I’m a writer, blogger, cook, mum to three fur-babies, and wife to a wonderful man. I also work full-time as a child carer. I have a series of blogs all under the main heading of The Joyful Soul. In these blogs I explore my love of creativity in various ways.
There’s a new challenge starting today at Cupcake Inspirations. We’re going soft and pretty in pastels for our colour palette. You can choose whichever colours you like as long as they are pastels! I decided to go for a feminine, floral birthday card.
This month at Perfectly CAS our theme is wings. I went with butterflies for my card, but anything that has wings would be suitable! That could be bees, birds, maybe even a plane! Don’t forget the title of our challenge though – Perfectly CAS. We’re looking for clean and simple designs, specifically using no more … More Perfectly CAS Challenge | Rainbow Wishes | Wings
If you need inspiration for masculine projects, The Male Room is always a great start. This month our theme is ‘wood’. How you interpret that is entirely up to you, as long as your project is suitable for a man or boy. I went with a lot of wooden elements for the birthday card that … More TMR 149 | Wooden Birthday | Wood
Today is the start of a new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. Our theme this time around is Dreaming of Summer, and we’re sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are providing a $12 Gift Code as a prize to our lucky randomly chosen winner, so be sure to join in for a chance at the prize. We’re … More CIC 516 | Aloha! | Dreaming of Summer
The second Wednesday of the month means it is time for a new challenge at Christmas Craft Creations. This month our theme is Christmas Flowers. How you chose to incorporate that theme into your project is entirely up to you, so long as what you make is christmassy and has flowers as a focal element … More Christmas Craft Creations | Merriest Christmas | Christmas Flowers
We have a fun new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. Our theme for the next couple of weeks is Cats. You can make anything you like as long as it has one or more cats on it!
It’s time for a new HLS CAS challenge! This month our theme is ‘three of a kind’, and as always how you interpret the theme is entirely up to you. I went for a trio of flowers for my bright birthday card.
It’s reminder time for our current Cupcake Inspirations Challenge. This fortnight we’ve been sponsored by Joy Clair for our colour theme challenge. We’re looking for projects that feature the colours red, grey and beige. Play along for a chance to win 3 digital images of your choice. I used the sweet Bunny Greetings set to … More CIC 513 | Hopping By | Red, Gray and Beige
It’s time for a new challenge at Perfectly CAS, and this month our theme is ‘splash’, which is entirely open to your interpretation. I chose a cute image for my card to invoke the splashy feel. Don’t forget that for this challenge your design should take up no more than 1/3 of your card space.
We’re feeling the love over at the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge where our new theme is For Those You Love. This challenge is a sponsored one and we have a prize of 4 files of the winners choice from Little Scraps of Heaven. I used their super cute Love You Watts digi as the focus of … More CIC 512 | More Than I Can Bear | For Those You Love
