Wedding card

My friend Isabel married her love, Damien, yesterday. Yes, on a Tuesday! Anyway this is the card I made for them. The basic card can be found here. I enjoyed making it. There was a lot of cutting involved and I am so glad that I have my Cricut Expressions machine to do it with.
The base is Whisper White with the rest of the card being in tones of So Saffron and Lilac with Dark Purple for the wedding dress. Unfortunately I couldn't take a good photo of the inside, however, I put a little bride and groom in there and Orchid Opulence around the inside of the card as well. I also hand made the envelope out a sheet of 12 x 12 cardstock.
Sorry, but the photo doesn't do the card justice.

The wedding was held at the Secret Chapel at the Inverbrackie Cemetery. It really is a magical place, so don't cringe and say What the! I will post some photos later. Then the reception was held at Rydges South Park on the corner of South and West Terraces in Adelaide. From the 6th floor, with its fully glassed windows you could see the fireworks that went off at 2100 because of the Royal Adelaide Show. Also the lights of the rides especially the Ferris Wheel.

Anyway, have a good day or night where ever you are!

No Excuse

I have really no excuse for not posting other than that I have been extremely busy. I didn't even get to my local shop on Saturday for the Memories On The Murray Sale. I was in Adelaide all weekend enjoying a spiritual banquet. As one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I attended our annual 3 day convention which was held at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.

My friend, Maggie, asked me to make a card for her partner. This is a new medium for me - making male cards but I had some help in that I cased the idea from Donna's blog. Thanks, Donna, for the inspiration. Go and check out Donna's blog, she is a very talented and creative lady. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of the inside of the card to show you. I always decorate the inside of my cards because I think that is as important as the front of the card.

Please let me know what you think!

And have a nice day or night where ever you may be.

My Tuesday Girls

Let me introduce you all to my Tuesday girls. Well, they are not actually mine, but you know what I mean!
In the first two photos we have the Awesome Foursome - (L to R) Sue, Joyce, Lyn & Barb.
Next to that is Jo & Viv together and then Wendy and Glad.
Because Margaret is taking a well earned break visiting her family in Katherine and jetting also up to Darwin, we have had Anja filling in and keeping us entertained. Margaret will be back next week and very refreshed to receive the hard time we will give her next Tuesday. I found a photo taken at our retreat of Margaret. She is wearing the blue top.
I think you can understand why I love spending Tuesday with the girls especially the Awesome Foursome.



Until next time, have a great day or night where ever you may be!

Party for Kids with Cancer 2

As previously mentioned, my friend, Kirsty, held a Trivia/Auction night last Friday night to raise money for Kids with Cancer. Here is the second lot of cards that I made for the Auction -





As you can see, I used a variety of stamps, a variety of techniques, papers and ribbons.
I really enjoyed making this set and will make some more in different colors for future fundraisers.

Until next time, have a great day or night where ever you may be!

Stamp with Us - Recipe Challenge

Here is this week's challenge card from Stamp with Us. It is a recipe challenge using -

1 x Card stock
1 x Patterned paper
1 x Flower
3 x Brads


So my recipe is Orchid Opulence with Elegant Eggplant

Orchid Opulence, Lavender Lace & Elegant Eggplant markers
Patterned paper
Oval Alls and Friends 24/7 stamp sets
Dark Purple ribbon
3 silver heart shaped brads
Scalloped Oval and Oval punches
Flower

Check out the other cards by clicking on the title.

Once again, have a great day or night where ever you may be!

Party for Kids with Cancer

On Friday night I attended a Trivia/Auction night which my friend, Kirsty, mainly organised. She is a Lorraine Lee Linen consultant and the charity that company supports is Kids with Cancer. Unfortunately not too many people attended, but a great night was had by all and a nice sum of money was raised.

I was asked to be the front ticket person so was sitting down by the front door at a little table by myself (my favorite position - by myself, haha) so I did the Trivia Quiz by myself. I called myself "The Loner" so I was easily recognizable. I came 2nd to last, so I didn't think that I did too bad a job.

Anyway, I made some card packs for Kirsty to auction off on the night and I thought I would share them with you.













This is one pack I made, giving credit for pattern to Tracey Old from NZ. I enlarged the pattern so that it would fit A5 cards. I used the watercolor technique on my roses to make them shades of blue. One lot of dsp is from the Bella Bleu pack and the dotty one is one I found in my local shop.
Stamp sets used are Fifth Avenue Floral, Congrats and Oval Alls.


























Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog.

Have a great day or night where ever you may be. Until tomorrow.

Lainee

Gift Basket

This was another fantastic project provided for us at UStamp with Dawn and Friends by Tracey Old, the New Zealand Dream Team member.
The ribbons took absolutely ages to work out and place, but I think that it was worth the time and effort.
This is a fantastic little gift basket that you could use for giving a small present or presents in.

Thanks for taking the time to look at my creations and I would also like to thank those that leave lovely, upbuilding comments. They are very much appreciated.


Until next time, have a great day or night where ever you may be!

Home Sweet Birdhouse

Another fantastic project created by Monica Gale for Stamp With Us. Monica is a Stampin' Up demonstrator in the UK and a very lovely lady. Just click on her name to be taken straight to her blog or on the left hand side to be taken to the Stamp With Us website.
Any little birdie would love to have such a brand new birdhouse to nest in. This one even comes complete with little cards and envelopes. I really enjoyed making this one.
Unfortunately this round of Stamp With Us is over (all too quickly I might add) so we are looking forward to the next round and I will supply details when I know anything.

Recipe - Baja Breeze for house, Chocolate Chip for roof. Scallop circle punch and circle punches. Stamp sets - Thoughts and Prayers, French Flair B/ground stamp for flying birds. And a lovely blue ribbons ties it all together.

Thanks for looking and have a nice day or night where ever you may be!

SVG Cut for Sunday August 16th

Isn't this latest cut from SVG Cuts absolutely gorgeous! Used with the Sure Cuts a Lot program, you can cut this stunning invitation using your Cricut machine.

I just thought I would share it with you all.
Have a great day or night where ever you may be.

From Handbags and Gladrags to Suitcases

This little suitcase is one of the projects on the latest round of Stamp With Us. I don't know how the girls keep coming up with all these fantastic ideas. Made primarily of different shades of purple cardstock and double lined inside (will take photo of that another time) this is the essential travel case for any little or big girl. They can place their shoes and handbag, made last week, in there for safe storage.
I don't know if you can make out the purple heart brads in the centre of 3 lots of flowers but I thought they finished the flowers off nicely.
I enjoyed making this project although it took me hours to do.

Until next time, have a great day or night where ever you are!

Handbags and Gladrags

As you may or may not know the second round of Stamp with Us has started. Pictured is the first project that Monica posted for us. Aren't they cute!

Any little girl would love to have their own stylish high heeled shoe filled with lollies, with handbag card to match. These would be great for any little girls party. (Some big girls may even like their own)

The flower on the front of the shoe is demonstrated on video at the above mentioned site, and the purple sequins on both the shoe and handbag finish the project off nicely.
You too can join in the fun at Stamp With Us.

Love to read the lovely comments that are left on my blog. Thank you to those who do take the time!

So once again, have a great day or night where ever you may be!

Stamp with Us - Sketch Challenge

Here is this weeks challenge over at Stamp with Us. I hope you like what I came up with!
I used the stamp from Friends 24/7 and colored the different aspects of the stamp with my markers - Real Red, Choc Chip and Certainly Celery.
I used Whisper White and Real Red cardstock along with a beautiful paper from Graphic 45 called Secret Garden from the Botanicalbella Collection.

Hello to all those lovely Stampin' Up sisters who are attending their convention in Utah, USA this week. Hope you all are having a great time.
As for the rest of us, enjoy you day or night where ever you may be!