Loads of Love Birthday Card

I am not really that fussed with this card and I nearly binned it but my class ladies liked it and wanted to make one..I have used the car from Loads of Love and the balloon from Crazy for Cupcakes..the puffs of smoke are from Boatloads of Love

Pop Up Birthday Card

This little hippo is so cute ..I love using her on birthday cards... for the front I stamped the balloon from Crazy For Cupcakes and placed the hippo in front of that...she is from Pun Fun....Love that set!

On the inside there are balloons which pop up when you open the card...I just made this by playing around..I am sure there are lots of ways to make cards like this but mine is a regular card scored with a thin spine as you would do when covering a notebook. The pop up piece is cut from another piece of cardstock stuck to the inside. I rolled the bottom of the card with Retro Remix and added a sentiment from Heard from the heart

* I would like to thank all the wonderful ladies who attend my classes who very generously donated goods to the flood effort. I dropped them off at the Dream Centre in Carrara and they were very grateful. In all we collected two washing baskets (overflowing) full of toothpastes, toothbrushes, hair brushes, deoderants, shampoos, conditioners, cleaning products, gloves, garbage bags, scrubbing brushes, soap, cloths...the list goes on...hard to believe we achieved that within our small group all in just a couple of days...thankyou all for your kindness..after watching all the footage on TV about the clean up of Brisbane I have to say I am very proud to call myself a Queenslander...the number of volunteers has been astounding, I get a lump in my throat when I see complete strangers helping others...we are all mates after all. I feel so sad for all those who lost family and friends in the floods...there are no words for grief like that

Birthday Wishes

I have made this for my sisters birthday...she isn't into girly colours so I used Love Letters designer paper with Riding Hood Red, Basic Black and Very Vanilla..the stamps are from Crazy For Cupcakes...what a dreadful photo...I had to resort to taking it inside with a flash because I could be dead before this rotten rain eases up...I can't remember it ever being so wet!

And now I would like to wish my beautiful grand daughters a happy birthday....This is little Ella who was four yesterday xxxxx

And baby sister Sophie is one today...happy birthday "Soapy"!

It isn't big sister Emily's birthday but I will give her a mention too..mwah Emsy xx

This is the three of them a year ago...they sure do grow up fast!

Share a Cup and other Bits and Bobs

What a busy week this has been!! I have done classes on Monday night, Wednesday, Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night and finished the week with a workshop today....I am buggared!

So here are a few of the things I made this week starting with a penny spinner card we made with the grasshopper from the Cute as a Bug set...we had made something similar in the kids class and the adults liked it so I did this version with them..you just can't help but sit there for ages tipping it from side to side to see it roll around ...or is that just me??

I was busting to use this  little cup from the new Mini...Share a Cup is only $11.95 and such a sweet little stamp...The label is one of the sizzlets from the 4 pack of dies..love love love, I have a sore arm from cranking out dozens of these little babies!

Hmm...also had to treat myself to the new very vintage jumbo wheel...hard to stuff this one up as the design is so abstract it forgives a million sins....so yes...made for me....and there is that awesome little All a Flutter butterfly again...stamped on vellum cardstock

Just wanted to zoom in and show you how pretty those sizzlet labels are...unfortunately it also shows up my naff cutting of the butterfly...reading glasses next time!

and just for fun a clip thingo for a photo holder..I grabbed the first photo I laid hands on in my photo box...My grand daughter Emily when she was six months old.....awwww...she is nearly seven now with blonde curly hair half way down her back!

Finally...because I have been neglecting all the stamp sets that have worked their way down to the bottom of the pile I dragged out Crazy For Cupcakes and used the in your face colour combo of Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquoise and Melon Mambo..I am not really a fan of bright colours normally but these a happy colours...(scuse the stand in clip...my order hasn't arrived)

And now I think I have eaned a nice hot cup of coffee and something sweet....but before I go I would just like to thank all the lovely ladies who regularly attend my classes....they dont care if I wear my PJ's or sing badly...they just keep on coming back....see you next week girls!