Addicted to CAS challenge #27 Code Word Pet

Posted on November 23, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies.

Time for a new code word at ATCAS and a big thank you from me to all who joined in our Anniversary celebrations. Check back on Monday to see who are my winners, we had some fabulous entries and you really have made it tough for me.

Onto the challenge at hand and this time our lovely and talented Vicki has chosen a fantastic theme for the next fortnight

When I first saw this I was so excited as I have three doglets Bailey and Rosy whom I named my blog after and the newest entry Molly who I’ve had for about a month now . I then realized that I don’t own a single animal or pet related stamp ! Not to fear My Cameo once again to the rescue. I can’t say I’m totally overjoyed with the results but have been having some health related issues again which make my right hand and shoulder very painful so was put on bed rest ( well that’s my excuse anyway )

Sorry about the poor quality of the photo’s but the weather has been so miserable this week this was the best I could do.

Here’s a photo of the little monsters looking all cute and cozy

We are once again sponsored most generously by Digi Darla Designs who is offering five images to the winner

Pop on over to ATCAS to see what the rest of the talented and lovely DT ladies have come up with to inspire you all . I have to say I’m so lucky to be part of this very talented team.

Right back off to bed doctors orders !

Take care

Marie

Get Creative October Challenge winners

Posted on November 15, 2013 by baileyrosy

During the course of October Get Creative celebrated its birthday and in honor of that we once again had a marathon card challenge with each member of the design team setting their own theme and offering a prize. We had an incredible response once again with 297 entries !!!!! Each DT member had the huge task of picking just one winner and boy was that hard, so many amazing entries and so difficult to pin it down to just one card.

I chose hearts for my theme as I adore them but was running out of inspiration . So a big thank you to all of the lovely ladies that took part and helped me out !

So without further ado my winner is

MandySea

I loved this clever card and the beautiful vellum heart with the sequins inside it really caught my eye. Look forward to receiving your address Mandy so I can send off your gift.

As it was sooooooo difficult to choose I would like to share some other cards with you and here are my top three in no particular order

Joy’s Craft

What an amazing card ! Looks very complicated to me Joy ! fantastic layout and design

Zeffy

Loved the gorgeous texture and pretty colors on her fantastic card

Last but not least….

Amy Petrou

I loved her Tin Man he really captured my heart !

Thank you all so much for taking part and helping me out with my inspiration.

Get Creative will be taking a little break but will be back next year refreshed and revitalized and full of new and exciting challenges so from all of the Design Team at Get Creative thank you for making our last challenge this year a one to remember

Take care

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge # 26 Anniversary

Posted on November 9, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello and welcome to a brand new challenge at Addicted to CAS and what a challenge we have for you !

Our code word for the next fortnight is………

Not only am I lucky enough to be your hostess for the next fortnight at ATCAS but we are celebrating our 1st Anniversary ! I can’t believe a year has passed already I feel so blessed to be part of this wonderful team. Not only do we have a wonderful leader Smiley Kylie but the best team mates ever ! Of course we wouldn’t be here without all of our wonderful followers who have embraced ATCAS and taken us to their hearts. Thank you all so much !

Right let me show you what I made in honor of our Anniversary celebrations

Yes you guessed it another little Cameo creation !

I used my Fiskers Creativity system to cut and emboss some lovely leather to create this cute birdie. Sentiment courtesy of my Cameo.

Linking this card to CAS.ology who are asking us to use the color brown in our creations ( last week I was lucky enough to get an honorable mention for their Black challenge yippee !!! )

CAS-ual Fridays who are looking for embossing be in wet or dry.

We have some fantabulous prizes for our winner so have a gander at what that lucky lady could be going home with. I almost wish I wasn’t on the DT , I wouldn’t mind winning myself !

Our sponsor for this challenge is

Dedee’s Digis who is most generously offering three whole sheets of digis

My good self

Siligum modelling paste which is a quick, non messy and easy way to make your own moulds.

Loll

Two packs of fabulous card candy made by her own fair hands

$20.00 worth of digital images !!! from Nicecrane Designs also donated by the generous Loll

Wait there’s more !!!!

$10 gift voucher for Inspired by Stamping donated by the lovely Kylie

And last but certainly not least, our beautiful Karen has also donated this wonderful prize (set of Joanna Sheen’s Christmas Stamps and an adorable stamp from Stampendous)!

I’m sure you’ll agree that’s a lot of prizes !! So come on and join in our Anniversary celebrations at ATCAS, I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

We have a wonderful guest designer for the month of November the wonderfully talented Bonnie who will be sharing her creativity with us all this month , yet another reason to pop over to ATCAS to see what she and my fellow team mates have created for our Anniversary celebrations.

Right am off to work will be by later to say hi

Take care

Marie

CAS.ology Week 68 Black

Posted on November 1, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello me again !
Twice in one week , this is my second entry, whats a girl to do , (ok mature woman) its not my fault its those temptresses at CAS.ology ! Well if they will go and choose my favourite color black ….how could I resist.

I didn’t make a card this time I made a shadow box so I hope this is ok, if not I won’t be offended if I’m deleted.

I love making these and they look fabulous at night even if i do say so myself.

You really must pop over to CAS.ology the DT have lots of CAS faboulousness to inspire us all and the entries, wow ! lots to admire.

That’s all from me, off for a little torture at Pilates and don’t worry I won’t be dinging your in boxes until later on next week……..unless …….. CAS.ology has another of my favorite colors or themes.

ta ta for now

Marie

CAS.ology Week 68 : Black

Posted on October 30, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello gorgeous girls

A tiny post from me today ( more like a post it ) as I saw that CAS.ology have another spiffing cue card this week .

My favorite color !

So I whipped up with the aid of my Cameo a couple of little black numbers for your delectation.

Although these little blighter’s look really simple it took me about half a ream of paper to get those die cuts as near perfect as I could. I use 350gsm card stock which requires me to double double cut with my Cameo , more often than not half of the image sticks to my cutting mat and the rest comes away in my hand much to my annoyance of my doglets who all run for cover when I start shouting at my machine ( a shoddy workman always blames his tools )

Why not pop over to CAS.ology and see what the amazing DT have come up with, always tons of inspiration from this talented crew and lots of fabulous entries as always.

Bidding you all a wonderful evening/morning/afternoon

Take care

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge # 25 Hosted by Kylie

Posted on October 26, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies and welcome to another fresh new challenge over at ATCAS. This week we have a fantastic new code word for you chosen by our amazing leader Smiley Kylie .

So what did her smileyness choose for us……..

This was a bit of a toughie for me as I love my layers and my stamping has been poorly neglected of late, so my card is super simple.

Told Ya !!!

Penny black stamp coloured with copics and lashing s of GA ( thats not a layer is it ) ? sentiment SU, done !

Now if you really want to see some fabulous inspirational cards pop over to ATCAS, those gals really know how do create one layer magic !

We have another fab sponsor for the next fortnight

Digi Darla will be offering five digis to the winner

linking to CAS.ology

I would also like to link to a new challenge blog called Savvy Handmade Cards who are looking for cards with bats or birds

Before I go would like to share a photo with you all of our new addition

Please welcome Molly to our family

sorry about the photo but the thing wont sit still ! So I,m wondering do I have to change my blog to baileyrosymolly.com !!

Have a great weekend

Marie

Get Creative Card Challenge ” Hearts ” and I’ve Been Featured !

Posted on October 21, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies

This is going to be one heck of a long post so if you haven’t had your beverage of choice yet I suggest you grab one and take a seat.

October 6th was world card making day and it also happened to be Get Creatives three-year anniversary . Last year each member of the Team set their own challenge and offered a prize, is was such a success that Irini the big honcho has decided to make it a regular feature each year. Although due to ill-health and some personal problems during this year I decided to resign from the team ( which I miss terribly ) Irini kindly invited me back to be part of the celebrations for the Get Creative three year anniversary, so here I am and I have to say it’s been lovely to be back even if it’s just for this challenge. So the same applies as last year, each DT member has chosen their own theme and will also choose a winner. So what did I choose

Hearts

Although I’m not the romantic kind of girl hearts tend to feature a lot in my card making and to be honest I’m in need of a little inspiration . I totally adore them so……I would like for you to help me out by sharing your heart creations with me. ( cunning eh ) You can use as many or as few as you like be it digi, stamped die cut anything as long as I can see a heart. My winner for this challenge will receive Siligum Modelling Paste which is a really fun and simple way to make your own moulds.

So come and see what I made

I wont bore you with all of the details I think it’s quite obvious what I did but a fair bit of crackle medium was involved !

Cameo magic ! Triple layering

The hearts in the frame are cut from an I-phone cover that I got in Tiger

This cute stamp is from Papermania Urban Stamps , GA over copics and SU hearts embossing folder .

My prize

Now I wouldn’t normally show four cards but I was shamed into it by the other DT members who all created so many for their challenges one seemed kinda mean. If you’re not a fan of hearts don’t worry there are so many other challenges running , 12 to be precise , there’s something for everyone and each DT member is offering a prize, why not take part in all of them !!!! There will be an additional prize for one lucky winner chosen by random generator whoever he is , and has been generously donated by our sponsor

Scraps and Pieces

You have until the 10th of November to upload your card. So why not pop over to Get Creative I would love to see you there for my last challenge and just want to say a big thank you to Irini who took a chance on me when I had only been making cards for a few months . I had a fabulous time working with the most amazingly talented, warm-hearted ladies and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I’m not finished with you yet…..just wanted to do a little trumpet blowing , I was very shocked and privileged to be the featured artist ( their words not mine ) for Paperie Designs Studio for a section of their blog called Fascinating Fridays . I was shocked because they have featured some amazingly talented ladies all of whom are inspirations to me . So if you want to know a little more about me then I would love to see you over there.

Right think I’ve kept you long enough.

Have a wonderful week and look forward to seeing your heart creations.

Take care

Marie

Addicted to CAS Challenge 24 Transparent

Posted on October 12, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello Lovely Ladies

A huge thank you to those of you who passed by recently to welcome me back to blogland I was touched by how many of you came to pay a visit after such a long absence. I wasn’t expecting such a crowd otherwise I would have laid a buffet on and a had a drinks bar !

Onto the matter at hand and its time once again for a new challenge at ATCAS and our super host for this fortnight is Christine , you should really pop over and visit her blog she is one talented lady, so what did she choose for us this time……

Well I’m sure you will agree that there’s lots of room for interpretation here and if you visit the other members of the DT at ATCAS you can feast your lovely eyes on their fabulous take on the theme.

So what did I do , well…………

Both made mainly by my gorgeous Cameo , under my direction of course. On the first the sentiment is printed directly onto acetate and inserted into the frame , the black border is created by Spellbinders Edge-abilities and the base by Spellbinders Card Creat-abilities, well I think that s what it’s called.

For the dapper gentleman again Ms Cameo did her thing, including the sentiment which seeing it now here on my blog looks really teeny-weeny and a bit out of proportion . Since Silhouette America haven’t come up with making 3D googly eyes yet I had raid my stash !

I thought I would include for your perusal some shadow boxes that I made a while ago but never blogged .I’m afraid there is a rather tenuous link to our theme and am not sure how CAS they are except for the flower, but here goes anyway

On some of the boxes I have placed images both on the front and back which I’m not sure is obvious from the photo’s , a piece of thick vellum has also been attached at the back of the box and when darkness falls I light a candle behind each of them . Of course all made using my Cameo except for the shadow boxes which are made from thick MDF. Sorry about the photo quality but its a bit tricky trying to capture the images with a candle behind !

We have a fabulous sponsor again for you this time Nicecrane Designs who is most generously offering $20 worth of digital images

We would love for you to join in the fun again with us at ATCAS, it’s always such a pleasure to see your creations and you do make it hard on our hostess to choose winners each time .

Well I’m sure I’ve kept you long enough so wishing you all a wonderful weekend and will be popping by later on to see what you have been up too

Marie

Addicted To CAS challenge 23 Fall / Autumn

Posted on September 28, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hellooooooooooo lovely ladies !

I’m finally back after a four-month absence from blogland and I don’t know where to begin…..the last four months have been horrible what with my own poor health and losing a family member and close friends I really wasn’t up to crafting let alone blogging.

I would like to thank the lovely Smiley Kylie my boss at ATCAS who refused to accept my resignation and kept my place on the team, also a huge thank you also to my teammates who covered my commenting and for their concern. So here goes my first attempt at card making after four months, so be gentle with me.

Our host for the next two weeks is the lovely and very talented Sylvia who has chosen the code word Autumn/Fall and here is my take on the theme

Autumn for me is a lovely time I adore the change in colours and the beauty of the fallen leaves and wanted to create something textural.I used my embellishing machine to create this little scene using various fabrics, silks and wools this is the first time I have actually made something using this machine and I quite liked the result. The sentiment was created with my Cameo

I once again used the embellishing machine and made a square background, I then cut the leaf shape with the Tim Holtz tattered florals die and created the sentiment with my Cameo.

We do hope to will join us at ATCAS and why not pop over and see the fabulous creations from the other lovely ladies on the DT.

We are being sponsored this time by The Paper Nest Dolls who are most generously offering 25$ gift voucher to be used in their online store

I would also like to enter my cards into CAS.ology who I see are also having an Autumn challenge

look forward to catching up with you all as best as I can and can’t wait to see what you come up with for our Autumn challenge.

Take care

Marie

ATCAS Challenge #15 – Hosted by Vicki

Posted on June 15, 2013 by baileyrosy

Hello lovely ladies Firstly I would like to thank you all for the wonderful entries for my Circle challenge , what can I say you really do make it difficult to choose winners don’t you !

Its time for a new challenge over at ATCAS and for the next fortnight one of our newest members the lovely and very talented Vicki will be your host. So what did the lovely Vicki choose…..

I thought I might have a problem with this one but it came together really easily as my youngest son Ari recently had his 18th birthday and as I had already gone through the process of making a card for him. ( This is not the card ) I had some ideas in mind , he quite liked his card which is similar so I thought I would continue on in the same direction .

Super simple card and once again my wonderfully talented Cameo is responsible . I really love these stick figures but when I asked the ” boys” if they could guess as to what this little guy had on his head the answers where very varied, from a stethoscope to a Walkman , the Walkman guess was from Mr P who has no grasp at all of modern technology and when I told him it was an iPod he just raised his eyebrows ! This man doesn’t even own a mobile phone so I don’t know why I asked him in the first place !

Our amazing sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps!!!! They are generously offering you a pack of 7 digi’s from their store!!!

We would love for you to play along with us at ATCAS and if you’re lacking in inspiration why not pop on over to see what the amazing DT have come up with.

Some have you have asked for pictures of my new craft room it still isn’t finished but here is a little taster .