Hey there!

Greetings from tropical Cairns…..I tell ya I am starting to love this place! The weather is beautiful, and the sights are mind blowing!

I have been enjoying a fabulous morning walk at the beach each day this week, and I tell ya, exercising has never been so easy with beautiful scenery all around. Over in the west coast we always see the sun go down over the ocean, not here, it is the complete opposite, and rises up over the ocean. After the breathtaking view one day, I just had to take the camera with me the next morning and whilst I had so many beautiful photos I narrowed it down to these couple, just to show you what I am yabbering about

Just before Sunrise

 Just peeking through…

Above the waterline…

Look at that reflection on the water!!! Just beautiful.

Now you know what I am talking about……

SO whilst i haven’t shown you creative card greatness, I hope this Creation greatness will suffice for now

But having said that, I do actually have some creative greatness to show you…..this weeks winners from teh Sketch challenge!

First up I have this wonderful creation made by Jen Timko….I love this colour combo Jen used, and her combination of stamp sets and that ribbon knot too!! Fabulous job Jen!!!

Then this weeks Honourable mention is a gorgeous creation by the very talented Susan Joyce! I always love Sue’s work and this week is no exception! Fab colour combo too Sue! I often find stamp stamps hard to create with, so you have done a great job with that Hello again stamp set Sue…. thanks for the inspiration!

Next up is a slide show of all the fabulous creations from the challenge this week! I didn’t get to give comment love this week, so please share some of that love around!!!

Thanks again to everyone who played along….YOU ROCK!!!!

HEY GANG!

WHOA, what a week it has been!!! This post is like 24 hours late, thanks to me not setting the post date correctly, and not having internet access to fix it! My sincerest apologies. I haven’t quite got to view all the challenge entries for this past week either yet, so I will do that asap, and get the challenge winners up for you!

You know I hate being unorganized, and letting people down, but with this whole move to the other side of the country, and not having my computer, stamps or anything else at my fingertips makes doing this all so hard! Anyway I am sure you can handle Keesh not putting in 100% for a couple of weeks, because I know you are all gorgeous and caring people!

So just a quick update before I give you the next challenge. We are still doing okay over here in the very beautiful Cairns. It is really warm this week, and hotter than usual here, but it isn’t bothering us too much, until you have to start doing some hard work

This week we were finally able to obtain a rental property, after much searching, an applications etc…..the only thing is that it is not available until the15th of February! ARGH, I am going to have to wait another 10 days of so till I see those rubber stamps!!! So seeing as we can’t move in just yet, we needed to find new temporary accommodation until then, as where we were staying is booked out. Thankfully we found a new house, a little more out of town, but it is a beautiful Holiday home with the works, so the kids are enjoying that.

All things are falling into place it is just taking time, and I have to say that it is testing my patience. Since selling in the middle of December everything has been all out of whack! Being a routine person, I struggle with things being all over the place. It is a good lesson in learning how to chill out, that is for sure. But having said that, I look forward to being back into it all! I am sure you are looking forward to that too, and seeing some regular inspiration!!!

The kids are doing really well, and Janaya had her first day of kindergarten this week which was exciting. I will have to share photos really soon, as they are sooooo super cute. I can hardly believe that my youngest is now in school!!! I don’t think it has really hit me yet because Rod is still not working so I have always got someone around, but once he is gone and I am out on my own, it certainly will be different!!!

Okay so onto this weeks new challenge! You may have seen all the DT inspiration already, and I don’t doubt that it is amazing….Me I haven’t quite got a sample for you this week, as I still don’t have my stamps ( which is such a shame!) SO please be sure to see the DT gals for inspiration!

Okay so this week we have a Sketch challenge for you:

 Be sure to go and check out the Design Team members creations and give them some comment love!

Dawn

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Anthonette Chavez - Guest Designer

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 Mr. Linky!

You have until the Thursday the 11th February midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 12th February in the afternoon.

Have fun with this one!

Okay who is ready for another week of Challenge fun? I hope you are!

This week we have a different image which can be taken so many ways, so I am sure we will see lots of diversity with this one. Even my creation is a little different too!

Here is the Inspiration image for you:

Here you can go with something earthy, an invitation, wine glasses…..just let your imagination run with it!

This is my creation for this one, like I said it is a little different….

Be sure to go and check out the Design Team members creations and give them some comment love!

Dawn

Cindy

Kirsty

Renee

Chantelle

Sarah-Jane

Anthonette Chavez - Guest Designer

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 Mr. Linky!

You have until the Thursday the 4th February midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 5th February in the afternoon.

Have fun with this one!

Hey everyone,

Well it was so very exciting to see so many fun entries to the colour challenge this past week. I know I am loving getting back into the swing of things, and it seems you all are too!

This week we have the whole DT getting on board and giving us their votes for the best creation and of course we have a prize for each category this week as well.

Getting all the votes together, and without further adiou here are your winners for this week!!!

Big drum roll please……..

This masterpiece was made by the very talented Kim Badelt! Look at those amazing hand made flowers, and those adorable buttons as well! Love all the ribbon and the stitching is a gorgeous touch as well! Congratulations Kim, the DT and myself have chosen your creation to be the Inkspiration Winner, and you have scored yourself $100 of Stampin’Up product for free. I will be in touch asap to arrange that for you.

This gorgeous scrap page is by the lovley Jen Picard! Isn’t that photo just adorable!!! I love the  pretty flowers, and the use of that new scallop punch! What a fabulous use of the challenge colours as well! Congrats Jen on being this weeks Honourable mention! You will receive the brand new Butterfly prints stamp set from the Australian Summer mini catalog! Please email me Jen and give me your address so I can get them out to you in the post asap!

Please Congratulate the girls on their amazing winning entries and give them some comment love!

Of course it was hard to pick the winning entries, and I am sure you are keen to see all the other creations as well. So be sure to check out the slide show below where all the entries are shown!

Thanks again for playing along, and I hope you can join us again this week!

 Happy Friday Folks!

I am totally still in shock about our property sale! Thanks so much for your Congratulations, it means so much. Reality has really hit home, and well it is now out with the lists, and to- do’s and what not, if we are to get to Cairns in time. We booked our, ONE WAY flights……that was pretty weird ordering them one way!!!  We are now scheduled to fly out of Perth on Tuesday the 19th January at 10:50pm and will arrive in the early hours of the Wednesday! Now that really does make it real, and there is so much to do yet. I feel good about what we have managed to get done so far, but I still have these mini panics, and keep asking myself, “what are we doing?” It is so foreign for us to leave the place you have always called home. We have both grown up in Perth and have our families here, so yeah it will be quite the adjustment. I will just have to take it one day at a time

So can you believe it is the end of the year? Crazy huh? Well it is also that end of the Inkspirations challenges for 2009 too. I was so pleased so many of you managed to get a gorgeous creation done considering it is that crazy time of year……so thank you!

Going through the entries and picking one, each week is really hard - you are all so good! This weeks Inkspirations winner is Genevieve, with her gorgeous owl creation! I also love how she has turned the sketch into a long card as well! Just gorgeous Genevieve!

Then this weeks honourable mention is Denise Marzec! I love how Denise has worked the sketch into a recipe card! How clever of her, and I love the DSP and stamp Denise has used too!

Again here is the slide show of all the challenge entries from this week! Be sure to check them out.

Once again I would like to say a very BIG thank you to everyone that took the time to participate in the Inkspirations Challenges this year! I have had a great time, and I hope you have too! We will be back on the 15th of January for the first challenge of the New Year!

Have a great night and thanks for stopping by!