A Super Quick Post...

A super quick post tonight as I am just about to head off to a dinner party. I have lots of new goodies to practice with at the moment and have been creating all afternoon. I am just posting this little card tonight. It is for nobody in particular, but it is always good to have a male card up your sleeve! I think its a bit cute! I am cutting lots of circles at the moment as I have just purchased my circle nestabilities and I am loving them!

Hope you have a nice Sunday evening...

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

I was looking for a challenge and I love to participate in Sweet Sketch Wednesday. So I followed their sketch and this is what I came up with. I have used all SU papers, card stamps, markers and ribbons. The only parts not SU are the butterfly, sentiment and pearls. It feels like its been ages since I made a card and I don't think you can underestimate how therapeutic it really is. After a long, freezing, frustrating day, card-making is exactly what the soul requires...along with a hot chocolate, cooked dinner, massage and early night. (Ok so bits of that was me dreaming...but it sure sounds nice!) Hope your day was warmer than mine and more peaceful! Thanks for visiting my blog.

An Eventful Week...

I can't believe it has been a week since I last posted. It has gone so fast and been very busy! I have quite a bit to share with you tonight...

Firstly, I have got a card to show you. One of my friends at work has had some sad times lately so I made her and her family this little card. I used colours I love her wearing. She has long, chocolate brown hair and she looks stunning in black and red. I coloured the Tilda with chocolate brown hair and used black and red card stock. This Tilda I stamped off Amanda's magnolia stamp. She is cute - but that bouquet takes ages to colour! I did follow a sketch for this card but I was in such a rush to make it I didn't enter it. I would have preferred to stitch around the coloured panels but time did not allow! It kind of looks a bit unfinished I think.

Secondly I wanted to tell you how lucky I was to win Kellie's Magnolia stamp she was giving away and I wanted to show you the gorgeous card she gave me as well. I remember when Kellie posted this card on her website and I loved it! I was so surprised to open the envelope and see this card. It is my "favourite card ever" at the moment! Kellie has used this gathered ribbon in a few of her cards lately and I just love it! I must get some. Thank you so much Kellie for the cute Tilda stamp and the beautiful card.

Thirdly I wanted to post some photos of Ben's 30th birthday party. All our family travelled the 8-hour car trip and came and visited us for the weekend. It was very hectic, but lots of fun! Our two neices and two nephews stayed with us which got a bit CRAZY at times! There was no time for card-making unfortunately, but Charlotte (my four-year-old neice) was very interested in my craft table and was quite keen to make a card of her own.

Do you like the cake? I was pretty happy with how it turned out. I cut out the 30 and decorated it myself (with some help and advice). I haven't made a fancy birthday cake in a long time so I was a bit nervous.

We had about 20 people come to our house and we used the slow-cookers for the main course. Later on the people who brought their guitars got them out and entertained us and we all had a sing-a-long. We played some wii games and it all finished up at about 3:30am. It was a fun party, with a big lead-up and the last of the family leaves for home tomorrow. So all in all it has been an eventful week.

Holidays are now over and we are back at school...I am hoping to stay in that holiday bliss mood as long as I can hold onto it.

I hope you had a lovely weekend. Thanks for visiting my blog.

Sunday Sketch and Stamp with Digi-Images

I am just back from a card-making day with my lovely friends I make cards with. We made cards, ate yummy snacks and chatted all day long. It is such good therapy! I made two cards that I designed for myself last night because I am not very good at concentrating, talking and eating all at once. I followed the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp and used the same DCWV papers I used on my Magnolia card last night. My digi-images are "Lily with present" and "Lili with flowers" from Digi-Stamp Boutique. The flowers were from my stash.

Tomorrow is a big clean-up day for me in preparation for our visitors that arrive on Thursday. Then Friday will be a big food shopping day and Saturday a big cooking day. Lots to do in preparation for Ben's party. It is a rainy day here today so I think I might curl up on the lounge with my book and wait for Ben to get home from work.

Thanks for coming and visiting my blog.

Magnolia Down Under

I had a lovely time with the sketch from Magnolia Down Under this week. I used papers from DCWV and ribbons and pearls from my stash. I had fun with the colours blue, apricot and green - something a little different.

I wanted to share a photo with you tonight of one of our sponsor kids - Emmanuel. We have been sponsoring him now for about three years and when this photo came in the mail last week we couldn't believe how happy he looks and how much he has grown! It was so nice to receive his photo - isn't he such a cutie!

Well thats all from me tonight - just a short post. I'm off to a day of card-making tomorrow, so that should be lots of fun! Hope you had a lovely Monday.

A late Sunday evening post...

I just got off the phone to talking to my sister and I had to quickly post these cards before I head to bed. I know it is very late for a Sunday evening - but the good news is that being on holidays means that you can really go to bed anytime you like! I made these cards earlier this evening. I was blog-hopping on my friend Amanda's blog and I saw this sketch she had tried from Papertake Weekly Challenge. She said it was a nice easy one to follow and she was right. This sketch is very flexible and quick and easy to make. I made two cards. The first one is closer to the sketch, the second one was me having a bit of fun with it. The top card is a baby card for Mum to give to my cousin.

Lots of fun things happening this week. Ben is turning 30 and we are having a party at our house Saturday night. All of our family are travelling to the Gold Coast for the party, so its going to be pretty exciting! Lots of cooking and cleaning to do in preparation...

Anyway, I hope you had a fun weekend and thanks for coming and visiting my blog. I'm off to get some sleep. Good night.