Creating Cards with Andrea

All my Birthday Cards

2012-02-25T11:58:00.001+08:00

Hi there,

It was my birthday on Tuesday and I have been so blessed with 31 handmade cards sent to me by my fellow demo's on ESAD and also my friends and customers. I had a photo of them all together but that didnt show them as well as I would like so I have just photographed them all separately and here they are. I love them all.

Sandra Mortimer

Juliette Chapman

Shelly Howe

Barb Casper

Liv

Shona

Julie

Samantha McStay

Janine Jess

Tanya

Auntie Raelz

Jacinta

Alison

Sarah Tidey

Monique

Pauline Bennets

Richelle Fletcher

Amanda Azzopardi

Jill St Quinton

Collleen Campbell

Jennie Cass

Felicity

Colleen White

Narelle Hoggard

Rebecca S

Doreen Smith

Marthea

Caroline Cassidy

Tracy Grant

Sam Wilson

Jenn Roberts

Thank you all so much for helping to make my day extra special. I hope I havent missed any.

Lovely Heart Card

2012-02-17T15:15:00.003+08:00

hi again,

today I have a card that I cased from another SU demo in the US. I really love it. I changed it a little but why change something you love, hey.

Unfortunatley Sylvia does not want anyone to CASE (copy and share everything) her cards and has asked me to take it down. I will do this as I dont like to upset anyone.

Thank you for all your comments and support.

I have made this for an engagement card. I love this rose from You are Loved.

Triple Flower Punch

2012-02-16T20:38:00.000+08:00

I found this card and thought I would case it as I haven't used my Triple Flower Punch. I changed the ribbon as I didn't have the grosgrain and added a brad. Its is a simple but effective card.

I'll be back soon with more Cased cards. Im enjoying making my favourite cards instead of just looking at them.

Happy Valentine's Day

2012-02-14T09:19:00.000+08:00

Good morning,

Today I woke up early to give my wonderful husband a Valentine's card (before he left for work) and also a wallet. He is hard on his wallets so needs a new one every year so I thought I would give him one for when his current one falls apart.
Anyway this is the card I made for him and also taught at Stamp Club on the weekend. The inside I made a pop out heart using the same stamp as the front. The set I used is You are Loved

I also made a version with Congratulations on so I can use it as an Engagement card as I have 3 family members recently engaged.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

I've done some casing....

2012-02-12T20:01:00.000+08:00

Hello there,

After a good week of posting I have had a week of nothing. I have been making some cards though. I have found Pinterest and love to see what gets pinned there and I have been attempting to actually make some of the lovely creations I find.

Today I have a really lovely Lilly card that I cased this week. The stamp set is Fifth Avenue Floral. I found it on SCS here.

Mine is a little darker but I need some practise with the sponging. Isn't it a lovely card.

I hope you have a good week and I will try to get back here to show a few more cards.

Brayer Lesson by Tracey

2012-02-03T18:06:00.003+08:00

Boy I am on a roll this week. Another post .....

I wanted to show you this lovely card that Tracey demonstrated at camp. I loved the one she had Cased from Michelle Zindorf so asked her to do a demo for us. I will show you both the case from Michelle and then the card Tracey redesigned from the original. I love both.

I do love the brayered cards and plan to make more.

Mini Album

2012-02-01T17:50:00.008+08:00

hi again,

While on camp I showed the ladies how to make this mini album that is made from one sheet of 12 x 12. I made my first one and filled it with photos of my dog Skye.... who else. Well really it was because they were the only photos I had here printed and small enough for the album. I used a tutorial by Mickey Roberts for her pocket Album.

I also made another one using Butterflies.

These are easy to make and a good way to have photos on hand to show your friends and family.

Last of the swaps....

2012-01-30T17:40:00.003+08:00

I made 3 different swap cards for myself and those who didn't get the chance to bring one. I have shown a couple of these before but I will show them again today.

This card is a Kerry Bunting case

This card is a CASE from Mary Fish. I just changed one of the colours.

This last card is one I used a sketch challenge for and then used the idea of the 4 stamps that I have seen in a few places on the net. Well that is all the swap cards but I do have other projects to show from camp soon.

All in the Family

2012-01-29T17:34:00.002+08:00

Hi there,

today I have a card made by Karen for camp. She has used the set All in the Family. Like many of us, we have the set but don't get it out all that often so it was nice to use this set.

Isnt it a lovely bright card? I hope to use this set more this year.

More cards.....

2012-01-28T17:26:00.005+08:00

as promised here I am to show you more of our camp swaps.
here is a lovely card that Rowena made for us. Also I cased a card that Tracey made using the scraps from Rowena's so we got 2 cards.

Aren't they really nice. I loved the idea Rowena used.

Camp Swaps finally......

2012-01-27T17:26:00.000+08:00

Hello again,

I have finally taken the time to photograph and edit the cards we made on camp for swaps. I will show you them all over the next few days.

First today is a wonderful covered notebook that Shelly made as her swap.

Isn't this a nice notebook, ready to take notes over the weekend.

Next today is Tracey's card. It is made with the triple treat flower. I have been meaning to use this stamp for so long so I stepped mine up a little by adding the 3 layers with the punches that much. I loved the bubble blowing technique used for the background of this card.

Well that's all for today. Come back tomorrow for the next card. have a good weekend

Hot enough for you....

2012-01-25T20:49:00.000+08:00

....well that is if you are here in Perth or most of Western Australia. We have so many more days of this heat. Luckily I do have an air conditioner. I really don't enjoy venturing out when it is this hot so I am home lots.

I still haven't taken the photos of the swap cards from camp so today I will show another card that I have made using Fabulous Florets. This is a case as well from a friend who also cased it so not sure who was the creator.

Happy Australia Day to all my Aussie Friends. I hope whatever you have planned for tomorrow it includes water or something cool.

Camp and One Sheet Wonder.

2012-01-23T18:26:00.000+08:00

Hello,

I have been away over the weekend on my Stamping Retreat. 8 of us enjoyed a wonderful weekend of stamping and fellowship. While there one of the projects that I prepared for them to do was a One Sheet Wonder using French Foliage and the colours Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Early Espresso and Cajun Craze with Very Vanilla as the neutral colour. I used the base page pattern from Leanne Greff and then made up my own bits from there. Below are my cards.

I will photograph the swaps later in the week to show you. Today I am having a quiet day on the couch as I seem to be having a flair up with the Rheumatoid Arthritis. Hope to be back in the craft room tomorrow.
thanks for stopping by.

More Fabulous Florets

2012-01-17T16:41:00.009+08:00

Hello again.

As I said before I have been casing some cards using this lovely new set called Fabulous Florets. Anyway this one my friend Jennie and I made last week together and then we made it using Baja Breeze as well.
The original card is made with Pink Pirouette. I have just found out the original was made by Kerry Bunting. No wonder I loved it Kerry.

Such a lovely yet simple card. Thanks for stopping by.

I Dig You CASE...

2012-01-16T08:28:00.007+08:00

hi again,

the second card we made at stamp club yesterday was one that I cased from Stamping Addict using the stamp set I Dig You. I have been wanting to make this card for awhile. I think its rather cute.

Again just a quick post today. Have a good week.

Fabulous Florets

2012-01-15T20:28:00.000+08:00

As promised I'm back with a card to show you. I made this one for Stamp Club today. I had been casing some of the lovely Fabulous Florets cards I had seen and used up the extra flowers to design a card of my own. I did one both ways. I have used Baja Breeze and black.

Just a quick post. back soon with more.

Fishing trip....

2012-01-15T20:23:00.000+08:00

Hi there, its been awhile again but I have been keeping busy. yesterday graham and I got up early and took the boat out fishing for the day. We were on the water at 6.30am and stayed out for 7 hours. It was a lovely day. We caught some fish too which is always good as we enjoy a good feed of fish.

As usual I caught lots of Rass which are a fish we don't bring home and usually throw back. Well yesterday I suggested that Graham use one of my fish as bait and he caught a small shark. It was quite exciting. We had some for dinner tonight and it was really nice.

Anyway here are a few photos from our fishing trip. As usual I had my camera with me.

This is the smallest fish I caught. Quite pretty but not sure what it was.

Graham with the small shark he caught

Seagull checking us out.

Rocks near where we were just off Rockingham.

Well I hope I havent bored you too much with my fishing story. I'll be back soon with some cards to show you.

Marry me.....

2012-01-06T17:45:00.000+08:00

......No not literally.
I have just designed a card with the new stamp set Marry Me. My friend Sandra came to visit and encouraged me to make a card. Of course I needed her input as well as sometimes when designing a card from scratch it takes awhile deciding on what looks OK. Anyway I ended up making 2 cards nearly the same. One is embossed with black and the other white. I would like your opinion on what looks best. Both are done in Pink Pirouette. The white one is sponged over with Pink Pirouette ink. I have embossed vellum and cut it out for the veil. Sandra suggested the little roses and ribbon and I quite like the end result.

Anyway just a quick post today. Have a great weekend

Welcome to 2012 on my Blog

2012-01-03T21:17:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

Happy New Year to you wherever you may be. I returned home yesterday from my lovely holiday down on the farm. I really did get to relax. Now its time to get back into life in 2012.

I joined a website today called My Fitness Pal and my plan is to lose weight this year. For those who know me, you would know that I put on a lot of weight last year due to a combination of things but medication and health factored in that. I had lost 20kg over 3 years before that so it was very disappointing to put all that back on and 8 kilos more. I am going to add a badge to my side bar showing my progress. You can follow along and encourage me on the way. This was me Jan 2010 and now

Anyway just thought Id let you know one of my goals for this year.

have a great day

More Farm Photos

2011-12-31T19:17:00.000+08:00

Hi again,

I have popped over to my brother's place to use the Internet so I can show you a few more photos of the lovely scenery around here. I am really enjoying the break away and taking so many photos. I sure am getting good use out of my new camera. The flowers are from my brother and sister in law's garden. Aren't they beautiful?

This is the road to the farm I grew up on. My brother lives there now and mum and dad live across the road. I love the trees.

The agapanthus grow so well down here. I took photos of the different stages of blooming.

I had better get back home (mum's) and shut the chooks in and take the dogs for their walks.

Happy New Year. Thanks for all your comments for the past year. Hope you come to visit again next year.

Greetings from the Farm

2011-12-30T16:20:00.000+08:00

Hello there,

I hope you have all had a wonderful time over Christmas with your families. I have been enjoying my time down on the farm with my family. Graham and my kids went home on Boxing Day and Skye and I stayed. It was very hot here the past 2 days but today is so nice. It has even rained today. I have been taking dad and mum's pups for a walk twice a day with Skye running loose enjoying the freedom. The pups have to stay on the lead as they run away and I would hate to lose them. I go down the drive to the chook pen and let out the chooks and collect the eggs in the morning and then at 7pm I go down again and shut them in. Dad has 9 chooks. I counted them twice last night and still managed to see only 7 so dad went down and sure enough there were 9 but I couldn't see them hiding somewhere on the roost.

Here are some of the photos I have been taking. Sorry they are not of cards but lovely animals and scenery.

Bindy

Cindy

9 Chickens

Cindy and Bindy taking me for a walk. You would never think such tiny dogs could pull so hard.

Well that is all for now. Happy New Year to you.

Place cards for Christmas

2011-12-21T17:34:00.000+08:00

hi there,

I hope you are having a good week in the lead up to Christmas. I thought I would show you the place card clips I have made for our Christmas party on Friday night.

I have made oval name tags to place in the clip.

Just a quick post today. Oh I just thought of another photo I want to show you. Skye got groomed today and I was just taking photos of her and I really love this one.

I'm going away for 2 weeks on Saturday down to the farm. I hope to do a few posts while away. In case I don't post again before Christmas, have a blessed Christmas and Happy New year.

Magnolia Tilda Angels

2011-12-18T19:57:00.002+08:00

Hello again. Christmas is coming very fast. I have been enjoying my paper crafts. On Friday night I painted some little Magnolia Tilda angel faces. I saw these angels made using this stamp so decided to have a go at making them. I used some doilies I had in my stash to make the lace on the skirts and also the aprons on the red angels. My colouring isnt that good really but I was doing them very late. I decided I wanted mouths on my angels so added them even though Magnolia stamps don't have mouths.

I also made all my place mats ready for our Christmas party. I have made one similar before but instead of adding dots for berries I just stamped a little red flower from Season of Joy stamp set. The wheel is a retired holly wheel.

We have been fishing.

2011-12-17T19:57:00.000+08:00

Hi again,

today Graham and I went fishing on the boat. We had planned to be on the water by 7am but due to a late night we slept in a little so was on the water at 8am instead. What a perfect day to be out on the water. You know the saying that when there are lots of people somewhere .... every man and his dog was there.... well today I think every man and both his dogs were out on their boats. The car park was full and they had to open an extra car park for the boat trailers. We didn't have great success though and came home with 3 Skippy and a flounder. I caught a few Rass which we don't eat so threw them back. I had never seen a flounder before so I took some photos.

The Rass that I kept throwing back. Pretty but not good eating.

Graham caught 2 of these Sambo's but they weren't big enough so got thrown back.

Now how did she get in here on a fishing post..... oh well I did mention dogs didn't I?

This is the Flounder. Graham hooked him but he got off and then I cast my line and caught him. This time he didn't get off. The fish is flat and a mottled colour on one side and white on the other.
Wow 2 post on one day. Making up for all the quiet times I have.

Christmas craft....Santas

2011-12-17T19:07:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

I have been enjoying making some Christmas crafts with paper of course. I made some Santa faces to add to the long cellophane bags of lollies. There are lots of these Santa faces around so crediting the original maker is a little hard to do. They are so cute. I made about 25 of them. I used the Christmas red and green M&M's that I got from my friend Shelly. They were just perfect. I hope the kids like these for Christmas day.

Back soon with more.

Time gets away from me....

2011-12-13T14:56:00.000+08:00

Hello there,

I said on Thursday that I would be back over the weekend with more to show you and then totally forgot to do it. Anyway I decided to pull apart the medallion Christmas tree that I showed you last week as the lopsided tree was bothering me. It now has been put together properly and looks great.

I have another card I made with the set You are Loved. This is a case as well but I did change it some.

I had to do this 3 times as when I did the embossing of the oval it kept marking around where the sides of the folder finish. I then decided to google it and find the way to prevent that from happening. Finding that video again has taken me some time but this is the video that I found so helpful. It makes so much difference. I have made a few shims for my customers so they too can use their folders like this.

Today my friend Sue came down to help me start on my craft room sorting. We managed to get a fair bit done by lunch time so I am happy. Now to keep working on the room so by the time my classes start again next year the room will be less cluttered.

Christmas Cracker

2011-12-08T06:20:00.009+08:00

hi again,

I thought I would have a go at making a Christmas cracker. I printed a pattern onto my Cherry Cobbler card and then cut out all the little diamonds to make the ends of the cracker. Once again I have used Jolly Holiday DSP. I bought a few packs of it when it was on special and am using it for all my Christmas projects this year.

Anyway its just a really quick post today. Will be showing more over the weekend.

Medallion Christmas Tree

2011-12-07T06:06:00.023+08:00

I found this lovely Medallion Christmas Tree on Fran at Franticstampers blog. I had a go at it and was doing well until I put all the medallions on top of each other and forgot to turn the tree so have a very lopsided tree. It is still OK and a fun tree to make. I used a small tin that had a candle in it.

I'm having fun making some of my Christmas Decorations.

You are Loved stamp set.

2011-12-06T06:13:00.002+08:00

Back again. This card is one that I cased. I loved it so much that I didn't change it much at all. Its one of Cherie Franklin's designs. She has also made some other cards with this set which I love so go and check out her blog. This card is really me. Soft pinks and roses.

More to come so will post again later in the week.

Summer Mini Launch

2011-12-05T10:02:00.001+08:00

Yesterday I had my launch for the Summer Mini Catalogue. Thank you to those who came along. I made only a few cards as samples as I have been so busy with the fundraiser and also the fair but thanks to a lovely friend I had a nice lot of cards to show.

Anyway I will show you the card I designed for the Make and Take. I had made the first card with the Not Quite Navy and then decided to add the Cherry Cobbler as I thought it would look better and my customers agreed. I love this set and designer papers to go with it.

I will come back later in the week to show you some of the other cards.

thanks for stopping by.

Craft Fair

2011-12-04T18:02:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

Richelle and I were at the Craft Thyme Fair in South Perth yesterday. I thought I would show you the notepads with pens that I had for sale. My friend Sue helped me put them together on Friday. I had stamped and coloured the flowers a long time ago. I don't have the stamp set but had borrowed it from a friend. They all sold so I was happy. I used mostly retired colours.

Have a great week.

Summer Mini Catalogue and December Frenzy

2011-12-02T18:34:00.000+08:00

Summer Mini

The Stampin' Up! Summer Mini catalogue is here so if you would like to check it out just click on the picture on the left side of my blog. I am having my launch of the mini on Sunday at 2 PM if you live near me then you are very welcome to come and join me.

click here for list of sale items

The December Frenzy sale is also on so if you find something you would like feel free to send me your order.

I am going to be at the Craft Thyme Fair at South Perth Community Centre tomorrow all day so if you are in the area please pop in to say hello. If you do and tell me you read this blog post I will have a small gift for you.

have a great weekend

Christmas fundraiser cards and gifts.

2011-11-28T11:02:00.000+08:00

hello again,

I didn't get back to post the cards yesterday as I had a fall and really hurt my shoulder and back so just rested yesterday. Anyway this morning I have photographed all the projects from Saturday and will show them all even if I have shown some of them previously on my blog. We raised $657 so we were pleased and everyone had a good day.

This is one of the gift ideas. My friends Jennie and Colleen showed me how to make these. I have used my retired Jolly Holiday DSP.

This card was designed by Jennie also and I just had to buy the Aviary set once I had made this card.

This card I used 2 of the new In Colours. Pool Party and Island Indigo.

I used the poinsettia idea that I have seen on the net and once again used the Jolly Holiday papers.

I wanted to use a different colour for this card and hadn't used my new stamp set Welcome Christmas.

This is a complete case from the Flyer for the Stitched Stocking Stamp set.

This is a gift card Stocking that I cased from Jackie Topa

This is the final gift project that we made using the new Candy Wrapper die.

Well thats is all of them. If you need to know any details just email me and I will try to help you out. have a great week

Fun Day had at LBC

2011-11-26T19:30:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

Today I held a fundraiser at Lesmurdie Baptist Church. We had a fun day making 2 each of 5 cards and also 3 gift projects. I am so tired but wanted to drop in to at least post something tonight. I just realised I have not taken photos of all the cards so will show you the Christmas trees I made to help decorate the room.

I used the largest pennant from the Pennant Die and stamped the tree from Snow Swirled on both sides and embossed in gold. I then cut up and down the centre and joined them together and added a star on top. The little trees are made using the pennant punch.

well this is just a very short post but once I have photographed the cards I will show you them. I need to get some rest now as today totally exhausted me but I really enjoyed the fellowship of making cards with 15 other ladies. Thank you to all who came along and to my good friend Sandra who did the catering and helped out with everything. Also thank you to my niece Amy who was kind enough to sit with a group of beginners and guide them all day. She is such a patient and caring person. Once I find out the total funds raised I will let you know.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Christmas is coming.....

2011-11-22T08:50:00.002+08:00

Hi there,

Christmas seems to be coming much faster than I realised. I haven't even made all my Christmas cards yet. I was checking out some blogs yesterday and found a card I really love so stopped everything and made the card. I cased it completely as I had all the stamps etc. This card was created by Catherine Pooler.

I am now off to teach a stamp a stack. Have a great day

Stitched Stockings

2011-11-18T06:56:00.024+08:00

Hi there,

A promised here I am again to show you the 2 cards we made at LBC yesterday. I am loving my Stitched Stocking stamp set and punch. The first card is a centre step card and I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch on the sides. I have used Old Olive DSP with Cherry Cobbler card.

The second card is a Cased card from Juliet Chapman and I have used Baja Breeze, Real Red and Wild Wasabi for colours.

I'm off to the Craft and Antique Fair today to catch up with my in laws, so it should be a good day.

Wild Flowers from Kings Park

2011-11-17T17:55:00.000+08:00

hello again,

yesterday I had to go to West Perth to see my eye specialist. As I was so close to Kings Park I decided to take my new camera and take some photos of all the wildflowers there. For those who don't live in Perth, Kings Park is our beautiful huge park overlooking the city. My friend Chelle gave me the idea as she had been there just the other day. Anyway I am only learning to use my camera but I am pleased with the close up photos I took of all the wildflowers. Unfortunately most of them are just about finished flowering but I am still pleased with my efforts. I only took 187 photos. here are just a few.

The City View

Bottle brush

Blue Lace Flower with a bee.

Pea Flower

One of the Kangaroo Paw varieties

Grevillea

Row of Trees

Everlasting Daisies

Black Boy or Grass Tree

Well that's all for today. I will come back tomorrow and show you the cards I taught at LBC today.

Christmas Invite

2011-11-15T08:59:00.002+08:00

Hello again,

Over the weekend I made my Christmas party invites. I had always loved a card made by Michelle Zindorf and had bought the stamp set Compliments to the Chef ages ago to use. Anyway I changed the size of the card to our A5 and this is what I came up with. I didnt add any ribbon as I wanted to keep it quite simple. I am hoping my family like their invites.

I hope your week is going well. I hope to post again soon.

French Foliage

2011-11-13T20:59:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

This past week has flown by with appointments and some classes. One of the cards I taught this week is made using French Foliage. I love this set and decided to use it for Versamark resist. I decided on Autumn colours. The First photo is of the leaves close up. On these I used the Rock n' Roll technique. The last card I just added the words with Always Artichoke after sponging over the versamark.

have a great week.

Two Tags Die

2011-11-06T08:34:00.007+08:00

hi again,

today I want to show you a lovely little box made with the Two Tags Die. I cased this from Judy May. She has made some lovely things with this die. I liked it so much I didn't change anything apart from the flower and brad.

I must try some other things with this die. I have bought a few new dies lately so need to try them out.

Have a great day

Need for Speed

2011-11-05T16:43:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

I have just made a card and now I have my new camera I photographed it straight away. I have wanted to use my new stamp set Need for Speed for awhile. I coloured the cars a week or so ago and so just had to make the card. I cut the car out and shaped it a little before adding to the background.

I went out fishing with Graham on the boat this morning. Not really the kind of day to go out on the water as it was raining as we put the boat in the water. No fish biting either and as it got a little rough we came home by lunch time. Oh well I am sure there will be better days. Now I need to make a card using the boat out of this set.

Anniversary Present

2011-11-02T08:05:00.000+08:00

Hi there, today is our Wedding anniversary and Graham surprised me by bringing a present in at 6.30am. He said he had looked up and found that the 9th anniversary was pottery so he had this big pot to replace my pot plant that had broken. As we don't normally worry about buying presents it was a lovely. Anyway he then asked me to look in the pot and there was a Canon digital SLR camera. WOW!! I had been saying I needed a new camera and that I would love to one day have a SLR and he had gone and bought me one but he did say we would both be paying it off over a year interest free. Of course I will have to learn how to use it but the first photo I took was of Skye as she was right there checking out the camera as well. So here she is, all nicely groomed.

As I have not been able to take photos of my cards, the next photo I took after 20 or so of Skye was of one of the cards we made last night in a stamp a stack. This one is cased from my friend Jennie who may have cased it as well. I love making the poinsettia with the leaf from French Foliage. I used Very Vanilla with Riding Hood Red and Garden Green.

Now I am off to learn about how to use my new camera and take all those photos I have been wanting to take. Watch out.... I will be shooting anything that I can. yipppeeee!!!

Christmas Cards

2011-10-28T20:02:00.000+08:00

hello again,

I had hoped to photograph some of my cards this week but I my camera has died and now my mobile phone is dead too, as it ended up on the road and got run over and rained upon. Anyway I have just checked out my photos of cards and have found one I haven't shown you.

This card is one I made using pennant parade stamp set and punch. I love this set as you can use it for all occcasions.

Well its only a short post today. I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Out of action....

2011-10-22T11:59:00.000+08:00

hi there,

I had planned to blog more this last week but I have been out of action with my worst ever flair up of rheumatoid arthritis. Mostly my own fault for forgetting to put out one medication which had dreadful results. Anyway I am back able to sit up and walk around so hope to get back to some card making and generally live again.

I went out to my rose garden this morning and what a lovely site. I look forward to when we can transfer the roses out to the front of the house so they can be seen, as tucked down the side I don't even see them that much. Anyway I thought I would share a couple of photos of my first spring bloom, late this year due to late pruning.

I picked one of each colour to go in my special vase.The photo below is of the first bunch I picked this spring.

I am hoping to find all the cards I have made lately and photograph them so I can show you. Enjoy the weekend what ever you may be doing.

Creative Elements

2011-10-15T18:49:00.000+08:00

hi there,

here I am again... its either a feast or a famine from me....

At Regional's Ngaire did a segment on a workshop and this is the lovely card she used for her make and take. I loved the idea and the stamp set so I recreated it from a photograph. The stamp set is Creative Elements and the colours used are Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive with Whisper White.

Its only a quick post tonight.

Hope your weekend is going well and if you are in Perth, you are enjoying this lovely spring weather.

Beautiful Season.

2011-10-14T21:24:00.000+08:00

hello again,

I now have my computer back so its much easier for me. Its funny how you get used to one computer. I thought I would pop in this evening to show another card. This card is one I designed using a technique used in one of the make and takes from our regional meeting. I just changed the colours and stamp set and this is my Christmas card. I loved the way this gate fold card opens up. I have tried to take photos of it at different stages. I brayered a piece to put inside the card. I rolled the main card with soft holly roller using Old Olive and then used a cotton bud to dot in the berries. I cut a piece of scalloped dot ribbon in half to put behind the old olive card at the opening of the card.

I still have more cards to take photos of and I will be back with more soon. have a great weekend.

Its been awhile.....

2011-10-11T11:27:00.000+08:00

wow I just checked in and realised I haven't posted for 10 days. I really must set myself a reminder. Its not like I don't have anything to show you, I just get busy with life and forget to post.

I had Emily's 18th birthday party on Saturday and it went off really well. For her birthday present she asked for an acrobatic flight so we went out to Jandakot on Friday afternoon and watched as she actually controlled the plane for taxi-ing and take off. It was a half hour flight and she loved every minute of it. Her dad paid half so it was a joint present. We had a dinner at Nero's for the family party on Friday night and then her friends party on Saturday here. I cooked all day and they all loved the food so I was happy.

Anyway back to cards. I have some more from World Card Making Day. I made use of some swaps from Regional's and the first one is Pendant Park. I have had this set for ages and never used it so thought it was about time. I changed it by sponging over the scored lines to make them noticeable and also the greeting. I have just looked everywhere for my swap that I cased to acknowledge the creator and cant find it anywhere. If it was yours please let me know.

The next card is also a case made by Jenny Chilton. I didnt get this swap but saw it on Jenny's blog. I gave the girls a choice of colours and they all looked great. Thanks Jenny for a lovely card.

I don't have my own computer this week as Emily has taken it on holiday with her so I am using Graham's. Its strange how you get used to one computer. I hope to post some more this week but for now I have to get the washing out on the line to make use of this beautiful sunny weather. thanks for stopping by.

Happy World Card Making Day

2011-10-01T21:08:00.000+08:00

Hi there and I hope you have had a Happy World Card Making Day. I have had a fun day with some friends making cards while the boys were up the other end of the house watching the Grand Final. I'm sure we had more fun. I am just popping in to show you a couple of cards and I hope to edit my photos and show you more later in the week.

This is a little booklet that my friend Shelly donated for us to use today. I have been doing brayering on lots of cards lately and I think it looks good behind this great flower. The card below is one made with my favourite set at the moment and that is field Flowers.

Hope the rest of the weekend is a good one for you. Until next time

Rainbow over my home....

2011-09-25T19:55:00.000+08:00

Last week Emily rang me from the local shops to tell me to go outside and look at the rainbow over our home. Even though I was in my dressing gown, I just had to go out in the rain and take some photos. My camera doesn't take wide angle so I joined 2 photos together, (not so well) but it shows how magnificent this rainbow was. It was a full rainbow with a second one just above. The end of the rainbow looked like it was right there in our culdesac.

What a reminder of God's great creations.

Have a great week.

Perth Regional Meeting

2011-09-24T21:10:00.000+08:00

Hi, Today I have been to Perth Regional Meeting for Stampin' Up!
It was a fun day and I was lucky enough to be asked to present a workshop WOW. I decided to show cards made using Patchwork. While I was down at mum's last week I also made a patchwork bag and cushion cover using Stampin' Up!'s fabrics.
here are the card samples I showed. The first card is made using the Bargello patchwork technique and Eat Cake DSP.

This next card is made using fabric and also the bargello method. I embossed the fabric with the lattice embossing folder. The next photo is of the inside. I didn't want to waste the piece I cut off, so put it inside.

These are the last 3 cards. I embossed the card after doing the patchwork to make it look Quilted. I don't have time to explain all the cards now as I am really tired after a long day. I also realise that I haven't photographed the cushion and bag so will have to show you them another day. I hope you like my cards. I was thrilled that the demonstrators who saw them today gave me good feedback.
I will give you more details when I am not so tired. Im off to bed for a good rest.

Stamp Club cards

2011-09-20T18:15:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

I held my stamp club on Sunday and we made 2 cards. One is a Michelle Zindorf case which I changed a little in size and embellishments. I love her cards and even though she does lots of brayering, this one doesn't have any brayering on it. I decided to make it a get well card for my parents who are both very unwell with the flu at the moment. I happened to catch that flu and now am sick too. Gives me an excuse to lay in bed most of the day which is something I don't do very often. I have lots to do but it can wait a few days.

The inside.

The second card was one I have shown you before. Its the stencilled card using the Lace Border Punch. I'll show you again anyway.

I will show you some more cards after regionals on Saturday as I have a couple of swaps that I have made.

have a good week.

Back from the farm.

2011-09-17T10:08:00.000+08:00

Hi there, I got back from my week down on the farm last night. I didn't get as much time as planned out on the farm as dad is in hospital so I drove mum into town every day to visit dad. I did enjoy being out in the country. Every morning I would take mums puppies out for a walk and this is the view from the verandah.

The pups are 5 months old but not trained yet so I enjoyed taking them out every hour or so for toilet training. They are Chihuahua cross toy poodle. They are cute. My camera is playing up and the pups didn't keep still for long so I didn't get any good photos of them.

I got to visit with my sisters Sue and Barbie while down there. We spent an evening together stamping. I got some of my swaps done for upcoming Perth regional's. I also used mum's sewing machine and made some patchwork items. I will show you them next week when I have them finished properly. I actually enjoyed using the sewing machine. I haven't sewn for about 15 years but now plan to get my old machine serviced and start doing some sewing again.
Anyway that is all for now. Have a good weekend.

Delicate Doilies

2011-09-14T04:56:00.001+08:00

Today I am showing you the cards I made using the Delicate Doilies set. These are all cased as I was trying to save time. You can find them here on SCS. thank you for the inspiration.

Just a short post. I will show you the final cards when I get back on the weekend.

Cards while I am away.....

2011-09-12T16:20:00.003+08:00

Hello again.

Hope your week is going well. I am sure I will be enjoying my week with my parents and my sisters. I started doing this post and found that I hadn't photographed the rest of my cards from the launch and I haven't got time to take them all off the display board and take them out of the cello bags so you will have to excuse the photos. Today's cards are made using the set Button Buddies. I have used the flower first and then cased a Michelle Zindorf with the pig. The last card is using the snail and is cased also.

Lace Ribbon Border Punch

2011-09-11T13:30:00.004+08:00

hello again,

I thought I would get another post in before going off to the farm. I made a few things using the Lace Ribbon Border Punch. I didn't think I would use this punch much and very nearly didn't buy it. Well since I have been doing some research I have found that there are many uses for it. You saw the altered bottle I made for camp which I used a strip of the Lace ribbon punch with a ribbon threaded through. The next card I made by stencilling through the lace piece onto white card and I also punched a strip and cut it in half to use as a mat behind the main piece. I have a picture of the first piece I stencilled in Bashful Blue but then decided to a darker one.

This is the stencilled piece in blue

I used the butterfly from the Creative Elements set and embossed it in white on Wisteria Wonder card.

I then punched a strip that I added the 2nd piece from the triple layer punch Blossom Bouquet. I had done a 12 inch piece for a scrapbook page but decided to cut it down for a card. I then ran it through the big shot with the new stripes folder. I wasn't sure what to do with the card then, so I ended up just punching out the bird from the new stamp set Language of friendship. I used the greeting from that set as well but to use the modern label punch I had to cut off the name at the bottom.

Not the best photo but it shows the card.

The final card I have to show you I cased. I just spent half an hour looking for the card again so I can credit the creator. Please if you know who it is let me know so I can credit her. I love the way the punch is used for a border and the piece that comes out of the centre I used for the greeting. I punched 1 inch circles to put behind the flower.

Well that turned into a long post. I will try to schedule a post for while I am away.

hope your weekend has been a good one.

ESAD New catalogue Blog Hop

2011-09-10T11:00:00.005+08:00

Hi there,

Welcome to my blog on the ESAD blog hop for the new Stampin Up Idea Book & Catalogue.

What is ESAD?

ESAD stands for "Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators" and it is an on-line group just for Australian and New Zealand Stampin Up demonstrators.

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors, but we share our love for what we do with each other as demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know-how, and cyberstamps, and we are always there to help and support each other when it is needed.

So if you are a Stampin' Up! demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand, then please fee free to click here to join our wonderful group.

You may have come from Elizabeth Dyson's blog but if you have started here then keep following around for the complete hop.
Today I want to show you a couple of altered items that I have been playing with this week. I used my new designer paper Beau Chateau to alter this clock that I got for $4.95 at a discount shop. I also embossed the roses from the stamp set Elements of Style on whisper white and coloured it using my markers and then cut them out and glued them on the face of the clock.

The second item I altered this week is a photo frame. I love this piece of designer paper in the pink pirouette and soft suede. I then made some roses and put them on the bottom left corner. Now I have to find a nice photo to put in the frame.

The final project I made is a box using the new Petite Pocket die. I wanted to find something else I could do with this die and I think the box is a nice size one made using 4 pocket die cuts. The flower I made using blossom Party die and also 2 different circle punches. I used some more of the beau Chateau paper left from the frame to decorate the box.

As a special thank you for all our visitors we have Blog Candy!! We will have two prizes – one for a New Zealand visitor and one for an Australian visitor. What you need to do to be eligible to win is to visit and comment on every blog in the hop. Then you need to email Sharlene and advise her that you’ve completed the Blog Hop and give her your name, email and location.

thanks for stopping by. Now its time to hop along to Michelle Greth's blog. Enjoy your day.

I didnt get back to my blog......

2011-09-09T20:24:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

I said I would come back and show you close ups of the cards I made for my launch and the week has gone by and I haven't. Sorry about that. I am going away on Sunday for a lovely week down on the farm with mum and dad so I had better do a post now. The first 2 cards are cased using a beautiful Season. I found this lovely card on Splitcoast here and loved it so didn't change anything apart from the red on the breast. The second card is a CASE from the catalogue on page 22.

The next stamp I used is Tidings of Joy. I love to colour so did 2 in different colours using sketch challenges to design them. The blue is SC204 and the red is SC173. On both I used the square lattice embossing folder.

Come back tomorrow as I am participating in the ESAD Blog Hop. I will have to add some more cards when I get back from Manjimup or if I get access to a computer while down there I may even surprise you.

have a great weekend.

My New Catalogue Launch

2011-09-05T12:43:00.000+08:00

hi there, I hope you have had a good weekend. Mine was busy but also fun. I spent all last week making samples to display at my launch of the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book and Catalogue. On Saturday I had 10 ladies come along to my launch and I demonstrated a few things and then they made a card using the new Pennant Parade stamp set along with the matching punch. I took some photos to show you.

This is the display board of cards. I will show you the individual cards over the next week.

I gave each person a new catalogue survival kit and included tabs for their catalogue. The picture below is my catalogue with the tabs in place. I didn't think to make each one to match the colours in the book but they still help to find what you are looking for. My daughter Emily made the document for me with all the new names of sections for this current catalogue.

This is the little post it note cover I made for the kits. I used the new hostess set Simply Soft. Below is a lamp I altered using a stamp from Creative Elements. I still need to add some ribbon around the bottom but ran out of time. The lamp was a kids one that I bought from an op shop.

The card above is the make and take. I kept it simple so they could all make it in the time we had. I made my second card using a solid birthday greeting which is below.

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped make the afternoon a success. A special thank you to my good friend Sandra who helped me to clean up and set up the room and also my niece Amy who came over on Friday night and helped me finish some samples.

New Idea Book & Catalogue

2011-09-01T09:45:00.000+08:00

Good morning. What a beautiful first day of spring and also the first day of the Stampin' Up! new Idea Book and Catalogue.

You can view it online by clicking on the picture on the left side bar. If you would like a hard copy please contact me and I will organise one for you.

Also if you would like to join my Stampin' Up! team as an Independent Demonstrator, Stampin' Up! have a great promotion on this month where you can buy a mini starter kit for just $169. You can also still buy the full kit with a discount of 20% this month. What a great time to join the Stampin' Up! family. I would love to have you as part of my team.

I am having my launch of the new Catalogue this Saturday 3rd September at 2pm. If you would like to come along then contact me and I will give you the details. I have been making lots of cards with my new sets and cant wait to show you what I have done.

Thanks for stopping by.

Wax Paper Resist

2011-08-29T20:32:00.000+08:00

hi there,

yesterday I taught a technique class and we did wax paper resist. I used the new in Colour Wisteria Wonder with Concord Crush. I also used a new hostess set called Simply Soft. It will be available on September 1st.

I made 2 cards. One using the ovals die and the other a rectangle. Here they are. What do you think?

I love these flowers. Thanks for stopping by. Have a good week.

My gifts from camp.

2011-08-28T13:44:00.003+08:00

I just remembered that I haven't shown you the gift I made for the camp swap and also the one I received.

I decided to decorate a bag that I had covered in Basic black card. I used some red roses that I had made previously and added some die cut little leaves. I put some samples of Stampin Up product inside.

When it came to my turn to choose a gift I was so happy to get this gorgeous box made by Pat Carr. I love it and she taught me how to make the box as well so an added bonus. I now must get the mini milk carton die.

happy Sunday to you all and thanks for dropping by.

Sale-a-bration Case

2011-08-27T13:43:00.000+08:00

Hello there. It is a beautiful sunny day here in Perth. Spring is just around the corner and I am looking forward to all the lovely flowers blooming.

I have been meaning to post some more on my blog all week and here we are back to the weekend and I haven't achieved that. Anyway here are 2 cards for you to see that I cased while at camp. My friend Shelly had a couple of cards with her that she had made while visiting the US. I haven't used my Sale-a-bration sets much so thought it was a good time to do so.

The first card is made with Bliss. I haven't put a greeting on yet.

The second card is made using Sweet Summer. Now that I have used these sets I must make some more cards with them. My photography isn't the greatest.

Well I am off to make more samples for my launch of the new Idea Book and Catalogue which I am holding next Saturday. I hope to show you some more cards before then. have a wonderful weekend.

and still more...

2011-08-22T08:59:00.026+08:00

hi again, I have some more of the cards I made over the last weekend at camp. This first one is made using The flower punch and the For you stamp. This one is by Richelle. I added an extra layer using the circle punch.

the next card is by Tracey from Manjimup. This card had a different opening and I will add another pic to show it open.

All the other cards I will have to get photos of, so I can show you. I will come back and show you some more later. have a good week.

and more swaps....

2011-08-21T08:50:00.004+08:00

back again with more cards. First one made by Karen. It is a nice bright card using Sweet and Sour specialty paper.

next is one by Lynda. The background is the wax paper resist technique. I also learned that you can use whisper white for this technique when I always thought it had to be glossy card.

another card I made was this great kids card by Marthea. I changed the layout around a little and now think I should have left it how it was but its still ok.

last today is a card by Pat Carr. She makes lovely punched cards. I changed the face of the panda a little and gave him a mouth.

that's all for today. Stop by again tomorrow for more.

Shoe Box Swaps and other cards made.

2011-08-20T08:32:00.022+08:00

finally here to show you some of the cards I made over the weekend. I didnt get to make all the swaps and also changed some of the cards just slightly. I did get the kits for the other cards but still haven't made them up. Ive been having a lazy week. The first card I made is using a new set coming in the new catalogue. I wanted to use the buttons and ribbon I had received from the promotion last month. I made 2 different cards and then a third using a sketch challenge. The top photo is my first 2 cards trying different colours. I used the new stamp set Button Buddies. I love this vase.

the next card is a sneek peek from the upcoming IB&C made by my niece Amy's using the new set Button Buddies. I love this card and even though Amy doesn't normally like cutting out she had heaps of it on this card.

this next card is one by Michelle Cocking. I love this set and the colours were great. She used the colour blocking technique using the acrylic block.

the next cards was one made by Jo Chester. She had designed this as an invite to her sons birthday party. It is a great kids card.

Ill come back with some more tomorrow. Hope you are having a good weekend

More on my camp.

2011-08-19T15:31:00.000+08:00

Hi again, what a lovely sunny day we are having here in Perth. I have been out for a shopping trip to Ikea with my good friend Sandra. Of course I was trying so hard not to buy anything but picked up a few small things.

Anyway as promised here are some more photos from camp.

This is one of the 20 water bottles I altered for the ladies. They could fill them up all weekend so I covered the designer paper panel with contact so it wouldn't get wet. I used the lovely new lace ribbon border punch around the middle and wove ribbon through it. I also cut one flower from it for the name tag around the neck.

I gave everyone a Naturals Ivory A5 card piece scored ready, and a printed colour chart in their bag and over the weekend they could stick all the circles of colour on and decorate the front cover and belly band. I had punched out all the colours for them. Graham helped me with the chart. He is quite clever with making charts etc.

I also had my friend make some pillow boxes for when the ladies arrived but as yet I don't have a photo of one so must do that.
thanks for stopping by. next I will show some of the shoebox swaps we made over the weekend.

A Wonderful Weekend Away...

2011-08-18T21:54:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

the week has flown by and it has taken me all week to get over the preparation for camp and then camp. Of course I enjoyed every minute of it and its only my health that tired me out so much.

I have some photos of the gifts and the prize wheel Graham and I made.

Name tags. I CASED these from my friend Jennie

Close up of the prize wheel. Everyone got to spin the wheel and win a prize.

Prize wheel made from legs of fan and a Lazy Susan. Clever husband I have. My niece Amy got to spin first.

Wish list notepad.

We had the best time on camp and I will be back tomorrow to show you some of the cards we made. I relaxed and took my time with the cards over the weekend so didn't even get to make all the shoebox swaps.

2011-08-12T10:00:00.003+08:00

I have just been out for breakfast with my good friend Lee-Anne for her birthday. Happy Birthday Lee-Anne. Just have to pack now, and then off to camp after lunch.
Anyway here are the last 2 cards from my retiring stamp sets day. I love Sense of Time and decided to make an easel card. I used designer paper from Newsprint pack with Basic Gray.

The final card I used the Baby Swipe technique using Rich Razzleberry and So Saffron reinkers and then stamped with the retiring hostess set Silhouette Sentiments.

have a wonderful weekend. I know I will.

More retiring cards...

2011-08-11T13:45:00.000+08:00

Oops I missed a day this week when I planned to show cards every day. I have a good excuse and that is still making gifts for camp. I am having so much fun altering things. I will take photos at camp and show you next week.

anyway here is my first card for today. I am going to show you 2 angles and a close up as I sponged the card using glad wrap and frost white shimmer paint. I wanted this card to give to my sister and brother in law for their 30th wedding anniversary to look like pearl. Its hard to see from the photo. I have used the retiring background stamp Bella Toile and the stamp set A Flower for all Seasons. The colour is Concord Crush.

The next card is a case again from SCS. I changed it from all pink to add in the early Espresso for the base card.

thanks for stopping by. I'll put the last 2 cards up tomorrow before heading off to camp.

More retiring cards...

2011-08-09T10:42:00.000+08:00

time for another couple of cards. I found a card on SCS using Scribble This. I bought this set just for the big flower in it and have never used the other stamps. What an expensive flower stamp that is. Anyway it has been ages since I used it so I made this card casing this lovely card which is using sketch challenge SC179 from Splitcoast. I used Rose Red and Certainly Celery. The flower is done in Blushing Bride. I rolled the background with the scribble wheel and gathered some celery ribbon. I am pleased with how it turned out. When I was demonstrating the card I accidentally put the front layer on upside down so I then had a different look again.

Another card we made is using Sanded background, Extreme Guitar and the spiral punch. All retiring products. I cased a card that my friend Sandra had made but changed the colours. I also used the Extreme Elements set. The angled card was the original and I decided to leave it straight on my second card.

I'm off to continue with my camp prep. Hope to show you another couple of cards tomorrow. have a great day

Bulk Rubbish

2011-08-09T10:24:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

We have bulk rubbish collection in our street so Graham and his mates got to work on Sunday and cleared our messy verandah and stuff from in the shed and around the yard. I threw out so much stuff, Grahams mate actually checked my fore head to see if I was sick... For those that have been to visit and seen our very messy verandah its now got nothing but a couple of potplants on it. There is still so much more in the shed to be sorted through but havent got time for that at the moment. The boys worked so hard. I am so happy with the result. Here is the pile on the front verge waiting to be collected.

back soon with another card from the weekend

Retiring Stamp Sets Card Day

2011-08-08T16:19:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

Sorry I haven't been around for over a week.I have not been well with changing of medication. Withdrawal is really not the nicest thing to go through. Anyway with some help from some lovely friends I got through last week and even managed to design and case 8 cards for my card day. I will show you them over the next week. I am also getting ready for my 5th Anniversary Camp that is on this coming weekend. It is going to be the best camp I have organised and I cant wait to get away for a whole weekend of stamping with friends.

The first card I made using A Wish for Peace. I have had heat and stick powder for about 3 years now and have never used it so decided to have a go. Wow what an easy technique and it looks great. The top card is the one that my friend Sandra helped me to design off a card that she had made. I have used Bashful Blue and Night of Navy card stock and Marina Mist ink with Night of Navy. I then decided to add the embossing folder when I was making my demo card.

The second card I used Always. I haven't used this set for quite some time and as I was running out of time I revisited a card I made a couple of years ago. I just used Peach Parfait where I had previously used Groovy Guava. The base card is Crumb Cake and as you can see Tempting Turquoise.
I love this heart stamp out of this set.

that is all for today. back to making name tags for camp.

Emboss Resist Technique

2011-07-31T06:34:00.000+08:00

Hi there, another week has flown by and I haven't got back to my blog. I have not been too well in the past couple of weeks and my Dr is changing some of my medication and wow what a head spin I have been in for a week now with the withdrawals from the medication. Here I am at 6am on my computer as I cant sleep. Hopefully things will get better soon.

Now I did say I would show you the technique card we made last Sunday so here it is. I got out a stamp set I haven't used in a very long time. It is Priceless. The technique is Emboss resist. I used Crumb Cake, Choc Chip and Very Vanilla. I embossed in Clear so that the vanilla shows through. The side panel I brayered over with choc chip and the butterfly I used a sponge dauber to cover the embossed area.

The retiring list of stamp sets comes out tomorrow and I think Priceless will be on it. Remember if you want any of the stamps that are retiring, to order them early in the month as once they run out you wont be able to get them again.

Have a lovely day.

Another Fine Flourish.

2011-07-26T12:33:00.001+08:00

Today I have my other Fine Flourish card to show you. I painted this one in garden green. I also used another sketch but cant find where I put it so cant tell you which one.

Just a short post today. I will show you our technique class card once I have photographed it.

Have a good day.

Sketch Challenge 204

2011-07-25T12:33:00.000+08:00

hi there, I hope you have had a nice weekend. I managed to do some sketch challenges last week. They are not new ones but a couple I found in my folder. I decided to use my medium background stamp Fine Flourish. I stamped it in Blue and then coloured it with reinker and a round brush. I had fun painting this as it took me back to my folk art days. The sketch I used is SC204. I used Presto Patterns Specialty DP and brayered it with Marina Mist for the 2nd layer.

1st layer of painting just a wash.

then add some darker commas.

I have also done one in green which I will show you tomorrow.

thanks for stopping by.

Brayered Background Case

2011-07-22T16:55:00.001+08:00

hi Again,

I went through my swaps from convention and found one I really loved and decided to make it from a small 10x10 card into an A5 card. I dont have the original card with me at the moment so I will have to acknowledge to original creator later. I can now tell you that this card was one of Paula Dobson's Check out her blog. She has some wonderful creations. Anyway here is my efforts.

The colours are Early Esspresso, Sahara Sand and Very Vanilla. The inks are Sahara Sand and Early Esspresso.

Flower Fancy

2011-07-21T16:55:00.000+08:00

Hi there,

well it has been a little while since I last posted. I was looking through some card favourites last night and found a card using the set Flower fancy. I have had this set for ages and haven't really done much with it so I dug it out and cased this lovely card by Andrea Walford.

I used the background French Filigree instead of leaving the main card plain and changed the greeting.

I love Pink Pirouette and Wild Wasabi together. The technique is brayered embossing.

Hope to make some more cards in the next few days. Thanks for stopping by.

More Exmouth Photos

2011-07-12T18:03:00.019+08:00

As promised here are some more of my photos of my Exmouth holiday.

The view of the coast line flying up in the plane.

The view out of my tent

Seagull at Sunset

Having my toe nails done by Sue.

My first fish. The next 3 were bigger.

Checking out Turquoise Bay

Desert Peas on the side of the road

The above 3 photos are rocks on the beach at Oyster Stacks. Where we get into the water to snorkel and a couple of the pretty parrot fish on the reef. Well that is all for now. Next time I will have some cards for you hopefully.

Stamp Club Cards

2011-07-11T18:03:00.000+08:00

Hi, I have been home a week now and as I was busy getting ready for a Craft Fair I didn't get the time to update my blog. Anyway I have just taken some photos of the cards we made at Stamp club yesterday so I can show you and also those who missed making them. I have been showing the club different techniques using Glossy White card stock so this month I did crayon resist. I love this set Growing Green so decided to use it. Also it was the only set I happened to have with me at the craft fair when I decided to design the card. Yes I am one of those who leaves things to the last minute, so the day before stamp club I am designing a card ready to teach. I used my new background stamp french filigree and the colours are Marina Mist, Pear Pizzazz and Baja Breeze.
As I had some new ladies at club yesterday I also revisited the Versamark Resist technique and they made some book marks. I had been demonstrating them at the Fair so had some left over kits.

The larger book mark is a case from one of the boards at Convention but as I didn't get the swap I am not sure who designed it.

This is part of our table at the Fair. I shared a table with my friend Richelle. It was freezing as we were near the door and the wind was a cold one. It was the Craft Thyme fair in South Perth.

I hope to show some more photos of my holiday later this week so my family can see them too.
Keep warm.

Snorkelling in Exmouth

2011-07-01T13:45:00.001+08:00

Hi, Today I went snorkeling for the last time here in Exmouth. Mum and my cousins Graeme and Sue went down to the Oyster Stacks at 9.30am and had a wonderful time floating along on the current looking at all the beautiful fish and coral. I managed to take some better photos on the mask camera so thought I would show you some of the fish. Since it was overcast it wasn't as clear but still got some OK shots.

Once again I am having trouble uploading photos so will only show 2. I am going home on Sunday. I would love to stay longer but it will also be nice to be home with my family. It has been a wonderful holiday here with my mum and dad.

More Exmouth holiday.....

2011-06-28T12:06:00.001+08:00

Hi again,

Today we went fishing on the beach at sunrise. What a beautiful time to be on the beach. I caught 4 fish and dad caught a shark. It took him over 15 minutes to reel it in.

setting up for fishing

Shovel nosed shark that dad caught.

Unfortunately this Internet connection is so slow it has trouble up loading photos. I just had a phone call from my step daughter Tish and she is on her way into Exmouth so it will be great to see her and her partner Will.

Hello from Sunny Exmouth

2011-06-26T11:44:00.000+08:00

hi there,

I know I said I wouldn't have access to the Internet while up here in Exmouth but I found out after a week of being here that they have wireless hot spot here. I am having a really wonderful relaxing time here. All I have done is socialise with my family, play cards, snorkel, go out squidding with Tom on the boat and lie on my bed and read.

Yesterday while mum and I were playing cards with her friends it rained quite heavily so I came back to find the front part of my tent floor rather wet. The front section is just fly net. I'm living in this tent but have my meals with mum and dad in the caravan.

This is my home for 2 weeks.

We went to the beach to watch the sunset on the shortest day of the year and I took heaps of photos as usual. The fishing boats look great with the sun setting behind them.

I'm having trouble uploading photos so that is all I will show you today.

I hope your weekend is going well whatever you may be doing.

until next time take care

Fast and Fabulous

2011-06-17T18:35:00.000+08:00

Hi,

Another week has flown by. I have had a busy week. I wanted to pop in and show you some stamping before I go away to Exmouth to spend 2 weeks with my mum and dad and also my sister and brother and partners. Mum and dad have been going north for winter for nearly 20 years. This is their last year so I wanted to go up and have a look while they are there. I plan to do some snorkeling, fishing and relaxing. I cant remember the last time I got to spend a full 2 weeks with my family so this will be very special for me.

Anyway I have decided to make some covered notebooks so this is one I made today. I cased the stamped part from a friend who cased it from SCS. I have seen this arrangement a few times. I have used Elegant Eggplant for painting the flowers.

I wont have phone or Internet cover while up there so I wont be blogging for the next 2 weeks.

have a good weekend

SC336

2011-06-12T07:43:00.002+08:00

Today I'd like to show you this weeks Sketch Challenge from Split Coast Stampers. I love this simple sketch. I taught it to my friends at the church craft group and my stamp club this week as it was so easy but looks great. I used the technique Versamark Resist on my 2 panels and my new word stamp set Word Play. The image is from Just Believe.I also used the beautiful wings embosslits. I have used Marina Mist.

It looks great in any colour. I hope to do a few more sketch challenges.
Enjoy your week.

MOJO194

2011-06-10T19:38:00.001+08:00

hello, I hope you have had a good week. This week I actually did a couple of sketch challenges. Today I am showing you this weeks Mojo Monday sketch.

This is my creation. I have used the Elegant Soiree Designer paper with Crumb Cake and Baja Breeze. I'm a little disappointed with the greeting but I suppose that is OK. I will show you the next sketch over the weekend.

Skye

2011-06-08T15:48:00.000+08:00

back again.... but not with a card this time. I took Skye for grooming yesterday. She was looking very shaggy as I had held off taking her as I didn't have the money. Anyway shes looking all wonderful again and I thought I would share this photo I took of her. She was having a stretch.

I took a photo of my cat Meeka as well. She is 14 now but is just as cuddly as ever. Skye is scared of her but they still fight over who is going to sit on my lap.

Anyway thats all for today.

Faux Wood Panels

2011-06-08T15:36:00.000+08:00

hi again,

I finally found the card I made last week. I had decided to try doing some wood panelling. I used the motor bike stamp as the image. I'm not sure I like this card but thought I'd show you to see what you think.

I'll be back with more soon.

Sail Away

2011-06-06T22:44:00.000+08:00

Hi there, I hope you have all had a great long weekend if you are here in WA. I had a very quiet one but I did get to make a card. I love this single stamp Sail Away. I saw this larger circle sponged behind the boat and liked it, so did my version of it.

Colours are Early Esspresso and Bashful Blue.

Have a good week and I hope to be back to show you more later in the week.

Sew Suite

2011-06-03T18:19:00.000+08:00

hello again,

When I returned home from Convention I had a really lovely card waiting for me sent by my fellow demo friend Susan Joyce. Thank you Sue, I really love it and decided I would love to case it as well. So here is her beautiful card and then my version. I don't have any of the pom pom trim so I used retired ribbon in the Tangerine Tango. I had to try out the ruffled ribbon technique that Teneale showed us at Convention.

Boy have I outdone myself this week with so many posts. Its a pity I cant keep this up every week. You know its mainly my memory that stops me from posting more often. Maybe you should remind me that I have a blog to post on... have a great weekend.

Last post on holidays....

2011-06-03T11:48:00.000+08:00

hi again, today can finish my holiday posts and get back to showing you some cards.

Our last trip out of Melbourne was down to Philip Island. We bought a 3 parks pass and went first to see Churchill Island Heritage farm. It was interesting to see inside the house still set up as it was back when it was settled. I enjoyed seeing the animals on the farm as it reminded me of my childhood growing up on a farm with lots of animals.

The next park to go to was the Koala conservation park. you could walk up a boardwalk amongst the trees where the koalas were but they were very high up and sleeping so not as good as I thought it would be. I think seeing those koalas on the side of the road was the best memory for me.

the sunset on the way to our last place for the day was beautiful. Then we were off the see the penguin parade. It was great to see the little penguins come in after sunset. we weren't allowed to take any photos so I don't have any to show you.

the day after was Friday, our last day in Melbourne. We packed up our things, said goodbye to Richard and Tracy and took the car back to the airport for our flight home. We did have some time to kill so stopped at a DFO to have a look what everyone was raving about. Well I sure am not a shopper as it didn't find anything that I would want to buy. Maybe that was because I had no money to spend.

I like to take photos out the window of the plane of the clouds. This was coming into Perth.

It was a fantastic holiday and we really enjoyed it but it sure is good to be home. thanks for checking out my holiday.

More of week 2 holidays

2011-06-02T09:52:00.001+08:00

Not too much more to show.

Our day spent in Ballarat was all at Sovereign Hill and the Gold museum. It took nearly 1 1/2 hours just to look through the museum and the rest of the day to see the amazing re-enactments at Sovereign Hill. I love stepping back in time.

We just had to have a photo of Graham in the Buckland Gallery

It sure was a fun day and after we drove back to Melbourne to stay with our friends again. On Thursday we planned to drive down to Philip Island for our last day of sight seeing. I will tell you about that in the next post.

Holidays week 2

2011-06-01T09:27:00.002+08:00

After Convention was over we had one more week in Melbourne. Tracy and Richard spent the day with us on the Sunday. After a leisurely morning get up we had some wonderful pancakes for breakfast made by Richard. They were yummm.... After lunch we went for a drive up to the Dandenongs. I just loved the autumn colours and beautiful sites. We stopped near an overpass bridge and watched the puffing Billy train go past.

I love trees and these were magnificent.

We drove up to Monbulk. I was interested to learn that this was where Monbulk Jam was first made.

we went for a short walk through the Forest.

It sure was a nice day out. Thanks to Richard and Tracy for taking us out.

On Monday we hired a car for the rest of the week to go out into the country a bit. I showed you photos of our visit to the Werribee Open Plain Zoo while still over there. We really enjoyed the drive along the Great Ocean Road. One sign that was on the sides of the road all the way along was for the tourist from other countries. With such a narrow winding road you sure wouldn't want to forget which side you should be driving on.

Just a couple more days to post about so will be back soon with more.

More holidays

2011-05-31T18:55:00.000+08:00

back again. Continuing on from where I left off we did more city sightseeing on the Tuesday. It was cold and occasionally wet but we enjoyed our look around.
I wanted to see some gardens as the Autumn colour was magnificent. We went to the Fitzroy Gardens and wandered through and saw Cooks Cottage while there.

Next we went to the museum as we thought it would be a place to keep warm and dry.

This is Pharlap.

On Wednesday I decided I was too tired to go out and wanted to be OK for the start of Convention. We had a dinner with all the ESAD demos on Wednesday night. It was a swap dinner and as Tracy was coming along I helped her do some swaps. We were putting them in bags on the way in on the train.

Thursday was the start of Convention and swapping our cards. It was a good day with the first session in the afternoon. This was the stage at convention.

Graham went to the MCG for the day and did the tour and saw the sports museum. He met me after Convention and we went to the Casino for some dinner before catching the train home.

Friday was more convention and Graham went to a football game at the MCG and froze. I had a nice quiet evening at Tracy's. I'll be back with more tomorrow.

Holiday Update

2011-05-31T18:35:00.000+08:00

Hi there, Wow its been over a week since I got home and I have not posted on here. I did have a busy week last week but as this week is going to be a quiet one I have no excuse not to spend some time on the computer. I have decided to do a summary in Photos of our Melbourne trip so my family can see where we have been and also for me. My memory isn't always the best so this will be good for me later in the year.

I'm going back to the day we arrived in Melbourne so before the photos from my post about the Werribee Zoo.

When we first arrived we stayed one night at a hotel on Flinders St. We got a weekly train tram and bus pass so we went to Flinders St Station many times.

Sunday we went to the Victoria St markets and I learnt how to carve soap.

It was a wet day so my friend and down line Tracy picked us up at the hotel and we stayed the rest of our holiday with her and Richard.

On Monday we did some sight seeing in the city. First we went up to the Eureka Sky deck which is at the top of this building I am standing in front of. The views were amazing as you could see all over Melbourne.

I posted my postcards from the highest post box in Australia.

we caught the free tram around the city. There are so many different trams but this one was a vintage one.

Our next stop was the Aquarium.

these are a couple of the new trams around Melbourne.

I think I'll end this post here and do the next days outing in the next post.

Holidaying in Victoria

2011-05-17T18:45:00.001+08:00

hi again,

Convention is over and now Graham and I have hired a car and we are driving out to the country areas to do some sight seeing. Yesterday we went to the Werribee Open Plain Zoo and I took heaps of photos of the animals.

Tonight we are staying in Ballarat in country Victoria. We drove the Great Ocean Road today. This morning the sun was shining and it was such a lovely day but as the afternoon went along it got cloudy and very overcast. I thought Id show you some of the photos I have taken. These first ones are the animals we saw in the zoo.

We saw this Koala in a tree on the side of the road. Its the first time I have seen a Koala in the wild. He was happily eating his lunch. There were are few others but they were sleeping higher up.

This morning the sun was out and the coast looked fabulous.

This was the 12 Apostles but it was quite overcast by the time we got there so not as good for photos.
Well that's all for today. Hope to show you more next time I have access to the net.

Convention Swap

2011-05-12T19:30:00.000+08:00

Hi there, I'm here in not so sunny Melbourne. Convention started today and it was loads of fun but tiring. I thought it was time to show you my swap card but I just realised that I haven't taken a photo of the changed version but here is the original card made as an Easel. I changed it to straight square of daffodil delight and then a scalloped white square for the daffodils to be placed on. I stamped, painted and cut out 300 of the daffodil flowers to make my 100 swaps and they are all gone now and I have so many wonderful swaps in return.

So far Graham and I have done our sight seeing in the city but next week we are going to see some of the country areas before returning home next Friday. My feet are crying out for a day off so will look forward to Sunday for a rest day. Melbourne put on their coldest May day ever yesterday for us. I actually don't mind the cold but I really don't like the overheated buildings once you get inside.

I will try to drop in again soon to let you know how we are going. thanks for stopping by.

Because I Care Easel

2011-05-06T12:21:00.000+08:00

hi again,

I taught a card I had made last year with Because I Care on Monday night and then with my extra coloured pieces I decided to make another twisted Easel card. I made 2 actually so here they are.

This one I think needs a butterfly or something on the right hand side.

this is close up of the painted flower. I did 3 and layered them. I used the daffodil delight marker for the centres and Concord Crush reinker for all the other colours. You just need to water down the ink to get the colour you want.

I used Old Olive for the leaves and to mat the main piece with.

I am off to Melbourne in the morning and have been doing some research on places to go. We are hiring a car for our second week and plan to see some of the country in Victoria. I'm finally getting excited about this trip. I'm sure Convention will be fabulous as usual. I will post while away whenever I can.

have a great weekend

Motorcycle Twisted Easel

2011-05-02T14:24:00.000+08:00

hi there,

As promised here is another Easel card. At one stage during stamp club I thought I was going to have to change the stamp on my easel card as I couldn't find my sail away stamp. Anyway after everyone had gone home I thought that since I had a kit left I would make it up using the Motorcycle stamp. All I did was omit the border punch and emboss the red and turn the main part of the card around. What do you think?

I paper pieced the red parts of the bike to give it some dimension. Now I have another male card handy for when I need one.

well that's all for today. I am leaving for Convention and a holiday with Graham on Saturday so need to start thinking about what to pack. I think Melbourne weather will be cooler than here in Perth. If you have any suggestions as to what tourist places we should visit while there please let me know.

Another Twisted Easel Card

2011-05-01T19:55:00.000+08:00

Hi again,

thank you so much for your encouraging comments on my bog hop post. I taught that card and this one that I am showing you today at my stamp club. Everyone enjoyed making these cards.

My second card I used my favourite rose from Fifth Avenue Floral. I embossed it with white embossing powder on Pink Pirouette. I managed to knock my whole container of embossing powder on the floor as I was demonstrating, but without saying anything leaned over and got a new pot of it out of my drawer. I was pleased with myself for not stressing about the spilt powder.

Then using a paintbrush and reinker I shaded the areas under each petal. I used both Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink for shading and then used Whisper White to add a few highlights.I embossed the white background piece with Manhattan Floral embossing folder.

thanks for stopping by again. I hope to show you another twisted easel card this week.