Mother's Day Class

On Wednesday 28th of April, my very dear buddy Mel (Little Bits of Mel) and I are holding our first craft class. For the night we will be making a card and gift for Mother's Day. We will have all of the cutting preparations done in advance for you so all you need to do is have fun stamping and assembling your card and gift. The beauty of this is you can customise it yourself so if you'd prefer to make this a Birthday rather than Mother's Day card and gift you can do so.

The link above to Mel's blog holds all the important info which I will copy and paste on this post and some more photos of the project we'll be making on the night. There will also be a lucky door prize and tea and coffee to wash down the best cupcakes on the planet made by Mel. If I was you, I'd be coming just for the cupcakes, the craft is just a bonus.

CLASS DETAILS
WHEN: 28th April (7.00 - 9.00pm)
WHERE: Mel's Place (Details to be given when booking)
COST: $10
WHAT TO BRING: Scissors and Double-Sided Tape.
TO BOOK: meli_boo76@yahoo.com.au or chookandlardy@hotmail.com (or if you are a facebook friend, simply send a reply to this event once I send you your invite). Please book by 26th April, so we can prepare your kit. Hope to see you there!!! All welcome!!

FTL Challenge 84

I had a chance last night to make a card for a little girl who's birthday is coming up. Since I hadn't played along this week as of yet with the latest FTL Challenge, I thought I would use their sketch to help me out. My card isn't quite to the layout but it's similar.

My New Blog

I've started a new blog to document our families latest adventure, building a new home on acreage. I know things are going to get super crazy in the next few months but I will try and keep it up to date and maybe (if I get any followers), you can help me with the tough decisions...which colour carpet looks better, what vanity basin do you think will suit best, lol. Anyway here is the link to my new blog if your interested which for the time being will be known as Chooks Nest. http://chooksnest.blogspot.com/

Unscripted Sketches #46

Good Evening. I just realised the card I made for the Unscripted Sketches Challenge #46 today needed to be loaded up tonight. So here I am with my card. I have been experimenting lately with colours I wouldn't normally put together, hence the yellow and purples.

Truely Scrumptious Challenge 28

Hi there, I'm here today with a card for the latest Truely Scrumptious challenge. We were given the following sketch which is very versatile. I actually forgot about the flower in the corner until after I had finished the card. I tried to add something but it just didn't look right so I have left it plain. For this card I used River Rock, a SU in colour from last year, Close to Cocoa and Very Vanilla and Close to Cocoa ink. I've used the Pocket Silhouettes and One of a Kind stamp sets, River Rock ribbon and some paper piercing. Thanks for looking.

FTL Challenge 82 Card 2

Hello, back with another quick card for this weeks FTL82 Challenge. The card didn't turn out as well as I was originally hoping. I had some ribbon that I was going to use but it just didn't look right in the end. Anyway here is my card.

FTL Challenge 82

I love playing along with challenges but I don't always have the time (or probably the creativity) to produce spectacular cards. That is why I love playing along with the Clean and Simple challenges. This week for the FTL Challenge 82, we had this cute little sketch to work with and in 5 mins, hey presto, I have a card. Hopefully I'll get a chance to make another card as I have some ideas for this sketch but it won't be tonight. Thanks for looking.

FTL Challenge 81

Well last night I just felt like taking my mind off the pressures of trying to decide on a floor plan for our new house we will be building and made a quick card for the latest FTL Challenge. So here is the layout and my card...very very simple.

Happy 1st Birthday Truely Scrumptious

Hi There, I'm hear tonight with a card for the latest Truly Scrumptious Challenge. This blog has been running for 1 year and this weeks challenge is to make a birthday card using the layout below. I needed to make a card for a 2 yr old birthday we have coming up soon, so here is the layout and my card.

It's Not Called Trendy Trees For Nothing

Hello. I had a chance tonight to throw a card together for Makeesha's latest challenge, which this week is a colour challenge. I can't believe how well these colours go together. I just thought for something completely random and different, I'd stamp some trendy trees. I've also done a bit of blotting or sponging, some paper piercing and added some hemp twine. Very simple. I was also going to enter this card in the La La Land Challenge Number 25 which was no DSP but I've missed the cut off time. Anyway, have a good evening and happy stamping everyone.

Clean and Simple Stamping FTL 78

Hello There. I'm really enjoying making cards for these simple layout challenges at the Clean and Simple Stamping blog. Here is the latest challenge, using the layout below. I have to fess up about this card. The flower you can see on the card was made some time ago and I don't know who's blog it was from now. At the time I was going to use the flower to make a card but the card never happened so the flower has been sitting in my bits and pieces container for some time. I think what put me off using it was the fact that I had used a red brad on it. I wouldn't normally put those two colours together but anyway, tonight I said it's time to use you up. So my card is made with Almost Amethyst card stock which I have used the little flower from Short and Sweet and versamarked onto it. I've also used Whisper White and Real Red card stock and used the Congrats stamp set for the sentiment in Real Red ink. This has been paper pierced down the side and along the bottom. The DSP for the flower is old stock with a red brad in the middle. So that is about it, clean and simple. Thanks for looking.

50th Birthday Card

Hello Everyone, hope your week is going well. I was determined tonight to sit up and make a 50th birthday card I had to get done and to help me out I ran with Inkspirations Sketch Challenge # 18 layout and the colours from Welcome to Colour Create Challenge 38 which had a colour group I absolutely love...red, white, chocolate and pink with the optional extra of silver and hearts which I think I have managed to incorporate. Sorry, the photo isn't the best so I might try and take another in the morning.

And here is a picture I've now added taken outside, not that it is much better :)

FTL77 Challenge and PPA28 Challenge

Another quick card to show for the latest FTL challenge. This site has the best little layouts for cards. This time I have teamed it up with colours for the latest Pal Paper Arts challenge which is pinks and black (great for Valentines Day if you need some inspiration). Since I have a Valentine's Day card made already, I have made a card to give to my girlfriend Kay who's birthday is the day after Valentines Day. I have a bottle of bubbles for her that comes with chocolates wrapped in pink alfoil so it all matches perfect. Thanks for looking.

Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge #17 and FTL76 Challenge

Hi there peoples, just a quick card tonight using the layout again for the FTL76 challenge but this time using the colours as inspiration from Keesh's latest inspiration challenge. This card is for my nephew Ben who is growing up way too fast. He has just turned 27.

Spring Kit Candy

Now who wouldn't want to win this great kit? One of my favourite papercrafters Kellie Winnell has this great offer. You can check out her blog here and find out how you can be in the running (but I bags it first) lol.

FTL 76 Challenge

I have made a card for Valentine's Day using the latest sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping Blog. This blog has great little sketches and I hope to get the chance to play along a bit more in the future. So here is the sketch and my card. I was so eager to get this posted as I wasn't sure of the cut off time and I won't get a chance tomorrow so the poor crystal effects hadn't even dried on the love heart, lol. I have used a colour scheme of Chocolate Chip, Kraft and Tempting Turquoise.

What's Been Happening In My World

Well I'm finally getting back into blogging again for 2010. Where did January go? Since I last posted, our family spent Christmas, as per usual, at our family holiday home on Fraser Island. We all had a lovely time and didn't want to come home. Here is a pic of the kids in front of the Christmas Tree. They had already opened their Santa gifts by then.
The kids have had quite a few birthday parties to attend to. Here is Logan at one of her best friends Grace's birthday party also with her friend Ella.
Kyan turned 2 and his dad made him a Thomas the Tank Engine Cake which turned out really well.

We've also been camping in our caravan with friends, I've gone back to work for 2 days a week (insert sad face) and Logan has started Kindy for the year. It is Logan's birthday today and she has turned 4. She can't wait to start ballet classes next week so look out "So You Think You Can Dance" in a few years time. Well that's a quick round up on what we have been doing. I'll be back soon with a card I've made.

Our Family

Merry Christmas Everyone....

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Christmas Box in a Bag

Just thought I'd share a Box in a Bag I made for Christmas. I actually made another one that I liked even better but gave it away full of shortbread before I took a picture of it. Anyway here is the other box I still have here for the moment.

Card for Madayha

Hi, hope all your Christmas preparations are going smoothly. It is a bit of a love/hate time of year. Everyone loves Christmas, especially when you have your own children to see them enjoy the day but the stress in getting ready for the big day can get you down. I'm starting to see car park rage and checkout rage. It's just so busy. Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your families.

Today we have a birthday party to go to for Madayha, my friend Sasha's daughter, who is one. My cards are terribly depleted so I'm finding I'm making them on the day I need them at the moment. My friend Mel made a cute card the other day and I have cased the layout for this birthday card. Thanks Mel.

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.