative Beauty!

The Gypsy

Swap Sisters Week 3 challenge

Hello everyone well this week over at Swap Sisters I did a technique video (which is below for your viewing pleasure lol) for the challenge this week and below is the outcome of that technique.

Swap Sisters is a new community on Ning and is by invitation only so if anyone is interested please do not hesitate to email me and come join us in all the creative fun. Trust me when I say there is going to be so much to see and learn as we grow. Things like Colour, sketch and technique challenges. Also tutorials on how to use photoshop and how to add a customised blinkie to your blog and how to colour and shade using coloured pencils and Copic Markers etc, how to get the most out of your Distress inks and alcohol inks and UTEE etc. The list is endless. So if you would like to join us in our creative play send me an email and a bit about yourself and before you know it you will have access to all the fun as well. Okay that is all for me tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Project Tuesday CD/DVD Case

Well tonight I decided to do Project Tuesday challenge and this week we are to do a CD/DVD Case which was a link from Splitcoast Stampers where there is heaps of great tutorials and ideas. I chose SU Kraft cardstock for my case and used hemp twine as my ribbon the other supplies and embellishments cannot be listed due to them being non SU products but if you would like to know what products I used to complete this project please don't hesitate to leave me a comment and I will email you with the details. This first pic is the front of the CD/DVD Case and the tag used is part of the paper collection I used and the little heart charm was from my stash.

This is the other side of the project where the CD/DVD pocket is. I think this project is a fabulous idea for a gift for someone and I will be making plenty more as it was extremely easy to create.

Okay that is it for me this evening and as it is 1.17am in the morning here in NSW Australia I am heading to bed.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

$6.00 Postage included

Swap Sisters Week 2 Layout

Hello everyone. Well I am the slackest blogger lately aren't I?? You don't have to answer that one because I know I am. I have had a lot happening in my life lately with family etc and it has been a very long two weeks. Needless to say this is the first opportunity I have had to do a post and put effort into it. I have had little snatches of time but the quality would not have been put into the blog so I left it neglected. . . .truly sorry for that one.

This is the second week for the Swap Sisters and as you can see it was a layout for this week. It could be a card, a 12 x 12 page, 8 x 8 layout or a 6 x 6 layout the choice was ours to make. I of course chose to make a card and below the sketch is my interpretation of the sketch.

As you can see the layout is full of hearts lol and I have chosen not to do the traditional red and white for Valentines but rather Kraft, Not Quite Navy and Very Vanilla and of course inspired by the Bella Bleu designer paper. All supplies are SU except for the large heart which was a wooden heart from my supplies that I traced onto the cardstock and the smaller hearts also from my supplies as I do not have the heart punches from SU. I have used Cheep Talk, Basic Phrases and Baroque Motifs stamp sets, Not Quite Navy ink pad, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches, scallop border punch, flower brads and Kraft ribbon. Not quite sure if I like this creation or not, so let me know what you think. Please leave a comment as I would like to know your opinion and I seem to have loads of traffic through my blog but not many stop and leave a comment. Anyway that is it for tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Swap Sisters very first challenge

This is the very first challenge as a Design Team Member of Swap Sisters which is a new community on ning and mainly using SU products. There will be card sketch challenges, 3D off the page challenges, as well as technique challenges and also swaps, just to name a few. There will sometimes be prizes but most of all it will be fun. So I hope some of you will join us.

The colours we had to use in making our card are listed above. Yep I was doing okay until Bravo Burgundy came into play and then I thought man what do I do now lol. So my interpretation of the above colour challenge is below. . . .

All products used in the making of this card are SU and of course I used my all time fav stamp from Friends 24-7 and that is the damask stamp. . . love it!!! Okay that is it for now.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy