Hey Peeps,

WOW so great to have so many play along with the Challenge this week and some newbies too, - we all love that! So many amazing creations too! There are 60 creations in the Slide show, so be sure to check them out.

Man ‘O Man it is really hard to pick a winner though…….yikes! It would be easier if I put it to vote! LOL!

Now after much deliberation, i finally picked this wonderful creation from Teneale Williams! WE all know Teneale is one AMAZING stamper and it is no wonder she teaches it as her full time job. I was super excited to see Teneale play along with the Inskpirations challenges for the time too. Here is her delightful, and pretty monochromatic creation.

Next up the Honourable mention, and well I picked this fun and pretty creation by Janice Klass (another first player for the Inkspirations Challenges!) A beautiful colour combo, and perfectly and neatly put together.. Well done Janice!

See goes to show that you can be a new challenge player and win! So don’t be shy, play along with the next one!

Thanks again to everyone who played along this week, I really appreciate it, and I had a blast seeing all your amazing work! I hope you can join us for the next one.

Hey all,

wowza, where is this week going? I was lucky enough to sit and stamp on Sunday night as I was nursing me ear infection and I can hardly believe it has taken me till Friday to get a post up, and show you what I made! Anyhoo, that is just how life goes sometimes. I need to get into a new routine for taking the photo shots. As of yet, I am still look for the perfect place that has great lighting and that I don’t have to set up every single time I want to photograph something I have made.  Because of the mountain right behind us, the best light is in the afternoon, but then I am usually doing homework with the kids, and getting dinner started. I will have spend some time thinking about this one

Anyway, i have had some sketch fun this week, and here is what i got up to:

First off I did Taylor’s sketch. I am not really enamoured with this one, it is an average creations, but hey i tend to always have that when I sit down to the stamp, the first creation I make is always just average……do you get that too? or is it just me?

Here it is…..you be the judge!

For this card I have used the Nook and Pantry DSP from Basic Grey, and Taylor’s own stamp set called, “For the love of cupcakes” The ribbon and punch outs are from Stampin’Up.

Next off I made a fun creation using Jen Delmuro’s sketch for you to try:

I LURVE these wee cute turtle tots from Stampingbella. I have used some My minds eye DSP, along with the red spotty ribbon from Stampin’Up.

Next up I stamped this cutie for the All that scraps dots and stripes challenge and I used Splitcoaststampers sketch for the week. I love this stamps and always have a blast colouring it in with my Copic markers. The DSP is from the Love Sparkles scrapbooking kit from Stampin’Up.

and here is a close up:

AND then the lucky last is a masculine card i made using the colour challenge from Splitcoaststampers from this past week. The colours were Basic grey, Crushed curry, Always artichoke and a Neutral colour. Definitely a different mix and this is what I came up with:

So yeah i have been doing a little stamping, and WOW it feels sooooo good! Each day I am itching to get back into my new stamp room and pull out the ink and rubber. Talking of my new stamp room, I took some pictures so that you can have a little look see of where I am when i create. It is perfect for what I need, and I am just using a hodgepodge of furniture (ie a trestle table and old computer desk) at the moment until we get the house built and I can go back to having custom build cabinets etc…. I had that at the last place, but because it was built in, I had to leave it behind….. Ah well I am sure at the new house that we will build I will have a fabulous set up, and with a view too!

Here is my new room…..

This is from the doorway….

My computer desk with my brand new puter, whom I have named Maisie Mac….

My converted book shelves that now house my stamps and ribbon…..

My paper and punch storage! I had built in filing cabinets drawers in my old craft desk so I had to find a new way to store my file folders of cardstock. The day we moved we had a Corona beer box and I discovered that the file folders fitted perfectly! So what did I do? Went out and bought two new cases of beer for the boxes….(okay I confess to having drunk a few of the boxes contents to……but only a few, I promise!

So there you go, now you can visualize where I am at when I stamp and sing along to my iPod with my mug of tea.

I will be back with the Challenge winner, and new post for ya in a bit….

Ciao,

hey again,

who is all up and ready for a new challenge? It has been so hot here in Australia this past week, and I know that it is rather hard to sit and stamp when you are hot and sweaty, that is unless of course you have an air conditioner blowing right in your face! Maybe we will get lots of players from the other side of the continent where it is so cold right now, that snuggling up in the craft space it nice and cozy.

Anyway no matter where you are in this wide world, we would love to you to join in and play along this week. We have a sketch for you this week, and these are usually the most popular…..is that cuz they are easier? who knows, but I do hope you like this one!

Here is the sketch for you:

The image in the centre is something you can stamp and make pop in the square

Now I have my sample all ready to go for you, but would you believe that this afternoon (when i got back from the swimming carnival, i went to take a photo of it, and what do you know?….the camera battery is dead!) so I have that charging right now, and at first light in the morning I will pop it up for you,

ETA: Hey again, here is my sample for you! I wanted to get it up first thing this morning when the battery for my camera was charged, but I have been up most the night with a nasty ear infection! So I had to head out to the doctors to get antibiotics and drops first thing. Man’0 man ear infections are painful. The doc tells me it is that time of year in the tropics and that they are really common during the wet season…..hmm now that is something i didn’t know! So whilst I would love to be stamping today, I think I will be catching up on some sleep instead.

I made this card for my new hair dresser here in Cairns. This week i actually had my hair straightened! (now that is a whole other post!) But I wanted to send her a little thank you card, because she asked me to come in a few days later to have it washed and blow dried for free……..a girl can always do with a bit of pampering and how much nicer when it is FREE too! so yeah, just a little thank you card. The image is from Stampingbella, and the greeting, that being the word Diva came with it, I hand wrote the word Hair (hope it isn’t too noticeable!) The dsp that I used is from, My mind’s eye. Good fun….

Check out the DT’s creations and be inspired!

here are the links to their creations:

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 Mr. Linky!

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

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

I have lots more to share with you too, so hope to be back with that tomorrow, after our 3:30am trip to the airport to pick up Rod’s parents who are coming for a visit.

have a goodie!

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!