Happy Birthday to my boy!

 Today my baby boy is 36!  Where the heck has the time flown.   I can not believe I have a 36yr old - who is the father of two delightful little girls!

He is also a connoisseur of Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey - and that gave me my idea for his card.   

I search the internet for some images of Jack Daniels and printed this one out.  I due cut with a Spellbinders circle die and cut a scallop circle.   I took some light grey card and used Altenew 3D Masonry folder to add texture.  I search the dafont site and found one called "Bourbon Whiskey"  - it's a free font, so downloaded and typed the sentiments and die cut with Altenew dies.   He loved the card.  

Took some of my Christmas cards to work today and managed to sell around 17 of them.   I had gone overboard this year due to taking a few Christmas card classes online.   So now, just to start addressing the one's left and get ready to post in the next few weeks.  

Happy Birthday to my Hubby

 Wednesday 16th was my hubby's birthday.   I had made his card the evening before but we've had two busy evenings since - so I'm only getting around to sharing it.

On the day, we went to drinks and nibbles with some of his old workmates (from 7 years ago!) and then went to the a local Japanese restaurant for dinner.   It's in the local "village" at Mairangi Bay.  The food is amazing and so beautifully presented.   

And last evening, our friend's Yvonne and Michael, invited us around to their house for dinner.   Yvonne had cooked lamb rumps and roast veggies and a lovely salad.   Such a nice treat.  

Here's the card I created for him. 

This is a little 4.25" x 4.75" card in some muted masculine colours.   I used some lovely patterned paper for the background.   The stamp is a Tim Holtz/Stamptember from 2014 coloured with Tri-blends.  I added a little Happy Birthday at the top of the stamp.  

Here's our meal from the other night. 

It was yummy and so filling.   Hubby even said he struggled to finish his Tempura and I definitely didn't finish my Teriyaki Chicken.  

The weekend is here so hopefully time to play with some more of my goodies from last weekend.   

Use Washi...

 hi there.... I can't believe I haven't posted for almost 10 days!   I have done a little crafting but mostly for swaps and design work... plus spending as much time as I could with my Dad.   Ngaire was in Auckland Hospital till Thurs 10th before being flown back to the Hutt Hospital in Wellington.   Dad then drove himself back - over two days. (365 kilometres/394 miles)  not bad for a 85 year old.    Ngaire got home late Friday night, but ended up back in hospital last evening with a blood clot.... Poor thing - still she is near her family so that is good. 

So today I am sharing the card I made for our NZ swap group.  Our theme was Use Washi... My good friend Suna chose the theme and I got to send her my card.   I took the easy route, using some Altenew floral washi - It is so pretty and a stripe of it covered the centre of my card. 

Isn't just the most beautiful washi.   I used a stripe of thin gold washi down the side and then laid stripes of it across some card and die cut the sentiment out.    Chose a maroon card base to match one of the flower colours.   Suna let me know it had arrived and she loved it.  

We've had a lovely weekend, spent with our friends in Mangawhai.   We hadn't been up there for more than a month so it was lovely to chill out.  And on our way home we popped into see our son - it's his 34th birthday today.  I really don't know where the time has gone.  Here's a photo of him and his family taken a couple of weeks ago on their holiday in Australia 

thanks for visiting today.   I have a few posts schedule this week - including Kieran's birthday card. 

                                                                                                                                

Birthday Boys at Sweet Stampin' challenge

Hi there.  It's time for another challenge at Sweet Stampin' challenge blog and our theme this week is Birthday Boys.

My little grandson turns four this year... April 20th in fact, but I've made his card already!  I bought a Whimsy Stamps digital stamp in January and knew I wanted to make Archie's card straight away!

Isn't this just a cutest little surfer Dude.... the stamp is called "Dude"  I have used Prismacolor pencils and some Copics to colour him up.  His shorts are to symbolise  the surfer club that my daughter and son-in-law belong to.  Their colours are yellow tops and red shorts.  I used my scan'n'cut to cut him out.  The background is some Patterned paper is from a pack by Uniti.  The sentiment is an old one from Penny Black and the #4 is die cut with a Mama Elephant die set.

Do come and share your Birthday Boy cards.

Happy Birthday to my Boy

Last week my son had his birthday... his first as a Dad... a special time for him

He came around for a barbeque this weekend with the family and I gave him the card I made.

I used my MFT Hightop sneakers die.  I found this bright masculine looking paper in my stash and added the sneaker.   This is the second time I've used this sneaker so I had learnt a few tricks and tips..... like using Stick It paper when die cutting the little circles.    My son loves wearing white sneakers and loved the card.

This weekend we had an overseas visitor.... Our daughter's Father in Law - Alan was transiting on his way from Perth to Houston.  There's a 13 hour layover, so Alan came a day earlier and spend almost all of the weekend with us.  He arrived at 6.00am Saturday and his flight left at 7.30 tonight.  We had a lovely day with him, playing tourists in our own town.  We visited Cornwall Park and walked up One Tree Hill (Maungakiekie) - It's a 182-metre (597 ft) volcanic peak in Auckland.  The summit provides views across the Auckland area, and allows visitors to see both of Auckland's harbours.  Luckily it was a beautiful day and we enjoyed the trek up to the Memorial and the view from the top. 

We then had lunch at the Cornwall Park Bistro and before coming home to to let Alan have a rest before the barbeque. 

I did get a little time in the craft room and will share in a few days. 

Thanks a bunch

Just a quick card today.  It's my turn to share over at Die Cut Divas where our challenge is "Thanks"

A very simple little card with some Copic colouring and die cutting of course.  Die and sentiment from Winnie & Walter.

And today Sunday 13th is my son's birthday.  I give thanks for such a beautiful person he has grown up to be.  28 this year...  where has the time gone.

Happy Birthday Kieran... we love you to pieces.