Stamps Ahead

Images:(c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford I have never been much of a fan of embossing but after using SU embossing powder I am a convert to this form of bling. Here are some cards I had fun creating. The christmas card I have made in several colour ways. The bird on the pink card has been cut out and attached with dimensionals to raise it up a little, this does not really show in the photo. What do you think? Thank you for stopping here for a few minutes.

Images:(c)1990-2009Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford This morning I am heading to Gosford, on the Central Coast, for a christening. Here is the card I have made for Kiera - all girly and pink. I have embossed her initial with white embossing powder. I have stamped the word "Cherish" on the front left. Really a very easy card to make. It is full circle as I was at her mother's christening not so many years ago. I hope that you all have an enjoyable day, no matter what you are doing. Margaret

Images:(c)1990-2009Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford Whilst blog surfing I came across the blog of Shell and I was instantly inspired with the ribbon over the shoulder of the chef on one of her cards. A little bit of watercolouring, some glue and contrasting paper - Viola complete.

Images:(c) 1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford Thank you to Fiona , a fellow INKling for the inspiration for this card. I love the simplicity of the brown and confetti cream card stock. Enjoy.

Images:(c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork:Margaret L Crawford This card uses the more traditional Christmas colours of red and green. I do not have this stamp set but I borrowed it at our stamping weekend and had a play.

Images: (c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford Another card I have made recently in non-traditional Christmas colours. The colour challenge was to use Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand and Pumpkin Pie.

Images:(c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford Our 3rd challenge was to use a layout from page 126 of SU catalogue. As I was using 3 photographs, taken at Dollywood Pidgeon Forge, Tennessee I drew inspiration from several elements in the page layout - the scallop punch, the butterflies and torn edges.

Images: (c) 1990-2009 Stampin'Up!(r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford. The INKlings challenges this month are being set by Alison B. The first challenge is a Christmas card using no red or green. Here is my take on it. The stamp is from the just released Spring Mini set called Tree Trimmings. I have tried to make them look like they are swinging on the tree. Our 2nd challenge was to use the colours Riding Hood Red , Pacific Point , Pumpkin Pie, and Black or Gold. Now these are not colours I would normally use. I used another new set from Spring Mini - Sense of Time. I stamped the clock face on the blue CS and then with the orange strip and smaller second hand I crumpled the paper and then stamped over with Riding Hood Red Ink to get that distressed look.

Wow 3 posts in one day - here are three completed pages of my visit to Dinosaur Ridge, Denver, Colorado. I searched high and low for dinosaurs (well paper) with no luck and my thanks go to Ryn for the chipboard dinosaurs and paper from her stash. Ryn I hope you enjoyed the chocolates.

This weekend, I demonstrated the 3-D flowers, shown in my earlier post, and I photographed, with their permission, the cards (and a box) completed by Michelle D and Fiona. Images: (c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up (r) Artwork: Michelle D and Fiona P.

Photography by Margaret L Crawford. What an opportunity to spend a winter's weekend in beautiful sunny Sydney, surrounded by the great Australian bush. I will be back later with some of the scrapbook pages I completed.

Images:(c)1990-2009 Stampin'Up! (r) Artwork: Margaret L Crawford I took the photo at Manhattan Beach, California on my recent holiday. I had to get ready 25 of these for this weekends "card in a box" - okay not technically a card - but with 12 made up to swap and the remaining for participants to make up, I wanted something quick and easy. Enjoy.