Cards, Cats, Baby Ducks, Something from the Garden and Daylight Saving!

 This card with the Western saddle on it took me back (way back!) to the days when I had my own horses and used to ride Western!  Oh!  The fun I had then!!  Galloping along the beach, swimming with my horses in the ocean, jumping over fallen logs in the forest, coming home way after sunset feeling worn out but happy...those were some awesomely fun times:-) I used the Hardwood SU stamp for the background, using a brown stamp pad.  I stamped the saddle with black ink, onto a piece of scrap card and then cute around it.  Once I had coloured it I adhered it to the card I had stamped using the Hardwood stamp, using double sided sponge tape.   It's quite a big stamp and takes up most of the front of the card.  I layered it onto a piece of pale lavender card and then onto some pale pink card.

Below is a closeup of the saddle.  I used some gold brads on the saddle blanket, the saddle flap and the stirrup.  I made a lasso with some twine and used a glue dot behind the saddle to stick it down with.

 Here is another card  made using the same SU Hardwood stamp.  That stamp is so versatile, I love it!  (Show me an SU stamp I don't like!!

I made up some Aster flowers using some dies I have. (heartfelt Creations) I also made the leaves with the same set of dies.  I stuck the rope circle to the card using Glossy Accents glue, as I find this adheres those, 'sometime tricky bits', to the card really well.  And it dries clear, another bonus!

 I stuck the top layer of the card to a dark brown card and the onto a white card.  The Hardwood stamp is stamped on white card with a Barn Red stamp pad.  I also used some very fine gold thread and stuck it under the flowers to hold it down.  Hard to see on here, I know!  I had lots of fun making both these cards!  "Fun" is good!

And here is Miss "Bella-Rosa" looking gorjuss!  She was sunbathing later one afternoon and  I just had to take her photo!  A nano second after I took this, she began a long 20 minute wash!   A girl's gotta keep herself clean!

          

 This flower below is not real.  It's one of those you put in your garden and when the wind blows, it spins around.  I just loved the closeup of the center of it!  It almost mesmerized me!

The photo below is something I made using some tree branches I had cut down.  (There are NO tree's left now - I had a new saw and went a bit crazy and chopped everything down!)

 Oops!  I can;t get this photo back in the center:-(  No idea what happened, but whatever I try, it will not go back to the center:-(

First of all I made the "ladder" and used my hot glue gun to hold it all together.  Then I tied some twine around each rung of the ladder to make it look kind of "rustic".  I added some crystals and some broken bits of jewellery.  And Lorraine!  Can you see one of your little pink Pigs With Wings at the top?!  She is just the right size to hang on there!  There are also some very tiny mice, one with a mousetrap and a piece of cheese!  (not real cheese!)  The yellow Daffodils are from past Daffodil Day's where you donate a gold coin to help find a cure for cancer.  I have donated every year for many years.  I had heaps of fun making this, and have since cut a pile of branches so I can make some more.

 It muse be Spring...I have baby ducklings on my back lawn!  Lot's of them!  Here they are having a swim i n the birds water dish!

Once Mrs. Duck saw that I wasn't going to harm any of her babies, she allowed me to get fairly close to get some photos.  So cute!

Okay that's all for today, have a SUNSHINE day!

{HUGS} from me to YOU:-) 
Oh yeah!  We started Daylight Saving today...yipppeeee!! 

Old Die, New Card! Sunshine 100 Plus!

 The die I used on this card is one I have had for some time.  It cuts and embosses, but I could never get it to emboss well when I had my Cuttlebug.  Now I have the Bigshot Plus, I can get it to emboss.  Sadly it isn't showing up too well here.  The card is pale pink (not a good colour to photograph!) and I used a piece of white card for the die.  I cut it one way first, then turned it around and die cut the other side so I got a kid of strip of card. IRL the pink card is brighter than it shows here.

These are two crates I posted in another post, I have decorated them and to show the size better, I put three bottles of nail polish in each crate!  The top crate has a tiny squirrel on it and the bottom crate has a blackbird on it.  P.S. "Cyril-the Squirrel" is  silver, not shiny white as he appears in this photo!

And here is a new tomato plant...

... can you see why I bought it??!!

I'll be planting it in the garden later today.  I am looking to buy a tomato plant called a "jellybean Tomato".  I bought the tomatoes last year but can't find the actual plant to buy.  They are an oval shape and so sweet.  Like a cherry tomato but a different shape and just so yummy to eat.

Above are my three Sunflower seeds I got free from the supermarket!  They were giving them away.  You got the pot, three seeds and a tablet of compressed soil. I put the tablet into some water and within seconds it became wet soil.  These seedlings are ready to be planted out now.  The roots are growing through the bottom of the pot!

Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!

{HUGS} from me to YOU:-) 

Tiny Floral Crate

I just bought this cute crate die for $14 off trademe.co.nz  As far as I can tell, it is exactly the same as the SU one just a lot cheaper.  (I am fine with that!)

I had the flower already made and just sitting on my desk waiting to be used, so it got stuck to the side of the crate with a glue dot.  The crate is very quick and easy to make.  You die cut two crate pieces and then fold on the score lines and stick it together - Simple!

I used a fairly firm card, and in the sunlight, it has a kind of 'shimmer' or 'sparkle' to it.

The measurements of the box are: 4 inches in length, 2 inches in height, and 2 inches in width.

That's all for now, thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

Todays Cards!

Here is a card I made today.  I copied a card I got from my awesome friend Robyn, who lives in Queensland.  She always inspire me with cards she send me!  Her card had a cat on it, but I used "Newton" the dog from Hero Arts. He is a well used stamp!

The card opens out when you pull the tab.

In these two photos, above and below, you can see how it opens up.

I had lots of fun making this card, and I think I will be making some more in the future!  Below is a close-up of "Newton"!  I used a glitter pen thing from CTMH to give him a sparkly wash.  I also used some  "Glossy Accents" on his spots and his nose and his paw print on the bottom right hand corner of the card.  His tongue has some pale pink "Nuvo Crystal Drops" on.  Kind of looks like he has a pink marshmallow on his tongue!! 

I finally got to use one of the gorjuss calendar stamps that Lorraine M sent me a few months back! I intend to make more of these and make them into a kind of hanging 12 months calendar.  I made this one to see how it turned out.  Besides being out of focus, it came out ok!  The circle size is 2 1/2 inches.  I really must take a clear shot of it I got too close with this one and didn't realise until I posted it here.  Oh well, another day tomorrow huh!

I used some tiny flower stamps around the edge of the card, and put some tiny diamonds onto the center of the flowers. 

All done for today! Hope you have a SUNSHINE day!  Thanks for dropping by:-)  {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)

"Luka" and The Moon!

 These are some photos I took of the full moon one night.  Luckily for me it was a cloudless sky that night!  You can easily see the craters on the surface of the moon, especially on the photo below.  I have always had a fascination for the moon, and can't resist taking photos of it on a clear night! 

 Below is the gorjuss "Luka"!  I was at the hospital waiting for the shuttle to bring me home one day.  Tied to a post was this gorjuss boy, "Luka", waiting patiently for his mum to come back and take him for a walk.  He is 18 months old in this photo, and he was so cuddly I just had to give him a big hug - even though he was wet from the rain!  Isn't he beautiful?!

That's me for today, have a SUNSHINE day!  {HUGS} from me to YOU:-)