Teneale Williams

Finally Friday is here, I know I say it often but what a week! I am happy the weekend is here however my weekend is filled with lots of work but I still plan to catch up with some of my favourite people and have a little fun. I have been feeling a little uncreative lately as I am sure you can tell, I am happy to report I feel like my mojo is back! Last weekend I did my last classes in a scrapbook store, which was sad because I have been working in scrapbook stores for years teaching classes all over Sydney but I have stopped doing it so I can focus on my current career direction, having said that there will also be some changes here coming to my blog and with my Stampin’ Up! business soon. I hope to post a little more now I don’t have classes to design for stores.

Anyway I know you are here not to hear all about me or my week but to see a little eye candy and what I did for this weeks Inkspiration challenge. Keesh gave the DT a colour challenge this week….here are the colours:

Here is my card for this week, I am so happy with this card and just think it is super cute. I don’t think I can part with this one and normally I don’t talk myself up {well I don’t think I normally do anyway} but I am feeling pretty clever for coming up with this one The Real Red DSP I have used is retired it was from a 2007 Simply Scrappin kit, I hand most of my scrap DSP to my 4 year old niece Bailey so I had to borrow it from her stash….

Loving the inside too….

If your wondering how I made the banner… well I used these stamps from Party Hearty, the row of party hats which I used upside down and punched the “celebrate” out with a small Circle Punch. I love Party Hearty and it is my most used birthday set.

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

It’s Friday and time for a Inkspiration challenge, this week it is a colour challenge…..

Can I say I found this colour combo hard {thanks Keesh} but I realised once I had finished and was saving the photos I have used this same colour combo 4 times before… SO what was my problem this time around {lol} anyway I got it done, I have gone a little “cute” using the Cheeky Monkey from the {NEW} Fox and Friends set out of the Autumn Winter Mini and the balloons are from Time to Party. My trustily Stamp-A-Ma-Jig got a work out on this card….

Inside…. Very simple but cute {I think anyways} I have more Cheeky Monkeys floating away with balloons and a greeting. Totally cute and I just know the little guy that will be getting this as his Birthday card later in the year

All Materials from Stampin’ Up!.
Stamps: Fox & Friends, Time to Party, Big Bold Birthday and On Your Birthday
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Brocade Blue and Creamy Caramel
Paper: Brocade Blue DSP & CS, Very Vanilla CS and Chocolate Chip CS
Other: Chocolate Chip Ribbon, latte Button and Scallop Edge Punch

Check out the other DT’s creations and be inspired!

Keesh

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Don’t forget to link your card to Mr Linky on Keesh’s blog too, so that we can all check out what you’ve created.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Teneale

Please don’t fall off your seat in shock that I have updated my blog twice in less then 24 hours {shocking I know} but I have actually made a second card using Makeesha’s sketch. This time around it’s a more masculine Birthday card and I totally love this one. I have used SO many stamp sets in this card and my craft desk looks like a bomb has hit it, so I better go clean that up because it is driving me crazy looking at it.

Here is the sketch again just to remind you:

And here is my card….

When you open the card Shooting Stars come at you and I was able to get a better photo of the inside this time around.

Materials used: All Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: Happy, Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel, Starring You, A Little Birthday Cheer, A Good Egg and Spotlight on Christmas
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Papers: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Other: 35mm Circle Punch, Large Star, Small Star, 32mm Square Punch, Corner Rounder, Mat Pack and Silver Brads

I was very lucky that when I was younger my wonderful Mum bestowed a good saving ethic with me and I am very grateful for that, so Mum and I are teaching my money hungry niece Bailey {who is 4} about saving. Bailey loves “collecting” money and because she is so cute and quite cheeky she has lots already…. She has a money box at her home and also one at my house when ever any of us have our wallets out or talk about money she runs and grabs her money box and just kind of “shakes” it in front of us and asks if we want to give her “dollars” with a cute face…. I am the one the caves the most and then empty out my purse, when I realised how much I was giving her I thought the kid needs to work for it {I did}, So now we have a deal if she has a “nanna nap” every afternoon at day-care she will get $3 at the end of the week. Well it took a few weeks but last week she finally earned $3, so I made her a card to say “Way to go” and give her the money.

I attached the coins inside with a bit of tape, her eye’s lit up when she opened the card and saw her “Dollars”.

The set I used is from Stampin’ Up! but at the back of the Idea Book & Catalogue in the accessories section on page 141 and both the Star and Greeting are from this set, The papers are from My Minds Eye

Another Baby card this time for a little boy, I have used Nursery Necessities and Jumbo Nursery Letters wheel again on this card and I love the little boat as much as yesterdays elephant on the girl card. This card came together pretty quick for me {as I am the slowest cardmaker ever}. I used this weeks sketch from the Sweetest thing Blog, Every week I check out the Sketches on this blog and always mean to take part in the challenge but… never end up doing it, I really should because I love Sketch Challenges as they take me out of my comfit zone and I think it is so much quicker to make a card when you have a sketch to build from.

Here is the Sketch I used:

My Card….

Inside is a little boring on this one but I thought I would still show you. Yes I put ribbon inside the card, And Yes that does make the card extra bulky but I just LOVE ribbon and I can’t help myself ….

Materials Used:
Stamps: Nursery Necessities and Jumbo Nursery Letters wheel
Ink: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, VersaMark and Brocade Blue
Cardstock: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery and Brocade Blue
Printed Paper: Level one hostess Paper Pad
Other: SU Certainly Celery twill {Promo this month}, Clear embossing powder and Daubers
Spellbinders: Circle and Circle Scallop

I am about to enter “baby season” I know so many people who are about to have babies between October and December, but the most important baby coming is from my Sister who is due in a few weeks however I think she will have it early {like any day now}. Yesterday I went with her for the last ultrasound and I am SO excited for her to finally have this baby she has had lots of problems along the way so we all just want her to have the baby and know that everything is OK with her and the baby. It was the best ultrasound so far because we found out the sex as every other ultrasound the legs were crossed so we could not really tell and we got a pretty good look at the face and little hands….So cute.

This is not the card I will give to my Sister but it is going in the stash for one of the other babies that will be coming, I like to have cards pre-made for babies so it is already when I go and meet the new baby and see the Mummy. This was the first time I have used Nursery Necessities but it has been sitting on my shelf for a while waiting for me to make a Baby card, Once I mounted it I realised it really is not limited to a “baby card” I can use the Boat for a boy card and lots of uses for the star’s in the set but I LOVE the cute elephant which I had to use to start off with.

I am not totally loving this card because I feel like it needs something in the bottom right corner but not sure what, I played around with brads, pearls then little buttons in a line but it looked too much… So I left them off. Do you have any suggestions?

Here is the inside of my card, Just simple with a greeting from God’s Blessing which I think is such a lovely stamp set.

Materials Used:
Stamps: Nursery Necessities, Jumbo Nursey Letters wheel, God’s Blessing and Cheep Talk {The little heart}
Ink: Basic Gray, VersaMark and Regal Rose
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose
Printed Paper: Level one hostess Paper Pad
Other: SU Regal Rose Grosgrain, Scallop Punch, Star Punch, Clear embossing powder and Daubers

Nursery Necessities. Set 12. $56.95

God’s Blessing. Set of 8. $58.95