My New Bot Stamp Set

Hello again everyone. I decided to have a play with my newest stamp set from SU and it is all about the 'bots', Robots that is. Now I am so not a bot person but this stamp set took my eye from the very first time I saw it in the mini catalogue and I knew I was going to be buying it. With the robots making a splash in the crafting world I have wanted so many different robot products lol, and it is so not me. I am a vintage girl through and through not a 'bot' girl. However this set is way cute don't you agree?

I used all Stampin' Up! products to make this card which is a change for me lately. I hope you enjoy what I have done here. I had time after packing all day up until about 3pm to get in here to make another card and work on some other projects. That is it for tonight ladies and quite possibly gents.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

A Vintage Card

Hi everyone. I have been so busy packing and working that I have not had time to make a card or anything of value to put up on my blog. . . .sorry! Tonight after working all day I decided as a way to wind down, was to come into my craft room and make something just for the hell of it. I am always loathe to use my vintage paper collection as I love to just get it out and look at it. This time however I got it out and cut into it lol. Not only did I cut into it I used one of the die cut tags from the collection hehehe. So I am getting brave. The flower is a Prima knock off that I made and I just love how they turn out. The lace on the card I tinted with Vintage Photo as it looked too new hehe. The stamp set is one of the new ones from SU - Vintage Vogue and is one of my favs.

I hope you like what I have created here and I hope to make at least one more card before I pack up my craft room this week to move.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Wedding Card

My daughter asked me to make a vintage wedding card for a friend at work. I love to use the paper line that I have used on this wedding card, it makes it worth while lol. If you would like to know what any of the products that I have used to make this card please drop me a line and I would be more than happy to give you that information.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my card and it is time for me to get off to bed have to babysit the grandbabies tomorrow hehehehe which is so much fun.

In the meantime. . . .
Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

Project Tuesday - Card with Matching Bookmark

This week over at Project Tuesday the challenge is to create a card that has a matching bookmark. I had to jump right into this one as I got new papers and embellishments today as well as a new stamp set so I just had to create a card using them and I am totally in love with all of it lol.

This is the bookmark and I have perforated the folded edge so as to be able to remove the bookmark for use. I really think this is a great little gift idea for someone who loves to read and I know a few of those now that I work in the town library as a casual hehehe. So I guess birthdays this year will be taken care of for the staff there. I used SU Kraft and Very Vanilla cardstock, and Choc Chip stamp pad.

Okay girls that is all for me tonight. The weather here is starting to turn so cold. . . Brrrr!!

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy.

A few things I have been making!

Hello everyone. I have been busy packing lately and have not had much time for creating. But did manage a few times to sneak away into my craft room to make these little beauties below. They are made using white flowers and they have been glimmer misted, twisted and have had rose buds added to the centres and then diamond dusted to finish off. I absolutely love them and this is about my third bunch of them lol. . . .me thinks there is another addiction coming!!!

The next pic shows the flowers I have created for a swap I am in where we had to make 9 flowers. I made three of each of the colours below using DSP from my stash. They have all be diamond dusted to finish off and once again I just love them.

This third pic shows a card I made just because. . . .

Not sure if I like it or not but there you have it in all its glory girls. Okay I am off to bed.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day in creative beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #89

Well here we are again girls lol. I went to bed fairly early but could not sleep so I thought well put yourself to good use woman so I made a card for the Clean And Simple challenge blog. I love doing these challenges although I am normally a detailed in depth kind of cardmaker making these cards does me good as well because it is hard not to add more therefore keeping it clean and simple hehehe. The sketch we were to follow this week is below here. . . .

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. . . .

I like it. All products used are Stampin' Up! except for the flowers and designer paper which are from my stash. If you would like to know those details please leave a comment or drop me an email. If you visit my blog to look at my card please leave a comment so I know you have been.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

Sweet Sunday Sketch #67

Here is another day and another challenge girls. I thought I might do the Sweet Sunday Sketch today as I really loved what Sherry had created so I decided to make a card for this challenge. It is lovely creating cards again but I have so many and I need to sell some to make way for new cards lol. Below is the sketch we were to follow for this weeks sketch. . . .

And once again this is my interpretation of the above sketch. . . .

I bought these loopy brads today while I was downtown and what better way to use them hey? The cardstock, stamp pads and sentiment are all Stampin' Up! and the rest is from my stash. If you would like to know all the details please email me or leave a comment and I will let you know. That is all from me tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

Taylored Expressions #111

I chose to do the Taylored Expressions challenge today and I had some fun making my card for this one. Sherry and I were skyping and making cards and I have to say we have a lot of fun doing it. My little 22 month old grandaughter loves it when Shezzie is online and thinks she is top notch when she sits on Nanna's lap to chat to her lol. I am truly blessed to have Sherry in my life. . . .thankyou Sherry for your friendship it means the world to me. Below is the sketch we had to follow this week. . . .

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. I cut the card and matching envelope from my brand new Cricut cartridge Sentimentals. It is such a fabulous cartridge and when you are looking at them at online stores you don't see all that is available and believe me there is such a lot available on the cartridge. I was having a wonderful time last night playing with it and then I also got Home Decor Solutions cartridge which I haven't played with yet but I will be very soon lol.

This next card below is for my bestie Sonya which she ordered for her Mum for Mothers Day this Sunday. Sonya gets all her cards from me and there are plenty in her family. She used to pay me but I insisted and I mean I insisted she tried to fight me on it lol but I insisted because she does so much for my family and particularly for my girls who love her like a second Mum. Sonya does pay me in love and friendship which are priceless. I am very very blessed to have such wonderful women in my life. Cherish your friendships they keep you grounded girls.

I used mostly Stampin' Up! products on this card. Sonya chose this one after seeing my purple one on my blog which I did for a 365 Card challenge two weeks ago thereabouts. Okay girls that is all you are going to get out of me for now lol.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

Basic Grey Challenge Wk #19

Hello everyone. I have been toying with the Basic Grey challenge all day today wondering if I would do it or not and then at 11pm decided that yep I was going to participate this week. The pic below was the inspiration for this weeks challenge. . . .

And this is my interpretation of the above inspiration. I purchased this digi image yesterday from BugalooStamps.com and I just think she is so very cute. I was inspired by the bunting or the flags in the top of the pic. I always choose my papers and cardstock first and put them all together etc and get the main part of the card glued and then I do the image and it is not often that I colour an image in as I choose not to do that much anymore. I used to colour all my images in about 15 years or more ago lol but now I will leave that to others who do it so much better than I can. I hand wrote the sentiment and used SU ink pads and my aqua pen to colour the image.

Okay it is nearly 1am and my eyes are saying close me or I will close them for you, so it is time for some shut eye. If you take the time to visit please leave a comment so that I know you have been to visit.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #88

It is another week over at Clean and Simple blog and that means another challenge. . . of course! Below is the sketch to follow and as usual it is very clean and simple but this week I really struggled with it as I kept wanting to add more but Sherry kept saying it is meant to be clean and simple so she was acting like my live conscious lol.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. This is also my second attempt as I ditched the first card, I was just not liking it very much and I am sure we all have those cards don't we girls? I ended up with the card below and I am more than happy with leaving it CLEAN & SIMPLE lol.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my card today and that you will pop back again as I am back into the swing of cardmaking again but I have not forgotten mini albums not for a second lol. I just missed making cards and the quickness of it is all. Please if you make the effort to visit my blog I hope you leave a comment so that I know you have been to visit.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy