Hubby' treat

James had been away on saturday and it provided me with the opportunity to be in the kitchen for the whole afternoon, which I love I finished off my quince Paste and made croissant dough.

I have never made croissants before but I a pleased with the way may first batch came out Iwe had them for breakie before church with lovely homemade raspberry jam, oh sometimes it is true there is much pleasure in simple things

Black, Silver and White

Here is my contribution towards our team swap which we had last week. It is a wedding invitation and uses the extra large two step punch, which folds away nice and flatly on a shelf, i also am a firm advocate for embossing which I have done here with clear embossing powder.

wedding expo continues

Well out of the 200 engaged ladies I spoke to only two had any Idea what colours they wanted. I know one lady wanted chocolate chip with taken with teal (thats the stampin up names for it) and the other lady was green , I must admit my black silver and white table caused a lot of interest including the silver roses I made but cant find the photo of (thank you Janine )

Ladies if I don't get back to you over the next week just txt my on 0211672574 and I will get back to you cheers. ps Karen still raves about the great day we had so thanks

wedding expo invite

This colourful invitation was made using this years in colour tangerine tango and pink pirouette and the brand new April release All a flutter single stamp. Of course my fav heart punch(heart to heart) three hearts for the price of one AWESOME

Dunedin bridal expo continues

Here is a little assortment of wedding favours that have been put together with a wedding flavour. If you want any information on how to create any of these yummy Ideas feel free to contact me as per previous post or if you are one of the many brides I spoke to and you have my business card just txt me and I will call you back

this stand was adjacent to mine and I just loved looking at it, I had a /Victorian high tea at my weeding and the cups and plates looked beautiful like these. this is from and the lady who runs it is delightful .... enjoy and more tomorrow

grand wedding expo in dunedin

WOW what a day ...... Ijust love weddings and if i wasn't a nurse i would love to be a WEDDING PLANNER.

My first photo must include my international guest artist and friend of many many years Karen McNair who was a stampin up demonstrator in Canada and added skills and design techniques to the day...... thanks Karen cant wait till next time

Any way over the next week I am going to post a collection of photos from the collection I presented at the show and a few extras so please feel free to leave a comment or get in touch with me 03) 4341253. 0211672574 if you wish to get futher information regarding workshops and orders
A broard view of the colour wedding display

More tomorrow..

Dunedin /wedding Expo

Exactly that : a band that encloses a Wedding mini album created specifically for the Wedding Expo in Dunedin this Sunday 28th March come and say hello it will be great to see you there, and you can see many of the other items created just for the expo to make your wedding just how you want it.........INDIVIDUAL

see you there

a blessed life

My Husband James and I where so blessed by the lord, this weekend I am nearly bursting from the Joy of it all, Church in the morning was the most powerful thing I have yet to experience with a total praise and worship service that totally moved me to a level that I have never been in before thank you lord and the family of the House of Breakthrough, amazing amazing.

We had planned to have a room at a bed in breakfast prior to attending an appointment in Queenstown the following day, Well can I just say I was delighted to find that not only did we get a room in a beautiful house but we had the whole house to ourselves complete with lake frontage olive groves vineyards and an awe inspiring collection to New Zealand art works.

James and My life have turned totally around in the past 2 months and we could not have made the changes in our lives that we have made or had the experiences that we have had in the past 8 weeks( and yet to come) with out Jesus Christ being in our lives. thank you Jesus amen

stampalicious lots of stamps

What a time was had this Afternoon I grabbed a pile of my very beautiful stampin up stamps and created this canvas based on the one demonstrated by the very fabulous and talented Nic Howard that I saw on Debbie McRobies website.

I just loved the way it all came together. I will list the stamp sets I played with today

Priceless, baroque motifs,friends 24/7, all a flutter (next mini) Wheels jumbo Nursery letters, friendly words, Inks close to cocoa, creamy caramel, really rust, craft white, stazon black'

extra yummy bits, white embossing powder, dazzliling diamonds super sparkly glitter added to a ink and clue mix to add extra varooom, and a now deleted flower punch that reminds me I must get the current one lol

heaps of fun projects

Now to give you the reason why i haven't posted for awhile..... I have been all over the country attending fantastic classes . 1st in Auckland with my delightful team leader Jacqui Pederson pictured above (Jacqui) then again with Jacqui and the fabulous team of girls in the Canterbury region. Wow what a great day thanks girls, Lisa, June and Lorraine totally talented

Therefor I am jam packed with ideas and projects to get EVEN MORE out of our stampin up materials with a selection of masculine and feminine gifts, so give me a call and I will book you into one of my classes or send you out a class planner

see you soon

JA14 challenge

Thought I would have a go at a challenge put down by the girls at just add ink I made made a small tag to a friends welcome home gift basket.

the colours allowed where sage shadow, rose red, more mustard and Kraft. the stamps set is from the current sale a bration series good neighbours

the tags are the same just the backdrop has been changed

love this heart choc holder

Just love this little gift, that will be perfect for my hubby as a gift tag. I was fortunate enough to attended a class at my upline Jacque Pederson's in Auckland. and it will be very handy to match up with several stamp sets and punches.

However I do especially like this heart stamp set from the current summer mini catalogue feel free to contact me about it.

rooster 3D

My girlfriend just Love's chickens and yes I do know that this is a Rooster but he looks so nice in real life water coloured with stampin up earth elements water colour crayons and covered with crystal effects. Then popped in a three D frame.

hearts for anytime of year

Now those of you who follow my blog regularly will know that I don't get to use pink very often...

However for my loved up valentines card this year I thought I would use the softer pink and combine it with tangerine tango inks.

I just love the stampin up punches and for this card I have used the oval scallop punch along with the scallop edge punch and my new heart to heart punch

I rolled over pink card stock with my retro remix wheel from the current mini catalogue prior to punching the hearts , while the I love you is set in the vintage labels stamp set. Which for the next two months you can get the whole set (6 stamps in all) free.

If you want to know more about getting free sets or have a workshop at your place just let me know either via my email or phone me on and I will sort that out for you

round and round

The inspiration for this circle punch card came from my sister in law Diane and from the fact the for the past week I have been going round and round in circles looking for a new computer to access the web. Therefore allowing me to blog again.

The paper used is from the current new mini catty called Kaleidoscope.

Dont forget Sale a Bration started today and if you wish to make the most to this fantastic offer and/or attended one of my classes contact me

And I will inform you of classes and specials

Millie

I have spent a lot of time in the Kitchen lately which I totally love, doing preserving and jams however, Millie has just had enough of me being in "her Space" so she parked up on a shopping and refused to move out of the way

I have hand inked the circle circus stamp set and punched out 1 1/4 inch tiles to blend with the tiles in the lino the base papers are kraft and designer series bella bleu 12x12 paper. I have also stamped in riding hood red in with the defining alphabet

Sariah says pleaseeeee

The journal ling says " Sariah learnt a new trick today and it only took 5 mins, she is so clever and she loves to show off. First she balances a stone on her nose then she flicks her head and catches the stone . in her mouth of course

This page has been created on riding hood red designer series paper(what else for a little wolf) and kiwi kiss, I have used the tag and small tag punch and the crop a dile . ribbons used is riding hood red.
Model the very beautiful Sariah of StoneyRidge

It all in the wrapping

Well that's the first of the Christmas Hampers sorted and I will so miss this riding hood red stripped ribbon from the spring mini, it so goes with everything and how quickly a bit of ribbon takes a nice to a WOW. like on these gift card holders and chocolate box yum I wish I was getting it lol

Oh what a night

Hi there everyone just a short note to say that I haven't dropped off the face of the earth. I have been working extra for a bit more Christmas $$$$ and have been flat out hand making all my Christmas gifts this year that includes paper crafting, fabric and food as I hope to send food hampers this year .

However what I did want to show you is the absolute joy and often surprising nights you can have in a small semi rural hospital. this was taken on my cell phone

this wee blue penguin we rescued from our car park and away from a menacing cat in the middle of the night... he was an Acute admission and very cheeky we rang the local vet who came to his rescue

Also the next morning on the way home I couldn't get my car out of the car park as I had to wait as a mother duck and her 3 babies where deciding which side of the road to walk on as the chatted to each other and wandered along the middle of the road. lol not to be hurried obviously but boy where those babies cute

Travel Journal

I cased this project t a while back form on of the Aussie /demos sites through the link NZSU Sorry I have searched this afternoon trying to find it but alas no luck must be tired from my FABULOUS trip to Wellington and yukky night duty last night but anyway her is my take on a little travel journal.

P.s I never use this stamp set enough and when I do it is so pretty " a rose is a rose: especially with the yummy ski slope designer series paper