Magnolia Christmas Card

I made this for my girlfriend Tracey(my bridesmaid) and her family. I wanted to have a bit of fun with Tilda and decided if I was her I’d be swinging around too!As you can see there is lots of glitter..on the card, all over me and Honey my dog has a bit on her as well…everywhere I tell you. I challenged myself to make a Centre Step Card and I’m very pleased with the result and using not just….. non traditional colours, but my favorites!
Challenges I would like to enter:

• http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2011/12/im-dreaming-of-your-fave-colour.html Christmas card or project in YOUR fave  colour theme
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-21no-traditional-christmas.html No traditional Christmas colours
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/p/monthly-contest.html Happy Holidays
• http://bunnyzoescrafts.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-19-fancy-foldsshaped-cards.html Fancy folds shaped cards
• http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas.html Christmas
• http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/12/cupcake-172-dont-look-at-light.html If it sparkles, shines, gleams, glints and/ or glitter
• http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-28-snowflakes-andor-doilies.html Snowflakes and or doilies
• http://blog.icopic.com/2011/12/icopic-weekly-challenge-60.html Holidays, must use Copics
• http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/12/cch-97-more-than-one-fold.html More than one fold

Merry Christmas to all my new friends

Trish Munro

Magnolia Birthday Card

As you can see I got carried away and embossed two layers on this card and then used my sponging block with some chalk ink to highlight the embossing. I adore this cute Magnolia stamp she is so versatile and had a ball colouring her with my new Copics. I saw the balloons inside the card idea on Valita’s Fresh Folds ages ago and finally tried it out and it adds a real cuteness to the Happy Birthday card!

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/craft-challenge-128-cute.html Cute
• http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-44-cutesy-2-week-challenge.html Cutesy
• http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-31-sugar-and-spice.html Sugar and Spice
• http://craftybootschallenges.blogspot.com/2011/10/young-at-heart.html Young at heart

Have a great weekend

Trish Munro

Flower Bookmark

I made this extra wide bookmark for my sister as part of her birthday present because she loves to read and loves art. I wanted to create a bookmark in relaxing colours ,but not too busy to distract you from reading your book. I used my Colorbox Chalk inks with my Stamp It Sponging Blocks to create an arty background, a technique I have been trying to perfect for a while and I am so pleased with my morning mist look for my background .The stamp is from Stamp It called Grevillea (an Australian Flower). I added the silky smooth ribbon to contrast with the embossed  texture band I placed at the bottom of the bookmark, so it not only looks good but feels good too!

Challenges this qualifies for:

• http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-23-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
• http://bowsnberries-bosenberries.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-13-clean-and-simple.html Clean and Simple
• http://letsinkitup.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-17.html Show us your favourite stamping technique
• http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com/2011/11/jai-92-just-add-tag-or-bookmark.html Tag or Bookmark
• http://cookingitupwithkatie.blogspot.com/2011/11/cooking-it-up-82-anything-but-card.html Anything but a card

Thanks for visiting my blog

Trish Munro

Golf Birthday Card

I made this Golf Birthday Card card for my girlfriends Dad. Clive is 75 today and I was inspired by my friend Vicki Fraser to make this card after she made my hubby a golf card for his birthday. I’m always happy to take bits and pieces no longer wanted in my circle of crafters and the grass and sky are all wallpapers given to me. I love the texture of the green wallpapers they really add a great effect  for the grass and the sky wallpaper… well I wish I had a whole roll of that! I used my Stampin Up Scallop Edge Border Punch to make the grass.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• Marks Finest Papers-Use your Scraps
• My Sheri Crafts-all about Sports
• The Poodles Parlour-Lets hear it for the boys
• Charisma Cardz - Anything goes
• Moving along with the times-no girls allowed

Have a great weekend

Trish Munro

Magnolia Singing Tilda

I really enjoyed making this card for my daughters birthday,she loves to sing and my girlfriend Vicki Fraser bought this Magnolia Tilda Singing stamp for me so I could make my darling daughter the perfect birthday card. I paper pieced Singing Tilda to get the dress just the right colour and shaped it to give it a slight curve using my flower tool, before gluing into position.  I chose a designer paper that my wonderful friend Frances from Stamp Owl gave me for Tilda’s dress to match the dress my daughter wears on stage that shimmers and sparkles. I used a purple gel pen and highlighted with Ice Stickles Glitter Glue to finish.I wanted to use some shading behind and used my Spellbinder Circle as a mask to get the white edge effect with my Sponging Block and Colorbox Chalk Ink. Then I used the Tim Holtz Alterations Carnivale to personalise the card and add her age using some new Glitter Cardstock. I wanted an unusual shape card  and placed Tilda looking down from the top of the card like my daughter does when she’s on stage.

Challenges this card qualifies for:

• http://lawnscaping.blogspot.com/2011/10/lawnscaping-challenge-20-paper-piecing.html Paper Piecing
• http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-115-girls-girls-girls-cazza.html Girls,Girls,Girls
• http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-134-you-choose.html You choose your own theme BUT must use a stamp
• http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/2011/10/2nd-year-birthday-challenge-and-blog.html Anything Goes
• http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-97-happy-birthday.html Happy Birthday
• http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.com/2011/10/birthday-celebrations-with-stretch-n.html Birthdays
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-17someone-special-and-winner.html Someone Special
• http://tuesdaythrowdown.blogspot.com/2011/10/tuesday-throwdown-71.html Shaped Card

Trish Munro

How to Store Your Inkpads

This storage  idea is perfect for Colorbox Chalk Inkpad, Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad, VersaMark, Castaway, Stazon & Adirondack Ink Pads.It is compact to store on a bookshelf or carry off to your local craft class.I used my Brother P-touch 1000 to label my inkpads and it’s been very handy over the years I’ve had it.

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This year I decided to embrace technology, you know cameras ,computers, anything with an instruction manual and slowly I have been working it out, and I have even bought something on eBay.That’s huge for me. My friend Vicki Fraser has been very helpful in the world of computers and a huge thanks to her for her amazing patience. I have come a long way since the beginning of the year and I’ve done my New Years Resolution justice! So far, so good.
Have a great weekend
Trish Munro

Handmade Flower Card with Martha Stewart Punch by Anita Munro

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My Darling Daughter Anita who is only 10yrs old premade the Flower using all pink flowers but in different sizes, and when she liked what she had made she glued each layer together and added a butterfly bling embellishment to add a bit of her own personal flair. Anita placed a adhesive dimensional under the flower so it would pop off the card for added interest! She used a piece of pink paper and used the Martha Stewart Scroll Heart Deep Edger Border Punch down both sides to create a Lace Trim which she fixed to the card carefully with Glue. Anita added a sentiment using the Stampin Up Modern Label Punch and Stampin Up Word Window Punch and stamped using Colorbox Chalk ink her sentiment from Stampin Up Stamp Set called Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

Anita made this card for her school teacher for her Birthday and I was surprised to see that she had pre written on a notepad what she was going to write inside, which is very cute and thoughtful.

I will enter this card in the following challenges on her behalf:

• http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2011/10/were-back-challenge-53-anything-goes.html Anything Goes
• http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-50-and-winners-of-challenge.html Pink for Boobies
• http://incywincydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/10/challenge-114-think-pink.html  Think Pink
• http://crazychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/10/cc-87-think-pink.html Think Pink
• http://www.cardcupids.org/blog/?p=1731 Create a card and give it away!

Proud Mum

Trish Munro

Handmade Flower Card Tutorial

This flower is so easy to make. I hope you have as much fun making your own and enjoy my latest tutorial!

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Trish Munro

Circus Birthday

I made this cute Circus birthday card and also made a You Tube tutorial to go with it. My son got me started and I’m now even  learning how to add a title to the video, you can… teach an old dog new tricks! I am entering this card into Annabelles Challenge 3 with 2 Bling. Also Stamps and Fun = Creativity- Animals Challenge and Punch and Die cut challenge at Catch the Bug

Come and see my tutorial for this card on my YouTube channel called Trish and Treasure

Trish Munro

DINOSAUR KIDS CARD

I have also made a You Tube tutorial video of this card and will blog it shortly. Every little boy loves .Dinosaurs so it’s the perfect card for a little man in my life. I am entering this card in Annabelles Challenge 1. I have used 1 new stamp it is the Happy Birthday from Stampin Up – Punch Bunch and 2 punches my scallop square and my round tab punch both from Stampin Up and 3 bling!

I am also entering this in the Cards for Men challenge Anything But Square

 

Thanks again to all my followers who come and check out my cards.

Trish Munro

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas in July!. If you know me nothing makes me happier than real snow, especially to ski on. This is the first shaker card I ever made and it’s filled with fake snow. I started out stamping having private lessons with Louise Magetti on the Gold Coast before I was ready to join a group and know what all the  other girls were talking about. We made this card with great delight and it was also the first time I’d ever used dimensionals. This is also the first stamp set I ever bought. I had no idea how much there was to know and still I’m learning new stuff all the time.


I’m dreaming of a White Christmas! Well one day anyway.
Trish Munro

How do I fix my ColorBox Chalk Inkpad?

I need your help.. How do I fix this? Help!!!!!! If you know please leave me a comment. I have 2 that are like this and I just don’t know what to do.

Thanks and have a great weekend

Looking forward to your comments and advise

Trish Munro