Happy Birthday Karen

Well today was officially Karen's birthday though she has had a 3 day practice run up to the real event!!

Thought I would once again wish Karen all the best and share with you the card I made for her - I had to try and do something a little different, her being a demonstrator and all!!

This is a trifold card and I must confess that it is cased!!

Back to work and normality tomorrow Karen - boo hoo!

Summer just keeps rolling on .....

What an absolutely gorgeous summer we have had this year and there seems to be no end in sight.

Getting really excited - not long before the new Stampin' Up catalogue is released and I can't wait to see what tempting goodies are in there!

Another birthday card I have just made for a friend:

Stamps: SU Both Way Blossoms, SU Warmest Regards, SU Scribble wheel

Paper: Lavendar Lace, Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Black

Ink: Lavendar Lace, Certainly Celery, Black,

Other: Spritzer, White Gel pen, Scallops made using SU corner rounder and Lavendar Lace, Pale Plum, Certainly Celery SU markers.

Think I really need to improve on my photography or maybe I need a better camera - some people post some really great photos.

Had a fun evening with all my friends last Friday night. Hubby was away for the weekend and I had been given a DVD - La Vie en Rose - for my birthday that I wanted to watch so invited everyone around for a movie night complete with ice-creams at the interval! One friend brought her husband - she hadn't understood the invitation that this was strictly a female only affair! Never mind, he stoically sat with all the ladies and actually think he enjoyed himself. Fortified ourselves with gin & tonics, bubbly and nibbles. All in all a great evening.

That morning however, wasn't so great as I had to go first thing for another CT scan and it took them over 30 minutes just to find a vein to put a line in! Why do I always have to be so difficult? I now have the dubious honour of being at the top of the Radiology Department's "Most Challenging Patient" list according to the nurses there. Now waiting once again for the results, aaargh!!!

Just cruising along ...

Either I lead a very boring life, or have a short memory because I haven't been able to think of anything really interesting to report!!

Have received a couple of lots of goodies through Karen (my friend who is a Stampin' Up demonstrator) and have had lots of fun playing with these though I don't seem to have made a lot lately.

One of the few things I have made is this card using my lovely SU In Full Bloom stamps. Paper stock used was Chocolate Chip overlaid with the Brocade Blue and Creamy Caramel which had been stamped up, water coloured and then cut out and laid over the blue.



I wanted to try out the Both Ways Blossoms set as well as experiment with the Spiral Punch I have just acquired. I stamped the flowers in the Basic Black on Whisper White, watercoloured then spritzed the background and mounted on the Creamy Caramel and overlaid onto the black punched square.

This was all mounted onto Not Quite Navy cardstock. I stamped some of the flowers on the lower part of the card in the Not Quite Navy ink and overstamped with the Thanks.

Not 100% satisfied with this card, but can't think why.


At Jacque's class last week we learnt how to decorate candles.

Love this technique and these are a couple I have made ready for Christmas presents (so hope the prospective recipients don't see them on here).

These are done by stamping your design onto pieces of tissue paper and then place the piece onto where you want it on the candle, wrap around a piece of baking paper to hold in place (leaving some at the back to hold onto) then just heat carefully with your heat gun until tissue has melted into the candle. Keep placing all your pictures on until you get your finished candle - so easy!

No other interesting news to relay so must now go and sort out my wardrobe to find something I can fit into as I am going with a couple of friends to the Melbourne Cup Day at Ellerslie Racecourse tomorrow and perhaps back a couple of winners along the way!! Here's hoping.