Cute As A Cupcake

Whilst searching for inspiration for a pretty dress for Sophie I came across a tutorial on http://confessionsofacraftaddict.com/ on how to create a ruffled insert panel.

Well the first picture on this tutorial was to die for. I'm telling you this is one seriously creative lady. I sugest you check out her site. 

I was instantly inspired and started to sketch my ideas down.

I changed the top panel to a halter neck and elasticated gathered panel at the back.

I also lined the adorable cupcake fabric which I bought at lincraft as it was a very light cotton.

By the time I had lined the over and under skirt I found there was quite a bit of bulk and decided not to put the ruffles on the insert panel after all.

Well Soph was more than happy to model her new outfit and did not want to take it off after our little photo shoot.

Tea Pot Pose.

Love that smile.

Front split up close.

The back detail.

This last picture reminds me of my sister (Luv U Sis). So so so cute.

Well thats all folks

Cheers

Donna

Go Aussie Bro

After spending SO much time working on gifts for my family and friends and preparing for, enjoying and recovering from Christmas I'm finally back.

This year I am going to scrap for myself. That's the plan anyway.

I like so many others have so many pictures to scrapbook, yet find myself always working on projects for others.

So to get the ball rolling a page centred around a picture of my truly amazing, always loving brother.

So I started with this photo.

With a little editing I settled on this.

I used a sheet of Kaisercraft extreme paper, added my photo and then went to work heat embossing the chipboard arrow and corner piece in gloss black.

I decided to have a go at foil transfers to add some electric blue bling to them and quickly found out that my $2 bargain shop foil transfer kit was a bit hit and miss on top of glossy surfaces.

As far as the title I had some Lil Davis chip board alpha's in my stash which worked perfectly.

Alas there was no letter "B".

What to do, what to do I asked myself then it hit me. (ouch)

I painted a raw chipboard letter B with white acrylic paint and when it was dry I dressed it up with some more foil transfers.

I took to some crown bottle tops with a hammer and flattened them out. 

Such good therapy bashing these little guys,

then printed out some 1 inch circles with white text reading Fair, Dinkum and Mate!

The page still needed a little something so I added some black rhinestones to create a circular frame.

A little journaling and I was done.

Well That's all Folks

Cheers

Donna

The Craft Table

Candy Candy Candy!!!

Can you believe it, yet another talented and inspirational blog by a lovely woman named Martine.

I couldn't stop gasping at her gorgeous cards, And with my eclectic crafty taste buds I'd have to say she showcases some varied yet very palatable and desirable designs.lol.   

2 x Blog Candy in one day I say as I squeal with sheer delight.

Martine is celebrating her Blogaversary and so up for grabs is delectable stash of goodies.

So don't delay. Check out Martine's very generous blog.

http://thecrafttable.blogspot.com/

well thats all folks

cheers Donna

1000 Sheets Of Paper Blog Candy

Today I stumbled upon this great blog called 1000 Sheets of Paper.

The blog is written by a woman named Amy who is crazy mad for paper crafting, "something I can definitely relate to".

Anyways Amy has been keeping track of how many sheets of patterned paper she cuts into to find out how long it would take to go through 1000 sheets of paper.

Well it took her just over a year and in celebration of this milestone she is having a blog candy give away.

What's up for grabs you may ask ???

Well 1000 sheets of paper of course, along with a delectable bounty of stamps.

So don't delay head on over and check out her wonderfully inspiring, and generous blog here.

well that's all folks

CHEERS, Donna.

Gday all,
Yesterday I was working on some new card designs and listening to some old Rock Box Cd's when all of a sudden my daughter started yelling for me to stop the music. Next thing I know she had sprinted off to her room and retrieved her little yellow guitar.
We were having so much fun dancing and rocking around in my tiny little craft room. Check it out.

Well that's all folks

Cheers Donna

Mad Hatter Card

Gday all,
I have new digital stamp set called Wonderland from The Greeting Farm and my first card using this stamp set was a Mad Hatter birthday flip flop card.
I used Sassafras Lass "Bungle Jungle" Bungle Dots for the base of the card, Yellow Cardstock for the smaller base, some black paper to mat another piece of Bungle Dots, some black ribbon, a 1.5 inch circle of white cardstock stamped with Happy Birthday and inked around the edge, and the mad hatter stamp which i coloured with water colour pencils and then clear embossed.

Well that's all folks.

Cheers Donna.

Karate Cards

Gday all,
Thought I would whip up a quick card or 2 using my new digital stamp from "The Greeting Farm" appropriately named KARATE IAN. My nephew and brother in law are learning the art of karate and I knew this digi stamp would be great for them the minute I sore it.

This first card was pretty basic.

I got the idea for the next card from http://www.making-birthday-cards.com/ its called a zig zag card. This design gives great dimension and free stands for display unlike pop up cards which have to be held open. I can see many possibilities for this card.

I didn't stamp a sentiment in the long journal box yet just in case i want to use it for something other than a birthday. This is a view from the top (hence the name zig zag).

Well that's all folks.

Cheers, Donna