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!!

I’d love you to come and Join our Challenge this week at

Card Crafter’s Circle 11th  Challenge

We'd love to see your creations using

  INSPIRATION FROM THE PHOTO PROVIDED ABOVE

... so come share them with us! 

and the Sponsor this week is Di’s Digi Downloads

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

Bugaboo Stamps Dino Heart 1

I do hope you will be able to join us for our very first challenge over at Card Crafters Circle. Our theme this week is CREATE FOR ANY CELEBRATION!

The challenge will run from Friday 16th December (Australian Time) for a week

This week we have Bugaboo Stamps sponsoring our challenge with the

winner’s prize - their choice of 7 images!

Here is my card

This is the very cute digital  image I used  and it’s available at Bugaboo Stamps Here
I borrowed my friend Vicki Fraser’s (who has Blog Candy at the moment) small polka dot embossing folder for the smaller heart,which I paper pieced. I also paper pieced his feet and embossed as well, and I think it just adds that something extra.


I cut a strip of cardstock and scored to create a zigzag strip to attach to his head so Dino could have a wobbly head! The other stamps (Nitwit Collections) I used on this card came as a free gift with Australian Simply Cards Magazine Issue 34. I used sandpaper on the embossed footprints and had a ball colouring in with my Copics. This is Basic Grey Ribbon , American Crafts Amplified Designer papers Saturday Night Fever and Boogie and matching American Crafts Elements Round Buttons in Leaf.

I would like to enter the following Challenges :

• http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-it-monday-67-with-cupcake-cards.html
• http://www.cardcupids.org/blog/?p=1880 Cards with hearts
• http://corrosivechallengesbyjanet.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-139-anything-except-christmas.html Anything except Christmas
• http://squigglestamps.blogspot.com/2011/12/lets-celebrate.html Let’s Celebrate
• http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/2011/12/challenge-2-embossing.html Embossing

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