embossing scraps

Hello blogging friends, welcome to my room . Hope that you and yours are well . Doug is doing  better. I have to think about tying a bell to his walker as he is now able to get himself out of his lounge chair and hobble off with out me seeing him .
Just a quick card today . I have so many scrappy bits on my desk AGAIN ...[ still,] So I decided on embossing 6.5cm squares and layering them onto a 14cm square card of Tangerine Tango.

I embossed swirl on 3 squares  and floral embossed the other . I diecut  two circles and layered them . The image in Pumpkin Pie ink on Whisper White card is from set Animal Stories , SU.
Just love tools of  craft , trouble is they are a bit like exercise machines . One can buy them and not use them to their fullest potential .
Ladies here for craft tomorrow so best go and set up the table to save time in the morning .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne .

Black , White and Pink

Hello and welcome to my room . Are you well and enjoying your craft time ? I hope so .
Well here we are,  the first week of February gone ! And so much has happened already this year.
I can't wait for Michelle to get home and send us news of the state of their home . Hope that all is sound.
Hope that you like the card I share tonight .

Recipe

Whisper White , Basic black card stock

Regal Rose , Basic Black inks.

Sentiment , Well Scripted SU.  Gifts, Stamp-It

Little daisys , Hero Arts.

Black rhinestones from my stash.

Over at  http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.com/ the challege is  , 
Week 1 Colour Challenge Pink, Black and White
Now this is right up my alley, clean and simple so I'll enter this  card . But win or not,  I hope you like it .
Now off to do just that then some overdue commenting . 
                  Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Two Christmas Cards today to share.

Good evening everyone , welcome to my room . Hope that your weekend is off to a great start. Anything planned that you can share? It is cooler here today so I was in the back yard cleaning verandah from leaves and decobwebbing . I use lots of surface spray and a long broom .
Have made two more Christmas cards in the style that I  enjoy. Simple and fun .

All card and DSP is SU.

A Holly Jolly Christmas, SU

Gifted, SU

embossing folder ,

Scallop oval punch SU

Star buttons from stash .

Entering these on Craftymess,  in a group on here , The Christmas Club.

Hope you like these .

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

Bird and buttons

Hello every one . Welcome to my room . Yawn.........Oh no sorry it's not you , it's me . I think everything is catching up with me and it is very humid and hot here today . I feel flat!!
Still I did manage a card after lunch and I share it now . I think it reflects how I feel because it is not a very bright card .

                                                                       Recipe
                                                                                            Card and DSP SU
                                                                                 Two-step Bird extra large  punch,
                                                                                 Sizzlits Die, Buttons#5
                                                                                  Soft Suede ink,
                                                                                   Jim Holtz Styled labels diecut .
                                                                                     Image,   Kaszazz 
                                                                                          Jute from stash .
I cut the label first then inked the image . I placed the label over a part of the inked image hoping it would fit nicely inside it [ the label]  and was pleased with the result .
Thanks for calling in to see me , catch you again soon . Cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.

Sending a smile

Hello blogging friends , welcome to my room . Hope that you are all well and safe. There are  so many pockets of strife around the world, as in,  revolutions,conflicts, floods , freezing weather  and cyclones  not to mention our own mortal frailities , that I feel truly blessed and really grateful that I am healthy , happy and HOME.
I'm not sure if this just because I am " older " or what .
But, anyway to my point.. recently I made a card ...
http://shirley-anne-stampingforjoy.blogspot.com/2011/01/smile.html
specifically to give away . Tonight I have chosen someone who Annmaree mentioned on her posting . I have left a comment on Annmaree's blog to let her know[ just so you know it's truly so] and I have emailed the person organising the passing on of cards .
If you go to Annmaree's blog you can read about all the details
I will make another card  to give away ,  and will post here soon .
Catch you again soon , cheers for now Shirley-anne.

News of Michelle .

Hello my   blogging and card making  friends . Just an update on Michelle and her family .
The last time , about 1 1/2 hours ago , they were about 40 ks from Rockhampton . I believe that they would have arrived by now and settled for night .

This map will show you what Michelle and her family are fleeing .
Michelle has a craft friend at Mackay , Karen . Karen gave  so much help and stayed in contact with Michelle and Doug and I thank her for that .
So far they are safe and we give thanks to God  for that .
Will pass on news as it comes in . thank you all ... And the good news is that Michelle just rang ,
they are in Rockhampton safe and will probably stay  till clear to go home .
Hearing her voice calmed our worst fears .Thank you all for your thoughts , prayers and comments .
I'll be back tomorow in my craft room , so till then cheers for now Shirley-Anne

No card tonight

Hi there every one . No card tonight and my room is closed .
I have been chatting to Michelle , our Daughter .
Her followers of her blog  http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com/ might like to know that she along with her family are on the road , evacuating their beautiful home .
Her Dad and I are extremely stressed about their safety . Cyclone on one hand , floods on the other .
Hope that they stay safe .
Catch you again soon  cheers for now and may be better news tomorrow , Shirley-Anne .