Circle Punch Flower Birthday Card

It was a folding frenzy to make this flower card using 9 x 2 inch circles(1 as a base, 8 for the flower). I had a ball making the petals and I think the pearl brad adds that touch of class. It took quite a while to line up the piercing to create that faux stitching look. It’s the very first card that I have ever taken money for and I sold it for $4 to my wonderful  neighbor, a monumental moment!!

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Card Crafter’s Circle 11th  Challenge

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Challenges this card qualifies for:

1. http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/gc140-color-challenge-two-colors-only.html Two colours
2. http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/wacky-wednesday-65-circles.html Circles
3. http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/paper-pretties-wednesday-challenge_22.html Use punches or die cuts
4. http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-52-is-here.html Add a sentiment
5. http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-73.html Anything Goes
6. http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/two-designerdifferent-papers-challenge.html Two designer / different papers
7. http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-103-no-embossing.html No embossing
8. http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-26stitching-and-winner.html Stitching real or Faux
9. http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/cch-107-use-die-or-punch.html Use a die cut or punch
10. http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-12-flower-power.html Flowers

Have a great weekend

Hugs Trish

True Love Circle Card

My girlfriend Vicki and I made this construction style card together and thank goodness for the telescoping card instructions, but like anything it’s easy when you know how!!!It swivels open using the brads,clever design, and I had a lot of fun making it. I used Vicki’s Kaisercraft stamps and several of her dies. I haven’t used blue in ages and thought it was a nice change.

 

 

Challenges this card qualifies for:

1. http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-96-anything-goes-no-pattern.html Anything Goes plus No patterned papers
2. http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-17.html Hearts
3. http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/love-challenge.html Love
4. http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-58-and-winners-of-57.html Love
5. http://lollipopcrafts.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/challenge-66-make-valentines-day-card.html Valentines Card
6. http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/monday-challenge-43-valentines-day.html Valentines Day
7. http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/february-challenge.html Ribbon & Bling
8. http://www.vostamps.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/victorine-originals-challenge-27.html Love/Valentines
9. http://www.creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/ci-paints-inspired-by-love.html Inspired by Love
10. http://papersundaes.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/paper-sundaes-challenge-106-clean-and.html Clean & Simple

Thanks for dropping in to see me

Trish Munro

Acetate Flower Bookmark

I decided to make a quick bookmark as a back up gift, as my drawer of giveaways empties as fast as I make them.I used Stazon Black Ink to stamp the flower on acetate and then hand cut to add an extra and unusual layer to my flower.It’s great to be able to give a handmade gift!

Challenges my bookmark qualifies for:

1. I used this inspirational photo as below, and it was a chance to use all of the colours of the rainbow.

http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/week-13.html

2.http://digidoodleshopsbest.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-92-anything-goes_26.html Anything Goes

3.http://ceschallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-70-check-it-out.html Anything goes

4.  http://www.comeandgetitchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/01/anything-but-card-challenge.html Anything but a card

5 .http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/2012/01/panpastel-uk-challenge-3-glitter-and.html Glitter & Glitz

6. http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/challenge-92-make-it-sparkle-1292012.html Make it sparkle

Have fun

Hugs

Trish Munro

hAnglar stAnglar Christmas Card

In an effort to be prepared for Xmas I made this Christmas card for one of my son’s teachers. I wanted to use non traditional colours and decided on pink and green. I’m in the process of mastering the fine art of colouring using Copics and it’s harder than it looks, I thought I was an expert when I was 8yrs old at colouring ! This is the first time I’ve used this image and it’s kind of weird for us Australian card makers to make wintery Christmas Cards as it’s the hottest time of the year for us ,so the thought of be rugged up makes me hot.. so I popped a butterfly,a park bench and some greenery behind my hAnglar  stAnglar Christmas girl and sat her in her own field of pretty pink  flowers. I’d love to have a white Christmas once in this lifetime and for the meantime I have white flower brads instead of snowflakes to embellish my card and it’s hard to see by this photo I added sparkly glitter on the flowers and the fluffy white sections of her coat and hat and it was just the extra touch this card needed!

Here’s the part that makes, making this card - a little more exciting………

Challenges this qualifies for:

• http://christmasstampin.blogspot.com/2011/11/never-seen-inkand-three-winners.html Never seen ink
• http://craftyannschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-53.html Floral Frenzy
• http://floweretstamplar.blogspot.com/2011/11/8-julkort-christmas-cards.html Christmas Cards
• http://jellyparkchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/non-traditional-christmas-colors.html Non Traditional Christmas Colours
• http://mamidoodles.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-37.html Christmas
• http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-67-christmas-themed_11.html Christmas
• http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-44-cutesy-2-week-challenge.html Cutesy
• http://crimbo-crackers.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-2-make-it-sparkle.html Make it Sparkle

Have a great day and Thanks for stopping by to see me

Trish Munro

Men's Golf Card

My husband is so sporty and Golf is one of his many loves! I really enjoyed making this card and decided to make my own background using my Provo Craft Circa 12 pts stamp where you can roll the letters around and print any word you like, I have had it for years and only used it a couple of times, mostly because i forgot I had it. I found this golf stamp at the Opportunity shop about 2 years ago and here is finally the card it was destined to be used for. I also finally used my oval punches for the sentiment which I am very pleased about, I will have to use them more often.I was inspired to make this card by the Golf Movie with Will Smith & Matt Damon in The Legend of Bagger Vance, hubby needs a golf angel.  I used dimensional magic on the club handle and golf balls to add some dimension. I coloured the edges of the stamp to look tartan as with a last name like Munro I  know there is some Scottish blood in there somewhere.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-40-no-design-papers.html No Designer Papers
• http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/2011/09/challenge-20-sports.html Card for a Man-Sports
• http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-141-one-for-boys.html Card –One for the Boys
• http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/week-151-just-for-men.html Just for Men
• http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-october-punchesdies-team.html Punches/Dies
• http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/53-challenge-older-than-6-mos.html Older than 6 months
• http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/09/challenge-94-book-or-movie_29.html Inspired by Favourite Book or Movie

Trish Munro

Spellbinder Nestabilities Peony Handmade Flower & Recycling Plastic Bag Tutorial

I received the wonderful gift of socks for a gift and kept the plastic bag with zip to recycle. I made the flower using the Spellbinders Nestabilities Peony using 3 coloured papers, for assembly see my Make a Flower Video on my Trish and Treasure YouTube Channel. I  die cut two Stampin Up Sizzix Bigz Top Note out: one in polka dot paper, and the other in white. I used the white one on the inside to hide out the sock packaging details and I used Tim Holtz Alterations Carnivale lettering die, using up scraps left over from my polka dot paper for the lettering inside for ANITA. I made this for my darling daughter! I have also made a YouTube Tutorial so you can see how easy it was to make!

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I am going to enter this project into the following challenges:

• http://gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/gl26-color-orange.html Use the colour Orange
• http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/09/challenge-26.html Anything Goes
• http://emeraldfaeries.blogspot.com/2011/10/10-october-punchesdies-team.html Use Punches/Dies
• http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-world-card-making-day-october.html Anything Goes
• http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/2011/10/speedy-cats-friends-challenge-week.html Use Polka Dots
• http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/anything-but-card.html Anything BUT a Card
• http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2011/09/challenge-57-crazy-egg-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
• http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/2011/09/pcj-challenge-20die-cuts-andor-punches.html Use Die Cuts and or Punches
• http://whimsicalwednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/09/anything-goes.html Anything Goes

Trish Munro

Handbag Card

This gorgeous handbag card was  made using a handbag template. I used dimensionals to lift the handbag which gives a nice effect with the embossed card underneath.(Tip: Place the dimensionals so that you can place a gift card or cash in the bag). The ribbon was from a $2 importer style shop and already has the beading attached and stuck under the coloured paper panel on the top of the bag gives a great trendy styling to the bag.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

1. http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/2011/06/anything-goes-challenge.html
2. http://guylousinimitability.blogspot.com/2011/06/monochromic-challenge.html
3. http://artimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2011/06/challenge-number-19-monochromaticshades.html
4. http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/terrifically-thrilling-thursday.html
5. http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/2011/06/going-grey-with-scrap-creations.html

Have a great weekend

Love Trish Munro xx

May ALL your DREAMS come TRUE

This is such a cute stamp from a set that I picked up years ago at a bargain shop. I’ve finally discovered if you colour your image in the same colours as your papers it all look so much better. I’m going to save up and buy some Sketch Copic markers because you can clearly see my image is furry because the markers I have seem to do this.It might take me five years to save up  for Copic Sketch markers but there is no point only buying one.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

1. http://claudiaandcompany.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-82-girls-birthday-card.html
2. http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/colors.html
3. http://creativecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/restful-colour-challenge.html
4. http://karensdoodlesnetherlandschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/uitdaging-64.html
5. http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-142-use-die-cut.html
6. http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/05/pale-pretty-pastels.html
7. http://nettiegsdandydigitalgems-challengeblo.blogspot.com/2011/05/nettiegs-in-childhood-fantasy-challenge.html
8. http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-56-anything-goes.html
9. http://ecpchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-38.html
10. http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/craftycatz-challenge-no-83-anything.html

I love the the thought that my vice is to be colouring in!

Trish Munro

Birthday card

I received this card a little late for my birthday but very appreciated. In my group of card makers we each make one birthday card at the beginning of the year and one of the girls in our group hands you your Birthday card at our monthly meeting, that way we each get a card for our birthday!



I found a great tutorial , this is a great place to resource tutorials and get great ideas for different projects and if you have Stampin Up stamps (if you noticed I have a few) their gallery is amazing where every stamp set has a section and can be hundreds of ideas, great especially before you buy a set to see if you really love what you can do with it. 

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/trishuttercard/

Joy

Here is a card I cased from Stamping & Papercraft an Australian magazine. A great head start on my Christmas cards.

Be Happy

This mouse stamp is just so cute and to finish I added some glitter and butterflies. My 10yr old daughter and I teamed up to make this card. Be happy… to all my wonderful followers, I appreciate all your  thoughtful comments.

This card qualifies for the following challenges:

• http://forfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/wow-bunnies-did-multiply-lol.html
• http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/simon-says-card-for-child-challenge.html

Dragonfly Bookmark

I can never find a bookmark so I decided it was about time I made myself something decent! I made my own glittering mica mist to spray over the finished product, which looks great over the black cardstock.




This bookmark is eligible for the following challenge:

• http://craftysentiments.blogspot.com/2011/04/bookmarks.html  ends 20th April,2011

Pink Teddy Bear

I really enjoyed making this card as I had the cutest pink teddy bear when I was a little girl just like this.I wasn’t particularly happy with the pink marker colour I had used to colour the teddy bear stamp with, so I used some eye shadow I had to make it the right colour. (Yes… one day I’ll get  Copic markers), then I found a clear glitter with a pink shimmer to finish off the card. When I added the flower in my teddy’s ear my daughter kept wanting me to take it off because she thought it looked Hawaiian and wanted to know where her grass skirt was…cheeky daughter… anyway I said it was staying because I thought it looked cute and added a feminie touch!

Challenges this card qualifies for:
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-78-furry-friends.html
http://aifactorychallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-076-party-animal.html
http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-7-glitter-and-shine.html
http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-challenge-week-at-tpv.html
http://anitabestampinchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/abs-challenge-16-anything-goes.html
http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/04/tuesday-throwdown-44.html
http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-62-cute-cuddly-animals.html
http://critterchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-60sketch.html

Beautiful Rose

Challenges this card qualifies for
· http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/2011/04/april-month-long-prize-challenge.html
· http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.com/2011/04/party-time-tuesdays-ptt10-elegant.html
· http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/cch-61-just-add-flowers_04.html
· http://nettiegsdandydigitalgems-challengeblo.blogspot.com/2011/03/all-about-roses-challenge.html

Happy Mother’s Day

I was in the mood to use bold ,bright ,happy colours and butterfly's 

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/04/flutter-by-wednesday-149.html
• http://scrapbooksisters.blogspot.com/2011/04/card-challenge-number-30.html
• http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com/2011/04/make-it-monday-31-changessearching-for.html
• http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/2011/04/challenge-24-layer-it-up-and-some-extra.html

Gift Card Wallet

 

I made this for my daughter and it perfectly fits an iTunes gift card. This is my attempt at a Gucci style wallet, with a very girlie style.

Masquerade

I made this Masquerade card when I was having stamping lessons with Louise Magetti about 3 years ago and used foils to shadow highlight this image.

Handbag of Cards

I had a ball doing this class with Jane Norrish she is my amazing Stampin Up demonstrator who never ceases to amaze me with her knowledge and brilliant designs. I can’t show you the other two cards as I gave them away already which is so unlike me but I have my blog now and have a documented journey of both my cards and technological improvement on the computer. I’m enjoying both at the moment. In the last decade my business burnt to the ground and I’ve had my house and business flooded twice - all three life events not insured ,so this blog is my insurance of a preservation of all my artistic treasures.

Gumnut Babies

I think this is one of the best cards I have ever made. I think I will have to give it to my daughter so I won’t have to part with it!

Challenges this project qualifies for:

• Really Reasonable Ribbon-#19 Green
• Penny's Challenge-#48 Green
• ECP-#33 Green
• All Sorts-#93 Card for a teenager
• Aly's Sunday Challenge-#37 Anything Goes
• Corrosive-#106 Going Green
• Simon Says-Anything Goes
• Paper Pretties-#144 Ribbon
• Creative Card Crew-No flowers
• AiFactory - 1E, SIO - Luck of the Irish - Green or St Patrick's Day
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W - 2nd wk. Birthday card, gift packaging or gifts 
• Bronte and Bella's Challenge - 1E, SIR - A Bit Of Green
• Colour Create - 2W, 1E –  Greens/Olive Green, Brown, Cream & Black - optional extra - Leaves. Inspiratonal Picture  *
• Craft Us Crazy - 2W, 3E - 2nd wk - anything that reminds you of nature
• Cute Card Thursday - C5 - Birthday Cards for A 3yr Old 
• Do You Stack Up? - 3E, SIO - Layers
• Little Miss Muffet Challenges - 2W, 1E, SIO - 2nd wk - Designer Papers
• Meljens Designs - SIO - Green
• Paper Play - 2E – Shades of Green/Good Luck
• Paper Romance - SIO - Use as many Colours as Possible 
• Pixie Dust Studio - SIO - Thank You for Being You
• Play Date Cafe - Colour*
• Rainbow Lady's - 2E -  Best Friends
• The Rubber Cafe - SIO - Favourite Die
• Shelly's Images - SIO - Something Green in honor of St Patrick's Day
• Stamp Insanity - SIO - Anything Goes, with a twist - A pop of Green or St Patty's day
• Stampin' B's - JFF - Use Bling
• Stamping Vacation - M - Glitter - ends 10th April
• Shabby Tea Room-#52 Luck of the Irishhttp://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/2011/03/week-52-luck-of-irish.html

Laugh, Love & Live

This fabulous project I made in a class with Stamping Inkstinct a few years ago and it was designed by the very talented Louise Magetti. I really enjoy going to classes with kits as you can relax and enjoy the process of the doing, and that sense of achievement when you get home and admire how clever you are…” I did that!”.  I have a treasure box with all the wonderful things that I have made and I wanted a record for myself of what I’ve been doing and with the labelling system on blogger I figure I can check what I’ve done and learnt in the past and be my own muse!