More Easter Treats

This week Molly & I decided to make some little treats for her to give to her best friends for Easter. I cut the bags with my Cricut machine using the Tags, Bags, Boxes & More cartridge.
The stamp is a new one that I bought recently from my friendly Stampin Up consultant, my daughter Chloe. I really love this stamp & was itching to use it on a project.







We filled the bags with colourful little speckled eggs & finished them off with some pretty ribbon & a flower.







We've also made a slightly larger one for her teacher.

Molly's arm is recovering quite well. We were amazed at this huge bruise that came out on her arm, she was strangely proud of it as you can see.






Hope everyone has a fun filled weekend :)

Easter Mood

To help calm my frazzled mind, I've been spending some time thinking of something sweet....EASTER!!!!

Firstly I made this set of 3 cards using the same products, some Rusty Pickle Chocolate paper & the reverse side of Scenic Route Lynden paper.

Then this one is for my little girl, Pink is always a neccesity for her.

I've mixed some Scenic Route Lynden paper with some Imaginisce paper.

Lastly was this one using the leftovers of the Scenic Route Lynden paper.

Here are some after photos of the earthworks we had done over the weekend.

This photo was taken from the top of those huge grey rocks you can see in the photo from yesterday. It's quite high up & gives a great view over the yard.

This one is down at ground level & looking from the other end of the yard.

There's still a lot of work to be done to get it looking pretty but at least the messy bit is finished.

Thank you for the well wishes for Molly.

She is relatively comfortable now & is making the most of her time at home with me.

Take care all until next time :)

CHAOS!!!!

That was what my weekend was full off.

It started with a huge backhoe arriving to virtually tear up our back yard. My dear husband decided he'd like to build a cricket pitch but our backyard is quite steep & rocky, not ideal for a cricket pitch. So in came the backhoe to take care of that problem. Well 3 days later it was finally beautifully level & everything was covered in a thick layer of red dust which wasn't fun to clean.
Here is a pic of the work getting underway. I will take another photo tomorrow of the end result.



On Saturday afternoon my little girl tripped while running on the lawn & fell awkwardly on her arm. A 3 hour visit to the hospital revealed a fracture just above her elbow. Thankfully the bones are not displaced so a cast wasn't required. She has it in a collar & cuff & it is still very sore & swollen. I don't think she minds having time of school though.

So after all that, I hope you can all forgive me for being so late with the winner of my giveaway.

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It is with pleasure that I can announce the winner is..... KYLIE!!!!!
I will be in contact with you to get your address details soon Kylie :)

I managed to make a card for Linda's Card Challenge this month, before chaos descended on me.
This is my take on the sketch.



I've been working on some Easter cards too which I will try to take photos of tomorrow.
Thanks for stopping by :)

Colour Challenge

Hi everyone :)
I hope everything is going well in your neck of the woods. To all the girls up in Queensland, take care with Cyclone Hamish, I hope it doesn't cause any damage or flooding.
Linda has a great colour challenge this week at Scrap Pile, to use green & mauve together.
I thought I'd give it a go as green is my favourite colour but I don't think I've ever used it with mauve before.
This is the card I made. I was thinking weddings at the time so it's kind of turned out as a wedding card.



Material List :
Making Memories Vintage Small Rose Crackle Paper
Making Memories Vintage Antiqued Stripe Paper
K & Co Urban Rhapsody Naked Chipboard Tag
Making Memories Noteworthy Audrey Chipboard Alphas
Melissa Frances Glitter Chipboard Flower
Making Memories Funky Vintage Clear Swirl
Diecut Butterfly
Kaiser Pearl
Scrapbook King Rub On
Kindy Glitz 3D Slick White Paint
Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist

Don't forget about my giveaway.
Leave a comment on the post below this one to be in the running to win some cute goodies.
Bye until next time :)

Toot!!!!

Well I'm rather surprised but delighted to be able to say that some of my cards have been accepted for publication in Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft Magazine, one of my favourite magazines.



It is the first time I've ever submitted my cards to a magazine so I was amazed to get the OK.
I'm not sure which issue they will appear in but will let you know when I have more details.

To celebrate, I'm having a giveaway!!!!!

All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post & I will draw a name next Saturday 14th.
I will put together a package of assorted goodies for the winner.

Thanks for stopping by & have a great weekend :)

Sunday Fun

Yay, Chloe & I did spend the day yesterday making cards together.
I love it when she comes over as she motivates me to sit down & take the time to create. I would probably just keep doing housework otherwise so thanks Clo, the time we spend together is always so much fun & I really enjoy it.
I made a set of 4 cards from the cute October Afternoon range "Weathervane", a very appropriate range to work with on the first day of Autumn.
These are a little different from my usual style but I wanted to make some cards with a fun feel to them.
So here they are....

It was wonderful to have the extra day to relax this weekend.
Oh how I wish every weekend was 3 days long.

Hope you all have a fantastic week :)

Long Weekend Bliss

Ahhhh, it's a long weekend here, 3 days of relaxation & fun, I'm feeling happy!!!!
I was determined to make the most of it & spend some time in my craft room this weekend & I got off to a flying start last night with Linda's new card challenge at Scrap Pile.
This is the card I created.
I've had this gorgeous embossed K & Co paper for years & have never used it but it was perfect for this card.
The challenge was to use a Pottery Barn ad for inspiration. It had lots of white, yellow & timber in it so I chose the colours as my inspiration.




I'm hoping to get more done over the weekend. My daughter, Chloe, is coming over so I'm sure we'll get busy with some paper together.

I wanted to share this photo of a little visitor I had to my gargen yesterday.



We have Kookaburras visit quite often & I love taking pics of them.
I consider us to be very lucky to have so much beautiful wildlife sharing our garden with us.
We have many types of birds, bandicoots, rabbits, lizards & ducks who are regularly seen in our back yard.

This is a photo of a Kingfisher that I took last Winter. I was amazed by how intense his colour was, isn't he beautiful?




I hope everyone is having a fabulous day.
Take care & have fun :)

This One's For You Mel

As promised earlier today, I'm back with some new cards. Sorry to keep you waiting Mel, LOL.

My dearest hubby gave me a Basic Grey "Porcelain" Card Kit on Saturday, for Valentine's Day...isn't he a love?

Here are the 8 cards that I made from the kit. I really enjoyed making these, it was heaps of fun.

On Sunday, Chloe & I had a day of card making together. She made us each 8 wee little 3" x 3" cards & we both used Basic Grey "Urban Prairie" papers to decorate them.

They are so cute & just perfect to use as gift cards on presents.

Here is my little collection.

Thanks for stopping by again. Hope you have a great week :)

Guess What?????

I have some very exciting news to share.
My beautiful daughter Chloe is expecting her second baby. I'm going to be a Granny again!!!!!
It's been very hard keeping this secret but she announced it on her blog so I'm free to blab now, LOL.
The baby is due late September...now I just have to wait, I'm not very good at waiting though.

I've got heaps of new cards to show but I just need to take some piccies first & hopefully I'll get around to posting them later on today.

CPS #102

CPS have given me the inspiration to get back into my craft room again.
I wish I had more time lately to create but with so much going on at the moment I am just grabbing little snippets every now & then.
My focus is on getting work done on the house & we are making great progress which makes me very happy.
The back to school routine is proving hard to get use to again. Oh I wish I could sleep a little longer when that alarm clock rings.


Here is my take on sketch #102.
I've used MME papers & diecut.



Thanks for dropping by :)

CPS Sketch #100

Hello....remember me?????

I'm so sorry to have abandoned this poor little blog for so long. I've been having a wonderful time with the kids over the Summer holidays. All good things come to an end though & it's back to school on Monday. I'll miss my sleep ins but I'm kind of ready to get back into a routine & spend some time without hearing chatter 24/7...my little girl can talk like you wouldn't believe, LOL.

We've also been busy doing lots of work on the house. Hubby remodelled the kitchen a bit as I've been wanting a desk area in there. So some cupboards were reshuffled around & I love the end result. I am also now the very excited owner of my very first dishwasher, I love it madly.

There has been a lot of painting happening too, 4 rooms so far, & it's really freshened the house up so much.

This will be a continuing effort this year. We are very determined to get this house finished finally.

Needless to say there hasn't been much time for crafting but I must say I've enjoyed taking a break for awhile.

My daughter, Chloe, has come to visit today & it's the perfect opportunity to sit down together & get stuck back into it.

The great team at CPS are celebrating their 100th sketch so I thought that would be a great place to start. The are running a competition at the moment so pop on over to check it out, there are great prizes being offered.

So here is my card based on sketch #100.

I've used Crate Paper "Prudence" papers & diecuts.

I hope to have more projects to show soon but for now I hope you've all enjoyed the holidays too & that all the kids settle back into school happily.

Happy New Year!!!!!

I hope 2009 is a wonderful year for everyone, filled with much happiness.

I've started the year off by asking my dear hubby to tear my kitchen apart & move some cupboards around. He's such a love & happily agreed to my strange request. It's not finished yet but it's looking good.

Yesterday was my last day on the Scrap Pile design team. A lovely lady, called Linda, is the new card DT & her work is gorgeous.

I can't believe it's taken me this long to post the cards I made from my last DT kit.

Here they are.

This first one uses the gorgeous new paper from We Are Memory Keepers & some matching flocked lace. I love the hot pink colour.

On this one I've used one of the new ranges from Crate Paper called "Prudence", the papers & matching diecuts all coordinate beautifully.

I loved this fun paper as soon as I saw it. It's by WRMK also.

Lastly is this card from another range by Crate Paper called "Lemongrass".

This is a little project that I made just for me.

It's my new fridge calendar for the year. Every year I buy one of these cheap whiteboard calendars & jazz it up to my liking. I add a large piece of adhesive magnet to the back & pop it onto the fridge.

I've also added a punched flower to the days that are important, like birthdays etc, & wrote the persons name on them.

Well that's about it for me.

I may not get too many projects done during the holidays as I want to spend as much time as possible with the kids. I hope you all enjoy your Summer holidays too :)