Happy Sunday to you!!!

Today I’m not going to ramble at all!!!!!

I’ve got a 12×12 scrap page to show you that I found while tidying my laptop

This was the family photo the kids had taken at school last year.  It really is a lovely pic of them all

I’ve used one of my FAVE colour combo’s.  Choc Chip & Riding Hood Red along with a piece of dsp from the Simply Scrappin Kit Sweet Nothings.  I have also added some of the Adhesive Die Cuts from the kit.  I’m so chuffed with how this page has turned out, that I’s thinking I need to scrap some more

I hope you are enjoying your weekend, I’ll chat with you next week

Heydo ho how are you ging today?  It’s been nearly a WHOLE MONTH…..my oh my where does the time go?  I had made a promise to myself to get here much more regularly, but it just hasn’t happened  

We has school holidays, then Robby’s nanna died & we had to have a trip to Perth for her funeral (which was lovely).  While we were in Perth we wanted to take the kids somewhere special so the trip wasn’t all sad.  We went to the Perth Zoo which we haven’t done for TOOOO LONG!!! They had a ball, we did some shopping & just enjoyed time with family. 

After we got home from Perth I had to get myself organised because I was heading back down to the big smoke by myself.  I went down for a wonderful stamp camp & then headed over to Sydney to spend a couple of days with some very special ladies

I was very kindly invited to stay with Leonie Schroder & Lisa Ryder for a little while & took the opportunity to go over & finally meet some wonderful ladies I’ve been friends with over the internet for a wee while
While I was over there I made a couple of wonderful projects which I will endeavour to take pics of soon & show you, but today I’m going to show you this little folder I made AGES ago
Here is the front view of it

 & an open view

In the left pocket I have popped 3 cards & on the right is some little Scallop Envelopes with note cards inside, some Hot Chocolate & some die cuts from the big shot in a little cello bag.  I don’t know that I have a close up of the card, but once I finish unpacking my suitcase & find my camera I’ll take some pics & pop in here.

The colours I have used are Soft Suede & Pink Pirouette. 

Well I really must dash now, Tom is home with quite a bad cold & I need to take him to Mingenew to see the LOVELY Silver Chain Nurse down there. 

I will be back soon, I promise & I do think it’s about time for some blog candy because I keep getting hits even though I’m not posting.    THANKYOU!!!!

Till next time…….keep smiling

Sendig Super Saturday Smiles your way today!!!!!

As I have shown you previously I sent Linda Craven a parcel as part of a Secret Santa swap……well I had my name down twice & this is what I made & sent to Narelle Hodges , she was my second recipient

This is the first real acetate card I have ever made, I was actually quite happy with how it turned out

I made a little box & filled it with goodies…..here’s what it looked like

I wanted to make the most of the card I had cut out of the middle of the box, so I made a tag out of it & then I made a cover to go over a pouch of coffee

I had alot of fun making this gift, as I do with all the gifts I make….I just love sending them off & hearng back that the recipient was surprised & she really needed a bit of a pick-me-up….makes me all goose-bumpy

So we have been home from holidays for a week now & we are well & truely into the swing of things back here.  The bread is cooked every morning, washing done, cleaning & vacuuming….(this is a funny one becuase I just HATE cleaning & vacuuming, but I have a new Dyson & I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!, but shhhh don’t tell hubby)

The kids have survived their first week back at school & are going to enjoy a nice & easy weekend of doing……..NOTHING!!!

Next week I’ll show you the second gift I received for the Secret Santa Swap, so till then…..keep smiling

Hey hey it’s Friday & tomorrow we head back to the farm.  we have been very very relaxed & rested & now we just need to get back into the mode of  ”doing things” .  The kids have had a bit of swimming, shopping, eating, fishing etc… & most importantly they have spent some very special time with their dad, which is something they just don’t get to do while we are at home becuase he works most of the 7 days every week, (I’m not complaining, I know that is part of farm life, but it is just so precious to see them enjoy his company & it is so nice for him to deal with the kids & I can have a “real break” )

While we have been away our 2nd daughter had her birthday.  We are generally away for it, so we usually do something before we go away or after we come home that involves her friends.  While we were away we went out for brekky, ate what she wanted for lunch (which in all honesty I can’t remember what that was….umwah!) & then we went out for tea to one of the local pubs, which is what she wanted to do & where she wanted to go.  She was tickled pink with all her pressies, she loves elephants & collects erasers, so she received elephants on things & some different & special erasers.  Amazing how simple little things like that can make a child smile & how precious that she is content with it…..not upset becuase she didn’t get a DS or Wii or something spectacular like that…..but that’s our Ebony

So onto the real reason why I’m here…..a card creation.  This is the card I made for Ebony, it didn’t have an elephant on it, but it was pretty close

I just love those Sherbert buttons from the Stampin’ Up! summer mini, must make a mental note to stock up on them before the mini finishes oh & that ribbon is oh so yummy!!!!

So the stamp set I used was Pun Fun as well as the Vintage Labels set from the Sale-a-Bration catty…gotta love free stamp sets

Cardstock is Kraft & Whisper White

Ink for the hippo, basic grey

Colouring pink pirouette & certainly celery with my aquapainter.

I wanted the hippo to ‘pop’ so I stamped, coloured & cut out, then stamped onto the whipser white base & moutned the coloured hippo with dimensionals….here is a close up of the dimension

this is such an effective way to make something stand out that little bit more…..

So that’s it for now,  I’ll post something else for you to have a squizzy at tomorrow….till then….keep smiling

Oh my oh my there is still more to show you of the wonderful things I have received.

This next creation was made by the super mum Linda Craven over at Craven Time 2 Stamp .  Linda was kind enough to make this & send it to me to say thank you for the work I do over at ESAD-SU ( a demonstrator forum), isn’t she sweet….?! 

I just love these boxes that Linda has made, they are so super easy & you can alter it to fit in it whatever you want.

& it’s all pink……YIPPEE!!!!

These are the treats that “were” inside the box

& Í had never thought of making such a cute tissue holder, I will definitely be making some of them

Ok I’m off now to go to bed to be honest with you…….yet another late night, but it is good because I have been stamping & blogging, what more could a girl want

Till next post ….hugs & smiles coming your way

Hip Hip Hooray it’s Holidays

I am so enjoying these holidays…….I although i just can’t believe how fast they are slipping by.  I love having my kids home & just chilling out with them.  We have been flat out with going to Geraldton & back for swimming lessons, but they are now finished & e have a week at home to do NOTHING……which is my favourite thing to do   Then it is only another 2 weeks & school is back.  In that 2 weeks we will be going for our annual holiday & taking it easy.  I’m taking some stamping things & a collection of new books that came in the mail the other day….so I am set for some chilling time  

Ok well enough babble & chit chat you are here to have a look at some creations, not listen to my babbling

The picture below is from a wonderful lady named Mel Sharp.  Mel & I have become friends through the demonstrator forum I am a member of ESAD-SU.  Mel lives on the other side of Australia to me, but we chat & catch up as much as time allows us to.  A little while ago I sent some cards off to Mel for her to donate to a market day for the school her son goes to & as a thank you Mel sent me this lovely parcel & book

I don’t think it really shows, but the little acetate box “was” filled with chocolates……but   I picked out all my fave’s & the rest are waiting for hubby to find, although I don’t think it will be in a hurry because they are in my craft room

I am really looking forward to reading this book, it is coming on holidays with us so I’ll let you know what I think once I have it finished.

THANK YOU MEL for sending this lovely parcel to me, it made me smile a HUGE smile , you are truly a special friend to me.

Well I’m off now, I’m going to schedule another post so you will have some more eye candy
Till then…………keep happy

Today I am going to show you an array of gifts & cards my wonderfully generous Secret Sister from round 2 has sent me…..she hasn’t “actually”  revealed herself to me but on one of her cards she sent me it had her name on it, it is Kim Conway  ( I don’t know if Kim has a blog, but I will find out & if she does I’ll pop a link on here)

Here Kim made a cute little box & popped a punch in it for me….she has also made a gorgeous card using Chocolate Chip & Brocade Blue…..Brocade Blue, would have to be my favourite “standard”  SU blue
THANKS KIM

I also received this LOVELY chocolate pouch & again my FAVE colour…..Chocolate Chip
This was (note the was) filled with chocolates that we (yes I did share) enjoyed.  Also the kids got these

These are so cute….they each had a Chocolate frog in them…..the kids were so excited to receive something from “their secret aunty” 

& this is the card that came with the package

This card is made using Basic Grey & Walk in The Park dsp…..I loved that dsp….unfortunately no longer available….boo hoo!!

I have been very lucky to have Kim as my Secret Sister,  she has sent things to me just at the right time & they have picked up my days unbelievably… THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART KIM

I was going to show you my Christmas Present from Kim aswell, but time is running short & I have to run in to town to take the kids to their swimming lessons……MAN this is nearly killing me, 250kms a day just for swimming lessons…….the things we do for our kids…..

So I will endeavour to be back soon with some more wonderful SU creations…..till then, keep smiling

G’day to ya!

I hope you are having fun today, maybe you are stamping, maybe catching up on housework……whatever it is I hope you are enjoying it.

Today I have a couple of quick cards to show you that I made for birthday cards lately.  I found some left over kits from workshops & they included some Groovy Guava cardstock from last year’s catalogue.

Now I know both of these are pretty simple, but I’m actually quite happy with how they turned out.  I coloured directly onto the rubber of the stamp to get the different colours on the images

Now I want to have a chat to you about things that have been happening around here lately & what is happening in the near future. 

Harvest is taking WAY TOOOOO LONG
Oh no it’s not that bad, it just seems like they have been at it for a very long time & we are usually nearly if not finished by now & we havn’t had much of a break from the slog of it all.  I’m not totally complaining, just having a little “vent”  lol
So if you don’t want to be bothered with my “vent” then I’m sorry I don’t have any more stamping related news for you, just personal stuff.
With Robby up super early & off every morning before the kids get up & then getting home after 9pm every night & him being totally EXHAUSTED after his long busy days, I’m feeling rather flat myself. 

Robby & I are true solemates & without him I’m a bit lost.  I don’t totally rely on him or anything,  I am my own person & I can do things without him & can enjoy my own & others company, but at night when the kids are in bed & the evening is cool & we have been busy all I want to do is sit & chat with him.  Most of the time he isn’t home but when he is all he wants to do is eat his dinner & go to bed & I’m completely understanding of that, it just gets a bit lonely when my solemate is just so tied up with other things.

I haven’t been stamping lately & I desperately need to as I have some secret santa things I need to finish off & some other cards & presents to do too
This morning I have been cooking up a storm, so I have enough food for the workers lunchboxes for another day or two & then I have a doctors appointment tomorrow (just a quick one to have some stitches removed), the bank manager is here on Thursday & then I hav a friend coming out on Friday, which will be super duper nice

So I suppose I am here trying to tell you I will not be back  here for a little bit.  I have kids concerts, end of school, work Christmas parties & lots of mailing to finish sorting out.  I will try my hardest to get here every now & then becuase I do have some pics I have been working on with some teacher gifts I have made, but I just really don’t want to promise anything.

I know you will understand that this time of the year is that bit extra busy for me, with not only Christmas, kids concerts but also harvest & finishing off paperwork for all of that, trying to make tonnes balance, find delivery dockets etc…..

I am truely sorry for not being able to commit to you on here, but this is one of the thing I love about Stampin’  Up! & this craft.  I love the fact that with Stampin’  Up!  I get to choose when I work & where I work & if life is busy then I can take a step back from my commitment to step back into it when I am ready & able to.  With stamping & creating I love how my inspiration flows & can come & go as it pleases, when it is gone I can totally concentrate on my kids & family (which are so super important to me) & then when it finally comes back I can share my creations with not only my family but also with you, my wonderful blog readers.

Thank you so much for calling by today & I do truely hope you enjoy your day.  I will be back before Christmas to wish you a Merry one, so until then

THANK YOU……….THANK YOU…………..THANK YOU for stopping by & understanding that life is a little busier than usual here

Hugs & happy thoughts coming your way

So how’s this 2 posts in one day…..I must have a temperature (lol)

Right now Robby & a couple of guys are putting up some new silos.  We have 3 already & have another 2 going up at the moment.  The silos are really quite big (they hold 1500 tonne) & I’ll show you a couple of pics so you can get an idea of what they are like.

We use the silos to store our lupins that we grow.  We sell them privately & need to store them until the buyers are ready for them.  Ok so here are a couple of pics of them going up right now

The silos in the right of the picture are the ones we have already up & finished.  The smaller one ont he left of the picture is the one that is being put up at the moment & the smallest one to the left is the 5th silo that will be going up, it has 1 ring on it & when they put the roof on I’ll take another couple of pics & post them so you can see how it happens

This is Duncan & Neville puting the bolts in.

This is a pic of the guys on the inside

Here is a closeer pics of the 5th silo.

Also we are harvesting & while I didn’t get a pic of the harvester working, I did get this pic of one of the field bins, this one has canola in it & is waiting for the truck to come & pick it up to deliver it to Geraldton

& what do you know…..a truck turned up while I was taking the pic

So that’s just a quick insite to what is happening in my part of the world right now

I’ll show you some creations tomorrow, so thill then……keep smiling

Good afternoon world

I want to start off by saying a big SORRY I haven’t been around lately.  I planned on being here, but between one thing & another it just didn’t happen.  That is one thing I love about being a Stampin’ Up!  demonstrator, I can fit it in with everything in my life & my life has been quite full of late.

So as the title says, MIA which is what I have been from here.

Stamping which I have been doing a fair bit of over the last couple of days, trying to catch up & get in front before we get more men to look after.

Prep, this has a bit to do with the previous one, stamping related, I have been prepping for (unfortunately not workshops, but) my secret sister & my USA swap sister, plus a couple of other swaps I am doing right now.  Also I am organising another Cyberstamp for some Stampin’ Up! demonstrators, [if you are a demo & aren't a member on ESAD-SU, which is a fabulous Yahoo forum for Stampin'Up! demonstrators, click here, you can join up & join in with all the fun] & just trying to get some helpers with tutorials etc… This is all on the go now, so it is under control. 

Family, well that is really the highest priority, even if it is 4th on the list *g*.  I have had Maddi home all last week with tonsillitis, she is back at school now & much better, but Tom has come down with a temp & just doesn’t want to go to school, I’m now just waiting for the other 2 to get sick now & then they would’ve all had some ‘special mum time’ …lol.  Other than illness, it has just been great to spend some time with them, changing bedrooms around, changing over to summer sheets etc…

Farming, or should I say life….lol *g*  Harvest started on Monday & they were going along quite well until yesterday & today ….WE HAVE HAD RAIN……GRRRRRRRR .  Rain rain can’t you hear, stay away till next year.  So the paperwork is up to date, the QA  is going along well & record keeping for each tonne of grain that comes off has started, it isn’t hard, just a matter of dedicating a day to set all the worksheets up to keep record as well as I can.

So now it comes to me……some me time……no not really, well I spose you could say last night (or should I say this morning) between 12 & 2 am was some ‘me time’ , it was so quiet, apart from the rain & wind. Just lovely to sit & stamp & resize some pics…..Oooo pics are done & ready to post so here we go

I have been cheatingcleaning & rearranging in my craft room & I found a heap of old kits that hadn’t been used at workshops & I thought i haven’t even thought about my Christmas cards…..hmmmm I could use some of these, the colours could be a bit different, but I like Christmas cards that are a bit different in colour

Now that i have said that i am going to show you a traditional Christmas coloured card, lol
This is one I did at a workshop a couple of weeks ago, it uses the technique….nah can’t rememebr it, hang on I’ll go find it & be back in a tick, Oh of course it is, GHOSTING, ok so here is the pic

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp set:  Fresh Cuts,  Season of Joy

Ink:  Kiwi Kiss, Versamark, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive

Cardstock:  Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive, White Gloss

Accessories:  Brayer, Wide Oal Pnch,Two-Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Distressing tool on Cutter Kit, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I really do like the way this card came up & just love that little BLING on the tree
Because I always cut extra kits for workshops I had a couple left over & decided I could have a go at making a card similar but different, here it is

 I didn’t do the ghosting tech on this one & I’m actually happier with it, I love the effect of the red Fresh Cuts stamp on the gloss
So I made a few of these, unfortunately I didn’t have that many extra kits, so there is only a couple of these, but I have heaps of other cards that I have made.  Unfortunately I can’t show you just yet, because I am going to use them in the Cyberstamp, but I will have some other things to show you soon. 

I have received some lovely things in the mail again, they just keep coming in

So I will be back in the next couple of days to show you what my new secret sister has sent me, I also need to find the pics I took of the final gift I made to send to my secret sister last round, so I am working on that too

Till I see you here nex time…….keep smiling