challenge, inkurable stampers....

i made this card for inkurable stampers music challenge...

i dont have many stamps but when i saw this i just had to have go.... my only problem [and it was rather a large one] was that the wax peeled off or i couldnt remove the stamp, [or worse still took bits of the foam stamp with it!]


Anyhow, this one was a keeper :)

i used an old opera book page as the base, gel transfer, twinklings and when they got really thick and syrupy i brushed them over the raised bits.

guess it hasnt been a keeper for long, its traded!

i love the look of these so i will keep perservering, im wondering if my cereal box base was too flexible....or the wax didnt want to stick to the twinklings rather than acrylic paint.

i wish.....

i posted more regularly , then i wouldnt feel so overwhelmed or give you an overload of information. lol

last week i got home and found the dog had pulled the nurofen[ibroprufen] off the bench and eaten at least 10 tablets. so after two days of being on a drip , blood tests and $500 later she is fine and back to her naughty self. the nurofen now being tucked away in a cupboard with anything else that she shouldnt have.

as lucy said , that was an expensive packet of nurofen!

Charlie has returned from the kfc team challenge where our little country store came second in the national comp. She went to Qld for four days all expenses paid and came home with a new camera and great prizemoney. who knew there was a certain way to pack fries and that you had 47 secs to get your customers thru drive thru.

yep 47 secs, think about that next time you are scratching around the car for change or arguing with your kids about their order!

the next few weeks are busy for her with getting her braces off after 2 yrs and 8 months , her deb and.........

she's off to Denmark in Jan on her Rotary exchange, so its busy busy busy.

Lucy has her ag art dress nearly finished and is busy with getting her final folios finished.

i made some extra fused plastic cards and most are traded. When i get a working sewing machine again i will make some more! i like the ragged edge on these...









i made this notebook cover from some fused plastic and was pretty happy how it turned out....


made these two litle poohs for friends having bubs , they are about 10 cm /4" tall and fully jointed. Ive been making these for years for all the babies and i put mine on the christmas tree each year. The pattern came from Rosemary McQueen back in the 80's when teddys were all the rage.....



i have been recieving some lovely atc in the mail and will post soon....

i promise..

Thanks for all the kind comments too on my last post, its a wonderful world the blogging world.......

creating hope...

i was really honored to be asked to contribute to this...and i hope you'll all follow this link and donate to this wonderful cause.

ive lost two people close to me from cancer, lou, one of my craft girlfriends. she died at 36 from breast cancer, leaving a devoted hubby and 3 kids, 8, 4 and 1. She'd fought the cancer for 4 years but in the end it was just too aggressive.

and Joycey who was like another grandma to my kids. she lived nextdoor, and was always available to help if i needed it when the girls were little. they loved playing paddocks, uno with her and pulling out her enormous frog collection...always a laugh and something nice in the cake tin. all joyce ever wanted was grandkids of her own but she died 5 months before her gd was born and 12mths after being diagnosed with lung cancer. her beloved hubby barry, nursed her till the end and moved away a few short weeks after she died.

this week has been really crappy... which is why i thought it might be therapeutic to make my tag.

a work collegue for over 20 yrs has just been diagnosed with bowel cancer while her hubby has been fighting melanoma for the past year.

a work collegue of my hubbys died after a long battle with bowel cancer...


and beautiful, fun filled nic died at 39 from a heart attack leaving behind her treasured 5 yr old girl. nic was joyceys daughter, so full of life and a real giver like her mum.
on sunday nights when my girls were little, they used to get into their jammies and go into joyces and they would get funky make up and hair done. joycies girls would pay them 50c for neck massages and play games with them. im sure it was the highlight of all their weeks.
the funeral yesterday was ofcourse miserable and i wondered just how much heartache can a family cope with. to lose half your family in the space of 5 years, unfathomable, but, they have to keep going for the little one...

so my tag is dedicated to strength....

strength for those who are sick, that they can fight their illness by whatever means possible. that they have the strength to tell their dr that they want a second opinion or better treatment and strength to say i've had enough and to die with dignity.

strength for the carers like Baz who give their all and sacrifice their own health and wellbeing because thats what you do for someone you love who is sick.
Strength for the caring medical profession who have to deal pain and suffering as an every day part of their jobs.

and finally strength for those left behind to deal with the trauma and aftermath of losing someone you love, especially when children are involved.

this tag is little approx 2", was smaller but it grew. i needlefelted various scraps of lace, tulle and doilies. then painted some fused bubble wrap [future post] and stuck some dictionary words on. the string looked a bit , well, like string color so i painted it white and added some gold threads to match the lace. the pic is very dark , its all just creams with a little bit of gold ....




More info here.....






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