Hey Jude

OMG how cute is this!!!!!

Talking Twin Babies - PART 2 - OFFICIAL VIDEO

This just cracks me up!!! It makes me smile so I wanted to share it with you too!
x Tania

Just Add Ink #71

HONEY - I'M HOME!!!!!!!!!!
It's been a while, but I finally, finally found some mojo this week! Maybe it was the break. Maybe it was school holidays and having some extra time - who knows - but I think it might be back and I'm not complaining!!!
I spent the day today sorting out my craft room - emptying containers full of all sorts of things that I once thought I'd use and just re-organising - and it felt SOOOOO good!!! Im going to sleep well tonight knowing it's done.
Anyway, earlier in the week I decided to enter this weeks Just Add Ink Challenge - which was Just Add Black and White. I CASE'd this idea from one of the Stampin Up catelogues - I've been using them as my "muse" this week...why not! Everything in the catalogues is just so yummy!



stamps: kimono kids
cardstock: textured basic black, whisper white
ink: basic black
silver string, wooden pegs, dot embossing

Charlotte's Build-A-Bear

Charlotte was a very lucky-ducky on our first day in Melbourne when our friend Naomi took us to Build-A-Bear where Miss C got to choose a un-stuffed toy to stuff.

She chose a cat.

She got to step on the pedal to allow the stuffing to fly into her cat.Here she is choosing a "heart" which was lovingly placed inside the cat before stitching the back up. Of course she couldn't just carry her "Chloe the cat" out of the shop in her arms - we HAD to get a carry thingy.....too cute! Highly recommend taking a little person for a treat or reward for sure!
Apologies for quality of photo's - taken with the trusty old iphone!

Our Melbourne Trip

Mae Collins, Charlotte Gould and Bronwyn Eastley - after arriving at Melbourne Airport and all meeting up!

Some of the Just Add Ink team.

Charlotte - thoroughly thrilled to FINALLY get to play my iphone games that I kept for this special occasion!

A few more of the Just Add Ink team!

Our "papparazzi"!

Little girl in a big city!

Waiting for a tram - in the middle of the road - which Charlotte was chuffed about!

Wedding Favours

I was asked by the Bride-to-be Alice, a while ago to whip up some pillow boxes for her wedding......and whip them up I did! I'm pretty sure I even did them in my sleep at night! It was my first real time of making something for an occasion such as a wedding - at least for someone else anyway! It was a success and they suited the wedding perfectly!Inside these little beauties were yummo pink/red Jelly Belly's...mmm!!

And here is the wedding card that I made Shannon & Alice....you may have seen this card in one of the latest Stampin' Up Impressions magazine. It was too beautiful not to CASE!Apoligies for the dark photos - again.

Just Add Ink 63 - Inspiration Photo

Time to get inspired....by this photo!Now I thought this was the impossible - "How can I get inspired by THAT photo?!" I asked myself! So I focused on the girls frill-thing that's around their necks and made a Scallop Punch flower by punching out about 4 scallops and rolled them tight into a ball to soften the fibres. I then split each one - so I then had 8. I then punched a hole through the middle of them all, attached a small brad and then one by one, scrumpled each layer so it kind of resembled a flower! lol

I am currently making 100+ pillow boxes for an upcoming wedding, so I think I had pillow boxes stuck in my brain this week! Anyway, hope it inspires you, too, to make some pillow boxes. This one is going to my daughter because she appreciated the "brightness" of it! lol Though I can't guarantee there will be any Jelly Beans left in it!

Gorge In Flood

Here are two photos I took tonight while Charlotte and I were out and about looking at the flood areas in our little town of Launceston.
It was my first attempt at capturing "moving water".

Just Add Ink - Just Add STAMPS!

Just Add Stamps? What? How? OUCH!!!
This little number was so difficult to make cos all I wanted to do was "tizz"! Tizz with ribbons, or punches, or dies, or bling.....agghh!!!
But I'm happy with what I produced. I wanted it to look "old and loved"...just like me! haha ok that was a tad corny I know!
Pop over to see the rest of the amazing Design Teams "Just Add Stamps" and get some ideas!

Just Add Ink #58

It's the end of an era and the beginning of another one at Just Add Ink.
This weeks challenge is to CASE the amazing Danielle Daws and Amanda Reddicliffe to showcase some of their wonderful work.
I chose this cute little card from Danielle's blog - you can see hers here.
A big thank you to Danielle and Amanda for the past year or more and all they have done for Just Add Ink. It's been a real treat to work with you and I truly hope to continue being friends!