No Post today!!!!

Well that's not right cos I'm posting this quick message!!

I've been working out in the garden today.......Ian was painting out the back of the house and I was clearing an area of garden out the front. 31C the temperature reached today...... and it's still only Spring. Walshie got his car back from the panel beaters today after a woman in the local shopping centre drove into the car parked next to him, pushing her into the side of his 4week old car. He made me smile when he said the panel beaters had had it almost as long as he had.

I wanted you to know that I've been working on some Christmas cards for a pack they're almost ready to show you . I've also finished another digital card from Mo Manning which is kinda cute.

Tomorrow 1pm our time is the new Gina K release party over at SCS and this looks like being an expensive time judging by the previews............all the new Christmas sets are so good. Ah well as my Dad used to say 'Money was made round to go round' .......I'll send mine to Gina!

OK that's it till next time (tomorrow all being well)..........

Trick or Treat!

Hello, how is everyone today?

I'm pleased to report that the sun shone yesterday and praise be there was no wind.......Our house was a bit like a Chinese laundry though!

Walshie and I are celebrating our 31st Wedding Anniversary today......not sure where the time has gone seems like yesterday!

My card today is another digital illustration from Mo Manning. I have to tell you that before I came to Australia I never really bothered about Halloween. The kids in the UK weren't into trick or treating...though that might have changed now.

I always get caught out without sweets or as the Australians call them lollies. This year because the shops have everything stocked well in advance I've been buying bags of sweets.......problem is Walshie and I keep eating them! Now I learn that I have until the end of next month (it helps if you keep the dates for these occasions ah!)

So onto my card...... I printed the image onto white card and cut it using a Nestability square die. I used my Copic markers to colour this one.........how brave am I. The green scalloped background is from SU Kiwi Kiss.

My base card is also SU Sahara Sand and to this I added a layer of GKD Pumpkin Spice that was embossed with Swiss dots. At the bottom of this layer I added a strip of Digital paper from GKD with some ribbon across the join.

The image was attached using foam tabs and I attached a spellbinder tag and the computer generated sentiment with a copper swirl.

Hope you like this one and thanks for taking the time to drop by.

I'm working towards a card to post for World Card Making Day......can't decide what to do but I better get to it.

Till next time.........

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Very Merry Baubles.....and Perfume gift bag.

Good Morning,

Two projects today!

Thought I'd share this card today. I've been joining in on the Back To Basics on PCP and this week's lesson was on embossing.

For my card I started with white card layered with Wine coloured card from Artarama by Celebrations of Australia. It has a gold tint in it, which works well for my card. I dry embossed it using my new Spellbinders Impressabilities die 'Flourish'. I should say that I rounded two of the four corners of both these layers.

A strip of Wassail from Basic Grey came next with some gold thread wrapped and knotted round.

I mixed some American Crafts Zing opaque finish white embossing powder with a small amount of Martha Stewart crystal course glitter.

The stamp is Bauble Flakes by Stamp-It and I used VersaMark ink to stamp onto a scrap of gold card, then embossed with my made up mix. Now IRL the image has a beautiful sparkle but sadly you can't see this in the photo.

I matted the stamped image to some plain white before adding it to the card.

The sentiment is from SU and attached to gold card. To finish I added 3 gold brads.

This was a simple card to make which is ideal if like me you have lots to get ready quickly, and still look a little more than ordinary.

My second project is a little gift bag.

On STV this week Lynn is hosting the Potluck Friday challenge and she asked us to pick something we love be it bags, shoes, jewelry, whatever and use it for our project. Well there are a few cards with bags, some T shirts, Shoes etc. and I commented on Mary Anne's one of the ladies who submits gorgeous cards, saying that as my thing was Perfume I wouldn't be able to join in. I didn't have the right stamps and I did look when I shopped on Sunday.

Ha ha.......... Mary Anne to the rescue with a couple of images that I have used here ......what do you think?

I've made the little bag that you will have seen here before, covered the front with some dp from SU. The images have been coloured lightly with Copics, cut out and adhered to the front of the bag. The tag is a stamp from SU - Oval All, that I stamped in Baby Blue onto white card. I've used some ribbon threaded through the top of the bag and the tag and tied off in a bow.

I took the picture with 'some' of my perfume in the background.

Thanks so much for dropping by today, I hope you have a good day.

Till next time.............

Alice.

Happy Monday all,

This is Alice, in case you didn't recognise her...... Alice is a digital illustration from Mo Manning. I've joined a list of people who have fallen in love with Mo's images, she draws so well and her illustrations are a delight to play with.

I used my Copic markers to colour Alice and am reasonably happy with the outcome.

I printed her out onto 120grm computer paper not card this time. Used an oval nestie to cut her out and a scalloped oval in Teal American Craft card .

The base card is White . To this I added a layer of the teal card followed by white card that was embossed through the Cuttlebug with Swiss dots. All these layers had two rounded corners.

The dp is from Cloud 9 Design - Alyssa's Garden, not sure if you can see that this has a bit of sparkle in it. I wrapped some white satin ribbon around the dp and tied a small bow before adding it to the page.

Alice was attached with foam tape to pop her up and to finish I added three Kaiser pearls in Teal.

Hope you like Alice, I'm off to colour another image..... so, take care

Till next time..............

Coffee anyone?????

Hi!

How's your week end going? On Saturday evening Kerrie and I were talking on Skype with Olga and Connie, blogging friends from STV. It's always good to catch up with them we have lots of laughs. It's Sunday evening here and it's been blowing a gale all day!!

Walshie thought we should try to get a walk in ....I wasn't too keen.....I hate the wind it makes me feel uneasy. Don't ask me why.. still said yes but after we pay a visit to the one and only specialist shop for stamping goods close by. Actually closer to Kerrie than us but the only one so off we went. I spent a happy hour looking around and walked away with a new Spellbinders Impressabilities a Basic Grey eskimo kisses paper pad (so much for not using dp for a while!) and some kindyglitz . I actually wanted a clear glitter pen but they don't have them so this was, according to the sales assistant the next best thing.......we shall see. I also picked up a couple of other smaller bits you can't live without......

Anyway from there we drove up to Palm Beach, which is the top of our peninsular (for those who don't know). I did get out of the car.... the sea was a quite rough, lots of white caps and not too many people in the water. Then a gust of wind blew sand in my face and that was it......back to the car for me........what a wuss!!

So I came home and tried to catch up on emails and blog visits.

Last night I started making this card for Jessica's sketch challenge over on STV...... so I finished it off what do you think?

• Stamp GKD - signs of autumn and the sentiment is GKD thanks a million.
• Ink ColorBox Paintbox fluid chalk autumn pastels.
• Card GKD Soft Sand, American Crafts caramel and butterscotch, DP Heidi Grace Reagans Closet.

My base card is GKD soft sand. I started with one layer of butterscotch, which I pierced. To this I attached another layer of soft sand. Next came the four panels two of Caramel with some piercing in top right and bottom left corners, (not sure if you can see that here) as well as the striped dp.

The image was stamped to some soft sand card twice, one cup was cut away to be added with a foam tab later. The second image was then cut using a Spellbinder labels one die and sponged whilst still in the die with the same ColorBox chalk. This was attached to a larger label die cut from the butterscotch card. I also pierced around the edge of this piece. Two buttons were added with dmc embroidery thread tied through the button holes.

The inside of this card was also decorated using the card left after cutting the larger label and some of the striped dp punched into 3/4" circles with buttonholes punched in the centres.

The sentiment was stamped to complete the card.

Thanks for taking the time to drop by, enjoy the rest of your week end.

Till next time........

Windy Saturday!!!

Hi,

Had to let you know that the play was good! I couldn't quite work out how they could condense the story for the stage but I have to say it worked very well. All the characters were strong... but my favourite was Clairee played by Jennifer Hagen.

Today we woke to strong winds once again which has blown the red dust about making it less than pleasant. What we need is some rain....... Busy day though, so no card to share It's 7pm and I've just sat down so I'm going to work on a couple of challenge cards.

Hope your week end is going well and that you manage to get some crafting time.......

Till next time........

Just another Day in Paradise......

Hi,

Another busy day in paradise today! Cleaning up after the big blow that hit not just Sydney but most of the East Coast from well South of us up to Queensland. Finally sat down to make this 'quick' card for Gina's technique challenge over on Stamp TV. Ian was out with an old colleague so I had the afternoon to play.

Well let me tell you this was one of those cards that just wouldn't come together........The image was easy peezy I stamped and coloured it sat it on some GKD Apple Green (gorgeous) card cut into a scalloped oval. Then the fun started.... I tried three different layouts before this one. Different card, different dp embellishments you name it. In the end this was the result, can't say I'm thrilled but it was the best of the bunch.

I used more of the Apple green as the base layer then some pale lemon punched with the SU lace border punch and embossed with Swiss dots.

I attached a strip of pale lemon double satin ribbon down the centre and the stamped image using foam tabs to pop it up. Spent ages getting the bow right and attached that to the top with a glue dot. Phew done! I'm typing this at 10.57pm stopped only long enough for dinner.......

I actually took some pictures of my work desk to show you the mess I made making this card only to find I'd left the memory stick out of the camera!!! So you don't get to see it I cleared it to take photos. Just one of those days I think.

Tomorrow evening I'm off to the Theatre with friends to see Steel Magnolia's which should be good. I'll let you know.

Thanks for stopping by and listening to me rant.

Till next time...............