Birthday Card and Thank You Tag

Hi everyone,

I haven't posted on my blog here in a while (sorry) but I thought this would be the best platform to tell the story behind these creations I made for a crafty friend of mine I met this year through Instagram.

I was cleaning my 5 year old rabbit, Casper's FAVOURITE food/treat bowl in the bathroom one morning in early June 2019 and it just slipped right out of my hands onto the tiled bathroom floor and smashed into a couple of big pieces and a lot of very tiny pieces. 

Sadly they do not sell this bowl in Australia (where I live) anymore. I bought the bowl in 2014 when I first got Casper. 

So I was on a mission to find Casper's favourite bowl but failed until my Mum found it and showed me it online. I was squealing happily when she found it only to find out that they DON'T ship to Australia. 😞

I then had an idea...I decided to ask a crafty friend I met online who lives in the USA (where the bowl is located) if she could do me a huge favour and purchase and pack and ship to me. I told her I would pay for the bowls and postage to Australia and she happily agreed to help me out. It might be ridiculous to some people but...I purchased 10 bowls for Casper in case of any future accidents, I'd always have a back up. LOL! 😄

Casper isn't any ordinary "normal" type of rabbit...he gets attached to things a bit like us humans do. So when he heard me scream when I accidentally broke his favourite bowl and had to show him what happened he was very depressed for days and had to use a temporary food bowl which he would refuse to eat out of and I didn't know rabbits could cry but he was crying real sad tears. 😞

What made it worse is that his bowl broke only a couple of days before his 5th birthday. 

Fast forward a few days, Samantha (my crafty online USA friend) got all of the bowls and shipped to me and mentioned her birthday was coming up which was a "hint hint, wink wink" situation. 😜

So I got a list of her favourite things (colours and animals) and came up with something for her birthday card and then had to create something even more special and I was so happy I had the stamps to create what I had in mind. 

I made a double sided tag with a bunny representing Casper on each side looking happy, thankful and grateful with a "I Can't Thank You Enough" sentiment and some raining carrots and turnips that represent Casper's favourite food bowl on one side and the other side with some gems/jewels and the sentiment "You're A Gem". 

The "You're A Gem" represents after she agreed to get me the bowls and me telling her that she was a gem which made her so happy because no one had ever said that to her before. 

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That's all for today, please feel free to let me know what you think of this card and tag in the comments below. 😊

- Ri

I'm Here For You ~ Jo's Scrap Shack

Hi everyone,

Today I want to show you all a card I made for Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #280.
I found that this card was a challenge for me this week as I have been really unwell and I apologise that this blog post won't be in full detail like my previous ones for Jo's Scrap Shack. 😞

The theme is "Anything Goes" and the sponsor for this week is The Paper Shelter. The lucky winner will win a $15 coupon to the The Paper Shelter online store.

Here are some close-ups. 😊

I have used the image Spring Swing from The Paper Shelter which you can get HERE.

That's a wrap for my I'm Here For You card for Jo's Scrap Shack Design Team!

I hope you will come and join us at Jo's Scrap Shack's #280 Fun-Day Friday Challenge!

Want to know how to participate? Just read the following instructions below. 😊

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below on Jo's Scrap Shack challenge blog post. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into.

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries ~NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED~

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes.

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering.

All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo.

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until May 10th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of May 13th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

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Feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. 😊

- Ri

What Does The Fox Say? ~ Jo's Scrap Shack

Hi everyone,

Today I want to show you all a card I made for Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #278.
I had quite a lot of fun creating this card as I got to do some colouring, die cutting and making coloured backgrounds.

The theme is "Anything Goes" and the sponsor for this week is Imagine That Digi Stamp. The lucky winner will win a $12 coupon to the Imagine That Digi Stamp online store.

 

Ok lets see how I made my card. 😊

First I grabbed one piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it down to 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches with my Fiskars Rotary Paper Trimmer and folded it in half while using my Teflon Bone Folder to make it fold nicely, this will be my card base.

I also cut a piece of Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock with the same trimmer down to 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches, this will be my card front.

I chose to work with Foxy Thang from Imagine That Digi Stamp which you can get HERE. I used the "Foxy on Stump" image, "What does the fox say?" and "Hello friend" sentiments and resized the "Foxy on Stump" image to about 3 3/8 inches by 2 7/8 inches and the "What does the fox say?" sentiment to about 3 1/2 inches by 1 1/2 inches and the "Hello friend" sentiment to about 1 inch by 1/2 an inch on a Word document and printed out onto some A5 sized X-Press It Blending Card.

I coloured the "Foxy on Stump" image with Copic Markers and Chameleon Markers.

Copics: C1, V17, YR15 and E37.

Chameleons: BG4, GR3, OR4 and PR4.

I added some Sakura black glaze pen to the fox's nose to give some dimension and some Sakura white gelly roll to add some "shine" to the fox's eyes.

I also added some shimmer with a Clear Wink of Stella brush pen to the fox's eyes and the white parts of the tail and body. Also to the purple flowers and the green leaves on the tree stump.

I then used my Brother Scan N Cut machine to cut the "Foxy on Stump" image out with a 0.04" offset.

I die cut "What does the fox say?" with a My Favorite Things die called Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX ( 1 3/4” x 6” ) and altered it using my Sizzix Big Shot. 

I used a speech bubble stamp from a Studio L2E stamp set called Point It (I think it is now retired but you can find other similar stamp sets with speech bubbles from Lawn Fawn or Heffy Doodle for example) over the top of the "Hello friend" sentiment using my Tim Holtz Stamp Platform and some Versafine Onyx Black ink. I used my Brother Scan N Cut again with the 0.04" offset to cut out the speech bubble.

I used a small cheap makeup blending brush with some Simon Hurley Create ink in the colour Over The Moon for the speech bubble and the large brush with Simon Hurley Create ink in the colour Overzealous for the card front/background and the colour Clear Skies for the "What does the fox say?" sentiment flag.

The green background is meant to represent the grass while the blue is meant to represent the sky. 

I adhered the card front onto the card base with my Pink ATG Gun as well as the "What does the fox say?" sentiment and the "Foxy on Stump" image. I used some Scotch 3D Foam Tape to adhere the "Hello friend" sentiment onto the card front.

And that's a wrap for my What Does The Fox Say? card for Jo's Scrap Shack Design Team!

I hope you will come and join us at Jo's Scrap Shack's #278 Fun-Day Friday Challenge!

Want to know how to participate? Just read the following instructions below. 😊

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below on Jo's Scrap Shack challenge blog post. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into.

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries ~NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED~

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes.

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering.

All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo.

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until April 26th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 29th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

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Feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. 😊

- Ri

Supplies Used
Accessories	• Fiskars Rotary Paper Trimmer • Teflon Bone Folder • Copic Markers • Chameleon Markers • Sakura black glaze pen • Sakura white gelly roll • Clear Wink of Stella brush pen • Brother Scan N Cut • Sizzix Big Shot • Tim Holtz Stamp Platform • Cheap makeup blending brushes • Pink ATG Gun • Scotch 3D Foam Tape
Dies	• My Favorite Things Stitched Fishtail Flags STAX
Inks	• Versafine Onyx Black • Simon Hurley Create (Over The Moon, Overzealous and Clear Skies
Paper	• Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White • Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White • A5 sized X-Press It Blending Card
Stamps	• Imagine That Digi Stamp Foxy Thang • Studio L2E Point It

Mother's Day Card ~ Jo's Scrap Shack

Hi everyone,

Today I want to show you all a card I made for Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #276.
I will be honest with you all that I don’t really like this card I made, everything seemed to go wrong but I still managed to finish it and wanted to share with you all and see what your opinions are because sometimes we can be our own worst critic when creating something.

The theme is "Anything Goes" and the sponsor for this week is Digital Delights by Louby Lou. The lucky winner will win a $5 coupon to the Digital Delights online store.

Ok lets see how I made my card. 😊

First I grabbed one piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it down to 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches with my Fiskars Rotary Paper Trimmer and folded it in half while using my Teflon Bone Folder to make it fold nicely, this will be my card base.

I also cut a piece of Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock with the same trimmer down to 4 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches, this will be my card front.

I decided to make my own background using Simon Hurley Create ink in Over The Moon with My Favorite Things red rubber background stamp called Bold Diagonal Stripes using the Original sized MISTI.

I was assigned to work with the Mothers Day Value Set from Digital Delights which you can get HERE. I used the girl and the teacup images and resized the girl to about 3 3/4 inches by 2 1/8 inches and the teacup was resized to about 4 inches by 2 3/4 inches on a Word document and printed out onto some A5 sized X-Press It Blending Card.

I coloured the girl and teacup images with Copic Markers. The girl was coloured with E21, E59, C2, C7, YG17, Y00, Y02, Y35, BV00, BV02 and B00. The teacup was coloured with YG17, BV00, BV02, R81, RV21 and BG01.

I then used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut the girl and teacup out. I then had to fussy cut the inside of the handle but I messed it up so I cut the handle off and now the teacup image looks kind of like an egg cup. 

I went around the edges of the images with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker pen to make them look more nice and “clean”.

I then decided I wanted the teacup to have some gold foil so I used a Sakura quickie glue pen onto the places I wanted foiled. Here is where I messed up again....I didn’t wait patiently for it to dry and kept messing it up and had to use a Tombow Mono Sand Eraser and the Xyron Adhesive Eraser but hopefully you can’t see how bad it looks.

The foil I used is Heidi Swapp MINC Reactive Foil in the colour Gold. I burnished the gold foil onto the teacup image with my Teflon Bone Folder.

When I was putting all the pieces onto the card front to see how they’d look I was angry at myself that I had no room for a sentiment and sized the images way too large for this size card but I ended up just using some Versafine Onyx Black ink with the stamp set from Clearly Besotted called Miniature Type using the Original sized MISTI onto some of the Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it with the Tim Holtz 8.5” Trimmer.

I adhered the card front onto the card base with Tombow Multi Mono Glue as well as both images and the sentiment onto the card front.

I also went ahead and used a Sakura black glaze pen to add some dimension to the girl’s eyes.

And that's a wrap for my Mother's Day card for Jo's Scrap Shack Design Team!

I hope you will come and join us at Jo's Scrap Shack's #276 Fun-Day Friday Challenge!

Want to know how to participate? Just read the following instructions below. 😊

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below on Jo's Scrap Shack challenge blog post. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into.

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries ~NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED~

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes.

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering.

All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo.

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until April 12th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 15th.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

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Feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. 😊

- Ri

Supplies Used
Accessories	• Fiskars Rotary Paper Trimmer • Teflon Bone Folder • Original sized MISTI • Copic Markers • Brother Scan N Cut • Memento Tuxedo Black marker pen • Sakura quickie glue pen • Tombow Mono Sand Eraser • Xyron Adhesive Eraser • Heidi Swapp MINC Reactive Foil (Gold) • Tim Holtz 8.5” Trimmer • Tombow Multi Mono Glue • Sakura black glaze pen
Dies	N/A
Inks	• Simon Hurley Create (Over The Moon) • Versafine (Onyx Black)
Paper	• Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White • Neenah 80lb Classic Crest Solar White • A5 sized X-Press It Blending Card
Stamps	• My Favorite Things Bold Diagonal Stripes • Digital Delights Mothers Day Value Set  • Clearly Besotted Miniature Type

Primrose Birthday Card ~ Jo's Scrap Shack

Hi everyone,

I am so excited to share with you all that I am now on Jo's Scrap Shack Design Team. Today I want to show you all a card I made for Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #274.

The theme is "Anything Goes" and the sponsor for this week is Imagine That Digi Stamp. The lucky winner will win a $12 coupon to the Imagine That Digi Stamp online store.

 

Ok lets see how I made my card. 😊

First I grabbed one piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it down to 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches with my Tim Holtz Maxi Trimmer and folded it in half while using my Teflon Bone Folder to make it fold nicely, this will be my card base/front.

I chose to work with the Primrose digi stamp set from Imagine That Digi Stamp which you can get HERE. I used the Primrose bouquet and the Happy Birthday sentiment and resized the bouquet to about 3 1/4 inch by 2 1/2 inch and the sentiment was resized to about 2 3/4 by 1/2 an inch on a Word document and printed out onto some A5 sized X-Press It Blending Card.

I coloured the Primrose image with Copic Markers (Y08, YG67, G29, RV21 and RV23).

Then I used my Brother Scan N Cut to cut the Primrose image out and went around the image with a Memento Tuxedo Black to make the image look a bit nicer.

I used a blending brush to apply some Distress Ink in the colour Spun Sugar onto some A5 sized X-Press It Blending Card so then I could use a My Favorite Things die called Single Stitch Line Oval (which may be retired as I cannot find it on their online store) with my Sizzix Big Shot to cut out a cute oval frame to go around the Primrose image. I applied the same ink to the sentiment and used a Heffy Doodle die called Strips of Ease to cut the sentiment out but altered the width using my Sizzix Big Shot.

I adhered the oval, sentiment and image onto the card front/base with Art Glitter Clear Adhesive. I then decided the card wasn't completely finished yet so found some flat back pearls in my craft room and adhered the pearls with some Ranger Glossy Accents as that glue is really strong for this type of embellishment. 

And that's a wrap for my Primrose birthday card for Jo's Scrap Shack Design Team!

I hope you will come and join us at Jo's Scrap Shack's #274 Fun-Day Friday Challenge!

Want to know how to participate? Just read the following instructions below. 😊

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below on Jo's Scrap Shack challenge blog post. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into.

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries ~NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED~

The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes.

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering.

All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo.

All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

You have until March 29th by 12:00AM (eastern, USA) time to link up.

All winners will be announced during the week of April 1st.

Have fun and we look forward to seeing what you create!

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Feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. 😊

- Ri

Kookaburra 60th Birthday Card

Hi everyone,

Long time no see!
Today I am showing you all a card I recently made for my Great Aunt's Birthday. She shares a lot of photos of her and her partner feeding the kookaburras in their front and back yard on Facebook and I thought the kookaburra would be the PERFECT focal point for her birthday card!

Want to see how I made it? Scroll down to find out! 😊

First I grabbed one piece of Neenah 110lb Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and cut it down to 8 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches with my Tim Holtz Maxi Trimmer and folded it in half while using my Teflon Bone Folder to make it fold nicely, this will be my card base.

I then printed out some Eucalyptus Greenery Digital Patterned Paper by SketchbookdesignsAu onto some plain Australian A4 White cardstock. I edited the size I wanted on a word document to 6 by 6 inches before printing. I then used my Sizzix Big Shot using a die from My Favorite Things called A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 1 (4 1/8” x 5 3/8”) to cut the patterned paper out which will be the card front.

I used the same plain Australian A4 White cardstock to die cut a kookaburra from Ultimate Crafts Australiana Collection Kookaburra die. I then coloured the die cut image with the following Copic Markers (C5, C7, YG67, BG72, E21, E37, E47 and E59). 

I also used the same plain Australian A4 White cardstock to die cut My Favorite Things Single Stitched Line Oval Frame (3 5/8” x 2 13/16” with an interior measurement of 3 1/8” x 2 ¼”) to use the frame and the inside part on the front of the card.

I adhered the patterned paper onto the card base with my pink ATG gun and then used some Art Glitter Clear Adhesive onto the oval frame and inside part to stick onto the card front/base and then to adhere the kookaburra die cut onto the oval.

I added some Sakura Black Glaze pen to the kookaburra's eye and decided to add some sparkle to the stitched oval part with a Wink of Stella Clear Brush pen.

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I am using this blog post to also apply for a Design Team position at Jo's Scrap Shack.

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And that's a wrap for my Great Aunt's birthday card!
Feel free to let me know what you think of this card in the comments below. 😊

- Ri