Hey ho & howdy doody to ya

Sorry I’m a bit late announcing the winner of the blog candy, life has been a little busy with my family & farm business

I’d like to say a HUGE THANK YOU!!!!! to you all for leaving me a comment.  I really do appreciate hearing what you think about my stamping & creations.

Ok so I had the LOVELY Random ROBBY selector to choose a name out of a hat & the winner is……………………
NANETTE

So Nanette, I’d love to send you the parcel of goodies, can you send me your snail mail addy so I can get it posted to you.

 Thank you again everyone for leaving a comment, I love to hear from you all.

I’m fairly busy over the next few days but I’m going to try ROOOOOOOLLLLLYYYYY hard to sit & stamp over the weekend, hopefully I’ll have something to show you next week, so till then keep smiling

Howdy Doody……I hope you have had a wonderful weekend !!

Today I’m going to show you a gift I made & sent to a special friend of mine Andrea (waving at ya Andrea)

I was a little late sending this off because I have been a bit busy, but I did get it in the mail in the end….Anyway I made a combination of 3D & cards for Andrea & she absolutely LOVED them ……makes me smile to know I have put a smile on someone elses dial

To start with this is the card I made & then everything matched with it

This is a little pouch I made & popped some small square cards in it

A covered journal

& finally a box in a bag…..which had some Mt Romance hand cream in it

All products Stampin’ Up!

Cardstock & dsp:  Real Red, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Oasis

Stamps:  Baroque Motifs, On Your Birthday, Thoughts & Prayers.

Ink:  Real Red, Basic Grey, Kiwi kiss, Whisper White

Accessories:  Round Tab Punch, On Board So Tweet, On Board Accents (retired), Real Red Grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch, Crop-a-dile, Circle punches (1 3/8″& 1 3/4″), Glossy Accents, Clear Rhinestone Brads….I think (hope) that’s it

I had a lot of fun making & posting this gift off, making presents is GREAT THERAPY

Enjoy the rest of your day today & keep smiling

Thanks to the wonderful Gardenia, she has inspired me to make some more cards. I was over at Gardenia’s blog a while ago when I saw how much creating she has done recently….. she has been completing some wonderful challenges & I thought I’d follow the links & have a go myself
So this card that I’m showing you today is for the 2 Sketches 4 You sketch challenge 45.  Here is the sketch

and here is my take on it

I’m quite pleased with how it turned out & I’ve had this post & card made for about a month, so it is oh so old

Anyway I hope you can find some inspiration over at 2 Sketches for you, it really is a fantastic site

Enjoy your day today  & I’ll be back next week with some more cards

While we were away earier in the year, I made these baby cards.  I took the Nursery Necessities stamp set determined to use it while we were away, to be honest I didn’t do as much stamping as I had planned because I read wayyyyy toooo much ….lol  (if you can ever read too much??!), but I wasn’t too fussed about it because i was totally revved up to start stamping when I got home.  Anyway here are a couple of cards that are the same with a little difference

Here are the two cards together

A closer shot of the Elephant card

And a closer pic of the Boat.

These were so easy to create becuase I started with the boat & then just duplicated it for the Elephant, but also made a couple of simple changes.

These cards could be used for a 1st birthday or any girly birthday at all really.  Don’t you love the combination of Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette & Whisper White….oh so soft & subtle

Thanks for calling by & having a look see.  I’ll be back soon with some more stamping creations

At the beginning of the year the kids did their Vacswim lessons.  As usual I made a gift for each of them to give to their teachers.  This is what I made for them & I was so chuffed with how they turned out

This is what the finished product looked like.  I love the little sweet treat cup on the top & it has some dazzling diamonds in it with the butterfly

Here’s the card i made

Here’s what was inside the box…..Rocky Road (yummo!)

I just chopped some up & popped it into one of Stampin’ Up’s cello bags & then it fit perfectly into the box

Here’s a close-up of the Sweet Treat cup

I really do need to get my sweet treat cups out again…..must add that to the never ending list of things to do & try

Take care of you & see you next time

Hey hey it’s not Saturday ….LOL!!

Ok, so it’s Sunday evening (for me anyway).  I sat & stamped today.  I found this sketch in my inbox last week from Stamping 411

and this is the card I came up with

Here is a close up

and here are the 6 in total I made

All products Stampin’ Up!

Stamps:  Sanded, Thoughts & Prayers, Occasional Greetings

Cardstock:  Choc Chip, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White

Ink:  Choc Chip, Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  Smal oval punch, 5/16″ neutrals brads, Pretty in Pink striped grosgrain ribbon, Dimensionals, Hemp Twine

I’m really pleased with how these turned out.  I am doing some paperwork tomorrow morning, but I can guarantee you I’ll be looking for some more sketches tomorrow afternoon so I can get back into the swing of stamping…….I’m feelin the love again

Till tomorrow…..(there’s a scheduled post)…keep smiling

2 posts in one day, oh my!!!!….well actually to be honest with you I have scheduled some posts for the next few days, so there is more stamping coming your way

Anyway I am actually feeling very thankful for the wonderful blog followers I have.  I don’t get to many comments on here, but I have had a few e-mails asking if everything is ok because I haven’t been on here in ages….so I thought I’d pop some blog candy on here.  I have quite a few retired things I am offering up for blog candy….so all you have to do is leave a comment on this post before March 20th & you will go into the draw to win this collection of Stampin’  Up!  goodies

In it is some dsp, a 6×6 desk calendar, some scallop notes & envelopes, Infinite Goodness stamp set, some chipboard, labels & book kits (from previous catty’s).  This blog candy is open to Australian residents only.

I’d love to hear from you, so pop your comment down & I’ll draw the winner next weekend!!  Good luck

I’m going to start off by apologising for being away from here for oh sooooooooo long

I won’t go into details but I’ll just say that taking on another roll in the family farm is taking ALOT more of my time than I ever anticipated,  I don’t think it will decrease much, but I just need to learn to fit more into a day…..can that ever happen?? lol

Ok so back to the real reason I am here…… (this is a post that has been sitting here on my blog in draft mode since the end of January)

Have you seen the stamp set Razzle Dazzle from the Summer Mini?  I saw it  & thought (as I have many times……) I just HAVE TO HAVE THAT SET. So I bought it & then it sat for a little while, because I was super busy with other things (not stamping related).  But I finally got to mounting & inking it up & boy oh boy I JUST LOVE IT….this is one I oh so hope it gets into the main Idea Book & Catty later in the year.  Anyway  today I’m going to show you 3 cards I made, pretty much the same, just the ribbon is different

Here is the first one

This one is using Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon (just something else I lurve from SU)

The second one uses Basic grey Taffeta Ribbon

& finally the third is using Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon

Personally I prefer the Pretty In Pink ribbon, but I do like the way they all turned out.

The sketch for this originally came from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, but I was oh wayyyyy too late to get it in, thought I’d use the sketch anyway cause it pretty kewl

Anyway back to giving you some recipes

All supplies Stampin’ Up!

Stamp Set: Razzle Dazzle, Tres Chic, Baroque Motifs

Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette

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

Accessories:  Pretty in Pink, Basic Grey & Riding Hood Red Taffeta Ribbon, Rhinestone Brads, Corner Rounder, Distresser tool (from cutter kit), Scallop Edge Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Snail

I’m just loving these cards, will definitely have to put one in the keep forever pile

Thanks for calling by & having a squiz at my creations…..till next time……smile your day away