Hiya, this is a quick post to let you know what is coming up tomorrow……MY FIRST EVER BLOG HOP!!!!  I think there are 30 of us in all that are joining in, so you’ll want to come back tomorrow & have a look at some yummy eye candy made from new Summer Mini products
If you call in to each & every one of the blogs & comment you will go into the draw to win some blog candy, so why not come back & see what inspiration we have for you

I’d love to see you tomorrow, so till then………………keep smiling

Hey there happy Sunday to you
Yesterday I said I would show you what I made & sent to Dana, well this is it

Now I’m looking at this pic & I’m trying to remember what the rules were for the swap…..I think we had to make & send a holiday season card(??), a gift & a treat from your own country.  So I based my swap around the card I decided to send to Dana.  The good ole’ chocolate pouch again…. Gee I LURVE making these, they are so super easy & they just tizz up that chocolate bar that bit more without having to “wrap it up” , then I also covered a journal for Dana, this is one I found while I was waiting in the airport earlier in the year (waiting to come home from Regionals).  On the journal I covered the letter d with some Pink Pirouette card, then rubbed a little Riding Hood Red ink around the edge & covered it with Cyrstal Effects to give it a glossy finish. Once that was dry, I thought I’d like to add a bit more “bling” (gotta love bling !!) so i popped the Clear Rhinestone Brads on it then tied some Taffeta ribbon around it.  I was so chuffed with how it turned out. 

I don’t think Dana has it yet
but hopefully it will turn up soon.

I hope this project inspired you a little.  I’ll be back with some more soon.

Till then…….keep smiling

Hey I hope it is Saturday, I posted this on Thursday knowing I have a fair bit to show you over the next few days & knowing the end of this week & beginning of next week is super busy

So I went in another swap.  This time it was with Dana Walker.  This is the lovely gift I received in the mail the other day

Isn’t this just gorgeous

Inside the bag was (yup was……) Toffee nut Balls which apparently are famous in the Brigham City – Utah area (where Dana comes from).

I would like to know hoe Dana knew I loved these colours…..lol they are just so lovely & go so well together.

THANK YOU DANA!!!!!! You truely brightened my day with this

Ok so tomorrow I’ll show you what I made & sent to Dana, till then…………..keep happy

Hello & good morning to you

While I was looking through my thumb drive pics yesterday I found this card,I made & sent to a special friend of  mine.  Thisas the first double pocket card I had made & was quite pleased with how it turned out…must make mental mote to have another go & making these

So here it is

I also decorated a little tin I had & popped some treats in there

Ok so sorry it is a short post but that is all I have for you today.  I’m pretty busy getting things sorted to go away tomorrow.  Off to Perth for a wedding & home on Sunday.  Off to the doc’s on Monday to have some moles removed & then back into it on Tuesday.  I’ll see if i can get some posts scheduled for you…….oh oh oh & that’s right Tusday is the 1st of December, I have a special surprise for you on Tuesday so you’ll want to come back & see what it is

Till next time…..keep stamping

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

Hi ho how do you go???  

Well I hope you have had a wonderful weekend, full of relaxing & time out

Last week I said I’d be back with some Christmas Cards I created for the cyberstamp & it never happened
So today I am going to show you the other 3 cards I made for the Christmas challenge I set.  The challenge that I set was to make  a Christmas card making your main image using  ”non-traditional” Christmas stamps , this is what I came up with: 
Sorry Lynda, they are very pink

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Le Jardin Botanique, Many Merry Messages

Ink:  Pink Pirouette,  Riding Hood Red, Versamark

Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Basic Grey, Whisper White

Accessories:  Clear Rhinestone Brads,  Silver Embossing powder & embossing buddy, Natural Hemp Twine, Distressing tool (cutterkit)

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp set:  Trendy Trees, Funky Forest wheel, Many Merry Messages

Ink:  Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose

Cardstock:  Pink Pirouette, Choc chip, Whisper White

Accessories:  2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set:  Friends 24-7, Occasional  Greetings, Season of Joy, Sanded

Ink:  Old Olive, Riding Hood Red, Choc Chip

Markers:  Close to Cocoa, Choc Chip, Ruby Red, Old Olive

Cardstock:  Old Olive, Choc Chip,  Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla

Accessories:  Distressig tool (cutter kit), Wide oval punch, Spritzer, 1 1/4″striped Riding Hood Red ribbon, 2-way Glue Pen & Dazzling Diamonds

So that’s what I have to show you today.  I hope you like my creations & they may be of some inspiration to you.  i’d love to hear your thoughts about them, why not leave me a comment

Till next time…………….stay happy & look after you !!!

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

Hey Hey it should be Thursday, I hope it is

So today I am going to show you something I whipped up for a special friend who gave me a bed recently when I was in Perth.

I have simply rubbed these onto the lid of a tin, I love how user friendly these are & how super easy they are too

So that’s it for today…..I’ll be back soon with some secret sister stuff I promised you last week

Now this is the third post i have organised today so sorry if there is not much “me” stuff in it, but I have to get these done while I can.  I really want to show you what I have been up to & I don’t know if I’ll have time to do a post each day, but today (Monday) is going well so i thought I’d make the most of it.

Now this is supposed to turn up on Wednesday morning & if it doens’t….oops

So yet another challenge I set for the cyberstamp was to use Rub-ons.   I am one of these people who “has to have” those rub-ons, but I am a bit scared to used them, I think this is because I love them so much I don’t want to “loose them” .  This challenge was another super quick & easy one for me.  All that had to happen was to use rub-ons on a creation.  So I got my Bright Delights (yummy!!) rub-ons & made some single layer cards.  These were inspired by Jayne Mercer & while mine aren’t any where near as stunning as Jaynes, I don’t think they are too bad for a 1.15am attempt

All these cards are made using Whisper White cardstock & Bright Delights rub-ons plus a couple of them have a little ribbon on them .

So I hope I have inspired you to get out your rub-ons & use them, they will disappear, but do you know what???……. they look super great when they are used

Back tomorrow with another Rub-ons creation

Till then………….keep smiling , stamping & having fun

So I am back now with another card that I created over the weekend for the cyberstamp.  This is going to be a super quick & easy post……..just like the card is

This is a challenge I set & it is to make a card using only 1 layer, embellishments can be added & greetings can be punched out, but it is mainly one base layer is the only layer of the card.

I came up with 2 creations, here they are

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp set:  Baroque Motifs,  Sincere Salutations

Ink: Choc Chip, Baja Breeze

Cardstock:  Whisper White

Accessories:  Flower Fusion Too, Silver brads

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp set:  inspired by Nature, Best yet (hostess set)

Ink:  Old Olive, Rose Red

Cardstock;  Whisper White

Accessories:  Flower Fusion, Silver brads

Now how easy are they & I’m actually really please with how they turned out.  I whipped them up in a matter of minutes & because they were so easy I decided to make 6 of each, now that is going to be a great gift to give to someone

I’ll be back tomorrow with some Christmas cards I have made & used as a challenge.

So till then…….keep smiling