Birthday Boys

Hi there... September is the birthday month for my Dad (10th) and my brother (14th)  They both live in Australia so I send their cards over together. 

Both quite CAS cards using Winnie & Walter stamps, some stencils and dies.  My first card was inspired by Catherine Pooler at StampNation and my second one I made during the Online Card Class - backgrounds.

So to my Dad and brother... I wish you both a Very Happy Birthday.  Love Ya and Miss you both.

Just for Fun

After a couple of projects for Design Team work, I had a play, just for fun.  I bought a card making kit and Magazine (Cardmaking in Easy steps) and one of the designs, I really liked.  So I used it like a sketch.  I used a Kaisercraft strip stamp for my background panel.  I then matted this onto some crimson then dark brown card.  I made the same matting and stamped a Hero Arts sentiment.  All my stamping was done with Archival Coffee ink.  I cut some circles with Spellbinders Dies and used a Docrafts stamp for the fob watch.  I used Glossy Accents on the watch face.   All my card was a cream colour.  I picked up a pad of A5 craft card for $3.99. It's fine for bases etc and simple stamping, but not smooth enough for colouring and blending.  

I like the circle rectangles together.  I've got some male birthday's coming up so this is great to have on hand.

Here is also a photo of an altered tin I recently did for the daughter of a lady at work.... Tracy was about to throw the tin away, and I rescued it and made a treasure tin for Angeline.

 

Lots of stickers, flowers and butterflies from the $2 shop and some test pot paint.  A 250ml pot for $5.   Something a little bit different.  I lined the inside with some pink felt.

Rugby season has started tonight with the Super Rugby games... Friday nights, Saturdays and Sundays.... so Sky Sports gets a hammering and I have to sit through the games, or go and watch TV upstairs on my own ( which I have to say I do every now and again).  That means that Autumn and Winter are on the way.... but I hope not too soon!!!

Have a super weekend... I'm hoping to Scramble on Sunday morning with Hero Arts Flickr group.  My friend, Paula, in Australia is hosting... 8.00am here in NZ... up early for her at 5.00am. 

Dawn

A new computer .....

After last weeks fiasco with the internet, I decided I need to update my computer so I could go totally wireless.  My modem is wireless but was hardwired to my desk top so in the weekend went out and got myself a laptop - a 16 inch one so I could use it like my desktop on the desk - with printer attached  I was going to use my other monitor but that turned out a bit of a mission so have just stuck with the laptop screen.  Not as good at viewing colours for the photos but getting there as I get to know my way around it.. but oh so much faster at connecting to the internet.  Slowly getting used to the keyboard - but did go buy a wireless mouse as I HATE the little swipping thing.... (excuse the technical term there)  Have most of my programmes reloaded, still just a few to go.  Tonight though I went out to a Coffee group that has started at Stampzone... only three of us turned up.  Made a nice card... but not sure I'll go again.  Too much of a rush as I go for an hours walk from 5-00 till 6-00 and by the time I get home from one, have a shower and get off to the other... there was no time for tea :-(

This is a card I made for my little grand niece who is 4 next week, I used Club Anya's Saturday sketch #9.  The two green papers are from a digi kite by Vinnie Pearce called Weathered Papers.  Just lovely. Thanks to Lucy for linking it on her blog.

And look what I got over the last few days... cards from Virginia and Sanne.  Just wonderful.  I am totally surrounding in all these amazing cards from all round the world.

 Well thanks for stopping by.  I appreciate all your comments.  Just to let you know my job application went in today... so now it is in the lap of the Gods as they say!!!  Next week interviews... doesn't help that it's a busy weekend.. stamp group all day Saturday and I'm doing the Round the Bays Fun run on Sunday.... with about 70,000 others~!!!
Take care