Magnetic Fridge Notebook

TGIF.... As you know, I am at home today... but as mentioned in my previous post, there was no laying in bed until the sun shone on my behind...LOL  Not that we'll even see sunshine in SA today.  It is COLD, RAINING and OVERCAST.... perfect Winter weather.

Got up early to renew my car licence. Then I went to the Post Office to post some mail.  Gosh, if Cindy Geier is reading this, please note that your envelope has now been posted... I cannot remember how we made contact, but I must have promised you some goodies and somehow your envelope got buried beneath my other mail in the boot of my car.  I found it the other evening, so apologies for the late posting, but I hope when you do receive it, it will be worthwhile (smile).

The Defy (stove) technician has just left... thank goodness (me wiping brow), it didn't amount to alot.  Just a small, but very important fault that was making my electricity trip.  All sorted... yay!!!! Not that I cook mind you, that's my daughter's department (aren't I lucky?).  She bought some recipe books earlier today and as she's paging through them, I can just see those toes curling.  I just shake my head and she turns around and says "You know Mom, the way you feel about your cardmaking, paper, ribbon, stamps, etc..... that's the same feeling I get about cooking and when I page through my recipe books".... hahahaha...NOW I get it !!!

I hope I am not boring you with yet another Magnetic Fridge Notebook creation, but it gives me the opportunity to blog inbetween my DT posts.   Linda, my colleage at work, LOVED the book I made her for her friend (see previous post) and when I opened my drawer at work she saw the 2 MFN's I had made for Ayiesha... "What's that?" she asks cheekily (smile), so I take it out and show her.  Well, after oooh'ing and aaah'ing for about a minute or 2 she tells me she has just GOT to have one for her kitchen too... How could I refuse such a sweet request ??   So, without further ado, here is Linda's little MFN. She'll only see it on Monday, hope she likes it.  Once again, I had such fun making this one. 

The colours I've chosen are brown, peach and cream from MME's Miss Caroline 6x6 designer pad which was a purchase from Quixotic Paperie.  It will suit Linda's kitchen just perfectly.  I've used 2 cute little mother of pearly dragonflies in the corner which was a gift from Marika... thanks so much honey, these gifts are coming in handy!  Thanks to Hannelie again for creating the gorgeous sentiment for me... I've punched a whole lot and they are so ready to be used.

And here's a side view just to show it off to its fullest.

Now that I've loaded these pics and typed up this post, I need to go do my shopping and the weather is not looking good outside.  In fact, it's just started raining again.

Cheerio for now, hugs Sharon x

Quixotic Paperie Challenge # 10 : Ink Up an Old Stamp

Greetings again everyone... I am slowly but surely finding my feet in blogland again. Thank you so very much for all your warm wishes for my father's health. I saw him again today and he is improving so much. I firmly believe in the Power of Prayer and am hoping he will make a full recovery so that we can celebrate his 75th birthday on the 8th February. My script for my specs was incorrect, so it's being redone and I'll get them back early next week!

I made this card for the Quixotic Paperie Challenge. Their brief was to Ink Up an Old Stamp and make a card.  This stamp was sent to me by a dear friend in Australia and I coloured her in ages ago, but somehow she just didn't make it onto a card.  As I was sifting through my "old" images I thought she deserved to be introduced to all of you and I'm actually quite pleased with the result and hope you are too...

My recipe for this card is as follows

Base: Lovely turquoise cardstock. 
DP:  The DP is from very old stash of mine, a freeby when I purchased a copy of the Papercraft magazine.  I was lucky to find another lovely piece of purple card to matt onto the turquoise.
Nesties: As I don't have all the fabulous tools, my friend Paola kindly cut some out for me. Thanks so much Paola, it's wonderful having all these lovely goodies to enhance my cards with.
Image: As I mentioned earlier, this was stamped by my friend Sammi and coloured in with my Copics. Not that I must say so myself, but I'm sure I've improved since then ;)
Embellies: I've used my new stash from Paola's Shop - flat backed peals in turquoise and lilac.  I have such a variety of colours now, it is just too wonderful for words. I feel very blessed!!!  Hope you like my flowers, aren't they adorable? Just added a few buttons in the right bottom corner, as it looked a bit bare and I didn't want to overdo it by adding more flowers!

That's it for now folks... I must dash.. it's still early (5.32pm) and I've got plenty more challenges to take part in before this weekend is over (inbetween housework too, mind you!). It's lovely being back, missed chatting with you. Thanks for popping by and I look forward to your lovely comments.  Take care... hugs Sharon xx

Combined Challenges - All Sorts Challenge # 34 and Quixotic Challenge # 8

Good Day everyone... It's 12:38am as I am typing this post and my windows are wide open to let in the cool air... what bliss!  It is Sunday morning for us and I wish you all a wonderful, blessed day.  We've been invited to my folks for Mom's Spaghetti!!  Looking forward to that later today...

I've managed to create a card combining 2 challenges, I loved the sketch which All Sorts have sketched and Quixotic Paperie's theme inspired the colour thereof.  Here's my little creation for you to enjoy...

Paper:  Base of card is a shimmer Vanilla colour.  I used a bronzy colour for the matting for my design paper.
DP: From the stash I purchased at CNA.  This is 1 sheet which I could cut into strips. Absolutely beautiful.  The brown colour made me think of Hot Chocolate, the pink of Marshmellows and the creamy colour of Whipped Cream.
Image: Willow reading a Book from Whiff of Joy, coloured in with Copics.
Nesties: Kindly cut and supplied by my friend Paola and coloured with pink and brown chalk from my stash.
Embellies:  Rhinestones and Pearls from Paola's Shop. The bow with the rose is from old stash of mine, I love putting the pearl pins through it!  I've threaded a lovely pink satin ribbon through the different layers and finished off with pink brads in each corner.

Here is another view, giving you a glimpse of the inside of the card, which complements the outside.

I really hope this little creation has inspired you to take part in either one or both challenges my friend and I look forward to reading your comments.  Thanks so much for popping by... always nice hearing from you.  Hugs and blessings, Sharon

Quixotic Paperie Challenge #7 : Lace

Greetings friends... here's my little entry for the Quixotic Paperie Challenge # 7: Lace. As I don't have lace fabric, I've used paper lace instead.  The creative juices were sadly lacking last night, but I so desperately wanted to enter the challenge and use my new DP which I'd purchased. 

Here's another pic taken from a different angle.

The 8x8 and 12x12 sheets were purchased at CNA in 2 separate packs. Both were an absolute bargain. I did the math and it works out to R2-10 per sheet of paper, which in our currency is dirt cheap!  YAY... I love bargains!!!!   The little image is one of those which I've had for a while, so I coloured her in with my Copics and added a bit of glitter for some pizazz!  Further embellished with a turquoise spotted ribbon and turquoise organza ribbon threaded through a jewelled buckle.  Added 2 lovely pearls for class.  The sentiment is a stick on which I thought would complement the card perfectly.  Hope you like this one, thanks so much for all the lovely comments, they really make my day.  My feet are off, just got back from the shops and it's no joke, as I'm sure you are all experiencing. Until next time take care now, I'm going blog hopping. Chat soon, hugs Sharon  x

Quixotic Paperie Challenge # 6 - Seeing Stars

Hi Friends...  Thanks to those who have been visiting and a very warm welcome to my new follower, I look forward to visiting you soon.  Here's my little number for the QP challenge this week. I've used a lovely creamy shimmery cardstock as the base for my card. I then matted a piece of black card onto that and further embellished with a shimmery oval nestie onto which I placed my lovely little Ladybug Tilda. The stars were cut out by myself (I don't have a star cutter) from an assortment of paper and further glittered for a little pizzaz!  The trusty black ribbon with white dots was used again - I really love this one and noticed that my stock has now run out.  Hope you like it.

Here's the same card taken from a different angle, giving you just a little peek of the inside.

 

And keeping with the theme for this week, here's the inside of the card. I used a lovely creamy glittery paper for the message to be written and drew 3 stars on the right hand side and glittered with lovely red glitter.

I had such fun with this project and really hope you like it.  Please leave a comment as I really enjoy reading them. Thanks so much, until next time, take care....

Quixotic Paperie Challenge # 5 - Be Charming

Hello friends... sorry I've been MIA for a while. I notice that you've all been very busy. I'll be blog hopping again soon to view your stunning creations, but first I'd like to post my entry for Quixotic Paperie's Challenge # 5  which requires one to use a "charm" on your project. I love this little Willow, she's charming enough as it is, I'm sure you'll agree.  But to keep to the requirements, I've hung a lovely little basket of flowers from the bee brad in the right hand top corner of this card.

Here's a close up of the charm I used. Seeing that Willow is carrying a basket of flowers, I thought I'd choose that for my charm. Cute huh!

Here's a peek at the inside of the card which is posted below.

It's been such fun being able to play again.  I've been so busy with the invitations, but that has come to an end and I can now continue to do what I love doing best.

I really hope you like my little creation for this week. All comments are greatly appreciated and welcomed. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to post a comment, it means the world to me!  Enjoy the rest of your Saturday afternoon and have FUN crafting! I'll be visiting you soon. Cheerio Sharon x

Quixotic Paperie Challenge #4

Good Evening friends, here's my entry for the QP Challenge # 4 which required one to use Tearing on your project. Can't say I enjoyed tearing my lovely paper, but that was the requirement for the challenge this week.  I went for the primary colours red and blue, with a small dash of cream as the background for my image. She's a cutie isn't she?  All the way from Holland. Used red shimmery cardstock as the base for my card and matted with striped blue and red paper which I tore all the way around and inked.  Added a lovely dotted ribbon on the right with a super heart charm. Thought it would be nice to add some flowers for a change.

This little image was received sitting on a bench, which I cut away and placed her on a flower which I cut in half. Seen someone else do something similar and thought I would try it out.

This pic came out slightly blurry, apologies for that. Keeping to the theme, I cut out my lovely striped paper and glued onto the red cardstock, then I tore a piece of white paper and matted that onto the striped paper. Not sure if you can pick it up, but I chalked around the white paper so that it doesn't look so stark white.

Well, that's my little creation for this week folks.  If you like it, please leave a comment as I so enjoy reading them.  So pleased some of you have enjoyed the little tour of our Peninsula. Yes, I am very fortunate to be living in such a picturesque city. Take care until next time, hugs Sharon x

Quixotic Challenge # 3 - Kraft & Red

 

Greetings friends, whatever you are doing this lovely Saturday afternoon, I hope you're having FUN.  It has been one of those hot days today, but Capetonians love their sun, beach and braai's (barbeque's), so we're not complaining.

The Quixotic Challenge this week is to use the colour combo of Kraft & Red and if you don't have Kraft you can use any brown cardstock.  I have therefore used a fab chocolate brown as the base of my card.  I then matted a lovely piece of the Merry Day of Christmas Gingerbread Lane paper onto some red cardstock, in keeping with the theme.  Further embellished with a poinsettia flower which I glued onto a creamy coloured leaf which is edged in gold. In the centre I adorned with a pearl (can't remember what the lovely silver centrepiece is called, help me Paola?)  A great opportunity to use the calendar stamp I won recently. I placed that in the left hand corner.  The lovely Tilda was a gift from my blog buddy in Holland and I coloured her in using the trusted Copics (am I improving of what??)  Dankie Marijke, hoop jy hou van my stempeltjie :) )

I am really enjoying giving my cards a more polished look by decorating the inside as well.  Just cut a strip from the Gingerbread Lane paper and pasted onto the chocolate brown cardstock. Then I took one of those brown manilla envelopes most people have in a cupboard somewhere and cut that to size using one of my fancy scissors to give it a lovely edge. I then cut white paper to place on top of that for one to write one's message.  In each corner I finished off with a little red rhinestone.

I really hope you like my entry for this week and if you do, please leave a comment as I so enjoy reading them!   It encourages me to step up my pace and move to the next level.  I am really getting into this now and enjoying it...lol, hope you are too.  Thanks to everyone who does take the time to leave a message, I have such fun reading them -MWAH to all of you! 

Good luck to all my crafting buddies, with whatever challenge you may be taking part in this week.   I look forward to seeing what you've come up with.  That's it for now folks, back to the wedding invitations.  Enjoy your weekend further, take care, hugs Sharon x

My first Challenge with Quixotic Paperie!

Okay... before my courage fails me completely, I have decided not to add anything more to this little creation.  This is my first ever challenge that I will be entering and it coincides beautifully with Quixotic Paperie's first ever challenge that they are offering. The theme is Birthdays, which is in honour of Elaine's birthday - Happy Birthday Elaine! Good luck to all the other entrants.  I am adding a close up of Tilda for you to enjoy.

Please leave a comment, as I so enjoy reading them. Hugs and blessings, Sharon x