This weekend I've got some of my cards for sale at the Craft and Collectables Christmas fair!
The fair is held at the St Francis of Assisi church in West End on Friday afternoon and Saturday. If you're in Brissy you should make sure you get there early as it's a very popular fair!!
You are bound to pick up some cute gifts at this fair :)
Living in Brisbane, Australia with the Man and the Fur baby. I started stamping in 2009 and now you can find me at my craft desk every moment I have spare!
We’ll meet you soon over at the MFT Forum on Splitcoast Stampers for
tonight’s New Release Party. You can find us HERE from 8-10pm EST. Be sure
to bring y...
The hot news is not about my desk this week. Although as you can see, it's
a bit more orderly. I've taken the shot from the right edge of my desk
because ...
Hi all! One of the things I get to do for Simon is pull together a bunch of
awesome products into a monthly card kit. April’s Card Kit is called
“Sunnier D...
Receiving a handmade card can be just as much fun as creating them. This
charming 4-Corner Fold Up Card was created and sent to me by my stamping
friend, E...
Hello everyone! Another retreat card to share. Are you sick of them yet?!
LOL! This was another challenge card. the challenge was make a card with
butterfl...
If you're reading this it's means you may not have noticed when I moved my
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Yesterday I finished making over this gorgeous sideboard. Lovely detail
with bevilled mirror.
Such a beautiful solid piece with many uses.
Heaps of ...
Hello...
I am back with the latest challenge from Carly, from The Simple Things.
This weeks photo theme is "blurry/oof".
I actually have two photos tod...
My Technique Class next week is Paper Quilting and this is the card we'll
be making:
I just can't get enough of the Sale-a-Bration *Everyday Enchantment* ...
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With a house of 3 boys and only 2 girls, I can be excused for needing a
girly fix now and then.
A bit of time on Pinterest,
away from footy boots a...
After all that sun we got in Hawaii, we almost forgot that we still have
some adventures to share from a notoriously less sunny place. We already
told you ...
It’s the moment you can’t believe will ever arrive — the first time you
have your book in your hands. The book you’ve worked on for two whole
years. I reme...
Spring is just a few weeks away and just in case you need some motivation
to dust off those pretty pastels and Easter inspired projects, we thought
you may...
G’day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage
Too Easy recipe. If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This i...
Tiny Tia in her tiny tutu looking dress makes me smile My DD has dance
class every Monday and I really think its the thing that is finally
teaching her pat...
This weekend was a bit of a weepy one.
I haven't been feeling too happy lately..
The anniversary of Mowgli's passing is coming up in a few days.
I've been ...
I had a few moments to play with my new stamp set. When I saw* this *set
last month at PTI, I knew I HAD to have it!!
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Enjoy...
I hope the week is going well for you, my to do list seems to be growing by
the day! Anyway I managed to make this card featuring some pretty digital
pap...
I have another fun card for you today brought to you by the latest Clear
and Simple release! If you missed it yesterday, click HERE to see
everything new!...
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Good morning! We have had a fabulous week of weather here so far and I'm
so happy to be outside in the warm sunshine and out of the stuffy house. ...
Hello again!
I'm still out off town and I hope this post went live :) !!!
This is my card for this weeks *Color Q Challenge #127*.
We have some fabulou...
Today I have a few peeks at what's new from Heather Nichols this month. She has two amazing sets that she is introducing for the upcoming March release! By p...
Looks yummy huh! I was lucky enough to enjoy some delicious treats from The
Sweet Tooth Fairy this weekend to celebrate my baby’s first birthday. I’ll
pos...
*Such a pretty house. So simple. So lovely. {via est mag}*
*Pretty and no doubt delicious salad from my one of my favourite man
bloggers, Mr Ben Pen...
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As soon as I saw this picture it made me smile...it reminds me of
Serendipity as I've always had this thought of red and pink roses ...
Good morning crafty people. I wanted to do something fun and springy for
this challenge outside of the flower realm and grabbed this cute stamp set
with ma...
I have recently developed the habit of tucking in my shirt. It sounds
crazy even as I type it. As if tucking in a shirt is something new or
exciting and ...
YESTERDAY I showed you some beautiful capiz chandeliers and from the sounds
of it, I'm not the only fan! I knew that I wanted one for our dining area,
but ...
hi all,
i thought i'd show you a few lovelies i have listed on eBay at the moment.
i am feeling the need for a big clean out!
i also plan on doing a stall do...
Hello!
Well I'm scared to look outside this morning!
We were to get a dump of snow over night and into early this morning.
Hoping it isn't too bad and the ro...
Happy Tuesday! Time for a new Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge!
Heather is our lovely hostess this week and she is challenging us all to
create a pro...
*This week at City Crafter Challenge Blog, Ros is our host, she is seeing
double and so am I, LOL!*
*Well, that's the theme of our challenge this week, to u...
As a big lover of all things neutral (or as my mom puts it, "you like
everything the color of dirt" - is that a problem?) I could not let the Simply
Less...
Wow its hard to believe but my baby girl is turning 18 today; where has
that time gone. I know a lot of people say that when you have children ,
the time j...
Last summer was C's quick and thorough triumph of her two-wheeler. And,
most of her time spent bike-riding was in just the outfit you see...bathing
suit, b...
Chomping along now with the layouts, this one was a case of the idea book
and catalogue
I traced around a scalloped circle template to get the background fo...
When I saw these super cute kites in the Occasions mini I just knew I had
to have them! I made this card in bright, fun colors - Wild Wasabi, Melon
Mambo...
The sun is shining, all sorts of pastel-coloured flowers are pushing
through the earth and spring is definitely in the air; birds are nesting
and soon all...
Where has all the food gone?
Honestly, I have been cooking, but rather uninspired as of late.
Basic, teenager pleasing meals...nothing fancy and certainly n...
Hey guys!
I apologize for the silence lately. February was a busy, busy, busy month
here, both on the home front and for Wplus9. I'll start with the Wplu...
what seemed like 100’s of boxes (mostly full of fabrics and crockery), a
bed, an egg chair, nanna’s buffet, more boxes, 3 trips in a budget van and
many b...
Look at this beauty that Jane, from Life On Planet Baby, sent me for my
birthday.
Poor love, she sent it to my PO Box.... which is not frequented as much...
The winner of the Ribbon Girl Pink and Brown Colour Challenge as chosen by
random.org is
Number 71 - that's you* Teresa*
please contact us with your de...
Happy Monday! Today I have a special card to share with you...a card I made for my daughter. Right now, she is in need of some extra encouragement. That brin...
Hey y’all! Happy Monday to ya! I have the pleasure of sharing a friend of
mine’s special new craft endeavor with you today… Shanna Vineyard, whom I
know ...
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I randomly
selected another email from my PMP inbox this weekend, and had some fun
photosh...
Good morning and welcome to a very special blog hop! I am excited to
announce my participation and publication in the new
*Copic Coloring Guide, Level 2:...
Good morning & Happy Monday! It has been a while since I shared about
Madelyn so hopefully y'all don't mind a little step into our world these
days! We re...
I am hoping I can just slip this in before the challenge over at Freshly
Made Sketches closes! I thought I would have a lot of time to play this
weekend bu...
Hi everyone! Today was my 30th birthday and I've had a wonderful day
celebrating. My morning started with Paul and our gorgeous girls piling
into our...
Welcome to the first Mojo Monday of March! It's the start of a new month
and that means it's time to kick off our* March Mojo Madness CONTEST*! *{For
tho...
Here is my 3rd & final card from my two step stamping class. I have used
the flower from a retired SU set called Soft Summer, DSP also from SU.
*Happy Sta...
Hi,
Yes, I have been slack again, I have just taken on a couple of extra jobs,
secretary at soccer and fundraising committee at school so I have lost the
t...
After a little hiatus, Mint Motif is back with two new stamp sets. They
will be released next week, and will be sold exclusively through*
i{heart}papers*....
Happy *Totally Stampalicious Monday*!
Are you ready for another awesome challenge from the gals over at TS? This
week, the theme is *SPRING*! I knew *exact...
We are back to a whole lot of dreary weather here in Brisbane. Not a
particularly exciting weekend.
Miss TikiBoo is starting soccer, so we raced out to get...
Hello everyone! I'm a bit slow today... tired after a wonderful weekend
away with our church family.. was great spending time getting to know
people better...
Teyas' 10th Birthday card
Teya loved her party & all had a ball.
A lot of prepping goes into parties & you are sure kept on your toes -a
little exhausting b...
Some lovely little pics to start the week. As interior designers of course
it drives us crazy when people build beautiful homes with all the right
finis...
Been crafting in BLUE that is! I've been draw to this color lately which is totally different for me.
Here's two journaling pages I did using Blue:
Some lay...
It is Monday morning and I have a lot to do today but I am again finding
myself dreaming of other things. The rain outside does not help in my
attempt...
Happy Sunday, everyone! I hope that your day has been going well so far,
and that you had a wonderful weekend. I went ice skating with my cousin
and her ...
*Stampin Royalty Challenge - No Added Embellishments*
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*JAI - Just Add Nikki Spencer*
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I had a lovely leisurely trawl through Nikki's blog and saw so ...
We are sponsored this week by
Thank you for sponsoring this challenge!!!
Our inspiration cupcake for this week:
Would you like to be our *Guest Sweetie* ...
Hi there! Welcome to week #2 of CR84FN49! So many outstanding projects
filling the gallery! Please keep them coming because we love to see so many
beautif...
Welcome to our final day of our March Release countdown! Today we have an
amazing group post for our monthly Year in Review! This is a favorite for
all as ...
After a long labour (longest and hardest yet), to the song "What a
Wonderful World" little Louie came into the world.
We had an amazing stay in hospital (N...
As I was a previous winner of Sunny Challenges and Creations weekly
Challenge, Miss Vicky asked me to be a guest designer for a month. I felt
very special...
Wedding cards (for the Artfest craft show) were my focus on a wet and
gloomy day yesterday.
My favourites are these three using the Marry Me set from the S...
This month we have a challenge for all of those 3D/OTP (off the page)
scrapbookers out there ..
*just add altered art...*
Altered art is taking something f...
Hi all! It's finally the weekend, it took long enough. I feel drained.
This wonderful craft we all share always manages to bring back the spring
in my step...
It's the first week of the month (Gracious, it's March already) and so
we've got a colour challenge which this week is
NEUTRALS
This could be anything from...
I can't believe we have hit March already, this year is zooming by. At the
WAC this week we have some new goodies from the 60's and 70's including
some gro...
Happy Saturday Just Us Girls Friends! Aren't you happy it's Saturday? I
sure am! It's Lynn hosting today with a very clean & simple sketch for you
to try. ...
Hi Ladies and sorry for the delay, yesterday was clearly not going to go to
plan!
Thank you to all who played along last week, it was a treat to come and
v...
This weekend I had the honour of creating this pretty Whimsical Garden
dessert table for Sophie's 3rd Birthday. Sophie's mum is the creative
talent behin...
It's a happy day people! I'm so excited to tell you that we are starting up the Embellish Magazine Challenges again. We had a really wonderful break but we d...
This stamp set by Stampin' Up! is so adorable. The Little Additions set
comes with a collection of stamps that you can coordinate and create
unlimited co...
Yes, thats right! It's the first birthday of The Craft's Meow! YAY!Happy
One Year and many more to Lisa and The Craft's Meow! I love being a part of
T...
I recovered 2 old lampshades this week and LOVE how they turned out. I'd
really like to keep them but how many shades does a girl need...really? So
I have ...
I wanted to break out into the Rebecca Black song, but I'll behave. :) It
is Friday though, which means it's time for a new challenge here at the
Mashup! I...
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Just discovered that the little purple grape-like things that are dropping
from my tree out the back are actually olives!!!! Okay, I'm not a very ...
Not so long ago I was walking past one of my local thrift shops on a sunny
afternoon. I wasn't intending to go inside until I spotted two fab framed
vintag...
Good Friday morning ~
What a wet and miserable week we've had here in Canberra. More rain than
we've seen in years. Perfect crafting weather I guess but I'...
In my family, we always knew it was a special occasion by the telltale
aroma of lasagna baking in the oven. Neither my grandmother nor my mother
made it ...
This week's challenge at Just Add Ink is to case one of the gorgeous
creations of the equally gorgeous Nikki Spencer, one of our Design Team
members.
I de...
Are you ready for another Pals Paper Arts Color Challenge? This one has a twist to allow you to show your own creativy and style. Just use Lucky Limeade, Alw...
Hey everyone! Welcome back for another fabulous challenge here at the 4
Crafty Chicks. It is I, Leanne, and I am your "hostess-with-the-mostess"
this week....
I missed yesterdays Wednesday 1up, so here it is. This is a frame from the
wedding I am currently editing; Brendan & Natasha’s wedding at Centennial
Vinaya...
Oh my goodness!!!
Can we just tell you that we are just blown away by the
amazing creations that were placed in our gallery this
past week? We welcome al...
It's the beginning of the month, and it means that we get to introduce a
new Muse as well! We're excited to announce the Queen of CAS, the
fabulously talen...
Thankfully I found some time to sneak away this past weekend and do some
creating. I've been crocheting Shamrocks (in various sizes) and was
itching to us...
Just Add Ink have a Sketch Challenge this week and seeing it was my last
sketch design as a DT Member, I thought I'd join in for old times' sake.
Everyday ...
Good morning MONDAY! How is everyone today happy and healthy I pray! Well,
here is a little strange story for you...Let me know if anything like this
happ...
Helllooooo Everyone.
So, one of our new years resolutions was to do a Market Wrap Up every month
WITH PHOTOS thanks to Krystal K Photography :)
The weathe...
Hi Everyone!
Just a quick post today. I spent most of yesterday in the ER with my eldest
son. He was severly dehydrated due to vomiting and had to be ho...
Happy Sunday!!! It's Sweet Sunday Sketch time!! YAY!! I miss having these
every week... my MOJO seems to be taking a BIG beating at the moment so be
kind....
We also made this 6"x6" scrapbook page using the "Everyday Enchantment" DSP
paper and "Fresh Vintage" stamp set from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. The
sta...
Thanks for joining me today for this weeks Papertrey Ink Design Team Tip!
Who doesn't love a handmade embellishment?! I do! Especially when it
involves us...
Okay well this is going to be the biggest BBQ we have ever had. Musgrave
Park in West End from 10am this Sunday the 26th of Feb.
Here's my Plea.
If you can...
I've got the invites out to my 4th stamp club running! I find it hard to
believe that some of my lovely customer, whom are now great friends are
coming alo...
I told myself I didn't need it, but in the end I just saw too many awesome cards using the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini set The Open Sea, so it's the latest addi...
What an amazing and exciting week we’ve had! Here's one last post to share the rest of my February 2012 Papertrey Ink release projects! The links to these wo...
Good morning! I have a Viva la Verve card to share with you this morning
that uses some brand-spankin' new dp that arrived on my porch Saturday. I
love the...
I am obsessed with mercury glass (or even faux mercury glass for that
matter)!! I have been looking everywhere, for items to start my own little
silvery...
I have just listed another shabby chair on Ebay.
This time it is a cute little child's chair.
Again, I've hand painted the roses...so much fun.
You can...
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Hi there!
Sorry I haven't posted for a while. You can read about why on my Mother
JoieDeVivre blog and see a pic of the cute littl...
*Here they are!!!!! *
*EEEEEK!!*
The latest and greatest images by *Melissa Jenkins*! She's just so
talented, it makes my head spin! We took some ti...
Today marks the start of one of the most exciting, fun and rewarding times
of the stamping year- Sale-A-Bration. From today until 31st March there are
fa...
Its HERE!!!!! The most exciting time of the year - its SALE-A-BRATION
!!!!!!!!!
Same deal as always - *SPEND* $100 and you get to choose a free produc...
Day 3 of the Clean And Simple Card Making Online Course had Jennifer McGuireshowing how she used a die to make a tone-on-tone background! I really
liked t...
Hey peeps…. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you! I really was hoping to get to this post
earlier than this, but boom the time is going by SO quickly! School
holidays sur...
Isn't she just too cute?? :)
Hi, everyone! Hope the first few days of the New Year have been treating
you well! :)
It's getting late and I'm dragging, ...
Hello again!
Well it sure feels strange not to be uploading a new challenge today!
Once again we have been blown away by all your amazing Christmas creati...
Yesterday Maddy and I sat and made 25 table favours for a Christmas party
we're going to tonight. They were so easy to make and I'm sure will be a
lovely...
Wow, Friday sure does come along quickly doesn’t it….I guess it’s like that
at the end of the year. Only a few more weeks until the end of the school
year...
Hello friends! I'm popping in here to let you know that I am making some changes to my blog address. You can read more about here: the simple thing My new bl...
Hi Stampers, It's time for our next Monthly Color Challenge!! Remember that our Challenges are now Stampin' Up! Only, so please submit cards and projects cre...
what number is this?
*giggle*
Can you tell we've all been a little busy...
and kind'a let some challenges pass us by?
I think we've all been through a lot l...
Hello,
Popping in to share these scales I found at an antique sale. I couldn't
believe my luck when I found two in the same day, at the same sale, and
ev...
It is CASE STudy time again, with Dawn Woleslagle as our July muse. Dawn
has a wonderful style that is very clean and simple but a wonderful
foundation to ...
I am sad to inform you, with a heavy heart,
that I will be temporarily shutting down GYSO and GetSketchy!
With a drastic career change that took me away ...
We’ve finally got around to setting up our new newsletter, so now it will
be a lot easier for us to send you the latest news, studio happenings,
product ph...
Hope the fair went well Trish - would love to see pics! Vx
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