Rain ,hail or sunshine

Hello once again . Welcome to my room .

Thank you for visiting , browsing and or following .I do hope that you like that which I share today .

Well, the weekend weather was a lot cooler here in Adelaide . Not in the 40s but the 20s .

Had a call for 12 sympathy cards from the vet shop so that kept me busy .

As well as creating for Make it Monday.

The  new Make it Monday Linky Party has begun  and our sponsor is...

 

 

  

 

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MilkCoffee

 

Prize

3 fabulous digis of the winner's choice

 

Thanks to the sponsor for allowing me to use this image A Little Girl with Umbrella
http://www.etsy.com/listing/82866460/digital-stamp-a-little-girl-with

Card and paper from my stash .The fence from Kaszazz. The bird with letter and the letterbox clipart .Image coloured with copics .

                                                                   Inside

 

 

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!

Wonderful entries as usual and so hard to choose a POTW .

 

http://fifishobby.blogspot.ie/2013/01/lacie-you-bring-sunshine.html

 

 

Natalie. You did bring sunshine to my day as my eye wandered  over this creation . So thank you for sharing on Make it Monday .

Dont forget to visit the DT as they appreciate your visit and leave them some blog love ..

You just might be their POTW.

Congrats to all the winners from last week .

 

Before I go , I see Michelle has added more to her

 Online shop, /http://www.pinkpaperparadise.com/

  and now you can pay by a couple of different processes.

 

Enjoy your crafting .

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

 

 

vintage look

Hi there blogging pals . Welcome to my room . Thanks for popping in .
 Hope that you  and yours are well . Are you settling back into some sort of routine now that the festive season is over?
Doug and I always say that at our age , every day is a holiday .
Yesterday , Friday, Sandy and another friend Fran , met us for coffee and gave me a fabulous birthday  card and a craft shop voucher ..thank you girls .I will certainly enjoy spending that !!
Being cooler today , Doug and I were able to gopher /walk out for our coffee this morning ,then out again later for Twiggy's run in the park . Totally enjoyable .

Then it was great that I was able to spend time in my room ..
I managed to catch up on all of my DT comments

http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/  "New beginnings "

http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com.au/  "Anything Goes"

plus make a few cards . Admittedly my cards are pretty easy . My style CAS .
Will share this one , a vintage one .

 

The image is printed on my PC from a blog that has free vintage images .

 

                                                         inside
All card and paper from my stash , current and old ..

Now the lord and master has requested a cuppa and a bicky so I am off to do his bidding .

Hope that you all enjoy the rest of your day .
                                   Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.



                                            
                                                           

Cuppa time

Hi there , Welcome to my room .

Lot cooler in Adelaide today .

Thank you for calling in  . Love it when you leave kind words too . I read them all .

Thank you also and welcome to some new followers . I hope you enjoy browsing my simple creations and that  we see each other often .

I am still trying to use up my stash of craft bits . My new year resolution is to keep a record of product names or at least tear tops off packaging and keeping it with bag of whatever it is .

What happens is that some  packaging is quite flimsy and tears once opened and closed a few times so I put everything into resealable bags .

The problem now is that I have many part bags of diecut images and embelishments that have no name . And another of my resolutions is to use up my stash before buying more .

I also have a stash of cards made up that I was not happy with ..thought that they needed something more .

This is such a card .

It had a brown panel with sentiment at base .

too plain I thought .

So here I have added some diecuts .A stack of  cups and a tea/coffee pot

 

 

And for the inside

Really happy with the touch up .
Hope you like the ' new card '.

                                           Just a reminder now about the Kraftyhands  "New Beginnings "challenge
http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ for January.
There is a corker of a prize ! Worth a visit to see ..

                                                                My thought for today

                                                 Far and away the best prize
                                                that life has to offer is the chance
                                                  to work hard at work worth doing.
                                                                         
                                                             Theodore Roosevelt  

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

Just saying hello to Saturated Canary

Hi there . Hope that the weather is to your liking where ever you are .
I think it stayed almost at 40 or at least over 35 degrees all week here in  Adelaide .

And now you are here , welcome to my room . Thank you for calling in .

2013 ! Hope that there are many happy moments for you all in the New Year.

Having said that,  to those who are affected by those fires in Tassie  and around Hobart,  I hope that all are safe and I hold you in my thoughts .

Make it Monday Linky Party # 122 is up and running and I sure hope that I get to see you there .

My card to share today

Thanking our sponsor of this week 's party for this sweet image, Violet Vintage , which I loved to colour . All paper and card stock , flowers , rhinestones and brads are from my stash ..
                                            
                                                    

 

The image Violet Vintage  from sponsor , Saturated Canary  .



Hello friends! My name is Krista and I design Saturated Canary digis and rubber stamps. I love drawing quirky little characters!! And I love even more seeing them colored in by
you fantastically talented stampers out there!! What an inspiration... The coloring brings
them to life! I'd love if you stopped over to my blog and said 'hello.' It's a place full of
family, art, crafts, and the occasional outfit post...hopefully you'll find something there to
make you smile! Happy coloring, lovelies!! x

Krista is generously offering
2 Digis
to our winning commenter.

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 lovely entries last week and it seems as though many of you were ready for crafting after the busy festive season.
Congrats to those winners from last week too. Were you a DT member's POTW?
Here is mine .. #18

http://purpleglocreations.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/birthday-card-step-centre-card-using.html
 



Awesome card design this step card .
Love the colouring of fun image and the inner side is just as fabulous .Great buttons as embellishing .
Thanks for sharing on Make it Monday
                                                         My thought for today

                                                Opportunity is missed by most people
                                                  because it is dressed in overalls
                                                       and looks like work.

                                                                           Thomas A. Edison

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

Happy to share some news

Hi there you all .

Thank you for calling in and welcome to my room .

SEE THIS?

 

I was asked if  I would l ike to be a team  guest designer member  for  Kraftyhands Challenge blog.

Did I hesitate to say yes?   ...No!

So tonight I just wanted to share my news ...

 

This card of mine ,  using Cute Kittens Die Cut Toppers is   one I prepared earlier ...

 

Please  do pop over to the link below

 

http://kraftyhandschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/january-new-beginnings.html

 

and join in the fun . Cause you know,  these challenges are supposed to be fun . wether you are a beginner, intermediate or an advanced crafty  we would love to see your project .

If this is your first visit to our Challenge Blog please be sure to read the rules which are at the top of its   page.

 

 

Now onto this month's challenge and we want to see your creations on a theme of "New Beginnings".

New baby, new home, retirement, weddings, engagement, turning 40, new job...you get the idea!!

 

The DT members have shared some inspirational pieces to kick start your mojo so ...what are you waiting for?

 

To be the monthly winner of the £20 Kraftyhands voucher, you must use at least one Kraftyhands or Crafter's Companion product in the creation of your challenge project.

 

Each month we choose 3 winners, the No1 winner will receive a £20 voucher to spend on the Kraftyhands webshop and the No1 winner's "blinkie", the other two winners will get a winner's "blinkie" for their blogs!  

 

So there , that's my news , now I hope I see you on the challenge blog

 

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

 

 

 

Summer party

   Hi there . Hello to to you   and welcome to my room .
Hope that you have enjoyed the festivities of the Christmas break. If you could not be with your family then I hope that there were phone calls , emails or cards to make your heart sing .
          Hope too that the New Year will be a good one for you ..

Thank you to those who entered  the Make it Monday linky Party #120 which was open for 2 weeks .
Congrats to those winners and to those who are featured on the DT blogs .
The new Linky Party #121 is now open  so come on show us your papercraft projects old or new .

This week we are being sponsored by the fun and funky Digi My World! 

                                                          

http://digimyworld.com/index.php

                       They are offering the lucky random winner a $10 gift voucher to spend in store .

A fabulous start to the week . 

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!


And the DT got to try out some wonderful images .....which brings me to my card to share

     
                                    
                                                      using Stacey with balloon

Card base is from SU  , Gingham paper, washi tape and flower rubons  from my stash . sentiment from a free set of stamps with a magazine . With just a dash of kindyglitz...
                                                             And inside with some Rubon presents .
                       

                                                                       
                                                          In case you have forgotten , and I dont believe for a second that you have , the DT has a Pick of the Week to feature on their blogs .  It could be you !
Are you mine ?....
#198  http://liliashandmade.blogspot.ca/2012/12/paint-your-world-gd-card-christmas-tree.html

                                                             
Love the doily like background for the sentiment AND THAT DELIGHTFUL IMAGE . Hope that we get to see more , Lilia.
Am looking for challenge to enter my card so back later....
http://pausedreamenjoychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/ch-52-anything-goes.html
http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/challenge-55-anything-goes_28.html
http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe180.html
http://simplycreatechallenges.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/time-for-linky-party-15.html

                                             My thought for today
  
                                           The love of family and the admiration of friends
                                               is much more important than wealth and privilege.
                                                                Charles Kuralt

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

Baby Oh Baby

 

 

 

Hi there blogging pals .

Here it is Wednesday ..the day after.

Welcome to my room , haven't been here since the last time .

 Really have to force myself to  "sit'' around, read a little , nibble this and that , watch a little TV and generally do what everyone thinks is... RELAXING .  SIGH!!

When all I would like to do is make a card , stamp , tear, punch, colour    you know what I mean?

Still I did sneak in to make this , hoping it would give me a "fix"

For this quick fix I used an image from a free CD on a magazine .

Complete card Making .

Card stock,  SU.

sentiment unknown ..

Background paper,  image and bottom strip from CD.

 

and the inside

 

I think it's a nice card for my stash .
Hope that you are all relaxing now , doing whatever it is that you do on the day after Christmas day.
Did you save any of the Christmas wrapping ?
Just a tip ..if you are going to use wrapping for craft . I cut a small piece , like A4 size or just around whatever image I want to use  , and place on jac paper .Thats double sided sticky sheets .  I then  remove the backing of jac paper and adhere to some card stock .   So the wrapping image  is easier to handle and  to cut with less tearing .

                                                            I believe  that papercraft is a form of art.
                                                             So I understand these words

                                                              What art offers is space -
                                                        a certain breathing room for the spirit.

                                                                    John Updike

                                                           And, today ,  my spirit is refreshed .

                               Thank you for calling in  .I hope that you enjoyed your visit .
                                      Catch you again soon , cheers for now , Shirley-Anne.