Our Beautiful World Week 46 - Clouds

This week over at Our Beautiful World, Robyn has chosen the word clouds.  I love looking at clouds and realised today I could take photo after photo of them....so I decided to post these photos before I get too carried away.  On Sunday I went to the beach with my husband and one of our greyhounds and I just love this photo of the clouds that day.....

 

.... and these are two of the snaps I took whilst standing in my backyard at different times this afternoon.....

Great word choice Robyn!  I can't wait to see what the word is for next week.  Thanks for taking a peek everyone.

You're Special

Hi fellow crafters.  It is a rainy, cold Saturday in Tasmania and I wasn't feeling very crafty until I skyped my sister in law Vikki and her crafting friends Robyn and Estelle who are lucky enough to be having a crafting day together in sunny Townsville....I am so green with envy!...which actually brings me to my latest card.  Vikki suggested I play along with the sketch for this week at cardabilities #98 and Robyn suggested the colour scheme over at City Crafter for this week citrus flavour using orange, lemon and lime.  Well after an afternoon of deliberation and experimentation I have finally completed my card...I quite like it and it sure has taken me out of my comfort zone....thanks girls for the suggestions. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apples

This week over at Our Beautiful World the photo theme is apples.  I was given a bag of apples this week by a friend and when putting them into a bowl it dawned on me that I could take some photos of them!  Well, whilst taking the photos I got to thinking I could actually make something with them and so.....I ended up making an apple slice not quite my hubby's favourite apple pie but it tastes yummy anyway.

 

Case this Sketch

Well I am actually at my desk again today stamping with Robyn on Skype this time around.  I happened to take a peek over at CAS(E) this Sketch! a little earlier and was very impressed by the sketch for this week CTS#74 by guest designer Beverley.  Immediately I thought of a stamp I had in my stash that I could use for this layout and hence have made a male card....clean and simple...loving it.

 

Flowers...

Well this is a first....skyping!  I have joined my sister in law Vikki skyping and stamping this afternoon and have thoroughly enjoyed it.  Today I decided to have a go at CAS(E) this sketch! CTS#73 which was also combined with Runway Inspired Challenge ric#58.  This card is really something different for me using these bright colours but I love it.  I did cheat a little to get the shape required by cutting out around the printed flowers on a designer paper I found in my stash and then coloured the flowers in with my tombow markers...which I haven't used in quite some time!  I did save face by at least stamping the sentiment.  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

 

RobVikVik

My stamping friend Robyn and my sister in law who is also named Vikki and is a fellow stamper, suggested the three of us have a monthly challenge and thus the RobVikVik challenge was born!  We each get to pick one aspect of the card and this month Robyn suggested we use a stamp we haven't used in a very very long time, Vikki W (my sister in law) chose the layout and I got to choose the colours.  So...below is my card for the RobVikVik April challenge.  This flower stamp is one of the very first stamps I ever purchased and sadly I think I have only ever used it once or twice in more than ten years.....shame, shame, shame!  I enjoyed this challenge very much, once more the girls have taken me out of my comfort zone, especially by throwing a circle into the layout...thanks very much Vikki W.  Thanks for taking a peek....I look forward to seeing what the next  month may bring....Vikki.

 

 

Words....

When invited by Robyn to take a look over at Our Beautiful World and this week's theme of Words I knew immediately what I would take a photo of....this is my favourite piece of art work in my house!  We recently sold our house in Townsville and relocated to Tasmania and this was a canvas I purchased (whilst shopping with my sister in law Vikki) to hang in the entry of our house for open day.  I was immediately drawn to this canvas from across the store and initially it was because of the bright colours in the chair.  On further inspection of the canvas I loved all of the words in the chair and in the background.  The background words predominantly say "We got the good life" and some days when I look at this canvas which hangs above the dining table in our new home in Tasmania, I think to myself...we sure do.  Thanks for taking a peek.

 

 

Happy Birthday

Taking advice from my stamping friend Robyn, yesterday I took a peek over at Inspired by Stamping at Leah's WHW#133-Color by Blocking tutorial.  After a lot of procrastinating...as usual....I combined this technique with the current layout over at Freshly Made Sketches FMS131 as I had been looking at it all week also, to make a birthday card for my hubby...just in the nick of time as his birthday is today!  I actually quite like the way this card turned out and more importantly my hubby liked it too.  Thanks for dropping by to have a look.
 

 

You brighten my day

Hi fellow stampers, well it's only been almost 6 months since I have been on my blog but hello again!  As you can see by my blog I haven't been doing a lot of stamping lately but there has been a lot going on in my life including a move to Tasmania with my hubby and my son.  Although I am enjoying the change sometimes I can feel a bit down and so I was really glad to get an email this afternoon from a stamping friend named Robyn who was introduced to me by my lovely sister in law Vikki.  The girls were inviting me to take a peek at the sketch for this week CTS#71 over at CAS(E) this sketch! so I did and here is my take on the sketch.  I thought it was only appropriate to use this sentiment as the girls had really brightened my day...thank you so much Robyn and Vikki and thank you fellow stampers for taking a peek, Vikki.

 

Cherished....

Well I have finally made a card to post.  I made this card on Saturday after chatting with my sister-in-law Vikki who is a fellow stamper.  Vik inspired me to have a go at the colour challenge #185 at Just Add Ink.  I don't tend to experiment much with colour but I quite like these.  The sketch is from CAS(E) this Sketch for this week CTS#48.  Thanks for taking a peek.