Tart and Tangy

Hi I have borrowed a friends lap top to put in a quick post, While mine is still on the fritz I have been very busy with yummy Winter activities of Making a Family Favourite both Mum's and Nana's Lemon Cordial that will beat any swine Flu I am sure . And the perennial Favourite Jewel like CrabApple Jelly. As you can see beautifully complemented with the Tart and Tangy Stamp set

blue screen of death

What a nightmare I am posting this from work in my tea breat at o4oohrs, just to let you know that my home lap top has had the blue screen of death for a week now and James is searching the net for more drivers to get it going so it has been a real bore I have had to do house work instead of posting but hopefully things will be up and running real soon

I havent been totally slack I have been working on a couple of 3d objects that you may just like so keep an eye out so to speak well wish me luck that i will be up and running again soon

past the shortest day

I made this card with the lovely

dark colours of always artichoke, going grey and black to represent the darkness of the shortest day, and spring forward from that a beautiful whisper white bloom from the embrace life stamp set. the designer series paper is from urban oasis

Coaster Mini Album

This may appear to look like a 6x6 or bigger page but this album is constructed out of 3.5 x 3.5 inch coasters therefore there was not much room for embellishing but I managed to squeeze a little bit in the designer series papers used to cover the coasters is from the windsor knot collection and the stripped ribbons are the new in colour baja breeze

stamps sets used through out album level 3 hostess set hand drawn bundle and life definitions plus defining alphabet

Timaru EXCITING news

Hi everyone well I have to share the news and I am totally thrilled........ One of the newest members of my team Lives and creates in Timaru. Her name is Debbie McRobie and I just love what she has done here Not all of her supplies have arrived alas but look what she has done with the lovely Stampin up sweet nothings simply scrappin set and a dusting of Kiwi crush ink I just love it and now I am going to have to add that to my own wish list LOL

Debbie is starting to create here own blog so I look forward to her being on line to see what else she is up to0. So for now just contract me and I will transfer you to her re bookings for workshops or other events she is having until the blog is up and running

frosty mornings sunny days

Ok so I know this isn't stamping but the days have been so between snow flurries that I had to get outside and enjoy it. Another driving reason is I have new neighbours who even before they moved in cut down all the trees along the fence line YIKES no privacy at all so it was time to get into the yard and do some sorting


there are actually two trees in the photo above and they are six months apart in age awesome a grow quick screen that will be pretty to with sweet pea shaped flowers 6ft in a year growth wonder if that hurts??

I have these photos in the wrong order this is actually the end result of my new no dig gardens James knocked a few boxes together for me while I went out and sourced the raw materials

Lucerne hay, pea straw, chook poo and mushroom compost sound good to me

the boxes have been made the size of our path cuts down on the weeds there is the very ugly fence boo hoo but not for long

A little bit of town and country piles of straw and hay and organic materials.... doesn't that sound nice all complete with a very happy hole digging dog. Sariah didn't did holes at home until i grubbed out some old bushes oh no a nasty new habit. This is the biggest bin it is twice the size of the others.

I am planning to plant chamomile and thyme lawn as the grass has goon missing due to chooks pecking it away and a nosey pooch who likes to run up and down to the front wall and check out who is in the street. and also then she will have pizza smelling feet ...... pretty cool lol

ooops soory posted the same picture twice and it is hard to get rid of it

winter post.

Wow what a stormy old night last night snow and black ice in Dunedin and snow on the ground only for a short time at my place anyway thought it was time to bring out the "winter Post stamp set and give it a little run over the night of navy card stock ans scatter with a dusting of white embossing powder sound enticing well it is lol

The roads have been closed all day and James couldnt get down to pick up Hamish form university after his exams today good luck with your exams Hamish will see you soon

bold brights lots of circles

this was a fast and fun card that I made for a winter swap: it is using an assorted bold brights pack of paper and the stamp set Circle Circus along with round scallop and assorted circle punches all products stampin up except for the button accessories

scrapbook page good morning sunshine

Opps what a bad blogger the days have just flown from my last posting.. Any way I thought it was time for a scrapbook page and I had great fun with the Designer Series paper good morning sunshine and my circle punches the chipboard leaves are from the on board so tweet collection Ribbon 1" double stiched Grosgrain in Chocolate Chip

As you can see from this close up I have punched circles out of one of the sheets of paper from this lovely set and punched out multiple sized circles with my circle punches. I then flipped the circles over and pasted some of them back into there original places but with the flip side image that is the white paper with yellow flower I have then lain this on another co ordinated sheet with choc chip back ground and yellow and blue flowers.

Baby Season

I never know what to call it when several of your friends are all expecting babies at the same time so I am going to call it baby season. I have started to make my cards . This one I did see when surfing the net sorry that I don't remember the site but I do love it so thank you. I have made the front cover the shape of a B for baby or it could be the lucky mums tummy, the front of the card has a circle cut out and the pram is set on the inside of the card so you look through. I did conform and use a selection of soft subtle papers and ribbons and pens those being certainly celery and apricot appeal

Stamp sets used in this card are Priceless, God's Blessings and fun and fast notes

I adore the verses in the God's Blessings stamp set the are so beautiful.

And below is one of my expectant mothers gifts it is a Nappy cake surrounded by snuggle rugs and a lovely soft towel in side are several doz nappies baby bottles and baby bits and pieces you can see really pretty ones on you tube mine looks a bit fat and wobbly but never mind I am sure the mums will be pleased : )

One of the many things I love about stampin up is there awesome punches and not the sort that land on the end of your nose there paper punches come in many shapes and sizes click on the catalogue symbol link at the top of the page to view them all on page 152'

I also love boxes and with stampin ups range of papers and card stock you can make a 3d object for everyone the punched apple i found at Sandy's blog please enjoy

riding hood red ideas book and catalogue

I thought it was about time that I walked the talk and made one of the many fabulous ideas in the current stampin up catalogue, this card is based on the card on page 71 of the catty. If you don't have a current catalogue you can contact me at stampin-fun@hotmail .com and I will organise one for you.

For this card I also used two of the level one hostess sets that are easily obtained when you hold a workshop. which I will be pleased to organise for you again please contact me via my email address above and I will organise a fun and informative workshop for you and your friends

Glitter + stampin round wheels= fun

The Ladies at my weekend workshop have already seen this project so I thought I better get it up and posted so that everyone else can have a peek. H ave used the stampin round wheel Neighbourhood and the very yummy supernova glitter on this 6x6 scrapbbok page
firstly I wheeled along the designer series paper Windsor Knot then I wheeled on whisper white, with versemark watermark stamp pad as it dries slower. Dusted that surface with heat and stick powder the techniquie is the same as using embossing powder the covered with glitter, reheated again gently and ker-pow that glitter is never coming off LOL for his page I have used the yummy green and the pink

A rose is a rose

Diane and I had great fun last night with fine supernova glitter and the rose is a rose set this is Diane's creation which is beautiful with the Rose being stamped in pink pirouette the second stamped with regal rose. She stamped two roses the cut them up and layered them with dimensional dots between the layers. Supporting papers used are Bella Rose Riding hood red and Kiwi Kiss

here is a cropped view of the layering I love the glitter it is amazingly fine and sparkly therefore a little hard to get a photo of but you get the idea yummy

Embrace life water colour

Are really love this water colouring technique that is so popular at the moment and Patty does an awesome tutorial on it I love what it has done to my embrace life stamp set its so much fun I had to post twice today lol

quick gift

I got the initial Idea of strawberries for this quick gift from the incredibly talented AMY I whipped this one up for my Mother in Law for Mothers day, Sparkling grape Juice with a nest of Strawberries each of the Strawberries contained a couple of Duet Chocolates.

Colour challenge 51

My submission for this weeks colour challenge by Kristina is using the stamp set bird on a branch. I have used the stampin pastels mustard, chocolate chip and regal rose for the scattering on the whisper white card stock. The scatterings represents someone who has left my life and how I often think of them, pardon the pun but often with rose tinted glasses, and how those thoughts of them float through your mind. Various colours and shades of colours for different emotions floating by

from the Kitchen of ...Meal pack

My oldest Step son Hamish is living the student lifestyle down in Dunedin but he still has a bit of a wine taste on a beer budget so to speak, and he has a taste for tastie treats lol

Anyway the task for me is to put together a selection of tastie but also affordable quick and easy dishes that come together to make a impressive meal if there is someone special coming over or you feel like a little luxury in your day without breaking the bank

I have used the from the kitchen of stamp set with the current in colours Kiwi kiss and Riding hood red as well as D/S paper BElla Rose I have place all three recipes that go together in a "Dinner Pack" for Hamish also I have pasted the photos of how it should look on the back of each index card as a Guide...................Enjoy

Photo story of Dunedin Regionals

Well this kind of says it all our regionals on the 18th of April 2009 where finally held in Dunedin the mid lower section of the South Island and boy was that a treat usually I have to drive over three hours to Get to Christchurch whereas for Dunedin it is one and a half hours yeah plus it is my home town so I get to sleep over at my girlfriends place go to the movies together and talk talk talk

For Myself this is one of the best sights in the world the final decent from the Northern Motor way and the hilly and harbour view of Dunedin itself I always have the feeling of returning home when you reach this point I have always lived in the hill Suburbs which in itself is often the snow line ....... I miss that now

Oh yikes yes this is me and I was lucky enough to be chosen by the Fabulous Emma to be on of the demonstrators doing a WOW the other was Paula from Invercargill and she was fantastic. Me being me I actually ended up showing three wows and I think the Ladies enjoyed them

this is just a very token sample of the wide variety of cards and three dimensional projects the other demonstrators and guests brought to the table it was totally awesome and you just get som many Ideas

I would like to think that we all had a brilliant day I know I did and I really enjoyed chatting and hanging out with Ladies from other teams it was very friendly great fun and welcoming I would like to think that new friendships where made so until the next time girls we will just have to check out each others Blogs

The regionals where held out at the airport and for those unfamiliar with the region I wouldn't mind guessing the thought they where going to the back of beyound. Thats what is so special about Dunedin and the Airport 5 mins out of town and its Country .. From the windows we could watch planes taking off and cows and sheep eating grass. It was great

I Had to put this barn side in as It has been a local Icon for ever and I just love it not that I am a country girl NO WAY but I always enjoy the rusticness of this signage.

Bird on a Branch

When I saw the card that inspired this card on Kristina's blog hers is very very cute
I thought to myself what current stamp set do I have that could make one as well for a friend who is off work with broken bones ouch .

For my card I have used Rustic Rooster (level one) hostess set and Bird on a branch which we received at our regional meeting in Dunedin. can I just say I am really starting to like this little set and it is not one I would have picked for myself but is is very elegant