Hubby's Headache

More Challenges....

2011-07-09T01:37:00.002+10:00

Hi all - I had someone ask me if I could make them a Tri-Shutter card to give to someone else and if possible could it have mauve/purple on it, my first thought was YES! I can then enter it in these two challenges, Scrapbook Boutique's and Fab 'n' Funky's LOL

I just love Tri-Shutter cards (even though they are a lot of work) and I am pleased with how it turned out... Hope the recipient is also... :)

PS: I apologize for the state of the photo as my husband has taken the camera and I had to use my iPhone and even though everyone raves about the cameras in them I don't think they are that good... But when it's all you've got....... LOL

Birthday card....

2011-07-08T08:26:00.002+10:00

Hi all - here is a card made for my sister to give someone.... it has been cased from here.

I adore this card! Love the colours, the simplicity, and who doesn't love that gorgeous SU satin ribbon!!!

And Yes, Another Challenge...

2011-07-05T13:27:00.004+10:00

Hi all - Gosh I am on fire!!! LOL

Here is an entry to the Mojo Monday Blog Challenge.... They have a sketch challenge every week. I have made one or two cards over the years using their sketches but usually well after the challenge is finished.... but not this time!!!

It has turned out exactly how I envisioned it.... I wanted something simple but effective (hopefully) and I really liked how this turned out..... until I saw that this week's challenge is the contest one and now I think it is too plain LOL

Another one of my birthday cards down.... :)

Challenges....

2011-07-05T09:15:00.003+10:00

Hi all - I have set some challenges to myself LOL - I am SO far behind with birthday cards for friends that I have set myself a challenge to get them sent before their next birthday rolls around LOL....

While blog hopping (procrastinating...) I came across the ABC Challenge for this week which is X is for crossed ribbons. I had no idea what to do for it until I can across a fantastic sketch at Fab 'n' Funky Challenges and thought that it would be perfect for the ABC Challenge. So two challenges in one LOL....

I have even made a second card (two birthday cards down LOL) because the design in the middle is what I had originally done for the top card but decided I didn't like it with those colours, so it was just sitting there after I finished the first card so I decided to have another go....

Don't know which one I like better... I like the colours in the top one but the design in the bottom one LOL...

Small Birthday Treats....

2011-07-04T16:10:00.002+10:00

Hi all - here are a couple of little gift items that I made for one of my S-I-Ls. We had already celebrated our birthdays (our birthdays are two days apart so we always celebrate them together) but it was nearly a week before her's so we surprised her with a small celebration and I made these to give her as we had already given her a pressy. The box in the middle held a choccy bar (I think... LOL Has been a while...)

The card layout I took from another card that we made at one of my workshops, which was taken from a layout of one of Kristina Werner's cards. I just adore the simplicity of it....

Im not usually a blue/yellow person but I am loving these colours together... and I just love boxing things. It just turns anything into a really special gift...

And I was practising making one of these (saw the idea from a Convention swap) so I could show them at a future workshop.... They make such a beautiful gift...

Seahorse Card?.... What the?.....

2011-06-30T19:21:00.004+10:00

Hi all - remember me :) Yeah long time no hear and I'm not making promises this time that I probably won't keep LOL

There is no valid reason why I haven't blogged for so long (not like I haven't made any cards) but I did/am finding it hard to start again... it was like it had been so long that every time I thought about it I would think, no I'll do it tomorrow, and you all know the saying about tomorrow..... so I was sitting here thinking do I want to sit and curse the blogging program again ('cause yes, things have not improved from my last rantings) and thought bugger - JUST DO IT!!! LOL

Then came the confusion of where to start... do I start from where I left off or do I put something recent on.... decisions, decisions, decisions...... So I thought I would start with a very unusual one...

My sister asked me a couple of weeks ago to make her a card to give to her friend's teenage daughter... easy you say.... she then said she wanted it to have a seahorse on it.... Yeah..... And as I always say to my sister, Yeah no worries, leave it with me :) What to do, what to do, so I make a card with a seahorse picture on it somewhere or do I go all out.... Of course I go all out! LOL

I was reasonably pleased with the result, my sister was pleased and the friend's daughter loved it! What more could one want!!

Is this where I put in, incase her friend sees this, is that my sister asked me to make it WAY before the birthday and I forgot all about it :} so that's why it has the belated message.... LOL

Valentines Day....

2011-03-01T04:22:00.000+10:00

Hi all - My wonderful DH and I don't go all out on Valentine's Day but we do acknowledge it with small gestures like a card, nice dinner at home etc. and here is the card that I made for my DH.

I got the idea from here. At first I thought it was an 'interesting' card to give to one's hubby but it grew on me and he loved it. Especially how I wrote in it thanking him for all the 'support' he gives me :)

I LOVE Surprises....

2011-02-27T15:52:00.003+10:00

Hi all - Thought I would show you all what my DH surprised me with at Christmas... A Silhouette SD Digital Craft Cutter!!!! (under the shelf)

OMG! I could not believe it!!! I had mentioned somewhere throughout the year that I wouldn't mind one, one day and he got me one!! You can probably guess how excited I was....

And then to top it of.... he then made me a stand for it to go under and for my papers and punches to go on top!! (that was beacause it was sitting on his desk as there was no room on my desk for it LOL but was I complaining... not on your nelly! LOL)

Isn't he just the very, very best! {beaming} And doean't it all look so good loaded up ready....

A Note of Thanks...

2011-02-03T13:57:00.003+10:00

Hi all - I am truly humbled and honoured by the lovely email that I received yesterday from a lovely blogger named Jes to say that she had found a card on my blog and wanted to show it to others. Her blog is all about sharing other peoples talents... So sweet! Pop on over and check her blog out here.

Stylish Simplicity.....

2011-01-12T09:40:00.003+10:00

Hi all - Here is a card I made for a friend's mum's 6oth birthday (duh...) - I have cased the design from here. I fell in love with that card and had cased it for a sympathy card also. (I had also double mounted that card so I had somewhere to tie the ribbon around) My friend wanted something similar but wanted it longer to be able to include some pamphlets inside. Even though the colours don't show to well I have used Bravo Burgundy (60th) and trimmed it with gold cardstock. IRL if really was stylish and beautiful. (If I do say so myself LOL)

Ps: Wouldn't it make a beautiful wedding card also......

Christmas Cards....

2011-01-11T14:14:00.002+10:00

Hi all - here are the two Chrissy cards that I made to give out....

The first one is a Snow Globe design. There are a lot of these ideas floating around on the net and when I first saw them I really wanted to give it a go. They are a bit fiddly but fun still to make, as well as being a nice 'WOW' card to give out. The instructions for a Snow Globe card can be found here.

I made 9 or 10 of these cards and gave them out to the girls I work with.

I went to an all day scrapbooking/cardmaking get-together with some friends (one where you take our own stuff and do your own thing) and made 28 of this next card (two of each colour) and gave these out to my customers and a couple of other people.... I got the idea from here. I really loved the simplicity of the design......

12 Days of Christmas Part 2....

2011-01-08T11:26:00.003+10:00

Hi again - Here are the last two photos I managed to find....

The box with the magnolia flower was for '5 Golden Rings' which I changed to Golden Balls and put 5 Ferrero Roches inside. For me, this was the 'prize' prize LOL as I LOVE these flowers!!!

And I FINALLY found a template on the net to make the birds in the latest SU catalogue and made four of them for '4 Calling Birds' which I changed to '4 Curly Birds'. Except for the beak/mouth area they were quite easy.... but that area was another story!!! LOL

12 Days of Christmas....

2011-01-08T09:59:00.010+10:00

Hi all - How are you are going and "Happy New Year" to you all - Hoping this year brings you all much love, happiness and prosperity!!!!

Just this last year past (I can say that now LOL) I pa

rticipated in our annual 'Secret Santa two weeks of fun' at work. We were given our SS and then for the last two weeks before the holidays we could chose to give them small gifts with clues for them to try and guess whose theirs was b

efore the big pressy giving day on the last day. Mine I knew was into all sorts of crafts (lucky me) so I decides to do a modified '12

Days of Christmas' for her. With help from my hubby and anoth

er friend we came up with some different things - but didn't get photos of all the things :(

The first thing I gave her was '12 Chicken Drummies' and I made a little box and put in 12 (yes only 12) of the little mini cracker biscuits that a

re shaped like chicken legs.

Next day I gave her this over-sized Christmas cracker w

ith 11 Chocolate wafer pipes. (on the tin they are called wafer sticks)

I printed the tags on the computer and cut them out with my Big Shot - I put the same tag on every one with whatever it was supposed to be, crossed out, with the new item written above it like in the picture.

For 10 Lords a Leaping, I changed Lords to frogs and filled this Santa box with 10 Freddo frogs. I got the idea for this box from here.
This is what I made for '9 Ladies Dancing' and this is where I realized maybe I had bitten off more than I could chew LOL... (I was making each item the night before) Anyway I decided I would make 9 dollies dancing but none of my friends who owned a Cri-cut had a dolls pattern (one friend could get it the next day for me but that was too late) ....... Soooo since I had my heart set on this idea (and I couldn't think of anything else that would go)....... I sat up till all hours making these from scratch!!! I found a picture and cut out each doll, each hair, each legs, each, leotard, each skirt... (don't you think that the vellum skirt was a nice touch) and then I glittered along the edge of each skirt and waist and hair bun.

I'm sure I took photos of all but the first and last but I only have the ones here plus two others which I have since found but am struggling to get them to go where I want them to go on here so will do them as a seperate post. AARGH!!!! - frustrating!!!!

Also..... since posting again I am having no end of trouble with my post, eg: half the writing one size and half another size and no amount of highlighting and clicking will change it!!!! AAAARGH!!!!!

I had my Christmas wish post all in different sizes and colours and really pretty on the posting screen and then I posted it and it was just small normal writing. I tried re-doing it from scratch and nope.... no changes :( don't cope when things don't work like they should....

I'm to the point of not blogging because I really can't cope with things like that!! LOL

Anyone with suggestions would be greatly appreciated... :)

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

2010-12-24T23:11:00.002+10:00

Wishing you and your loved ones

a Safe and Happy Christmas.

And also wishing you the very best

of health and happiness for 2011.

Christmas S-a-S Prizes...

2010-12-22T01:22:00.000+10:00

Hi all - Just trying to get all my Chrissy photos in before Christmas LOL....

At the annual S-A-S I give out prizes to everyone. This year I was a little bit slack and wrapped the magoritoty of them just as normal pressies. But I did manage to do one or two fancy items as the main attractions....

This Magnolia uses the SU Ornament Punch and instructions can be found here. I JUST had to have a go at it when I saw it as it is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!! And it is a lot easier than it looks.... Trust me on that LOL... The longest part is sponging around the edges of each piece! Then I made a cute little box to put it on. There is also instructions on YouTube to make this flower into a tea light and that is just as gorgeous!!! I have also made one of those and will post at a later date... if I can find the photo :(

These lillies are made using the SU large oval punch. I came across these first before the Magnolia flower. These were going to be placed on my thank you gifts for the girls but since I had to make 18 of them (and they were quite fiddly) I didn't... sorry girls :)

I haven't made mine completely the same as in the instructions but I still think they are beautiful.
And these I made because I was just searching for another flower but a very different one... Instructions here. These use 5 x 3"inch squares for each flower. One folds then up then glues them together, holds them altogether with paper-clips, and then waits till they dry and hope they don't let go LOL.... But they are cute aren't they? People are just so clever!!!
Anyway hope you are enjoying seeing my works again......

November Christmas Stamp-a-Stack...

2010-12-21T06:16:00.001+10:00

Hi all - Mid November saw us all attending our final workshop for the year and our annual Christmas Stamp-a-Stack.

The girls all made 6 each of the two designs shown below. The first card is one that you all probably have seen a version of. There are many different, yet similar designs everywhere. And I really wanted that particular tree so just had to buy the stamp set 'Lovely as a Tree'... am hoping to get a bit of use out of it now though as it has never been a set that has interested me before LOL.

I have since made another card using said set so will post photo of it at a later date (famous last words... LOL)

The second card was a cased design from here - all I've done is change the colours....

We all had a fantastic time and, as always, there was prizes and gifts galore!!! I have taken a couple of photos but not as many as I would have like.... so forgetful these days LOL

October's Christmas Workshop....

2010-12-20T05:54:00.000+10:00

Hi all - trying to get in as many as I can before I get slack again LOL....

Here are the cards from our October workshops which were fancy Christmas cards. The first one is of a Spring/Jump card and the instructions for it can be found on Splitcoast Stampers (where else LOL) I did find instructions on the Scor-pal website also and one of the instructions said to cut off the top triangles and the other said to fold them down. We found that the card worked better if one cut them off....

Our next card was an Acetate card. I have wanted to try one of these for a VERY long time!!! And to think I thought they would be hard.... I found it to be one of the easiest, most effective cards I have ever made. If you are looking for a really quick card and you would like a WOW factor also then you can't go past one of these!....
And then we finished off making a Christmas lumminerie complete with a battery operated tealight inside.... wasn't as effective as I thought they would be but still fun making them.

Hello....

2010-12-19T16:28:00.005+10:00

Hi all! Every year for Christmas I do a photo card for the rellies and close friends, especially for the ones who live away who don't get to see how the boys are growing. Anyway this year because we have had SO much rain I decided to put a fun element to the card and this is what I came up with..... I have the boys wearing life jackets and I did want them to wear snorkels, goggles, etc also but they wouldn't be in it LOL - The card was made as a strip card (third of an A4 sheet - fits DL envelopes)

I was pleased with the overall card and have got some great comments from it :)

Here is the full card:

And would you believe, that when I went to take the photo (after weeks of non-stop rain) it wasn't raining and didn't rain for a week! So I hooked the sprinkler up high for the 'rain' and took the photo (many photos... oh the beauty of digital cameras.... ) And it looks like I'm not going to get my wish. It has started raining again (only lightly) but it looks like we are in for a lot again in the next week and Christmas day.......

I always find it amusing that I, a card maker, doesn't give out hand made cards LOL - but I do give out some... to the girls I work with and also the lovely ladies that come to my workshops...

Something to start off with............

2010-12-19T14:00:00.003+10:00

Hi - all!!! Just in time for Christmas, I have returned!!! LOL - talk about computer dramas.... and the inability to remember to ask the hubby how to fix them LOL.... Well I'm back, but with my reputation, for how long I'm not sure.....

First there was just the laziness of my blogging ability..... then we had a major computer malfunction.... where I lost all my programs that I use to edit my photos (programs that we have had for many years and were probably in much need of an upgrade anyway... but you know what it's like when you know a program and if it works for you... why change it, right? So as you can see from my boring photo that that little problem is still not rectified. Looks like I'm up for buying a new program for editing... (any suggestions out there would be most helpful)

Then I decided a while back that bugger the photo, I would put in on as is (as above LOL) but since we have also recently changed our email provider and our email address I then tried to change our email on here going the backward way and succeeded in locking myself out of my own blog and somehow started a new account that would not allow me access to here... which is where my darling hubby came in.... and my forgetfulness in asking him to fix it.... which I finally remembered today, and he did (easy as that! - now why did that take so long.....) Still haven't got it changed to our new email yet but at least I can now access it again..... will leave that in his capable typing fingers LOL.

This is a card I made around April for my hubby's cousin...... I just loved the simplicity and the colours of it.....

Birthdays, Birthdays and more Birthdays...

2010-06-18T05:04:00.001+10:00

Hi all - These two cards I made late March, early April for a team member (above) and my older sister (below) - As you can see I was having fun using my new Big Shot with some texture plates. The one below uses the beautiful SU Manhatten Flowers and the one above is one that I have had for a long time and this was the first time I was able to use it as the sales person at the time said it could be used in my Original Sizzix without any extras. WRONG - I needed an adaptor but never got round to getting one.... Good thing I only bought the one at the time to try :)

Birthdays Again.....

2010-06-10T17:34:00.000+10:00

Hi all - This is another of those 'catch-up with blogging' posts LOL

This is also another of the Mojo Monday sketches which was a sketch for a square card. I have used the sketch and then stuck it onto a normal sized base card.

At the time I made a couple of these to catch up on some very belated birthdays... sorry ladies :}

And ANOTHER 40th......

2010-06-04T15:33:00.000+10:00

Hi all - I seem to be making a LOT of 40th cards this year! Must have a lot of younger friends - one way of staying younger LOL..... And I have another one this month also.....

This was made for a teacher at the school I am working at. It is made using a Mojo Monday sketch (I think.... no, no, I am sure....) - another one that I made a little while ago.... LOL. Stay tuned as I do have a few to catch up on with my bad blogging reputation and all :)

Workshops...

2010-06-01T16:02:00.000+10:00

Hi all - I can't believe it!!! {actually I can LOL} These are the cards from my March workshops - I had put the photos in but hadn't came back to finish off - have just found them in the 'Edit Posts' section......

We didn't actually have workshops that month as the weekend they were supposed to be on was the weekend the cyclone hit near us. But I had made the kits up and so gave the girls the option to still purchase the kits. Some asked why I didn't leave them till the next month but since they were Easter cards, Easter was going to be over by the next time.

With the first card I just wanted to show the girls how to make a Sweet Cups card (with 'door' of course....)
Then this card was a slight case from the last mini catalogue.....
And this basket was a template from the Scor-Pal website.....

Birthdays....

2010-05-30T18:08:00.004+10:00

Hi all - Have had a WONDERFUL weekend!!!!! Had my oldest friend, whom I haven't seen for approx. three years, come with her family for a quick visit. It was only quick but it was SO good to catch up again! Hopefully it's not another three years before we see each other again.....

Ok..... Here is a card I made for a good friend's birthday a little way back. It is almost a complete case from a card in the current mini catalogue. I really love the card and wanted to have a go at it.

May Workshop Creations.....

2010-05-21T22:36:00.005+10:00

Hi all - just a very short post to quickly show what we made at last weekend's workshops. This month's theme was children's cards.

The first card we made was for a little girl and I have cased it from a card in the new mini catalogue. I have made some minor changes plus have added some beautiful Fine Supernova glitter to make my pony shine.

Then we made a De-Coder card for the boys - Instructions for a De-Coder card can be found here at SCS.
Then we made this gorgeous little gift bag using the beautiful Melon Mambo CS and ribbon. I got the template for this from KaiserCraft.

Sorry - very short and sweet.

Catch ya!

A 40th.....

2010-05-08T16:09:00.003+10:00

Hi all - remember me??? My usual greeting these days LOL - Anyway let's not get caught up on the little things LOL!!! Here is the card that I made for my younger sister's birthday in April. I wanted it to be really, really pretty. And these colours are so girly aren't they? I also wanted some glitter as I am not using it as I used to (does everyone else go though fazes like I do? - I used to use VersaMark on EVERY single card and now I use it on none!!!) Anyway back to what I was saying.... I have put glitter around the '40' to make it look like a tag. (But I don't remember what I did.....???? - It looks pink so I must have punched a pink ring first and glued that on and then put glitter on that...???) Old age...... of all the things I miss, I miss my mind the most LOL!!!

Birthday Card....

2010-04-21T04:57:00.000+10:00

Hi all - Here is a card I made early February...... It was for a friend's daughter's 12th birthday. It was for a sketch challenge (I remember that much LOL) but I don't remember which one (and it may have been an old sketch also) Too much happening and time flying by too quickly.......

I really liked the bright colours of this DSP and am always so disappointed each year when they retire or they are nly in a mini for such a short time :(

April Workshops......

2010-04-18T18:33:00.002+10:00

Well............Hello out there in blog land!!! Month and a half later and here I am!! And only one entry in March (naughty me!!!) I have been making cards (occasionally) but other things seem to happen and I never get around to blogging these days. We went away for the Easter holidays and I stayed up till three in the morning before-hand getting four cards made (two belated) before we went. That is the extent of my card making these days LOL Trying to squeeze them in when I need to make them as I flatly REFUSE to buy a card!!!

And I did do up cards and kits for March's workshop but then a cyclone came near and I had to cancel that workshop....... I will show those cards at a later date as there is no rush for them now LOL

So here we are with April's workshop creations..... Mother's Day was our theme. Here I have used the B-E-A-utiful Cottage Wall DSP out of the new SU mini. Plus one of the new In-Colour's, Rich Razzleberry. Absolutely GORGEOUS!!! And I have used the new 'Cottage Garden' stamp set (new favourite) also.... plus the 'Wonderful Favourites' stamp set.

For this one I have used the Rich Razzleberry again and also my new, wonderful, so versatile, Big Shot with the Manhatten Flowers embossing folder. Just what I was needing - something to make beautiful cards super fast YES!!! Wording from the 'Occasionally' set.
And last of all we made this cute little note book gift box. Yes I have used Rich Razzleberry again (getting the hint that I just LOVE this colour!) And some more of that beautiful DSP.
Card #1 and box are both adaptations of project ideas from the Scor-pal website.

10th Birthday.....

2010-03-07T13:32:00.003+10:00

Hi all - yes it is another one of those number cards..... But aren't they just great!!! LOL - I made this card somewhere mid February for a 10 year old (DUH!) boy. My younger son got invited to a birthday party and we went shopping on the day of the party (don't we all??... or is that just me LOL) and I said to him that we will just buy (NO! YES LOL) a card as I didn't really have time and he said no he would rather me make one.... (so nice of him {groan} LOL) So I had to make something that would be quick. These are so easy and just so effective and I think just perfect for youngerish boys or teens. I was very pleased with it and also secretly glad that my DS wanted me to do it.

All My Friends are Turning 40!.....

2010-02-27T18:37:00.002+10:00

Well, some of my friends are LOL....

Hi all - here is the card that I made for my good friend Jacqui's 40th birthday (beginning of Feb) - She is such a fun person that I wanted something pretty (loves purple and butterflies) but also want something with humour. I was really pleased with how this card turned out (wasn't looking so good half way through LOL)

Workshops Once Again.....

2010-02-22T16:21:00.003+10:00

Hi all - Well this weekend saw us starting our monthly workshops again for the year. And I had a FANTASTIC turnout!!!! WOW! Thanks you girls for wanting to come along and see what I have to show you. And then the wonderful emails of thanks that I get after the classes..... well... {blushing} I feel honoured to have such wonderful friends. :)

Anyway - back on track :) My latest fascination is the Easel Card - How super easy is it!!! And what a WOW! So our first card for the year was this easel card. I have used the new 'Butterfly Prints' and matching punch out of the current mini catalogue. Who doesn't love a matching punch LOL - The girls were teasing me over my excitement of the matching punch! But my sister understands LOL. She believes that all stamp sets should have a matching punch :)
Ps: I have also used one of the new S-A-B stamp sets, 'Whimsical Words' inside this card but forgot to take a photo of that :{

The next two items I have cased out of past issues of the 'Impressions' flyers that we demonstrators receive each month from SU. I feel with me working full time now, that to do workshops also, I will be utilizing a lot more the ideas that SU readily gives out to us :)
I have used an old favourite, 'Priceless' plus another S-A-B set, 'Vintage labels'. And YES it uses all punches also!!! YES YES YES!!! - even the words are perfect for the square punches. In heaven here LOL!

Brother's Birthdays...

2010-02-18T16:07:00.003+10:00

Hi all - How are you all going? It is so HOT and STEAMY here at the moment!!! What I am more suprised about is that I am sitting in the hottest room of our house and without the aircon on????.... What the?......... Not like me at all {LOL} I am all for comfort!

Anyway back to the reason I am here..... The top card is the card I made for one of our nephews - this time I was smart {no comments on that please} and made a little pull-out section so that the choccies could come out! Anyway, I made that card using the choccies for inspiration for the colours but then saw that I didn't actually make the colours in question show in the front - the green and yellow ones were in there also - the things one learns.........

Then a couple of weeks later, it was his little brother's birthday so I made him a matching card. Just changing the colours around a bit. And remembering to make all the colours show.....

When making the second card one would think it would be easy peasy as I had already made it to know what to do.... right???? WRONG!!! Or it is just me...

It seemed at the time that I did everything backwards and the amount of times that I had to start over 'cause I had done a step wrong.... let me tell you if it wasn't for the fact that we were going to the party that same day.... well you can guess where that card may have ended up!!! {minus the choccies of course!! LOL)

Valentine Cup Cakes....

2010-02-15T15:36:00.003+10:00

Hi all - Hope you all had a lovely Valentine's Day with lots and lots of love..... My DH and I have been together now for 21 and a half years and we still acknowledge Valentine's Day. We don't usually go to a lot of expense or anything (mind you, this year I did get a voucher so am feeling rather spoilt!) My DH has bought me at least a card every year (even if at times I forgot until the day LOL) But we have always done nice things for each other like cook a special brekky or dinner etc.

Anyway on Saturday I was thinking that yet again I hadn't thought about it in time to got to the shops and there on the counter was a pamphlet for our local cheesecake shop advertising Valentine's cakes for one's loved ones. So I decided I would whip him up a Valentine treat.

I have looked at all the cup cake holders on the web for a while now and wondering when one could use them and thought this would be a great time. So in the middle of colouring my hair (LOL) I started making the above gift box as well as baking the little choccie cakes. Now amongst all this DH came home and did wonder what was going on as I said I was making the cakes for the kids lunches and he has taken on that job since before Chrissy (and we are usually making them on Sunday nights after we have just realised we need them for the next day.... and we already had some other types of cakes still in the freezer from his last bout of cooking...). So it did seem a bit strange to him..... LOL

So he woke up Sunday morning to find this little package waiting for him.... propped up on disposable shot glasses in the middle of a tray of water as we have a serious ant problem at the moment (should have taken a photo of that!!! LOL)

And this is the box before the cakes went in. I got the instructions from here but have included this photo as I have added a tray to hold the cakes like others have done....

Baby Girl Card....

2010-02-09T16:51:00.005+10:00

Hi all - This is a card I made a few weeks ago for a friends baby girl. The baby was quite a few weeks (months) old when I finally got round to making it.......

I had it planned out in my head... but it is one of those that doesn't quite go according to plan :)

I don't know if I really like it or not...... I think it may be that, to me, it doesn't really look like a baby card.

Dr Who Came Calling.....

2010-01-20T08:14:00.003+10:00

Hi all - Here is the card I made for a good friend's 12 year old son, who is... you guessed it... a HUGE Dr Who fan. I was leisurely blog surfing just before Chrissy and came across this card here and thought, WOW! He would LOVE that! So I have cased it almost exactly. And Valita has very kindly shared the template also, so that makes it so easy :)

Ps: It is a much larger than normal card.

Anyway the friend's son LOVED it! {Beaming yet again - I LOVE card making}

And still counting down the days to go back to work (one) and the re-painting/renovating is taking a lot longer than I remembered it did LOL - We are in such a mess!!!! We were hoping for the carpet to go in on Friday but it doesn't look like it is going to happen. DH is also now putting in a built-in which we were going to do later but decided would be good to do now and paint also so we are not trying to paint over the new carpet. (we are VERY messy painters LOL) We were hoping to have it built and painted before Friday but things just don't happen like they used to (pre-kids LOL) - OH well better to have a good job done that a rushed job that we won't be happy with.

Step Layers......

2010-01-17T10:57:00.003+10:00

Edited: YAH!!!! I made the top five!!!

Hi all - How are you all going? This is my VERY belated friend's birthday card. I had to get it done as I was going to miss yet ANOTHER challenge if I didn't LOL! Also the fact that I am SO late has to come into consideration doesn't it?......

When I started planning this card I was also going to use Kristina's one time colour challenge but that ran out, plus I was going to do the first-of-the-month challenge at Mojo Monday but that ran out also..... then I was going to incorporate another colour challenge but missed it also.... getting the idea.... LOL So I thought if I didn't get it done quickly then I'm going to miss the ABC challenge also as it finished this Wednesday. But looky here! YAH! I got it done!!!!

The ABC challenge for this fortnight is L for Layers and so I decided (since now it was my only challenge to concentrate on LOL) to do a Step card (layered card, right?) plus I have layered everything! Do you think I have enough layers for the challenge LOL.

Now I just have to get it to my friend before she sees this LOL. She is not usually an internet surfer like me :)

Birthday Roses.....

2010-01-14T16:56:00.002+10:00

Hi all - This is the other sideways step card that I made. I am so pleased with them. I love how they are a bit different. The only thing with a a bit different is it takes a lot longer to make!!! So one doesn't get to make as many cards as one may like to :}

I made this for a fellow demonstrator whose birthday was just before Christmas. And for once in my life I was reasonably organised and had it made on time ready to post. Can you believe it! I don't know if it arrived in time with the Chrissy post but at least I know I sent it LOL. And now I'm back to my old ways.... :{ am already late with one friend's card. Her birthday was last week and I have planned her card a few times but haven't made one yet. Bad bad girl!!!

And to top it off, I start back at work next week and we have just started re-doing bedrooms! What the?...... Have had six weeks off and hubby three, and now we start???????? So going to be a very busy household over the next couple of weeks..... But don't know how much card making is going to get done.... Never know might inspire me more LOL... We can only wait and see............

Fantasy Box.... Finally!!!

2010-01-13T08:42:00.005+10:00

Hi all - Well I finally did it! I have wanted to make one of these for nearly three years now, after I saw one at my upline's house (Karen), when I was first introduced by her to cardmaking. They have always looked very scary though so I have put it off. But they are not scary at all, only very, very time consuming!!! And....... Half way through making it I also realised that my memory was playing tricks on me as I remembered it being larger??????????? LOL.

I made it to fill with chocolates to give to a dear friend for Christmas but realised half way through that there was NO WAY I was going to fit the chocolates I had in mind in to it LOL. So it sat there for about a week while I decided what to do. It turns out that each tray will fit about 5 mini Tolborone chocs in it so I did that and then just gift wrapped the rest of the chocs and gave both to her.

It really is gorgeous... and so cute! It would make a great gift to a scrapper or card maker filled with little hardware etc. bits and pieces.

Anyway if you want to give one a go then the instructions can be found here. Terri has very kindly done up fantastic, very clear, easy to follow instructions. Thank you Terri. Ps: Mine is almost a complete case from the one pictured on the printable instructions :)

Birthday Sweets...

2010-01-08T17:59:00.002+10:00

Hi all - I made this card in the week leading up to Christmas for a 10 year old boy. It was my first attempt at a 'Treat Cup' card and....... it wasn't until I finished that I thought about how they were going to get the sweets out without wrecking the card???????? Oops!

Have since thought about it as well as look at some different ideas on the net to know what to do next time. Seems to be quite a few others had the same thoughts LOL

Ps: I have cased this from the mini catalogue.

Unusual Thank You Card....

2010-01-06T20:23:00.003+10:00

Hi all - this is the card I made for my youngest DS, for his guitar teacher, to say thank you for a wonderful year.

DS asked me if I could make said teacher a 'guitar' card (doesn't want much does he? LOL) So the two of us surfed the internet looking at ideas. We came across a shaped card but it was an electric guitar so we have used the idea of shaping the card but..... (with him there is always a 'but' LOL) he wanted it in the style of his and the same colours. You guessed it {grin} he has a black and red guitar!

He loved the finished product so what more can a mother ask for {beaming}

And onwards into another year...

2010-01-05T08:56:00.000+10:00

Hi all - And my New Year's resolution is..... to be a better blogger!!! LOL One can only hope 'eh.

So to start with here is the very last Chrissy card I made. It was for a friend who likes frangapanis..... But sadly I failed miserably and they don't look anything like them LOL.

I did like the card in the end though. My train of thought was a 'frangapani wreath' but I missed with both..... but as I mentioned, I did actually like the final card even if I didn't get the intended look :)

Ps: I have used Crystal Effects on the flowers and also to make 'brads' on the bottom. I have done the CE brads before but this time they didn't dry clear. Can someone tell me what I did that they didn't dry clear this time as I am stumped......

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

2009-12-25T00:01:00.001+10:00

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all,

my very valued cyber friends,
a wonderful and joyous Christmas!!!

I hope that you and your family get all that you wish for and don't forget about the true meaning of Christmas and the reasons we celebrate it!!!

A wish for us: Love, Hope, Peace and Joy to all

and for the kids: Everything that they asked Santa for! LOL

Merry Christmas

Everyone!

Happy Birthday to Whoo!

2009-12-23T04:26:00.000+10:00

Hi all - I am so proud of this card! I just love it! I made it about a week ago for a friend who really LOVES owls and have planned to make her a punched owl card ever since we had that arvo playing with the punches...... But then..... I forgot her birthday!!!!!!! Can you believe it!!! I was horrified!!!!!! Her birthday was the day after my DH's in NOVEMBER!!.... So I hope she liked it and forgives me... LOL (I still haven't made my DH a card....)

I have made another one of these cards - in different colours and designs - but I don't think it would have arrived yet so will have to wait to put it on here.

I got the idea for this from a bought card that another friend received, and thought that I liked the idea so went home and had a play with sizings and folds until I was happy with the base.

And just for you Jacqui :) I remembered to write down my measurements:

Start with a sheet 10" x 6" then score and fold along the 10" side at 2", 3", 5", & 7" - almost like making a step card, only sideways.

You could make it 8" long and score at 2", 3", 5" & 6" but that leaves the last panel only 2" long instead of 3" and I preferred the wider panel for putting more on.

Sympathy cards...

2009-12-22T09:16:00.002+10:00

Hi all - these are two sympathy cards I made about a month or so ago. I wanted something subdued and pretty. This flower is just so beautiful to colour.

Christmas Cards...

2009-12-18T05:00:00.000+10:00

Hi all - These are the cards I made for my 'girls'. I made 23 in total and BOY was I SICK of tying ribbons!!! LOL - They will enjoy knowing that! As they complain every time I put ribbon on one of the workshop cards (which is often! LOL)

I got the inspiration for this wonderful idea from here. From the lovely and talented Debbie P. Thank you Debbie, for your wonderful inspiration. Debbie made hers quite a while ago and I have had the link saved ever since knowing that that was the card I was going to make.

I've really quite surprised myself this year (and with working...) as I am more organised at this stage of Christmas than I have been for many Christmases. It is such a good feeling LOL. Hope it stays this way (for a little while at least...)

Very Belated Birthday Crad...

2009-12-17T05:00:00.000+10:00

Hi all - this is the card that I made for my BIL - It was a very belated birthday card. We went away for a family weekend together between my DH and BIL's birthday and it was decided that we would celebrate their birthdays while there. And I don't know what I was thinking.... 'cause it didn't even cross my mind to take a card (let alone his pressy) with us!!!!! then it was another week or two before we saw them again after that to give it to him. * groan* LOL - good thing our family is so understanding with me....... :)

Not all that bad I suppose considering I haven't yet made a card for my own wonderful DH... And his birthday was first!!! .....

My Very First Chrissy Card...

2009-12-16T07:54:00.003+10:00

Hi all - here is the very first Chrissy card that I have received this year. It was made by a good friend who comes to my workshops each month. It always gives me such pride and joy when I see their creations. And I think she has done a wonderful job. (Same friend who made the super cute invites in the previous post)

Groovy Surfin' Santa Invite....

2009-12-08T13:23:00.002+10:00

Hi all - just wanted to show you the great invite I got from a close friend. She had ordered this stamp set just to make these invites!!!

Isn't it just the greatest!!! How Australian is this!!!

And she has coloured them all in with glitter pens so they really *SPARKLE* IRL!

I personally thought it was SOOO cute!! :D

Catch ya!

Christmas Workshop Gifts...

2009-11-19T16:00:00.005+10:00

Hi again. My last workshop is also my thank you to the people who have supported me all year so I give out little gifts to everyone.

Last year I made a 'cake' that was a HUGE hit with all, so I decided that I had enough newbies from this year to make it again. This year I have tried to make it look like a fruit cake by starting with some Chocolate Chip cardstock and stamping shapes all over it. I don't think I quite succeeded LOL.

Anyway it was a huge hit once again but I think I may have to look out for something else nest year :)

Ps: Each 'slice' had a little stamp, three lots of ribbon and a small candy cane.

And here is the cake lost amongst the gifts under the little Chrissy tree. I had enough prizes for everyone and each was numbered. Then I placed the matching numbers in a box and whatever number they drew out was their prize!
Like last year, it was a wonderful afternoon and a nice way to finish off for the year :)

November Workshop & Stamp-a-Stack

2009-11-17T09:04:00.003+10:00

This weekend just past saw us doing our annual Christmas Stamp-a-Stack - Something that I find all the girls really look forward to all year. It is also my last workshop for the year and therefore I use it as my thank you to all the girls for their wonderful support, encouragement and friendship throughout the year (lets face it - most of us wouldn't be able to do it without a great group of friends/customers) And I really do have a great bunch of girls!!!!

So these are the two cards that they made (6 of each design) and the one that I thought would take the longest, was the shortest one!! The Baja Breeze one was a 'breeze' {giggle} except for all the cutting. (Had to give them something to do) Where as the other one............... does anyone else have trouble with the 'string'???? I know I did! But the girls ended up working it out.

They all did an amazing job including the two newbies - talk about being thrown in the deep end!

Anyway I had a great day! :D

2009-11-10T05:46:00.003+10:00

Hi all - here is a card I made, for a good friend of mine, a couple of weeks ago. It is almost entirely cased from here. I even still had some of the same papers but I have used mine in a slightly different comb though. And I put a different embellishment on the front as I have been wanting for a long time to have a go at one of those 'fan fold flowers'.

I absolutely ADORE the colours I have used here - I think they are so pretty. It was a set of DS papers that I was really sad to see go :(

And in the middle of my flower I have used one of the designer flower brads that I received in my convention pressie from my lovely sister-in-law / fellow demonstrator Judy.

Girls 'Day' In....

2009-11-08T00:33:00.001+10:00

Hi all - two weekends ago five of us got together to make cards for 'Breast Cancer'. Instead of a 'Girl's Night In' we had a 'Girls DAY In' and made approx 150 cards.

We had a wonderful day together and as you can see from the photos, we had a very productive day also.

We are selling what we can to friends and family first then sending any left over down with the money raised.

I got to my sister's at 7am and left at 9pm. One of the girls stayed till 9pm also. And she could have still kept going! I just want to send out a very BIG thank you to the girls who helped. And to the ones who would have loved to come, but couldn't, hopefully I'll be more organised next year..... maybe.. LOL

AND A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO STAMPIN' UP, for donating supplies for it.

It was a huge under-taking but I would love to do it again next year so here's hoping....

Baby Card...

2009-11-06T03:00:00.000+10:00

Here is the baby card I made for the lovely, little Lucy :)

A bit late getting it on here as she is a few weeks old now LOL.

I have used a Sizzix die for the template of the pram and paper pieced it. The sentiment in the middle is printed off the computer as I had no baby messages.

Oh how I LOVE step cards!

13th Birthday...DUH!!!

2009-11-04T05:00:00.000+10:00

This is a birthday card I made for a friend's boy (teenager now) - Teenage boys are so hard to make cards for! So I cheated and copied the 18th card I made for my nephew's birthday earlier this year. I just changed the colour. But aren't they so effective. I have made the template myself for this one.

All products Stampin' Up

A Wedding Card...

2009-11-02T03:39:00.000+10:00

And yes! another Tri-Shutter card!..... I really wanted to make one for the wedding we went to as I wanted something very dramatic and very stylish. Mind you when I saw this card here I nearly changed my mind and cased it, so I decided to use the ideas of that card to make this one. I was extremlly pleased with how it turned out and I have heard that the recipients were very pleased with it also. {beaming}

All Stampin Up products.

October Workshop

2009-10-31T20:21:00.000+10:00

Hi all - I am so sorry and I promised also :(

But here I am (FINALLY) with my workshop cards from the October workshop. As you can see we did fancy Christmas cards and we will finish of the year with a Christmas Stamp-a-Stack in November.

This card is taken from the SCS tutorial for a Criss-Cross card. I have cased it from the picture there, just using different papers and stamps. I have used the Snow Swirled set and I am LOVING it!!!

Here it is with the insert out....
Then we made this reindeer.... I found this picture here months ago when a couple of us had a punch art afternoon. And BOY!... When I decided to use it for my workshop, did I have fun finding that picture again! But thankfully I did find it again. He is so cute don't you think...
Then we made this super, super easy sour cream container. Tutorial here. It is one of those things that looks so impressive and it is amazing how quick and simple they are to make.
Anyway if you are wanting to know anything about any of the above creations, please don't hesitate to email me. :)

Give-Aways!!!

2009-10-18T09:18:00.004+10:00

Hi guys! - no sorry, no cards yet but try back in a day or two and I guarantee there will be some here. I promise LOL - I can't believe how time flies! I think I am doing really great... then next thing I now half a month has gone by and nothing from me.... But enough rambling...

Just hopped on to check something out and came across Wendy's blog giveaway! No she is not giving away her blog, {LOL} but she is giving away some surprise goodies.

Check out her blog while you are there - she is an AMAZING scrapper. I adore her work and wish I had half her talent with scrapping. Anyway check her out! And comment for a chance to win!

And Another Tri-Shutter Card....

2009-09-25T05:10:00.001+10:00

AND yet another Tri-Shutter card LOL..... This was my prize winning one - is this where I say that there weren't that many entries LOL - But I was still very pleased to get the prize with this card. :)

I made this for a good friend's birthday. I have used Crystal Effects on this card also. :) Crystal Effects, my new 'friend' LOL

I have a wedding card to make and I can't decide whether to make one of these cards (Yes, another one!) or to case a beautiful card I spotted a couple of weeks ago.... decisions decisions, decisions.... Check back in a while and see what I decided LOL

Boy's Birthday Tilt Card....

2009-09-23T01:12:00.000+10:00

Hi all - here is a card that i made with one of my sons for a their friend's birthday. We have made a 'tilt' card witht he truck 'rocketing' or 'rocking' along the road. LOL

The piece of blue ribbon was just what we needed for the 'road' and it was the piece of ribbon tied around my prize from convention. Just what we needed... :)

2009-09-21T15:08:00.002+10:00

Hi all - I've just realised that I have done it again LOL - I forgot to post my workshop cards... *Groan* -Seriously, if my head wasn't screwed on......

Anyway our first card we made was a 'Diorama' card (tutorial here) - I have had one on display from my son's birthday and a couple of girls have wanted me to show them how easy it is to make them.... and they are easy. I make mine slightly wider than the tutorial. so the hole is bigger and one has to come in from top, and bottom.

As you can see we have used the cute little train set and matching wheel out of the new mini catalogue. Plus the trees out of the 'ol favourite, Loads of Love. The sentiment is from the set, On your Birthday.

The next card we made is simple enough and I just wanted to use this new set as I love clocks. I am really struggling to make something with it though and really don't know when and where to use it. :{

I was pleased with this card..... The colours used are from the you-beaut SU colour wheel. That thing is just fantastic!!!
And lastly we made this cute little bag. It is off the KaiserCraft website. Template and instructions for it can be found here.
If you are wanting any details of any or all of the above then please don't hesitate to contact me :)

Simple, But Sweet.....

2009-09-21T14:50:00.002+10:00

Hi all - this is the card that I made for my mum's birthday. I just wanted something that was very simple and sweet and I was pleased with how it turned out. :)

Ps: Can't see it very clearly, but this was my first card that I found the joys of "Crystal Effects" LOL - I have had a bottle here for months and not really sure what to do with it. I have played on scraps but they never looked any good but I have used it to make 'brads' in the corner and to 'lift' some areas. And now I LOVE it!!!

Another Tri-Shutter....

2009-09-12T01:07:00.001+10:00

Hi all - This would have to be my 'All-time Favourite' card. (for now anyway LOL) I was sooo very, very pleased with how this card turned out. I am adoring these Tri-Shutter cards so much that I want to make them for everyone!!!! LOL. I did make this for a friend's birthday and it was one of those cards that I just struggled to give away LOL.

I have made yet another one of these style of cards and entered it into a local craft/flower show last weekend and I got first prize for it so I am very, very happy!!!!!!! :) Will show it on a later posting.....

Wedding Cards...

2009-09-08T00:12:00.001+10:00

Hi all - a couple of months ago (Yeah, yeah! I know...) a friend asked if I could make up some wedding cards ideas for her and these are what I came up with.... They are a combination of different ideas I have seen and wanted to try....

She liked them both so took both as she had a wedding later in the year as well. Can't get more thanks than that can one.... :)

Anyone who went to Convention this year will recognise this card LOL - cased as close as I could get it to the one made by Shannon West, which was inspired by 'Twilight'. I made this one for my niece, for her wedding, as she is a huge Twilight fan.
And this was my gift to her - black towels with 'Together' on one and 'Forever' on the other and also a matching hand towel.

Lucky Me!...........

2009-09-06T11:16:00.005+10:00

Hi all - Just wanted to show you all some beautiful cards and a gift that I was so lucky to receive. I have met this wonderful person through being a SU demonstrator and even though we have only communicated through email, I now think of her as a really close friend. My mum, in her much younger days had a very special pen-friend for many, many years, and I think of us now-a-days with emails as having Internet pen-friends. So Tanya, I consider you my very special 'pen-friend' :) and thank you from the bottom of my heart for these beautiful cards and gift.

I received this one some time ago but am now only getting them on now to show everyone. Isn't it just beautiful and the candle is so divine!! How does someone light that!!!!

And not to long ago she sent me this card... Both cards are really pretty but this one in real life is sooooo pretty. It is so soft and sparkly and I get lots and lots of comments about it.
So again Tanya, Thank you so much - I loved them all! :)

Convention Swap Cards....

2009-08-30T05:03:00.000+10:00

AND HERE THEY ARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes......................... My swap cards for convention YAH I DID IT!!! LOL - Ok.... enough said............... LOL

My favourite:

Mostly everyone elses favourite.... [and my favourite before I made the first card :)]

Some people out there may recognise a couple of these cards are they are remakes of swap cards I have made in the past. I have just changes the stamp sets to ones in the current catalogue :)
Made life easier for myself :)

Tri-Shutter Card...

2009-08-26T01:33:00.002+10:00

Hi all - are these Tri-Shutter cards the most beautiful cards ever designed????? I think so. Mind you after making this one I swore I would never make another one again!!!! LOL

I had a card making day (all day and into the night) with some friends at the end of the school holidays and 3 of us decided to have a go at making one of these cards. On the day, I was the only one who persevered (the other two threw theirs LOL) 'cause I felt I had no choice LOL as I was making it for a friend's 40th and wanted a really special card and also it was the same papers I was using to make her a gift. (which I gave up on in the end and bought something instead LOL) One of the others did also end up finishing theirs at a later date.

These cards, I find, frustrating up until the patterned layers are on and then it is plain sailing from there. Really, they are not as hard as I am making them out to be, but we just struggled getting the shaped pieces to fit nicely. But after ones finished, one will notice that the small discrepancies are not noticeable because of the layers and folds. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.... LOL Great tutorials here and here.

I have made mine so that I have the centre panel to write on.

Ps: But they are so beautiful and so intriguing that I have just finished another one for another friend's birthday. But that's for another day. Stay tuned Melissa for more postings..... :D

August Workshop....

2009-08-23T18:05:00.003+10:00

Hi all - here I am putting on my workshop cards from today's workshop!!! YES - Today!!! can you believe it!!!!

Anyway a great day was had by all (I hope) I know I certainly did!!!!

The first card we made was a Triangle Trifold Card (tutorial here) which is really super cute. I also wanted to do watercolouring as one of the ladies wanted to have a go at the blender pens. This stamp set is just perfect for it. (SU's Playful Petals) We used the Watercolour Wonder Crayons which I just love as they make it super quick and super easy to colour in. The colours here don't show as well as IRL. Very soft and very pretty is what I was going for. And the Tea Party DSP's were just the thing.

After making the first one, I didn't realise until then, how mush we needed a simple card. And this was really quick and easy. I have sort of used a layout from the new mini catalogue for my inspiration for this card.
And then we made this cute little pouch box as our 3D/novelty item. I got the template for this of the SU demo website.

I just love the new Oval All set and the Scallop punch as I LOVE sets that match punches.

Please feel free to email me if you would like more info on any of the items listed here.

Punch Art Fun....

2009-08-22T05:07:00.000+10:00

After, not the last workshop, but the one before (Yeah... don't say it LOL - ps: still haven't put my convention swaps on yet either LOL) we had a bit of fun with some punch art. I only ended up with a morning group that time, and a small group at that, so a couple of the girls stayed for the afternoon. I had earlier that week gotten onto that wonderful site, SCS, and printed off a heap of different ideas which we tried. I then got out my scrap pile and literally dumped it into the centre of the table.

We made cows, sheep, owls, reindeer (sorry no photo of that one) Some we turned into cards, others we just made for the fun of it. We each made an 'owl' card as shown in the picture below.

This is Jacqui's sheep card which I thought was very impressive :) We made a few others but these were the only photos I have :(
Then my sister, who couldn't make it to that workshop, wanted to have a go at the things we made so she and I made them again later that week and also made this lady bug (we added an extra scallop to ours) and the frog in the next picture.

I LOVE punch art!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I find it wonderfully amazing the things people come up with!!!

I got the ideas from these wonderfully creative people: owl, cow, sheep, ladybug, frog

18th Birthday....

2009-08-19T05:58:00.000+10:00

This is the card I made for my DH's nephew. I am really pleased with how it turned out 'cause while I was making it, I kept thinking that it was something that I could easily overdo and I didn't have time to start again (was, typically me, making it before going to the party LOL). So was very glad that with each step I did, I didn't ruin it LOL. It really was a struggle... Trust me!! This would have been a great card for a challenge I saw a couple of weeks ago somewhere on the world wide web where the challenge was for no layers. I had thought at the time, no way, not possible LOL but looky here.. I have done it! I have made a card with no layers. (not counting the 'L')

I got the template from the 'Time for Crafting' website here. They have a lot of great template ideas.

Engagement Card....

2009-08-16T19:25:00.003+10:00

This is a card I have almost completely cased from Leah here. I could say that it is slightly different to make it my own but it's only different 'cause I didn't have the things to make it the same LOL. I wasn't looking for a card idea to make this card but was just having a look at some blogs I haven't been on for a while when I came across this most beautiful wedding card. So I changed what I was going to do to case Leah's card. I have printed out my sentiment using the computer as I didn't have a suitable stamp. I also forgot to to take a photo of the card before I wrote on it so I couldn't take a photo of the insert. But if you check out Leah's you will know what it approx what it looked like :)

Matt's Birthday...

2009-08-16T04:11:00.002+10:00

Here is my son's card that I made him for his 12th birthday (yes obvious I know.. LOL) I have printed from the computer, the main wording onto the white cardstock. I didn't like it when I first finished it as, yet again, it didn't turn out anything like I planned. So I went to bed and when I saw it in the morning I did like it :) He was really stoked with it and one can't ask for any more than that, can one....

ETA: Sorry - this is a Diorama Card (tutorial here) I have made mine slightly higher by cutting a piece of cardstock in half (lengthwise) then using their measurement for the length and the folds. Because of that I had to come in from both the top and bottom with the punches which makes a bigger 'window'.

July Workshop....

2009-08-13T17:21:00.000+10:00

Hi all - Yes can you believe it!!!! I'm BACK!!! Well for one posting anyway LOL

It is nearly time for my next workshop and *HORROR* I haven't put my photos on from last workshop!!! OMG what is the world coming to....!!!!

Any way enough of the jokes - here are the cards we made at our last workshop. We made a Step card (great tutorial here - YUP you guessed it, SCS LOL) So we made this card which I must say I was very proud of and extremely pleased with how it turned out. :)

Then we made this card which is very similar to one in the main SU catalogue.
And then we made this which is another one of those things that I have wanted to try for a long time. There are many different ones and ideas on the net so I have just made up one using a stamp set that I wanted to use. I have made mine as just a little nick-knack idea to sit up (I gave it to a good friend who collects roosters) but I have seen them made as photo frames and menu card holders eg: a favourite recipe just to name a couple of ideas.So please, if you would like any info on any of the items pictured here eg: measurements I used for Step card, then please don't hesitate to email me as I am more that happy to help out where I can.

June Workshop...

2009-07-05T05:00:00.001+10:00

Hi - I thought I had better get these on because it is nearly time for my next workshop! LOL

These are the cards from June's workshop (yes June!!!) and our special card for then was a 'Tilt' card. I struggled and struggled for ages to come up with a stamp set that I thought I could use, thinking it had to be something that hung so that it could swing. But after checking out different cards on SCS I then realised that it just needed to 'move' back and forth ie: tilt. So after a bit of playing I came up with caterpillars racing up the branch to get to the leaves. Cute??? I love it { Self praise :) } I had to do two caterpillars as one didn't cover the coin used. Instructions for a 'Tilt card' can be found here.

Our second card was yet again a convention inspired card but this one was off one of the display boards. I was going through the convention photos at home and came across a card that I thought was so simple but so effective. I have made a few changes but it is almost completely cased from the picture. I don't know who made the card though as no names were on the boards.
Then we made these cute note books. The idea is fron here on SCS. It is shown as a Christmas Wish List but I just made mine as a pretty note book. I did make a couple of these for gifts at Christmas and have always loved the idea.
If you need to know anything or anything I can help you with please don't hesitate to email me :)

A Little Gift....

2009-07-02T05:26:00.000+10:00

Hi again... This is a little gift I made up to give. Again, convention goes may notice the similarity to another make-&-take from convention. Using a cello bag and a piece of DSP for the backing of the bag and then making matching gift tags to go into it. A really lovely little gift that was well received. I have also used the set we received at convention, Circle Circus.

Stamp-a-Stack.....

2009-06-30T16:23:00.000+10:00

Hi All!!!!

I'm back with my first........ and last post for June - shocking isn't it!!! I can't believe it! (I seem to be starting all my postings with the same wordings LOL - apologising for the lack of postings :( And this time I didn't have the excuse of nothing to post either. I have plenty to post (all very late and outdated now LOL) but a week would go by before I even thought about it and when I did it wouldn't be at a time I cold do anything.... So hopefully while on school holidays I will get all caught up :)

So... for starters..... End of May (I know, I know...LOL) I did a Stamp-a-Stack for a group of ladies and these are the cards we made. The lady who booked the Stamp-a-Stack liked blues, creams and browns so I felt that the 'Bella Blu" papers would be perfect! And even though those colours originally weren't a favourite of mine, I found I really liked the cards and the colours so it won't be the last things I make with these colours :)

The first card which they made four of was a female themed card using the 'Bella Blu' paper with Not Quite Navy, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla with just a touch of Bashful Blue.

The second card was for the males and again, made four of these, using Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Night of Navy. Convention goers may recognise this layout from one of the make and takes we did :) and I followed Nicki Tidbold's advice for male cards and have included texture, roughness, tearing etc.
And last we made these four cards (one of each - same layout, just swapping the colours around) These were the children based cards and mixing the colours made them suitable for boys and girls. I was very pleased with how they turned out.
And the response from the ladies tells me that they all enjoyed the day and were very happy also with the cards. And what better thanks than that is there :)

Mojo Monday #87

2009-05-31T17:01:00.002+10:00

I can't believe it! I have finally entered one of Mojo Monday's sketch challenges! YAH!

I have used some left-overs from the Stamp-a-Stack I held this weekend. (Photos soon I promise) And I must admit that I am pretty stoked with this card YILM! LOL

I have used papers from the Bella Blue range and also Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy and Chocolate Chip. I have used a sentiment from the Level 1 Hostess set, Best Yet. Also Chocolate Chip wide ribbon and Not Quite Navy brads.

Leah's Monthy Challenge #8

2009-05-30T22:50:00.003+10:00

Here is my entry to Leah's Monthly Challenge. She uses beautiful pictures for inspirational challenges. Pop on over and check it out.

Even though I have a WHOLE month to do the challenge, somehow I usually miss the deadline... What the?... How can that be? Well... I always think that I have PLENTY of time... and then it's passed!

But no, not this time:) Just made it though!!! LOL ... Maybe next time I will be more organised.... Or maybe NOT! ROFLOL!!!

Edited to add: I have used 'Petal Pizzaz' for the leaves and stems, 'A little Birthday Cheer' for the sentiment and I have used punches for the flowers. Hearts (Not SU) and DSP for the base flower and the '5 Petal Flower' punch and one of the flowers from the 'Spring Flower Bouquet' punch.

Late Challenge Card....

2009-05-27T05:00:00.002+10:00

This is a card that I made for a Kristina Werner Colour Challenge No. 51. But I was too late :(

I got on the computer to enter it and saw that the 'Mr Linky' had closed so I sulked and put it aside for later LOL.

The funny thing is though that when I went back on I realised that I used the wrong colour! I was supposed to use Mustard and I used Pumpkin Pie - What the?.........

Simple but Sweet...

2009-05-22T04:59:00.000+10:00

Here is a quick card I made up to send to someone who has in become a really good friend. It is made using one of the 'notes' cards and some left-overs. It is such a simple card and took no time at all to make but I really, really love it.

I have used 'Seeing Spots' and the hostess only stamp set, 'Best Yet' which I just LOVE!

May Workshop...

2009-05-18T21:07:00.006+10:00

Hi all - Yes it's me again!!!! Workshop time again so everyone knows that I will be on then eh! Have to put on our creations that we made at the monthly workshops, right???
Anyway for this month we were making a 'Suspension Card'. I made a couple of these last year just for fun (why else do we do this you may ask?) and I love them!!!
So that is what we made this time......
You can find a great tutorial for Suspension Cards here on the greatest site EVER! Split Coast Stampers of course... Where I get majority of my inspiration from.
Then for our second card one of the girls wanted to try a card using vellum. So I cased this from a card that was sent to me ages ago by the lovely Kim (check out her blog here) who I finally got the pleasure of meeting at Convention. It is almost exactly the same as the one she sent me only colours and stamp sets are changed. It was such a simple, easy card to make, but so very effective don't you think....

And to finish off we made this cute little teabag holder. I have had a paper template for something similar to this for years but do you think I could find it to make this. So I have just just made the base how I think it should have gone and then decorated it how I liked. I had a very quiet weekend this time with nearly everyone busy with something or other so I had quite a few away. But we had a great time the couple that could make it and then a couple of them stayed for the arvo since I had no-one else coming... Sooo....... I got out all my scraps and dumped them in the middle of the table (literally!) and we did Punch Art. I had gotten some pictures off Split Coast and we made owls, cows, sheep, reindeer and a hand bag. We had a ball!!!
I will put some photos of our creations on at a later date.....

An extra?...

2009-04-28T05:00:00.001+10:00

Hi all - just a quickie - I made this card at the same time as I made the cards for my workshop - I was trying different colour combos. So it is almost identical but with the base colours swapped around. My DH liked this one but I prefered the Kiwi Kiss one better (see workshop cards in previous post). Then my sister-in-law stopped in to drop something off and she liked the Kiwi Kiss one better also so DH was out-voted LOL and that became the workshop one... and this one? ...

April 2009 Worskhop...

2009-04-26T13:27:00.004+10:00

Hi all - hope everything is going well for you all - Hope you all had a wonderful Easter even though it is now two weeks past!!! Time flies faster as one gets older LOL (or busier!)

For our workshop creations this month, I firstly wanted to Mother's Day cards plus I wanted to use some of the lovely new Designer Series papers available in the new catalogue. And boy have we been spoilt this time. They are all so beautiful! It was so hard to choose!!! I have chosen the Raspberry Tart papers 'cause for one it is very 'pretty' colours and also I felt that the new 'Three Little Words' stamp set went really well with it.

All three have been made based around the Raspberry Tart DS papers.

For our first card we have made a pocket card (instructions here) which the girls found to their delight, very easy to make. We have also used the 'Mother's Day' stamp out of the 'Occasional Greetings' set.

For next card we have made a simple layout using layers and for a bit of added interest we have clear embossed the flower and sentiment and also used the rock 'n' roll technique. This card and the next item both also use, for a little extra *bling*, the new clear Rhinestone brads which I really LOVE and find so much more versatile.

And for our novelty item, I have cased this Post-It note holder idea from Jean who sent me one in the post a little while back as a gift. Such a simple but very clever idea and my girls loved it. Thank you Jean for the inspiration. :) It has a hair-band that holds it closed which you really can't see in these pictures.

A 'Magic' Card....

2009-04-21T16:24:00.003+10:00

This is the card I made for my younger sister's birthday earlier this month. She likes really cute things and cards that do 'something'. I tried this type of card once before and I just didn't like it at all - I don't like how it is so plain when one first sees it. But when I made this one (other than the colour choice LOL) I don't mind it at all. Maybe I needed to persevere with the original one as I stop half way through it thinking it was too plain looking. But aren't they amazing how they 'magically' colour. Instructions can be found on SCS here

Another challenge...

2009-04-13T17:24:00.011+10:00

Here is the card I made for the ABC challenge. Each week they set a challenge denoted by the letters of the alphabet. This week they were up to 'I' and the challenge was to decorate the 'inside' of the card.

I like the inside better than the outside LOL - it would make a lovely card front!

Two Challenges....

2009-04-13T11:39:00.004+10:00

Hi all - remember me LOL - Easter holidays, house partly cleaner... so time to stamp!!! Yah!! I have combined tqo challenges to make this card. 'KWerner's colour challenge No. 49' and 'the Sisterhood of Scrap's sketch challenge'.

I did start out by intending to make two cards and started off doing the KWerner colour challenge but that card is heading for the bin LOL. So then I started the Sisterhood challenge and decided to try again with the colours and I am SOOOO happy with this card. :-)) (Pat myself on the back LOL)

Edited: Missed Kwerner's challenge by approx 5 minutes :-((

Edited: The ribbon on the front was done by attaching a piece of ribbon to the card then punching three holes on either side and threading another piece of ribbon like shoelaces, attaching ends at the back. Hope that helps - if not please feel free to email me and I will give more details.

My 'Baby's' Birthday...

2009-03-18T04:54:00.001+10:00

Hi - all... here is the card I made for my 'baby' who turned 9!!! on the weekend. I can't believe it!!! Another year and both my children will be in double figure numbers! WOW! As long as we all keep aging then life is good isn't it......

It started out as the KWerner challenge for the week, which was using only the colours Black, Grey and White, which at the time I thought would be a great combo for him as his favourite colour is black. But when I tried to make it in those colours alone it just didn't look right for a young boy, so I gave up on the challenge and put some Red with it. I don't mind it, but as usual since it is for a loved one, it didn't turn out as special as I would have liked it to be. He liked it though so I suppose that is a good thing...... And yet another step card...... No not fed up with them yet LOL

March Workshop...

2009-03-16T21:22:00.000+10:00

Hi all - how are you all going? I am good after my rather hectic weekend. We had our youngest son's birthday on Saturday with a family party on Saturday night and then I had my workshops on Sunday. Great weekend but was really glad to go to bed Sunday night!!!

For this workshop I had told the girls we would do a 'Glitter Window' card (compliments of SCS) and maybe Easter cards. So that's what we did..... The above card is the Glitter Window card which when I read the instructions was not how I thought it was made (again! didn't I do that recently ROFLOL - I made a couple last year just going by the picture and made the 'window' so that one saw a sentiment that was typed on the inside of the card.)
So for the girls I checked it out properly and made this one like the one on SCS.

Then we made this 'Easter' card which is cased off the SU website. I thought it was just a really simple but really pretty card. I have also used a couple of different techniques to do it eg: rock & roll, masking, heat embossing.

Then we finished off by making this cute little Bunny basket which I have cased from a SU demonstrator, Chris Twing. I made mine slightly different and a bit smaller as I wanted to get all the pieces out of an A4 sheet of paper and not a 12 x 12 sheet. But to look at it, it looks like Chris'.

So if you would like a pre-cut kit that includes everything* to make these three wonderful things then check out my side bar on the workshop info to see how easy it is to get one.

9th Birthday Card...

2009-03-15T05:00:00.001+10:00

Hi all - here is a card that I made for a friend's son's birthday in December. It is almost completely cased from someone off SCS. Normally I put a link to the photo at the time so when I get round to posting it, I can give credit where due. But I didn't and I have searched and searched and I just can't find the one on SCS. So if anyone knows where it is then please let me know so I can give due credit. Thank you to the person for your beautiful creative inspriation.

The only thing that I changed (I think) was the DS paper and I added the age onto mine.

A Swap Card....

2009-03-13T05:03:00.002+10:00

Hi all - here is a card I made for a colour challenge ages ago and didn't get round to putting it on my blog. We had to use the colour 'Summer Sun' and I am NOT a yellow person AT ALL! But I am pleased to say that I didn't mind this at all when I finished it. I think the other colours helped really set it off. (Straight off the you-beaut SU colour wheel - If you haven't got one yet then ya just gotta get one!!!) I also really liked the simplicity of it.

Birthday Boy....

2009-03-11T04:32:00.001+10:00

Here is the card I made for our nephew who turned six. As usual I had to make one in a hurry (story of my life!!! LOL) so I used a pre-cut card left over from a previous workshop. It was the only one I had that was male colours but they weren't really young male colours so I dressed it up with bugs to try and make it more boyish. I was pretty happy with how it turned out and he really love the style with the hidden message so it was all good. :-))

Partners in Crime...

2009-03-09T20:20:00.004+10:00

I am very fortunate to have my DH's sister-in-law as not only as a family member, but also a very good friend and also.... only two days younger than myself!!!! (And boy! She doesn't let me forget it!!! LOL. We have always had the fun and enjoyment of celebrating our birthdays together and this one was no exception. I think it was extra special having someone to celebrate with... moan about getting older with... cry on each other's shoulder.. sorry getting away from myself here LOL.

Anyway... back to the story.... as a little extra, I decided to try and make the above album for her. A friend of mine had made one for someone else last year and I really wanted to give one a go. When I finished it I didn't know if I liked it or not, but I don't mind it now. It didn't turn out how I was planning. I wanted to use DS papers but the ones I had weren't colours that she liked. But all was well in the end..

Then late the night before party when neither of us had still made a card for each other, I received a text from her challenging me to a purple and black card. That was our colour theme for the party the next day so she had a bright idea that we should each make our cards in those colours.... WHAT WAS SHE THINKING!!!! LOL (Luv Ya Mel) I sent back, You're on!!! This was the card I made.

And just for a little extra, these are the invites that we made. (This was before we decided to do a colour theme).

A Friend's Birthday....

2009-03-08T05:00:00.000+10:00

Hi all - Here is a card I made for a lovely friend who comes religiously to my workshops (Hi Jacqui :-)) This was her birthday card (in case ya didn't guess) and she LOVES purples!! and butterflies... and swirls... and glitter... and..... Plus she also loves pop up/out, anything different type of cards. Just my type of goil!!!! LOL So I made this while I was in my Step card fetish time frame. Pretty???...

Ps: I think I may have gone a little overboard with the glitter on the name! LOL

Punch Challenge...

2009-03-06T21:54:00.001+10:00

Hi all - here is a card that I made for a Team Challenge. We were challenged to do something creative with punches.

I had thought and thought about it for a week or two but not actually sat down to give it a go.... Then one arvo while waiting for a friend to turn up, I sat playing with some scraps and some punches sitting on the table (no, I usually don't get round to cleaning up after I play LOL) I was playing with the idea of how one punches a shape (in this case, the scallop) then re-inserts it, turns it slightly, and punches again. And before I knew it, with the use of the Spring Flower Bouquet punch also, I had these lovely flowers sitting on the table beside me!!!!

The grass is cut free hand and the sky (can't see it too clearly) has been sponged with Whisper White to look like clouds (another idea I had seen ages ago and took a few goes ie: binned pieces LOL, to get it to look how I wanted).

I was really please with how the card turned out in the end.

My birthday ... still.....

2009-02-24T17:58:00.003+10:00

Hi all

Ok............. today wasn't so bad after all......... IT WAS TRULY AMAZING!!!!!

Who knew that turning 40 would be so much FUN!!! (Actually all you 'over-40ers' said that LOL - I just didn't realise that the fun started from the minute one actually turned 40!)

I have had the very BEST day ever! My day started with me being woken up by my children and hubby for gift giving time. Then it was get ready and off to work (I'm a teacher aide) and at the school where I work the staff really laid it all on today!!! It was WONDERFUL!! Each class I went to sang 'Happy Birthday' to me (one class even sang it in three different languages!) They had an afternoon tea party for me with a huge spread of yummy food AND a black forest cake complete with '40th' candle LOL. I got pressies from the staff and a card from one of the students and her sister. EVERYONE made me feel so wonderful! I can't ask for a better workplace. They are a wonderful group of people (and children) to work with.

Also... YES THERE'S MORE!!!........ My hubby's work had delivered to the school a big arrangement of flowers. And a good friend sent a bunch of balloons!!! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!

And then to come home and see all the wonderful wishes from you all on my blog!! Well, I'm just about ready to cry with love and happiness! So I just want to say a big BIG thank you to all of you for your wonderful birthday wishes!!! THANK YOU

Debbie M

40 years old!!! GROAN

2009-02-24T00:01:00.000+10:00

Well it is now official!! I am OLD

As of today I am 40!!!!

Today is the day that I start on my downhill run to old age!!! LOL

No I'm told by many (all over 40) that it really isn't all that bad!

Oh well I am glad to still be here

and I have a lot to be grateful for: family, friends, etc.

So I suppose that I will make the most of it.....

and party HARD!!!! LOL

So.... Happy Birthday to me....

And let's get this party started!!!!

February 2009 Workshop

2009-02-23T20:11:00.001+10:00

Hi all - yes it's me back again (FINALLY!!!! LOL) with the cards from my first workshop for the year. It was so good catching up with most of the girls again (and hopefully will get to catch the others at next month's workshop)

I had sent out to all my girls, a timetable card with a magnet on the back to put on their fridges so we will all know when the next workshop is due. I also had a suggestion for a type of card we may do at each workshop. This month, the first one, had a Joyfold card on it. SCS has a great tutorial on how to make one and it is one of those cards that appears tricking, but as the girls found out, surprisingly simple (helps that everything is pre-cut for them LOL).

I absolutely LOVE the Bali Breeze designer paper!! The colours are Divine!!!! So I used the papers for my inspiration for everything we made.

This is the card we all made:
This was our second card. I also wanted to use one of the SAB sets and I LOVE the Polka Dot Punches set. The stamped image on the front of this card is cased from the card on the front of the SAB catalogue as I wanted to show how the punches worked with the set.

Then the last thing we made were these adorable mini Post-it Note key rings that I came across on the net ages ago and have wanted to try ever since. I have again used the SAB set with co-ordinating punches. A great tutorial on these key rings can be found here . Aren't we lucky that there are such clever people out there in the great wide world of the web. :-))

KWerner Challenge #41

2009-02-14T15:58:00.009+10:00

Here is my entry for Kristina's colour challenge. Last year I tried to make my DH a Valentine's card and I tried to go very extravagant... and it didn't work :-(( I was so disappointed in it, so this year I thought I would do the complete opposite and go for simplicity... And I love it! - So I hope you all do too. :-))

I also made him this little box of chocolates ('cause they're my favourite - oops, I mean HIS favourite LOL) - This was also for another challenge through our team - to come up with something using acetate (I think I have cheated here and taken the easy option LOL - others made beautiful cards out of the acetate

Forgot to add: Idea for acetate box came from SCS. (Haven't used their instructions though - have made mine differently - also I have made a cardstock back which is all in one with the lid so it folds open)

Birthday Step Card...

2009-01-29T18:38:00.002+10:00

Hi - this is a card that I made for my 9 year old nephew. It was not what I originally planned to make but I ran out of time but still wanted something different. It is certainly a lot plainer than the original card idea but in the end I was really really happy with it. I was also going to use all different bright boyish colours but I'm really glad I didn't as I think the simplicity of the design lends itself more to the monochromatic tones.

I am loving these step cards at the moment since making the ones at Chrissy time, but this is my first one since then. You may see a few more in the near future LOL unless I find another fancy idea that I get hooked on.

Birthday Card for a Friend....

2009-01-23T20:03:00.001+10:00

Hi all - with everything happening around here at the moment I realised that yet again I'm am being a bad, bad blogger as already a week has passed since I last posted. (:-(( and I was gonna try soooo hard this year to be better LOL) The thing is I'm not really getting any cards made at the moment to blog (*sob*) ....

But then I remembered that I had one or two from around Chrissy time that I haven't yet put on, so here I am..... And I couldn't believe that I hadn't put this one on as I was so proud of it! (that is probably because it is almost completly cased from here. LOL)

It was for a team member so I wanted to make sure it was really nice (in my mind LOL) and I really loved this card (and the original!)

Anyway probably won't be back for another week... maybe if I'm lucky I might get to do a challenge or two, maybe...

Hubby's Headache

More Challenges....

Birthday card....

And Yes, Another Challenge...

Challenges....

Small Birthday Treats....

Seahorse Card?.... What the?.....

Valentines Day....

I LOVE Surprises....

A Note of Thanks...

Stylish Simplicity.....

Christmas Cards....

12 Days of Christmas Part 2....

12 Days of Christmas....

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Christmas S-a-S Prizes...

November Christmas Stamp-a-Stack...

October's Christmas Workshop....

Hello....

Something to start off with............

Birthdays, Birthdays and more Birthdays...

Birthdays Again.....

And ANOTHER 40th......

Workshops...

Birthdays....

May Workshop Creations.....

A 40th.....

Birthday Card....

April Workshops......

10th Birthday.....

All My Friends are Turning 40!.....

Workshops Once Again.....

Brother's Birthdays...

Valentine Cup Cakes....

Baby Girl Card....

Dr Who Came Calling.....

Step Layers......

Birthday Roses.....

Fantasy Box.... Finally!!!

Birthday Sweets...

Unusual Thank You Card....

And onwards into another year...

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!

Happy Birthday to Whoo!

Sympathy cards...

Christmas Cards...

Very Belated Birthday Crad...

My Very First Chrissy Card...

Groovy Surfin' Santa Invite....

Christmas Workshop Gifts...

November Workshop & Stamp-a-Stack

Girls 'Day' In....

Baby Card...

13th Birthday...DUH!!!

A Wedding Card...

October Workshop

Give-Aways!!!

And Another Tri-Shutter Card....

Boy's Birthday Tilt Card....

Simple, But Sweet.....

Another Tri-Shutter....

More Mystery Slider Cards...........

Wedding Cards...

Lucky Me!...........

Convention Swap Cards....

Tri-Shutter Card...

August Workshop....

Punch Art Fun....

18th Birthday....

Engagement Card....

Matt's Birthday...

July Workshop....

June Workshop...

A Little Gift....

Stamp-a-Stack.....

Mojo Monday #87

Leah's Monthy Challenge #8

Late Challenge Card....

Simple but Sweet...

May Workshop...

40 years old!!! GROAN