Sooooo Excited....

Although the day didnt start off too well. I was cleaning the bathroom and my 2 little boys were watching the TV just before school (yes I know bad parent, slap wrists), and all of a sudden I heard something fall and they both started screaming at the tops of their voices (so I knew that they were okay) I yelled downstairs and asked what had happened, one of the cats had knocked the crabs aquarium off the top of the vivarium and the gravel, water and crab had gone flying, I ran down the stairs as fast as I could in my slippers yelling at the children to get the cats out of the lounge so they couldn't get the crab, but neither of them would move, I managed to get one of the cats out and shut the door, but the other two were proving more difficult. I was pushing the sofa in all directions and my 8 year old started helping me and eventually we grabbed one cat each and put them out the lounge. Next we needed to catch the crab. We have had this crab at least 3 years and it has got bigger and bigger and bigger, it is now almost the size of a dressed crab that you can buy, so it was no mean feat finding something to catch it in. Eventually I used a massive saucepan and a newspaper and soon had him back in his aquarium. Unfortunately it took a lot longer cleaning up the gravel and smelly water, which had to wait until after I had taken the childen to school, but alls well that ends well and crab is quite happy again in his aquarium and the cats are now permanently shut out of the lounge.

Then hubby rang me at lunch time and told me he had won 2 tickets for U2 in the online auction on ticketmaster. That for the same price we had paid for our other tickets, we now had seats almost next to the stage, now this deal is so special we have to collect the tickets on the night from the box office at Wembley Stadium and hubby has to have the same credit card he bought the tickets with plus photo identification just to get them. We then enter by a special door and get greeted by someone, we then have a special merchandise stall etc that we use instead of the general public one which will probably be very busy. We have been allocated what we imagine are seats as it is row 6 with 2 seat numbers.... how excited am I, may have to buy an extra battery for my camera so I can just snap away...... so much better than when we went to Poland. Just have to sell my other tickets now, which are also great seats, but obviously not as good as these ones are....

But..... you are all waiting to see what card I have made and here it is...

Real Red and Whisper White Cardstock, Fall Flowers (Retired) Designer Paper, this is still available whilst stocks last. Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon and brads and flowers from my stash. I used the Scallop Edge Punch for the scallop white edge. And that's it, I know those colours are quite Christmassy but I didn't think it looked too seasonal....

Have a great evening all xx

At last...

I have managed to update my blog, been really busy sorting out my 10 ladies for the 10 month club. I also did my first workshop which I was told went well, here are the things I made for it and the make and takes too..

This was made using the Unfrogettable Stamp set and Green Galore and Only Orange cardstock, the big paperclip I got from Staples, I stuck it all together using Stampin Up dimensionals.

This was an example that I showed using the chalks to colour in the butterfly and the blender pen, I used Elegant Eggplant and Lavender Lace cardstock and Elegant Eggplant grosgrain ribbon, I used the Touch of Nature stamp set. I used the white pearls from the Pretties kit.

This little bucket was purchased from Woolworths, I decorated it with Taken with Teal and Elegant Eggplant cardstock, and stamped it using Be Happy, Seeing Spots and the In the Spotlight level 2 hostess stamp sets. I then filled a large cello bag with cookies and handed them to the hostess at tea time so everyone could have some biscuits.

Another card I used as an example on watercolouring with the inkpads. You just squidge the inkpads slightly before opening and then lift the colour from the lid with a watercolour brush. For this I used Old Olive Patterned Paper, Real Red cardstock and grosgrain ribbon, I used Old Olive, Bordering Blue and Black Inkpads for the colouring and coloured the flowers again with blender pens and chalks. The stamp sets I used were Loads of Love and the centre of the flower was Little Pieces. The sentiment was the one from Loads of Love but by using the Stamp-a-ma-Jig I managed to stamp it in a straight line instead of the square it normally is.... excellent.

This was my make and take, I found this brilliant template from Karin on Inlovewithstamping, and made my own photo wallet using her instructions. The top picture is the outside and the one with the photos are the inside.

I used Fall Flowers Patterned paper, always artichoke ribbon, I punched white circles out and stuck underneath to make the scallops in whisper white cardstock and the little stamped circle is from the Seeing Spots stamp set. The little green scallop is Old Olive cardstock, I punched a scallop circle, then a plain circle just inside and made my own scallop by cutting slightly and putting around the edge of the plain circle.

So that is about it for now, will be working hard once I get back from my holiday.

Have a good day xx

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I have also made another card using the great Stampin' Up Stamp Sets and everything on this card is Stampin Up except for the butterflies.



Recipe:- Stampin Up Stamp Sets "Summer by the Sea" and "Occasional Greetings". The image was coloured with the watercolour brush and the inkpads. Patterned Paper Stampin' Up Fall Flowers. Inkpads:- Elegant Eggplant, Summer Sun, Old Olive, Blush Blossom, Almost Amethyst. Ribbon, Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain. 2 Brads from Hodgepodge Hardware. Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst Cardstock.
Here is a more close up photo of the card....

I was inspired to make this card from a card I saw on someone else's blog from US, but cant remember who, so if it was you I am really sorry...

If you would like to buy this gorgeous set of stamps then check out the brochure on the right hand side, remember you would get 10% off of this set and the images are suitable for all kinds of occasions.

Have a really good evening all xx