Look what's been going on at our home!

Charlotte's 1st (successful) plant!

Love this creative little hammock! These 2 babies had to stay there all day (chairs in the middle of the room) cos they were still "sleeping"!

Many random corn plants growing at all different stages! (clever, I know!)

The yummiest, most-tender broad beans ever!

Can't wait for this little beauties - zucchini's!

Dinner tonight!!!

Teacher's Thank You Presents

Today, Charlotte and I gave her Kindy teacher and teacher's aide these little boxes fill with homemade rocky-road and coconut ice!

The Baja Breeze set was for the teacher, Mrs. Emma Folo, and it kind of made her cry!
She's been such a wonderful 1st teacher for Charlotte and I am truly grateful for her fun, positive personality that has made Charlotte's year such an awesome one!

This red/black set was given to the wonderful Mrs. Colleen Peardon. Charlotte did a bit of investigating earlier in the week and found out that Mrs. Folo's favourite colour was blue and Mrs. Peardon's favourite colour was red! That made things a bit simpler!

The girls at Just Add Ink participated in a Secret Santa this year and my fabulous SS gave me a gift voucher for "My Time Made Easy" and this is one of the templates I purchased. You can find it here.

Welcome baby Patryk!

My BFF gave birth to a beautiful bouncing baby boy about 6 weeks ago and I only got to meet him for the first time yesterday - so so so exciting! Here's me with him.He was so beautiful and he fell asleep on my chest not long after this pic was taken- something that was extra-special for me as my little girl rarely ever went to sleep while I was holding her.
I found it very difficult to let him go but I did...it was the right thing to do! Little boys need their mums apparently!

Anyway, back to the card-stuff - here is yet another of my favourite baby-card!

You can see the other one I made and the CAS link too HERE.

Thanks for coming to have a little look!

stamps: nursery necessities"
cardstock: naturals ivory, night of navy, baja breeze
ink: night of navy
hemp twine, striped ribbon, scallop punch, dimensionals, sponge dauber

Gabby's 30th Birthday Card

My good friend's little sister, Gab, turned 30 the other day! 30!!!
She's been a good friend and I think she's just stunning and wonderful!
I wanted to give her a special little pressie to make her feel "special" so I gave her a beautiful black flower clip and some cocoa butter in a cute little leopard print bag AND this little card. I CAS'd the wonderful Tania Gould! If you haven't already, you should check out her blog here! ;)

You can find the tutorial to how I made the rose here.

I sprayed the rose with silver shimmer mist, several times. Actually, it was quite a few times, got a bit carried away! Love that stuff!

Thanks for popping by! Come again soon!

stamps: congrats, my favourite stamp set of all time, flourishes from kaiser
cardstock: basic black, melon mambo (agghh my last piece!), glossy white, whisper white
ink: basic black, versamark
clear embossing power, dimensionals, large flower punch, crystal effects, crimper, scallop punch

Make Someone Else Feel Happy Day/Week/Year

I often wonder "What if we all got along?" I wonder what the world would be like if we could put aside our differences? If we were kind to everyone? Everyone. No matter what. No matter what colour their skin. No matter how much money they have? No matter if they're not "cool-enough" or "trendy-enough" or "important-enough"?

What if we all worked together? If there were no hunger? No sadness? No hatred? No cruelty?

These kids have got it together. All sorts of kids. They're all different. They all get along. They're all working together. They're happy. They're safe. They're SMILING! And they're ALL different!!!

I wish we could all work together - and not against each other?

The World is a small place and we're only here for a short time, so no matter where you think you're going afterwards, lets all do our part to make this world a better place!

What can you do today to do your part?
What can YOU do to make Someone Else Feel Happy today?

This card was made for the Just Add Ink Challenge #47.
stamps: all in the family, just believe
ink: black stazon, versamark
cardstock: confetti white, basic grey
brights & regal dsp patterns stack, clear embossing powder, stamp-a-ma-jig (thank God for stamp-a-ma-jigs!)

Shimmery-Rosey-Pretty Petal Pocket Handbag!

I'm having so much fun using some of Lauren Meader's wonderful templates!

This little handbag is called "Pretty Petal Pocket" and you, too, can purchase her easy-to-follow template here for a great price of $5 only! Bargain I reckon! I'm making approx 1doz of these little cuties for my daughters upcoming birthday party (pics will be up soon!).

This one is made in Basic Black and the fabulous pink floral paper is from my local craft shop and its all shimmery and pearly and just so so yummy! I love it! This rose, is actually my very 1st one I attempted to make at my friend Rochelle's house. It is Melon Mambo with pink glimmer mist sprayed all over to give it a real "shimmer! Love it!!!!

The black ribbon is a non-SU grosgrain & I have used Stampin' Ups Sticky Strip to ensure the bag definitely stays together! LOVE Sticky Strip - and I've almost run out too!!!

Thanks for coming to have a little look! I love having you visit my blog!

Milk Made Card Set

My eyes have been opened! Finally! To the world of "printing"! Me and my printer are finally on the same wavelength and we both haven't looked back since!
I've had a creative few days - it's really helped take my mind of a few stressful things - nothing like cranking up some music and disappearing for a while then resurfacing with something you've made! So here is my next bit of "creativeness" I would like to share with you: OMG I am SO in love with this printable template - "Milk Made" little carton & crateI was totally inspired by Lauren Meaders one - absolutely LOVE her style! You can see it here. As she did as well, I have joined 2 crates together here to make a square.
Inside the 2 cartons, I have printed off some little cards that have some "suggestions" on them. Also, I am going to include some postage stamps and some matching little gift cards (kinda got distracted making my next project so haven't made the tags yet, but I will!).
I want the gift-receiver to be able to pull out a card at any time and feel inspired to do something nice. For example I have typed up ones like:
- "Invite someone over for a coffee"
- "Send someone an I Miss You card"
- "Tell someone how special they are to you".

These little gift cards are the perfect size to send someone a little note or to attach to a gift or flowers.I have made 10 little gifts and have included envelopes in the crate as well.
I want it to be a "one-stop shop" for someone to send some love and thoughts to someone else! If only we all did this more often!
Thanks for coming to look! I hope to make 2 more of these for Charlotte's school teachers so if I do, I'll pop them on to!

stamps: just believe, hello again, friends 24-7
ink: early espresso, pear pizzazz, versamark
cardstock: early espresso, confetti white, pear pizzazz
pear pizzazz 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon, dimensionals, hemp twine, 1 3/4" oval large punch, non su butterfly die, basic pearls

A Present For Charlotte

Hello! It's a dark, windy, rainy night here & I've been sitting here in my comfy armchair editing pics and watching Oprah's "Sound Of Music" special! All that is missing is some chocolate! I wanted to share with you something special I've recently made.

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Inside this little number is a very special gift for my almost 5yr old daughter! (oh & can someone please tell me where my baby has gone?)

It's such a tiny little gift that I wanted to make the packaging a little extra special. I had bought these plain noodle boxes about 2yrs ago and haven't used 1 (until now!).
I covered it in the most delicious paper that I purchased from my local - it has a pearl-look to it - rather decadent I think!
What do you think the little present is? Who can guess right!?
(The present is approx. 3cm high)

Thanks for coming to look! Can't wait to see if anyone guesses right!

Just Add Ink - SWAP HOP!

Us girlys at Just Add Ink recently had a Card Swap between us where we each made a card for every team member and then sent them to each other.
It was SO nice to receive a little something from each amazing Just Add Ink'er and I was so amazed at everyone's talent/s!
We wanted to share them all with you guys so below it my contribution. I just couldn't help but be inspired but this one.

cardstock: confetti white, baja breeze, pale plum, night of navy
ink: night of navy, whisper white
stamps: elements of style, perfect punches
spritzer, sponges, top note die, crimper, white organza ribbon, dimensionals

You can click on the Just Add Ink Swap Hop button below to visit the next fab team member, Delys Cram and then at Delys' you can "hop" to the next team members blog! How fab is that!

Thanks for being part of our special Swap Hop! Enjoy the rest of it!

Teacher's Thank You Set

I've been doing a short course at my local "TAFE" and it's been such a good thing for me! I have learnt so much and made some lovely friends and as much as I've enjoyed the last 4 months, I'm ready to move on to bigger and better things next year!

The "teacher", Georgie, has been so wonderful. She has a real casual approach to teaching which made us all feel right at home with her. I wanted to give her a little "thank you" for making my transition into the "real" world such a smooth and exciting one! This is what I made for her:

I had no idea what colours she likes, and I started making about half a dozen of these in various colours, but in the end, settled for these. I absolutely love Andrea Walford's creations and CASE'd this one here. I love Pear Pizzazz! So so pretty!

This is a little Tucked-Away box and it's filled with yummy Lindt balls! Mmmm!!!!! You can see how I made ths rose here.Thanks for coming by for a look! Leave a comment so I can come visit you too!

stamps: good friend, yummy
cardstock: gloss white, In Colour DSP Patterns Stack, Baja Breeze
ink: black stazon, versamark, peac parfait
clear embossing power, clear rhinestone brads, peach parfait 1/2" stitched-poly ribbon, tangerine tango felt flower, baja breeze felt flower, black stick-on thingy (!), dimensionals, fancy flower extra-large punch, neutrals designer button, crystal effects, silver glimmer mist