Good Afternoon All,

Well thank you so much to those of you that have left me a congrats *blushes* I am always blown away by the blogging support and very appreciative too, Thank You….

Well last night I set about using the gorgeous Shy Sammy which is now available as a digi HERE….. Absolutely adorable and so many uses you wont want to NOT add Sammy to your collection!  I was looking around for inspiration and usually to do that I look at challenges, there is always something that makes my mojo go OH…..OH I have an idea after seeing a challenge or two, now getting the idea onto a card is NOT always the easy part hehe!  But I am playing along with Creative Inspirations and their challenge this week is …….. ANIMALS….. Can you say “perfect” and also joining in with Stamp Something again and their challenge this week is …..SOMETHING FLOWERLY….. with the flowers and papers I think I covered that well and truly, hehe.  And Papertake Weekly Challenges and their sketch this week….  I kinda as usually did go out and change it a tiny weeny bit, hehe…. Here is the sketch…..

And here is my card using this gorgeous sketch as a guide I guess you could say…..?

**Sammy is that Shy that he would not take a good photo out of the 30 something I took, YEAH all of a card lol, this is as good as it gets.  I think my camera is playing up a wee bit!?**

Stamps : Shy Sammy from The Stamping Bazaar HERE…. Sentiment from All That Scraps HERE….

Papers and Cardstock : Kraft, Dark Kraft and October Afternoon – Thrift Shop.

Distress Inks : Antique Linen, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Stormy Sky, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap and Brushed Cordury.

Other : Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Magnolia Tilda Lace, Swirls and Vintage Tag Dies, Black and Cream Ribbon, Magnolia Flowers, Cream Gardenia from I am Roses, Brown Brads, Mesh Ribbon Lace, Blue/Green Loop Ribbon and Ripped off from a cardboard box some cardboard hehe….

WOW that was a lot of “Other:” I think I did kinda go a tad over board with adding so much on this card but I just couldn’t stop and when they were sprawled all over the place on my desk they all matched and I knew I wanted to have them all on the card.  A busy Shy Sammy hehe…..

And last week I missed What’s On Your Work Desk Wednesday   I hate missing it as I love joining in so much, it’s always so much fun and even more when I take a pic that morning and then share now and it’s the card I was working on!  Usually on Wednesday’s I only have one little girl home with me and we have some “crafting” time, I make cards and she does colouring inn.  ANY WAYS waffles, here is my desk……

Well best get some washing done and more house work, is it just me, or is it really never ending hehe?!

Take Care and thanks so much for stopping by…..

Yeah uhhhh I think Stephanne was right the lack of sleep is really making me go batty but HEY it’s better for you!  I was going to hold off on this candy because who has 2 candies running at the same time UMMMM yeah well that would be ME!  I usually always have a birthday candy, BUT this year I am, but instead of having the candy on my birthday I am having the winner announced on my birthday instead!  SO what’s the candy?  You know it has something to do with the new collection RIGHT, well how about this……

YUP the whole Summer Kit from Magnolia!  What do you have to do?  Well there are rules but they are so simple…..

1. Post on your blog or your sidebar with a link back to this here post.
2. Add your name to linky.
3. Keep your fingers and toes crossed…hehehe…

THAT’S all!  So easy and simple and all for an amazingly gorgeous KIT!  The candy will end August 4th and the winner will be announced August 5th…

Looking for my delicious fat free candies?  YUP I have THREE candies going!….. Click the picture/s below to be taken to it… And please scroll down for my current post….

I am so overly EXCITED about many things, some I can share now and some you’ll have to wait and see, some are to do with my store and some are not but all craft related.  But one of my reasons for this candy is that I have reached 550 followers…. WOW I am BLOWN away and amazed that many people like reading my waffles hehe…..  And am extremely touched in so many ways by all the visits and comments that people come by and leave…  So lets see the candy hey…… OH but before I do….  My candy consist of mainly stamps, stamps from my store, stamps I have bought and never used or bought 2 of etc…..

Mmmm I guess that photo is a tad of a teaser hey.  I actually had to get a chair in the end and stand on it to try and get it all in hehe…  OK so here is the NON teasing photo….

Want to know everything that is in there that you may not be able to see….?  Well then here is the list….

• Tim Holtz 2 Embossing Folders
  
• Flourish with a Bling Pearls – Pearl
• Flourish with a Bling Pearls – Black
• Flourish with a Bling Pearls – Pink
• Flourish with a Bling Rhinestones – Silver
• Flourish with a Bling Rhinestones – Wine *NEW*
• Flourish with a Bling Rhinestones – Black
• Magnolia Doohickey – Tilda Lace
• Magnolia Doohickey – Vintage Tag
• Magnolia Doohickey – Leaf and Swirl
• Magnolia Doohickey – Peony Petal
  
• Simply Betty Stamp Rio
• Simply Betty Stamp Betty
• Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp – Babette
• Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp – Monique
• Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp – Perfect Poision
• C.C Designs – Heidi Amount The Flowers
• C.C Designs – Sandbucket Tevor
• C.C Designs – Bathing Beauty Emma
• C.C Designs Beach Scene
• C.C Designs – Coffee Kiki La Rue
  
• Motivet – Rabbit with Dandelion
• Baby Buds Designs – Owie
• Baby Buds Designs – Ashton
• Baby Buds Designs – Jack
• Fairy Tales – Cupcake Belle
• Fairy Tales – Belle
• Fairy Tales – Phillip
• Sweet November Stamps – Current Ebbtide & Anela
• Sweet November Stamps – Ocean Wavedancer & Echo
• Sweet November Stamps – Shimmer Redkelp & Otto
• Sweet November Stamps – Bubbles Lostlagoon & Palu
• Tickled Pink Stamp – Lil Lolita – 20’s Evie
• Tickled Pink Stamps – Lil Lolita – 30’s Lylah
• Tickled Pink Stamps – Lil Lolita – 50’s Lilith
• Pink Cat Studio – Sick Billy
• Pink Cat Studio – Sick Lily
• The Greeting Farm – Thursday
• The Greeting Farm – Sweet Message
• The Greeting Farm – OA – Happy Days
• Magnolia Stamp – Wedding Collection – Tilda with Peony
• Magnolia Stamp – Wedding Collection – Tilda with Veil
• Magnolia Stamp – Wedding Collection – Flower Girl

That is 30+ stamps and over $200 worth of goodies.  Now comes the questions, how long for? and how do I enter?  Here are the 3 rules of the candy…

1. You have to post the pic of the candy on your blog or in your side bar with a link back to this here post.
2. You have to add your link to Mr Linky
3. AND THAT’S IT…..

When does it end….?  You have until August 16th and Winner will be announced August 17th.

Good Luck Everyone….

WHOO HOO the Pre-Order for the Magnolia Bon Voyage Travel Collection will be starting Friday 16th 8am EST over at Tickled Pink Stamps. And OOLALALA the stamps are GORGEOUS! There is something for everyone there I think and a new and improved Mermaid, our very own Aussie Tilda, the CUTEST Edwin I think I have seen to date and MUCH MUCH more! SO make sure your there and on time, otherwise they may just all SELL OUT!  Here is a quick link HERE….

Afternoon Everyone,

Sorry I am soooo super late with this post.  I only just finished the card around lunch time was falling a bit behind with working on things here and also house etc and was my gorgeous hubbies 29th birthday yesterday!

The challenge this week we are lucky to be sponsored by a great and caring friend of mine and gorgeous card maker Bec from Bizzy Becs….  Bec has of my FAVOURITE shops of all time and Bec always ships out orders SUPER quick……  Bec has the most amazing flowers you could get your hands on, I LOVE them! As well as stamps, embellishments that some of which she makes herself and they are all amazing! I could sit here and list everything in site but just jump on over for yourself and check it all out HERE…

The challenge this week is a good one, I think I say that every challenge!

• STITCHING….

I love stitching, and I do it by hand, or with my mini sewing machine or even I love the effect of hand drawn stitching!  The list is endless as to what you can do.  Can even be in the pattern of your paper….. Let your imagination stitch away…..  Here is my card I came up with.  I’ll admit I have yet to do the inside *blushed*

Stamps : Tilda with Tulip *coming soon 2 Magnolia Down Under* Personalised Stamp.

Papers : Kraft, Soft Suede and Prima Papers – Anna’s Craft Cupboard.

Distress Inks : Faded Jeans, Antique Linen, Spun Sugar, Aged Mahogany, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Cordury, Broken China and Fired Brick.

Other : Flowers, Leaves, Bird Charm, Black and Cream Ribbon, Lace, Ric Rac, Mini Buttons and Brad.

I forgot to take a photo of the back and by the time I take it load re-size etc, and I have washing to fold, dinner to think about, etc lol!  So here is the one I have used…..

These stamps will be coming back soon to Magnolia Down Under in the first week of April and will be for a limited time ONLY so be sure to get in to get yours, they are perfect as pressies too!  *ONLY SELLING IN AUSTRALIA*

Be sure to stop by and check out the AMAZING creations the DT girls came up with…..  I love stitching and it was fabulous to see one gorgeous stitching creation after another.  Such a talented bunch of girls, check it all out HERE…

Thanks so much for stopping by and take care xx.

Good Morning still, hehe!

Today is my middle girl, but I call her little still and call Chloe whom is younger my bubba girl, which she is starting to say NO I’m a big girl….NOOOOOO stay little forever, haha.  So it’s Heidi’s birthday, she is the BIG 4 and is watching one of her presents, bet you can’t guess that it’s Coraline, hehe!

So as some of you may know a month ago or so Kristy aka Princess house was flooded, well on Saturday she rang me and it had started again.  I told her to get straight onto SES as her hubby is away with the army for a MONTH!  Her neighbors, sisters and SES all came to help her and stopped it from getting in the house.  And cut loooong story short my hubby said why don’t you go and surprise her *sweetest hubby in the world isn’t he*, she could use the company, so I text her saying could I ring her really late, like 10.30 pm and she said yeah course I can, and instead I showed up on her door step….. She was soooo excited and better yet I bought chocolate, hehe!

So before that, I had only just made my Magnolia Down Under Challenges card, had no time to take photos and the weather here was DARK and yucky the photos looked shocking.  The blog post was all over the place so when we woke Sunday morning, Kristy added my photo for me and we fixed up the blog as the font would NOT behave itself, lol and was going MASSIVE instead of just large, lol.  No matter how much we both played with it….

Any ways just reminder we have moved the challenge blog to HERE….

The sponsor this week is one of my FAVOURITE paper shops that I can not stop myself but for wanting more and more and the postage is always super quick and parcels packed to perfection, the sponsor is…….
They not only have a wide range of papers, but buttons, flowers, ribbons….. The list is absolutely endless and Anna is going to kindly sponsor a $20 VOUCHER for her store…..WHOO HOO….

Whats the challenge this week? It’s a gorgeous recipe theme this week for you all….

• 3 Papers, 3 Flowers, 2 Buttons & 1 Bow….

I know even I hated myself after trying to make this card for the 4th time all week, bahahaha!  But hey whats a challenge if it’s NOT just that?!  And I mixed it with the YUMMY stamp I got from Magnolia YIPPEE was so excited when my DT pack arrived…

Stamps : Tilda with Flowing Hair – Hoppy Easter Collection

Papers : Kraft, Brown, Pink Paislee and Websters Paper….

Other : Sewing Machine, White Gel Pen, Flowers, Mini Buttons from Debra *Thank You* Lace and Cream Ribbon *Magnolia* and Doily *Coming Soon to Magnolia Down Under Store.*

This is my first card where I didn’t hand sew I actually used the mini sewing machine I bought 2-3 years ago and never used…. Once I figured out what to do it was fun and will be using it SO much more!

Check out the amazing Design Team works HERE…. WOW they are such a creative bunch of gorgeous ladies, I am sure you will be absolutely blown away….

AND BIG NEWS….. Magnolia Down Under Challenges is turning ONE and all the Design Team will be taking part and we’ll be having a HUGE birthday Blog Hop with CANDY, CANDY and MORE CANDY…. Be sure not to miss it next Sunday!

Thanks so much for stopping by and take the time to check my post….

Good Morning

This morning is another Sunday and so that means another Challenge Down Under over at Magnolia Down Under BUT we have now moved!  We have decided to go from Wordpress to Blogger, see how that pans out.

The challenge this week is…..

• EASTER…

It’s just around the corner and no lie here is Australia they basically took the Christmas decorations down and put out Easter eggs, I mean it’s hard enough taking little ones that want sweets as soon as they see them, but they were everywhere….. VERY sneaky of them putting them as soon as you walk in to, they have a plan, bahahaha!

So this is my off week but jump on over and check out the amazing DT work…. HERE…..

Thanks so much for stopping by, shall be back soon with another All That Scraps Sneak Peek.

Happy Stamping xx.

Good Evening all,

Sick of me yet, hahaha…..

So this card is for my Magnolia DT card and mixed it with my last guest card for Just Magnolia, it has been amazing working along the talented Just Magnolia DT and a blast, I always look forward to Friday nights to see what the challenge will be so it was a lot of fun being involved the way I was. So the challenge over at Just Magnolia is….

• Birthdays…

This is simple, EVERYONE can join in with this one I am sure of it!  And this is the card I have came up with….

Magnolia Stamps : Bag and Love News Tilda *Magnolia Down Under*.  Sentiment typed myself.

Papers : Webster’s Paper, Brown and Kraft Cardstock.

Distress Inks : Tattered Rose, Brushed Cordury, Frayed Burlap, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar, Fired Brick  and Victorian Velvet.

Other : Flowers *Bizzy Becs* Black and Cream Check Ribbon, Crystal Pin, White Doilies *The Stamp Spot* Brown Brads and White Gel Pen.

I couldn’t find a sentiment I was after so I just typed one up on the computer.  I was so lucky that Kristy spoiled me when I stayed at her house and she gave me some Websters papers…. OMGosh I am in LOVE with them, this is NOT the last card you will be seeing me use with them I can WARN you that, hehe!

Be sure to stop on by and check out the amazing talented DT, something to always inspire everyone.

Have a wonderful weekend, I’ll be back tomorrow with a peek at whats to come over at All That Scraps….. So exciting!

Thanks so much for stopping by and take care xx.

Good Evening,

This is going to be a little post, I have just gotten home from going out for dinner with my gals, high school friends that you may have read about Carrie and Stacey.  It was YUMMY… Boy am I full, but I forgot all about my Just Magnolia post D’oh!   And the heat has died down and I just feel like curling up in bed watching tv at the moment.

BUT it’s Friday YAY and another Friday means another Just Magnolia challenge and the prize for this one is absolutely gorgeous, I Love, LOVE using flowers on my cards and Wild Orchids is sponsoring us this week.  So the challenge this week is….

• LOVE….

You creation has to have a Magnolia image on it to qualify for the prize and how easy is that!

And here is the inspiration I got from the challenge….

Stamps : Tilda and Unity Lettering Stamps.

Papers : Brown, Kraft, Cosmo Cricket and My Minds Eye.

Other : Red and Cream ribbon, White Gel Pen, Rhinestones, The Stamp Spot : Doily.

Be sure to jump on over HERE and check out the other DT work, that are amazing, something to inspire everyone and as I said the prize is gorgeous!

Will be back tomorrow morning for my first Sneak Peek for All That Scraps!  Very excited and can not WAIT to share them with you all.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, happy stamping and take care xx.