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Thursday, 31 December 2015

Happy Bird-Day

Hello again,

Well the  last day of the year has arrived and there are just four hours until the huge fireworks in the city, my brother and niece have arrived for a late Christmas and were delighted to have a serve of my Mum aka Gran's Christmas pudding with ice cream and custard for dessert after dinner tonight and are looking forward to heading up to the railway bridge to watch the fireworks a 9pm (the fireworks are about the size of a beach ball and maybe a few golf balls and there's no loud bangs as a bonus, 100kms from Sydney, but can still see the skyline!) so while they wind down from a long drive (12hrs) before they head up town I'm writing my final post for 2015.

I love peeking in at everyone's cards and stopped by the From the Heart Stamps blog to check out all this months fabulous creations with the Stamp of the month challenge and came across Larissa's card which used the very same designer paper! 

I also found an extra Birthday challenge and decided to use this extra cute Birdbrain image to participate, the image is called Birthday Candle and comes with a huge variety of sentiments too. 

Faith (owner and designer) and Imke of the DT at From the Heart Stamps are celebrating their birthdays and so is the From the Heart Stamps Shop! They would love to see a Birthday card... I unfortunately missed their blog hop at the beginning of December :-(

Di is also celebrating over at Snippets Playground it's Di's 4th Year as Principal of the Playground!! She does a wonderful job keeping everyone  in line although I hear word of some mischief makers behind the bike shed....

I'm not sure who the recipient will be, perhaps my neighbour who celebrates her birthday in early February...

Here's my card:-



What I used:-
White 10.5 x 14.8cm card blank
Pink jewelled core'dinations cardstock 
patterned paper from my scrap box
pink flowers
bling from stash
White card
Digi Image Birthday Candle 
Derwent and Faber-Castell pencils
two pink twine from stash
MFT stitched rectangle die
fairy krystal glitter paint
Adhesives:- Double-sided tape & PVA

I would like to enter this card in:-
From the Heart Stamps Birthday Challenge
Snippets Playground
CRAFT Anything goes
Bizzy Becs Store Blog Challenge

Thank you for looking in...
Wishing you all a Safe, Happy, Prosperous and Healthy 2016
Megan

P.S.
A huge Thank you to all the kind and lovely ladies who take the time to leave me a message I truly appreciate them all, thank you for all being so very kind during my first year of blogging and welcoming me into the blogging world...Megan 

Tuesday, 29 December 2015

Some extra Christmas Crackers

Hello again,

I hope you all have had a very Merry Christmas, had a lovely time celebrating with your families, I had a quiet Christmas at home with my parents…but my brother announced quite late (already posted the bulk of the Christmas Care package) that he and his family would be coming, my niece really announced this as you can imagine an excited 10 year old “I'm getting two Christmases this year!’, so just as well the second box of presents hadn't been sealed with the previously seen Christmas Crackers, I have now had to make a second set for us too, everyone needs a Christmas Party Hat... hehehe I got to pick my own...

I have used the three paper remnants from the previous set of crackers, added six more tags (they are back to back) scoured my very messy desk for some coloured images, which I thankfully found all three from different digi stamp companies. Scraps of white card to die cut the tags, scraps of cardstock, I basically started cleaning up my table and used what I found.... its really really messy!!

Here are my Christmas Crackers (set 2):-



What I used:-
Paper remnants from previous set
Coloured cardstock remnants from my scrap box red, yellow and blue
Faber-Castell and Derwent Pencils
Twine in various colours from stash (including a scrounged piece from rubbish bag)
Silver ribbon from $2 shop
Cracker strips from Riot art (Australia)
Gel ink pens in co-ordinating colours
W Plus 9 Timeless tag die
Lifestyle crafts Nesting rectangle dies
Mpress nesting square die
Steel ruler, Stanley knife, craft cutting matt

Adhesives:- Double-sided tape, PVA glue

I would like to enter these crackers in:-

I'm not sure that two Christmases is good for the doctors diet, let alone having added a third!! (another family catch up which has previously happened in August!) 

Wishing you and yours a Happy, safe, peaceful and Healthy New Year

Many thanks for looking in...
Happy New Year...
Megan

Thursday, 24 December 2015

Merry Christmas!

Hello again,

Just a quick post to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas a Happy, safe,  peaceful, healthy and crafty New Year.

Thank you for all welcoming me to the world of blogging, leaving mesagges of encouragement on my cards and craft. I have had a wonderful year playing along with all of your challenges ...

Enjoy your festivities, eat, drink and be merry.  Don't forget the police catch cries Arrive Alive, Stop Revive Survive, RBT means you need a plan B. Stay safe over the holidays I look forward to another year of card making and craft next year.

Thank you for looking in...
Have a wonderful Christmas
Megan