The Sweetest Thing #39

I found The Sweetest Thing challenge blog thanks to Sherry. So I decided to join in. Below is the sketch we were to follow this week. . . .

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. I really love how it came together. Thanks for taking the time to look at my card today and comments are always appreciated.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft, Chocolate Chip and More Mustard cardstock and Chocolate Chip stamp pad, Large scallop oval and Oval All stamp set. Ribbon from my stash. Cosmo Cricket Earth Love 6x6 paper pad. Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. Ranger Vintage Photo distress ink.

Wacky Wednesday Hump Day - #2

This is for Wacky Wednesday Hump Day over at the Paper Popsicles blog and it was a sketch we had to follow which is below here.

This is what I came up with for the challenge. I quite like what I have done here so let me know what you think.

A very quick post today with none of my normal waffling lol. That is it from me.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft and Whisper White cardstock. Designer paper and ribbon from Janice *grin*. Digital images from the Pink Petticoat site. Ranger Distress Ink.

Paper Blooms Guest Design post

I was asked by Leah to be a guest designer for the Paper Blooms challenge blog for this month and I jumped at the opportunity. If you haven't participated on this blog before then why don't you give them a go it is a wonderful blog. Leah makes her own crocheted blooms and butterflies and she sent me some to use on my cards for this month. Today the challenge was Monochromatic so I chose to make mine white and may I say that this is the very first time I have created an all white card and I love it!!!! I used my Victoria, Swiss Dots and Paisley Cuttlebug embossing folders to create that look of texture on my card. The Swiss Dots is used on the scallop oval. I wanted this card to be soft, feminine and elegant, therefore I chose to use Ranger Tea Dye distress ink instead of a harsh colour like black or red or similar. I used my brand new Oval All stamp set from SU. I have to say I love how this card turned out. I used my crocheted butterfly on the upper right side giving her two Kaisercraft rhinestones at the tip of her antennas.

I look forward to seeing what you all create this fortnight and I hope to see heaps more people taking part in the challenge from here on in. I promise you will not regret it.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

New Products arrived from SU

Today my Stampin' Up! order came and I opened the box up and thought this is so pretty lol I decided to take a pic before I touched anything. Underneath all of the supplies there are eight packs of A4 cardstock assorted and two packs of 12 x 12 designer paper. Oh my I had such a great time unpacking everything. I purchased more tools of the trade this time as I am getting ready to make video tutorials once my video camera comes so I wanted to have as much SU supplies as I could afford. I even bought a Fiskars trimmer from SU so I could use it in my videos but I already have a Kaisercraft one and another type of Fiskars trimmer but this is the official one used by SU. I only bought the Oval All stamp set #116877, Sense Of Time stamp set #116885, Tree Trimmings stamp set #116893 and Kind Heart single stamp for the back of cards I wish to sell #116681. All these stamps sets can be found in the current Spring Mini. So if you wish to order any of these supplies or any other SU product please contact me on my email listed on my blog. Prompt service guaranteed.

So once I unpacked the box and put things away after stroking the designer papers and mounting all the stamp sets I could not wait to ink the Sense Of Time set #116885 up. I stamped the clock onto Whisper White but then used Distress Ink and I was only going to do the borders but decided to change the look all over and I love how it turned out. The grid paper in the background was a free download from the Kaisercraft site and it was a whole bundles including papers etc. I then stamped the clock workings from the set Sense Of Time on the grid paper. I used my brand new SU Spiral punch #108341 which I am in total love with lol and the sentiment is a Hostess level one set called Best Yet and it has some great sentiments in assorted fonts. I punched it out using my new Designer Label punch #107590. The background paper is Cosmo Crickets Earth Love 6 x 6 paper pad another fav of mine. I put this all onto my fav cardstock SU Kraft.

Let me know what you think of the finished card. I made this just because I wanted to and had so much fun doing it. Okay I am off to finish my daughters photo album to send over to England for her husbands sisters children whom they hope to bring out to Australia to live with them.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

All Sorts Challenge Week - #21

I found another new challenge blog called All Sorts Challenge Blog that I really liked the look of so I decided to take part this week and they were using my fav cardstock. . . .KRAFT!!! I just purchased a new pack of 40 A4 sheets from Stampin' Up! a few weeks ago and bought another pack last week just to make sure I don't run out lol. If you use an image from the Pink Petticoat then you can add your name twice on the Mr Linky link on the All Sorts blog. I have some great images from the Pink Petticoat that I have purchased over the last few months. They have fantastic digital image sets and singular images for sale.

I used all Stampin' Up! supplies except for the digital image and Ranger Distress Ink in Tea Dye.

So that is it for me today until later on that is as I have one to make for a guest design spot.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft and Whisper White cardstock. Urban Oasis designer paper pack. Ribbon is also SU but I inked Baja Breeze over it to match the paper. SU Brads. Baja Breeze stamp pad. Ranger Distress Ink Tea Dye. Pink Petticoat digital image.

Basic Grey Challenge - #5

I decided to take part in the Basic Grey challenge this month as I found their blog by accident while I was trawling around the net. I really like the sketch so I thought I would join in the fun. Below is the sketch we were to follow. . . .

And this is my interpretation of the above sketch.

I used the Boxer set of papers which I adore and have made many journals and cards from this series and every time I find some more I buy it lol. I chose to accent the pale blue which is on the Fedora print so on this card it is the two background pieces and you can see some pale blue on the right hand side of the card.

So that is it for me today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft, Whisper White cardstock, Not Quite Navy and Soft Sky (deceased) ink pads. Basic Grey Boxer series designer paper. Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Paisley embossing folders. EK Success Retro flower punches. SU Linen Thread, brads, Scallop Oval, Large Oval and Word Window punches. Buttons from my stash. Ribbon from Sherry. Coordinations green and light blue textured cardstock. Ranger Walnut Stain distress ink. Stamp Set from K Mart. Sentiment from SU Basic Phrases (I just got this). Kaisercraft rhinestones.

365 Cards - #214 - White Space

Today over at 365 Cards the challenge is all about keeping things within the black space and nothing on the white space. Pam it doesn't leave much to use on the card!!!! The layout we were to follow is this one below. . .

And here is my interpretation of that here. Once again I have used the beautiful Halloween papers that Janice sent me as well as the stamp used for the image. This is a very simple card and I will embellish it more before I sell it. I used my Round-It-All for the corners but I am not liking how it turned out and should have left it I think.

I adore this stamp set by Studio G that was in th parcel that Janice sent me. I almost wish it was Halloween all year so I can use it all year lol. I cannot tell you how ecstatic I am to have some Halloween lovliness!!! Okay enough waffling for now. I am off to bed.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft, Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock and Basic Black stamp pad. SU checked ribbon and black ribbon from my stash. Designer paper unknown part of my RAK from Janice. Ranger Distress Ink - Vintage Photo. Derwent watercolour pencils. Studio G stamp set.

365 Cards - #212 - On The Fringes

Today over at 365 Cards the challenge is to have fringes on at least two sides of your card. The only fringing I had was this lovely wool fibre that I bought some months ago for cards and I finally had the opportunity to use it. . . .yay!!!

I love this stamp set which is a retired set from SU from about 2004-2005 and I purchased it online as a US demo was getting rid of some retired stamp sets. It is so vintage and you could use it for many different projects. Okay that is it for another day.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Rose Red, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla cardstock. Tim Holtz Ticket. Vintage designer paper unknown brand. Ranger distress inks in Walnut stain and Vintage Photo. Fibre I purchased from Spotlight. SU Travel set stamp set (deceased).

Get Sketchy - #7

Today over at the Get Sketchy challenge blog the sketch for this week is the one shown below. One would think that the easier the sketch the easier it is to do but you would be mistaken lol because I had no problems doing everything up until I had to put an image on my card then I just sat and stared into space wondering what I was going to put there. I got this second hand stamp set from a SU demo because it was nice a vintagy so I wanted to use it asap so this card is the one that had to have one of the images on it hehehe.

I absolutely love this image and you will be seeing lots of it in the near future for sure. Okay that is it for me tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White cardstock. DCWV Garden Party paper stack. SU Circle of Friends and Travel set stamp sets both deceased. SU Scallop circle and 1 1/4 inch punches used. Ranger distress inks.

ICS Challenge - #35

I have decided to branch out and try other challenges this week and even add a scrapbooking challenge as well so I can get some scrapbooking done so stay tuned for a page within the next two days. Yesterday I found this fabulous blog called Inspirational Card Sketches. So I decided to do this challenge this week and I love what the design team are doing as well, there's some excellent talent on this blog, so why not pop on over and take a look.

Here is my entry for the sketch this week. I hope you like it. I love it because I adore the papers by Fancy Pants!

The sentiment was from an Autumn collection of digi images which I purchased online a few weeks ago now and I love them. There is a gorgeous tree without leaves which is to die for lol. Okay that is all from me today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Basic Black, Wild Wasabi (deceased) and Whisper White cardstock. Fancy Pants designer paper. Flowers from my stash as are the buttons. Bella brad. Gold glitter glue. SU Linen thread. Quikutz Flourish die. Cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder. Digi sentiment. Ranger Shabby Shutters distress ink.

365 Cards - #206 - Tuesday Triplets

Well we have to put three of everything on our card today over at 365 Cards except for the sentiment of course! I think I passed this one girls. I stamped three flowers, I have three butterflies and the flower embellishment stack there has three of them on it. Now wasn't that painless?

Okay the card is over with and now on to something which has been bothering me lately. Where is everyone over at 365 Cards? Do I smell? Am I not wearing the right deodorant? Don't ya'll wanna play anymore? What? What? What is it? Pam said it was because you all are still settling in after the summer and the kids going back to school etc. I hope it's that and that you are all fit and well and no one is too sick to play. . .in saying that. . .Where are you Fi? Don't leave me here with a couple of my friends we all wanna play together in the card pile don't we girls? Okay enough whinging for now. That is all from me tonight over and out!

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Baja Breeze, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White cardstock. DCWV Green paper stack. Martha Stewart butterfly punch. Flowers and embellishments from my stash. Black Staz on stamp pad and SU Tangerine Tango and Baja Breeze stamp pads. Glitter from my stash. Stamp set . . .I forgot whose they are sorry. The sentiment is from Unity. Ranger distress ink.

365 Cards - #204 - Super Sketchy Sunday

It is the end of another week over at 365 Cards which means it is Super Sketchy Sunday. This is the sketch we were to follow.

This is my interpretation of that sketch. I do not have any oval shaped cutters or oval Nesties so I had to cut them freehand which is why they are not quite oval but hey another one of those imperfections we talked about earlier lololol. I am going to list the supplies as I go because I am so tired after getting up at the crack of dawn today to go to the markets that I need to go to bed. I was going to go before I made my card but I felt guilty so I stayed up hehehe. Of course I used SU Kraft base with a Riding Hood Red piece next then the ovals are from SU Bella Rose designer paper kit which is probably my fav. On top of that we have SU Whisper White and I used Kiwi Kiss, Basic Black and Riding Hood Red stamp pads with the edges distressed with Ranger distress inks. The large polka dotted flower is from Bella.

The ribbon is from SU as is the stamp set Great Friends. Martha Stewart butterfly punch and SU Tab punch. I also used the Swiss Dot embossing folder and the SU Signo white gel pen which is becoming a big fav of mine. That's it.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

365 Cards - #202 - Once Upon A Time

It's all about fairytales over at 365 Cards today and our card is to be inspired by your favourite fairytale. My favourite fairytale is Cinderella but the trouble was I didn't have anything in my stash that would inspire me so once again I looked to that huge gallery. . . the internet!! I found an image that I liked where Cinderella is trying on the glass slipper so obviously it was after the ball. The background paper is from DCWV Once Upon A Time paper stack of course and the Sentiment is from the Cricut Storybook cartridge. I used the Zyron to create a sticker out of it and there was glue in between the words so I sprinkled gold glitter and it stuck where the glue was. I think it gives a nice effect don't you? I made the flower embellishment out of all the papers that I used tonight but it didn't quite turn out the way I wanted it to but you know that saying. . .the beauty is in the imperfection.

That is all there is tonight people and it is Friday night where I am and here I am sitting at home lol which I might add is where I usually am. The nightlife does not call my name anymore thank goodness.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft cardstock. DCWV Once Upon A Time paper stack and Neutrals paper stack. Image from the net. Ranger distress ink in Walnut Stain. Sentiment cut at 2" on my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge. Flower was handmade with a SU brad in the centre.

365 Cards - #201 - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

We are to include a shoe on our card today over at 365 Cards. Didn't matter what type as long as it is a shoe. I just happened to have these lovely vintage rub-ons that I have been coveting for quite some time and tonight was the night they came out to play for a bit. Because they were vintage I decided to make a vintagy card. Once again I have used these tickets from The Timsters Range which was a RAK from Sherry a while ago. I think this may be the second one I have used hehehe. One cannot rush these things especially The Timster's things. One must covet them for quite some time before they can bring themselves to use something.

Okay so that is it for me tonight as I am hitting the bed early (it is only 10.10pm here) to make up for all the late ones I have been having lately doing cards and checking out blogs etc.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft, Basic Black and Very Vanilla cardstock. Idealology ticket from Sherry. Image from my stash unknown brand as is the lace from a lace doily. DCWV Le Creme paper stack for the striped paper. SU Eyelet border punch. Background paper was a scrap from my stash name missing. Ranger distress ink in Walnut Stain.

365 Cards - #200 - It's What Inside That Counts

It's all about displaying an image on the front of the card without the sentiment but the image has to portray what the sentiment is and that goes inside and has to include I Miss You. This is the challenge for today over at 365 Cards so why don't you all join us over there we don't bite you know. We are a fun group of gals enjoying sharing our cards together. I was really stuck for an idea tonight and finally resorted to the web again for an image. The result is below and I am not one for Bears on cards anymore lol but this little one was so cute I had to use him. The sentiment inside was the other part of the pic lol.

I include the words needed to complete the challenge and this little bear really does look like he is missing a special someone doesn't he? Staring out the window like that looking lost and lonely lol.

Okay I am tired and I am off to bed.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft and Very Vanilla cardstock, hemp twine, tag punch, eyelet border punch and white Signo gel pen. DCWV Latte and Neutrals paper stacks. Cuttlebug Swiss Dots EB. Ranger distress inks Faded Jeans.

365 Cards - #199 - Shape Up!

Over at 365 Cards today the challenge was to use a hexagon as the dominating shape on your card. I very nearly did not want to do it lol and went to bed stewing on it so I was up at 6am this morning checking out everyone elses entries and I thought if they can then I can so I got to it and made my card. I know it is later than it normally would be up here but at least it is up here. I ummed and ahhed about what papers and then what image etc etc and I want to say this is the first time I have procrastinated over those things as normally I choose paper and cardstock immediately and the image comes last but I could not seem to get it together for this one . . .thanks Pam lol!!

The components look crooked in this image but I can assure they aren't. I think it was the angle that I took it perhaps. Anyway that is it for the day for me.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU River Rock and Whisper White cardstock and the polka dotted designer paper. SU Always stamp set and Chocolate Chip stamp pad and markers. Kaisercraft rhinestones. Butchers twine from my kitchen. Ranger distress ink. DCWV background paper Butterflies and Blossoms paper stack.

365 Cards - #198 - Make A Mosaic

It's all about making a mosaic on your card today over at 365 Cards. In Pam's words "So today's challenge is to create a mosaic. Now you can do this a couple of ways. Nice clean cuts of paper to create even shapes OR lots of different shapes, sizes and patterns. Either way you choose to do it, piece together a mosaic on your card." I chose nice clean cuts of paper to create my mosaic as you can see below, although some of them have gone awry by the look of it.

The ribbon I have used is from the same RAK from Sherry as the vintage flowers from SSS yesterday. See I can release my coveted stuff when I want to lol but it is only a little bit for the bow that I tied around the chipboard heart lol. Now I am off to check out others work and other blogs for more inspiration.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Kraft and Whisper White cardstock. Bazzill Olive green cardstock. Basic Grey designer paper. Bella Chipboard shapes. Ribbon from Sherry. Sentiment computer generated. Ranger Distress inks. SU 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 inch circle punches.

365 Cards - #197 - Super Sketchy Sunday

Super Sketchy Sunday over at 365 Cards today and what a sketch it is. Take a look below and see what I mean. I immediately thought of a football when I saw the image (sorry Pam) so I chose to make my oval a scallop oval so it didn't look like a football lol.

Then to add some texture I Cuttlebugged it with the Swiss Dots folder and the band over the top is Cuttlebugged with the Victorian folder. The May Arts vintage flowers are a gift from Sherry in that RAK I received a while ago now and this is the first time I have been able to bring myself to use some. I have been coveting again. . .*hangs head* I cannot seem t help myself from saving them for something special lol. I mean every card should be special or at least that is what I tell myself when I continue to covet all my lovelies lololol but tonight it was the first time it worked hehe.

I hope you enjoy my card tonight and now I am about to do another post with a challenge for the Colour Throwdown blog. This will be my first one for that challenge blog.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Supplies: SU Chocolate Chip cardstock and stamp pad. Kaisercraft pearls. May Arts vintage flowers. Buttons from my stash. Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and Victoria embossing folders. Cuttlebug machine. Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo. DCWV Storybook paper stack and textured cardstock. Cream cardstock from my stash. Stamp set from SU. Cricut Once Upon A Time cartridge cut at 5 1/4 inches.

365 Cards - #194 - Imagine This - Technology

It is all about technology over at 365 Cards today. Our card is about how technology inspires us. I thought mobile phones, computers etc etc etc. But I don't have any of those in rub ons or rubber stamps so I did what one does when they need to finish something I used the internet and went searching for free clip art images based on technology. Do you know how many there are on the net? LOTS!!!! I chose this one because it is a girl sitting at the computer typing away which then inspired the sentiment because really lets face it that's what we say to friends and family these days usually don't we? Email me instead of I will write to you or I will phone you. My card is very plain looking for me but I find technology based things are plain and industrial if you get my meaning. No flowers or flourishes etc just steel brads, a bulldog clip and even the font was Courier lol.

Okay that is it from me tonight and I am off to bed shortly as it is after midnight here.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

Supplies: SU Kraft, Mellow Moss and Whisper White cardstock and designer paper. Also brads and mini bulldog clip. The image is from the net and the sentiment is from the computer. Ranger Walnut Stain distress ink.

Paper Blooms - It's A Flower, But It's Not

The challenge this time around on Paper Blooms was to use a flower as something other than a flower and as you can see by my card I have done just that. Although it does look kinda funny lol. I used the Tim Holtz "Man With An Umbrella" stamp from one of his Idealology sets as is the sentiment from the same set. The flowers are from my stash and I have folded them in half but when I look at it the umbrella appears to have turned itself inside out in the wind lol but I did follow the contours of the umbrella itself. All cardstock is from Stampin'Up! including the white gel pen and the Chocolate Chip stamp pad. However it is Ranger Distress Ink around the edges of the card. (my husbands idea, he said it gives the image depth!)

Okay that is it for me now I have to go and make some vintage journals for the local book shop who wants to stock my products.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy