Combined Challenge

Well guess what, I made pretty good progress on that to-do list, so I have had some time to play this afternoon. I have finished off this month's card's for class, done a scrapbook page and played along with this colour challenge from Twilight Tuesday and a sketch challenge from a Yahoo Group Stampin Up In Oz which I am a member of. The colours I have used are Real Red, Baja Breeze and Sahara Sand. I have used the Party Hearty stamp set again because it was still out on my table from the other day. I also got to use up some of my scraps that were lying in a pile to be put away which also was a bonus. Hope you are having a great Sunday afternoon, I am off now to get tea and kids organised so I can watch the Men's Australian Open Final tonite at 7.30pm. Wow we have been so priviliged to see some awesome tennis this year!!!!!

Razzle Dazzled

Here is a card I made at one of my previous classes. I have used the Razzle Dazzle Stamp set and coloured with my markers. The colours are Chocolate Chip, Really Rust & Close to Cocoa. I used this card to demonstrate the use of the circle scissors. Sorry about the photo, it really looks heaps better IRL. I just don't have time to retake a photo this morning. My to do list is jam packed today. I have Miss 3 starting Preschool tomorrow and Mr5 started Kindergarten on Friday. So tomorrow will be an interesting day for me........ Anyway back to that to do list.......Hope you liked the card......Once my to do list is finished, I am hoping to have time to play along with some challenges......if so I will be back here to post......

Boys Birthday card

I am back with another Twilight Tuesday challenge this week it was a Sketch Challenge, as I have mentioned before I am behind on some of my cards so I needed a boy's birthday card for this one. I used the Urban Oasis DS Paper with Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss & Baja Breeze. A button, a brad and some star punches and lookie here what do you get, A Boy's birthday card. I have been trying to get organised for Feb's classes as well today, so I carn't show you those to next month but just got round to photographing last months so hopefully this week I will be able to show you those. Sorry for the lack of post's last week but my husband and I took of to Melbourne for 4 days to watch the Australian Open tennis. Now it is back to the real world!!!!!

Birthday Card

I made this card for the Twilight Tuesday colour challenge and also incorporated their previous sketch challenge as well. This colour challenge was all to do with Edward, the colour of his eyes, skin & hair. I needed another colour as well so I went with black being another colour of his eyes. If you have no idea what I am talking about, you need to read the book!!!!! I am behind on a few birthday cards and so this will be one of them. I was really happy with the finished product. So the colours are Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Basic Black & Confetti Cream. Hope you like it.......

Extreme Sports

I needed a birthday card yesterday for a special little man and I found this card on Jayne Mercer's blog which was originally inspired by Michelle Zindoff. I havn't had my brayer out in probably over 12 months so I dusted it off and pulled it out. This is something that I want to play more with this year because I love the look that you can achieve and also because it is so individual each time you do it, you can get a bit different effect. Well I do anyway, lol...., maybe it's just me.....Now I do have to apologise for the photo because it has gone all grainey and the yellow hasn't shown up at all. I tried to photoshop it to make it look better but all to no avail.... I would photograph it again but I have already given it away..... Will be back with some of my projects we made last nite at class.

Butterflies

Hi there everyone, It's been a while since I have managed to get back here. We have been away between Xmas & New Year, so Happy New Year to you all, I hope you had a fantastic time wherever you may be. Now those of you who know me well, know that I am a huge fan of the twilight saga. So when this weeks sketch challenge popped up on the twilight tuesday site I thought I would have a little play along. I wanted to play with some of my new stamps out of the summer mini being the butterfly prints and the butterfly punch. I also wanted to create some blank type cards that I can stamp a sentiment on it later when I need it because I am running low on my stash. So this card will fit for many different uses. Now the colours are Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirrouette, Baja Breeze, Whisper White and some Silver Metallic paper to match with the silver wire antanea. I just loved there sketch it was so easy to work with. I have some birthday card's to catch up on and I think it would also work really well for those as well.

Snow Swirled Christmas

Hi everyone, I am just popping in here quickly to show you another of the Christmas Cards that I have made this year. I just loved snow swirled when it was first released in our Catty this year. I have used Baja breeze, Not quite Navy and Whisper White. I also used the sanded background stamp and the sentiment is from occasional greetings. I finished with a Rhinestone brad and some dazzling diamonds. Ok I am now off the attack the house today. I am having a cleaning day and have half started heaps of jobs, I have the vacuuming half started, the ironing, the beds stripped the washing up started and the kids are cleaning up there toys because Santa just won't come to a messy house.....lol......So I need to actually focus and get one of those jobs completed.....If I don't get back here before Christmas....I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!

Male Christmas Card

I needed a couple of Male Christmas Cards so I didn't want them to fancy, so this is what I came up with. The colours are Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. I have used the Holly Jolly Christmas Stamp Set. This was a pretty simple card to make so there isn't really much to tell you about how to do it. I hope you are all getting organised for Christmas....Not long now......

Teachers Gifts

I have seen then floating around blog land on a few different blogs but am not sure who the original creator is. I made my own measurements to fit the hot chocolate sachets that I had. I made the boxes using Night of Navy, Whisper White & Brocade Blue, I also used the same colours on the card but also added some vellum cardstock. I am sorry about the quality of the photo's but I was rushing out the door yesterday morning and realised I forgot to photograph the cards and the presents. It was Nicholas last day at preschool yesterday! I carn't believe how quickly they grow up.....Now you can see the inside of the box well that side was filled with lindt and darrell lea chocolates when it was given to the teachers. I just didn't have any on hand when I took the piccy.....Lucky I would say because I would have only eaten them anyway.......

Baby Card

Hey there, Hows the Christmas rush being treating you?..... Why do we always try to to jam to much into these last couple of weeks? I guess thats just part of Christmas, well for me anyway....lol....I thought I would pop in here and show you this Baby card I made last week its very cute. The idea isn't mine I copied it but again I carn't find out where. I had just saved this picture and made up my own measurements, it is very handy now having the 1 3/4" circle punch because that is what I used for the neck and the arms. The pockets are just what was cut from the neck. I finished with a rub-on and some stitching all around. I hope you like it.....

Christmas Card

I made this cards the other day for some of friends that I had lunch with. I used the sweet treat cups which hasn't photographed very good but it is a quarter filled with glitter to give the effect of snow in a snow globe. I used the wish for peace stamp set and coloured with my old olive and chocolate chip markers. I think everything else is pretty straight forward, if not just ask..... I have been scrapbooking and not card making so I will have some more pages to share with you soon......Have a good day......

ESAD Summer Mini Blog Hop

Welcome to the ESAD-SU Summer Mini Blog Hop. ESAD - Extremely Special Aussie Demonstrators is a yahoo group dedicated to Australian Stampin Up Demonstrators where we share heaps of ideas and tips with each other as well as offer support and encouragement.

Now a bit about my project. I have used the Kaleidoscope DS Papers and teamed a Close to Cocoa heading that has been wheeled with Retro Remix Wheel in Close to Cocoa Ink. I also added some Rub on dots from the Dots & Designs Rub-ons. Now I just love those Crocheted flowers. I punched out some Close to Cocoa cardstock and added a cute pink button from the Sherbet collection threaded with some Linen thread and popped those on top of the flowers with a glue dot. I just loved how this has turned out and I think those crocheted flowers have just made the page.

Now to go and see the rest of the projects made by my fellow ESAD friends just follow this link to Narelle Hodges blog and then she will have a link to the next blog and hopefully you will end up back here where you started. If you would love to win some fabulous blog candy just leave a comment on all of the 30 blogs that are participating in this blog hop. Have fun hopping along.....

More Scrappin

Hi there, I suppose you may have guessed that I have been scrapbooking lately and havn't been card making.....Sorry no cards to show but yet another scrap page.....I have used Riding Hood Red cardstock punched around with the scallop edge punch layered some DS Paper from the Candy Lane pack and added a circle cut with the new circle scissors in Pink Pirroette and also added a roughed up strip of close to cocoa. The letters I had are from my stash of creative memories things. I hope you like it, I followed a sketch from scrapsketch for my layout....... Don't forget to check back here tomorrow for the ESAD- SU Summer Mini blog hop.......

Christmas Scrap Page

Hey there, I have been having a bit of a muck around with my scrapbooking lately, so here is a piccy of one of my last pages I have done. Christmas last year.....eeeekkk, I thought I had better get cracking with Christmas this year just around the corner. Nothing like being behind in your scrapbooking hey..... I used the snow swirled stamp set and red rhinestone brads which I took out of there silver holders just leaving the rhinestones themselves. I have also used the new circle scissors to cut the large circles and the 1 3/4" circle punch to cut the green circles which I then embossed with my cuttlebug. The colours I have used are Real Red, Handsome Hunter and Basic Black..... I followed the latest sketch from scrapsketch for my layout. I am loving there sketches at the moment.

To celebrate the Summer Mini going live on Tuesday I am participating in the ESAD-SU blog hop where you will have the chance to hop from blog to blog and view some fantastic projects all made with new stuff out of the Summer Mini. I have a Scrap Page to show you so be sure to check back here on Tuesday to have a look........

Scrapbook Page

Hi there, I am back from a lovely weekend in Sydney for regionals, Two of my friends and myself left on friday and came back on Sunday. We had an excellant time, but then it was back to the real world. I have had two days of kindy orientation and now hopefully I can stay home for the week and catch up on all my jobs around here. Which seriously includes dust and bug removal. We had a massive dust storm when I was in Syndey and the night before I left came the bugs by the millions so I have only half cleaned up. Here is a scrapbook page I have done while playing with my circle scissors. I just love it for scrapbooking and we got some more fantastic ideas for its use at regionals..... I carn't wait to play with it some more... Hopefully this afternoon I am going to get some time in for stamping I want to have a play with the sweet treat cups.... While we were in Sydney we took the opportunity to go and see New Moon part two of the twilight saga. I must say I really loved the movie, it was great, I carn't wait till it comes out on DVD.... I would certainly go and see it again, I have always been Team Edward but gee after seeing that movie I might be swapping teams, anyone who has seen the movie will no what I mean......lol..... Here is a piccy of a couple of twi-hards....lol.....What can I say we just had heaps of fun.....We were trying to pose right not to get to many chins.....another tip from regionals.....lol....