Thoughts of you

Hello every one .
Welcome to my room .
Thank you to newbies in my circle , to visitors and followers alike  for calling in . Hope that you take a moment to say hi.

Well Autumn came to remind us that Summer has passed and the mornings have been crisp and invigorating .
Love this time of year . Now , especially that we have retired and we can go to the walking trails along the River Torrens . This little beauty was making such a racket that I had to photograph it .

 

Todays post is my last for Make it Monday .
Michelle will have a post on the Make it Monday challenge Blog too , as she wraps up , congratulating the winners from last weeks challenge .
Thank you to all who entered this week our last linky party.
I felt quite teary reading all the comments  there, giving lots of blog love to Michelle and the DT .
Did not have to but here I am sharing a card I made on Sunday

Printed paper from Kraftyhands  CD, Vintage treasures as is the image topper . Flower and bling from my stash and sentiment from SU set , Loving Thoughts.

My last POTW is # 218, Katherine.

http://cropnkathy.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/a-few-more-cas-thank-you-cards.html

There are two more cards shared and they are all worth the visit to the link .
                                             X ------------------------- X
I know that I will revisit MIM blog to view entries when I need inspiration and I will revisit some blogs just to say hello .

                                 The heart may be broken ,
                                   and the soul remain unshaken.
                                           Napoleon Bonaparte.


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

WISH.. WISH.. WISH...

Hello to you ..and you.. and , oh course,  you too .
Welcome to my room where I am happy to see frequent, / new visitors and followers any time .

Today , Monday , is a particularly sad day as I begin my Make it Monday  DT post .
Family , home duties and work , along with taking a hands on approach to her children's  after school sports and other activities has meant that our fabulous leader /owner of Make it Monday Linky Party has decided to close the blog for a while .
   Besides being on the  DT,  I  am Michelle's Mum so you will understand that I feel doubly  sad for Michelle . I know that Michelle absolutely loved providing a venue for everyone and anyone to share their paper craft projects and encouraged us all to try to give freely,  blog love,  in the form of comments . Michelle always made the DT feel that this was all about fun , enjoying the sharing of ideas , the encouragement and inspiration .So when "family stuff" came about and we could not join in , she always understood.
I hope that you will visit the Make it Monday blog  to  say good bye .I am sure that Michelle will appreciate that .
But for now , the last Make it Monday Party # 182 is up and running and here is my DT card

                            Using an image supplied by our sponsor

                                               Boy on a present

Our sponsor Lee Holland
            For the prize please check the MIM  challenge blog
Congratulations on last weeks winners .
Thanks to the DT girls for the friendship as well as their inspirational projects each week .
Thanks also to all the fabulous entrants .You made the blog the most  amazing success .
Now for my POTW ..Babs # 228

http://mybuttonsnbows.blogspot.ca/2014/02/memories-documented.html

                   
Just one peek of the fabulous memory keeper .Much  more in her post .
Well how to close off today ..as usual I guess.

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

                              

Just Saying

Hello craft pals and welcome to my room .
Well, according to my blog  stats I had mega number of visitors to my last post . Thank you for calling in and I appreciated the comments that were given . Wish that the others had left me a link too  so I could  return the visit as soon as I could .
Had a great  week with craft morning Tuesday and another  session on Friday afternoon . Special mention to my awesome friends ,Sandy,  Fran and Jane .
Perfect weather all weekend but only quick gopher rides as we are REV HEADS from way back and V8 car racing was in Adelaide . So quick snacks , easy meals were the order of the day while we were couch potatoes for two days .
Happy though to be back to the routine and
 bringing you Make it Monday news .


                 Mew-vellous Whiskers Moggie Digital Stamp

We thank our sponsor this week

                                       The wonderful

                       
  Who are generously offering  3 images of the winners choice.

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
  Congratulations to those winners from last week and also to those who were DT     POTW. Hope that you visit the DT to see their projects .
Were you chosen ? Well I hope that you will join us again soon .

Love to share my POTW which is # 248 , Shaz

                     

Well that's it for now , except to say as
Make it Monday Linky party # 181 begins , hope to see you soon .

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

Sunshine Queen

Hi there , welcome to my room . Thank you for calling in .
I cant believe that it is Monday again ..Of course not that I mind .
Love sharing Make it Monday news

Blogger has been playing up for me and the linky thing on our
Make it Monday Challenge blog has changed format and forgot to tell me ..
If I have missed any of my Numbers I am sorry .

My DT card to share this week is using an image from our sponsor
Queens Cutie digi stamp

                               

 

Card is a die cut shape , papers from my stash 'smile' is a metal word coloured with an  Art line  pen.

Image coloured with copics . Pearls from my stash  .

 

Sponsor

Kenny K

 

 

prize

 

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week,  just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

 

Congratulations to last weeks winners .Hope you share another project soon .

 

Be sure to visit the DT blogs to see if you have been chosen as their POTW .

My POTW is #208 Rachel

 

Beautiful detailed work on the image and love that ribbon .

 

So there you go Make it Monday #180 is now open .

See you there ?

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

 

The Star of the Show

Hello Blog Pals , crafting friends, visitors and followers , welcome to my room . Thank you so much for calling in .
Thanks to those who "like" my posts on face book and also to those who
" G+" my  posts  too .
All kindnesses are appreciated .

Being Monday it is time for the Linky Party #179

   over at Make it Monday  with     Bugaboo

So many beautiful entries  once again . Thank you one and all .
My DT card to share ..
                                                       Rock Star Boy
                                

 Can't see it in photo but I used some crystal effects on his sun glasses too
The Wild charm is from my ancient stash pile  as is the sentiment .Card, paper and bling from my stash .I coloured with copics.

                             loved the image so much he is on the inside as well .

 

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

 

Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!

     Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
Congratulations and well done to last weeks winners .

My teamies have shared awesome projects so I hope that you can pop over to their blogs and leave some blog love too .
Now this is the part that is really hard .To choose a POTW .
This week mine is #  178,  Pia

                                   Beautiful card , love the image and charm .Thanks Pia
and hope we see you again soon .

Well that's it for today .Looking forward to your project this week .

Entering into this challenge ,

http://paulaholifieldcrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/man-up.html

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/challenge-194-pack-punch.html

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

Summer rain

Hi there ,welcome to my room and thanks for calling in .

Over 40 degrees here again on Saturday  ..I AM SO OVER THIS HEAT!!
But then I think of blogging pals in UK or USA who are having extreme weather events of their own  and I think to myself , that I am not so bad off .
I hope that you are all coping ok ..
Just had enough craft time after the sun went down to finish a DT card for Make it Monday Linky Party # 178.

                                                Using our sponsors image
                                                Rainy Days Digi 3

 inside

 

We are very excited to be sponsored this week by the wonderful

http://www.scrappersdelights.com/store/

 

Janice is generously offering our winner 3 images of their choice.

 

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

 

Congratulations to the winners from last week

 

The talented ladies of the MIM team have created some awesome

 

projects to kick start things this week. 

 

Be sure to stop bye and say hello and check out who they chose as

 

their favourite pick for the week.

 

I have really enjoyed browsing through the entries , oohing and aaahing at this creation or those embellishments .Finding inspiration at every click of the mouse .

So found it hard to choose a POTW

A bit of to and fro but came to this one .

Laura # 208

"File Folder Card",

 

Loved this card design Laura and look forward to seeing more of your work soon .

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Leaning on a lamp post

Hello Blog pals , followers and visitors alike . Welcome to my room .

What a scorcher of a weekend ! Got no crafting done ; just too hot .
In the low 40/44  degrees Celsius and I think that's like 113 degrees  Fahrenheit .

Because  my image from this weeks sponsor came through early,  I did manage to make this card before the heat arrived .

So without any fuss Make it Monday # 177 Linky Party is open .

Using Sheriff Bobby

                                   

 

We thank our sponsor this week

Milk Coffee

and are so thrilled to have the opportunity to work with their

 

adorable images.

 

They are generously offering our winner

3 Digis of their winners choice

 

 

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor

 

this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention

 

 you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment

 

on the more chances you have of winning!

 

 

Thanks to all the wonderful entries and congrats to the winners .

 

Thanks  to the many of you  who pop over to the DT blogs . We

 

certainly do appreciate it .

 

My pick of the week #198

 

 

Cathy

 

 

 

A fun speedy recovery card ..

 

Thanks Cathy for joining in on the party..

 

 

Hope we see you again soon .

 

 

If you would be well spoken of, learn to be well-spoken; and  

having learnt to be well- spoken, strive also to be well-doing;

so shall you succeed in being well spoken of. 

  

Epictetus (c. 50-120), Greek Stoic philosopher. 52.

 

 

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

 

 

 

My Harlequin

  Hello and welcome to my room .   Thank you to all visitors  and  followers old and new .   Hope that all is well in your part of the world .     I loved colouring my DT image from our sponsor this week for the   new Make it Monday Linky Party   Of course it did help that on the shop site they had a coloured   sample .    

  using  Harlequin 2 Digi   Cardstock from SU , Paper from Cristina Re, Rhinestones and flowers from my   stash .     We are very excited to be sponsored this week by the wonderful
 
  http://www.scrappersdelights.com/store/     Janice is generously offering our winner 3 images of their   choice.   Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor    this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention    you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment   on the more chances you have of winning!   Thanks to all the fabulous entrants from last week and   congratulations to the winners .     The talented ladies of the MIM team have created some awesome   projects to kick start things this week.
Be sure to stop bye and say hello and check out who they chose as   their favourite pick  of the  week.   Here is mine #248 http://lovelylindascraftcentral.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/songbird.html         Thanks for sharing Linda, hope we get to see you again soon .   The Make It Monday Linky Party # 176  is Now OPEN!!

It is the perfect  way to showcase  either your most recent creation or

 

 share your favourite make from ages ago! You don't need to create a

 

whole new post, linking back to the original post is just fine with us.

 

So come on and join in the fun and share with us your beautiful

 

paper creations!! There is inspiration to be found and blogging

 

buddies to be met!

 

Happy crafting .

 

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

 

 

Celebrate you

BOY OH  BOY ! Adelaide  cooked !
 That was last week and thank Heavens the weekend was cooler .
Hi there welcome to my room .
Was too hot for my room for too long but I did manage one extra card and posting  on Wednesday . Hope that you pop over to it and leave a comment as there is a surprise .
Here we are now  though for the new Linky Party for Make it Monday .
Challenge # 175


My DT card to share using image supplied by our sponsor
http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

                                      using   Roly Poly Chef Pie

                                       
Card stock and paper   from SU. Image coloured with copics . Tag from my stash .
 "celebrate you "from SU . Other words hand written by me .

 
   Bugaboo Stamps are offering a very generous prize of winner's choice of 7 single digis!
 
 Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
Congrats and well done to the winners from last week .

And if you were chosen as a DT POTW then , well done to you too .
Please make sure you visit each of the wonderful  10 design team ladies to see if they chose your entry to feature on their blogs!

Thanks to all the wonderful entrants we had last week . To choose just one is so hard . But never the less here is my POTW.
#98 , http://amandaspaperpalace.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/patchwork-daisy_15.html
                                       
                                          

Thank you Amanda for joining us at Make it Monday last week and I do hope you will share another beautiful card soon .

See you at the Make it Monday Linky Party
Don't forget my give away card from Wednesday post

The finished card in that post  is a give away so I will choose a comment to this post to send it on  . If you would like to leave a comment I will contact the winner for postal address and will post any where .

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




                                 

Maggie

Hi there Blog pals . welcome to my room and thank you for calling in .
So hot here,  but devastatingly freezing and / or wet in USA and UK .
Must be awful trying to get around and about  there .Even worse trying to do everyday tasks . My thoughts are with you . Hope that the weather becomes more bearable quickly .

Welcome to my room where I hope that you enjoy your browsing and if you can share your thoughts in a comment , I will pop over to see you too .
My DT card to share ..
Maggie Spring-time flowers

The card base is a die cut from Top Dog Dies A2 Card #3.  The sentiment and  card stock from SU .
Paper from LOTV.  Image coloured with Copics .

We welcome another new sponsor this week
 the fabulous Lacy Sunshine Stamps

"Lacy Sunshine  Stamps offers  beautiful original and imaginative  digital stamps  for all your paper crafting needs.  

 

All images from Lacy Sunshine are  hand  drawn and designed by  myself, Heather Valentin, a professional artist, muralist and  illustrator  and my dad, professional artist, G.P. 

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They are offering our winner 3 images of their choice from the Lacy Sunshine Shop 
Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!

Congratulations to last weeks winners and thanks to all the fabulous entries .
Hopefully , if you get the time , you will pop over to the DT blogs and check out their POTW .
I chose Pat's entry this week
 

Pat # 108
http://patkscards.blogspot.ca/2014/01/dt-post-for-paper-shelter-challenge.html

Thank you Pat for sharing this beauty on the Make it Monday Linky Party.


That's it for today , thank you ..going to be a scorcher so staying indoors and  hoping to get some crafting done .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne


 

Refreshing cuppa

Not much free time this week  but here I am in my room at last . Just setting up this post for tomorrow morning .
Hi there , welcome to my room as I see the new Make it Monday Linky Party up and running .
More news though ...
My beautiful daughter in law , Rachael , has joined the MIM team in her first DT position .So happy to have you in the team and in my room , Rachael ..
My card to share using this image supplied by our new sponsor

Time For Tea Girl Digital Stamp

 

Chip board bird ,  the  epoxy sentiment and corners   , and the flowers, papers  all from my stash

Image coloured with copics  

 

We welcome our new sponsor Time For Tea Designs 

Time For Tea Designs is the home of my digital creative world! My name is Jo Davies & I'm a digi stamp designer,doodler & tea drinker from the UK :) T4T is a part time venture that I do around my full time 'proper' job. My dream is to one day make this my only job as it brings me so much happiness seeing other peoples creations with my designs. I hope you enjoy my artwork & are inspired by the creations of the Design Team. Happy Colouring!

 

Prize

3 images of winners choice 

Remember, to be in the running to win the prize from our sponsor this week just leave a comment for another entry. Be sure to mention you saw them on Make It Monday. The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning!
My amazing teamies have samples to share so I hope that you can pop over to their blogs and leave some blog lovin'
My POTW

Sneak peep

#148 Cathy
  http://scrappycath.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/scrapping-simply-and-designing-with.html
Well you got me ..I love CAS style so I love this page with the photos being the high profile and embellishing simple .Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday

 You don't need to create a whole new post, linking back to the original post is just fine with us. So come on and join in the fun and share with us your beautiful creations .We are looking forward to seeing you at the Linky Party .

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