Christmas time

Hi happy bloggers, well its that time of the year AGAIN and l cant believe that christmas is now just under 4 weeks away, l held my last card class for the year on friday , my class girls are so much fun, we always have a great day, l wanted to give them something , just to say thanks for the the support they have given me on my Stamp'in up venture and coming to my classes and also a little merry christmas thanks, most years now l make a gift of shortbread for close friends so l thought l'd give them a parcel of shortbread to, it looked a bit plain and boring when l put it into the clear bags, so l jazzed it up with a candy cane and ribbon and tag, sorry about all the calories girls, you can work it off after the silly season, so if any of my class girls are reading this, just another big THANKYOU  to you all, lm blessed to have you all in my life and grateful for your friendship  and the laughs we share around the table .Here is a pic of their gift.

 Next l want to show you some of the cards  we have made in class and also some workshop cards,

This card was made using the doiley set as ornaments which l embossed in white and just added a bit of bling in the centre.

This one l've used old and new stamps , a cute raindeer in the middle of the new embossed frame and paper from the letters to santa dsp and the post card stamp from winter post stamp set, the words are a bit hard to see ,so heres a bit more of a close up.

oopps, l dont think that pic is much better.

My camera work really is'nt that good this morning, sorry, this is another doiley ornament, with the white embossing, this tme l have used one of the new in colour cardstock called pool party, lm a bit over all the red and green for chrissy, and inked island indigo around the edge and if you look closer you can see l spritzed the background in island indigo as well.

Here l've used the top note die and ran it through the new stripes embossing folder and brushed on a bit of gold ink.

And the last 2 cards lve gone back to the pastels co;ours again  and stamped and coloured with the markers, the second one lve used silver embossing powder to jazz it up a bit, well thats all from me today, lm hoping to get back and do a few more scrap pages before chrissy ,and then l have to start preparing for the family feast that is at my place this year,........yay....... no travelling............kate

My spring garden

Hi happy bloggers, only a few weeks now till summer and we have had the most wonderful spring, it would have to be my favorite month, l actually love all the seasons , they bring their own special touch to the garden, but spring brings the burst of the first flowers and makes the garden come alive, l dont have any cards or scrapbooking to show you today, so if you would like to see where l spent the rest of my time , then keep looking.

Our home and garden is built on a hill, so we have all different levels, their was no garden here when we brought it and we have made lots of gravel paths and raised garden beds, this is part of my rose garden, which has a beautiful ordermental pear in the middle, their is another large kidney shaped gareden on the oppisite side and in the middle of both is my ring of lavender where my garden angel oversee's everything.

 this is my crab apple tree in flower, which has now finished and would have to be my favorite flowering tree.

my hedges and standard roses behind them, inbetween the roses on the other side of the hedge are shasta daisys, which all look stunning in full bloom.

walking back up to the house and up the steps are seaside daisys  which billow over the rock wall  and the butterfly bush under another standard crabapple tree.

 more hedges and standard flowering almond, which is the first to flower in late winter,in the pots l have 2 of the new david Austin roses called Claire Austin, named after his daughter, they are just about to flower and l cant wait to see them as l have only seen them in a book, lm sure they will be just beautiful.

this is walking down our driveway and into the garden.

 the lavender ring, with my sleeping angel.

BEAUTIFUL roses from my garden, the orange coloured one is david Austin's summer song and is surely one of my all time favorite and has the most wonderful scent. Well thats all today, l hope you can go out and enjoy your garden today , where ever you might be , whatever the season, and if its winter or Autumn where you are there  is still joy to be found in the stillness ,for the beauty to arrive soon............cheers .......kate

Busy- Busy, Where has the time gone

Hey there Happy Bloggers, well where has the time gone, the days just seem to be flying and the silly season is upon us again, inbetween card classes and workshops and trying to fit in home projects as well and l now have a monday job as well, but lov'in it all. So while l have time l just thought l'd share some cards that were done for work shops and classes.

Here's a card where l used a stamp from the creative elements set as a background and then the Doiley stamp set to make the pattern on white cardstock to form the flowers and then l just embossed the thank-you in white.

on this card l used the new kindness matters set, which l just adore, anything with birds and butterflys l love and the swirls always make it look good to.

Another card using the doiley set, even though the pink stamp really is'nt standing out much, and again l've embossed the large doiley onto the rose red cardstock.

Just a simple card that l did for a hostess party , with the strength and hope set and the petals a plenty embossing folder, when this stamp set came out , Stamp'in up were giving a $2 donation to the breast cancer research for every stamp set sold, they raised a total of $60,000  US dollars , how amazing is that, thats alot of stamps, just shows how popular Stamp'in Up is .

This is a oldie , but a goodie, must find more time to design with this set.

I just wanted to use some brighter colours for spring and this is what l came up with.

and last one for today, again with a butterfly, this little butterfly is retired now, so gladed l have him/her, l use it all the time. anyway thats all the cards for now, l have to design 3 more for the last card class of the year, cant believe its nearly december.......cheers kate

Foggy Days

Hi Happy Bloggers, well l dont know what the weathers up to where you live, but for the last week here, we are having a funny old spring, we've had it all, sunshine, rain and the fog has been coming and going all day for the last few days in a row, perfect days for scrapp'in and getting cards done, but thats means no outside work for me, l still have weeds to pull and mulch to gett on the garden, oh well l suppose the sun will shine again soon, check out the photo l took from our back door yesterday morning, the day was clear when l got up , but by 11.15 it was like this.

And it got worse, Anyway l finally finshed the scrapp'in l had left to do on this side of my tree, folders done, pages done and Census records done.............yay.

This is my pa's brother joe, his baby photo was done in my last post, here he is with his 3 daughters, the paper is older paper l had left from Kaiser and so are the rubons, tags are from my minds eye.

This is a folder l made for a letter l had given to us , it is a letter that my great grandmother wrote to all her children before she died, thanking them for everything that she had done for her, my what  a treasure this letter is, just to see her hand writing and knowing that she is grateful for all that was done for her, in one part of the letter, she states, that she has nothing to leave them but love and memories, l think that is just so wonderful, its really not about the material things in life,..... is it,... for me and many other scrappers its about keeping memories of those loved and gone before us alive , to pass on to next generations to come. ..I dont like scrappin these documents like a normal page, so l make folders and pop the paperwork inside, its a much nicer way to look at it, l used more Miss Nellie papers and the stamps, it didnt have to be anything fancy, but l love the way it turned out, l think it is just so Sophia,  here is a peek at the letter.

And last l have a page on  one of her daughters May, she is with her nephew Billy when he was in the Navy.

Dont you just love this prima paper, sorry the photos a bit dark, the butterflies are fussy cut also from prima paper, and then l have used one of my new stamp sets from Stamp'in Up called  'Field Flowers'  and once again all up Stamp'in up inks matched the papers beautifully, Well thats all lve got for you today,  l have cards to make for class on friday, which l can show you soon, and now l can start the next lot of stories and pages on my grandparents...........cheers kate xxx

All about Vintage

Hey All,  if you a regular follower of my blog, you will know all about how l love my family tree, this week l have been busy doing more vintage pages, and are nearly finshed my great grandparents and their chlidrens side, l only have one more photo and a couple of document folders to do, it would be nice to get it finished today, lol, then l can start on my grandparents and my mums brothers and sisters lives.

Sorry , this is not the best pic, but l have taken some close ups, to give you a better look, lve used some older websters paper from my stash, some stamps from Stamp'in Up , a bit of lace lve had for years and an assortment of embellishements , scrap FX, making memories, jenni bowlin, my minds eye, scallop circle die, a paper doiley, and there you have it, another finished page........yay.

l just love the little birds on the branch............

This is my great grandfather Thomas, the 1930's  embellishment are made from the new Letter it stamp set from Stamp'in Up, just love this set, great for dating my pages , the camera stamp is from Ali Edwards, papers are from Bo Bunny and tags are an old set from ruby-rock-it.

the fob watch is Scrap FX, and a Ali Stamp.

key is also scrap fx.

this photo is dated 1911 and are 2 of Thomas and Sophia's children, Tess and Joe, all dressed up in their lacey frilly outfits, imagine all the washing , to try and keep these outfits clean, so l hope you all enjoyed my family pics today, please leave a comment, l'd love to hear from you, have a nice day ..............kate xx

Playing with Miss Nellie

Hi there Happy bloggers, well little Miss Nellie has taken over my house, yesterday l scrapped with her all day, l'm so lov'in this set of papers and embellishments, and they were perfect for some of the last lot of family tree pictures l have on my grandfathers side of the family, lve had so much fun playing with the stamp set and doing alot of fussy cutting and really pleased with the way they turned out,  so l hope you enjoy looking at them as much as l had fun making them.

 All products are Kaiser, except for the bling on the dress stands and a new stamp set from Stamp'in up, l really was'nt sure about the chipboard flowers, but when l put them against my page, the just made it pop. oops , the letters are American craft

The next page is my great grandmother, l framed the page with the large stamp in the set and then added the little rose stamp to just mingle in the  solid background, it reminds me of a rose covered archway blossoming in spring, it was such a quick and easy layout.

the large flowers l have stamped onto cardstock and cut them out, easy as ,and the paper l used was in the 6x6 paper pad.

you can see the pale pink rose buds in this pic a bit better, l really love the way this page turned out, l think l will be using this stamp set alot.

This is my grandfathers sister and when l looked at the hat she was wearing, l just knew these papers and stamps were going to work, l wanted to make a sort of faded look so l inked up the stamp and stamped it off once and then stamped the page, it worked a treat, the letters l used are American craft, from a few years back, and were the only large ones l had where the colours matched, so l embossed  some cardstock with the stampin up vintage wallpaper folder, l wanted to use a oval template, but didnt have one for the size l needed, so when all ekse fails, go to the kitchen cupboard and see what you can find, l found a plastic oval container, but it was to big for what l wanted , as l went to put it back, l looked at the underside and there it was , a smaller oval ring on the bottom, just perfect......so l inked up the plastic, pressed it onto the embossed paper, and cut it out,............ dah ta..........

Also went a bit mad with the Spritzing tool from stamp'in up.

So anyway, that sort of winds up my miss nellie pages today, if anyone would like this set, contact the girls from www.makeapagescrapbooking.com.au , lm sure they would love to help you make some beautiful pages, so thats all on miss nellie for now, l still have so much of this set to use, there will be more pages to come, so stay tuned,  have a good one .............kate