Tag Class.

Janet - one of the ladies that comes to my card classes does not make Christmas Cards but instead makes special Christmas Tags. So I decided to do a Tag Class, especially for Janet.

This is what we made.

I showed them how a Tag can be converted into a Card if needed.

We also had a play round with some Chipboard. These Tags use the Trimmings shapes that are in the current Spring Mini Catalogue. They were fun to make and we used lots of fun techniques and came up with lots of different looks.

Spring All Around

Normally my impressions and thoughts of Australia is of a dry brown dusty country. But I wanted to share these pics I took of the countryside just down the road from us. (Near Shiree's and the house we rented).

All the country side is purple with little flowers. It's just beautiful.

As I drive Sarah to Day Care - this is the view. The entire ridge is covered. I wish I could show you the whole 180 degree view.

Last weekend we went for a drive to some nearby country town's - Toodyay and Northam (about 45min - 1hour drive) and there were similar scene's. There was one area that was all covered in Yellow flowers.

Round the House.

Last week we had our place sprayed for creepy crawlies. So here are a few that were trying to get away. Don't worry, we don't get any inside and now the house is protected against them.

The gardens have really taken off in the last few weeks. The trees have burst with new leaves and the bushy things are looking very green. I had 2 lonely daffodils brighten the front garden for a week or so and now have a row of Iris's. They are really bright and vibrant. The roses out the front are almost ready to burst into a mass of flowers too.

With all the new growth the tree out the front was heading towards the power lines - so I called the council - well "Shire" actually - which is what they call the council here. We had got a pamphlet in our Rates pack saying to call them if our tree was growing into the power lines. I called on a Monday and on the following Thursday they were there to trim the tree's - I was quite impressed with that response. So here's a pic of the guy trimming. While he did it - I quickly printed some pics out for him and gave them to him. I think he was chuffed!!

And this last pic of us bringing home a lounge suite....... it was one that someone was throwing out - so we decided to take it home for our outdoor area. Neil chucked it on top of the car and we drove home very slowly. Laughing all the way. We got some funny looks!!

Card Class Update...

I realise I have not posted any of our Card Class projects lately...so here is an update.



Class from end of August.....
Using the Wintergreen DS Papers and colours we created a Father's Day Card. We folded a strip of paper which added dimension to the card. The colours are Soft Sky, Always Artichoke & Certainly Celery.






At the time, I was working on putting together some cards for a Christmas Card swap with some fellow Aussie demonstrators - so we made these too. Punching out the circles and making them pop off the page was very effective. The Wild Wasabi and Real Red are great for Christmas Colours.



First Class in September....
The next class involved using a selection of products from the current Spring Mini Catalogue.


Firstly a Christmas Card using the Season of Joy stamp set. You may have seen that this is the card I did for the SU Regional swaps.


Our second card used the Blooms Die Cuts with some Brads and Buttons. These make quick and easy cards and projects.

Pre-paring for the Aussie Summer.

Well the weather has definitely changed here in the past few weeks. It is alot warmer and the sun is lovely. The front of our house gets full sun in the afternoon - which at the moment is blissful. But I can only imagine that in the summer it might be a bit much. Some people have said to me that even with air con in the summer we will notice the heat.

So we have invested in some shutters. This is what they look like when they are down. You can have them fully open or partly open if you want. They are designed with several things in mind - blocking out the heat, the cold, light, noise and also for security.

So now we are set for summer.

Kristina Werner's Colour Challenge # 23

http://kwernerdesign.com/blog/

Kristina Werner is running another Colour Challenge and I thought I would have a go. I have never done one of these before - but often look at them.

The colours are Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie & So Saffron.

Not colours I would normally put together - but I like them.

I used the Heartfelt Thanks, Wonderful Words & Baroque Motifs Stamps Sets.

Stampin Up Regionals - Perth.

I'm buzzing....I had such a great time yesterday at the Stampin Up Regional Seminar.

I came home and looked over all the goodies I got – including a new Stamp set. I traded swaps with many other talented Demonstrator’s. The swaps I received in return are fantastic.

The presentations were great. They included some sneak peaks of a few things that are coming up, some great business tips from fellow demonstrators and some project demonstrations too.

The entire day was just spot on. We also got to create some lovely projects that used beautiful colours too.

Here's all the swaps I did. Used Bravo Burgundy & Bordering Blue and the Season of Joy Stamps set from the Spring Mini.