Happy Hippo.....

Thanks for stopping by.  This is my last week as guest designer for Gerda at Gerda Steiner Designs.  I feel a bit sad actually as I have really enjoyed colouring and creating with Gerdas lovely digi stamps. Surely September can't be nearly gone already???  Gerda is a very lovely and talented lady.  Thank you Gerda for having me.

This stamp is called "just here to say Hi".  I have made this as a gift card holder as it is a friend of my daughters birthday and she just so happens to love hippos. This cute little character is coloured in pencils.  (still struggling with markers)  The patterned  paper is from Bazzill Basics Love Story collection.  I punched some hearts and added some bling to finish it off.

The outside of the card, isn't this little hippo just so cute!!

when the card is opened this gift card pops up.  Cool huh! 

 I am popping this into Make it Monday challenge #159 always anything goes and 613 avenue create also anything goes.

The white challenge

Today is a very grey ole day, nothing very white about it at all.  The wind is blowing everything about like crazy.  Its days like these at school that turn the children into these mad little versions of themselves.  It invigorates them beyond belief and turns them somewhat wild. Thankfully its saturday so no school today.

The challenge this week at The Shabby Tea Room is white or variations there of and twine.  This is the inspiration photo which I have to say is rather lovely, these look to me like knitted pumpkins.

 

Now pumpkins of the crafting type are not so readily available here, I suspect its because halloween is not really celebrated and it would seem that pumpkins are synonymous with halloween and also fall.  So I used handmade flowers instead. I found this pearl twine ( I think its twine, its cotton not plastic)  in my stash so added some loops of that also.

The girls at Southern Girls Challenge are hosting a monochromatic challenge so I am going to enter this there also.
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Wish Upon a Star.....

This week as guest designer for Gerda at Gerda Steiner Designs I used her super cute digi stamp "Goodnight Moon".  I coloured the image and decided that I would decorate a little paper maiche (spelling not sure)  box.  I inked the edges and then covered the sides and lid with an October Afternnon paper.  The added some die cut stars and swirls. finished it off with some pearls and glitter which doesn't show up in the photo.  Wouldn't this make a cute little box for babies first curl or teeth that the tooth fairy collects.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out Gerda's website.

Entering into Make it Monday  @158 always anything goes
                    Southern Girls Challenge  Make Believe
                   

Giraffes...

This is my second week as guest designer for Gerda at Gerda Steiner Designs.  This week I used these super cute little giraffes.  They are two separate images that I then combined into one to make somehting that resembles a comic strip.  I just happened to have some Bo Bunny Giraffe paper hidden in my stash that was perfect for this.  Gerda's stamps are such a delight to colour and so very cute to work with.  Pop on over to her site and you will find a freebie of Tom the Turtle.   Create something with him and then enter in the september challenge to win digi stamps of your choice.

Thanks for stopping by.

Entering this into
613 Avenue Create Anything Goes
Make it Monday Anything Goes # 157
                         

Sweet Summertime

This week on the Shabby Tea Room the theme is sweet summertime, and yes summer is coming, all be it a little slowly.  As my friends in the Northern hemisphere are waving summer goodbye we look forward to welcoming it down here in the Southern Hemisphere.  Spring is definitely here as all the flowers are starting to bloom and there are little lambs bouncing around all the paddocks. The inspiration photo this week, yet again a stunner was this.

I took inspiration from the colours of the flowers and came up with this card soft pink with the addition of lavender. I cut a frame from a piece of paper to form the window in which one could look through to the flowers in the garden beyond.

Going Batty....

I was explaining to Gerda that down here in NZ Halloween is not really something that is widely celebrated.  We follow the English tradition of Guy Fawkes on the 5th November. Here's a little history lesson for you.

Way back in 1605 A gentleman by the name of Guy Fawkes and 16 of his co conspirators decided to blow up the houses of Parliament with King James 1 inside.  Fortunately he was found hiding amongst 36 kegs of gunpowder in the cellars the evening before.  Londoners celebrated the failed plot by lighting bonfires.The 5th of November was officially declared a day of thanksgiving and knowns as Bonfire night or Guy Fawkes day. 

We still have Guy Fawkes night and let of fireworks on the 5th November.  It is only possible to buy fireworks for the 2 days leading up to Guy Fawkes. Many communities now opt for making it a family evening out in a park with local performances leading into a big fireworks display.

All that being said Gerda from Gerda Steiner Designs whom I have the great priviledge of Guest Designing for this month sent me these adorable Halloween digi stamps.  Thinking "trick or treat" I decided to make a little box to fill with sweets decorated with the images with the addition of a little tag. Also decided to leave a white border around the images to make them stand out against the black. Thanks for stopping by.

Popping this into Make It Monday Challenge #156 who are celebrating their 3rd birthday this week.