{Happy Birthday Friend}

I used SEI pp for the majority of my cards for the next stint. I was able to finally use my new label shaped nestabilities! I love the way it looks on this card, and I think I may have to use this sketch again! I colored in the stamped image with Koh-i-oor woodless colored pencils, then blended the colors together with a dove blender.

{Sweet Birthday Wishes}

This is the first time using my Copic markers. What fun I had with those! My cupcake outgrew its boundries a bit, but I think I will be able to get some control of the marker flow the more I use them! :)

{Gift bag}

This is a bag that I cut with my Wishblade. I made many of these this past Christmas, it holds a gift card very nicely or a small present. :)

{Update: The holidays are over!}

Kaylee finished Kindy on the 19th of December. Then Christmas rolled around, we had a fun time and Santa left Kaylee a lot of fun toys. She got what she has always wanted, a Nintendo DS. For New Years we rang it in with some great friends with our weekly game night. We are now hooked on board games. Why do I always have to get the sports question about baseball??? Yes, the girls usually lose Trivial Persuit due to baseball questions! LOL! On Lucas' birthday we went to a Spanish inspired restaurant called Legends in Manuka and saw 'Yes Man' with Jim Carrey. FUNNY! Many of you have known we only have one car due to Lucas' van blowing up, not literally, but it would have made me feel better if there were flames and smoke... LOL! So we went out and bout a beater with ac, not sure if the heater works, it has been too hot here to check. So now again I have free time to scrap! I made 34 cards last week and I will begin posting them here. In two weeks Lucas' sister and family arrives from the US, so I won't have much time to update until February when school starts back up.

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. And here come the cards! :)

{A couple of Holiday pics}

We were finally able to take advantage of living in Australia! We traveled to Cairns for a preChristmas get away. We visited the Great Barrier Reef, Kuranda, and just hung around town. If you are ever in the south Pacific, the Great Barrier Reef is a MUST see and do! It was an amazing trip. The color of the water was an amazing blue green, the fish were so friendly, and the tour guides were amazing! I have heaps more pictures, be on the lookout for a slideshow! :)

{BOUNCE}

This lay out was a weekly sketch challenge at SF. I really like the way it turned out. I used American Crafts pp with matching bazzills. The title is made out of LoriMart letters, she is a fantastic Ebayer with reasonable prices on chipboard letters. Her Ebay id is lordan37 check her out! :) Anywho, on the letters I painted them with acrylic paint and stickled them with clear starburst stickles. The shaped green paper was cut with my Fiskars treading water punch, thanks again Julie! I also used large Primas and I stickled the brad in the center. And there is a lttle bit of sewing around the pp.

The pictures were taken at the Hall Markets here. Everytime we go, Kaylee has to play in the jump house, ride the pony, or ride on the merry go round. We could spend all morning just at the kiddie ride end of the market.

{Turkey time, kit}

I haven't made a kit in a while, I feel like I am kind of a rut with them, but I do like the way this one turned out. I used DCWV papers with matching Bazzill papers. The title was cut with my wishblade and everything had been inked and stitched. I also stamped and stickled on most of the items. It is hard to make pretty Fall things when it is Spring here!

{Christmas Calendar time}

This year I decided to make a digi calendar. I got the template from The Shabby Shoppe. All I had to do is down load, add pics, layer everything, then take to the nearest photo printing station. I mounted them on chipboard and bound them with my bind it all. Two gifts down, many more to go!

{Christmas Cards take 2!}

And here is the second set of Christmas cards. Well I think there is one birthday card in the midst!

Once again I used mostly DCWV papers and matching cardstocks! :)

{Christmas Cards}

Here are some of the creations I came up with for an online crop. I just love the way they turned out. I used American Crafts pp, matching Bazzills, Making Memories chip greetings, and various flowers.


10 cards made out of one sheet of patterned paper is amazing!

{Christmas Candy dish}

Here is a candy dish that I made for a friend of mine. It is constructed out of Bazzill and the pp's are from the DCWV Christmas stack last year. Everything is inked with olive chalk ink. My only hope is that it arrives to Canada in time! *giggle*

Maybe I should whip up another one for the School holiday fair next weekend?

{Digitally created Calendar}

October was a crazy month and I have sooo much to add! I have been very busy making gifts for family, and I have two done! WOOT! These are digitally created calendars that are for my MIL and Dh's grandmother. I am waiting on photos to finish the ones for my mom.