Christmas Candles

Good morning and welcome to my blog, I can't believe it but it's the school holiday break again.  It's nice having the boys home as Liam is studying for his end of year exams.  We've had nothing but rain these last six days.  Hopefully the weather will improve that we can spend some time up at our beach house before the boys go back.   Liam spent 6 days in Singapore with my husband at the start of the holidays where they attend the Formula One Grand Prix.  As Singapore is so close to the Equator it was very hot, day and night.  It was a great time to have a male bonding holiday.

Today is Wednesday which means is another 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  

This week we have another sketch by Sally Dude.

Sketch # 99

Here's my card using our sponsors image

Christmas Candles.

The image is 3 D mounted and here's a quick peek of the inside of the card.

This week our sponsor is 

Heather Daniel's the owner and illustrator of

Fresh Brewed Designs.

Fresh Brewed Designs

Bio:

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs.  I love and do all I can to put God first in my life. I am so blessed beyond all I deserve.  I have an amazing husband who supports and loves me more than anything.  We lead praise and worship together in church. I love hearing him sing. I home school two of the best kids in the world. They are my heart. I can't even describe how much they mean to me. I LOVE all things crafty. I have been crafting and creating since as early as I can remember.

Here is a little about our shop:

Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been offering a wide variety of digital and rubber stamps since November 2010, designed to meet the needs of paper crafting addicts everywhere. With over 30 categories to choose from and new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time.  

Every month this year we will be giving away BLOG CANDY! 

We would love for you to visit our blog and facebook page, where fresh ideas are always percolating. 

Heather is offering our very luck winner

3 Free Digis 

from her online store

Fresh Brewed Designs

Don't forget to check out SSW2 here and see what the rest of the design team created for you this week.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Christmas Card Challenge # 42 Anything Goes *

2. The Pencil Case Week # 29 Anything Goes *

3. Crafty Friends Challenge # 41 Special Occasions *

4. QKR Stampede Challenge #210 Embossing *

5. Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge # 173 My Favorite Things *

(Embossing giving Texture)

6. A Snowflake Promise Challenge # 29 Anything Goes *

7. Digi Choosday Crafting Week #39 Anything Goes *

8. ABC Christmas Challenge T is for Two (Two Design Papers) *

9. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge # 320 Christmas *

10. Winter Wonderland Tic Tac Toe *

(White, Embossing, Punch or Die-Cut)

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White Linen Card from Warehouse Stationery

2. Coloured Card: Purple Bazzill and Cream Bazzill Bling.

3. Design Paper: Gold by Rosie's Studios

4. Image: Christmas Candles by Fresh Brewed Designs (Digital Image)

5. Colour Medium: Copics, Silver and Gold Copic atyou pens.

6. Tools Used.

7. Glossy Accents for the berries:

8. Dies Used:

Spellbinders Classic large and small squares.

Classic Circles and Ribbon Circles.

9. Embossing Folder:

Cuttlebug from the With Love Set.

10. Embellishments:

Flower is made up of 4 flowers from my stash, gold twine and a pearl brad,  purple gems from my stash and flat back pearls from my stash.

11. Finishing touches:

Inside the card and the back of my card.

Take care wishing you all an awesome week and happy crafting.

Holiday Candles

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today is Wednesday which means it's another Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  Congratulations to our winner and to our top 3 cards, great work everyone.  Sorry I didn't get around to commenting on you cards this week, I haven't felt the best with ongoing headaches, Liam had a operation on his toe and then Easter and being away at the Beach House with no internet access.

This week we have another sketch from Sally which has a lots and lots of layers.

Sketch #86

I've used Holiday Candles by Fresh Brewed Designs and a sneak preview of the inside of my card.

This week our sponsor is the lovely Heather Dennis the owner of 

Fresh Brewed Designs.

Fresh Brewed Designs

Bio:

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs.  I love and do all I can to put God first in my life. I am so blessed beyond all I deserve.  I have an amazing husband who supports and loves me more than anything.  We lead praise and worship together in church. I love hearing him sing. I home school two of the best kids in the world. They are my heart. I can't even describe how much they mean to me. I LOVE all things crafty. I have been crafting and creating since as early as I can remember.

Here is a little about our shop:

Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been offering a wide variety of digital and rubber stamps since November 2010, designed to meet the needs of paper crafting addicts everywhere. With over 30 categories to choose from and new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time.  

Every month this year we will be giving away BLOG CANDY! 

We would love for you to visit our blog and facebook page, where fresh ideas are always percolating. 

Heather is offering our very luck winner

3 Free Digis 

from her online store

Fresh Brewed Designs

Don't forget to check out SSW2 here and see what the rest of the design team created for you this week.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge #68 Use Your Stash *

2. Christmas Card Challenge Color Challenge *

3. Sparkles Christmas Challenge #62 An Old Fashioned Christmas *

4. Crafting from the Heart Challenge #105 Anything Goes *

5. Use Your Stuff Challenge #216 Pop Dots *

Under my image

6. Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes *

7. 613 Avenue Create Challenge #169 Anything Goes *

 8. Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #65 Anything Goes *
9. Creative Moments Challenge #90 Anything Goes Inspired by a Song *
Candle In The Wind by Elton John
10. Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #298 Christmas *

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Bazzill Natural

3. Design Paper: Kaisercraft Christmas 12 x 12 pad

4.  Image: Holiday Candles by Fresh Brewed Designs
5. Colour Medium: Copics

6. Embellishments:

Flower, string, green and red flat backed pearls from my stash.

7. Sentiment: From the Christmas Pack by Kaisercraft 12 x12 pad

8. Tools used.

9. Glossy Accents for the Holy Berries.

10. Dies used.

11. Finishing touch: Inside my card and the back of the card.

Take care everyone wishing you a great week and happy crafting.

Face #6

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Well I really hope that scheduler is working on my behalf this week as I'm not around to posting this weeks card.  I'm soaking up the rays in Cairns Australia and visiting my sister for her birthday.  I planned this trip months ago the temperature over there is about 30c in tropical Queensland and only 19c overnight, that's our daytime temperature in New Zealand at present.

This week I used our sponsors image from Fresh Brewed Designs.
We have another great sketch to work with from Sally, again it's a really easy sketch.

Sketch #71

The image I used this week from Fresh Brewed Designs was Face #6 which is a square image I turned into a circle.

This week our sponsor is the lovely Heather Dennis the owner of 

Fresh Brewed Designs.

Fresh Brewed Designs

Bio:

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs.  I love and do all I can to put God first in my life. I am so blessed beyond all I deserve.  I have an amazing husband who supports and loves me more than anything.  We lead praise and worship together in church. I love hearing him sing. I home school two of the best kids in the world. They are my heart. I can't even describe how much they mean to me. I LOVE all things crafty. I have been crafting and creating since as early as I can remember.

Here is a little about our shop:

Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been offering a wide variety of digital and rubber stamps since November 2010, designed to meet the needs of paper crafting addicts everywhere. With over 30 categories to choose from and new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time.  

Every month this year we will be giving away BLOG CANDY! 

We would love for you to visit our blog and facebook page, where fresh ideas are always percolating. 

Heather is offering our very luck winner 

3 Free Digis from her online store

Fresh Brewed Designs

Don't forget to check out SSW2 here and see what the rest of the design team created for you this week.

Card Recipe:

1. Base White SU
2. Coloured Card: Blue Calypso, Blackbird, Tropical
3. Design Papers: Kaisercraft Fairy Tale
4. Image: Face #6 Fresh Brewed Designs

5. Colour Medium: Copics White Gel Pen

6. Tools:

7. Dies Used

8. Embellishments:

Gems, Ribbons all from my stash.

 9. Inside and the back of my card.

Wishing everyone a wonderful week and happy crafting.

Gourd Flower Birdhouse

Good morning and welcome to my blog.  Today is Wednesday which means it's another Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.  Congratulations to our winner and to our top 3 cards, great work everyone.

This week we have another sketch from Sally which has a lots and lots of layers.

Sketch #60

This week I've rotated the sketch one turn to the left to fit my image in and I really love how this sketch turned out.

I've used Gourd Flower Birdhouse by Fresh Brewed Designs and a sneak preview of the inside of my card.

This week our sponsor is the lovely Heather Dennis the owner of 

Fresh Brewed Designs.

Fresh Brewed Designs

Bio:

Hello, I am Heather Dennis, the owner and artist at Fresh Brewed Designs.  I love and do all I can to put God first in my life. I am so blessed beyond all I deserve.  I have an amazing husband who supports and loves me more than anything.  We lead praise and worship together in church. I love hearing him sing. I home school two of the best kids in the world. They are my heart. I can't even describe how much they mean to me. I LOVE all things crafty. I have been crafting and creating since as early as I can remember.

Here is a little about our shop:

Fresh Brewed Designs is a small online company that has been offering a wide variety of digital and rubber stamps since November 2010, designed to meet the needs of paper crafting addicts everywhere. With over 30 categories to choose from and new additions each month, our range of products is expanding all of the time.  

Every month this year we will be giving away BLOG CANDY! 

We would love for you to visit our blog and facebook page, where fresh ideas are always percolating. 

Heather is offering our very luck winner 

3 Free Digis from her online store

Fresh Brewed Designs

Don't forget to check out SSW2 here and see what the rest of the design team created for you this week.

Challenges I'm Entering:

1. Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #144 Anything Goes

2. Creative Fingers Challenge #86 Anything Goes

3. All Sorts Challenge 318 How Does Your Garden Grow

4. Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge Anything Goes With A Twist In The Garden
5. Creative Card Crew Challenge #91 Die Cuts
6. Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Summer Fun
7. Digistamps4joy Challenge #114 Anything Goes
8. Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge Anything Goes With A Twist Make It Floral

9. Simply Papercraft Challenge #8 Anything Goes

10. Crafting With Friends Challenge #1 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:

1. Base: White SU

2. Coloured Card: Bottle Green and Yellow Kaisercraft card.

3. Design Paper: Bo Bunny Sunflowers

4. Image: Gourd Flower Birdhouse by Fresh Brewed Designs

5. Colour Medium: Copics, Gloss Accents and green gel pen.

6. Tools: Tools used for my card.

7. Tools: Stitched Stax and Spellbinders

8. Embellishments: Green peg for hold the sentiment from my stash.

9. Embellishments: Two sunflower from my stash which I added Burlap and a Burlap bow as well as green leaved from my Martha Stewart punch and coloured the centres with a brown Copic pen.

10. Sentiment: Many Thanks Ticket embellishment from Cuddly Buddly

11. Decorations: Inside my card and the finishing of the back of my card.

Take care everyone wishing you all a wonderful week, happy crafting and I look forward to commenting on your cards.