Nobbys Beach Newcastle

I used to go swimming there many years ago. You can walk along the breakwater. It separates the Hunter River from the Pacific Ocean. The change rooms are very old but they have been done up. I went there on Monday 25th February. I bought some hot chips and had a coffee and sat and thought of many things from the past. It is only an hours drive from my new home to here.

card and envelope

I think the envelope that holds a card should be equally as exciting and creative as the card inside. In the cards and envelopes that I will add each day for a while the envelopes are the same as the cards. I have already added 2 I did using the Cuttlebug and Sizzix folders a few weeks ago. These ones are not using an embossing folder.
This card and envelope set was done using SALT cardstock and Kaisercraft paper and wooden stamp. The ink is pinecone. The flowers have been made using 3 freehand circles scrunched and turned and glued together. The stem and leaves have been freehand cut using scissors.

Flowers

This flower was made using 2 sized circles gathered-2 suffolk puffs. They were joined together using a button.

Flowers

This flower has been made from a Junkitz flower underneath and the ribbon on the top has been gathered and both joined by a Kaisercraft brad.

Flowers

The blue under flower is a Junkitz flower and the fabric on the top is a circle that has been gathered. Called a suffolk puff. The brad holds them all together.

Flowers

More layered flowers using Junkitz flowers on the base and Maya Road ribbon roses  on the top. The 2 are held together with a Kaisercraft pearl brad.

Flowers

Here is another flower I made with Webster's Bloomers, SALT paper flowers and gemstone brads.

Kaisercraft Ribbon Rose

These flowers were made using Kaisercraft Ribbon Roses and SALT paper flowers with a bling brad in the centre.

Birthday Decorations

Card Holder

Close up of Card Holder

Lollipop covers

Reverse side of lolipops
These are some of the things I made for my granddaughter's 10th Birthday Party. 

Jessica's 10th Birthday Party

Showing the cake toppers and lollipop toppers  and marshmallow pops that I did.

The Jessica bunting I made for the sweets table and the happy birthday bunting I made for the wall.

The sweets table

The butterfly birthday cake Melanie made.

Flowers

The underneath flower is from SALT and the mauve fabric flower is from Webster's and they are called Bloomers. I cut one bloom from the row and mounted it onto a SALT flower and adhered the 2 together with a bling brad.

Envelope

The envelope I used for this card was a bought white one. However, I inked the edges, glued paper  on it and added a Cuttlebug sentiment and a heart that was cut out of one of the previous cards. So no need to throw away scraps.

Heart Card

This is another card inspired by Simone that I mentioned in my post earlier this week. I have used Kaisercraft paper and bling. The sentiment is typed on the computer and printed.

Heart Card

This card was inspired by the same blog as the previous card but I have changed the positions of the hearts. I have used Kaisercraft paper and pearls. I didn't have a sentiment stamp so i did it on the computer and printed it out.

Heart Card

Cut out heart card showing the pop up smaller heart on the  bigger heart.

Showing how the pop up heart is attached. I folded a doubled over  piece of cardstock in half. I glued one half to the smaller heart and the other half to the larger heart. When the card is put into an envelope the smaller heart flattens but when you pull it out of the envelope it pops back up.

This card was inspired from a card I saw on http://www.simonenaoum.com/ and the card is called Sweet Love Card

Love card and enveope

This card and envelope was made the same way as the previous one and using the lightweight cardstock for the construction of the envelope. I embossed the Kaisercraft patterned paper and lightly sanded it before adhering to the envelope and card. Another matching pair. The bow was made from paper.

Love card and envelope

I have a 4 piece embossing folders from Sizzix called the Love Set. I love Sizzix folders as they emboss deeper than other folders.
I made a square envelope and then made the card a few centimeters smaller all around to fit inside the envelope. I embossed cardstock and inked it and adhered to both the card and envelope to match. I also inked the flowers to match the ink on the embossing.
I made the envelope from a thin cardstock and quite like its firmness.

Christmas Layout

Christmas 2012 at Chloe's graduation ceremony.

Home

Our first dinner party in our new home with Rhonda and Ian and Brian.

Brian and I.

The view from our triple garage where we were having dinner.

Home

 Back of house, front of house, looking out the front door, the 3 car garage alias my Woman Cave where I will be creating.

Brian and I moved the left over bricks from the house and took them up the back of the land. We moved about 850 bricks and moved the blue metal also.All this was done last weekend on the Saturday when it was 35 degrees.

Ribbon Roses

These beautiful red ribbon roses were made for me by one of my beautiful Biology students, Sally. She remembered I liked red roses and made these for me and gave them to me when she finished her HSC.

Party Cake Toppers

Tooth picks, punches, scraps of patterned paper and cardstock and glue is all that is needed to make these fancy cake toppers that is ideal for any party. I made these for my granddaughter Jessica's 10th birthday party that is coming up. Keep an eye out for the end results from the party.