Hey there,

Well as this post is published I should be up on the Tablelands at a stamp retreat……yes I can hardly believe I am going to have the opportunity to stamp after sooooooo long! I can hardly wait. Once again I designed a swap card that is far too intricate, and I am just about over the mass production! Ah well I am sure it will be worth it. The best bit about the retreat (other than all food is prepared for you, and there will be lots of stamping chatter, something I miss dearly!) is that I will stamp, AND i will have something to blog for you all next week…..now that will be a refreshing change huh?

Oh and I will be doing a workshop whilst there too. I have really missed teaching, so am very much looking forward to that again as well.

Okay so this weeks challenge is a gorgeous colour combo. I think you will like this one… I surely love it!

One of the mum’s at the kids school turned 40 yesterday, and I was asked if I could make a group card for everyone to sign. I always struggle with these BIG cards, but I was pleasantly surprised with how this one turned out especially considering that my Mojo is missing!

Here it is:

It looks better in real life, those flowers really pop.

Now you can be inspired by the amazing Design team! On that note, I need to let you all know that Teneale is leaving the DT…… yes I know very sad indeed. With her amazing new job, and SU business there is not a whole lot of time spare and sometimes we have to let go of commitments (I know all about that)! So whilst we are very sad to let Teneale go, we want to say a very BIG thank you for all her amazing inspiration over the past 6 months and wish her all the very best. I will let you all know next week how we will work out her replacement

Check out the DT super stars!

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the InLinkz below.

You have until the Thursday the 23rd September midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 24th September in the afternoon.

I hope you all have a blessed weekend!

MWAH!

Hey there peeps,

Well the challenge has been rounded up and I have picked the winners……It was sooooooo super excited to see so many people play this week. I have seen the challenges reallly dwindle of late and was even contemplating stopping them if no one was really interested anymore. As you know there are so many challenge blogs out there now. But you have all inspired me to keep going and hopefully we will have more inspiration each week….may b that new SU catty has something to do with it. There is nothing more inspiring that new rubbah!

Man it was really hard to pick a winner this week, as I am sure you can all tell! But this week I was really stunned by this adorable hand made paper flower by Sharnee Torrents, and not to mention her colour combo as well….. a wonderful combination.

This weeks honourable mention is another adorable card, this time by Shirley McAvoy. I loved Shirley’s clever use of the dsp to get the flowers in the background and then the folded paper flowers is adorable as well…. Well done Shirley!

Thanks again everyone for all your amazing creative entries, they sure were amazing! Hope you all have a wonderful day

Hey there peoples,

You are probably wondering what happened to me…right? Well I have been here, but I have been searching high and low for my camera cable to transfer my photos to my computer. Do you think I could find it? of course not, that would be too easy!

So I have a beautiful sample to show you, but can’t get to it….. bummer. Anyway I hope to head out tomorrow to buy a new cable, but thought I better get the newest challenge up so you can do your links etc….

Here is the fun sketch to work with:

Here is my creation at last! For my birthday i received a gorgeous card from the lovely Ann Gerlach and it had this adorable punch art Hippo on there. Now I am not usually into punch art, but this hippo was adorable, and I wanted to see if s

he was easy to make Oh yes she is!

Cute huh? Thanks to Ann for the inspiration, because I certainly need it at the moment! If one of you find my MOJO out there, please tell it to high tail it home again because I seriously miss it! Hopefully I get to stamp again soon, that is after the tax is lodged, my uni application done, dentist x-rays, rellies over visiting for dinner, parent teacher interviews….. you get the picture! aarrgghh…..one day soon I hope

Be sure to check out the fabulous Design Team entries too!

Teneale

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the InLinkz below.

You have until the Thursday the 16th September midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 17th September in the afternoon.

I will be back with my sketch creation and last weeks challenge winners in a minute!

Hey Peeps,

Boy oh boy, i feel like my life is whizzing by without me present at the moment! I flew in at 4am on Tuesday morning from Perth, and then at 6am Wednesday morning (26 hours later) drove 7 school kids to Chillagoe for their year 5 school camp, which i have just come back from! It was so great to be in Perth to see family and friends, and then to also spend time with my daughter Tiarne and her teacher and school friends on camp.

So whilst I wish this was a new post telling you all about what has been going on in details along with deets of the Stamp-a-thon, and this week challenges……I am beyond exhausted right now!

Can I please ask for a wee bit of patience, and promise I will be back here tomorrow with the challenge winner, the new challenge and a update on all that has transpired in the past 2 weeks?!

Right now I am looking forward to life getting back to normal progression, oh and maybe getting to stamp again some day??!! Off to catch up on some well needed sleep!

See ya soon peeps,

Love to all……

Hey there peeps,

Greetings from Perth……It has been a very big week for me! I flew to Perth on Sunday night and haven’t stopped since! Elijah had his kidney surgery on Tuesday and all went well. He is rather tired and sore, but recovery as best as can be expected. I have been having a wonderful time catching up with family and friends as well, which is always special when you haven’t seen them for a while

Then tomorrow is the big Stamp-a-thon day for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. We have 100 ladies coming for a fun filled day of stamping, snacking and chatting…….should be a great day! I can’t wait.

So onto other business……this weeks challenge! This week we have a colour challenge for you all. I didn’t quite get to stamp before I left, but the fabulous Karen Thomas my dear friend has stepped in as Guest Designer this week and provided some wonderful inspiration for you all.

Here are your colours to work with:

Here is our very talented Guest Designer, Karen Thomas’s fabulous colour creation….

And then of course all the details…….

Be sure to check out the fabulous Design Team entries too!

Teneale

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Want to play along? - here are some guidelines.

If you would like to play along, all you need to do is follow the directions:

1. Make your creation following the challenge ie, sketch, colour, or inspiration image.

2. Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like Splitcoast Stampers, with a direct link back to the post on this website, so that others viewing the post will know where the challenge has come from, and it is courtesy to do so.

3. Then come back to this post so that you can add your name and link in the InLinkz below.

You have until the Thursday the 26th August midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 27th August in the afternoon.

Have yourselves a fabulous weekend, and I of course look forward to filling you in on all the Stamp-a-thon news early next week, once I have recovered! lol!