Makeesha's Sketch Challenge #17

Hi, here with a quick card for Keesha's Sketch Challenge this week. Here is the very versatile sketch she gave us to work with....

and here is my card.....

Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge #16 and Friday Sketchers #81 Challenges

Hello, I am finally getting a chance to post a card I started on Friday for a friends 1yr old daughter. We were suppose to go to her birthday party on Sunday but my son decided a Saturday night sleepover at the hospital would be much more fun. Anyway, the card is finally finished. I used this lovely picture Keesh has found for the inspiration and used the sketch from Friday Sketchers to follow. As soon as I saw this pic it screamed Raspberry Tart DSP to me. I apologise again for the photo. I will try and rectify the problem. It looks fine on my computer but once I upload the image it looks grainy. Thanks for looking.

Keesh's Inspiration Challenge #15

Hi, quick post with my card for Keesh's challenge this week. Aren't those cushions great...reminds me of high rises in the city at night time. My card uses quite glittery paper although the photo doesn't show it up. I've used the glitter window technique on this very simple card. Thanks for looking.

Keesha's Colour Challenge #15 and Truely Scrumptious Challenge #19

Here is my card for Keesha's lastest colour Challenge. I love these earthy colours especially chocolate chip, my favourite. I have followed the latest sketch for Truely Scrumptious which has the added challenge to use 3 flowers, 3 brads and 3 gems/pearls. Well I have followed this as long as you can use more than 3 flowers as my image has several stampings done repeatedly. I'm using this card as an anniversary card for my parents. You may need to double click the photo to see the card better until I can recharge my camera batteries and hopefully get a better shot for you. Thanks for looking.

La La Weekly Challenge #11 - PINK

This is my first time at playing along with La La Land Crafts Weekly Challenge. This week you needed to use PINK on your card. I have gone with a colour scheme of black, grey, pink and white for a little girls birthday card. Sorry the photo isn't very good. I can't master taking photos at night time. Thanks for looking.

Birthday Present for Mel

Hi there, it was my mate Mel's birthday last week and I was running a bit late getting her gift organised but we got there eventually. I knew what I wanted to do, it was just getting around to making it. I have lots of people to credit so I hope I don't forget anyone. The first photo shows everything in the box but as things are a bit hard to see, I've also added a photo with the contents out of the box. My original inspiration came after seeing Nerine's blog with a box of goodies she put together. I completely loved her card so have copied it exactly, just different colours. Nerine uses the Fifth Avenue Floral set so well.

I also made a Tea Bag Holder from Splitcoast Stampers using the sleeveless holder variation at the bottom of the tutorial. Mel loves a cup of tea so I hope she likes the flavours I have in there. I also made this groovy Paper Witch Shoe chocolate box which comes from a blog called Skip to my Lou. The bottom photo shows the shoe a bit closer up without the chocolates. The other bits and pieces are Olive and Lemongrass bath salts, bath wash and soap with some exfoliaters. That's about it. I hope she likes it.

Family Photos

Logan's kindy arranged to have family photos taken as a fundraiser. They only took 3 different photos but I'm happy with how they turned out and thought I'd share them on my blog (I hope I'm allowed to do that but we weren't told we weren't, lol) So here we are.....

Weekend at Elliott Heads

We have just returned from having 3 nights away at beautiful Elliott Heads with our friends. We had a lovely relaxing time and I always look forward to our next time back there. They have these cute little cabins only metres from the beach. We hired all 4 of them for the weekend. The kids had a ball playing on the beach.

Here is a group shot of all of us...The Riley, Bosel, Dudley and Board families.

The Ginger Factory

Well we have been too busy lately, so I don't have any cards to share at this stage but thought I'd add a couple of photos from our recent visit to The Ginger Factory. We only intended on stopping for an ice cream and a quick look but 3 hours later we finally left. We had a ride on the train called Moreton and went on a boat ride called Overboard looking for the gingerbread man throughout the world, which was really well done. The kids had fun and Ky didn't want to get off the boat.

Wedding Card

Wow, I can't believe how quickly it became late tonight. I should be in bed and will be in about 5 minutes flat but first here is a wedding card I made to share with you. I have made one similar before which you can see here and gives credit to Kylie for her great design. Now off to clean my teethy pegs.

Makeesha's Colour Challenge #14 and Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #40

Wow, it has been a few weeks since I have actually completed a card for one of Keesh's weekly challenges. I have a few half started cards (bad me) from previous weeks but I can happily say I have a completed card for this weeks colour challenge with these gorgeous colours. Keesh's examples this week are just stunning so be sure to check them out. To help me out, I'm playing along for the first time with the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I really enjoyed using this different layout. So here are the colours and layout I've used.

And here is my creation.... You may need to double click on the photo to make it bigger and easier to see.

Unscripted Sketches Challenge 27

Hello, just a quick post tonight with a card I have made for the latest Unscripted Sketches challenge. The main colours used here are Old Olive, Real Red, Bashful Blue and Whisper White. Thanks for looking.

Three Challenges In One

Well just a quick post before I go to bed of a card I attempted to make for 3 challenges. I'm afraid the mojo is on holidays so this hasn't turned out as well as I had hoped but too late now. So this card was following the sketch for Pal Paper Arts below
using the colours from Leah's Monthly Challenge which are Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Basic Gray, Basic Black and Whisper White which take inspiration from this gorgeous baby room shot. I also had to slip in Blush Blossom and Close to Cocoa for the skin and hair

and I also used distressing on the card for Charisma Cardz: Challenge 41. It was fun taking to the paper with the scissor edge rather than the distressing tool. So here is the card, sorry it isn't very exciting and for the poor photo quality.

Good Morning Sunshine Pocket Card

Hi there, just another very basic, very under embellished pocket card to show tonight. I needed something quick. There was some stamping done on the little card insert bit too. Well that's it for now. Have a great weekend.

School Holidays - A Few Pics

Well, we recently finished school holidays here. We didn't do anything too exciting as Shane was still at work. We had a few nights camping in our van at Burrum Heads and also a night camping at a friends place for a family reunion party. We also spent a couple of nights in the shed at Boonooroo which was fun and Logan also went to a Fairy and Wizard party at the library. So here is a couple of photos to share.

The first one is Logan with her friends Jenna, Meave and Grace at the Fairy and Wizard party.
The next is Kyan with Michael on the Go Cart at the family reunion. We currently have Kyan's tube out for a trial which has been lovely for him and us. He's not going too bad so far so fingers crossed.

And here is Logan and Kyan playing in Grandpa's dingy at Boonooroo.

Present for Jodi's Birthday

My friend Jodi had a birthday last week and like always lately I was running late getting her little pressie organised. I am happy with how all this came together using the gorgeous Bella Rose DSP's.

I made for Jodi a little 3"x3" Note Card Box with some little note cards in it (instructions on how to make one can be found here), a Box in a Bag full of yummy chocolates which I have made before (instructions can be found here) and one of my favourite little Pocket Cards (instructions can be found here).

I hope she likes it all. All these ideas came from the Splitcoast Stampers website. You can find lots of other great projects they have done tutorials on here. So here are some pics to show you.

I Finally Made Something

Thanks for stopping by. I've just made a couple of these Hanging Treat Boxes found via Splitcoast Stampers. My friend Melissa made me one a couple of months back to thank us for something. Her's looked so cute. Anyway, it was two of my girlfriends birthdays recently (they are sisters too) and they both love Passion Pop, yep Passion Pop, so I made these treat boxes with a block of chocolate and a scratchie in them. Well I'm off to bed, nighty night.

Our Latest Backyard Addition

My darling hubby put together this swing set/cubby housey thing we bought the kids the other weekend. Not a job I think he'd like to tackle again in a hurry. The kids love it. It has a slide, swing, glider, monkey bar, cargo net and rock wall to climb. Underneath is suppose to be a sandpit but we might keep that area for the little see-saw Kyan is on as they have a separate sand pit.

Sweetie's Sketches September Card Challenge

I've been a bit quiet on the crafting front of late, busy busy busy and away for a few nights trying out our new van. I have a couple of half started cards floating around but tonight I've finally been able to complete a card for Sweetie's Sketches monthly challenge. I really like this simple layout. So here is the sketch and my card.....

Divalicious Sketch Challenge #2 and Created Byhand Challenge-Stitching

Hi everyone, not a very exciting card to show you tonight unfortunately, but I like to support Kellie and Kristy with their new challenge blog Delicious Diva Challenges. I started mucking around with some scraps the other day but it really hasn't come together as anything special. I really struggled with finding something to stamp in the middle. I really haven't given this sketch justice but I promise to come up with something a bit better next time girls. My card also has faux stitching all around it which fits the requirement for the Created Byhand Challenge this week of stitching.

Tri-Shutter Card for Fathers Day

One good thing about blog surfing is finding great styles of cards that you have never seen or attempted before. I recently saw this Tri-Shutter Card on Chantelle's blog. Chantelle provides a link to where she saw it but if you want to take a short cut, here is the link. Now this style of card is really easy to make however it hasn't turned out exactly perfect. It doesn't want to fold down properly for me....a bit of a dilemma. The instructions say to use a 5.5" x 12" piece of card stock for the base and as I wanted to use Chocolate Chip as the base, I just used a standard piece of A4 which is just a bit shy of 12" long so I'm guessing that is why I'm having the folding drama.

I can fold it down a certain way but not the way it should be and because of this I can't add the front panel as shown in the tutorial. So, I thought the kids and I might let dad sleep in on Sunday and make him breakfast and when he comes to the table, this can be set up in front of him. The 2 brown panels are where I am going to write special messages from the kids. Due to my lack of manly papers and accessories, I hope the daddy in question doesn't mind some flowers and rhinestones.

Pocket Wedding Card

Hi there, back with another wedding card. This time it is a pocket card which I saw Leah do on her blog recently, she has some great stuff so make sure you check out her blog. Hers looks way more gorgeouser (is that a word) though. I have found that the vellum isn't as tight as when I stuck it all together last night which is a shame. The sentiment is from Congrats and says "welcome to the wedded bliss club". Thanks for looking and thanks Leah

Wedding Card

I absolutely loved this card Kylie made so I just had to copy her. I'm trying to make a couple of wedding cards at the moment and I just think this style is so classy. I've made the big scallop oval using my corner rounder punch. You can see the tutorial on how to do this here and I've used rub ons for this card from Making Memories.

Sweetie's Sketches August Layout Challenge

Hello. Back again with a scrap page for the Sweetie's Sketches layout challenge. I've come back to look at this sketch several times in the last month but it wasn't until a few hours before the deadline that I actually decided to do something with it. It's a lovely little layout but my page has just not turned out how I would have liked and trying to photograph it at night is near impossible. Enough grouching though....so here is the layout and my page. The photos are of my daughter taken some time ago while she was having a little splash in a pool in our front yard.

Divalicious Colour Challenge #1

Well, they sure were tricky colours for me for the Divalicious Colour Challenge this week. I really ran out of time this fortnight so I have just done a super quick card as I wanted a congratulations card for a friend who has just moved her hairdressing salon to a new location. The new salon is just beautiful. So here are the colours..Barely Banana, Cameo Coral, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie.

And here is my card. I've used the Oh So Lovely stamp set with Cameo Coral background and the image in Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie. I've also inked the edges with Pumpkin Pie and layered onto Barely Banana and done the sentiment from Congrats with Barely Banana. Super, super quick but all I had time for. You think I could have found some brads or ribbon or something,lol. Thanks for looking.

Trip to the TESS farm

Hi There, hope your having a great weekend. Just thought I'd share a few photos from our visit to the TESS (Training Employment Support Service) farm on Friday with our mum's group. We had such a lovely time on this little farm which I didn't even know existed until recently which is barely 5 mins from where I live. There were lots of different animals including wallabies, kangaroos, emus, deers, alpacas, goats, a camel, parrots and other birds including a big wedge tail eagle, lizards and snakes. I'm sure I've forgotten some. We had a lovely picnic lunch and helped feed the animals. The kids all loved it. So here are some pics started with my son Kyan making friends with this little wallaby. Here is one of the lizards.

Apparently all the boy peacocks are trying to impress the girls and the moment. They were just beautiful.

Here is Logan and Ella with the camel. I even scored a smooth off the camel. He had lovely soft lips. Even softer than my hubbies.

And another lizard.

Here is an alpaca, emu and goat/sheep (how pathetic, I'm not sure what this fella was now).

Feed time for the kangaroos and emus.

And here we all are at the end for a group shot.

Can't wait to take Shane back for a look. It is like having a mini Australia Zoo in our backyard. The only cost was a donation for a lovely afternoon.

Kellie's Sketch Challenge #2

Hi there again.... a quick post before I'm off to bed. I love Kellie's creations on her blog and I've been trying to get a chance to play with her sketch challenge this week. I finally put something together tonight although the colouring is terrible so please don't look too closely. I finally got myself an aquapainter and some markers but I'm going to have to watch over some water colouring tutorials again as I made a mess of it tonight. My first attempt was not good and in the end I used some watercolour pencils which I have no idea how to use correctly. Anyway, here is the sketch which is quite cute I think and my card. Here is the link to Kellie's challenge.

My Two Ratbags

Hi, just thought I'd share a photo of my 2 little darlings. Kyan is learning all about "Saying Cheese". He screws his little face up, it's so adorable. I just love this photo and wanted to put it on my blog (as my blog is like a bit of a diary to me).

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge #12

Hello, I had a chance last night to make a card for Keesh's latest sketch challenge below. I used some Good Morning Sunshine and Urban Oasis DSP, Chocolate Chip card stock, Chocolate Chip and Summer Sun ink, white gel pen, check ribbon and yellow pearls for this one. Nothing super exciting but fun to play with different papers for a change. Thanks for looking.

Our Latest Purchase

Hi, just thought I'd share a pic of our new van we purchased a couple of weeks back. We have enjoyed camping in our old van (pictured below) over the last couple of years and I wanted to upgrade to something a little nicer. We only bought the old van to see if we liked camping this way and we do, so here is a picture of our old van which is now for sale if anyone is interested and our new van, a Jayco Flamingo.