My Little Valentine's Project

Hi bloggers, ok I know it is way past Valentine's day now, however, I thought I would post some of the little bookmarks that I made for my family to show them that I love them for Valentine's day.  I made them mainly for my nieces and one of my nephews (the others are way to old and would throw them away).  I made one for my daughter which you would have seen in one of my earlier posts for the Drunken Stampers challenge.  However, I was not satisfied with it and it evolved a bit before Valentine's day, so I will show you that one first:

You will notice that I have added the little flowers along the bottom and her name.  The next is one that I made for my little niece Stephanie who has just started school this year.  She is very excited about reading.

Next for my eldest niece.  Larissa is 12 years old and she looooooooves all things twilight!  So I decided to make her a little twilight reminder.  Unfortunately, she is team Jacob but I did not have a Jacob type stamp, so  Edward it had to be for her.  

Note the sparkly skin! heheheh, I could not resist doing that.  I also made sure that I incorporated elements of the four books.  You will notice the apply, the flower, the chess piece and the red ribbon have therefore all been included.  Although I searched high and low for an apple and chess piece stamp I could not find one, so in the end I had to draw the images myself by coping the images on the books.  In the end it probably worked out better as in particular the chess piece is exactly like the one on the book.  I had a lot of fun with this one.  Then there is my nephews card:

His bookmark was very challenging as I am not at all confident when making craft or cards for little boys.  I figured all little boys love pirates and hey it beats a ballerina so a pirate it is!  The "map" background paper I had to draw myself and I just distressed it using distress inks.  The "coin" I also had to make myself.  I did so by covering a skull and crossbones (from TGF pirate set) stamp with aluminium foil. I then colored the foil using my copics and ensuring that I pressed hard enough for the impression of the image to come through.  Once finished I stuck the alfoil to a chipboard button to give it some depth before sticking it down. The trim was a yellow gold trim that I sprayed with "coffee shop" glimmermist and I had some initial beads that I thought would look fabulous for writing his name.  I was really happy with the end result.

Lastly I made a card for my sister.  She loves everything black and white and loves gothic images.  But I could not help but use this little image from the Greeting Farm as I thought it would lend itself very nicely to black and white (well in this case, black and silver).

I paper pieced her dress and coloured the head band using the same pattern from her dress.  I made the flower with white fabric and coloured it using "Antique Silver" Glimmermist.  I then touched up the flower, some of the paper and the feathers with some Kindy Glitz to maintain continuity of the silver glitter throughout.  She was really fun to make also as it was the first time that I have ever tried paper piecing. 

I am just addicted to these little bookmarks, they are very enjoyable to make and you can incorporate all sorts of elements into them.  Luckily for me, Inkurable Stampers is having a bookmark challenge this month so these little beauties will be submitted into that challenge.  If you would like to submit something yourself check the site out here, there are some awesome prizes that are won each month.

Well that's it from me for the moment, I hope you enjoy these little cuties.  Thanks for stopping by and until next time, happy scrapping/stamping.

Hugs,

Tash Daly

To Die For

Hi there bloggers, it's Saturday and as usual I am back with a DT sample for the Drunken Stampers Challenge blog and this week the theme is "To Die For" so break out those dies and die cutting machines and get cutting.  This week I have prepared a card which is rather different than my usual style.  I decided to use nothing but dies in my card this week! Yup, that means no copics, no distress inks...eeeeeek! Will I survive?  Onto my card:

Well let me tell you ladies it was harder than I thought it was going to be to prepare a card without using any of the mediums I usually rely on, however, it is a good one for the kiddies and can be adapted for invitations etc. I am not so sure everyone would find this as challenging as myself, however, for me...who loves to distress and can't live without my copics, this was a big challenge to set myself.  So for this card, I broke out my new Cricut Expressions and my "Create a Critter" cartridge and went to town.  I am not yet familiar with my poor little machine as yet so I am afraid that it is not yet being used to its maximum capabilities, but I will get there....If any of you ladies have any tips I would love to hear them.  

Well ladies, that is it from me, however, make sure that you check out my fellow design team members and check out the very special cards they have prepared for you this week.  They are all fabulous.  Make sure you join us this week and have some fun!  Till next time, happy scrapping/stamping.

Hugs,

Tash Daly

There's a New Little Fairy In Town!!

Hi there bloggers, I am back with another challenge entry today.  I received my new stamps from Tickled Pink Stamps yesterday and was sooo excited as it included my new "Fairy Kira" stamp.  If you haven't already been across to Tickled Pink Stamps to see their new release, you should do so a.s.a.p!!  The whole release is gorgeous, but this little Miss has certainly captured my heart! (and my imagination).  This week at Tickled Pink's Challenge Blog, the theme was "Birthday Wishes". I took up the gauntlet and this is what I came up with..... 

I should mention first that I have this week also discovered another fabulous crafter.  Her name is Kathy Files and she is from the very popular blog Paper Phenomenon, now if you are at all into scrapbooks and mini albums this is the person to watch ladies!!  She is fabulous!!  She runs a blog (in fact several) a kit blog, you tube videos and ustream classes...I am telling you amazing, amazing, amazing!!  Anyway, she provided the inspiration for the little "extra" something I included in my card this week.  

I should mention before I go back to my project that I was running a little behind time on this project so in my rush, I had to squeeze it in wherever and whenever I could...hence, the photo's have been taken at my daughter's ballet school whilst she was in ballet (excuse the shots) so that I could post this in time for the challenge. Now back to my card....

Unfortunately, because of my desperate attempt of photographing this in time I don't think you can see all the beautiful glitter!! I wanted to make this card like a fairy garden and very feminine and pretty.  I think the result is very whimsical.  The papers range that I have used is Kaiser's Hippy Girl collection.  I have distressed my project throughout using the following distress inks and a distressing tool, "Crushed Olive", "Walnut Stain" and "Vintage Photo".  As mentioned this gorgeous image is part of Tickled Pinks Lil Lolita and Lads Allsorts Collection.

I will update this post with further details about my card later tonight and I will have to in time make a you tube video so that you can see the whole of the album and how it opens and closes etc as there are little pockets and tags all over the place.  But for the meantime, I hope you enjoy it!

Big hugs,

Tash Daly

Are You In For A Chance to Win THE Most AMAZING Prize?

Yep, that's right bloggers...the most amazing prize has just been posted as up for grabs by one of my favorite stamp companies just over 1 hour ago!!  If you want to be in for a chance to win, you had better head on over to........lets just say you had better hit this link now!!

At A Loss For Words

Hi there bloggers, its Saturday and therefore time for another Drunken Stampers Challenge.  This weeks challenge is themed "At A Loss For Words" which means no sentiment, no text.  I thought this was going to be rather easy this week, but it turns out it was a lot harder for me to restrain myself from using text or sentiments.  I often use text in my backgrounds or in creating papers and usually always include sentiments especially when trying to combine challenges...but, it was not altogether impossible.  

Over the past several weeks there is one particular blogger that I follow who always creates the most beautiful work, what has become somewhat of a trademark are her little bookmarks which are super duper cute.  Who is this blogger you might say...well you have probably encountered her from time to time as her work is everywhere but the little lady is Emma Chatburn from The Two Pink Ladies.  To make these little cuties, Emma uses the tutorial posted by Splitcoast Stampers Beate Johns, you can view the tutorial here.  What makes Emma's bookmarks so special is the way she decorates them!!!  (you can see plenty of examples by visiting her blog,) I am sure you will agree that they are very cute!!  As a result I have been inspired to make one of these corner bookmarks for a number of weeks now, so this week, I did for this challenge.  

In making this little bookmark, I followed the tutorial (see link above) and covered the little bookmark, once made, with cardstock from DCWV's "The Endless Summer Matstack" (I love these stacks), the paper had a design of sky with white clouds. I sprayed it very sparingly with some Glimmermist in "Sunshine" which gave it a little yellow colour and a lovely sheen. I also sandwiched some cream lace between the corner bookmark and cardstock before gluing them together. I sprayed a piece of corrugated cardboard (I tore from a box) with "Antique Brass" Glimmermist and once dry rubbed over the top with distress ink in "Tea Dye".  I then used distress crackle "rock candy" to give the cardboard some sheen and crackle appearance.  Using a Whiff of Joy die I cut a couple of little tufts of grass from some paper from DCWV's "Citrus Stack" and glued them in front of the corrugated cardboard "fence".  The image I have used is from "The Greeting Farm" her name is "Summer" and she is part of the "Roll Call" set.  I coloured her using copics E50,E51,E53,E43,W5,E31,E33,E35,E37,E47,YG00,YG02,YG06,RV000,R20,R22,BG10,B02,Y11,Y06 and Y08.  The banner is made using a Whiff of Joy die and a number of scrap pieces of paper from my stash attached to a piece of cotton twine.  I then used some Kindyglitz "crystalina" to add glitter accents to the whole project (gotta love that glitter).

Now before you head of to start your own entry for this challenge be sure to check out the blogs of my very talented team members (Tracy, Linda, Peggy, Spike) as they have some gorgeous creations of their own to share with you.  I hope you will join us this week for the challenge and have some fun.  In the meantime, happy scrapping/stamping.

Hugs,

Tash Daly

This project has been entered in the following challenges:

The Greeting Farm: Mystery Monday

Saturday Sketch at TGF!!

Hi there bloggers, once again it is time for Saturday Sketch at The Greeting Farm's Club Anya Challenge Blog and I have finally had a chance to complete a card for this challenge.  I thought I would use a different image this time and have therefore gone for one of the Creepy Cake digi's.  

For this card I have used "Royal Pain - Digi" from The Greeting Farm.  I have stamped music notes (from Kaisercraft) using "Memento - Tuxedo Black" ink on a pearlised white cardstock.  The paper is from "The Glitter Stack" by DCWV.  I dry embossed a scrap piece of the white pearlised cardstock using a cuttlebug embossing folder (name unknown).  Once embossed, I rubbed "colour box" pigment ink in silver over the raised areas and added kindy glitz accents in crystalina and antique silver.  I coloured my image using copic markers: E50, E51, E53, R02, W1, W3, W5, W7, R20, R27, R29 and C1.  I hope you like it.  I have a couple more posts coming over the next few days, so hopefully you will keep an eye on what I have coming.  Until then, happy scrapping/stamping. 

Hugs,

Tash Daly

Its Preview Time Again

Hi there bloggers, well its preview time again at Tickled Pink Stamps so if you are not familiar with these stamps or you have not yet checked out their latest release you had better pop on over for the best eye candy possible. Another fabulous feature of these stamps is that The Tickled Pink stamp range (Lil Lolita's, Lil Lads, Cherrie & Lil Pets) are available both in digital and rubber formats, so all manner of crafter's are covered.

Kellie Winnell, owner and card maker extraordinaire, heads up an amazing design team and I can tell you their samples never disappoint so be sure to check them out.  Keep a look out for my absolute favourite Lil Fairy Kira.  Among the release there is also a pirate, a very foxy fox and a cute as a button wombat!  I will definitely be placing my order come release day (have yet to find out when that is, but my guess is perhaps Monday).

For those of you who enjoy a good challenge, be aware that they also have challenges every Friday at their challenge blog click here in which you can win digi's of your choice!  

I will be back soon with another post and some cards over the next few days.  In the meantime....its swimming carnival day for my daughter tomorrow, so I had better head to bed.  Till then happy scrapping and stamping bloggers.  I hope you like my review.

Hugs,

Tash Daly

Ice Cream for Breakfast

Hi bloggers, today is another day for a Drunken Stampers Challenge.  This week's challenge is themed "Ice Cream for Breakfast".  "Strange" you may think..and believe me I thought so too until this week.  I am not sure whether everyone around the globe is aware of the heat wave we are currently experiencing here in Australia and more particularly in the State of New South Wales.  While other states around us are trying to recover from major devastation as a result of hurricanes and flash flooding, New South Wales has just experienced its hottest week on record with temperatures of 40 degrees plus!!  Needless to say....ice cream for breakfast is not as far fetched as it may seem in this little corner of the globe this week and in fact is proving to be somewhat a godsend.  There is currently not one meal which does not contain either ice cream of some other icy treat and in fact it does happen to be one of my daughters favorites (although I had never quite given it that much thought) and that is good old pancakes or waffles with ice cream and maple syrup!.   So....not that far fetched is it!

That said, its time for my card....

So bloggers that's it from me...but pop on over to Drunken Stampers and check out the other DT's creations, better yet, why not join up this week for the challenge and really test yourself.  I look forward to seeing you there. Till next time, happy scrapping/stamping.

Tash Daly

The image I have chosen for this card is from Whimsy Stamps and is a Meljen design called "double scoop ice cream"

I'm A Guest Designer At The Stamping Bazaar!!

Hi there bloggers, guess what?  Well I am a guest designer at The Stamping Bazaar this week, yipeee and what fun I've had.   I must say it was a honor to be asked to make a special guest appearance and to work with such a cute image (thanks Marina).  Seeing as it is coming close to Valentine's Day I thought that I would make a cute little sweeties box for that special someone (in this case its my daughter Lily!) and I could not resist using the "Marvin with Candy Apple" image available here.  Isn't he just adorable!!

To make this box I just used a chocolate box (now empty, hehe) that I had received for Christmas and cut a circle out of the top of the box, as I wanted to be able to provide a little sneak peek of the goodies inside.  I then got two larger pieces of chipboard and drew a heart design on the first before cutting it our and tracing it onto the second piece.  I placed the box lid on the underside of one of the hearts and once I was happy with the position I traced the circle for where the hole needed to be cut out and cut it out using a stanley knife.  Before adhering the box lid to the chipboard I made sure that I cut a piece of acetate or the like (I like using presentation folder covers that you can get from a stationers) and positioned it over the hole.  I covered the whole box using various minds eye papers as well as cutting out hearts and a smaller heart out of chipboard to be the base of my image.  

I coloured Marvin using copics ciao markers W1,W3,W5,W7, R22, E31,E33,E35,YG02 & G06.  I mounted him on the chipboard heart after covering it (I also made a detailed thatched boarder around the heart using a white "uniball" gel pen) with 3D tape adhesive.  It then went to town decorating the box with any little embellishment I could find, including a rub on in the centre of the see through plastic peep hole.  For more ideas and inspiration make sure that you check out The Stamping Bazaar's blog.  Also be sure to join them every Friday for a new and fun challenge for which you stand to win some digi's of your choice.

  

For more cute images especially for Valentine's Day (and other occasions), check out The Stamping Bazaar's Shop for their newly released valentine's digi's available in a three pack at a special discounted price for a limited time only.  They are all so cute and sure not to disappoint.  That's it for me, so thanks again to everyone at The Stamping Bazaar for this fabulous invitation, to Marina for her wonderful images and to you for stopping by to see my work.  Until next time, happy stamping/scrapping.

Hugs,

Tash Daly


This project is also featured at the following sites:
Passionately Artisitc - Linking Party "Valentine Inspired"
Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog - Challenge 54 "Valentines"

"Missed It By That Much!"

Hi there bloggers, I am back once again with another challenge entry.  This time for two challenges. The first is for The Greeting Farm's CHA relay which required us to complete a blog hop and collect a series of elements from each designers blog which had to be incorporated into our design (you have until noon 2 Feb to enter if you are interested).  The second challenge was for Oh! Alice's "Hello/Goodbye" challenge.  Unfortunately silly me did not read the entire blog post and as a result I had not realised that their blog had moved and therefore the challenge was not the most current one! Uhh Duhh!  As a result I have missed out.  But it was fun making this tag (my first) anyway.  I have been wanting to do a tag for some time now and thought this was the perfect opportunity to do so. So anyway here it is:

 

I really wanted it to be a whole mix of "Alice in Wonderland" elements which did not necessarily make sense.  The rabbit and small clock button were stamped onto shrink plastic, coloured and then heated of course.  I am really pleased with the result.  I think it looks fun. Anyway, feel free to leave any comments, suggestions or constructive criticism as they are always welcome.  I always like to hear others suggestions for how I can improve me work.  Till next time happy stamping/scrapping.

Tash Daly