Hey all,

Well at last I have this post up for you! I tell ya I never knew being an Apple Mac virgin would be so hard, but I am slowly getting there……slowly being the operative word! A very BIG thanks to my gorgeous sister in law Claire who has happily taken my phone calls of distress and walked me through all the steps. It all seems quite easy now, and I actually have managed to learn quite a few commands. So fingers crossed that is an end to the stress, and I can look forward to getting right in there from now on!

Thanks again for your patience…..(starting to feel like a stuck record now!) but i do truly appreciate it! Hopefully now that my craft room is set up, and I have this computer reasonably sorted, I can be right back in there with bells on! Phew!

Okay so I have had a lovely look-see at all your colour creations from the other week, and wow you guys really did that colour challenge justice…..love, love, LOVED your creations!!!

So for this weeks Inkspiration winner I chose this adorable card by Natasha Murray! I love this cute little critter that she created with some punches and think it is the perfect little guys card! Fabulous creation Natasha!!!

Then this weeks honourable mention goes to Fiona Harrison for this beautiful creation. I love how Fiona has added the lacy trim to the frame of the stamped image, and the wee little paperclip and ribbon for embellishment!

Of course there was lots of other fabulous creations, so be sure to check them out on the slide show. There were a couple of links that just didn’t work so if you don’t see your creation there, be sure to check you links after you have uploaded them

Thanks again to everyone who played along, and I look forward to seeing you newest creations!

Oh boy I am certainly pushing the bounds of friendship right now aren’t I!!!!

I have had nothing but trouble with the new computer today! On Friday my old laptop was taken into the Apple store to have all my data transferred over to my new MacBook, but they couldn’t get it done in a day as there was so much info to be transferred!!! Much to my dismay I had to wait till Monday to pick it up.

Today I have done that, only to now have lost all my emails that have been in my inbox awaiting replies, and none of my photos are ordered, and well I can’t seem to get anything sorted. I am just about ripping my hair out, no actually I am ripping my hair out!!!! I am heading right back to that store first thing tomorrow, so that I can get them to fix it, or show me the right direction! I tell ya it all looks so easy in the store when they are showing you all the swanky things it can do!

So anyway please be patient with me, and hopefully I will have this computer all sorted by tomorrow~! Seeing as I am having such difficulty I am going to extend this weeks challenge by a week, so you can take your time playing along, and then of course can link your creation as soon as I can get that post up for you all!

Right I am off to have a beer, and talk myself down off the ledge!

Talk soon, and I love ya for being patient…. *wink*

Hey everyone!

I hope you are all well! I am just sneeking out from under the barrage of boxes to quickly let you know that the new challenge post will be up first thing tomorrow morning rather than this afternoon.

Rod has very kindly bought me a brand new Apple Mac laptop (soooooo excited about that) but my current laptop is booked in for the day to have all the info on this one dumped onto the new Macbook. So whilst I would love to be posting, i won’t have my computer to work with today! Sorry about that, but on a good note I will have a hand stamped creation for you tomorrow morning. The new craft room is coming together really nicely, and I am sooooo looking forward to putting ink to paper today!!!

The DT gals will all be going ahead with their posts this afternoon, so be sure to pop on over to their sites so you can get a head start on the challenge.

Hope you have a great day, and i look forward to sharing with you all in the morning!

Hugs,

Hey again,

I am counting….Yup counting down till I can get my hot little hands on some ink and rubber! Today it will be 3 more days. We will be moving (again!) on Monday and our sea container will be delivered that day too…..Oh whilst it will be wonderful to see our stuff again, it is going to be a HUGE job getting it all unpacked. Whilst I would love to unpack the stamps and ink first, I think I am going to have to make sure my kids have beds to sleep in that night first! Hopefully it won’t be too much longer.

So this week we have a Colour Challenge for you and I hope you enjoy this mix up!

I will be really interested to see what you come up with, using these colours!!! I don’t have a sample for ya but will do my upmost to whip one up, once my gear is unpacked!

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 18th February midnight to get your entries linked.

I will be announcing the winner and honourable mention on Friday the 19th February in the afternoon.

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!!!!