Non Christmas Stamp Set Non Christmas Colours

I needed to come up with a card using non Christmas colours and a non Christmas stamp set for a get together I had today with friends. I got the idea of using these stamp sets from someone from a group I am on. Sorry I cant remember your name. Anyway the colours I chose are Taken with Teal and Elegant Eggplant. The stamp sets are Brocade Basics and Boho Backgrounds. We didnt end up making the card today as we were too busy making other lovely cards, but I didnt mind. I had a great day and am blessed to have such wonderful friends to share ideas with.

Emily's Card

Emily needed a card for a friend so she made this card for her. She doesn't make cards when I am around and creates her own designs. Isn't she clever. I love the way she has done the squares down the bottom. I haven't taught her how to prick the holes for the brads so she did bend her card a little while adding her brads but I think she has done a great card. One day we might even sit and make cards together.

Wild about You

I bought Wild about You a couple of months ago and hadn't got to use it, so I decided to make a baby card with it. I made the pink one while stamping with a friend and then when I taught it at my last 5 card day I gave the option of making it blue or pink. I think they look great. I hadn't used my spiral punch much either so wanted to use it as well. I used the Polka Dot background as well.

Back from Down South

hi there, i think I forgot to tell you I would be away down south for the week, but anyway here I am back again. I had a lovely time with my family and stayed with my sister Sue so that we could plan our crafts for our trip to Wiluna later this month. We are going up there to teach the kids crafts for the first week of the school holidays. We have planned all the different crafts and made samples and ordered what we needed.
Also while down in Manjimup my sister Barbie had her 50th birthday and we all went out for dinner on Saturday for her party. It was great to get together and help celebrate her day.
I also wanted to show you the card I made her. This is a star card that my good friend Jennie taught me to make. I basically cased her card with a few personal touches of my own. I'm really pleased with the end result and Barbie liked it too so that was the main objective.

front of card

First page

the following 5 pages in the order that I made them.

Back of the book for me to write on.

Star card open from the top

To finish off I would like to show you this photo of me with my 3 lovely sisters. I am so lucky to have family that are so wonderful. Spending time with them has been just what I needed.
From left to right Susan, Marion, Barbara and me.

Sense of Time

I have had 4 very busy days so haven't had time to spend anytime on the computer. Anyway I thought I'd pop in tonight and show you a card I have made with Sense of Time. I have also used the Sanded background and the Oval All set with the new scalloped oval punch. I have stamped on whisper white and used Night of Navy ink. I always forget to use my hodgepodge so got it out for this card. I do have the cards that I taught yesterday for my 5 card afternoon to show you at some stage but I keep forgetting to take the photos. I must put a photo session in my plans.

Season of Joy

Hi again,
The last post was supposed to be posted automatically yesterday but I obviously didn't set it properly. Anyway you will now have 2 posts in one day- make up for all the days and weeks I don't post anything. This is one of the Christmas cards I designed using a sketch challenge. I am going to redo it this week and take out the designer paper so that I can use it for a stamp a stack.
anyway I hope your week is going well.

Stamping Camp

Heads down busy stamping

Thought I would tell you a little more about the camp I organised last weekend. we had 15 people stay over the weekend and 3 day visitors each day so it was only a small camp but that is a good number for a cosy camp.
Everyone who came did a shoebox swap so we ended up having 20 different cards to make at our leisure over the weekend. We also all made a door prize/hostess gift. Over the weekend I drew out names and we got to choose one of them.
this was my one. I covered a domed plastic box and put in a sponge and dimensionals and made a little flower for the top. I demonstrated how to make this flower during the weekend and plan to write a tutorial for it when I get some time.


I also taught a couple of techniques and one of them was bleaching. I forgot to take the bleach but had my prepared bleach pad which of course didnt work as the bleach has to be fresh out of the bottle. A little trip to the local shops fixed the problem and I managed to show them the different ways to use bleach on your cards. Here are a few samples.