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 :)

My Cute Little Christmas Elves - Molly & Bella the Cat

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas....

Firstly, I must apologise for being so slack with my blogging lately.

Life has been busier than usual, as I'm sure it is for all of you at this time of year.

We had a really fun weekend at Scrap Pile a couple of weeks ago. All the DT members ran Christmas classes & everyone got into the Christmas spirit by creating loads of lovely projects.

I ran 2 classes.

The first was for a cute set of chipboard fridge magnets. They make a great gift for teachers, friends or family.

Here is my finished set.

I made the little box on my Cricut machine to present them in, & tied it up with a pretty bow & added a tag.

My second class was for a Gift Card Holder. It's a lovely way to present a gift card & can be adapted for any occasion.

If you'd like to see all the classes, just head over to Scrap Pile & join up.

This is another project I did for Christmas. I bought a Kaiser Panorama Frame & made this pretty Christmas plaque to hang on the wall. I've used a combination of Making Memories, Cosmo Cricket & Kaiser papers & the gorgeous poinsettia flowers are also Making Memories.

I've been busy getting all my Christmas cards made also. This lot I did over a few days & ended up making 41 cards!!! I set myself a bit of a challenge too. I wasn't allowed to buy anything new, I had to use up all my older Christmas papers & embellishments.

My term on the design team at Scrap Pile is finishing at the end of this month so they are looking for a new card maker to take over the position.

If you are interested in being on a design team, I'd really recommend you give it a go & put in an application. All the information can be found in the forum & applications close on the 14th December.

They are the greatest group of girls to be a part of & you will thoroughly enjoy it.

I hope your Christmas preparations are going well :)

I'll be back soon with some new projects to share.

WOOHOO She WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my goodness, I can hardly type coherently....it is with great pleasure that I can announce that Chloe won the SYTYCS competition.!!
I have spoken to her & she is extremely excited & even less coherent that I am.
On behalf of Chloe, I'd like to sincerely thank each & every person who was so kind enough to take the time to support her along this grueling journey. I know she is amazed & ever so grateful to have had such lovely people cheering her on.

The Last Leg....

Well my daughter Chloe made it through to the Grand Final in SYTYCS, OMG it's just too exciting.

Voting is now open but is only for a short time this round.

The winner will be announced at 8.30pm (EDST) tomorrow night.

If you are a registered member at Scraptacular & would like to vote for Chloe, please, please do.

I've witnessed the sweat, tears & effort that she has put into this competition week after week & it would be a dream come true for her to actually win it.

Remember you no longer need to have 30 posts to be eligible to vote.

I'd like to share Chloe's 2 layouts for this final round with you.

This is her single & it features my gorgeous grand daughter looking as cute as can be.

And this is her double layout & is all about her journey in this wonderful competition.

Thanks for stopping by & I hope to be able to announce some good news tomorrow at the close of voting :)

Votes For Chloe

As you all know by now, my daughter Chloe, is in the semi finals of SYTYCS at Scraptacular.

They have announced new voting rules for this round.

If you are a registered member on Scraptacular, you are now eligible to vote, without having to have a minimum of 30 posts.

So, PLEASE, if you can spare a vote for Chloe to help her get through to the final round, I know she would be so grateful for your support.

Voting closes Tuesday at 7.30pm EDST.

Here is the link to Scraptacular

And here are Chloe's entries for this round:

Quick Little Update

I have a few more cards to share from my DT kit this month.
I've used some more of the Scenic Route Sonoma paper on this one, teamed with some Teresa Collins. The green spot is the reverse side of this paper & the other side has a huge variety of gift tags, the round tag on here is one of them.






This card I've made for a very special person, my daughter Chloe. I really am so very proud of her achievement in getting this far in the SYTYCS competition. With only 2 rounds left, I'm confident she has what it takes to go all the way.
Chloe, congratulations & well done. You have an amazing talent & I'm so happy that you gave this competition a go. Now everyone gets to enjoy your stunning creations :)



This uses more of the gorgeous Basic Grey Urban Prairie papers & die cuts.
Have a great week :)