Playing Catch Up

Scrapbooking is just one of those things that is never quite up to date, isn't it? I'm always trying to catch up with all the photos that I take. I guess I'm not doing too bad, though as at least I'm up to 2011.

Here are some layouts that I completed this week...

You'll have to excuse the poor photos. I just wanted to get them posted in a hurry. You can see the detail clearer if you actually click on the photos.

I should have some cards to show you later this weekend so be sure to stop by again really soon.

See you then!
Andrea

Happy First Holy Communion....

...to my beautiful daughter, Mia and her cousin, Alexandra!

We celebrated this much anticipated day yesterday with a lovely church service followed by dinner at home with family and friends.

I'm extra proud of my big girl for soldiering on despite not feeling very well on the day.

Here are some photos of her special day. The photos show a little something in her eyes that reflects her not feeling her normal self but she still looked gorgeous.

The tiara was a gift from Nana (my mum) and the dress was a gift from Mia's aunty (my sis). Her hair was styled by Mia's big cousin, Michelle (my niece)....

My gorgeous girls...

The four of us...

My beautiful, Demi. She was so happy to finally wear her special outfit...

The two cousins...

This is one of the invitations I made....

I love the image. It's just adorable. I coloured them with markers and used Stickles on the dress. The leaves were cut with the Little Leaves die. The flowers were stamped with the Vintage Vogue set, cut out and adorned with a half pearl. Colours used were Whisper White, Certainly Celery and silver, that was kindly donated by our friend, Anna - hi Anna! The name of the stamp set with which I stamped the sentiment escapes me right now but its the one that has a cross and dove as part of it too. Can anyone save me looking it up? Anyway, it was then puched using the Word Window punch.

And the bomboniere/favour pillow boxes I also made...

For these I used the Pillow Box die, which I just think is awesome and so versatile. The ribbon is Certainly Celery. The personalised tags were computer generated and punched with the delightful Jewellery Tag punch.

Now for my piece de resistance and labour of love (and two painstaking days' work, I might add!!!!) - the cake....

The toppers were loosely (and I stress the word 'loosely') modelled on the girls. Everything on the cake was edible, except for the candles. The girls loved it, which made all the hard work worth it. Mia couldn't stop telling me how much she loved it.

There are plenty more photos where these came from but I think you've suffered long enough. Ha ha..

Now for a day of rest for us to recover. I hope my baby feels better really soon. Love you, Mimi! And you too, Dem Dem!

Thanks for letting me share with you.

Andrea

Last Class for the Year

Can you believe it will be Christmas in five weeks? Aaagghhh!!! It's quickly creeping up on us. WIth that in mind we held our last card making class for the year last night.

Here are the three projects we made.

First we tried our hand at heat embossing using silver embossing powder with the Delightful Decorations and Many Merry Messages sets. The leaves were cut with the Little Leaves die.

Our second project of the night was a little gift box made with the Mini Milk Carton die and decorated with that gorgeous little owl dressed as Santa. What a cutie! The leaves were cut with the Two Set Bird punch. The sentiment is from the Silhouette Sentiments hostess set and was punched out with the Jewellery Tag punch.

The last project was a card inspired by the super talented Teneale Williams. It features a little girl owl with a cute ribbon in her hair and the Woodgrain backgound stamp. Again, the sentiment is from the Silhouette Sentiments hostess set and was punched with the Jewellery Tag punch. The leaves were cut with the Two-Step Bird punch.

It was a fun night & I can't believe that'll be it for this year. Can't wait for our next class in 2011.

See you all soon.

Andrea

A Fairy & A Sk8er Boy

Good morning everyone. I hope you enjoyed this past weekend's weather.

This morning I have two cards to share with you that I made for some upcoming little friends' birthdays...

I have to say that I really love the new Elegant Lines Embossing Folder. It creates a really lovely, deep embossing effect. And as you've probably noticed, I've been adding the Little leaves wherever I can - ha ha!

I've started working on a card for my Dad, whose birthday is also coming up so stay tuned for that one.

I'm off to enjoy my fruit salad with yoghurt. Mmmm. Can't you just feel Summer approaching?

Take care.
Andrea

Another Mermaid Card

Welcome to Spring & to the new Stampin' Up! Idea Book and catalogue!

Can't wait to until tomorrow night's card class and catalogue launch. I'm sure everyone will be as excited as I am about it.

I will post photos from the class late tomorrow night, but for now I have another mermaid card to share with you....

She's so cute, right?

Well, I just took a few moments to go through my diary to check for upcoming birthdays. Boy, oh boy! There are so many family and friends' birthdays coming up! How exciting - lots of parties, lots of pressies to buy & lots of cards to make! Not to mention, that Christmas is really just around the corner. So, be sure to stop by often to check out my creations.

Take care.

Andrea

Along the Same Lines

Hello again. I hope you're having a great start to the week.

Today I have for you a card along the same lines as my previous posts, as I have used the same colour scheme....

Well, that's it. Short and sweet. I hope you like it. See you next time with something different,

Andrea

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Mermaids!

Happy weekend, everyone!

Today I have some adorable (well, I think so anyway - ha ha!) mermaid cards to show you. Don't you just love mermaids? There is something so cute, mysterious and romatic about mermaids, don't you think?

Supplies used were:

Ruby Red, River Rock & Groovy Guava cardstock, retired DSP, Real Red, Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip & Sahara Sand markers, black StazOn ink, Little Leaves die, fish embellishments, white gel pen, paper piercing tool, embossing folders and 1 inch circle punch.

All this talk about mermaids has me longing for Summer. Bring it on, I say! But until then, enjoy this lovely, although very cold Winter weekend.

Take care,

Andrea.