Some of you might know that I have a lost a lot of weight over the past couple of years (on purpose) and I try to avoid eating cake. However, in the last week, we had a very special 60th birthday in our family (my sister in law). My daughter bought a beautiful strawberry mousse […]
I decided I had enough of stamp sets sitting on my shelf and not being used, so my project for January is to try and use a different current set each day and see what happens!! Today I chose ‘A Little Wild’ from the current Annual catalogue. This is a very cute set and would […]
I have been babysitting for 13 hours today and still needed to make a card tonight for the blog (Christmas and End of Year activities got in the way!)When I got home I decided to make a very simple card using the ‘Incredible like You’ stamp set we were given at OnStage. I love the […]
Stampers Anonymous Blog Challenge #1 Wednesday 14th November 2018 Hi Everyone! This is the first time that I have participated in a blog hop, and I’m really looking forward to seeing the contributions that my friends are creating in response to the challenge of creating a card based on this sketch. I decided to use Soft […]
I have been inspired by a Christmas Sampler that I saw online from Ronda and Fiona in the Facebook group Creating for Christ. It was their November project. I fell in love with it and decided to have a go at creating my first sampler using the instructions they had posted online. I didn’t have […]
Last year I left making my Christmas cards until the last minute — partly due to the wonderful trip we had been on and only arriving back in Australia seven weeks before Christmas! This year I have been getting a start on them. A couple of weeks ago I got out one of my favourite […]
Sickness and busyness of life has meant that I haven’t been blogging or crafting as much as I would like. Today I have been able to sit down and make some cards from the ideas that have been floating around in my head for a few weeks! That has been a wonderful relaxing experience. I […]
When I began this blog, I wrote that I was interested in many different crafts including sewing. This past few weeks I have been busy preparing a baby play quilt. I have a Pfaff Embroidery machine (2170) and a few years ago I made this same quilt for my grandchildren. It is called Zoo Babies […]
Today we are enjoying a beautiful autumn day. Autumn is often a short season here in Australia and days are warm and usually sunny, but the nights are cool. The season is late this year due to the unusually warm and dry weather in April and our beautiful maple in our backyard is just turning […]
Today is a public holiday in Australia when we remember those who fought and died in conflict. We are so fortunate to live in this beautiful country with all the freedoms we so often take for granted. Last week I held a card making day. While I had hoped to have a few more participants, […]