This layout of Holly is about her dream of becoming a photographer. She does have a talent for it and has taken some great shots from unusual aspects and angles.
Close up of the title - Daisy D rub on
Back of the tag, which is hidden behind the quotes.
All the paper and clock brad is by Kaisercraft, Butterfly stamp- Stampin Up, Rose stickers-Kay and Co, Quotes - Hot of the press
Tag - Basic Grey, Dream rub on - Junkitz
Here is the layout of the Christmas celebration I had with my stamping buddies. A clean and simple layout so that you focus on the photos and it also meant I was able to use four large photos rather than smaller ones.
This is me with my stamping buddies, (left to right) me, Christine, Claire, Leanne and Judy. We had a great time at the Wattleseed restaurant in Healesville, the food was fab, the company was great, wonderful friends with a love of crafting in common and the table was festooned with gifts in packaging we had made for each other. What better way to spend an evening.
This will be my last post until after Christmas, so I will take this opportunity to wish you and yours the very best for Christmas and the New Year.
Here are all the goodies that I received from my stamping buddies plus their beautiful cards.
This fab card is from my friend Jackie in the UK (also a Paper Trey Ink addict) and a lovely necklace, which I have already worn, even though I should have waited until Christmas to open it.
My stamping group were meeting for our Christmas dinner last night and these were the little gifts I made. The larger packages (which are bulging) contain delicious homemade shortbread buscuits, made by my talented daughter Lauren. The smaller triangle boxes contain Lindt chocolates. Mmmm.
A closer look. All the stamped patterns were created using Paper Prey ink stamps.
These boxes containing their cards were created with my M & F Board (similar to a scor pal). The large leave stamp is Paper trey Ink, the small tag on the front is from - Stampin Up and the continuous pattern on the box wrapper was made using Rubber Stamp Tapestry peg stamps.
A side view of the card.
Lauren has been trying to make some money to buy Christmas presents by making fudge and selling it at her church. She has had to give up the waitressing because of the tendon problem. I have been helping her with the presentation by making these little decorative holders for the fudge, together we have made 40 of them, she already has orders for 28, a few are presents for friends, so she is hoping to sell the rest. Lauren has decided she doesn't follow in her mothers footsteps and paper crafting is definitely not her thing.
Lauren did her first open water swim at Mornington last weekend, it was 1.2km and she came third!! I am so pleased for her, the triathlon training has had to take a back step with her Achilles tendon problems, she has been hobbling round since August and has seen doctors, physios, sports therapists,a sports podiatrist, you name it and she has seen them. At last we have a diagnosis, acute inflammation of the tendon sheaths and as treatment has not helped, she is going to need an operation. So swimming, without using her legs has been the only training she has been able to do, not one to be put off competing, she decided to do this, just for the fun of it, not expecting to come anywhere, so no one was more delighted with the result than Lauren.
The colours for this challenge were, red, aqua, cream, chocolate and kraft. I used Hero Arts Antique flower back ground, stamping red on aqua and Cuttlebug Damask embossing folder on kraft for the base of the card. I used SU scallop border punch for the red scallops, the strip above is from SU Christmas paper. The sentiment stamp and scallop oval punch are from SU and the flowers are In Bloom by Paper Trey Ink.
I have found a new choc to share with you, this one is really scrummy, much better than Aero. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed. My oldest Lauren, tells me I am suffering the same problem as her - OCD. Obsessive Chocolate Disorder!! I am sure I am not alone, there must be plenty more of you out there!! Let me know your favourites.
Aren't they cute? They have taken up residency in our dam and make frequent trips around the garden, much to our delight. The parents are so protective especially when our dogs start barking at them. Don't worry the dogs are safely behind a fence and can't get to them!!
My last one for the day and also the worst photo. Everything on this card is Stampin Up (except the tiny snowflake which is Hero Arts). Well I have spent practically all morning at the computer, so it is about time I got up and did something productive, like maybe more card making. Oh I wish, so many other boring but essential things to do today. I will hopefully be posting a bit more regularly for a couple of weeks, as I have taken some time off work.
I recently bought this fab background stamps from Hero Arts, haven't had much time to play with it, but I love it. These cards are stamped with SU Choc Chip on kraft card. Christine will be amazed at my use of kraft ( I never liked it) but her stunning cards have converted me.
Sorry, I have been very remiss with my posting, life just seemed to get in the way. I had a gentle reminder from one of my friends the other day that I had been neglecting my public. Well here we are lots to post today, this being just one of about 4. The stamp club girls and I did a joint order to Paper Trey Ink, well I say joint but the bulk of it was mine!! Here are some of my efforts with the new stamps.
I love these new MME papers, so colourful. Some of the flowers and leaves were cut from the pattern on the paper and others were dry embossed and then cut. The die cut flourish is from Sizzix. This was my cousin's daughter on her wedding day, please excuse the wonky picture taking (of the layout not the wedding pictures)
The colour this time were Melon, Cream, Med.Pink and Moss. I wasn't completely happy with the first one, so had another go.
Some piccies taken at the Warran Glen cafe for Christine's birthday lunch. Amazing how time flies when you are having fun, we arrived at 12pm and were still there at 3.45 chatting away. The food was fab and so much of it. I had a great time girls, lets not wait for a birthday to do it again.
This next one was from way back in 2006, on a trip to Warrandyte. We managed to get up quite close to some beautiful Rainbow Lorikeets. This paper is from the Nature collection by Diecuts with a view.
I have more to show you but they are awaiting journalling. Hopefully soon, but I am notoriously bad at finishing them, once the creative process is over, I lose interest. And really the whole idea of scrapbooking is to record the details, isn't it. I must try harder, but don't hold your breath.
This is Lauren and Joshua playing on the stairs.
These two layouts are from a visit to a wildlife park in Halls Gap, the large lettering is from Sizzix.
This is where all the small leftovers went. My favourite is the sunflower which I stamped on various scraps of different patterned papers.
This was Lauren's first pony Chester, he was a nightmare from the first day we bought him, misbehaving, running off, refusing to go in a horsebox or trailer (truck or float if you are Aussie). We persevered, brought in a Horse Whisperer, practiced with him everyday and eventually he started to toe the line. Unfortunately he never did get over his aversion to the colour yellow/orange and we knew if we arrived a a show and any of the jumps were that colour we might as well turn around and go home, He steadfastly refused to go near them, any other colour and he would fly over them, no problem. Chester remained a cheeky chappy though, and whilst cleaning out his stable, would steal your hat, or in my case lift my leg in the air by biting the tassell on my boots, as well as trying to eat mints through your clothes if he could smell them in your pocket. He lived with us for three and a bit years, through him, Lauren learnt so much until sadly she outgrew him. We sold him onto a lovely lady not far from us and we continued to visit him regularly.
