I have been very busy in my craft room this week with so many birthdays for family and friends. It started out with making a card for a dear friend whom I work with. She loves purple so I just had to make a card for her in purple. She is also partial to a wee drop, so Champagne seemed to be the order for the day. I love this little stamp from Jemac rubber stamps, as it can be used for so many occasions. Here is her card:

The following day was the birthday celebration of my wonderful husband. As he is into go karting, I thought a checkered flag theme was the go and what better stamp for that than the lovely Tilda from Magnolia waving the flags from You're the winner series.  Stamping Up Argyle embossing folder gave a bit of texture to the background square cut out with Spellbinders Nestibilities. The lovely winner's cup came from a masculine set at clearartstamps which I embossed in Silver fine detail embossing powder. This is the finished product:

Well that's all for today, I'll be back to post some more later in the week.

Bye

Welcome 2013

2013 has started already..... I had promised myself that I was going to be more productive on my blog this year. 

Here it is day 20 already and this is my first post. However I have been into my craft and have completed a couple of projects just before Christmas.This was the first in a set of three stained glass wallhangings depicting the Nativity scene.

Here is the complete set all finished.I acquired the patterns whilst on a trip to America in 2010 and they are from Designs by Edna.

Today also marks a memorable day in the life of my church. The Lower Mountains Anglican church is embarking on a building project which will see a new parish centre being built in Glenbrook on this site. Today we celebrated all the work that God has done in the old A frame building which is coming down in early February. My DH and I were married there in October 2001, so it is with a tinge of sadness that we said goodbye to this building today. However,there is also great joy at the prospects to come that God will open up for us in the building.

I have finally made it back in my craft room and I want to share two of the cards that I have made today. The flowers in the top photo have been embossed onto watercolour paper and then using reinkers and a waterbrush I have coloured them in, then cut them out and adhered them with glue dots.
The bottom card is a digital stamp from I Brake for Stamps which I have colored with copics and then cut and adhered to a background made with spellbinders labels 10.

Copper and Brown seem to be my thing at the moment. I have made this card for a dear friend who just got engaged. Congratulations to the happy couple!
Stamps from Inkadinkadoo
Christina Re Designer paper
Embossing powder in copper
Ivory and Chocolate Cardstock with Ivory lace and Brown ribbon.

For My Niece

 Today is my niece's birthday and this a card that I made just for her. I am loving Magnolia Stamps at the moment and enjoy colouring them using Copic Markers.
Stamp:Magnolia Stamp: Congratulations Tilda from You're so Special 2011, 
          Gina K Design Sentiment 'Birthday Wishes'
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black and London Fog for background shading
Paper: Pattern paper from Basic Grey's 6x6 Sweet Threads Paper pad
          Grey and Purple cardstock from Stampin Up
Copics: Skin tones: E000,E00,E01,E11,R81,
Dress,Present,Hat and sock:BG10,BG23,BG13,BV13,BV31,R27,R24,R20,C0,C1,C2
Making Memories Ribbon
Martha Stewart border punch and Spellbinders Tag Diecut
           

Since my last post, I have had an operation on my left hand and wrist which is slowly getting better. This means that I am now able to get back into my craft room. 
  The weather in Sydney has been amazing, with lots of warm sunny days and cool nights to make sleeping comfortable. I have turned into a bit of a lizard basking in the sunshine whilst reading the Millennium trilogy by Stieg Larsson. What fantastic books! Taking long slow walks around my area has also filled in my time but I am now itching to get stuck into some more craft. 
I trust that other people have been able to enjoy this lovely time of year and hopefully next time I will have something creative to share with you.

Today I start my journey into the world of blogging. I love to look at blogs and be inspired by others on the internet, so hopefully I will, in turn be able to inspire others. May my journey begin......