Forever Friends Christmas

Hey folks

YEAH it's Friday which means I'm not at work and not thinking about building websites or rewriting content (blogging doesn't count!). So I decided to have some fun with my new Forever Friends stamps and get a head start on Christmas cards. Who knows maybe I'll even send them out this year LOL!

This was super quick to colour and would have been quick to put together if I'd been able to decide on the papers!

Supplies
Stamps: Forever Friends Christmas Stamps available at Picture2Page
Copics: E40, E50, E51, E53, R85, R83, R81, YG11, W1
Paper: Kaiser Christmas Carnival


Dee and I are off to a Girls Night In scrapping workshop tonight to raise money for breast cancer, so hopefully I'll have some goodies to share a little later on.  For now it's off to make some cupcakes to take with me!

Have a great day
Kirsty

The holidays are over...

It's back to school tomorrow and it feels like this week has flown by! We've had a fantastic weekend with family and friends at Glenburn to celebrate my mother in laws 60th birthday.  It was such a beautiful sunny day and it was so nice to have one of the family's big get togethers there again. It's the first one since the horrible fires earlier in the year.

After last weeks much needed rain the place is looking greener and Bronwen has been busy replanting all her garden beds, so it's starting to look a little brighter. Although I'm sure it will be years before we see it as it was before.  There was around 60 - 70 people there yesterday and it was great to see the kids running around kicking the ball and everyone enjoying the day.

I've been working today :( so I promised the kids my undivided attention for Australian Idol (a weekly Kirsty and the kids ritual). Now that everyone's asleep and all ready for tomorrow I'm can sit down and finally post the cards that have been sitting on my desk for days... but better late than never!

This gorgeous stamp has the same name as my little girl, so it was a must have!  I just love fairies, so much so that I even have a tattoo. It think it's because they look so sweet and innocent but really they're a little bit mischievous underneath!  It's a fairly simple card, I'm still just playing with my ever growing collection of copics (favourite new toy much??)

As a side note; at the insistence of my seven year old I've just got Kate Miller Heidke's new CD, not bad at all, if you haven't already heard it it's definitely worth a listen! Kudos to the kid for liking stuff a little left of centre:-) Now on to the next card...

I love this little guy! This stamp was responsible for a 'should I, shouldn't I' that seemed to go on for ages. As you can see I caved and bought it.  When I see it stamped, why oh why did I even think twice!

Now that everything's back to normal I hope to have some more time to stamp. My dear friends Bron and Dee are coming on Tuesday for a long overdue bad food and stamping night!  We're always hopeful of creating at least one card but the talking always seems to get in the way LOL.  Be sure to visit again soon and see if we actually come up with anything!

til next time, hugs

It's been a while...

It's been crazy busy around here lately and DarkArts has definitely been neglected!  The kids are on school holidays, I've been working a little extra and I'm choked with the cold, so it doesn't really make for a very productive household!

What I have been doing is colouring some of the new stamps I bought at the 'From Picture 2 Page' scrapbooking expo last week.  As a self-confessed shopaholic I was very impressed with myself.  I actually made it all the way around without spending a cent...until I got  to the very end.   There were so many beautiful stamps at the Heavenscent stand and I just couldn't decide..so whats a girl to do?  Over the next day or two I intend to spend some time putting the cards together so I can share my latest 'must haves' LOL!

Here are my first two



It's my Dad's birthday today and one of the things I love about my dad is his ability to make me and everyone  else around him laugh.  I grew up in a house filled with laughter, good fun and great comedy and I wanted to make him a card that was fun! In the card above I used Art Impressions 'Golden Oldies' Dive In stamp with SU card stock and dsp.  The image is coloured with copics.



This gorgeous stamp is from Stampavie and was too cute to pass up.  The card is a case of one I saw at the HeavenScent stand at the expo.  I've used my Cuttlebug embossing folder to emboss some Old Olive card from SU and combined it with some red ribbon and card from PaperTrey Ink.  I also stamped the sentiment on the ribbon with my palette ink.

That's all I've got finished for now, but I don't think I can resist a Mojo Monday challenge so check back tomorrow for more!

hugs

Super Stampers Christmas Swap

Here is a card I finished yesterday for a christmas swap I took part in.  My lovely upline Karen Woods organises these swaps and I love getting my bundle of cards back in the mail.  It's so nice to see everyone's creations.  Anyway here is my card..the ribbon is a little different because I ran out of baja grosgrain, so for mine I had to improvise!



Supplies: Season of Joy & So Swirly stamps, Baja Breeze & Whisper White cardstock, Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Red Riding Hood ink, Two Way Glue, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Corduroy Button, Round Tab Punch, Dimensonals, Sponge Dauber, White Satin Ribbon.

until next time,