Hey there, how’s you today?  It if Friday so that means 2 morning I don’t HAVE to get up to organise the kids for school, just for workmen, salesmen, visitors…..:P

Tomorrow I’m taking the kids to town, they all got gift vouchers for Christmas & they are going to go spend them.  We have had a bit of an influx of electronic items to the house of late.  Our eldest daughter received a DS from Santa,  I have a new vac (but you knew about that one), I bought a coffee machine (but I need some coffee to use in it…lol),  12 months ago Santa brought the family an Xbox 360 & it has hardly been used, so I went & bought another controller & some new games for the kids (but they don’t have them all yet….they need to earn them, this weekend they’ll get the 2nd controller & one game, the other games are going to be spread out over the next few weeks, nothing like a bit of bribery….. 
I also have an iPod & docking station. I find it funny when I think back about some of the things I have said we don’t need, but now we have them.  It is hard to go along without keeping up with technology, you really do need to stay with it, otherwise you’ll be totally left in the dark.  Anyway I LOVE my iPod.  I have added some shelves to my crafting room (nearly kicked the kids out of the games room, they don’t have much left in here at all ….LOL! )  Anyway I have heaps more space on my desks so instead of having an old bombed out stereo over the other side of the room, I have my new PINK iPod & station sitting right here near me & I can skip songs, turn it up etc….. OH I LOVE IT!!!! Makes me smile

Ok so onto something stamping related…………… 

I have been really searching through the archives, because I want to show you everything you deserve to see

This is a card I received in December from my lovely & wonderful Secret Sister for round 2.

Isn’t this card just so gorgeous.  I love the combination of Basic Grey with Pink….any pink really  looks great with it

Here Kim has used the super yummy stamp set Soft Summer (which unfortunatley is no longer available as it was in the Spring Mini last year)

& I just love that colouring….it is GORGEOUS!!!!

Now I’m pretty sure that is all I have to show that Kim Conway sent me.  Kim was a wonderful secret sister &  I was very lucky to have her to spoil me THANK YOU Kim

I hope you all have a super duper wonderful weekend & I’ll see you back here next week, so till then ……smile your day away

Well I’m back,  I haven’t been away for long, but for me it seems like AGES.  Life has been very hectic of late.  Hubby is busy spraying summer weeds.  They have set up this new fang dangled sprayer that can sense when there is green matter to spray.  So in the past they would go out in the evening & start spraying, fill up the tank over & over again throughout the night, but now with this new machine, it only sprays when it “sees” something green…..so they are saving time, chemical & money……I’m likin’ it.  The only problem is that I am staying up till all hours of the night to wake hubby so he can go out to work.  We tried the alarm clock, but both slept through it…..I mean it’s not as if you are meant to wake up at 1am after going to bed at 10pm, that’s just when I’m getting into a good sleep
I’m trying oh so hard to be a “nice mum” & so far it is working.  The kids know I’m tired & they realise Robby is tired too, he’s only getting about 3 hours at a time a couple of times a day, so that’s not good
But it is nearly over.  Ok so while I’ve been up & waiting for the time to pass, no I haven’t been stamping…..naughty I know, but I’m honestly too tired to put full effort in, so I’ve been reading my Sookie Stackhouse books & watching the True Blood dvd’s I have.  True Blood is the tv series that is based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels.  I read these books while we were on holidays & I decided to start them again, I really enjoy reading them. 
So blah blah blah……ok that’s enough of my babbling for now

Today I’m going to show you the wonderful parcel I received in the mail.

Kim( my secret sister sending to me) spoilt me rotten over Christmas…..I was actually pleasantly surprised becuase I received this after the New Year, with school holidays I only collected my mail every couple of weeks, so Christmas was spread out for me….yippee!!!

This is Kim’s Christmas card

Lovely notebook….I have te honest with you….I’m not keen on the Kaleidoscope dsp in the Summer Mini but I just love these colours & the butterflies

Gorgeous bookmark

A gorgeous stationery set

& inside all these goodies

Isn’t this set just STUNNING!!!!!

I love all of it & I have been meaning to make a set myself, but just haven’t gotten to it, this has definitely inspired me to have a go  

THANKS SO MUCH KIM

I will be back tomorrow with some more creations…..so till then, keep smiling

Well the title says it all……in this post I’m going to show you the gift I sent to my Secret Sister as my reveal gift

Outside of the box

Inside the box, some stampng goodies.

The card that matchedd the gift box

A box made to fit some tea towels in

I can’t believe I acutally made the whole lot to match, usually I made a bit of this & a bit of that. 

Ok you have to ait for another couple of days so I have time to edit some pics, till then…..keep smiling

Today I’m going to show you the December things i sent to my Secret Sister (Nikki Stalker)

This was the first card for December, I embossed the bird onto the vellum…..LOVE this effect, must try it again.

I just totally love this card full stop, I hope you do

Till tomorrow…..smile away

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

Hi ho so I’m hoping it is Tuesday today

Today I am going to show you a couple more creations I made & sent to Nikki  (my secret sister recipient).  This is what I made & sent for November

 This is the first card I made……I love it
I was so please with the way it turned out, I do love that birdie

This is the second card I made & sent to Nikki.  I used one of the new stamp sets from the Summer Mini, I received this at the Perth Regional Stampin’ Up! meeting.

This is the November gift I made & sent.  It is a liuttle draw with some cards & Kit Kat in it.  I’m not sure if Nikki likes the just jawing stamp set, but she did say it was one she doesn’t have, so these cards will be good for her to display at events.

Here is a close-up of the card.

& here is a little gift I made for each of Nikki’s girls.  A small test tube filled with mini M&M’s……yummo.  I thought I’d personalise these with a name label for each of them too

So that’s what i made & sent for November.  I know I’m being quite slack with not making recipes up for these, but if you would like to know what I have use, just pop me an e-mail & I can send you the details.  I will endeavour to start recipes again once the kids go back to school & I have a little more time to blog.

So I’ll see you in a couple of days with some Christmas cards I received in the mail
& I’ve got Secret Santa gifts to show you & some lovely gifts I received from my Secret Sister over this last round, so till then…….Put a smile on your dial

Well this post is going to be super quick because it is still 2.30 Sunday morning & I think I should be going to bed
But shhhh don’t tell hubby…………….

So today I am going to show you the second card I made & sent to my secret sister for the month of October

 So in this card I used the Good Friends stamp set along with The Oval All stamp set……not available atm as it was in the Spring Mini, but if you would love to have it…..hang on because it might come out in the new Idea Book & Catalogue that will be out towards the end of this year.

Ok I’m so sorry I am cutting this short….but I am getting to the point of nearly falling asleep here on the keyboard, so I dearly do need to go rest my eyes

I’ll be back tomorrow, keep that smile on your dial

Good morning
I hope the start to your day hasn’t been too early for a Sunday…….  It is 2.15am here & I have finally got the chance to post on my blog.  I have done a little stamping over the last 2 days & then just tonight spent about 4 hours resizing & editing pics.

Last time I was on here I said I would be back before Christmas to wish you a merry one, but it didn’t happen
We had visitors over Christmas & visiting to do ourselves etc….. I know you understand just how busy life has been.  But I now want to say that I hope your Christmas was a very Merry one & that you had a safe New Year’s Eve.  I sincerely do hope the year ahead is a wonderful one for you & your families

I do have some pics to show you today, so here goes

This is the first card I made & sent to my Secret Sister for round two.  This time I sent to a wonderful lady named Nikki Stalker. 

This is the parcel I sent to Nikki with the card

This is a wonderful gable box, I found the tutorial for it over at Splitcoast Stampers.  In the box I included some choccies & some Dazzling Diamonds.

So that is it for today,  I will be back soon with some other projects because I have quite a bit to show you.

But till then……keep smiling & enjoy what time you have left of holidays

Hello world !!

I hope today is a pleaseant one for you.  Today the weather isn’t all that nice  here, a bit windy & cold.  Robby & the boys have been trying to put up more silos & when they started it was ok but then the wind came up ….really quickly & I have just been chatting with Robby, he said he was quite worried becuase a couple of times he thought the silo was gone
So they have given up for today….thank goodness

I was just having a look through the pics on my thumb drive & found some more things i made & sent to my first round secret sister.  I had a look back on my blog, but couldn’t find them so if i have shown you, I’m sorry to double up & if I haven’t shown you , then you get a nice new idea….:P

Ok so here goes

This is a chocolate pouch I made to cover a family block of peppermint chocolate…YUM!!!

Here I decorated the front of a brown paper bag & I can’t remember what I put inside it, but there was something

I think I have some more on my thumb drive somewhere so I’m going looking & will show you some more soon

Enjoy the rest of your day

Till next time…..keep smiling

MAN I am on a roll today, it is still Monday & this is my 5th post for the morning, & it is only 11am

I love being in the secret sister swap group.  It is somuch fun making things for people & posting them away & they don’t know where it has come from……unfortunatley I think my ss would have worked out who i am as there is only one of us in Mingenew & the other day I blew it by signing my name on the parcel…..der

Oh well it is still nice to make things for her & pop them in the post.

Ok so I’m going to show you the lovely things I have received so far from my Secret Sister (ss)

This is a card made with Always Artichoke cardstock & it has the dsp Holiday Treasures on the front.  Now my ss has been very clever, what she has done is actually put the dsp onto the front of a cd envelope & then added a piece of card on the inside which has the stamped image from Simply Said (which is a set I haven’t used for ages, but do love) & then there are some super sweet hearts inside the cd envelope too, this is too clever

oh & I can’t forget to mention the ribbon on the front……I just lurve ribbon

Ok so here is the second parcel I have received

The card here is made with Close to Cocoa cardstock with some dsp from Good Morning Sunshine.  This colour combo is fantastic, I find yellow a bit hard to match but it goes so well with browns

The little boxy thingy (yes very technical terminology I know) at the front was full of jelly beans…..notice how I said was…..the kids beat me to them (lol, but that is usual anyway)

At the back on the rhs is the lid to the box that is in the middle.  This is such a super sweet box & I don’t know that I have ever made one this size before, I will have to see if I can work out the measurements because it is a perfect size.  Inside the box was a set of love notes (& these I have hidden from the kids, becuase they love love notes, they are always makeing little notes to give to me & their dad)

Thank you so much secret sister, it is so nice to receive happy mail, it always puts a smile on my face

Ok so today should be Friday & I should be in Geraldton…..(yup another schedule).  I am picking up my nephew that we are having out here for the weekend.  My younger sister & her hubby have asked us to look after him, he is about 8 1/2 months & crawling around everywhere.  The kids absolutely ADORE him & they have been counting down for ages, it is finally here & I bet they will be so super super excited when they get home from school

I will try to pop back next week with some more creations, but I do feel that I might be a tad busy getting sorted with the farm paperwork, but I’ll see.

So till next time………………stay happy