Tinstar Designs

Sweet Stampin’ Christmas – August – Opt twist snow people

Well, this month we have another challenge over at Sweet Stampin’ Christmas challenge blog with an optional twist to use snow people on your project.

I used a Bugaboo digital image which i coloured with my Stampin Blends, mounted on some black cardstock and then a white card base. This is a small 10 x 10 card perfect for a gift.

Come join in our fun and add to your Christmas card stash. Visit the challenge blog to check out the inspiration the other CaSSettes have made. Link up your card by 3am 11th September (Melbourne time) or 6pm 6pm 10th September (UK time).

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Us Girls – #500 – Trend week – Use Circles

Well hello and welcome to week 2 0f my Guest Designer roll over at Just Us Girls. This week is a milestone for the challenge, we’ve reached 500 challenges – woot woot!

Since it’s a milestone challenge, we have 3 give-a-ways from CAS-ual Fridays $25 gift code, STAMPlorations $25 gift code and Dare 2B Artzy $15 gift code for 3 random drawn winners.

So, let’s get started with this week’s challenge, which a trend week challenge to use circles on your card.

I’ve been playing around with some colouring of critters and I just loved how cute this little mouse was from Katzelkraft and thought he’d look adorable on a card that looked like swiss cheese!

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 16th August(Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 15th August (US Eastern Standard time) .

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

WWC #233 – Karen’s Feminine ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Karen is our host with feminine anything goes challenge this week!

I created an alcohol ink background, which is sort of a shimmery coral colour. I then die cut a floral frame from back cardstock and layered them together onto a black card base. i added the sentiment from Taylored Expressions ‘Simple strip background’ and the card was done!

Come join in the fun and make a feminine card. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us. You have until Tuesday, 13th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 12th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Get Creative Challenges – August – Anything Goes

Well hello and welcome to today’s post. It’s time for another challenge over at Get Creative Challenges where its Anything Goes with no optional twist this month.

Our sponsors for this challenge are:

I have used an image from Drawn by Krista called ‘Sea Creatures’ that comes with 4 images; a shark, octupus, seahorse and fish. I decided to use the shark only and coloured him in with my Stampin Blends, cut him out with my Scan’n’Cut and popped him on top of a distress inked background. The sentiment I made on my PC – I recommend you read it as if you’re listening to the movie Jaws!

Check out the Get Creative Challenge blog for details on the sponsor prizes and links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your anything goes project by 1pm Monday 1st September (Melbourne time) or 11pm Sunday 31st August (US Eastern Standard time)

I’m also entering this card over at:

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Challenge fun

Hello there, it’s Sunday here in Melbourne and that means I’m in my craft room while the rest of the house is sleeping in! I love the quiet time to be able to create and get myself ready for the week ahead.

My first card is for the current Freshly Made Sketches #399 challenge.

When I saw this sketch, I knew exactly the stamp set i wanted to use – Your Next Stamp’s ‘Photo Booth’. I die cut some squares from my frint panel and stamped 3 of the images on the background card, then coloured them with my Stampin Blends, added the sentiment to the top panel and mu9nted it with foam tape.

Next up is a card for TGIF Challenges #223, which is a beautiful colour challenge.

I used a stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays called ‘Be a Unicorn’ which lends itself beautifully to this colour combination. I stamped the unicron and then ink smooshed the colours over her, added the sentiment, a bit of gold ink to the horn, then mounted the panel on a white card base and the card was done.

Well, seems like the rest of the house is waking up so time to pack up my crafty goodies.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Us Girls – #499 – Word Week – Summer

Well hello and welcome to today’s post. For the month of August I am a Guest Designer over at Just Us Girls. I’m so excited as I love their challenges and can’t wait for you to see what I and the other DTs will be creating over the next 5 weeks!

So, let’s get started with this week’s challenge, which is a word challenge – SUMMER!

Now, I wasn’t feeling very summery as we’re in the middle of winter here and everything is grey and cold, but my favourite thing about summer is being able to wear my thongs (or as they’re called in the US flip flops) and walk along the beach.

I stamped the thongs from the Simon Says Stamp set called ‘Flip Flop Season’, coloured them in with my SU Granny Apple Green Stampin Blend and fussy cut them out. I then added some beach with some sand I had in my stash and a sentiment from ‘By the Seaside’ which came with a craft magazine.

Check out the Just Us Girls challenge blog for links to the other fabulous projects from the DT and come join in our fun and share your project by 11am Friday 9th August (Melbourne time) or 9pm Thursday 8th August (US Eastern Standard time) .

I’m going to enter this over at Cardz for Galz #102 – Summer Fun

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

WWC #232 – Marsha’s ‘Anything Goes’ Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and Marsha is our host with and anything goes challenge this week!

I created a rainbow alcohol ink panel and then die cut a sentiment from the centre. I popped up the outside piece to provide some depth. I mounted all pieces onto a black card base.

Come join in the fun and make a card for any event. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us. You have until Tuesday, 6th August at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 5th August 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Feminine Fancies

Today’s post is all about feminine cards.

First up is a card for:

I used a stamp set called ‘Bright & Breezy’ from Stamps by Chloe that came with a craft magazine. It has some fun images and sayings which were perfect for these challenges. I stamped the bra, coloured it with my Stampin Blends and fussy cut it out. Added it to my card base with the sentiment and I was done.

Next is a card for a new to me challenge – Cutie Pie Challenges #137 – Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

I used a astamp set I got with a craft magazine called ‘Best Friends’ which I coloured with my Stampin Blends on a stitched die cut panel.

This next card is for CAS on Friday #162 – Use a stencil.

I created an OLC with Altenew’s Layered Dahlia stencil and Catherine Pooler Designs inks in Rose Petal and Peppermint Scrub. The sentiment is from Taylored Expressions ‘Simply Strips’.

Well, that’s it for today. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Masculine Makes

This weekend, I decided to focus on making masculine cards.

My first card is for:

Now, a snowboard might be a stretch for the transport theme but it can get you from A (the top of the mountain) to B (the bottom of the mountain). I printed the snowboarder from an old SU digital image and then fussy cut it out. I added it to a panel with some ink smooshing and puffy paint to look like snow. The sentiment is from Pretty Cute Stamps called ‘Super sentiments’ and fits nicely.

Next up is a card for:

This was a cute sketch to play with and I decided to make a new baby card using a cute bee hive and buzzing bees. I had these guys as digital images on my PC, so printed them out, coloured them in , fussy cut them out, mounted them with foam tape and my card was done.

Next up is a card for:

I used a digital stamp I’ve had for a while From the Heart Stamps called ‘Surf’s Up Birdbrain’. I printed it and coloured it with my Stampin Blends and added some puffy pain for the foam of the waves. I love this cheeky chick!

Well, that’s it for today. Thanks for looking and have a great day.

WWC #231 – Tristan’s ‘ All About Occasions’ Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Watercooler Wednesday Challenge and I’m the host with an all about occasions challenge this week!

Today I used a new stamp set from Stampin Up called ‘Floral Essence’ which I inked up in the SU ink colours of Rococo rose, Terracotta tile, Granny apple green and So saffron.

I just love how this card came out and I have a friend in mind to send this to that could do with some cheering up.

Come join in the fun and make a card for any occasion. Check out the projects that the other artists at Watercooler Wednesday Challenges have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us. You have until Tuesday, 30th July at 10:00 Melbourne Time or Monday 29th July 5pm US Mountain Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.