Archive for September, 2007

File cards………… READ ON FOR FREE PAPER!!!!

September 30, 2007

Well guys, all that excitment about going to THE best store in the world has motivated me to have a go at the file folder card that Beate (    http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2007/09/28/file-folder-card-tutorial/   ) from the US has made famous!!!!! Her work is stupendous!!!!

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This card uses LOOKS LIKE SPRING and the punch that goes with [...]

New Me………..

September 30, 2007

Well……gosh I just noticed the wind is ripping through the trees here. That would be right, spent the afternoon vacuuming the pool!!! GGGRrrrrrrrr…….LOL!
On holidays, my kids are already grumbling, beacuse spring fever has hit! I want to clean out the world! I’m off to IKEA to buy new shelves for my stamps (wait til you [...]

Bodacious, beautiful friends…….

September 26, 2007

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This was another card for someone leaving   mmmwwwhaahhhhh!!!!!!!!
No, seriously it really is. Tracey at work (my full time job) was leaving to embark on an adventure with her husband. They have bought their own newsagency……..a real change from teaching Agriculture……………..no more cow or goat pooo , just piles and piles of [...]

Birthday Boys………..

September 22, 2007

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1. Card = birthday card for Jared’s mate………this was done a couple of weeks ago………
This is using the bold bright colour range of cardstock, coloured with bold bright crayons and stamped with All mixed up………I’ve used my new tag punch that is only available until Nov 1st!!!!!

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Are you visitor number 2000????? MY FIRST COMPETITION!!!!!!

September 19, 2007

Just got on here to post and noticed 1999 vistors to this blog!! I’m wrapped!!!!! 1999 was a very good year, had a kid…….married 11 years………ooohhhh shut up Sharon!!! LOL
Now , here is a set of cards (don’t think I’ve shown you these yet) that I’ve made for the Camden Public School Fete, held in [...]

Scalloping along……..

September 15, 2007

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This was my play at making scallops using the corner rounder. I wanted to make a fake lace look and pass the gingham ribbon through. It is a nice effort using a colour challenge from the elite challenges blog. It is the chocolate cranberries challenge. The lovely as a tree stamp set [...]

Off the page and into the tin……part 2

September 12, 2007

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Well…….someone else left too……STOP LAUGHING (the funniest thing is, that I have heaps of stuff waiting to upload about more people leaving……..)!!!!!
This one was a boy…….well a man really, retiring after many years at our Primary School. His tin was just like Samdra’s shown in part 1, but this time my [...]

Off the page and into the tin ……part 1

September 9, 2007

This is just gorgeous………was made by my sister and I as a retirement present for a special teacher at our Primary School who had been there since the ark! Sandra will hit me for that!
Each staff member wrote a lovely memory or wish and we turned this into a memento that she can keep forever! Much better [...]

Jaie is 13!

September 7, 2007

My nephew turns 13 on Saturday……..so his mum and I have been making cards……
 

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Shit! I just discovered (after looking at my watch…) it is Saturday…… gosh…I still have one more card to go for DS3’s birthday party today!!!! Must get my backside into gear!!!!!!
 
 

This is my baby………..

September 7, 2007

when she was a baby! She is now 6…………she will say that with head held high and her hands on her hips! She is probably closer to 26!!!!!

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This is a total CASE from the catalogue and IDEA BOOK! (get it!!!). This is the page that we did today at our meeting [...]