Cave Kids engagement

Hi blog friends It has been frantic around here over the last week … we have been helping Sheree & Murray move house. Yes!!!!! My little angel, Peyton is gone! 😢😩 Anyway … just stopping by quickly to post some pics. This is the card I made for Sandy & Sami’s engagement! So many changes…

Rainbow treats

Hello bloggies! Taylored Expressions – Pizza My Heart Hero Arts – Lia Griffith – Oh Happy Day Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Copic Markers (see photo for details) Just popping by to share a card ….. Click photos to view details. and a few photos from Sandy & Sami’s engagement party from last Saturday…

Spring Flowers – Thinking of you!

    Hi guys! A bit of a surprise today … my blog post is a “Spark Page” … click this link to view ….. Link includes a few snaps from our Hamilton Island holiday! https://spark.adobe.com/page/qksRXl4HSnEIP/ .. .. .. And … an even bigger surprise that happened while we were away. Sandy & Sami are…

Christmas in the Making

Stampin’ Up! – Christmas in the Making Copic Markers Please click photos to view details … We are in the middle of a 10 day holiday to Hamilton Island In the Whitsundays. (Great Barrier Reef!) Sandy and his girlfriend Sami are here with us. Gav and I were here over 20 years ago and it…

Grand Final Champions!

Hi bloggies! Well … much to everyone’s surprise except the loyal fans … who knew what Port Kembla was capable of and their proud history … Sandy’s football team WON the grand final on Sept 24!! We managed to keep the highest scoring team in the IPL comp and 1st div minor premiers to a…

Foiled Father’s Day card

Hi bloggies! I had some fun recently trying out some foiling with my laminator. I only bought a cheap laminator from Office works and was pleasantly surprised at how well it works. I have used the Stampin’ up! “Pattern Party Decorative Masks” – brick stencil with some Thermo Web Deco Foil Gel and randomly spread the gel over the stencil without…

Christmas time

I have just about finished my Christmas cards for this year. It did help that I had done a heap of COPIC colouring while we were on holidays at Dolphin Point in October. I was actually going to add this embossed tree to one of my coloured images but realised it was too fussy and…

Sandy’s graduation day

Hi blog friends! Has it really been over a month??? Really??? Life is just far too busy! Since the two girls have gone back to work after babies … and I have been minding kids across 3 days (not full days … 1 full day, 1 half day & before and after school on another)…

Excited!

Hi there bloggies! Just a quick card today … because I have some exciting “proud mum” news that I just can’t keep my mouth shut about! This is a direct CASE of a stunning card … I think Leonie and I may have copied it totally! But … sometimes you just can’t improve on perfection!…

A milestone!

Well bloggies … I have a milestone to share. One that is quite bittersweet! On Wednesday my baby turned 18! That means that ‘officially’ … my ‘mothering’ days are over. I am now the mum of 5 adult children. (That’s a bit of an oxy-moron … “adult – children”!!) So … I am actually feeling…

Blossoms Window

Hi bloggies! Well … I hope you all had a safe and happy Easter Break! We had a reasonably quiet one this year after a few hectic ones over the last few years. Sandy (that’s him in the air!) won his 1st round soccer match at the higher grade and managed to score 2 goals….

Watercolour Trending

Hi bloggies! Have you noticed lately around the card making community that there is a current trend for watercolouring … and not just the usual colour with markers or ink and blend with aqua painter / blender pen. Card makers are trying all sorts of washes, hand lettering and effects. I have watched a few…