Splish splash I was taking a bath ....

Hi there , welcome to my room .I hope that you will browse through my posts and find something that makes your visit worth while .
Am over the moon today as I have been able to take some more photos at my favourite place , Linear Park ..
Will show them off at end of this post .
Firstly,  though,I want to share a card made for a Tuesday craft   kit . I got the card topper from a pack which  I  bought from Kraftyhands when it was running . Gosh I miss that crowd .
Anyway  , here is the card using  SU  Tip Top Taupe card stock . Paper from my stash . Sentiment and punch from SU . Bling from stash .

         

Now for the photos referred to in the post title

it was early , well maybe mid morning but already quite hot so I felt very lucky to have seen these beautiful birds cooling off .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Just saying hello

Hello .
Welcome to my room and thank you for stopping to browse .
Have been finding that I am time poor lately and sitting at PC is limited so posting has been spasmodic .
Weather has been pretty ordinary too . Why can't it rain between 8pm and 8am ?
While I am here , I must remind you of the Kraftyhands Challenge
June Challenge - Floral Fancy still has 15 days to go .Plenty of time for you to enter and we would love to see your creations .

I bundled up a few of my makes the other day and took them to my hair dresser who has a little display of nic nacs that she sells to raise money for some charity that she supports .I do hope that her clientele will like my donated  CAS cards .
This is the card I would like to share today .

Card and paper from my stash .
 Fabulous image is a die cut from Mo Manning, which I die cut a bit smaller , while sentiment is from  Lucy's Stamps.
Now entering into a challenge
http://artisticinspirationschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/96-anything-goessummer-fun.html

  Now of course my Wt update for Monday .
Thanks to some blog pals who offer encouragement . I do appreciate the comments .All have acknowledged that it is a hard slog to lose Wt how ever one decides to go about it . And I think that the older you are , the harder it is too.

Neither up  nor  down.. still I am happy with that .

                                          

When I thought about this , I really do . Every day I try to imagine that this is the first day of my diet because that is when one is most enthused , I think .

     Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Kraftyhands at play.

Hi there crafting , blogging buddies .
Welcome to my room .

Gosh,  I enjoy your visits and appreciate encouraging comments when you leave them .
Thanks for calling in and I hope that you enjoy your visit .

Had a fabulous  Friday afternoon with Jane . I have been so busy this week with family visit and general mundane life stuff that I had no cards and kits made up for my craft days so Jane came today , prepared to take pot luck and to do her own thing .

What I ended up doing , seeing as how my order from Kraftyhands had just turned up , was to give her free reign to create  three cards .

With a little input from myself and now with  her permission here are her cards ...

                             

Card and sentiment from SU .

Equestrian Events Post Card Topper from Kraftyhands ,

 

 

Card from my stash .Paper from Man About Town 6x6  Paper  Stack , Kraftyhands.

Sentiment from SU

                                                Card and paper from my stash .
                                       Man About Town Post Card Topper from Kraftyhands

In between running around looking after Doug's needs and making cuppa for all,  I did manage to play too .
My one card for afternoon .

                             Card and bow from my stash . 5" Square doily   from Kraftyhands .
                        Fabulous floral paper from 6x6 Kew floral collection Paper Stack , Kraftyhands.
                                                                  And inside ..

I am sure Jane was happy with her makes and now has a couple of spare masculine cards ready for when needed .
Hope now that,  you my visitor , enjoyed seeing our afternoon' s  work ...WORK????

 

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Friendship sharing

Hi there craft pals . Welcome to my room .I know it is early but I've snuck this in before starting mundane home duties .
Monday being the day I wear the Make it Monday DT Member hat , is also the day I  wash , sweep,  dust and do the shopping and banking .
So on with this bit . Last week as usual there were some awesome projects shared and plenty of blog love in comment boxes . Congratulations to last weeks winners . One winner did not forget this .

When commenting on another’s MIM  entry don’t forget to mention that you saw it on MIM and the more entries you comment on in this way,   the more chances you have of winning.

This week is being sponsored by    http://www.platypuscreekdigitals.com/ 

Pretty Things" Stamp set by Sunshine Design is the prize so generously donated .

Today  I have used one of their images " Friendship Daisy "

Began with So Safron , Whisper White and DSP , SU.

Coloured with copics , yellow , and  MS Punched butterfly added with Bow as embellishing

I continued that theme to the inside .
I'd love to see your papercraft project shared on Make it Monday and if you don't have one , well , why dont you browse through the 100's of entries and be inspired as I am . EVERY WEEK!
Catch you again soon , cheers for now, Shirley-Anne .

Something Special.

Hello and welcome to my room . I hope that my blog friends have had a fantastic weekend and that the week ahead is full of pleasant surprises .
Yesterday's weather was wild ,wet and windy here in Adelaide  but my craft buddies and I  had an enjoyable afternoon , card making in my warm little unit . I'll share those cards tomorrow hopefully .
Here it is Monday again ..So soon I thought ! Donning my DT Make it Monday bonnet.
This week we are sponsored by

- http://www.craftyemmasstore.co.uk/

 
 

PRIZE
£10 voucher to spend in store {p&p not included}
 
 I hope that you visit them soon .
 
Would love to see some of your creations ,if you would like to share them on Make it Monday
Oh and 

When commenting on another’s MIM  entry don’t forget to mention that you saw it on MIM and the more entries you comment on in this way,   the more chances you have of winning.

Congrats to last weeks winners

 
Today's card from me,

                                                                 Recipe
                                                    Marina Mist , Whisper White ,Real Red  and Old Olive
                                                                     Image , Clearly for You.
                                                                         Sentiment, Live, Laugh, Love,
                                                                       Stampin Wheel , Leaves a la Carte
                                                                         inks, Pacific Point . Rose Red. 
                                                                       Scallop edge punch .
                                                                         Brad from stash.
Well ,I am  off now to do some mundane house work , but  I  will be back to catch up on commenting .
                        Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Happiness

Hello you all. Hope that you are all in good spirits . Welcome to my room . Sorry if I have been a bit slow with replying to comments but seem to be having trouble keepin up with things as of late . But I will endeavour to see you all asap.
Quickly will share a workshop card tonight . I did see something similar during my blogging travels and remembered yesterday as I struggled to play catch up .

White card base with dsp , and green card . SU .

Sentiment in green as well , Heard From the Heart, SU

Image in Rose Red Ink , Punch Bunch.SU.

Ribbon from my stash.

Must say I am relieved to see blogger is behaving with post tonight . BUT I am still having trouble editing  the side bar entries . Thanks Jane for new Christmas cards for challenge .

Thanks for calling in hope you see something you like .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-anne.

Memories

Good evening , how are you on this our Australia Day? Hope that you have had a perfectly enjoyable  day with family and friends . Welcome to my room .
Todays card turned out just as I planned . It was great ...I went to my stamp stash,  found exactly the images and sentiment I wanted, no fuss,  and I even had the right size rhinestones I needed . Amazing !!

Chocolate Chip textured card stock , River Rock cardstock.
Chocolate chip , Soft Suede  ink.
Butterfly and twigs from rhona farrer
Sentiment from Hero Arts .
                                                        Also today I have to thank Pami  for a Love Blog award ,which I accept , very humbly, I might add.


 From      http://pamiscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Next I must choose at least 3 bloggers to share this with .
1. Monica  http://handmadecardswithlove.blogspot.com/
2. Barbara  http://whimcees.blogspot.com/
3. Michelle  http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com/

Here are the conditions for the 'Love Blog' award.
You have been TAGGED and want to participate?
Create a post where you post the 'LOVE BLOG' image.
You should also blog the person's link that gave you the award and inform her/him that you accept the award.
You can then choose 3 - 5 favourite blogs which you also link in your post, then each blogger will inform you that they have been tagged.
The aim of this action is that we bring unknown, good blogs to light, so I would ask you not to blog fellow bloggers that already have 3,000 followers.

                                                       Well there you go , now I hope that I have completed all tasks properly.
Catch you all again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Pinned note .

Hello everyone . Thanks for popping in to browse. Welcome to my room . Hope you see something that makes your visit worth while .
Todays card is a little whimsical for me . A little outside my comfort zone as well , not having used Magnolia stamps often.

White Gloss card , DSP SU, Whisper Whiteand Blushing Bride.

Soft Suede and Brocade Blue ink.

Magnolia image , Flowers from Snag'em Stamps,

 Sentiment from On Your Birthday SU.

Butterfly from Cottage Garden , SU.

Pins from unknown source. Kindyglitz for wings

Rhinestones in hair ribbon from stash

Image coloured with coloured pencils.

Hope you like it .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Join Us?

Hello my friends , hope you are all well . Welcome to my room . Just an update on Doug's progress. Thank you for all the Get Well Wishes he has received and to all those who have kept us in their thoughts and Prayers . Doug is so much more mobile now , not leaning on me at all when using his walking frame . His speech is really  clearer  and his appetite is returning . A long way to go yet but heading in right direction .
Well last night I made a card using a technique I had not thought about for ages .
I don't know the name for it but it's this....

Using an embossing folder and leaving a clear piece/ shape  for sentiment or an image . Mmm.. that   clear , not sure , but I'll try to show you .. This is the card I created

 The image is stamped onto unembossed oval shape . To achieve this I made a template from two pieces of cardboard taped together and  with an oval cut out. This is called a shim .

See how I have drawn shape of folder onto this template so that  I can see where oval cutout will be when I place the folder and cardstock on it . Then I place cardstock into folder as usual

And emboss with Big Shot. EDITTED HERE..

This is where you place the folder and card on top of the cardboard before running through the machine . Embossing is all about pressure , so where the oval is,  will be no pressure for the folder to impress the pattern from the folder onto card. The cardboard acts as a "thickness for added pressure"

For this example I chose this sentiment from Penny Black.

Rose Red card base with Whisper White card for embossing . Basic Black ink for image from Art Impressions. Sponged edges with Rose Red ink and black Rhinestones as embellishing .

Found tutorial for this here . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8mEoNYHdk

Thank you for popping in hope that you found post interesting .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Pillow Boxes

Hello everyone , welcome to my room . Hope that you are all well and enjoying some craft time .
Just a quick blog tonight because I would like to browse other blogs and see if there  are any challenges that I might be able to enter . 
I will share some thing I tried in my craft morning . Using my bigz Die , Pillow Box and varied

SU card stock along with more from my stash , this is what one of our projects was today.

Once my friends had die cut their 3 boxes I just brought out my stash of flowers ,  ribbons ,brads and stamps and left them to it . These on show here were my examples to inspire them ....hopefully . I think showed them the possible varied embellishing that could be used .
Hope you found them interesting .
Catch you again soon , cheers Shirley-Anne

Thinking of you Today

Hello everyone . Are you having a restful few days in readiness for the New Year celebrations?

Welcome to my room , where I am trying to get back into a card a day routine .

Last nights card is the first in a series of  6  Sympathy cards I need to create for my collection .

The card base is from SU , Soft Suede, with a Whisper White mat. Layered on the white mat are a panel  of Striped DSP at top , A thin strip of Soft Suede, some green ribbon and a larger panel of Soft Suede. The bottom panel has Fiskas Punched border and three punched out leaves. I added 3 flowers and stems from my stash . I placed the sentiment , from Annabelle Stamps , on the white  between panels .

Am happy with   how this card turned out , just wished I were more of a photographer.

Catch you again soon , cheers Shirley-Anne

Am  entering this card to Michelle's Make it Monday

Patchy Daisy

Hello My Blogger Friends . Welcome to my room .
Hope that you had a Wonderful Christmas Day and that you recovered well  today .
Was a sunny day here in Adelaide today , just right for a " gopher walk" for Hubby and me. If I were to give thanks ...and I do, it would be to say how grateful I am to be healthy and reasonably strong . For without these gifts / blessings I would not be able to care / support Doug through his recovery. We are just so happy that he is home . While he was resting this afternoon I had some " me " time and created this card .

The flower is from Stamp-It , Patchy Daisy Large . I used Peach Parfait ink  and a selection of SU card stock . The ribbon from my stash . The embossed layer created with Cuttlebug folder given to me as Chrissy Pressy from Sandy .

The simple  insert , is a Whisper White panel with small daisys from Hero Arts, Tiny Thank You set ,  in corners . The panel of DSP  on edge can be seen from front of card. as the  front is not as wide as back .

It was great to be back in my room for a short time today and I hope that you like the result too. 

Hope to see you again soon , catch you later , Shirley-anne. 

Let's celebrate.

Hello to you my blog friends . Welcome to my room . A  hint of sunshine today . A beautiful day in Adelaide.
Hope that your week began with a little warmth .
Tonights card is a little cutie if I do say so myself .

It has a selection of SU cardstock and image and sentiment from Penny Black, Micey Day set.

Coloured with Markers and a little ric rac .

Hope you like it .

Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

It's your day

Hello everyone , welcome to my room . Hope that you had just the perfect weekend .
I wish Summer would return to Adelaide as I am fully over this cool spell. Doug and I went for a short walk with the gopher this morning  but dare not go far in case it rained . Still he enjoyed the outing anyway.
 After he returned to the rehab centre tonight I managed a quick card .
I had the colours in mind and the layout before I began , it just took a while to match the sentiment with the image .

The card base is of SU Crumb Cake .Front is covered with dsp with a Tempting Turquoise centre panel. I placed white and green strips on both sides. I punched a scallop circle in white card and adhered to panel. The hat stamped on Certainly Celery card in Old Olive ink has been 3D on scallop circle and I paper pieced the hat band in Rose Red card . Then added flower ribbon  under that.

 The sentiment is from SU set, On Your Birthday.
Loved this from start to finish , hope you like it too.
                                                    I don't think of all the misery but of
                                                        the beauty that still remains.
                                                                       --  Anne Frank 
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Quick General Card

Hello blogger friends . Welcome to my room . Am posting while Doug is dozing in his favourite chair . He is so happy to be home for the day and Jacki  wont leave his lap . So all is well in the Barber home .
Managed to make a card last night and the rain has eased off enough for me to take a photo of it  outside.

 Here I used some SU cardstock , Dsp from Graphic45 , image from a stamp-it set  , images  from " Judith "
Inks  used  Old Olive and Brocade Blue SU .Finally a flower and some gems from my stash to finish .
Was hard pressed to think a suitable sentiment so I have left one off until the notion comes to me .
                            Thank you Sue for special gift of  the crochet flowers .
Enjoy the rest of the day everyone , hope you get some craft time .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Best wishes

Hello bloggers one and all. Welcome to my room , where I hope that you find something from my simple creations that makes your visit worth while .
This card stock and DSP   are from SU

And is in keeping with my quick and simple style .

The image is one  from Stamp-It , Daisy Wishes,  I have had for years and still use frequently . Ink used is SU Pacific Point . The flower ribbon and button  are  from my stash. I paper pieced the large flower in white card just to give added texture.

Hope you like it .

Enjoy the fleeting moments

that come for just today..

The sweet song of a Bluebird ,

The morning sun's first ray..

Catch you later , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne

Simply Just for you

Hi there , welcome to my room . Can't stay long though . My front veranda is sooo bad . The trees near by have shed lots of bark and with the wild weather I have leaves , lots of twigs and heaps of bark to clear away before I leave to spend the day with Doug.
But I would like to share last nights card . Again a little dull outside but I think photo came up ok.

oops did not line base or edit  very well but you get the idea.

Just a white card base , SU dsp,  Whisper White diecut centre tags . Sentiment from SU , Afterthoughts, which was inked in Real Red. Added a  three  flowers from my stash to finish.

So there you go , hope you like it .

 Spend the day wisely and kindly as you will not get the chance to live it again .

Catch you again soon , cheers , Shirley-Anne.

More butterflys

Hello again . I say that because this is my second post for tonight . Check at 1st post for some little blog candy . It will be world wide so join in .
Hope that you are safe and happy and managing a little craft time .

Todays card is a little sweety I thought . I loved the bottom butterfly as I just 3D it and curled the wings a little .

I used  Soft Suede card stock as base card with Whisper White and Very Vanilla layering .
Stamps are Butterfly Prints, Curvy Verses and Stamp-it Set siset035 and Soft Suede ink for all.
And the inside ..

 The sentiment I thought sat well with butterfly images .

Hope that you like the card .
Check out Michelle's  Make it Monday to find the clue you need to enter for my blog candy ..
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-anne.

Silhouette Butterfly

 Hi there . Welcome to my room and thanks for calling in.
Beautiful day in Adelaide today ,so I am happy that I am not in the UK for instance where it is sooo cold!
Have card to share tonight . By the time I get home it is about 7pm , still a little light so  I thought  I would try to take another photo outside . It is not too bad , I think .

 The image is from Stamp-it-Sets. The frame is a diecut, the flower centre bling  and the flowers are  from my stash . The card and dsp are from SU . Ink used is Soft Suede.
Now off to do washing and ironing ....sigh...
catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-anne.

Friend to Friend

Hi there, welcome to my room . What a pleasant day it was in Adelaide today. Hope that your day was just as you like it . Thank you for spending some time with me .
I was browsing through a past SU catalogue and found a card that tickled my fancy so here is my take on it .

I have tons of small strips of card stock and really need to use it up so this card which I will use in kit for Tuesday ladies will deplete the pile a little . Sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Sentiments inked in creamy Caramel.
               Catch you again soon , cheers Shirley-Anne