Today I’m showing you yet another wonderful creation from my secret sister Kym Byrne.  This is the last card Kym sent to me before she revealed herself.

Kym has created this very purty card using the “chalkboard” technique. I love this simple & effective technique

The colorus Kym has used are Whisper White, Basic Black & Regal Rose & they go so well together don’t they?!   & I just love the effect of the Chalkboard technique.  The stamp set is Inspired by Nature & Kym has stamped & coloured it first onto the Basic Black, then stamped, coloured & cut out the flower bloom & raised it with some Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Being part of this Secret Sister Stampin Swap has been truly AWESOME & I’m so looking forward to this next round.  It is so nice to receive HAPPY MAIL & so nice to be able to make something special to send to someone special.

So that is the end of it from Kym,  I have signed up for the second round of SS & I’d love to show you what I have made to send, but it will have to wait until the end of December when the reveal will be for this round.

Take care of you & have a wonderful day.

Till next time…….keep smiling

hugs

Hey ho,  how are you going today?  If I have organised this properly it should be Tuesday 27th October & today we have our farm adviser coming to go through some things, so I am not here writing this, I actually organised it on Tuesday last week (sneaky I know ) 
Yes, again today I have a card to show you that I received last month & thought I had posted it here, but after surfing through  my blog, I couldn’t find it, oops

Here is a lovely lovely card my lovely lovely secret sister sent me as one of the final cards before the big reveal.

I love this card, I have tried to case & change it a little buit just can’t get it to happen, so I might just have to bight the bullet & case it properly without any changes

Kym has used a Whisper Wite card base & then added a strip of the Holiday Treasure dsp.  Stamps used are Pocket Silhouettes & Dreams du Jour & then it is wrapped in gorgeous 1″ Rose Red Double stitched grosgrain ribbon.

I am really getting so many things in the mail lately & I want them all on display but I am running out of room
But I am going to have to take some down

More surprises tomorrow, so till then, you know the saying…..
Keep smiling

hugs

I know I know I said I wouldn’t be back for a little while, but……..I was wasting some time on hubby’s computer the other day & I found these pics that I had taken but not posted, bad me *slap on the wrist*

A while ago I went to collect the mail & there was one of those cards to say you have a parcel……& yes you have heard it all before, I wasn’t expecting anything, so……..what could it be?  *yes I’m giggling by now* lol.  In I go to the post office & I can’t wait, like usual I open it up right there infront of the post office ladies & go “***WOW***, DOUBLE WOW, TRIPLE WOW I got a special parcel from a special someone just for doing what I love doing & being me…….GOTTA LUV THAT”

A super wonderful lady named Christie Wallace wanted to say thankyou for all the bits & pieces I do on our Demonstrator yahoo forum ESAD-SU. Isn’t she just too sweet, THANKS CHRISTIE

I didn’t take a pic of it all together & now I’m kicking myself, but here is a picture of the card Christie made

the base card is Pumpkin Pie & the other pieces on it are Whisper White & Apricot Appeal (I think).  The stamp set used is Embrace Life & Short & Sweet.  Christie has water coloured the main flower image & then stamped another, coloured, cut it out & then raised it on dimensionals, the bottom edge has a scallop edge on it too.  Now in this package there was also

This super sweet package of Love Notes.  Christie has made these using the stamp set out of the Spring Mini catalogue called Tree Trimmings (anothe set I don’t have.  I was very conservative on what I bought out of the Spring Mini this year, but I really am starting to think there are some things in there that I just HAVE TO HAVE).  On the baubles Christie has added some Dazzling Diamonds (yes some lovely BLING *smile*) & the cellophane bag has some stamping on it with the Staz On White in k (another out of the Spring Mini & I just had to have it, so it is on it’s way to my house…lol), this stamping just makes the bag that bit moe special.
but wait there’s more…….
How awesome is this package, some Christmas Gift tags in a pouch.   Stamp sets used are Snow Swirled &  A  Holly Jolly Christmas (on it’s way to my house…yay!), this is such a wonderful Christmas gift idea, I’m going to be making a swag of these to give away this year

I really want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to Christie, she really made my day when I received these & yes they are on my desk so I can see them & be reminded of all the special friends I have in my life, all friends I have met through Stampin’  Up!

I have some more treats for you tomorrow so come back & have another squiz at more things I have received in the post.

Take care of you & keep smiling

hugs

Hi , hello & how are you going?  It is getting closer to me going to Perth for our Stampin’ Up! regional meeting & I’m really looking forward to catching up with some wonderful ladies I haven’t seen in 12 months. 

Well today I have a card to show you & as the title says it is using Forest Friends & my fave colour combo……..yup you guessed it, it includes PINK

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Forest Friends, Circle Circus, On Your Birthday

Ink:  Close to Cocoa, Pretty In Pink

Cardstock:  Close to Cocoa, Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink, Candy Lane dsp

Accessories:  Scallop, 1 3/8″& 1 1/4″circle punches, Cutter kit (distressing tool), Stampin’ sponges, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The pic of the owl isn’t all that clear, but it is nice & soft in real life.  I do like the way this card turned out.  My inspiration came from a sketch, but I went to find it again & do you think I can?  no way I can’t for the life of me find it

So that is all I have to show you today, I hope you like my card

I am off to Perth tonight & then back to Geraldton on Saturday arvo & I’m spending the night at my little sisters house on Saturday, then I have a full day at a fundraiser in Geraldton on Sunday.  Next week is busy at the beginning too, so it will be  a week before I get back here, sorry

Hopefully I will have a fair bit to show you though which will be quite exciting.

Till then…….keep smiling

Hiya I hope you are having a wonderful wonderful day.  The weather has been a bit different here lately, I can’t believe last Friday & Saturday it can be 40 degrees celcius & then Monday it is about 30degrees, I mean that is just crazy isn’t it.  Will see what the rest of the week brings.

Today I am going to show you a card I made last week.  I was going through some of my left over kits from workshops & found a bag of these ones, so I thought why not make them up so I can use them for my “Birthday Fairy” cards.  I have also sent a couple of them to some friends who love to use purple much more than I do

So here it is

Now this is a very rare occassion, I just don’t use purple, I find it so hard to work with purple…..

All sppplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Great Friend

Ink:  Perfect Plum

Cardstock:  Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla, retired dsp (I think it is called Le Jardin’ ??, no I don’t think it is & I don’t have a mini catty & I’m almost positive it was in a mini catalogue

Accessories:  Small, large & wide oval punches, Very Vanilla wide grosgrain ribbon, 2 way  glue pen, dazzling diamonds (gotta add some BLING to those wings..lol)  Paper pierced & mat pack, Stampin  Dimensionals , Cutter Kit (distressing tool)

I am actually really happy with how it turned out even though I’m not a purple person…..lol

Tomorrow I will show you another birthday card I made last week.

Keep your eyes ready for tomorrow, keep smiling & take care of  you

So this was supposed to be Monday’s post but I have changed it to post on Tuesday, I should have gone to bed when I thought I was tired on Sunday, lol, must make a mental note of that for next time…..heheheh ;P

I posted a little while ago a couple of pics of some things I sent to my swap sister in the USA, well here are the 2 lovely & wonderful cards I received in the mail

These cards are just gorgeous & I am so lucky to have them in my collection

Thanks so much Wendy for making these lovely lovely cards & sending them to me. 

Unfortuntately Wendy doesn’t have a blog so I can’t head to over her way to see more of her wonderful creations, but hopefully we are going to be able to keep swapping, so I will be posting more of Wendy’s wonderful work.

Have a super day & keep smiling

OOPS I meant to change the date on this to post on Tuesday, but oops I forgot…lol. Not to worry. Have a great MONDAY!!!!

Hey hey HAPPY TUESDAY,  I hope you are having a super sweet day today

I am a member of a wonderful forum for Stampin’ Up! demonstrators called ESAD-SU.  On this forum I am the “birthday fairy”  & I make announcements when it is a members birthday, I have also taken it on board to send a birthday card to each & every member on the forum.  So each month I sit down & make up a swag of cards to send out to everyone.  Some times I make several of the same & other times I make all individual card.

Anyway this is one of the cards I have made recently

& I have just realised it has been a little while since I have given you a recipe for my card so here we go

All product Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Tres Chic, Echoes of Kindness, Sweet little Sentiments

Ink: Staz On Jet Black, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette

Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White

Accessories:  Cutter kit (distresser), Paper Piercer & mat pack, Fire Rhinestone Circle brads, Stampin’ sponges, Aqua Painter

I reallyreally love this colour combo together, but then again i really really am such a HUGE sucker for pink & I just can’t believe  how well this Pink Pirouette & Riding Hood Red go together & then there’s Kiwi  Kiss, well it just goes so so well together.  If you can’t tell I’m luvin’ it…lol

So now that I am catching up a little & the kids are at school & I am stamping, I’m afraid to tell you that the “OLD” Tanya is back, only better…..LOL.  I have been having a little trouble putting everything together & keeping it together & I have finally gotten to a place where it is all happening.  The house is being cleaned, the cooking is happening, the bookwork is up to date & happening regularly & now I am STAMPING!!!!!!! YAY……..  It may seem trivial but it FEELS SOOOOO GOOD to haivng things happening like they should,  I really thought it was just a dream, but now I know it can happen & I am going to try so hard to keep it going.

So before I get way behind (lol), I am going to head off & do some more stamping.  Only 2 sleep still I am heading off to Perth……YAY!!!!!!!

Hello there, I hope you have had a wonderful weekend.  We have just had a pretty normal one.  On Saturday I prepped for a workshop that I ran in Mullewa today.  The weather has come in really hot lately & we were lucky enough to have an air conditioner fitted recently so it is bliss in our house in the heat

I am sorry I have been away for so long.  The kids had school holidays & I really didn’t have alot of time to stamp, between holidays, swimming lessons & just life in general it has been a little crazy.  But now the kids have been back for a week & I have had some wonderful stamping time, it has been BLISS

Ok so now to the real reason why I am here & the explanation to the title.  A very good & special friend of mine had a birthday a little while ago & I hadn’t made a card let alone a present to send to her, so this last week I sat & made this box to send to her……….

This is the front of the box.

In the bottom drawer I made a little pouch to pop some coffee sachets into

Then on the inside there is this little pouchy/pursey thingy….lol

and inside this is…….

and this is a close-up of the note card

and then there is this too

these have some chocies in them & finally here is the card I made to match with the box

This whole package took me a whole day to put together, I had something in mind & then one idea didn’t work so I tried another & another till I got it to all match & go.  I really was very proud of how it all ended up.

I hope my friend likes the surprise she will have in the mail soon.

So I am off now to go organise some more posts to pop up over the next week. 
I have a few busy days coming up.  I am off to Perth on Friday  night then home again on Saturday arvo & I am joining in with another lady to host a fundraiser for some families in Geraldton, which I am doing some workshops so it is busy busy busy……but I do love being busy

Keep an eye out over the next few days for some of the cards I have been creating lately. 

Have a wonderful Monday……….see you again soon

Hello world

so today is the day I tell you all who the wonderful lady was that spoilt me over the last 3 months.  She is the incredibly talented Kym Byrne.  Kym’s blog is just new so she doesn’t have any projects up yet, but keep an eye out because her work is AWESOME!!!!

So this round of secret sister has finished & the new one has started which I have signed up for again & am looking forward to get stamping & creating to make some things for my sister

Ok so September was the reveal & larger gift month.  I was blown away when I went to collect the mail & found this HUGE box with flowers stamped all over it & no sorry I didn’t get a pic of the box because I was so excited about opening it up & having a squizzy inside.

This is the first parcel I opened up.  This is gorgeous pink smiggle tin & Kym made a wonderful belly-band to go around it & you should see what was in it!!!!!!

So this is a close up of what was in the box.  A stunning card, lovely gratitude journal (which I have been working towards organising one for myself, but just hasn’t gotten there yet) , some lovely pink spatula’s, stapler, pen/pencil, some love notes in a smaller tin with lovely pink ribbon tied around it, a super super cute pink & choc chip cup cake tea towel, some top note die cuts, 2 blocks of chocolate all wrapped up in some more lovely pink & brown dsp,  body glitter & a coffee or cake cup (which had the ingredients & recipe for a choc cake in a cup which you made & pop in the microwave, cook & then devour out of the cup).  So as you can see I was so super super spoilt.  Thanks sooooooo much Kym & everything was pink, gotta love that

Here is a close up of the coffee/cake cup with some lovely rub-ons on

But wait there’s more……….there was a “free” set of steak knives……lol (no not really…) 

This is the other parcel in the box

A gorgeous wire basket……full to the brim of gifts

another wonderful card,  some gorgeous ribbon,  tic tacs, brads, freddos & pencils for the kids & some lovely handcream & lip balm.  Words just can’t say how blessed I feel to have had Kym as my secret sister & how SPOILT I feel.  It is just the most AWESOMEST feeling

So i really don’t have anything more to say other than that which I have already said in regards to THANKS KYM!!!!!!!!!!

Enjoy the rest of your day & I’ll be back to chat a little later in the week or early next week with some creations I will hopefully have to show you.

Till then keep smiling

Today is Wednesday, the middle of the working week & we only have another couple of days till the school holidays finish, this for the first time I am sort of  happy about,  we have been busy EVERY day this holidays & I am so not used to it

I have been trying to catch up on my blog posts/blurfing & I remembered my friend & fellow demonstrator Andrea Lowcock awarded my this blog award, THANKS SO MUCH ANDREA

So here is what needs to happen

So here are the wonderful circle of friends I have that I want to share

1. Leonie Schroder
2. Mel Sharp
3. Jenny Adams
4. Jesse Claven
5. Margaret Knoops

Al these wonderful ladies are my Cyberstamp buddies.  They have made the Cyberstamps I have organised so much fun & I really appreciate their friendship.

So that is my post for today.  I have some more editing to do on some pics, so I’ll see you back here as soon as I can get them all sorted.

Till then……..keep having fun