January Birthdays

Happy birthday to my friends and family who celebrated their birthdays in January.

Here are the cards I made;

For Tommy - you have probably already seen this card in an earlier post.

For Dawn

For Jamie

For Gail

Cheers,
   Donna

Happy Birthday Thomas!

Our nephew is in the midst of a serious Spiderman faze.   So having scoured Pintrest for my inspiration, this is the card I created him.

I was told my my SIL that it was a huge hit.

Happy Birthday Tommy!

Cheers,
    Donna

Family Birthdays

In our household, our birthdays are all within a matter of weeks.  It dawned on me as I was taking down the birthday cards to make room for the soon to arrive Christmas cards, that I haven't posted pics of the cards I made for my lovelies.  So here they are;

for Emily

for Robert

for Zoe

for me from my friend and fellow demonstrator, Joyce

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Nicole!

My sister-in-law Nicole celebrated her 40th birthday, and this is the card I made her.  The layout is now a favourite of mine. It's very sparkly.

Happy 40th Birthday Nic!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Jonathan!

Zoe's daycare friend Jonathan had his 4th birthday party and this is the card she gave him.

Happy 4th birthday Jonathan!

Cheers,
Donna

Happy Birthday Kasia!

It's been ages since I've been to a 30th birthday party.  Last night we headed out to celebrate my good friend Kasia's birthday.  This is the card I made her.

I'm not sure how well you can see it, but above and below the 30, are 28, 29 & 31.

Cheers,
    Donna

Card Recipe
Card Stock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White
Stamp Sets: Elementary Elegance (SAB 2012 retired)
Other: Retired Ribbon - Rich Razzleberry Satin and Taffeta, Whisper White Taffeta & Grosgrain - Gemstones, Timeless Type Alphabet (retired) Tombow, Snail Adhesive

Happy Birthday Jill!

My friend Jill celebrated her birthday last week, and though I am yet to give her this card,it's too pretty not to post a picture of it.  Hope she doesn't check here before tomorrow.....

This card was inspired by the one created by Brandy Cox on YouTube.  It's just so simple and really beautiful.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL!

Cheers,
    Donna

Card Recipe
Card Stock: Soft Suede, Whisper White, Perfect Plumb
Stamps: En Francis, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Ink: Soft Suede, Perfect Plumb
Other: Beautiful Butterflies Die, Neutral Brad (retired), Sponges, Tombow, Dimensionals, Stampin' Up! box & packing paper.

Happy Birthday Annabelle



Annabelle is Zoe's friend from ballet, and she LOVES Peppa Pig.  So of course her card was always going to have Peppa on it.  I created this using Stampin' UP! punches and after about 3 different outcomes, this is what I settled on.

Cheers,
    Donna

Card Recipe
Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes
Card Stock: Poppy Parade, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Basic Black, Perfect Plumb, Melon Mambo
Ink: Poppy Parade
Punches: Owl, Word Window,1/2' Circle, 1 3/8" Circle, Heart to Heart, Large Oval, Extra Large Oval
Other: Timeless Type Alphabet Die, Sponges, Tombow Adhesive, Dimensionals

Happy Birthday David!

Today is David's birthday and this is the card I made for him.

I used the sketch from this weeks challenge from the Sunny Challenges and Creations team.

Happy Birthday Dave.

Cheers,
Donna

Card Recipe
Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Ink: Night of Navy, More Mustard (marker)
Card: Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Night of Navy, More Mustard
Other: Mat Pack, Paper Piercer, Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Snail Adhesive, Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Dad!

My darling dad is celebrating his 65th birthday today.  Rather than remind him of his age, I thought I leave that out (of the card not this post...)

I'll be entering this card in this weeks sketch challenge by the lovely ladies over at Sunny Challenges & Creations.  Here's the sketch my card is based on.

 Happy Birthday Dad.

Cheers,
Donna

Card Recipe
Stamps: Elementary Elegance (SAB), Woodgrain Background
Card: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Basic Black
Ink: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Basic Black
Other: Snail Adhesive, Dimensionals

Happy Birthday Natalie!

When your kids start school, you tend to make a few new friends yourself - other mums. One of those mums is celebrating her 30th birthday today, and I have a card to pop in her letterbox later today.  Here it is.

Happy 30th birthday Natalie!

This card is also my entry into this weeks Clean and Simple Sketch Challenge #176.

Cheers,
Donna

Card Recipe
Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes (hostess)
Inks: Calypso Coral
Card: Calypso Coral, Whisper White
Other: Silver Glimmer Paper, Lace Ribbon Border punch, Swirls Scribbles Die, two Way Glue Pen, Snail adhesive, Tombow

Happy Birthday Chase!

The son of one of my dearest friends celebrated his 2nd birthday today.  Here is the card I made for him.

Happy 2nd Birthday Chase!

Cheers,
Donna

Card Recipe
Card: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Whisper White
Other: Build a Cupcake punch, Cherry Cobbler Bakers Twine, Big Shot, Timeless Type Jnr Alphabet Die, Two Way Glue Pen, Snail Adhesive

Happy Birthday Alyssa!

The first of Emily's school friends to have a birthday this year was Alyssa.  Here is the card I made her.

Happy 6th Birthday Alyssa.

Cheers,
Donna

Card Recipe
Stamps: Happiest Birthday Wishes
Card: Pink Pirouette (textured) Whisper White
Ink: Pink Pirouette
Other: Paper Doillie, Basic Rhinestone, Timeless Type Jnr Alphabet Die, Dazzling Diamonds, Eyelet Border punch, Two Way Glue Pen, Snail Adhesive

January Wrap Up! - so far...

Happy New Year!

Cheers to you.  May 2012 bring you everything you wish for.


Happy Birthday Thomas!

Tommy celebrated his 3rd birthday and we had a little get together at Bent's Basin, where my folks are camping.  This is the card I made him.

Happy Birthday Tommy.

Sale-a-bration!

Yes it's on again this year.  Between 24th January & 31st March, for every $100 product order you place, you get to choose from a special collection of stamps, DSP, ribbon & brads from this years Sale-a-bration range.

So if you want FREE STUFF - I mean really, who doesn't, then contact me today to book your workshop.  Don't delay as you might miss out!



Holiday Get Together!

As has become accustomed, each school holidays we head over to my up line Joanna Wassens' house for our holiday get together.  This time we had 7 ladies and 8 kids. 

I made 2 cards as I thought the first card was too simple.  My second design was more than suitable, but I had already pre-cut everything for the first card, so I thought I'd take both.

These are the cards I designed;


card 1

card 2

 Joanna also had 2 designs

Joanna's card 1



Joanna's card 2



These are the other cards made on the day.  The designers names are below each card.

Christie Kunkle



Rachel Capps

Sara DiSanti

Dawn Ferguson

Belinda  Hennesey

Guess who's got her mojo back!!!

How many new products can you spot?  They'll either be from the Summer Mini Catalogue or the sale-a-bration range.


 Happy Birthday Gail!

To celebrate Gail's birthday tomorrow, we're off to Yum Cha for lunch, and yes I'll be wearing a loose fitting dress so there's room to expand...  Gail is a fellow card maker ans she scrapbooks too, so there's no pressure to create something outstanding.  I was totally inspired by Joanna's card from our holiday get together.  Hope she likes it.

Happy birthday Gail.

Cheers,
Donna

December Wrap Up!

Yikes, this will be a long one....

Summer Mini Catalogue

It's stared, it's pretty, and has lots of lovely new goodies: stamps, DSP's, punches, accessories and also the introduction of the Simply Adorned range.

If you haven't yet seen the Summer Mini Catalogue, then contact me and I'll post one out to you, or click the link to the right and view it online or down load it for future reference.

Happy Birthday Kristian!

This year Kristian turned 7.  We headed over to his house to celebrate, and of course took a gift and a card.  Here's a picture of the card.

Happy birthday Krissy!

Happy Birthday Matthew!

We headed straight from Krissy's party down to my brothers place to see him and our Nephew Matthew, whose birthday was the 6th.  Matty turned 7 and is a HUGE Harry Potter fan, so I made his card using the Griffindore colours.

Happy birthday Matty!

Happy Birthday Andrew!

The 7th was my brother's 40th birthday (poor old bugger).  He and Nicole headed off on a 3 day cruise, whilst mum and dad baby sat their 4 kids.  Here's his card.

Happy Birthday Ange!

Happy Birthday Charlotte!

Another of Emily's classmates had a birthday and this is the card I made for Charlotte.

Happy Birthday Charlotte!

Secret Santa

Each year the Creative Stampers do a Secret Santa.  Our fearless leader Joanna hands out our gifts at our Christmas get together.  My Secret Santa was the beautiful Dawn Ferguson, and this is what she gave me, thanks Dawn!

Ribbon, In-colour Markers and a Sizzix die

a close up of the Swirls Scribbles die - my new favourite!

I also received a card from my up-line Joanna.  Even though the card doesn't look at all christmassy, the message was.  It was a sneak peak for us of the Sale-a-bration items.

Christmas Cards!

I don't know how, as it happens the same time every year, but Christmas just crept up on me.  I was taking so long to finish my Christmas cards that I was told by Rob that if I didn't get them finished and posted by a certain date, that I had do go and buy cards (such blasphemy....)  Needless to say, cards were made and sent on time.  Except for the relies over seas :( Sorry to them.  Here's the range I made this year.

Rebecca's Christening!

Our lovely baby niece had her christening and this is the card I made for the occasion.  I had to get creative for this one.  I don't have any stamps suitable for a christening, so I got busy with my lace ribbon border punch, trimmed it down and made a cross.

Hope you had a lovely day Becci.

Happy Birthday Ben!

Ben turned 2 and his party was the same day as Becci's christening so we couldn't go but I did still make him a card.  Here it is.

Happy birthday Ben!

Special Christmas Cards!

I had to make 2 extra special Christmas cards this year.  One for Emily's teacher and one for her buddy Chloe.  Miss Fizely is such a beautiful lady and a great teacher.  Chloe was Em's year 6 buddy and since day one of school, always looked out for Em. 

Em will miss seeing them both every day this year as she heads off to year 1 and has a new teacher, and Chloe start high school.

Thanks for your help last year.  Here's the card I made for them.  All up it took me an hour to make these two cards...

Happy Birthday Alissa!

I hope Alissa doesn't see this post as I haven't seen her for her birthday and just HAVE to give her this card.

Happy birthday Alissa!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I hope you got spoiled, behaved, ate, drank, laughed and loved (not necessarily in that order)!

Happy Birthday Natasha!

New Years Eve saw us heading off to Natasha's birthday party (and for the late stayers a new years eve party).  Here's the card I made for her, using a stamp set from the up and coming Sale-a-bration range (a little sneak peak for you..)

Happy birthday Tash!

Cheers,

Donna

November Wrap Up!

Summer Mini Catalogue Swap

Being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, I get to pre-purchase items from catalogues before they are released.  This is so I can prepare for classes and releases.  It also allows us to take part in swaps with other demonstrators so we have other examples of items in the catalogues. 

I took part in a swap organised by Kai Hughes and these are the cards I received in return for my design that I didn't take a photo of, and cant totally remember how it looked.  So, if you happened to get one of my cards, could you email me a copy?



Kari Huges

Sheree Bennett

Liz Halbisch

Catherine Lloyd

Alison Britt



I don't know... If this is yours please let me know

Merry Christmas from Kari



Happy Birthday Melissa!

Melissa is a very dear friend from school, and someone I have manage to introduce to the world of card making.  So of course she deserves something beautiful (just like her!).  I also bought her some lovely SU! products.

I went all out using my markers and then clear embossed over the top.  What do you think?

Happy Birthday Mel!

Happy Birthday Mum!

We celebrated my mum's birthday on the 28th and as mum and dad are travelling it was a pop in and see us on their way down from QLD to my brothers just north of Wollongong.  This is the card we gave mum.  It's one of my favourites as you'll probably see this pop up quite a bit.

Cheers,

Donna