Global Design Project #084

I had made a promise to myself to participate in more design challenges. And even though this week has thrown me more than a few curve balls, I still managed to participate with the talented people over at the Global Design Project….just in time mind you, as a new challenge arrives tomorrow! EEEk!!

This week was "Case the Designer"

And we were very lucky to have the talented Michelle Last as our inspiration.

And here is her beautiful card, which we could use to inspire our own creation.

And here is my card. It is a bit of a step out of my comfort zone with this one…but I also promised myself to stretch my approach to card design too.

Hope you like it….it's a bright one!!!

xx Manda

Global Design Project #083

Happy belated Easter to you all…and this is why this post is SO late arriving this week. We have just arrived back from a week away down the South Coast, and upon arriving back, I realised that I have a few days left to enter into this weeks design challenge over at the Global Design Project

This weeks theme is Sparkles / Bling

And here is my contribution.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Manda

Global Design Project #082

This is going to be a super quick post today, as we are away for Easter & I didn't pack my laptop...therefore I am posting this from my phone, which is not ideal. 

This is my entry to the Global Design Project for this week

This week was a sketch challenge 

And here is my entry

Thanks for stopping by!

x Manda

Kylie's International Blog Highlight April 2017

You may have already noticed…at the moment I am challenging myself to take part in more design challenges.

This challenge is run by the lovely Kylie Bertucci (who happens to be the No.1 Stampin' Up! Demonstrator in Australia, and 8th in the world!! Impressive hey)

It is a monthly challenge and this is the first time I will be playing along. The theme for this month was "Wedding", and as I don't make too many wedding cards usually, this really was a challenge for me.

I decided to stick with using Very Vanilla, with a touch of gold and a splash of Blushing Bride…which  I thought was fitting ;)

I made both a card and an opening gift tag, as I figured the card usually goes into an envelope, so all the prettiness is hidden! So this way, there is a little something pretty on the outside of the gift too.

To vote for me please go to this link 

And by voting for me, it will up my chances of being able to participate in a fabulous international blog hop hosted by Kylie Bertucci.

Thanks for your support and thanks for stopping by!

x Manda

Global Design Project #081

Another week…another entry for the Global Design Project. This week they are up to #081, and this week it was a colour challenge. 

This one I found quite tricky…but I have vowed to keep going with these challenges so I can stretch my creativity. And I must admit, I look forward to the upcoming challenge each week.

As you can see, we had to use Night of Navy, Whisper White and one other colour.

So the one other colour I chose was Wild Wasabi.

I am a very big fan of green, so I am very lucky that Stampin' Up! has such a great range of greens to choose from at the moment.

Once again, a bit thank-you to the organisers and designers over at the Global Design Project for allowing us to participate each week. You guys rock!

Thanks for stopping by!

xManda

A Special Mention!

WOW!!!

I am totally blown away. I feel very honoured to have received a special mention in last weeks Global Design Project challenge.

See my original entry post here

Thank-you to the organisers, designers and participants who make this all happen each and every week. 

And a special thanks to the talented Louise Sharp for my Special Mention!

Now it's time to participate in this weeks challenge!

Thanks for stopping by

x Manda

Global Design Project #080

It's been a long time between posts…and a long time between playing along with the lovely ladies and gents over at the fabulous Global Design Project.

Now onto my contribution for this week. This week we were asked to CASE the Designer, and we were very lucky to have the talented Louise Sharp to CASE.

I absolutely adore Louise's style and creations!

Thanks so much for visiting me today, I hope you enjoyed my project. And please take the time to have a look at all the other fabulous creations over at the Global Design Project this week.

See you next time!

xx Manda

Global Design Project #030

Another week another challenge over at the Global Design Project.

Again this week…like I did the other week, I am getting this card to do double duty! Another win-win!

As soon as I saw the sketch for this weeks challenge I knew that I was going to use it to make a card for a very special little nephew of mine who has just had his 1st birthday. Yippee!!! 1st birthdays are the best, don't you think?!

I really love the colour combination and tried to make it a fun card by adding some texture with the candy dots, twine and a fun fringe. 

I hope he likes it!

I hope to join in again next week over at the Global Design Project and I hope you can join me!

Until next week!

x Manda

Global Design Project #029

After a busy weekend and a very busy day lined up today, this post will be a super fast one today!

Here is my entry in the latest

Global Design Project

Hope you like it!

Hope to see you again soon!

x Manda

Global Design Project #028

Here we go again…it's time for another Global Design Project challenge, and this one is number 28. This is only the second time that I have participated, but I certainly do love taking part!

I used the opportunity to make my card do 'double duty', being that it would be a birthday card for my lovely mum (whose birthday this year falls on Easter Saturday) and be my entry into this weeks challenge over at the Global Design Project. Win-win I say!!!

So here it is…

I must admit that I did actually find this challenge quite…well…challenging. But overall I am happy with the result, and I hope my mum is too

I have used Stampin' Up! "Cottage Greetings" stamp set

and the "Pretty Petals" DSP stack, such a lovely combo in my book.

Have a great weekend!

xx Manda