Hey there everyone!

By now I assume you are all well and truly into the festive season! Hard to believe really that it is Christmas Eve already.

We are all packed and ready to head off on our camping trip. The rain has set in so it is sure to be an adventure!

I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a truly joyful Christmas with family and friends… whichever side of the world you are on! Thanks again for another year of stamping, sharing and many laughs, i really appreciate all of you who come by and also give encouragement through your comments and emails.

From all us Byls…

See you all in the New Year!

Take care, and God Bless!

Hey peeps!

Well after several emails asking for this Rocky Road recipe, here it is. It does come with a warning though….. BEWARE! Highly addictive! I make sure i only make it at Christmas time so it is a treat and something we look forward to….

Ingredients:

2 pks Nestle Milk melts

1 pk pascalls marshmallows

1 pk Allens rasberries

250gms unsalted peanuts

Method:

Get a large lamington tray, and lay in the peanuts, marshmallows, and raspberries over the base. Melt your chocolate buds in the microwave. Pour the melted chocolate over the other ingredients. You will need a spatula to spread the melted chocolate until all the nuts, marshmallows, and raspberries are al covered with chocolate. Refrigerate until set. Remove from pan and cut into inch size bite pieces. Nestle melts are definitely the best! Best kept in the fridge…

ENJOY!

Hey there people,

Welcome to my blog and the very first stop on the Inkspirations Blog Tour! This is Inkspirations very first Blog tour and so we are so excited about this event. We have a cracker line up, so you will want to be sure you pop on past each stop and give some comment love

As a papercrafter, we love the fact that you are not limited to just cards and scrapbooking, No we love that you can also make all sorts of 3D items, gifts etc…. SO, I think you will be inspired for your own Christmas gifts this year by seeing all the fab creations along the Tour.

So what did I make? Well this year for the end of school Teachers gifts, I whipped up these yummy mugs of goodies…..

I bought a jumbo mug:

I made a huge batch of home made Rocky road:

I loaded the Rocky road into the mugs and decorated them:

Here are the tags I made to go on them:

Easy peasy lemon squeezy! The teachers loved them, and I have to say I think they turned out rather cute

Okay so now on the Tour you need to pop on over to Renee’s Blog HERE and see her delightful creation!

Enjoy the Tour people!

Hey there peeps,

Don’t fall of your chair now that you are seeing a post! Nah actually I wouldn’t be surprised if you did fall of your chair, as that has been the state of things around here of late huh? I am happy to say that having the kids off for Summer vacation has really slowed my life down! I mean i struggle with the mess all four darlings make etc…. and all the noise, but they are happy and loving the summer break, so I gotta enjoy it right? Oh and I can’t deny I am loving the sleep ins too!

So with all this spare time…..cough, cough, I thought I better sit and stamp. I struggled for over a week to sit that butt down and pull out a stamp. I think that is called Stamper’s Block, well that is what I am calling it anyway I was so petrified and each time would think of something else I had to do and tottle off and do that instead. Well finally I thought to myself, “keesh you love to stamp, what is your problem?” so I sat and I stamped and struggled every single minute of it. I tell myself, ” go simple, start easy…..” well whilst that idea all sounds great the flow was just not happening.

Anyway it has taken me oh about 5 days to just photograph what I made to blog….see how enthralled i was to share it with you all!  I dug out my kraft cardstock to begin….. I see everyone make these stunning simple creations and love them, but coming from my hands they are very average!

Okay peeps, here are two of my creations crafting with some Kraft cardstock…..

First up some sweetness for ya:

And for the lovers of Chickadee’s…..

Love my PTI button stamp sets…. so versatile. So yeah not all that fantabulous, but hey you gotta start somewhere when it is so long between stamp handling huh? On the up side I sat down last night and coloured up two gorgeous Mo Manning images with my Copic markers and had a ball, so not all is lost people, there will be more stamping to come

Hope your having a goodie wherever you are!

Hey there peeps,

Yes you read right, Inkspirations is hosting it’s very first BLOG TOUR and we want you to play along and join in the fun!

WHEN: Friday 17th December 2010

WHERE: Inkspirations Challenges Website to begin and then many other fun places along the way!

Would you like to play along?

The Blog Tour will display all sorts of 3D Christmas gift ideas, and we would love to see what you have been making this year for you all your Christmas cheer, gift and surprises.

If you would like to play along and have everyone come and see what you have been up to on your blog, please email Me (Makeesha) at rmbyl@optusnet.com.au  by Monday 13th December 4pm (est) and I will add you to the Blog Tour list….You will then be given a confirmation and the following link after your blog!

We can’t wait for this fun event and look forward to you joining in on all the fun!