nOel . . . again

Hi again Everyone I had a great group of ladies in class this morning and we had a lot of laughs as we constructed our two different Stepped Cards. Next class is in three weeks which is just as well as I still have to type up instructions!!! Anyway, onto tonight's post. It's another version with the nOel stamp and I think it is just such a neat technique. I saw Barbara Gray demo it on TV last weekend. It is sooo clever to kind of continue the hillside through the hole in the O and then to 'frame' the nOel with a deckle line which makes it look like it is a completely separate piece of card mounted on top of the background piece!!! Clever or what? Right I'm off to have my hot chocolate drink (made by my lovely husband. That's my treat every night about this time. He also brings me a drink in bed every morning! How lucky am I?) and then I'm getting out the laptop and typing up some class instructions. Bye and thanks for looking.

Twas The Night Before . . . . .

Hi Everyone and welcome to the weekend especially those of you who get up early and go out to work all week. I hope the weather is fine so that we can all get out and enjoy life in the fresh air. I am teaching tomorrow morning at Sister Act on the beautiful Kapiti Coast here in New Zealand. We are going to make two different Stepped Cards both with a Christmas theme. I am looking forward to it and I hope my ladies are too. I quickly made this Christmas card tonight so that I can show it to Kate (Sister Act owner) tomorrow. I used two Clarity Stamp images from the 'Twas the night before Christmas series. I think there ar 10 now in all in the series, each with a little bit of the classic poem and an illustration. I have five of them I think. There are two separate stamps here but because the stamps are so wonderfully clear, and the Clarity handles to mount the stamps on to are so wonderfully clear AND easy to hold it is easy to position the images EXACTLY where you want them. Hence this looks like just one image! A couple of people have told me they are having trouble leaving a comment on my Blog. Not sure what's going on. I tried a test comment myself this afternoon and it worked OK so I'm not sure if there is problem or not. I'm sorry if you've had trouble. I always look forward to comments left by people so it will be sad if they arn't getting through. Enjoy your weekend and thanks for taking the time to look.

Black and White Beauty

Hi Everyone. It's been another rather miserable day here today but at least it didn't rain - just gloomy. I had my swim and aquaerobics this morning and I walked with my friend Di this afternoon, even though it was a bit drizzly at times. So not too bad really. I got this card made after I came home. One of my favourite techniques - embossed background and my lady dressed in Angelina Fibre. It is a birthday card for a friend. October is a busy month for me with birthday cards. I keep trying to start Christmas cards but what with birthdays taking priority and class samples and instructions to prepare I am not making much progress. I am intending to have a go at a couple of ideas tonight. If I'm successful I'll let you know. Time to get tea on the go. Thanks for visiting.

Funky Fold Card

Hello all you Night Owls. It's late and I just thought I'd post this before I brush my teeth and jump into bed. It's quite cool here tonight so it will be nice to snuggle under the duvet. I found this Funky Fold project on my friend Sheila's Blog (Manic Stamper) and she found it at Sue's, who found it at . . . . you know the story. Well whoever thought it up - Thank-you very much. I had fun tonight making it. The instructions and measurements were great. I am teaching Side and Centre Stepped Cards on Saturday and this kind of goes along the same lines. So many possibilities. This one is for a birthday but it would sure look good in Christmas colours with a poinsettia on the front. Well that's me done for today. 'Night 'night and sleep tight in my part of the world. Have a great day over the other side and thanks for looking.

Tilda

Hi again. I had a good day again today. Did some much needed work in the garden this morning (same as yesterday), went for our lunchtime swim and then made this card for our dear wee great niece this afternoon. It is another new stamp I bought on our UK travels. She is called Tilda and is made by Magnolia Stamps which I think is Swedish(??) Lots of you in the northern hemisphere will be familiar with Tilda. She is so cute and there are many, many Tilda and friends stamps available. I only have this one at the moment and today was the first time I have used it. I managed to catch the 5pm post collection so she is now on her way to the UK. I hope she arrives in time for Ruby's 3rd birthday on the 22nd of this month!! Time to serve up tea now. Thanks for stopping by again.

I'm Watching You

Hello Everyone. It sure is quiet around the house without Trent and Tayla giggling and chattering away. It takes me a few days to adjust after having them around. We had such fun! Anyway on with other things now. I have just finished this card which is for our youngest daughter's 38th on Monday. She hasn't seen this stamp as it is one I bought on our recent UK trip and have only just tried it out. It is one from a sheet of stamps called Alluring Ladies and thanks to the great team at The Stampman in Yorkshire UK for getting it for me and for some ideas on using it. It is such a good value sheet. I think there are about 25 stamps in all - all quite retro really and I love them. I have used 3Dimensional Magic on the eyeballs to give that 'wet' look. I like it. I hope she does too. Thanks for visiting tonight.

My Favourite Little People

Hello All. Here is the reason I have had no time for crafting in my own right for a while. Trent and Tayla have been with us for the last week and so I have been busy having outdoor fun (the weather has been gorgeous) during the day and helping them with their craft projects in the evenings. As usual we have had lots of fun and done some 'cool stuff' to quote T&T. We have made about a million 'shrinky dinks'. We have made some cool owl bookmarks shown to me by my friend Diane last weekend. We have made little notepads with pretty covers and Tayla has stuck jewels for Africa onto EVERYTHING she could think of. Today we went to the movies to see Despicable Me in 3D (Granddad came too!!) If you get the chance go to see it. Cool fun!!! and very funny at times. I'm sooooo glad I have T&T to take me to all their great movies!!! Last day for us tomorrow so we will have to think up something really special to finish up with. In the photos they are busy typing an e-mail to their Mum and Dad to accompany photos they were sending and the last one is Trent blowing a huge bubble mass in the bath this morning. I have just tucked them up in bed after our nightly card game of Happy Families and their ten minute read in bed before lights out. There is a fair bit of giggling going on in there but I'll hold off for a few minutes as they are pretty tired so they'll probably just crash any minute now. I hope to be back in action next week. In the meantime have a great weekend everyone and I hope the sunshines wherever you are in the world. Thanks for being patient and still looking at my Blog.