Gem's pages...

I am really happy to be able to show these fabulous pages that were made in my scrapbooking class last week, they were made by the very talented and gorgeous Gem, who just happens to be nearly as gorgeous as her mum Ingrid who has kindly supported and encouraged me all the way with my Stampin'Up! business and my creativeness. I am very blessed to have such lovely ladies who come to my classes who have become very dear friends of mine. They all boost my confidence so much and always tell me how much they love their projects.

This was Gem's first scrapbooking class with me and I sincerely hope she will join us again when I return from England. She did such a wonderful job and I know she will put some gorgeous photos on it to finish it off. Well done Gem and thanks for the photos ;-)

Well this is most likely my last post before I fly out in the early hours of the morning, so take care and stay creative. Lots of inky hugs from ....

Happiness shared!

Hi there paper crafters,
I had an absolute blast last weekend teaching this double page layout with my beautiful friends, everyone made these pages and did such a wonderful job. I was a bit nervous about this one as I'm not really a scrapbooker and have only recently begun to design some layouts. But it seems my worries were unfounded and all were really happy with their finished projects. Please click on picture to see up close ;-)

The photos were taken of my parents when I was last over in the UK visiting in March this year. We shared some wonderful memories and laughs together, it was made even more special by the fact I was there for my dear dad's birthday.

Unfortunately I now have to return to my homeland for compassionate reasons, my dear mother has just been diagnosed with cancer and is very ill, so I will be flying there on Monday morning to be with my siblings and family while we care for mum and of course dad. I have no idea when I will be returning to Australia but will stay in touch with you all via e-mail.

I want to thank everyone for their support and kind words,

Lots of love and inky hugs from....

It's been a while !

Hi there inky people,
Once again I find myself apologising for my absence, well life keeps throwing me a googly and it seems to take me a while to get back on track. I've had a nasty bought of bronchitis and now some bad news from back in the UK, so please bare with me when I don't post as regularly as I would like to.
Now I thought I'd start the posts with these pictures of my little Pirate Tilda, I made her for my beautiful Daughter's 21st birthday, which of course was a pirate theme. I stamped the Tilda and then masked her before stamping the barrel, anchor and skull. I coloured the images in with Copic markers and drew the many little skulls arround the card with a white gel pen (hence them all being slightly different!)

I didn't have a very big choice of colours to work with as this is the first card I have made using my copics and Magnolia's other than the tag I made for home work. I only had one blue and two greens and three browns so I used my greys to change the tones of the colours for blending and shading.

I must admit to being quite proud of this creation and Elysia loved it too. I used some stamps from the Stampin'Up! set called Beware Pirates! on the inside and tore the paper inside the card to make it look like an old map. I hope you like it too. ;-)
Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave some nice comments, I'm in need of some happiness ;-) Lots of inky hugs from ....

A Little me time.

Hi there papercrafters, well I finally gave in to my urge to try out copic markers and have joined a group of very friendly and talented papercrafters who get togethert every other Saturday to have copic classes with the very knowledgeable Deb J. Each week we get given home-work to do and we bring it back in the form of a tag which then gets swapped with the rest of the class. This is my very fist tag after my very first lesson, I am really enjoying the me time and having fun colouring in these cute little images. I used Stampin'Up!'s Crumb cake to make the base of this tag which is matted on SU's basic black card stock, the lesson was to colour in on Kraft coloured paper and I really had fun with this one.

I hope the recipient of my tag likes it and it wasn't too bad for a beginner, keep visiting to see more of my efforts in this new medium as well as my usual posts with StampinÚp! products of course.

Take care and enjoy the rest of your week, lots of inky hugs from.....

A bit of Nautical art...

Hello out there in Blog land, I hope you have been enjoying a lovely weekend. I've certainly cheered up since my last post and can happily report that my nasty cold is well on it's way out!
I had a wonderful saturday and went to my second Copics class with my lovely friend and downline Michelle, who also happend to be celebrating her birthday ;-) After finishing our class I went on to my youngest daughter's house to attend a Neutrimetics party, lots of pampering and chatting, then off home to get ready for a dinner rendezvous with friends at a wonderful Chinese restaurant. Very Yummy! To top the weekend off, we rose bright and early this morning to ride the Harley out with fifty five other Harley owners, we all met up at Perth Harley's then rode out to Mundering wier for a quick refreshment, then onto Chidlow for a srcummy lunch before heading home. We were really lucky and only encountered some light rain just before reaching home, it was another fabulous day shared with great friends and really made me feel truly blesssed to be alive.

These two cards were made with the new stamp called sail Away, it's in the new Autumn/Winter mini and can be found on page 22 with the other a la carte single stamps. I used a brayer to colour the background fo the card above after embossing the sails with some clear embossing powder to resist the ink, I saw a card similar to this on the web somewhere and unfortunately have lost the name of the clever person I cased it from so if it's your's please let me know so I can give proper credit to you. The top card was water coloured using our very versitile ink pads which double as palletes very easily. I also used the little tag punch and tiny tags stamp set to add the embellishments, I think this one is appropriate to send to my brother as he is still working at sea like so many of my family members.

Oh well, take care, lots of inky hugs from....

bag shop.

Hi there, I hope this finds you well and not suffering with a nasty cold like me ;-(
This card is one I made for a dear friend's birthday a couple of months ago. I had seen it on the net by the very talented Julia Leece. I just knew it would be perfect for my friend as she is a real bag collector and I was right because she loved it. It's hard to see in this photo but the little bags are sitting on a shelf in a shop window, (just click on the picture for a close up) they have been made with various stampinÚp! punches and stamp sets, the little clutch was embossed with clear embossing powder and I scratched the faux crocodile skin into the hot embossing powder. I hope you like it as much as I had fun making it.
Take care and keep away from those nasty colds, lots of inky hugs from.....

A few more birthday cards...

Hello again inky people, I'm sorry for not posting sooner but I have had an awful cold and I'm not feeling the best right now. Here are a few more birthday cards that I received from some lovely friends. The butterflies are from the very sweet Wil who comes here for classes, I love the colours she has chosen and who doesn't love butterflies! The fabulous background stamp Bella Toile was used by Kathy who carefully coloured it all in with pretty subtle colours, then my gorgeous friend Lou lovingly made this classy card with black ribbon and of course a bird on it just for me. The next cards below are lovingly made by my dear friend Heidi who stamped those pretty daisies and Marie very carefully cut out all those butterflies to make the beautiful concord crush card for me, then Marg also punched out some butterflies to put on the regal rose card and last but but no means least the very elegant buterfly card from my friend and roomie Nic.

Thank you so much for all these gogeous cards, they are very special to me and as with all my cards I will cherish every one.

Lots of inky hugs from .....