Craft Fair

Hi there,

Richelle and I were at the Craft Thyme Fair in South Perth yesterday. I thought I would show you the notepads with pens that I had for sale. My friend Sue helped me put them together on Friday. I had stamped and coloured the flowers a long time ago. I don't have the stamp set but had borrowed it from a friend. They all sold so I was happy. I used mostly retired colours.

Have a great week.

Summer Mini Catalogue and December Frenzy

Summer Mini

The Stampin' Up! Summer Mini catalogue is here so if you would like to check it out just click on the picture on the left side of my blog. I am having my launch of the mini on Sunday at 2 PM if you live near me then you are very welcome to come and join me. 

click here for list of sale items

The December Frenzy sale is also on so if you find something you would like feel free to send me your order.

I am going to be at the Craft Thyme Fair at South Perth Community Centre tomorrow all day so if you are in the area please pop in to say hello. If you do and tell me you read this blog post I will have a small gift for you.

have a great weekend

Christmas fundraiser cards and gifts.

hello again, 

I didn't get back to post the cards yesterday as I had a fall and really hurt my shoulder and back so just rested yesterday. Anyway this morning I have photographed all the projects from Saturday and will show them all even if I have shown some of them previously on my blog. We raised $657 so we were pleased and everyone had a good day.

 This is one of the gift ideas. My friends Jennie and Colleen showed me how to make these. I have used my retired Jolly Holiday DSP.

This card was designed by Jennie also and I just had to buy the Aviary set once I had made this card.

This card I used 2 of the new In Colours. Pool Party and Island Indigo.

I used the poinsettia idea that I have seen on the net and once again used the Jolly Holiday papers.

I wanted to use a different colour for this card and hadn't used my new stamp set Welcome Christmas.

This is a complete case from the Flyer for the Stitched Stocking Stamp set.

This is a gift card Stocking that I cased from Jackie Topa

This is the final gift project that we made using the new Candy Wrapper die.

Well thats is all of them. If you need to know any details just email me and I will try to help you out. have a great week

Fun Day had at LBC

Hi there,

Today I held a fundraiser at Lesmurdie Baptist Church. We had a fun day making 2 each of 5 cards and also 3 gift projects. I am so tired but wanted to drop in to at least post something tonight. I just realised I have not taken photos of all the cards so will show you the Christmas trees I made to help decorate the room. 

I used the largest pennant from the Pennant Die and stamped the tree from Snow Swirled on both sides and embossed in gold. I then cut up and down the centre and joined them together and added a star on top. The little trees are made using the pennant punch. 

well this is just a very short post but once I have photographed the cards I will show you them. I need to get some rest now as today totally exhausted me but I really enjoyed the fellowship of making cards with 15 other ladies. Thank you to all who came along and to my good friend Sandra who did the catering and helped out with everything. Also thank you to my niece Amy who was kind enough to sit with a group of beginners and guide them all day. She is such a patient and caring person. Once I find out the total funds raised I will let you know.

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Christmas is coming.....

Hi there,

Christmas seems to be coming much faster than I realised. I haven't even made all my Christmas cards yet. I was checking out some blogs yesterday and found a card I really love so stopped everything and made the card. I cased it completely as I had all the stamps etc. This card was created by Catherine Pooler. 

I am now off to teach a stamp a stack. Have a great day

Stitched Stockings

Hi there,

A promised here I am again to show you the 2 cards we made at LBC yesterday. I am loving my Stitched Stocking stamp set and punch. The first card is a centre step card and I used the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch on the sides. I have used Old Olive DSP with Cherry Cobbler card.

The second card is a Cased card from Juliet Chapman and I have used Baja Breeze, Real Red and Wild Wasabi for colours.

I'm off to the Craft and Antique Fair today to catch up with my in laws, so it should be a good day.

Wild Flowers from Kings Park

hello again, 

yesterday I had to go to West Perth to see my eye specialist. As I was so close to Kings Park I decided to take my new camera and take some photos of all the wildflowers there. For those who don't live in Perth, Kings Park is our beautiful huge park overlooking the city. My friend Chelle gave me the idea as she had been there just the other day. Anyway I am only learning to use my camera but I am pleased with the close up photos I took of all the wildflowers. Unfortunately most of them are just about finished flowering but I am still pleased with my efforts. I only took 187 photos. here are just a few.

 The City View

 Bottle brush

 Blue Lace Flower with a bee.

 

Pea Flower

 One of the Kangaroo Paw varieties

 Grevillea

Row of Trees

 Everlasting Daisies

 Black Boy or Grass Tree

Well that's all for today. I will come back tomorrow and show you the cards I taught at LBC today.