Blog Candy Giveaway

I found the most amazing giveaway today at http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/ check it out, there are some great things on offer.

Anzac Weekend with JVo's Classes

As you can see Jo and I and many other Ladies had a wonderful weekend filled with Julie's classes at Scraptacular in Mentone, what a talented lady she is, Jo and I attended 3 of the 5 classes held over the weekend which started Friday afternoon and went through until Saturday night.

They were fullon classes that kept you working the whole time trying to complete your project, the only 1 I did not complete until this afternoon, was the art boxes as we were on a much smaller time frame, because of classes to follow on. All of Julie's new products are wonderful and they are so easy to use.

In Memory of Dad

Today my Dad would have turned 83, these pictures are from some wonderful times, at the top him on Holidays, then Mum and Dad at a Wedding and the last one is of me and him on the 14th May 1983, my goodness how time flies, he passed away on the 6th of September, 2000 and I still miss him terribly.

Aubergine Houses

I have completed 2 Houses, as I wasn't happy with the first one,the small one, I was using Collection houses, however I decorated the card and then realised you are supposed to put them together with decorative paper, so I had to do it inside out, which means all the seams are vi sable. The second one I painted and decorated the paper and then made a house as I didn't have any big ones left from the set and I am much happier with that one.

Play Day at Greta's

Today Greta and I had a crafty day at her place, we created 2 tiles each, mine are the 2 on the left of the screen. We also attempted to make some 3D houses, which I can only say are a work in progress, started but definitely not finished. I will post that when finally finished. But it was a wonderful day, with sunshine coming in the big open door and lots of chatter and laughing.

Fairy Card

A friend from work asked me to make a birthday card for her soon to be 6 year old granddaughter, her only requests were that I put her name on the card and the year and that Ebony loves Fairies. I have used Kaiser Kraft new paper as the background and also cut out a fairy from a matching paper.

Last of the House Pages

These are the final pages for the house swap from Arty-Oz, they are the Dragons Den, Bird House, Music House and My Mothers House, I hope all the ladies will be pleased with my efforts, they certainly made me think in different directions with all the varying themes.

This is the 2nd row to the jigsaw swap, G for Gentleman, H for Hat, I for Infants, J for Jumping with Joy, K for kids, L for Lovely Lady.

JigSaw Swap

I am in the Crafty Mums group and we are currently running a jigsaw swap and these are my first pieces complete, they are A for Angelic Angels, B for Beautiful Bird, C for Classy Children,D for Daring Dorothy, E for Elegant Eileen and F for Funny Fellows, I had a great deal of fun with these and can't wait for the next set of pieces.

Hero Arts Give-away

Check out the Hero Art new competition here at their blog.

House Page Swap

Just completed 2 more of the swap I am in, of course these pages belong to Ness - Fabric House and Kylie - Asian House, they both pushed eoutside my comfort zone as they are themes, I don't usually work with. But I did enjoy them in the end and I hope there owners will too.

Jen Crossley's Class

Well yesterday was an absolute scorcher the temperature soared to the high 40's, with raging bush fires and unfortunate deaths and during all this horror, in my air conditioned house I hosted a class for Jen in Metal Etching. I and the others here had no idea that the fires were out of control all over Victoria.

We had a fabulous time with lots of lollies, laughter, drinks(soft), innuendo(we had to be careful as Jo's 15 year old daughter was around) and most of all creating.

Jen is a wonderful teacher and is very generous with her knowledge and the kits that she supplied.

My husband Peter is not so happy as there was a few holes drilled into our dining room table, but these things happen. He also helped me figure out how to work the dremmel this morning, so next time I will be able to use it to cut of the excess metal. Check out the Jen's, Liz'z and Teresa's blogs for more photo's and info.