Holidaying in Victoria

hi again,

Convention is over and now Graham and I have hired a car and we are driving out to the country areas to do some sight seeing.  Yesterday we went to the Werribee Open Plain Zoo and I took heaps of photos of the animals.

Tonight we are staying in Ballarat in country Victoria. We drove the Great Ocean Road today. This morning the sun was shining and it was such a lovely day but as the afternoon went along it got cloudy and very overcast. I thought Id show you some of the photos I have taken. These first ones are the animals we saw in the zoo.

 We saw this Koala in a tree on the side of the road. Its the first time I have seen a Koala in the wild. He was happily eating his lunch. There were are few others but they were sleeping higher up.

 This morning the sun was out and the coast looked fabulous.

This was the 12 Apostles but it was quite overcast by the time we got there so not as good for photos.
Well that's all for today. Hope to show you more next time I have access to the net.

Convention Swap

Hi there, I'm here in not so sunny Melbourne. Convention started today and it was loads of fun but tiring. I thought it was time to show you my swap card but I just realised that I haven't taken a photo of the changed version but here is the original card made as an Easel. I changed it to straight square of daffodil delight and then a scalloped white square for the daffodils to be placed on. I stamped, painted and cut out 300 of the daffodil flowers to make my 100 swaps and they are all gone now and I have so many wonderful swaps in return.

So far Graham and I have done our sight seeing in the city but next week we are going to see some of the country areas before returning home next Friday. My feet are crying out for a day off so will look forward to Sunday for a rest day. Melbourne put on their coldest May day ever yesterday for us. I actually don't mind the cold but I really don't like the overheated buildings once you get inside.

I will try to drop in again soon to let you know how we are going. thanks for stopping by.

Because I Care Easel

hi again,

I taught a card I had made last year with Because I Care on Monday night and then with my extra coloured pieces I decided to make another twisted Easel card. I made 2 actually so here they are.

This one I think needs a butterfly or something on the right hand side.

 this is close up of the painted flower. I did 3 and layered them. I used the daffodil delight marker for the centres and Concord Crush reinker for all the other colours. You just need to water down the ink to get the colour you want.

 I used Old Olive for the leaves and to mat the main piece with.

I am off to Melbourne in the morning and have been doing some research on places to go. We are hiring a car for our second week and plan to see some of the country in Victoria. I'm finally getting excited about this trip. I'm sure Convention will be fabulous as usual. I will post while away whenever I can. 

have a great weekend

Motorcycle Twisted Easel

hi there,

As promised here is another Easel card. At one stage during stamp club I thought I was going to have to change the stamp on my easel card as I couldn't find my sail away stamp. Anyway after everyone had gone home I thought that since I had a kit left I would make it up using the Motorcycle stamp. All I did was omit the border punch and emboss the red and turn the main part of the card around. What do you think?

I paper pieced the red parts of the bike to give it some dimension. Now I have another male card handy for when I need one.

well that's all for today. I am leaving for Convention and a holiday with Graham on Saturday so need to start thinking about what to pack. I think Melbourne weather will be cooler than here in Perth. If you have any suggestions as to what tourist places we should visit while there please let me know.

Another Twisted Easel Card

Hi again, 

thank you so much for your encouraging comments on my bog hop post. I taught that card and this one that I am showing you today at my stamp club. Everyone enjoyed making these cards. 

My second card I used my favourite rose from Fifth Avenue Floral. I embossed it with white embossing powder on Pink Pirouette. I managed to knock my whole container of embossing powder on the floor as I was demonstrating, but without saying anything leaned over and got a new pot of it out of my drawer. I was pleased with myself for not stressing about the spilt powder.

Then using a paintbrush and reinker I shaded the areas under each petal. I used both Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink for shading and then used Whisper White to add a few highlights.I embossed the white background piece with Manhattan Floral embossing folder.

thanks for stopping by again. I hope to show you another twisted easel card this week.

ESAD Autumn/Winter Mini Blog Hop

hi There, its been awhile since I joined in with a blog hop so I am excited to be part of this one. 

You may have hopped here from Lisa Bullock's blog or you may be starting here. Either way, welcome.

First a little about ESAD

ESAD stands for Extra Special Australasian Demonstrators and it is an online group just for Australian and New Zealand demonstrators for Stampin’ Up!

We so love what we do and not only do we love to share it with our customers, friends, and wonderful blog visitors but we share our love for what we do with each other as Demonstrators. We run swaps, challenges, tutorials, product know how and cyberstamps and we are always there to help and support each other when its needed.

So if you are a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator located in Australia or New Zealand then please feel free to click here to join our wonderful group.

The card I have made for today is a Twisted Easel card and I have used the stamp Sail Away. Also Curly Cute for the greeting.

Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Night of Navy, Very Vanilla.

Ink: Basic Black, Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Scallop trim border punch, 1", 3/4", 1/2" circle punches, Build a Brad.

I stamped the seagull and placed it under the build a brad.

Now its on to Yvonne Walkers lovely blog. Thank you for stopping by.

Happy Easter

Hi, I hope whatever you are doing on this Easter Sunday that you are well and happy. I am away camping at Horrock's beach again this Easter. We have a different tent this year and a site that has no shade so I am not enjoying it as much as last year but I go and sit in the BBQ area in the shade to do my activities. I am making 100 card fronts for swapping at Convention. I have cut, embossed and stamped and now I just need to put them all together. The guys haven't caught any fish yet but I am hoping that they will bring something back today. They went out to check their cray pots early this morning and haven't come back yet so I am hoping that means they are catching some fish. 
Here are some photos of Critishia's animals. We dropped Emily off to stay with Critishia and checked out her calves she is raising. They have grown and now are out in the paddocks grazing. She also has a new piglet as her pig got out and hasnt come back. 

 This is our new tent. We got a bargain at a garage sale. it cost $50.

we have been playing games at night. 

Graham has just got back from 5 hours out and once again no fish and no crays. Oh well I'm glad I bought some BBQ packs.