M.I.A.

Good Afternoon !!

I feel like I've been missing-in-action over the last few weeks, and I haven't had any time to myself.

We've had a family holiday to Canberra to visit my new niece, and brand new nephew. My niece Hayley is six months old now, and such a beautiful girl. She's developing her own personality, and she's such a happy baby. It was so much fun spending time with her, and of course catching up with her mum and dad. Our new nephew, Michael, was born 4 days before we arrived!! I can't believe how tiny he is .... you seem to forget how little they once were. It's just a shame we live so far away. I can feel plenty of "road trips" to Canberra in the future to visit these new additions to our family.

I've also been extremely busy with a very good friend's wedding. It's coming up in just under 2 weeks, and I'm going to be her Matron of Honour. So as you can imagine, it's been a crazy time finalising dresses and all those other things a wedding involves.

I just finished making a wishing well for this wedding too, and you'll be able to see the photos below. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, and have to thank my gorgeous friend Cassie for all her help and inspiration. If it wasn't for her, I'd still be staring at a blank canvas, not knowing where to begin. Thanks Cassie xoxo

My little boy Liam is visiting with his grandparents for 3 weeks now, so I'm hoping to have a lot more time for scrapping / colouring / card making, etc. etc. Fingers crossed I might even be able to get my Christmas cards done. I just need to make a "to do" list, and work through everything one by one.

Anyway, here are some pics of the wishing well. I got a bit carried away with the photos, so I hope I don't bore you with them.

Thanks for stopping by. Take care out there,

Big hugz

Honor xoxo

New Creations

Hello !!

Just a quick entry today to show you a card I've just finished. I'm entering this in the Mad For Markers challenge that is running at the moment. Their topic for this challenge is "digital stamp" .... so all you need to do is create something using a digital stamped image. How easy is that?? So, there's no excuse for you not to enter. Hop over to M4M here, and check out the challenge for yourself.

The image is from The Greeting Farm, and she is called "Dressy Ebony". You can see this image, and other gorgeous images like it here. Of course, I've coloured the image with my Copics, and I've also coloured the ribbon to match.

As it's time to start thinking about Christmas, I found a template for these gorgeous gift bags at Splitcoast Stampers (see here). I've adapted the bags slightly to suit my needs. They are so cute, and the perfect size for a gift card. I'm also thinking of making some for the Christmas table this year, and include some individual treats for everyone. I don't think I'll be limiting these to Christmas either, they are so cute and easy to make, perfect for any occasion.

It's time to start thinking about Christmas cards too. Oh, where to start !! lol

Thanks for stopping by everyone. Take care for now,

Hugs Honor xo

Bizzy Bec's New Blog & Blog Candy

Hi everyone,

I hope you've all be having a lovely weekend. The weather was gorgeous here today, and we spent a beautiful morning down by the waterfront riding the carousel and ferris wheel ... so much fun!!

Guess what ?? Bizzy Bec's Cardmaking & Scrapbooking have just released their new blog. To check it out, click here. To celebrate Bec's blog, she's offering some awesome blog candy ..... it's fantastic !! Over at Bec's blog, you can also see her marvellous Design Team's creations, which is not to be missed! There is so much to see at Bec's blog, so hop over there now !!

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to be back this week with something to show you.

Cheers,
Honor

Happy Saturday

Welcome to the weekend everyone ..... it's been a beautiful day here today, and we're expecting even better weather tomorrow. My husband and I spent a couple of hours in the garden today, tidying up the front yard. We've got lots of ideas with the gardens for Spring .... now to put them into action !!

I even found some time this afternoon to put together a card from some coloured images I had done over the last couple of weeks. I love this Tilda, with her blue jeans. It's such a cute image, and you can use it for so many occasions. I love the Magnolia tree too, I think I'll use this a lot.

Well, it's off to the park for us now. Liam is pulling on my arm as we speak !!

Thanks again for stopping by. Enjoy the weekend everyone.

Take care,
Honor xo

a very productive day ...

It's been a great day today. I've finally finished the birthday card I've been working on for weeks. I just hope the recipient loves it now. It's her party on Saturday night, so we'll find out then. Happy Birthday Cass ..... big hugs xoxo

I've decided to enter this card into Bizzy Bec's September challenge. This month the theme for the challenge is "Cheerful Spring", and I love this gorgeous Tilda, with the swing added ..... depicts Spring for me, enjoying the outdoors and relaxing. Although, I wish the weather here at the moment would be warmer .... the kids can't wait to get outside more and into the sunshine.

To enter Bec's September challenge, just go to her website here http://www.bizzybecscardmakingscrapbooking.com.au/

Below is a quick card I've made using one of the many images I've coloured over the last couple of weeks. I've been colouring nearly every night, and have so many images now to make cards with. Apart from these two cards, I've spent the day cutting out images, and making some plans for some cards. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with this image, as I put off colouring it for so long. I just wasn't sure how to colour whites, but I think this turned out ok. The papers are from the Prima "Jack and Jill" collection, as is the stamped embellishment. I stamped it with a Stampin' Up stamp, and embossed for that little bit extra. The flowers are from my stash, but I think it's nearly time to buy some more .... lol.

Well, I hope you've all been having a lovely day. I hope the cycling races in Geelong aren't causing you too many headaches, and you're managing to keep warm on this cold day.

Take care everyone, and thanks for stopping by.

Hugz Honor xo

I finally got around to uploading the photo of the Kaisercraft desk storage project that I finished last week.

I used the paper range K & Co. Hopscotch Girl, which I am really loving at the moment. It's just so pretty, particularly the butterflies. You can't see from the pic, but I sprayed the entire project with pearl glimmermist to give it a pretty sparkly effect. The round embellishments on the drawers are from the Prima "Jack n' Jill" collection, and suited the paper just perfectly. The butterflies are also Prima, and the flowers are from my own stash. I also added some pearl Kaisercraft bling to the edges to finish it off.

I still think the embellishments are a bit plain for my liking, particularly as I love using flowers, etc. on my cards, but I do think the paper is so pretty, it doesn't need too much more.


I started working on a birthday card today for a gorgeous friend of mine, however I'm stressing a little too much over it, and didn't achieve a great deal. I've been looking at it for about 2 hours now, and all I have is the base card .... lol. It's just one of those things that I really want to be perfect, and everything I think of just doesn't seem right. Anyway, I'm sure I'll get there in the end and once the birthday has come and gone, I'll post it on here for you all to see.

Hope you are all having a lovely day. We've had a few sunny days here in Victoria, but today has been cold and miserable. Come on Spring ...... we're waiting !!!

Take care everyone,
hugs Honor xoxo

Just a quickie ...

Good Evening,

I hope everyone is well today, and for all you Victorian bloggers, I hope you are all dry and safe. It's been extremely wet here in Victoria over the past 24-48 hours, which is doing wonders for our dams, however, some places have certainly had more than their fair share today!!

My first pic today is a card made with my new Shopping Tilda, and the boutique background stamp I borrowed from a good friend. I was quite pleased with the way this one turned out, particularly as I was straying from my usual love of pinks!!


I also made a quick start on some gift cards for Christmas. These have been made using the new Christmas paper range from Kaisercraft, along with their mini journalling tags, and matching ribbon.

I'm hoping tonight to get a start on some more projects, particularly some off-the-page projects I've got sitting in the wings. I just need to find my mojo, and we'll be off and running ....... now, where did it put it ?????

Take care everyone, and I hope to be back soon with some more to show you.

Hugs,

Honor xo