Sunday Afternoon

Hi Everyone. I should have thought to post this earlier in the week. These are the cards we made last Sunday afternoon at Diane's Christmas Card Make. I'm sure you'll agree they are all real cute. The second piccie is a cute wee box and a couple of gift cards to fit inside (not for long though because I will almost certainly be using them VERY soon!!) It was a lovely afternoon and special thanks to Diane - especially as she was just starting with a strep throat which has gotten worse as the week has progressed. Hope you feel better soon Diane. Right - I'm off to write Christmas cards!! Harold is putting up the Christmas Tree. He started yesterday but struck a problem with the Fairy Lights. Isn't there a saying something about 'You can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles wet holidays and tangled Christmas lights' Well ours wern't tangled but I have to say he passed with flying colours and now we have WORKING Christmas lights again. Bless him. Have a great day in our beautiful NZ sunshine. If you are in the UK keep warm and stay safe if you have to go out. Talk to you next time and thanks.

Monster March

Hi again. Just a very quick post tonight as it's late and I am a bit tired because I worked in the garden for a long time today and it was hard work and VERY hot. Anyway tonight I've created this card for our darling grandson, Trent, who turns 9 on the 7th of December. It took a long time because of all the masking and I had to use a stamp positioner to get the eyes and mouths in the right place but it was well worth the effort I think. Once again I am going to bed a happy bunny! 'Night, 'night again and thanks for visiting.

Wedding Anniversary

On Thursday this week we will celebrate our 43rd Wedding Anniversary and tonight I made this card to give to my husband. Those of you who are fans of His Majesty Tim Holtz will recognise the tag as His style. I love making these tags using TH Distress Inks. The colours are great and overlay each other sooo well. You can see the Moon Glimmer spray (copper) which I lightly spritzed over the coloured and stamped tag. The stamps are from a fantastic set called Harlequin Rose which I bought on my travels in 2009. It was an expensive set BUT I have used it heaps so it was well worth it. I love the sentiment on this particular stamp and it is certainly very apt in our case. I toned down some orange flowers and coloured a small white flower with TH Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. The other flowers were just the perfect colour to tone with the background card. I added a small orange and brown, 3D butterfly and a few fancy yarn pieces and voila. I am very pleased with my creation so I am going off to bed a happy bunny tonight. 'Night 'night sleep tight or have a good day if you are on the other side of the world from me. Thanks for visiting.

Kate's Card

Hi Everyone I hope you all had a great weekend. Here in Upper Hutt NZ it was absolutely glorious weather. I hope it continues on all through the summer months (even if I do have to go out and water my garden every night!!) Anyway, for me, it was a VERY hectic weekend - craft wise. I had two classes on Saturday where I taught two different types of box. In the morning we made the Secret Keeper Book (see September post Alison's Secret) and in the afternoon we made the Hexagon Box (see September post of same name). The classes went very well and everyone seemed to go home happy with their project. Yesterday we had a Christmas Card making afternoon with a group of keen ladies. We made 6 cards and a wee box and enjoyed a yummy afternoon tea to boot. Diane had made a  wee goodie bag for each of us too which was lovely of her. She is a very busy lady and it's not easy to find the time to put on such a lovely afternoon. Thanks Diane. Whilst I was at the Sister Act shop on Saturday I saw this gorgeous card, which Kate had made, and fell in love with it. Such a simple idea but soooo effective and pretty quick to make too. I bought my supplies on Saturday and I have made 7 in just over an hour this afternoon. (I ran out of reindeer then so my production line halted.) I also bought the lovely Santa Bell decoration at Sister Act. I try to buy a new Santa every year so it was just the right thing for me. So if you are looking for an idea for a gorgeous, quick card to make here it is! Get yourself down to Sister Act in Waikanae on the beautiful Kapiti Coast and see Kate for your supplies. You can buy yourself a Santa too whilst your there. Thanks Kate for such a cool idea and for having such lovely things in your shop. Right! Time for a drink and then back to the production line. Thanks for stopping by today.
P.S The silver line across the bottom of the card is a Happy Christmas Peel Off, but try as I might I couldn't get a decent piccie of it.

A Cool Birthday

Back Again . . . . with this cool looking card for my Nephew's birthday next week. He lives in the northern hemisphere so the trees in the snow are quite appropriate. He has just been treking in Patagonia so he will have seen plenty of snow there too I think. I have had some stunning piccies from him and we are linking up on SKYPE next week so I look forward to hearing about it. Well must go as Di will be here any minute, Thanks for looking.

Poinsettia Easel Card

Hi Everyone. What a glorious day we have here in Upper Hutt. I have been swimming this morning and now I am waiting for my friend Di to arrive and we are going off for a walk in the sunshine for a couple of hours. I have put sunscreen on for the first time this summer so that is surely a sign of how good the sunshine is. I've just got time to do a couple of quick posts before Di arrives. The first one is a basic easel card given a Christmas touch with nestabilities Poinsettia flower, paper from a Christmas pack and a tiny touch of ruby red glitter on the red snowflakes, just for a change from the crystal glitter on snowflakes. Very quick and very easy if you're getting down to the desperate stages for your Christmas cards. Hope you like. I'll be back in a couple of ticks with my second post. Talk to you then.

Lollipop, Lollipop Ooh Lolly, Lolly, Lolly. . . .

Remember that song? or am I showing my age. Millie used to sing it way back in the 60's. Anyway here are my lollipops. Do you like them? I think they are soooo cute. They are of course flavoured (scented) tea light candles made up to look like lollipops. How simple is that? I am teaching two classes on Saturday and they will be my last ones for the year so I am going to put a lollipop on each workspace as a little thank-you to the ladies. Some of them are regulars and do lots of my classes and some of them are new to my classes. Again this is a quick, little gift that young children could make or help with. We all have people who we like to thank for little kindnesses done through the year but it can get expensive can't it? The beauty of this wee gift is that it is very in-expensive. Give it a try, either by yourself or with your children or grandchildren and have fun. You can get some yummy smelling candles at the $2.oo Shop! 'Night, 'night again and thanks for looking.