Card Patterns - #82

Hi everyone!!!! I know I have been absent for a bit. It is called studying and being sick. I got a terrible flu and lost my voice etc which scrubby just loved hehehe. I now have my voice back but it is very very scratchy, some people have called it sexy I just call it dirty old woman ROTFLOL. Okay enough frivolity it makes me cough too much. I was well enough to get into my craft room and create a card so I decided to do the Card Patterns challenge this week. Nice sketch to follow. . . .

This is my interpretation of the sketch. I would also like to add that all supplies are from Stampin Up! I am in total love with the new vintage designer paper packs for the new catalogue people. I am also in the middle of creating a paper bag mini album using this SU paper collection as well as the Newspaper paper collection which is another of my favs. I am almost finished so I will show all when it is complete. If you are interested in ordering any of the new SU lines please drop me a line on thegypsycart@gmail.com and we can get those supplies to you asap. Sorry this is only for people in Australia. I am sure that if you lived in the US or NZ that you can contact a SU Demonstrator near you. Also the new vintage stamp sets to go with the gorgeous paper lines are also out of this world and I have used them time and again already hehehe. So drop me an email if you would like to order supplies or would like to peruse a catalogue. I am off to bed now.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Card Patterns - #80

Here I am back again with another challenge for you. This time I chose the Card Patterns sketch and as Sherry had already done this one she worked on another challenge while I did this one.

Here is my interpretation of the above sketch. . .

I really like this card even though I find it to also be clean and simple and you know me I love to put lots on my cards usually. I chose the same sentiment as I put on a card two weeks ago lol but I do love what it says. Okay so since I have to work tomorrow I had better get going.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #106

Well hello strangers lol!!! I have been so busy studying etc that I have not had time to create which is not good for my soul. So today with my friend Sherry I rectified that. We skyped and made cards and laughed for quite some hours. First we did the Clean and Simple sketch below.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. . .

I just love it and I typed the sentiment in Word myself as I did not seem to have a stamp to fit the images hehehe. Okay I am off to put up another post.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Sweet Sunday Sketch -#81

Hello again everyone. This was the second card that I made while skyping with Sherry lol. I really loved this sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketches and enjoyed working with it while chatting away. It was not how I originally wanted it to be but you know how it goes lol.

This is the sketch we were to follow. . . .

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. I used some of my fav paper of course and the sentiment stamp is one I bought online recently and if you would like to know the brand just email me, but I so love what it says. My SU buttons just happened to be a perfect match for the lace that I chose how was that. All cardstock and stamp pads are from SU as was the 3/4 inch circle punch. I hope you have enjoyed seeing my card and if so please leave a comment so I know you have visited.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with glorious beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #103

Hi everyone. Well for those that go between Sherry's blog and my blog you will know that we skyped the other day and we only get to do this once a week now which is not enough in my book lol. We both made two cards and I honestly forgot to post my two creations yesterday lol. Too much study the day before and cranking out the assignment lol. So I did the Clean and Simple sketch this week and I like these sketches but I really struggle to stop lol and keep it clean and simple, just ask Sherry hehehe. So here is the sketch we were to follow. . . .

and here is my interpretation of the above sketch. I once again used my fav papers. The yellow ribbon was a gift with an order I made online. The sentiment is from SU as is the cardstock and stamp pads.

I hope you enjoyed visiting my blog and if you did please leave a comment so I know you have been.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Oh Alice Challenge Chapter 26

Hi everyone out there in Blogland lol. Well it is another week and another challenge over at Oh Alice. This week we are to follow the sketch below to create our card. But before I get to my card I have to say that my entry for last week WON!!!!. I am so thrilled as this is the first time I have ever won a challenge even though I have done so many but also it is the first time I have ever actually won a prize, so my sincere thanks go to the design team over at Oh Alice for choosing my card as the winner. . . .thankyou so much ladies!

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

I used Tim Holtz papers and SU cardstock for both the card base and the mats. I used another fabulous image from Alice in Wonderland. I love these images they are a little dark (as in how the artist portrayed it) but so much detail. Once again I used my watercolour pencils and an aqua brush to blend. Prima flowers once again. This card is so dark compared to my card of last week lol but I still love it. I have not put a sentiment on it yet as I will leave that until I need a card. I hope you have enjoyed visiting my blog and seeing my card this week.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Oh Alice Challenge Chapter 25

White Rabbit, White Gloves, White Wonderland. That is what the challenge is over at Oh Alice! this week. To create an all white card with the exception of your main image, everything including embellishments had to be white. I loved this challenge. I have been following the blog for a while but never did one of the challenges but this week was my week to complete it. As you can see by my card everything is white except for my main image which is Alice and the Red Queen. Your card does not have to include something from Alice in Wonderland but I wanted to and found some great vintagy type images so I used my Derwent watercolour pencils and an aqua brush to colour the image in. The ribbon, braiding and lace are from my stash. The white flowers are Prima E Line. I used the Swiss Dot and Victorian embossing folders. Now the card itself I cut on my Cricut machine from the Sentimentals cartridge which has some awesome card shapes and matching envelopes, I just love them. The cardstock and stamp pad are from SU of course hehe. The pearl brad in the centre of the flowers are from my cheap shop in town where you get 16 pearl brads for two dollars!!!! I bought 3 packs and I will go back for more lol it is a great bargain.

Okay I had better get back to my studying as I have an assignment due this Friday.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Sasya's Sketches #22

Hi everyone. I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday. It is now Sunday evening in my neck of the woods in Australia and I have had a lovely day crafting with my two daughters who came to visit without the grandbabies lol. This week over at Sasya's Sketches we were to follow the below sketch. . . .

So now you will find my interpretation of the above sketch. I used my brand new 8x8 paper pad from Making Memories for the Slice for the background paper and then I used Graphic 45 DSP. I used all SU cardstock, stamp pads and Butterfly stamp set as well as the leaf Sizzlit die. The flower I made myself using Prima E Line flowers.

Okay I hope you like what I have to show you today. Make sure you pop back tomorrow as I will have another card I made for another challenge.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with creative beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #101

Hello again. Today as promised here is another challenge card that Sherry and I did together. One of our favs is the Clean and Simple challenge so once again why not pop on over and do it with us. Below is the sketch we were to follow. . . .

Here is my interpretation of the above sketch. Once again I used Basic Grey Origins DSP and embellishment. I then used everything else Stampin' Up! The stamp set is a retired set but I still love it called All In The Stars.

I hope you enjoyed coming to my blog and taking a look at what I have made. Make sure to pop back regularly to see what I make next.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

All Things Unity - Sketch It Up

Hi everyone. Sherry and I have been playing on Skype this morning and we chose two challenges to work on. Playing with Sherry is one of the highlights of my week and we have so much fun. Sherry found this new challenge which I also liked so we both did our interpretation of it. The challenge blog is called All Things Unity. Why don't you pop on over and join in the fun. Below is the sketch for this week.

Here is my interpretation of the above sketch using of course Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper collection and I used my fav butterfly stamp set and matching punch from Stampin' Up! as well as Real Rust and Chocolate Chip stamp pads and Short and Sweet stamp set for the sentiment cut with the word window punch. So other than the DSP the rest of the supplies used were from SU my fav company for everything matching and coordinating. If anyone would like to purchase anything from SU please let me know but only customers from Australia . . .sorry!

Okay girls that is it for me today I will hold over the other card we made until tomorrow hehehe.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Sasya's Sketches #21

Hello everyone. It is Friday evening late here at the moment and I thought I would do this challenge before heading to bed as I have to work all day tomorrow in the library. I will be doing Sasya's Sketches as my very good friend Sherry got onto their design team the other day and we play together on Skype on a regular basis so we may as well do this sketch together lol.

Above is the sketch we were to follow this week and below is my interpretation of the above sketch. Once again I used October Afternoon Thrift Shop collection which I am totally in love with. I thought I would add one of the die cuts cards this time and I just put the words "I miss you" on there which is a nice reason to send a card when you are missing someone in your life but have not touched bases with them in a while don't you agree?

Onto a different note. . . .On Fridays I have both my girls over with the grandbabies but I have to say as much as I love and adore my grandbabies I am so glad to see them waving bye to Nannie hehehehe. They are so full on when they are all together. I love having them here but around 4pm they start getting ratty and cranky and it is difficult to keep them happy lol. I have so many grey hairs now hehehehe. I just collapsed into my lounge chair when they all went but then I only got 5 minutes relief as I had to do a massage. What is that saying. . .no rest for the wicked, now ain't that the truth people!!

Okay I am off to bed but will be back with something tomorrow night I hope.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

My Circle Journal

Hello again everyone. Below is my new circle journal which I will be sending away for other women who will be part of my circle to do a double page spread in my journal and I will be doing the same thing to every one of theirs. When it returns to you after several months of travelling it will be a complete journal for you to treasure for always. I have titled my journal "The Divine Feminine" and that is what the journal will be about, so every woman that does a spread in my journal will do their interpretation of what the divine feminine is to them.

I am sorry the pics are so dark with my new room the lighting is all wrong so from now on I will have to take my pics at my work desk with my ott lights on them for a clearer pic.

I have used the Graphic 45 -Fashionista paper collection. I made my own lace flowers and paper flowers using Prima E Line flowers, it is also a Prima E Line pearl swirl lol. I used SU Crystal Effects on my tag as it will be used as a bookmark so I wanted it to be durable. I hope you liked my journal and I plan to have another project for you tomorrow.

In the meantime. . . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

Another Because I wanted too!!!

Hello again I told you I would try and be a better blogger and that I had some more projects to show you lol. Today once again I am using October Afternoon Thrift Shop paper collection and this time everything is by October Afternoon except for the ribbon which was a free gift with one of my purchases. Man this is such a lovely collection isn't it? I have been coveting this image but today I thought why not, just use it. . . . and here we are!! I made this card for no particular reason other than I wanted to use this paper collection once again hehehehe.

Okay people that is all I have today make sure to check back tomorrow for another project

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

CPS- Card Sketches #177

Hello everyone. Sorry to have been MIA lately I am such a bad blogger, just ask Sherry she will tell you lol. I thought I had better extract the digit and make some cards as this is why I started my blog. I chose CPS - Card Sketches this week as I quite liked the sketch as you can see below.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch using October Afternoon Thrift Shop paper collection which I just adore and Websters Pages lace trim. I used SU Kraft and Riding Hood Red cardstock as well as their Signo white gel pen and then I also used their bird punch which I also love. I stamped the image onto the bird using Riding Hood Red stamp pad and Old Olive to highlight the branch. Let me know what you think I would be happy to hear your opinions.

Okay that is all I have but I do have some other projects which I will share with you over the coming days.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Sasya's Sketches #19

Hi everyone. . . it has been a little while again but I have been working so hard at the library this past week or so because of school holidays that I have not felt much like crafting by the time I get home again each evening.

Over the weekend Sherry did this challenge from Sasya's Sketches and as I loved the layout I decided to take part as well. I really like it.

So, above is the sketch we are to follow of course lol. . . .

. . . .and this is my interpretation of the sketch. I used my brand new Invoke Arts Fleur de Lis stamp and inked it up with Rose Red SU ink. Cardstock in Kraft, Old Olive and Rose Red is also from SU. DSP is from My Minds Eye and is on the bottom half of the card and also one strip behind the image. The image is from the internet, ribbon from my stash and the mini rose is a Prima mini rose.

Okay I officially commence uni studies tomorrow so it will be a big day studying and getting into my first module *grins* and my daily reward will be to come into my craft room and that will only be if I complete all tasks I set for myself. That is all for me tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

Just Because. . . .

Hello again everyone. . . I have some rather exciting news that I want to share with you. I applied to university several weeks ago now to do a Bachelor in Information Services (Librarianship). I was accepted into university and I commence on the 12th July which is only next week. I will be studying externally part time as I am working in our town library as well and doing two subjects a semester for now to see how the study load will go. I will be trying to upkeep my blog as well and it should not be too hard as I still need to create for my own sanity lol and sometimes I love coming into my craftroom and just making a card just because which is what I have done tonight.

Cardstock and ink are Stampin' Up! and the stamp set is Fox and Friends from the Autumn mini also Stampin' Up! Ribbon, DSP and brads are from my stash. This is something different for me as I don't normally do cute but I love this stamp set.

Okay I am off to bed now as it has been a long afternoon teaching young children jewellery making in the library for holiday activities.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #97

Well hello everyone. . .I bet you all thought I had fallen of the face of the earth lol. We moved house and it took our internet provider a month to get us reconnected even with me jumping up and down and complaining loud and long and threatening to take the matter to the telecommunications ombudsman did not work. I just had to wait it out and now here I am finally back on deck. If Sherry did not see a post from me soon she was going to disown me for sure. For my first challenge in a while I chose the Clean and Simple challenge which was nice and easy. I don't do clean and simple well because I always want to add a bit more and a bit more after that. It was very difficult to stop at what you see before you. All supplies are by Stampin' Up! except for the strip of green dsp which is from my stash.

Okay girls that is all from me for now but I will be back with more I can promise you that.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with artistic beauty.

The Gypsy

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