Spring has sprung

Gravillea

Gerbera

Gerbera

Gerbera

Fungi ( not a flower)

I love spring when all the flowers bloom. These photos were taken in Melanie's yard

in November after all her flowers had bloomed. She loves Gerberas and has lots of different colours and long and short stem ones.

Stars and Swirls Christmas card

A friend of mine showed me how to make this card. Thank you Vesky for getting my mojo back. I have been in an uncreative mood of late. I think I was burnt out in all areas of my life.
I used my Cuttlebug and the Sizzix texture plate called Stars and swirls. The sentiment is also from a Sizzix texture plate that I cut up to get the sentiment.
I drew the stars free hand.
The border is a scallop punch by Fiskars

Spring Garden Party

These are some of the flowers Melanie made for Chloe's party to add to the theme of a Garden Party.

Chloe's 3rd Birthday

Rose-Anne, Brian and Chloe opening her present.

Jessica, Melanie, Chloe and Rose-Anne

Chloe and Rose-Anne

Chloe's 3rd Birthday

Melanie made the decoration on the wall. The theme was a Garden Party.

Paper Flowers

These paper flowers have been curled and a Dabber used for the centres.

Paper Flowers

Another Paper Flower made at camp .

Paper Flowers

Here is another paper flower made by one of the ladies at camp.

Flowers

This shows one of the paper  flowers made at camp. 

Best Blog Friends Forever Award

My friend Libby awarded this special blog to me. Thank you Libby for this and for all that you do for me. I appreciate you very much. I first met Libby at a crop run by another lady. We soon became friends with so much in common. However, she is neat with her craft stash and I am untidy. I wish I could be more like Libby and be more organised with my craft things then I might be able to find them when I need them.

Slices at camp

I have been making these 2 slices since the 1970s. The chocolate one is a Chocolate Fudge and the other one is a Coconut Slice. We had these 2 on the Friday night at camp. I used my cake stand I got for my birthday from Mel and the girls a few years ago.

Bra and Pants Name Tag

http://stampowl.blogspot.com/2008/01/panty-template.html

This name tag was sitting on my desk at camp. The frill was made from a strip of paper that I pleated roughly to give a gathered appearance.

Me at camp

Me at camp on the Saturday night.  I wore pink in memory of women with breast cancer .

Me with my bra from the bra parade on Saturday night.

Cropworks camp

Me with the Pinata we had at camp.

Melanie and I at camp.

K and Co Flowers

Calico Flower

I cut out 3 circles freehand from Calico.
I then rubbed Gel Medium all over the front and back of each circle.
The circles were allowed to dry.
I then scrunched up the 3 circles and laid them down on top of each other.
The 3 circles were then bradded.
I then sprayed Adirondack Color Wash over the top. This allowed the  original colour to be seen in some areas. The colour intensity changed on certain parts of the Gel Medium.

K and Co Flowers

Layer the flowers and add Kindy Glitz and a brad.

K and Co Flowers

K and Co Flowers

Another paper flower from the K and Co pack

A smaller version for the flower as seen in previous 2 posts.

K and Co Flowers

These came in a book and I popped them out and made them and layered them.

With some Kindy Glitz they look great.

Paper Flowers

These paper flowers have been made using Treehouse Memories double sided patterned paper.

By using the double sided patterned paper you can layer the flower petals and they tone in.

I have used 5 different sized petals for this flower. I have put a brad in the centre and used chrystallina Kindy Glitz around all the petals. Each petal has been shaped a little.

Paper Flowers

This paper flower was made from double sided patterned paper called Treehouse Memories.

This paper is what gave me the inspiration to make these flowers. I used Basic Grey, Offbeat, Laid Back.

I was looking at the Laid Back piece of patterned paper when the inspiration to make a paper flower out of it came into mind.
I cut around the teardrop shape and these formed the petals.
I pinched them at the base to give a puffy appearance and then glued them in place.
The top petals were inspired by the edge teardrops on the paper.
The middle of the flower can have anything from a button to a brad in the centre.

Shed on our property

Jessica and Me outside our new shed

Having lunch on our property

Our new shed which is a double double.

Cooper's Artwork

Cooper the Artist

Cooper showing off his masterpieces

Dabber Splats

These splats were made for these Lychees.

Dabber Splattered Backgrounds.