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

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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

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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

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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

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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

RAK From 66msclaudia

Hello there everyone, not much happening that I can show here as I am just finishing up my mini album swap and I cannot show you that until my swap partner receives it lol. But last Friday I received from a lovely woman in the US named Claudia, some beautiful and I mean beautiful K&C Que Sera Sera paper stacks and embellishments. I did do my first youtube video on it and if you would like to see me make a fool of myself feel free. . .my you tube channel is bohemiangypsy99.

The paper line is stunning and I am going to covet for some time to come before I use it lol. I didn't think to put it up here on my blog after doing the video but I should have sung it from the rooftops, well I was here, so I'm sorry for not sharing with you all and will try and be a better blogger next time hehehe.

I cannot thank Claudia enough for her generosity in sending me this beautiful gift, but thankyou so much Claudia. Not sure if she will see my blog but that doesn't matter, I just wanted my followers to know what a wonderful act of kindness I received. Okay that is all tonight sorry.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Mini Swap tag pics

Well for all you Aussies out there today Happy Australia Day!!!! Today is a day where we celebrate Australia and everything that entails, for a lot of people here it means getting together with family and friends and having the good old Aussie BBQ in the backyard or inside watching the cricket lol and for some it is the day that the Australia Day medals are given out and I missed the awards last night to see who got Australian of the Year. I am so sorry I have not blogged for a couple of days but over the weekend my friends healing centre where I worked doing massage one day a week, burnt down. Now I don't mean just her centre but the whole block with flats upstairs above the shops. The building is over 100 years old and it was a sad thing to witness. I had just moved all my stuff back home on the Thursday as I had decided to just work from home only doing my massage so I did not lose much only a few hundred dollars worth of stock I had in her shop but my friend lost everything all her years of work gone in half an hour it took for the fire to rage through. I have spent some time with my friend and then helping her to write a list of things she had to do immediately once she had mourned the loss of her business. Therefore my blog took a back seat for a few days.

Also I have not done a card challenge or anything as I have been getting my swap partners mini album completed. I am hoping she does not visit my blog until she receives her mini from me. So what I have to show you are some of the tags from inside the mini.

The tag on the far right of the above pic with the word Artists on it is a top note that has on the other side a metal embossed and alcohol inked top note to match but I cut it out of a Pepsi Max can which my scrubby had flattened out for me. It worked a treat and I will be doing some more down the track. Needless to say that it is recycling at it's best lol.

On the left here with the words The Story on it is a vellum envelope with a tri-fold inside for photos and journalling. The flower to the right of that has been alcohol inked with several colours and then the alcohol solution dropped in various places to give that mottled look. . . I love how this turned out. Doing minis is all about the different techniques lol and I just love them for that reason as it stretches your creativity. Okay that is all from me tonight.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

SASC - Project Tuesday - Mini Pizza Box

Okay ladies this week over at Stamps and Smiles - Project Tuesday the challenge was to create a mini pizza box and they had a link to the tutorial of how to make it. I just loved it and the perfect little box for Valentine's Day in my opinion. So I chose my brand new paper line from one of the major paper companies and if you would like the details please email me. I used the Spellbinders Labels 1, the ribbon is from my friend Sherry which was part of my christmas parcel from her. The sentiment is from my ancient stash from 18 years ago which I think is a Hero Arts stamp. The cardstock and stamp pads are from Stampin' Up! I coloured the hearts in the sentiment with some Kindy Glitz - Crystalline. All in all I am happy with how this little box turned out.

This is a side view of the box so show the two layers of the butterfly punch that I used.

Okay I am off to finish up my swap mini and I was just waiting to get my SU order which came yesterday so I can finish it up.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Card Patterns - #47

Here I am back again so soon after the last entry today lol. I actually had them both made I just had to post them is all lol. The sketch below is the one we had to follow this week over at Card Patterns.

and here is my interpretation of the above sketch. I used a brand new paper line for this card and if you would like to know the details please email me. I thought I would do a Valentine's Day card this time as I have to get some made for the markets along with a Valentine's Day inspired Soy Melt and some romance type aromatherapy products to package up and sell as well. If anyone is interested in one of these Romance packages then drop me an email I do custom orders as well.

Okay for today that is it for me. I have a couple of orders to get out before the end of the week.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Sketches {By Tamara} - #103

Okay here we are at another day and I have chosen to do the challenge being offered over at Sketches! {By Tamara}. It was a nice sketch as you can see below. . . .

This is my interpretation of the above sketch and I just love the vintage look of it. Everything is SU except for the ribbon and DSP. The stamp set used is a retired set that I purchased on EBay and I just love it.

Okay I have another card to post for Card Patterns so I will be back shortly.

In the meantime . . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Finished Keepsake/Recipe Box

I know it has been a few weeks since I showed you this keepsake box but things have been kind of hectic to say the least, so I only got around to completing it tonight. I have some tea dyed crocheted lace across the front from my stash with a SU Hodgepodge Aged Copper (no longer available) ribbon slide in the middle. I also used this lovely beaded length across the bottom of the lid which I just adore as I think it lends itself the vintage look of the box. I Glimmer Misted the white roses with Suede and added the strand pearls behind it tied in a bow. You could use this for a recipe card box but I think it is far too lovely to sit in the kitchen so I am going to keep it as a sample for my vintage classes and use it for photos.

Okay that is it for me tonight and it is getting kind of late. But I will be back tomorrow with more.

In the meantime. . . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

SSSC - #52

Okay ladies here is the correct challenge for the correct week. I cannot believe that I did what I did last night lol. I am blaming menopause!!!!!! That is my story and I am sticking to it lol. I had a lot of fun doing this correct challenge and used a brand new paper line just out and if you would like to know the details please email me and I would be happy to tell you cause it is secret squirrel stuff hehehe. Below is the sketch we were to follow. . . .

and here is my interpretation of the above sketch. As I said I had a lot of fun doing this one.

Okay I am off to embellish my keepsake box that I showed you a couple of weeks ago and have now got the embellies to finish this little puppy off. I cannot wait to see what it looks like complete. Then I have two weeks worth of Life Q's to catch up on. . . .shame on me!!!

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Sweet Sunday Sketch -#21

********THIS IS THE WRONG SKETCH FOR #52. MY APOLOGIES BECAUSE WHEN I CLICKED ON THE CHALLENGE BLOG IT BROUGHT UP #21 SO I JUST MADE THE CARD AND DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE DATE HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE. NOW I WILL HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER CARD FOR THE RIGHT WEEK CHALLENGE #52 IS THE CORRECT ONE. SO STAY TUNED.*********

Back again with another card for another challenge blog lol. This time I am doing the Sweet Sunday Sketch which is directly below. I don't normally like doing this sort of thing with all the squares which you have to line up because they always end up crooked so I chose to challenge myself to complete this one.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. I must say I do love this paper and if you would like to know the details please leave me a comment as it is a non SU brand therefore I cannot list it here. But I am happy to let you know by email. I was happy with the finished card and it ended up being not too crooked hehehehe.

I may be back with one more card tonight or I may just continue on with completing my mini for the swap over at the Scrapbeach.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

FTL #74

I have chosen a few card challenges to do today as I have not made any for a while. This is the first one that I chose. I always love doing this challenge. So clean and simple just like the name of the blog states lol. The challenge was to follow the sketch below.

This is my interpretation of the above sketch. I had to make a few little adjustments to the card because I sell my cards and I just wanted a bit more on it is all but basically it follows the above sketch.

I will be back with more later on in the day.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Hello everyone. Sorry but have not been able to post what I have been doing the last couple of days as it is a mini album swap for Trade Wind Scrappers for January and I don't want my swap partner to see it before it is finished. All I will say is that it will be vintage and I am loving it lol. So I thought I would show you what my little grandaughter is doing instead. These were taken yesterday as she was eating her first cherry tomatoes and she must have eaten about seven of them but you all know how when you bite them the seeds and juice just pop out all over the place and well I could not let the moment pass without snapping her enjoying them. Notice her dress lol her Poppa dressed her that morning (yesterday) and he put her little dress on back the front bless him lol.

This pic here shows Sophia cheesing it up for the camera and right as I clicked the camera she was half way between a cheesy grin and an outright laugh. . . .too cute for sure!!!!

Okay that is all I have well I do have more but cannot show you I would have to kill you if I did hehehehehe. I will try to make something else for this afternoon after I get home from the markets today.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Mini Made From A Piece Of 12X12 DSP

Hi everyone. I am a little late this evening posting my project for today but I have been trying to sort out my video camera and uploading videos to you tube. Finally had success so it should upload overnight fingers crossed. This little project I have created today, well I made it the other day but finished it today lol. It has been created out of a piece of 12x12 DSP just scored and cut and folded in certain ways to create this little album. I have made the tags to go into all the pockets and there are ten in total.

These first two pics are of course of the front cover . . .

This last pic is a side view of the inner pages and tags and pockets.

This is only a little project and quite quick to make. I am going to use this for a mini of a date that my husband and I plan to go on in the next few weeks. When I have put the pics into the album and embellished it and done all the journalling, I will post again to show you what it looks like.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy

Final Calendar Pics

Hello again everyone. Well here I am on another day with another calendar post and it is the last one lol. This has been so much fun to make. As I said yesterday the tag at the side of each month is to explain what the stars are in each month. Therefore In January we have New Years Day and Australia Day and the red stars on those days indicate a public holiday, special event or birthday.

I just love October. The skeleton trinket my husband found in his rounds at work on the ground so he brought in home for me and said here is something for your mini's Shell lol. He knows me well that man lol. The skeleton may be missing a bone on one side but it gives him character hehehe. I have also added some skeleton ribbon and a small black bat brad in the flower which are things I got in my huge RAK from Mel. Of course I had to put an orange and black flower as they are traditional colours of Halloween. We don't celebrate Halloween as a nation here in Australia but we, as a family, celebrate it.

This is December with a candy cane, a resin tile for Dec 25th and a Poinsettia down the bottom. So many days in this month - my birthday, Elijahs, his dad's Paul and my dad as well as Christmas and Boxing Day. Okay that is the post for now and I might be back with another one later on in the day or evening.

In the meantime. . . .

Walk about your day with absolute beauty.

The Gypsy