Simply Cards

Here is a couple of very quick cards for you to make. The top card uses a few flower rub-ons cut in half and applied to the card to add interest, an embellishment and some hand drawn lines.

 This is a great card for any male and it is so simple to make and you can use up your offcuts of paper from your stash. I have used all the same line of papers (basic grey- little black dress) which makes for easy coordinating.(yes I cheat)

Gayle

SCRAP 4 FUN Banner

I made this banner to hang up at our market stall. I am hoping that it will brighten the place up. At the moment I have it hanging between my kitchen and lounge-rooms. I do have to duck under to pass through the 2 rooms so I think it will soon have to move, but for now it looks bright and cheery.

 It is a little hard to see but I have frayed the edges and it is backed with black and white check material.

 See the pile of electric blankets ready to put on the beds. I was meant to be doing that rather than making the banner (a little too boring).....we will have one more cool night without the electric blankets.

 This photo shows the check material, the bright trim and lettering fabric.

Gayle

Nearly a month ago I did my last post. Time has just flown by. Today I got some precious time to make cards for upcoming events. (A birthday card for my sister and Mother's day cards and a few commissioned cards to make.)
Above is a close up of the owl-he is a rub-on and so is the tree(below).

These are more rub-on's from the same pack. They look really nice with Basic Grey "Little Black Dress" 6x6 " papers.

P.S Don't forget to make your Mum a card for Mother's Day and show her that you care.

"Authentique"

This is a card that I have made using a 6x6" bundle by "Authentique". They are gorgeous colours-orange, blue and brown. Some of my favourites!!
I think that I have said this before ....and I will say it again!....It is so easy to coodinate using these paper packs!!
With patterns of spots, stripes, and flowers they can be made up into cards for male or females. Below is the side view of the card.

Have you got lot's of photo's from one event/object. (Mine were taken with the camera in the portrait position) Group these photo's together across the page for maximum impact and embellish. This is one very easy scrapped page done and 6 less photo's in the queue to scrap!!

Next weekend we will be at the Roma Farmers and Artisan's Markets for some St Patrick's Specials........See you there.

Hi there

Just letting you all know that we are still around the place...but have been very busy and unfortunatlely the blog is left behind. I will add a few photos of what I have been up to lately. (I won't add all the boring photo's of the piles of washing, cooking, mustering, fencing, cleaning and driving here and there that I have done....just the fun crafty stuff!!)

This is a card with an interesting fold that sits up to view. The papers used were given to me from a UFO secret santa swap we had. I think that they are beautiful colours....Thanks Olivia!!

I hear there is a UFO blog.Check it out here.

I have done a few other crafty things but am having a few computer issues so will do so soon. I hope that you are all doing lot's of crafty things.

Gayle

Quote!!

Families are like fudge-

mostly sweet

with a few nuts.

This is one of the quotes that I am stitching at the moment to make a shaggy quilt. I will keep you posted on the other quotes as I start stitching each one. I have asked each member of my family to contribute a favourite quote. This is my quote that I chose.( Not sure who the nuts are in my family???) Will show you the stitched quote soon....

I am hoping that life will settle back into a "normal" routine very soon. We have had a flood in our region that has been very devastating to many people. I hope that you are all well wherever you are!!

Scrapping!!

Yeah....... it's been raining again so I have had some time to sit and scrap!! Photo's have been mounting up and I thought that enough is enough. I will get in and get some scrapping done. These scrapbooking pages are very basic, using some double sided paper and a few rub-ons, flowers and buttons. The 2 cards are made using left overs. The tree card uses the left over paper from the scrapped pages and the flower card is actually material from a pair of my daughters old board shorts. I loved the colours of the shorts and could not just toss them into the pile for my husbands grease rags.

This is how the double page looks joined together. Below are closer photo's of the pages.

These are some photo's of what is blooming in the garden today. Not sure of their technical names. But enjoy them as much as I do!!

This one is a very strange flower but one with a magnificant colour. It reminds me of the gumnut babies. Don't mind the weeds they add some character to my garden!!

Sanity Pack

This is a gift for a friend of mine (hopefully she will not be reading this blog until after her birthday). I have scraplifted from quite a few places. Originally someone had given my father-in-law a Sanity Pack with the quote on a piece of paper and all the bits and pieces in a drawstring bag. Using Emily's brown paper bag book idea, I have created the Sanity Pack. (Complete with marbles, ball, candle, string, rubber band,eraser, sticky tape and thumb tack.) I hope that ? likes the pack and can see it's usefulness in years to come when we all may need some sanity!!

(Sorry that some of the photo's are not the best, it is overcast here and I could not decide if I needed the flash on or off)

I have also added some of my favourite quotes.

Welcome to 2012

Well I hope that you all have had a great Christmas and the new year is looking good so far!! I had a good break away and am looking forward to a few days at the beach with family. ( We missed out on this last year due to the flooding.) We have been very busy of late...here are a few pictures of what's been going on. Enjoy!!

Dusty Sunset

Cake time
Weaners in the yards

Unloading the weaners at home

Too cute !!

R and K made this for morning tea over the holidays...YUM YUM

Pictures from our Kids Christmas Workshop. Very impressed with the talent!!

Brooke's quilt that she made for her sister for Christmas....I hear that she adores it!!