Samuel and Hadleigh's Shared Birthday.

Here is the card that I made for Samuel's 5th birthday on Tuesday.

  

I have used Animal Stories and Tall Tales DSP.

Supplies List:

Stamp Set: Animal Stories and On Your Birthday.

Papers: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Tall Tales DSP.

Ink: Chocolate Chip and So Saffron.

Samuel has had 3 days at school and is settling in well. He went swimming with school today for the first time.  Timaru Christian School have fantastic swimming programme, they go swimming every week. It's so important for our kids to learn to swim more so when you live in New Zealand with our country surrounded with water, and all the lakes and rivers. We are very blessed to live in NZ, with the beautiful lakes, rivers and the sea that so accessible.

Here is a card I made for our friend Hadleigh who shares Samuel's birthday.

I have used Circle Circus Stamp Set, it would one of my favorite sets. It is so versatile it can make a great mans card, change the colours and it can be great for the gals as well.

Supplies List:

Stamp Sets: Circle Circus and On Your Birthday.

Card Stock: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss and Very Vanilla.

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Point.

 Extras: Sponges and Stampin' Dimensionals.

JAI#6

I have at long last completed another Just Add Ink Challenge. This week is a sketch challenge JAI#6.

I teamed up Tempting Turquoise and Baja Breeze, blue isn't my colours but I'm pleased with this colour combo. I have used the bird cage out of Happy Moments Stamp Set (SAB) and I have teamed it with Baja Breeze DSP and Tempting Turquoise Ink.

Today's the Day

Well today finally arrived for Samuel. Last Thursday as he was going to bed he said to me my birthday isn't coming. The build up for today has been a long time in the making, he got his school bag for Christmas, school books and covered them in January and he got his uniform beginning of February, to us it is not that long but to a 4 year old it is an eternity. 

 He looks very smart in his Timaru Christian School uniform.

This is his teacher Mrs Thompson. In this photo he is showing the class his train album Savannah made for him, I will take photos of it when I can get it off him.

Working at his desk.

Yesterday was the last day of mainly music for him.

He is singing 'Peeka Peeka Boo'. It will feel quite strange next Monday with out him there.

It was his last day at Montesorri also yesterday. I hung around most of the session and took lots of photos. 

This is the card I made for the Montesorri Staff, Using Echoes of kindness Stamp Set (level 2 Hostess).

Fun, Laughter and Stamping = Great Day on Saturday.

On Saturday I ran a Craft Day in Hornby Christchurch.

We had a fantastic day, lots of fun and laughter and stamping was done by all.

It was nice to meet all the lovely ladies. The Girls in this photo are scrapbooking.

Lots of cards were made also.

Sonia made this lovely card. She has used Butterfly Prints Stamp Set and Butterfly Punch. 

She used old earings for the body of the Butterfly. The card looks stunning Sonia.

We did 3 make 'n' takes. An Easel Card using Scribble this stamp set, Easter Treat Box and a String Spinner Card. This card was made by Gwend.

This card was made by Maureen.

We had a great day.

I've Everywhere Man...

I have had such a busy fortnight. 

I've been to Geraldine, Waimate (twice) and here in Timaru for workshops.

I was in Farlie last weekend for a craft day and tomorrow I'm running a craft day in Hornby Christchurch.

I have been very busy preparing the make 'n' takes (4 of them) for tomorrow.

Samuel and I have been on a school trip to the museum.

This is Samuel in his school uniform. I will take more photos on Tuesday when he starts school.

We are staying at Mum and Dad's house for the weekend, looking forward to seeing them.

Samuel will have his Birthday Party in Christchurch as all our family lives up there. 

He is very lucky, he will have a second party with his friends the following weekend.

Have a great weekend.

Special Time spend together

Wednesday is a Montessori free day and we always try to do something special together.

Today was our last Wednesday together as he starts school on Tuesday 2nd March.

I had promised Samuel if it was a nice day we would go to the beach.

The day was glorious, very hot indeed. We took our lunch down to Caroline Bay.

We are very blessed to have the bay on our doorstep, the sea is safe for the kids to swim in. 

Samuel just loves the water, he played in the sea with me paddling near by. 

He took his digger with him and he played for hours digging in the sand.

There is a great playground at he bay and fantastic paddling pool.

We had a fantastic time down on the beach at playing in the playground.

Farlie Craft Day

We had a great day in Farlie yesterday. The sun shone brightly spirits were high, lots of fun, laughter and creativity were had by all. 

 

Liz did a demo and a make 'n' take, a card using the cuttlebug.

I demo making a easel card, using Scribble This Stamp Set and water coloured it using Blender Pens and Stampin' Up Stamp Pads.

This is the make 'n' take that I demonstrated, Easter Treat Box. Using Tempting Turquoise Card Stock and Kaleidoscope DSP.

 

I made this card for Dads birthday tomorrow. I got the idea of hanging the bird cage from the tree from a entry in last weeks JAI#4, sorry don't know the artist is a big thank you from me I love your idea it is very effective. I also finished Samuel's invites which you have already seen. And I started making a Memory Box which I will show you later this week.

Supplies List:

Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers, Happy Moments (SAB) and Whimsical Words (SAB).

Papers: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze and Baja Breeze DSP.

Inks: Basic Black.

Extras: Mat Pack.

Samuel's Invitations

As you most likely know Samuel turns 5 on the 2nd March, here are his invites. He is having 2 parties one in Christchurch next weekend for the family and one the following weekend for his friends.
This a Criss Cross Card the first time I made one I thought it would be great as a invitation. I have used Animal Stories Stamp Set and Tall Tales DSP.
Supplies List:
Stamp Sets: Animals Stories and On Your Birthday.
Card Stock: So Saffron, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White.
Ink: Chocolate Chip and So Saffron.
DSP: Tall Tales.
Extras: Stampin' Dimensionals and Tab Punch.

Next Weekend I'm in Christchurch, On Saturday 27th February I will be running a crop day at Hornby Anglican Church, there will be 2 make 'n' takes to choose out of 4. If you are in Christchurch and would like to have fun day crafting email me and I will give you more details.

Bloomin' with Beauty

I have been on the run all day today, and it doesn't look like tomorrow will be any different.
I made this card quickly on Tuesday evening and demonstrasted it last night at workshop. The grommets were a hit with all the ladies at the workshop.
Supplies List:
Stamp Set: Bloomin' with Beauty.
Card Stock: Tempting Turquoise, So Saffron and Whisper White.
DSP: Pink Flamingo.
Ink: Stazon Black, Pixie Pink and Old Olive.
Extras: Jumbo Grommets, Rose Red 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon and Blender Pens.

Darian's School books

Here are Darian's schools. I have used Circle Cirus Stamp Set, it is a great stamp set then I think all SU Stamps are great. I used Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss and Pacific Piont Ink. They look great.
Life has been very busy around here this week.
Samuel (our youngest) had his first school visit yesterday, he was so keen this morning he wanted to go to school today also. His next visit is on Friday then he has a full day on Tuesday, and he starts on Tuesday 2nd March.

Savy

This is another layout that I completed last Saturday at the Scrapathon.
I'm enjoying using the Bold Brights at the moment, the colours are so bright and cheerful. I used Circle Scissor Plus cutting system in the Summer Mini, you can cut and draw from 1" to 6" circles it is a fabulous tool great for scrapbooking and card making alike. I have used Kaleidoscope DSP, the colours and designs on these papers are beautiful. The butterfly was cut out of this DSP.
Savannah's friends in Dunedin use to call her Savy for short. Isn't funny how kids can shorten names, when we named our 2 older kids we thought that thier names couldn't be shortened, quess what the have been.
Supplies List:
Stamps: Schoolbook Serif Alphabet.
Card: Passion Pink, Pixie Pink and Tempting Turquoise.
DSP: Kaleidoscope.
Ink: Pixie Pink and Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker.
Extras: Circle Scissors Plus, Glass Mat, Dimensionals, Clear Rhinestone Brad, Snail and Large Grommet.
The flowers are from my old crafting supplies. Stampin' Up do have flowers in the Pretties Kit, which can colour with the reinkers to suit your work, it is on my wish list.

Thinking of You

I have friend Jo, who has been in hospital very sick. This is the card I made for her using Thoughts and Prayers Stamp Set.
This is a great stamp set for get well and sympathy cards.
Supplies List:
Stamps: Thoughts and Prayers.
Card: Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White.
Ink: Real Red.
Extras: Large Grommet, Sponges and Certain Celery Ribbon.

Mountie

This is the double page layout I did for Darian's first day at high school. The kids at Mountain View High School are nicknamed Mounties hench the title for the page. Darian had his first day of lessons and got his timetable today, Thursday and Friday were fun days getting to know everyone. He is enjoying it all so far.
Supplies List:
Card Stock: Handsome Hunter and So Saffron.
DSP: Washington Apple.
Extras: Round tab Punch and On Board Timeless Type Chipboard.

Happy Birthday Paul

Today is my husbands birthday, this is the card I made for him using Vintage Labels Stamp Set one of the SAB stamp sets you can earn free when you spend $120. Paul has had a nice day, we had friends over for tea to help celebrate.
Supplies List:
Stamp Set: Vintage Labels SAB
Ink: Chocolate Chip.
Papers: Washington Apple DSP, Riding hood Red and Close to Cocoa.
Extras: Large Oval Punch.

Savannah's First Layout

This Savannah's first completed layout. Savannah did this page on Saturday at the Scrapathon with some help from me. She had done a page by herself before this page, but has decided after working on this page with my help that it wasn't complete.
The photos are of the kids playing in the Opihi River north of Timaru. She choose a paper that suited the photos. We framed the photos with Old Olive and Close to Cocoa card stock, then placed a strip of Chocolate Chip edged with the eyelet border punch. For the title we used the @ out of the On Board Timeless Type Chipboard, she painted it, then sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds on it. Liz helped her cut out the rest of the title using her circut machine in Old Olive card stock, then we sponged using Chocolate Chip Ink Pad the river then shadowed the letters it looks very affective.
I think she has done a great job, she is very pleased with the result. She has started a train mini album for Samuel for his birthday it is looking good so far. I will show it to you after she has finished.

Scrapathon

Yesterday Savannah and I had a whole day scrapping together at Artfull Crafts Scrapathon. We had a fantastic day, It was Savannah's first go at scrapping, she is well and truelly hooked. She completed a page and a mini album, sorry no photos as yet the light hasn't been good for photos today.
I completed a double page layout of Darian's first day at high school and a page of Savannah when she was 6 years old. I spend a lot of time helping Savannah and I made up welcome packs for mainly music 40 in total.
I will try and get some nice photos tomorrow.

Happy Birthday Savannah

Today is Savannah's 12th Birthday.

She has had a nice day. Homemade pizza for tea and Ambrosia favoured Ice Cream cake for afters.

There was a parcel waiting for her after school from her Godparents. Inside was the most beautiful outfit which Julie bought back from India.

The beading and gems on it are just glorious. 

The colours are just beautiful, right out of the Bold Brights colours, Tempting Turquoise and Passion Pink. I have used a lot of these colours in my cardmaking lately. 

Her birthday card that I made her matches this outfit. I will post it on Sunday as I didn't get around to taking a photo of it.

Savannah and I are going to a all day crop tomorrow, it is part of her birthday present. 

I have got lots to get done so I will show you them all next week. 

Have a great weekend.

Darian's First Day at High School.

Darian our eldest boy started at Mountain View High School today.

I have been a bit emotional today. My baby is now a young man, he has the world at his fingertips. 

He looks very grown up and handsome (We are very biased) in his new uniform.

I was feeling very much like I felt when he first started school at 5 years old. Knowing that he has lots of decisions ahead that he has to make, like choosing the right friends, deciding to study well use his time wisely etc. We have a great relationship and will be there for him when he needs us.

We just pray that he gets in with the right crowd, and he can stand up for what he believes in and doesn't just follow the crowd. 

I had the camera out this morning and took lots of photos, checked them on the computer then took more to get the right photos for scrapbooking. He was a bit annoyed with my photo taking but didn't mine to much and was great-full I wasn't taking them at the school gate, I did go back to school and get photo of the school gate after all the kids were in class.