A Wish For Peace.

Hello fellow blog surfers,
I'm afraid I'm still putting up pictures of some older projects and this one was done quite some time ago. It is a C.A.S.E. from our ideas book and catalogue, you can find it on page 32, the set used is called A Wish For Peace, the same set I used to do the Tri-shutter card. The wheel used along the bottom of the card is called Soft Holly and I think it's really pretty, so you can be sure you'll be seeing a few Christmas cards with that on in the future. Take care all and have a good week, lots of inky hugs from...

Eastern Blooms.

Happy Saturday to you all,
I've had another busy day, with a class this morning and out to lunch for the fourth time this week! I don't think I will loose any weight this week, but it's been really enjoyable catching up with family and friends for food and a chat. This is a card which I made some time ago after seeing one similar on one of the groups I belong to on-line. It's using the set called Eastern Blooms, which I really like, I also used a few of the felt flowers from the "Flower Fusion" box. I hope you like it, I promise to take some photos of more recent stuff over the weekend and upload them soon. Take care all, lots of inky hugs from .....

A tag from our book

Hello all,
I seem to be finally getting back to normality "What ever that is?" Any way, a while ago I made a decision to CASE some of our lovely projects that can be found throughout the ideas book and catalogue. This is one of the tags which you can find on page 70 along with all the instructions to make it. I've used the set called Pocket silhouettes, which maybe small but it's very versatile. Take care and thanks for visiting with me, lots of inky hugs from...

A bit of Christmas spirit. Tri-Shutter

Hi All, This was my first attempt at a Tri-shutter card, I saw one that had been posted on the on line group for SU demonstrators that I belong to. It had been made by the very clever Leonie Shroder, this card is very similar to hers apart from all the colours and papers. I must admit once I'd made one, I was hooked and I have made several now. This one was made with the set called A wish for Peace, I love the dove in this set. Oh well, that's it from me tonight, have a nice weekend. Lots of inky hugs from....

Retro chip board...

Hello visitors,
Here is the card that went with the previous one with the owl on it. The ladies that went to that get together all had fun making one of these, the tallest flower is a chip board one and has been coloured with a sponge dauber and classic ink pad. "Chocolate chip to be precise" The grass in the background is from the set called Inspired by nature located on page 74 of the current Idea book and catalogue. I stamped it in one of our lovely new in-colours called Kiwi Kiss. The flowers are from the set called Good Friend, you can see that set on page 99. I hope you like it, take care and stay inky. Lots of inky hugs from ....

Chip board owl.

Good evening all,
Well it's a very wet and windy night out there, so I'm glad to be in the warm and dry. I thought you might like to see some cards as it's been a while, due to all the other activities I've been up to. This is a card I made and demoed at a lovely clients house for a chip board work shop. The client concerned had specifically asked to do chip board covering at her workshop, so I made some birds from our So tweet chip board collection, I put some of the smaller ones on a little tree and this owl was covered with the chocolate chip patterns paper, then I stamped the scallops from the All Scallops set over the top to look like feathers. I finished it off with some choc chip ink sponged around the edges. The eyes and beak are raw chip board that I just daubered ink over to colour them. I hope you like it, take care. Lots of inky hugs from....

Mundaring markets...

I thought I would upload some photos of what I got up to last weekend, I was with my lovely downline Lynne and her lovely downline Sam. We had a very busy weekend with all the people who had gone up to Mundaring to see the "Truffle festival", our stall was in the markets a road down from there and we had loads of friendly and inquisitive people come and visit our Stampin'Up! stall. Sam had made some GORJUS! cupcakes and Lynne made the boxes for them to go into, we made lots of cards and various other goodies, so there were plenty of choices for everyone. It was our first attempt at having a stall and we were very pleased with the outcome, so you will see us around at several other markets about Perth. If you visit this blog, please stop by and say hello if we're in your neck of the woods. Thanks for stopping by, take care. Lots of inky hugs from...

Some of the displays.

Hello all,

Well after yet another very busy weekend, I am trying to catch up on e-mails and various other chores today. I was at the Mundaring markets all weekend with one of my lovely downline girls Lynne, we were also joined by one of her downlines Sam, between the three of us we had put together a wonderful Stampin'Up! stall, full of great samples and lots of goodies for sale, including some really beautiful cup cakes in a cup cake boxes, the baking was done by Sam and the boxes made by the very talented Lynne. We had a really good time although we had a fair bit of rain the first day, we were blessed with plenty of sun for the second day. The Truffle festival was on just up the road, so this brought heaps of people in and consequently they then visited the markets, which was great for us.

The photos above are from the stamp-a-thon and were some of the displays we had up for all to look at and take photos for ideas. The ones on the table were triplicates of the projects that were made on the day, we did different versions of them so everyone could see how you could change them to suit your occasion etc. I will endeavour to get back here with some more photos soon, thanks for visiting. Lots of inky hugs from...

Heads down...

Some busy people enjoying the day, we had eight projects for each person to make and there were sixteen tables set up with six people on each table,Two tables for each project. When time was called everyone moved to the next table and began working on their next item. Everyone just got on with their projects and there was plenty of laughter and chatter going on too. We had a lovely morning tea with scones, cream and jam Yummy! then we stopped for lunch, we had a choice of two different soups, Keesh's chicken and veg or Lou's mum's pumpkin and Keesh's mum's pumpkin, there were subway platters for everyone to select from too. Later in the day, we stopped for a lovely shared afternoon tea with all sorts of goodies that had been brought in by various generous people, it was a sea of yummy delights, so a big thank you to all who donated the lovely spread. I will post some more soon, take care and thanks for visiting with me, lots of inky hugs from...

Dee's big win...

Here's a picture of me with Dee, who won the super big bundle of goodies in the silent auction. Dee was so excited she couldn't wait get it her hands on all the products, so she started rummaging through all the wonderful bits and pieces as soon as she got it back to her table. Well done Dee! A huge thank you for your support and the wonderful little soaps which you made for us too. I'll show you all some photos of the projects and those gorgeous little soaps from Dee soon. Take care and stay inky, lots of inky hugs from ...

Smiles from all.

Here is a picture of me (with the pink boa) Ngaire, Makeesha and lovely Lou :-)

A bit about the Stamp-a-thon 09....

Well what an amazing experience, I must admit I was more than a little exhausted on Sunday, but I'm getting back to normal today. All in all it was a wonderful day and I would like to thank all the lovely ladies who have written me the most gorgeous e-mails thanking us for a magnificent day. Everyone seemed to have a great time and managed to get most if not all of their eight projects finished. The food was fabulous and very diligently looked after by our wonderful helpers, Makeesha's mum, Lou's mum and Kate who is Makeesha's brother's fiance.
Ngaire Anderson came along and very kindly helped on the day too, things ran very smoothly.
The hall soon filled up with the hundred people and, smiling faces filed through the doors to be greeted by the three of us with a pink goody bag, filled with a whole lot of fun! I made sure we could be easily spotted by getting us a pink feather boa to wear, "all good fun!" I was so excited and a little nervous, the nerves soon went and I was in my element up on stage having a laugh with everyone. I have a few photos of the day and will post some over the next few days for you to have a look at. Of course the most important thing is that we raised an amazing sum to be donated to the NBCF, the total raised was......."Drum roll please" $4,322.91 so a huge thank you to all who attended and made this possible and of course to those of you who made donations as well as the lovely Lee-Anne Barry who made up a spectacular basket of goodies to go in the silent auction. We had several products donated from Stampin'Up! which went into making some beautiful hampers, these were in a silent auction and some other goodies went into door prizes or competition prizes. This all made for a really exciting day full of smiles and fun, but we took time to reflect on the real reason we were there and there were several cancer survivors among us as well as some about to start on their journey with the recovery from this dreadful disease. Lets hope our contribution will go a little way to help find a cure for our daughters and grand daughters of the future. Thank you again to all who contributed to this wonderful day. Lots of inky hugs from...