Extreme Joy Is………………

watching your eldest son play Junior Football for the first time……………………………………& kicking his first goal!
He was on the Bench in the 1st quarter, 2nd & 3rd quarters he was in the Ruck (as shown in the photo) & the final quarter he was somwhere near the goals (I’m not very good knowing the positions on [...]

Joy Is………

enjoying a Refreshing Apple Drink, Yummy Pancakes, Hot Coffee & Wonderful Conversation with a FANTASTIC FRIEND at The Pancake Parlour.

Sympathy Card

I received news this morning, that my Brother In Law’s Mum, passed away in New Zealand, late last night. She had deteriorated quite a bit in the latter part of last year & early this year. She had lived a very long & rewarding life – she was a month & a bit away from [...]

Heart Iris Fold Card

I’m holding my Iris Fold Card Class on Tuesday with 3 customers. This class was meant to be held last month, but then I got sick & it had to be postponed.

Cardstock: Very Vanilla & Chocolate Chip
Other: Very Vanilla Grosgrain Ribbon, Outlaw Designer Series Paper (on Retired List), Gold Brads & Creative Memories Custom Cutting System

Goodbye Carte Postale

It will be very sad to see this gorgeous stamp set retire at the end of March.
I saw this beautiful card design on a Blog somewhere (sorry, am unable to remember where).

Stamp Set: Carte Postale
Cardstock: Purely Pomegranate & Whisper White
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Other: 1 3/8″ Square Punch & Gold Brad

Retiring Stamp Set Challenge Card

My Upline, Christine, challenged us to use our favourite retiring stamp set, along with the retiring In Colours & make a card.
My favourite stamp set is being retired, along with my favourite in-colour. I only had one in-colour stamp pad, so decided to make a very simple, but elegant, card.

Cardstock: Whisper White & Purely Pomegranate
Stamp [...]

“Thank You” Cards

For the past couple of days, I have been busy making “Thank You” cards for all the lovely friends who either visited me in hospital or who sent me cards.

Cardstock: Whisper White & Tempting Turquoise
Ink: Pixie Pink, Tempting Turquoise & Glorious Green
Stamp Set: Bodacious Bouquet & Greetings Galore (both of which are on the Retired [...]

Lovely flowers

These are some of the lovely flowers I received, whilst I was in hospital recently. There was lack of space to display these beautiful flowers, so I had to get my Darling Husband take them home when needed.
The front display were from my Tennis friends (& are still thriving today – 2 weeks later). The [...]

Stampin’ Up! Retiring List

Stampin’ Up! has released their Reitiring List today – which can be found here.
Many of these stamp sets & accessories are discounted. This will enable you to purchase your favourite before time runs out.
Remember, having many stamp sets retiring, makes room for many NEW & EXCITING stamp sets in the upcoming Catalogue.
Please let me know ASAP [...]