New Cards for 2022!

Woohoo I'm back! It's been awhile since I made any cards, but here I am with a few new ones!  Starting off with a few book marks which were easy to make and didn't take a lot of brain power! Most days it has been far to hot and stuffy to get creative, unless you call being blobbed out on a chair reading, being creative! The "Bah Humbug" rag will me made into a card later.  I hope!  When it's not too hot to think!

I used SU Hello Ladybug stamp and punch set to make the Ladybugs on these bookmarks. Lot's of fun to use!  The photo below is (sadly) out of focus, and I was too hot and lazy to take another shot -sorry!  I have also used the SU Two Tags die on these.

 

A Christmas card using a new(Joy) die, and a Ladybug card.

I'm not all that keen on either of the two Christmas cards, my brain wasn't fully engaged when I made them, it was so hot.  I was trying out the new "Joy" die.

Two more Ladybug cards, below.  As I mentioned, it is so hot at the moment that I find it really challenging to create!  Just trying to sort out what we're having for dinner each day is a challenge in this heat!

Ok, that's me for today!  Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

Random Photos

 

I hope everyone had a safe and fun Christmas and New Year!  I'm no doing any crafting at the moment, and just thought I would post these photo's.  The top photos is of a shadow from a bike stand I saw.  The stand has a metal cut out of a bike, and I was there at the right time to see the shadow.  It only appears at a certain time of day, when the sun hits it to make the shadow.

The photo above is of a banana palm flower.  It's at a local shopping area.  I've never seen the palm flower until this year.  I did see some workers trimming the palm late last year, so maybe they did it some good and it decided to flower!  Such an unusual flower and so pretty!  No bananas as yet - I'll keep looking though!  It's in a very public area, very close to the road which is ultra busy.

Above is one of the many tissue box covers I made some years ago.  I lost count of how many I made and sold.  They were fun to make!

Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHNE day!

Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

Merry Christmas!

I just want to wish all my viewers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Thank you for checking my blog, and leaving comments throughout the past year.  It has been a tough year for everyone, and I truly, madly, deeply hope that next year is much better for us all!  Stay safe and have a fabulous Christmas Season from me to you! Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

More Christmas Bits!

 

OMG!  I am still making Christmas cards!  These three are all made using the SU Merriest Moments stamp/die and cut and emboss folder.  I love this set and am having a blast making cards with it!  These will be part of next years Christmas cards. A friend came and bought one today, and YES I forgot to photograph it!  Oh well, I will make another one!

This card below, is my favourite one I have made so far.  I just love the colours!  (My colours) I sponged some white ink on the embossed and die cut flower frame, and it has made the lilac card look softer.  I like it. There is also some glitter all over it which is hard to see on here.

Below is another white on white card.  Very pain and simple.

Ok, this piece of plastic pipe has a story behind it.  Let me begin...I was standing at the bus stop waiting for the bus.  I could see the bus in the distance.  Down the hill behind me I could hear a car with a very noisy trailer and things were bouncing and crashing around.  As the trailer got close I turned around to see a large cardboard box and some plastic bits come flying off the trailer, heading straight for me.  The bus was still off in the distance.  I quickly jumped out of the way as this plastic pipe whizzed past me missing my legs by a cats whisker, and into the bus shelter.  There were boxes and bits all over the road, so I quickly picked them up so the bus didn't run them over and get a  flat tire.

The bus arrived and I go on and went shopping.

When I  got home, I noticed the box and the plastic bathroom fittings were all still in the bus shelter.  I bought them home.  (Of course I did, I'm a Magpie!)

So the piece of pipe, which is very solid - just as well it didn't hit my leg when it came flying off the trailer because it would have broken my leg or foot or both, sat in the carport until today. 

So I decided it was going become a "Santa"!

And here he is!  He is about 12 1/2inches in height and about 6 inches across.  His beard and hair are made from a mop  head I bought from the Op Shop for .50c, (brand new) and I deconstructed it.  I cut a piece of red felt for his hat and coat and hot glued it all together.  I stuffed his hat with some polyester fill, and made him some feet from a piece of stiff black felt.  A red pom-pom for his nose, and a grey belt around his waist, two wobbly eyes, polyester fill around his hat, 2 bells on his hat,   and he was done!  Below is the back view of him.

Here he is sitting with some of my other Christmas decorations.  So that's the story of the pipe that fell off the trailer and almost hit me!  I was not amused at the time, as the driver of the car/trailer didn't stop and had no idea he'd lost half his load.  His loss, my gain!

Above is a photo of Santa and some other Christmas bits.  The tree has lights at night.

Ok, that's me for today, one more day until Santa slides down my chimney...

Thanks for dropping by!  Have a SUNSHINEA day!  Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

Merriest Moments Cards.

These cards and tag were made today, in between eating cake, muffins and other yummy treats!  (Oh, and a small glass of Baileys!) The colours on the card above make me feel like I should be drinking hot chocolate with marshmallows, and sitting in front of a nice cozy fire, with my fluffy pajama's on!  It's the colours!

A quick tag, above, made from some scraps of card that were on my desk.

I like this white on white card above.  There's something about it that says "clean and fresh."  It's a very simple card with no embellishments, which was challenging for me because I love my bling!  As I said before, I just love this Merriest Moments stamp set.

Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

 

Happy Birthday To Me!

 Yay!  It's my Birthday today!  My new SU Merriest Moments stamp/die and cut and emboss folder arrived yesterday and below are some cards I made with it! I absolutely love this set, there are sooo many ways to use it, and not just for Christmas cards.  The card below is white on white ad is a little tricky to photograph, so I hope you can see the details of the white embossed piece.  So pretty IRL!

Oops, the card below was made by a different SU stamp/die set, called Christmas Season.  I love this set too!  I used non traditional colours on this card.  I like how it turned out!  Who says Christmas cards HAVE to be traditional colours??!  Not me!

Another card made using the SU Merriest Moments set.  Love the gold embossing!

Above is a smaller slim line card - made into a slim line one because of a smudge on the bottom part of the card:-(  So annoying when that happens!  Below I have cut and embossed  piece of black card stock and stamped and die cut some pale pink flowers.  The sentiment is also from the Merriest Moments set. 

         

Last but not least is Romeo-Valentino whose Birthday was yesterday!  He ad been drinking some water and when he sat up he had a tiny drop of water on his chin, and also on one of his whiskers! So cute!

Ok, thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!

$2 Shop Creations!

I made this from a pizza tray and some Christmas flowers all from the $2 Shop!  I also added some tiny batter operated Fairy lights.  I made two of these yesterday.  Below you can see it with the Fairy lights on.  Much prettier at night!  I disguised the battery container behind a red bow.

To put it all together I used my hot glue gun.  Lots of fun and a bit messy with the glue gun! Thanks for dropping by, have a SUNSHINE day!  Remember to always be your authentic self, and shine bright each and every day!