Well well here I am again, I hope this all goes to plan & shows up on Thursday.  I’m doing these scheduled posts because at the moment I have the time to sit & write & I don’t know if I will over the next couple of weeks with it being school holidays here right now. 

This post today (& the next couple too) is showing you another wonderufl gift I received in the mail.  Again it has been a little while since I received it & I am sorry Christine for taking so long in posting……but……LIFE, tell me, who said it ws allowed to get in the way of stamping?????? Lol

Here is the gorgeous gift Christine Healey sent me

It is a wonderful file folder full of goodies……there is a yummmmmy block of chocolate in a pouch (it’s so sweeeet), some envelopes made using the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die  & inserts to go inside them & then there is this GORGEOUS GORGEOUS GORGEOUS card .  I LOVE LOVE LOVE everything about this creation, isn’t it just wonderful

I have honestly not eaten the chocolate & I received it in May so I think it is now time to go & indulge

I’ll catch you back here in a couple of days

Hello hello & a Happy Tuesday to you……………I hope you are having a good one & are not too cold where-ever you ar today.  I’m feeling it a little here, so have just popped the heater into my craft room to warm it up a little so I can do some of those jobs that have been waiting for what seems like for-evahhhhhhhhhhhh

Today I’m going to show you another lovely gift I received in the mail recently.  This one was sent to me by the wonderfully talented Caroline Colgan

Isn’t it just gorgeous, I LOVE it, very PINK & very ME!!

Thank you so much Caroline for sending this to me it brought a smile to my face when I opened the mail & I am terribly sorry it has taken me so long to post it.

Well I’m off to organise a couple of other posts now to schedule over the next few days, so I’ll se you next time

Till then…….keep warm

Today I have a picture of a lovely gift I was sent by the very talented & lovely Liam Pucher

This is a gorgeous little easle drawer, it has some lovely note cards inside. 

You should pop on over to Liam’s blog, she has some incredible tutorials over there.

I hope you have a wonderful day today & I’ll chat with you later

Hi there, today I’m going to show you a creation I made a couple of weeks ago.  I saw this gorgeous little bird house a little while ago & thought I’d give it a go, this is what I came up with

I created a card to match with the birdhouse. I really enjoyed playing with Melon Mambo, it is such a fun colour to use.

The colours I’ve co-ordinated with it are Whisper White & Kraft. 

Here’s one I’ve created in Baja Breeeze

I hope you’ve enjoyed looking at my creations today.

I’ll catch you again soon

This post has been sitting in the draft file for what seems like ages……………………….so I thought I’d finish it & show you a card I made about 2 months ago.

This is a card I case-d from page 11 of the Autumn mini. At the time I didn’t have any of the new colours (Melon Mambo) so I used Regal Rose ribbon insead.  I also son’e have the Tag punch so I used the large & Wide Oval punches so I could add a greeting.

The card base is Old Olive & I’ve used the Manhatan flower embossing folder….which I do love but just need to get to using it more.  I am getting much better at using my Big Shot because I’ve moved it so it now sits on my desk & is super easy to use.

I love being able to case a card & make a little change or two to make it more ‘mine’ 

Maybe if your mojo is missing a little inspiration why not find something you like & copy it…. another great use is if you are tie poor, just find a creation someone else has made, tweek it a little & it is more personally yours (thanks to inspiration;)

Good arvy to you, I hope your day is going splendidly

Today I am going to show you a box of cards I have created today.  I thoroughly enjoyed my bit of time I’ve spent in my craft room….the itchy fingers are enjoying the workout

Here it is

In all honesty I think this is the only creation I’ve been totally happy with using Pacific Point…..hmmmm maybe I should try using it a little more, it makes perfect male cards.

Here is one of the cards that’s inside the box

The base for the card is Whisper White & I’ve used some Good Morning Sunshine dsp, then topped it with a piece of Summer Sun cardstock.  I stamped the Loads of Love image onto Water Colour paper with Staz On ink & coloured it using my Aquapainter & ink.  I mounted this onto a piece of Riding Hood Red & then popped that onto the Summer Sun.

The greeting down the bottom of the card is from the set On Your Birthday, stamped in Staz On.

I made 3 cards with the Riding Hood Ribbon with a red ute & then 3 cards using the Pacific POint ribbon with a blue ute.  I also used some Circle & some Star brads…….

I think this well be given to one of my childrens swimming teachers……I’ve got this week & next to organise another 2 gifts……hmmm what will I make, I must get my thinking cap on.

I hope you have enjoyed looking at what I’ve created today & I hope it might have inspired you to use some colours you don’t normally use??

Till next time (which I’m going to schedule now so keep your eyes peeled over the next couple of days)……Keep Smiling

Hello there,  I know it’s been too long, but I’m not going to talk about that, becuase every time I come on here it’s been far too long & I’ve been far too busy to even create, & yes that is still the case…..so

While I’ve been busy with seeding (we finished today YAYYYYY!!!!!!) there has been a few ladies award me a Beautiful Blogger Award, this is who they are all from
Charmaine Black
Claire Harrison
Lisa Ryder
Leonie Schroder
Sonia Garbutt
Louise Ryan
Mae Collins
Gardenia Pepworth

Now for this blog award, I have to tell you 10 things about me, so here goes

1. I have a new laptop (YIPPEE!!! hopefully meaning mre blogging )
2. I have been married for 12 years
3. My hubby is 8 years older than myself
4. I LOVE eating peppermint or plain cadbury’s chocolate
5. I love the peace & quiet of the farm
6. I have been driving some small trucks over seeding (loved this)
7. I LOVE LOVE LOVE cooking
8. I try rooly rooly hard to feed my kids healthy home cooked food (I so don’t like processed foods)
9. I love reading (am reading the Mercy Thompson series atm)
10. Carnations are my favourite flower

So now I have to share 10 blogs with you……lost of my favourite blogs have already received this award, so I’m going to share the love & direct you to some other lovely blogs that I visit, but not regularly enough (maybe with my new fast laptop I will do more of that

1. Jenny Adams
2. Carole Stedman
3. Cathy Clark
4. Kym Bryne
5. Julie Gis
6. Alishia Gaff
7. Caroline Colgan
8. Genelle Little
9. Mel Sharp
10. Nicole Derendorf

So that’s it.  I hope you all enjoy looking at these other lovely blogs & they inspire you

I’ll sign off for now.  Now that seeding has finished I’m hoping I’ll have more of a chance to sit & create & you know what……….I’m feelng very creative lately I’ve got itchy fingers which I haven’t had for a very very long time

Till next post, take care of you

Today I’m going to show you a bag I’ve made to send to a friend.  In the bag I’ve included some cards & a little pillow box with some yummy smelling soap

Here is a pic of the whole set together

I’ve made a box in a bag & then I decided to make 6 cards to pop inside it.  Also I used my new Pillow Box Die that goes in my Big Shot & made the cutest little box that is home for a small soap.

Here’s the Pillow Box

& a close up of the flower

Here is a sample of the cards I included in the bag

I had alot of fun making this gift.  I know it’s going to be loved where it is going to

I hope you are having a great week, it’s back to being busy here atm, so stamping & blogging is having to take a back seat for a bit, hopefully i”ll be back with a little more later in the week.

Keep smiling

Hello there,  Baja Breeze would have to be one of if not my favourite colour.  It goes so well with many many colours.  Today’s project has Baja Breeze combined with Pink Pirouette & Chocolate Chip.

I made this set to send to a friend for her birthday earlier this year.

This is the card & pouch together

For the pouch I used the retired Parisian Breeze Speciality dsp, I just love these papers.
Here’s the pouch

And a picture of the card by itself

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Friends 24-7, Whimsical Words, Baroque Motifs

Ink:  Choc Chip, Baja Breeze

Cardstock:  Parisian Breeze Speciality dsp, Baja Breeze, Choc Chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  Flower Fusion Too, Wide oval Punch, Double Stitched Choc Chip 1″Grosgrain ribbon, 5/8″ Choc Chip Grosgrain ribbon, Silver brads

These cards are so easy to make & the Flower Fusion gives the card that little more of a lift.

If you’d love to make some cards like these or even the whole set at a workshop e-mail me today on tanya@stampnchat.com & we can organise a time & date to catch up, I’d love to show you how to do these.

Thanks for stopping by today.

So this week it is my turn to set a challenge over on ESAD-SU.  I have had a really hard time trying to work out exactly what I wanted to do this week, well I knew I wanted to do a sketch & came up with that ok, but then…….to make a sample was another story completely.

But it all come together in the end.  So here is the sketch for the challenge

and this is the card I’ve come up with

here’s a close up of the cute butterfly

The second element of the challenge this week is to use the colours

KRAFT

PINK PIROUETTE (or Pretty in Pink)

WHISPER WHITE

I’m really looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with.  If you’d like to join in I’d love to see your card.  The challenge is open until midnight Sunday April 25th.  I’ll announce a winner on Monday.  Add the link to your online gallery or blog to be in with a chance to win a surprise parcel to come in the mail

Till later in the week