Thank you card for vet.

Hello there, I hope this finds you all well, I thought you may like to see one of the cards I made for Polly's specialist. Some of you have very kindly been asking for an update on our dear little adopted fur baby. Well the day we were hoping wouldn't come happened last week on Tuesday, she had to have one of her eyes removed, hubby picked her up from the vets and brought her home with an Elizabethan collar on. This was of course to stop her scratching at and tearing her stitches, but you try telling that to her! She was so distraught and thrashing around the room, trying desperately to remove this cumbersome bucket from around her little head. I was trying very hard to calm her down but to no avail. So I told hubby to ring the vet and ask advice, to which he said 'give her fifteen minutes to calm down, if that hasn't happened bring her back in to be kept in over night and be sedated'. Thank goodness she did eventually calm down and settle in our bedroom on her soft bed. It was a very sleepless night, spent holding her in my arms all night, but when morning came, she was much better and ready to have a little food and water.
This was all happening just a week after our old boy Coubah (German Shepherd)had to have major surgery too, so you can imagine the vet bills! Anyhooo, Coubah needs to be kept inside and have wounds washed and betadine applied three times a day, antibiotics and ear wash and drops done twice a day, his mate Whiddy has to be kept away from him, because all he wants to do is clean his stitches for him, so we now have three animals who all need to be separated from each other. This past couple of weeks have been very stressful to say the least, but Coubah now has his stitches removed and is doing really well, Polly had her first post op check on Sat. and the vet is pleased with her wound. She will have her stitches out on the eighteenth, the day before I leave for Sydney Stampin'Up! convention. So I will get to see her without that stupid bucket on her head and all those awful looking stitches removed from her sweet little face. It seems all though that was the worst eye, it was the one with most sight in it, so she is now completely blind, but already knows her way around and plays with all her toys etc. She sleeps on our bed every night and wakes us up in the morning with sand paper kisses. I'll keep you informed of her progress and upload some more photos of her soon, take care and give your pet a hug for me, lots of inky hugs from....

Third and final part of mini scrap album.

Hello and a very Happy Mother's day to all the mums out there. I was very spoilt today and my daughters both made me feel very special. The eldest came over to visit and gave me the cutes little Eco bag with a cat on it and a lovely new top. My youngest got up early and made the most delicious roast dinner for all of us and my mother in law. I was so proud of her, she wouldn't let me any where near the kitchen and the end result was truly scrumptious! How appropriate to show you all this last collection of pages from Ingrid's cute little album on such a wonderful Mother's day. So please enjoy the pictures and come back soon for some more scrapbooking inspirations.

Take care, lots of inky hugs from ....

Rock-A-Bye-Girl part two...

Hello there, I hope this finds you all enjoying your weekend, especially all the mothers out there. Lets hope you all get something inky to play with tomorrow! Well as promised, here is part two of Ingrid's beautiful little scrap album. This little flip book is just the best design to show off your loved photos and the original design came from a very talented demonstrator in Canada called Andrea Walford. I taught Ingrid and some of our great stamping buddies how to make this book in one of my Saturday classes, we made it with the 'I Wish' scrapbooking kit from Stampin'Up!® Which is a Christmas based kit with lots of great decorations to put into the finished Christmas album, if you would like to learn how to make one of these little albums please feel free to contact me and we will arrange a class for you and some friends to make it. Now please enjoy viewing some more of Ingrid's pages and do come back for the last instalment.

Lots of inky hugs from....

A Sunshine award...

I feel very honoured today, as I have been awarded a beautiful Sunshine award from the very talented Sonia G . I was really quite shocked to find the message waiting for me saying she thought my little ol' blog was worthy of this sweet award, so thanks Sonia. I now have to pay it forward to some wonderful blogs which I visit on a regular basis, this is the hard bit, as I love soooo many! But here's a few to go and see. Make sure you leave some blog love in the comments from me :-)

1) Makeesha Byl

2)Louise Ryan

3)Monique Bruning

4)Nicole Derendorf

5)Leonie Shroder

6)Susan Joyce

7)Ann Gerlach (one of my lovely Paper Charmers team members)

Take care all and come back soon to see the rest of Ingrid's precious scrapbook. Lots of inky hugs from ....

Rock-A-Bye Girl...

Hello there,
As in my previous post I told you it was Scrapbooking month, I thought I'd better honour my promise of showing you some gorgeous scrapbooking and these next pictures are of a wonderful little flip album which was made by my very good friend Ingrid. She has put together this amazing display of pictures taken of her sweet little grand daughter. The album has been made using the 'Rock-a-bye Girl' scrapbooking kit. Have fun looking at these great photos set in this beautiful little album. Well done Ingrid and thanks for letting me show this on my blog.

There are more pictures to come of this little album, so stay tuned and be sure to visit here again to see the rest. Lots of inky hugs from...

Scrapbooking Month...

Hello there,

Did you know that the month of May is officially Scrapbooking Month?? So to celebrate this, I will be doing my utmost to show you some scrapbooking creations and believe me you are in for a treat, because some of these creations have been lovingly made by some of my very talented stamping buddies. This one above was made by me, it was to show some Stampin'Up! party goers how to make a mitred corner with our fabulous jumbo wheels. This wheel is very aptly named "So Swirly" isn't it gorgeous. I used a basic black ink cartridge in the wheel to make sure the ink didn't run out before I got to the end of this twelve by twelve page. The little flower was made with the scallop circle, I just spritzed the paper circles with water and scrunched them up, left them to one side until dry, then put a brad through the center to hold them all together and popped a pearl from our pretties kit in the middle to finish it off. The card stock used was Very Vanilla and Basic Black. The Stamp sets used to make the little embellishment in the bottom left hand side were "Life Definitions" and the "Defining Alphabet" I love using these two sets together, they're a real class act! I hope you liked the first instalment of scrapbooking month and you will be back to see the next one. Take care, lots of inky hugs from....

A pinch and a PUNCH for the first of the month!

Hello there, Did you like the pun about a punch for the first of the month?? I thought I was being quite clever for a change. But all joking apart, this post is about the wonderful new punch style that Stampin'Up!® have released in our new Autumn/Winter mini. I love the fact that we can now stack our punches and they look so darne kool :-)

Starting with the new 2010 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue and continuing with all new punch designs going forward, Stampin' Up! has adopted a new body style for our punches! A few features of the new punch style:
Low-profile, rectangular punch body allows for easier stacking and storing
Punches lock shut for easier storage and transport
Dual labels on top and end allow for easy identification and selection when stored
Available in three sizes: small, medium, and extra-large
New punches allow for larger punched images and more intricate designs while providing greater ease of use.
Extra -large punch images also allow for two-step designs like the Two-Step Bird punch in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue
Larger, whole-hand handle design provides better leverage for easier use
Available in an exclusive Stampin' Up! colour
Part of Stampin' Up!'s commitment to providing demonstrators and customers with the very best crafting tools includes the belief in what we call continuous improvement. Essentially what this means is that even if something works very well, but we see a chance to improve it, we will work to make it even better. While new punch designs will be in the new body style, existing designs will remain in the existing body style for now. We will communicate any further changes as those decisions are made.