Monday 31 January 2011

Southern Girls Challenge

The challenge this week at southern girls is
embossing.Come on NZ girls,join in the fun
There is a prize up for Australia and NZ entries
and one for International ones.
Join in HERE
I brought this kit set clock some time ago and
really wonted to get it done,this also doubles
as a display stand for my ATC cards,the ATC
can be changed as it just sits on the easel.
Look forward to seeing your work at southern girls

Sunday 30 January 2011

Auckland anniversary weekend

We get a long weekend,Monday is
Auckland's anniversary yay no work.
So Hubby and i drove to my sisters
at port waikato,we collected mum
on the way.
It was a beautiful day,warm and sunny
and just a gentle warm breeze,so we
went for a walk along the beach. The
beach is a little wild but has all these
neat rock polls and holes in the rocks
Above is Hubby pointing out the surfers

We had hot roast chicken rolls for lunch
and brandy snaps and waffles with cream
for afters yummmyyy lol

Mum decided she didnt wont to
be photographed lol

This is Maumau,hes a sierex cat
which means he has no fur,hes covered
with a silky feel like a shammy cloth,hes
my sisters baby as she lives alone,hes
great entertainment that's for sure lol.

We had a great day out,my sis always
makes me laugh shes such a scream.

Friday 28 January 2011

And the winner is

ME
In December i left a comment on ARTFULL CRAFTS Blog,
which i had forgotten about! and lucky me,my name was drawn
for this fabulous prize woohooo check it out.
Thanks to Liz doing some detective work and finding me
I received this fabulous box of goodies today.
Thanks so much

Sunday 23 January 2011

Birds Of A Feather challenge #1 December

Here's my take on the first layout in our 12 month
challenge over at Birds of a feather Come and
Join in the fun,there are some great tutorials as
well.Sonia will be posting a new challenge in the
first week of February.

Monday 17 January 2011

Trash to Treasure

The lovely Sonia has posted a tutorial
on how to alter a tin,this one was
a peppermint tin.This id my first attempt
at this,it was heaps of fun,I'm going to
do more of these for gifts,this one
didn't come out exactly how i wonted
so the next one will be better now iv
has a play
If you wont to have a go at this,
go and checks out Birds of a Feather
and see Sonia's example and tutorial
I'm sure you will wont to have a go to


PS: On the lid i have a gorgeous button
that sparkles,you can still see a little of the glue
(whit) once its properly dry you wont see it
but i had to take the photo before i lost good light

Southern girls,challenge 10

Totally loved up.... challenge..all things lovey dovey... the card below was done by Michelle,
Isn't it just tooooooooo cute.Remember any paper crafter can enter these challenges,Sue has
done a FABULOUS layout.So come and join in the fun HERE


Friday 7 January 2011

Challenge 9

Challenge #9 is here already at Southern Girls,its a
nice easy one...Any thing gos... My card looks
pretty sad compared to what the DT girls have made
as examples,i wish i could make mine look that good
Check them out HERE
My scrap room has one small window and is on the
sunny side of our house,its been so hot that i just
cant work in here during the day so i haven't done
alot.Not that I'm complaining,i LOVE summer

Monday 3 January 2011

Dog gone hot

It was a really hot day today,great for doing nothing
the dog sleeped upside down facing the fan lol
He just looked so funny