Aaachoo!

Tissue boxes everywhere , glue, paper, flowers, ribbon, lace etc ... everyone was very busy last night in our class/workshop.  So cool to see all the different ideas. Well done ladies!
 Tissue boxes are Mel's, Sharons, Sally's and Marie's. The page is Tash's.  Pop over to Trace's blog for the others .
 Sally & Tash  also did a scrapbook page each, using Prima Paintables paper and distress inks in mini-misters. I got to mix the colours for them , a drop of this, two drops of that...need a recipe book to remember them!LOL!
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Class cards

Was my turn to make some cards for our class next month. Instructions were to try to keep it simple, not too fussy, and use my new Manga Xmas stamps. Simple?!! How?!! I don't do simple.  This is as simple as I get ! LOL!  Have used BG Wassail paper...mmmmm!   Had to colour with SU crayons and blender pens , hard after using my lovely copics all the time. 
  We're off to class tonight where our lovely ladies will be covering tissue boxes and doing Prima Paintable scrapbook pages. Hope to have some pics for tomorrow.

   Doodle Palace are giving away blog candy and there are several ways to get entries, including doing my sketch challenge !Go on, give it a go, don't be shy!

 Robin and Dee have put together a really cute Christmas themed BLOG CANDY and ANYONE is eligible to WIN!! You get everything pictured as well as OMS, blender stumps and....3 FREE IMAGES of your choice!!!

New Release

New release Xmas images at Doodle Palace are out now and I got carried away and did 2 cards for the release ! Go to the blog and check out the other design team cards, some great ideas! Sposed to be making xmas cards for our class but I'm waiting for the Manga Xmas stamps and they haven't arrived yet! Hurry up postie!
 Not a nice day out there today, due to get thunderstorms and lots of rain. Would happen on my day off!  Still , I'm off for a massage this morning and that always improves my day...bliss!

My Sketch

My turn this week to do a sketch for the Doodle Palace challenge. This is my card using one of their cute puppy images. I'm a sucker for puppies! You don't need one of their images to enter, so check out the challenge and give it a go. The winner gets two free digi images.
 The papers I've used are BG lemonade. Card, sentiment  and ribbon are SU.

Pink & Brown

Having trouble uploading pics today...must be punishment for me driving the car to Trace's last night without unplugging the battery charger! Thought Gav was gonna kill me but he got over it! LOL!  We have a beautiful warm spring day here and the washing is all on the line, there are blossom petals everywhere , and the dogs are lounging around in the sun.

 The challenge this fortnight at The Sugar Bowl is a sketch by Marlene, with the colours pink & brown.   Love the manga kids so had to use one, and the prima flowers , well, what can I say, but they are gorgeous! Papers are K & Co.

Xmas already?

Can't believe Christmas is creeping up again, where is time disappearing to? This image is a Doodle Palace Xmas elf, they are releasing new digital images each week, go check them out!
 Our tickets to the Fleetwood Mac december concert arrived today...can't wait. Gav's brother and his wife Di are coming from Tauranga that weekend , I think I might need to get in a bit of training with the wine consumption before then!

Trace's challenge

Tracy set the challenge for this week on Doodle Palace and it is to use Orange & Green. They actually seem to be my fav colours at the moment, tho I never thought I'd say so. I have packets of these tiny seed beads and spent ages threading these onto some wire. Good thing my close vision is pretty good! I still ended up with beads flying all over the place. LOL! The image is one Tracy gave me .
 Have just been spending more money, the new xmas Manga stamps are online at Funky kits! Yay, at last! Can't wait for them to arrive!

This is my first card for the CT card swap, thank you cards this time. The image is a Dustin Pike Digi image which I've paper pieced. The papers are Cosmo Cricket..
  Have just been down the beach with the dogs, we even let Riley off lead !. He was so funny, running fast and screeching to a halt and face planting in the sand!  Poor Abbie just wanted to swim but she's getting pretty weak in her back end now, so she had a few dunks in the water and toddled slowly along .

Cool sketch

Donna has done a great sketch for Stampin for the Weekend and this is my attempt. Much more my style with lots of layers! The papers are mainly Websters Pages that I bought yesterday. I sprayed the flowers with distress ink and perfect pearls. The image is one of Denise's Anyas. Colours don't look quite right in this photo, looks better IRL!
  Its been a perfect spring day here and we've been out in the garden, in shorts and T shirts. Off to bed with a book now,  bliss!!

Too hard

  Went to see the puppies when they were born on Tuesday, 4 black ( will be silver) and 1 cream. ALL BOYS!!!  Gemma is a wonderful mum, she is looking after them all well and the biggest one is a real buddha already.
 Went to New Plymouth with Trace this morning, and we were very restrained in our buying, tho  I did get some yummy new Websters Pages.

This weeks challenge at Doodle Palace is to use ONE piece of designer paper, 1 ribbon, and 1 Digi image. Too Hard!  I DONT DO ONES!!! Anyway, here is my attempt, chose some very busy paper to make up for lack of layers. LOL! The image is a Doodle Palace image , Rain Bear.

No Ginga

This week's release from Doodle Palace  included some very cute doggie firefighters, so had to have a play with those. Here is the card I did for their blog using mainly SU paper, ribbon, and cardstock. I have used crystal effects for the water .
And talking about cute doggies, Gemma has had 5 puppies and none of them are remotely ginga so we don't think Riley dearest is the daddy! . Looks like wee Alby got in there instead!  Poor Ginganut.... still he had fun trying.
   

Something different

This is almost the complete opposite of the last card, but I had the BG papers , never been used, and Cheddar was totally uninked so what else could I do for the Sugar Bowl challenge? It was a sketch, with buttons this time.
 Fatty has gone home and still no puppies.... probably  best she didn't give birth on my bed! LOL!
 And Trace, how dare you mention that my craft room is untidy! Its not untidy...its a bombsite at the moment!!  and no I can't find anything I want, I make do with what I can lay my hands on! LOL! Doesn't help that I have a dog crate in there and boxes of dog toys etc.

Beautiful Sunday

Wow! Its so nice outside, I don't want to be in here at all, but there is work to do and cards to make...so here I am. My camera is home! Yay! Makes such a difference.
 We have Fatty Poingdestre staying at the mo, her mum is away and as she could drop these puppies any day now, we thought she should have some one-on-one attention. So I'm still on midwife alert.  Even had her sleeping on the bed with us so I could keep a close eye on her! Poor VERY FAT girl!

  This is my card for Stampin for the Weekend... theme colours of orange, teal and pink. OMG this is a bright 'un!  Image is one of Denise's new Anya purchases . Ta Denise ( aka laptop killer!)  These bead things arrived in a scrapbook pack ages ago and I really didn't know what to do with them!  Brainstorm... made copper wire stems and they are perfect colours for this challenge. Paper is a mixture of BG, K&Co and Bearly Mine , and SU cardstock.

Doodle Palace

Our  cards for Doodle Palace Fall release have gone up on their blog this week so we can share our creations.  As we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, the halloween image it had to be!  And being a doggie made it even more me! Have used BG marrakech papers for this card, I love the colours in these. Hopefully my camera is coming home today so my photos will be better, the colour just isn't right in this.

Anything Baby

Anything Baby Goes! is the Stampin for the weekend challenge this week, and I really don't have any baby stamps! So , a birthday card it is. Image is one from Denise, paper is BG two scoops and card stock is SU.

 And so much for beautiful spring days, just got home from our walkies and its pouring down. Abbie is out in the rain chewing on her pigs ear.   She likes to roll in the wet grass. Riley looks out at the rain and heads straight for our bed, no way does he wanna get wet! At least the wild wind of last night has died down.

Spring!

Yay! Spring really is here! Its a beautiful day outside, I'm inspired to get out into the garden...but there are so many things to do! 

 This card I've made for the Spoonful of sugar challenge. The image is a Manga,  and my backing papers are off the Bearly Mine Designs CDs I received from Donna this week. There are so many gorgeous designs, I didn't know where to start!

 The flowers I've cut with my retro punch and stamped with swirls for a different effect. 

Pastels & Daisies

Pastels are not my usual choice of colour tones but I think it looks OK?!! . Unfortunately my good camera is still away on holiday and I really can't get a decent photo of this card with this little camera. Nevermind.

Papers are BG wisteria, the image is a Doodle Palace digistamp (coloured with copics) and the card is for their challenge this week. Didn't have any daisies , so made my own! Stamped the swirl onto acetate and stuck it on over the papers.
Doodle Palace has just set up their new website and to celebrate there is a 60% off coupon for everyone! That makes the images $1.00 or less! Remember to enter the coupon code to receive the discount at checkout! DPGRAND!
Please take a moment to check out the new website! www.doodlepalace.com .

Someone's alarm is going over the back fence... Riley is out there shouting at it.....sigh...time to shut the door and keep him inside I think. He's so much cuter when he is snuggled and cuddling around my neck!

Yippee!!

OK its official, I've made the design team for Doodle palace! !!  Woohooo!  The next few months should be fun, playing with their very cute digistamps . Thanks to Dee and Robin for picking me, I can't wait to get started!

Busy Boy

Riley is toy crazy! Just turned around from the computer to see what he has been up to and he is off looking for another toy...or shoe... to add to his collection around his little couch! One of the toys was actually on a shelf, to be wrapped up as a present for someone ( that's the one with a half chewed tag still on it!LOL!) but he found it. My shoes, he doesn't chew them, just likes to wrestle them, rip open any velcro fastenings , and stuff small fluffy toys into them so when I put a shoe on, its full of fluffy something!

Pink & Grey

This was an unusual colour combo for me, but am quite happy with the results . This is for the Stampin for the weekend challenge. Used one of my new Manga kids , coloured with copics and Atyou Spica glitter pens, tho you can't see the glitter in this photo, had to use the crappy camera again!  The flower is sprayed with tattered rose distress ink and perfect pearls, the ends touched up with copics.