Wednesday, November 28, 2012

WOYWW? #182

Thought I would take the long view of my desk today just to show that, yea my desk is a little bigger that a few feet that I normally show..  I have 2, 12 inch cutters one has a swirly cutter on it and the other is a straight one.. My scoring board is there under the little container I keep some of the papers that I am working with at the moment.. I just have my stamps all stacked in the basket.  I really need some better storage for them now, this was working for me till I bought more and now they just don't fit anymore.. My bigshot normally goes under my desk when not in use it has a little spot there.. I moved some of my stickles into one of my little buckets so they are upside down after seeing Julia's last week in her holder, this is much better. Thanks for that tip, they do work much better without the air and bubbles now.. Plus they are handy there at the moment with me using them so much at the moment..
So here is my desk....


Here is the card I finished on the weekend 
with the papers I had on my desk last week...
 

So hope you have a great peek around desks and make sure that you link up with Julia's Stamping Ground this WOYWW? 
Have a great day
Sandy :)

Monday, November 26, 2012

Christmas Card

I have been making Christmas cards and having a bit of a play with these great papers from Kaisercraft the Belle collection.. I have been playing around with banners and I really like these traditional colors..  I so love the wording on the paper it is so pretty too, raised and very sparkly..
I didn't follow a sketch or anything I know surprise, surprise just mucked around with little bits of paper and ribbon.. I was doing the card Hokey pokey...
You place it here, 
you place it there. 
You put it on
then move it all around..

So here is my card...




I am going to enter this in the following challenges 
One stop craft challenge Traditional Christmas
Make it Monday Anything goes

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Challenges 4 Everybody #8 DT

Hi all, well another 2 weeks has gone by and its time for 

Have you joined in yet?? Its just a bit of fun to do and we get so many awesome entries.. Its so interesting to see what other people are doing.. Great to get that mojo flowing when its taken a hike.. As always its anything goes so go ahead link that next project up we would love to come to your blog and take a peek.. 

My friend and I bought these wooden trees and then painted them, we had such fun and lots of giggles.  Mine is silver and hers was gold.. We sprinkled glitter all over them when it was wet to make them sparkle..  I really like the way they turned out..  I found these lovely clear glass Christmas ornaments and tied the red ribbon on them and onto all the branches.. They are so delicate looking, they don't really show up that well on the photo... I really like this on my dining table.. 
I so love Christmas, love all the family gatherings and so love decorating the house.  Its a big thing in our house on December the 1st we go all out.. Table runners, ornaments, the all important tree, door decorations, even the coffee mugs get changed to Christmas ones..  It all goes so quickly and then it feels like its time to pack up in no time.. January 1st it all comes down again, so its such a special month... 

So here is my tree table decoration...



I am also going to enter this is the following challenges
Make it Monday anything goes
Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings anything but a card with ribbon
Anything but a card #6 
Sparkles forum challenges Christmas is coming

Have a great day 
Sandy :)

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Merry Monday #42




I decided to join in on the challenge at Merry Monday #42 I have not joined in for a little while and as I am still a few short on Christmas cards, thought this was a great way to get a few more done... I really liked the lovely sketch by Margaret Moody and think I will make a few more of these in different colors.. 

So here is my card for the Merry Monday Sketch....



I am going to enter this in the following challenges 
Merry Monday #42 Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges Put a bow on it
Hiding in my craft room Christmas

I would also like to welcome a new follower to my little blog Carole.  So glad that you have decided to follow hope you pop in every now and again and say hi..
Special thanks to all, for all the lovely comments I receive on my blog.. I read and appreciate every one of them, so thank you so much...

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

WOYWW #181

Hi all WOYWW  at Julia's Stamping Ground. Well I have put everything away that is not Christmas related as I really need to make a few more Christmas cards.. Think I am about 6 short so not too bad, think I will make a few doubles of the same card..
So here is my desk....


All the wood is stacked and we are all finished till next year Yay, Woot, Woot, thanks for all the lovely comments about my stacking of the wood.. The photo below was one I took near where we got the wood.  It was so pretty this bush all out in flower all speckled throughout the bush..  I have no idea what its called but thought you might like to see it too..




I wanted to share this really cute link to a cat foster carer called John. He has a livestream camera feed of a litter of kittens he is caring for.. They are called the Spice Kittens and its so cute to watch there antics..   As so many of you love your cats I thought you might like to have a peek... 
Livestream link to The Spice Kittens

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Christmas Card

Hi all, got to have a play with the sketch from retro sketches today.  I am still a few short of Xmas cards so thought it was time I started to remedy the situation..  This was such a cute one from Retro Sketches the sketch was done by Arielle. The trees where a freebie in July from The Alley Way Stamps. I printed them out onto green and blinged them up with some stickles and cut them out.. All the papers where Kaisercraft.. 
So here is my card...





I am also entering this in the following challenges 
Tanda Stamps Anything Christmas
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge Christmas card

Have a great day
Sandy :)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

WOYWW #180



Well I have been very busy but only a little of it has been craft related..
So here is my desk.....

We have been getting our wood in for next year and I have been busy stacking it under our wood shed.  We can only get it till the 30th of November then its off limits as its fire season... They are thinning it out before they do a burn off..  I stacked all this wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow all by myself...
Here is the wood....



The vegetable garden is growing great, only trouble we are having is getting the carrots to germinate, they are being stubborn.. This is the Lettuce snow peas and onions.. 
So here is the vegetable garden....


This is the photo from just a few weeks ago they have really grown when you see it like this...

So I am off to take a peek at other desks and see what everyone is up to on this 180th WOYWW

Have a great day 
Sandy :)

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Challenges 4 Everybody #7

Hi all, well another 2 weeks has gone by and its time for 
I so look forward to seeing and commenting on all the fantastic projects every fortnight that everyone comes up with.  
 We so enjoyed working with Cara on our design team and wish her well, her cards are amazing and I will be popping into her blog 
Purple Princess pretty things  to keep in touch..

Today I am using  the new stamp I bought last week, I so adored it knew it was going to get inked up straight away... It has such lovely detail, its called Botanical and its from Kaisercraft.
The card stock and ink are all  Wisteria wonder by Stampin'up, I seem to get hooked on colors at the moment last week it was all Raspberry ripple..  Needed a few thank you cards in my stash of cards and think this one fits the bill nicely..
So here is my card....






I am also going to enter this is the following challenge
Make it Monday anything goes


Have a great day 
Sandy :)

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Baby Owls

Some people said they still could not see the owls so I did a bit of photo shop and here they are zoomed in... They picked a good tree didn't  they, they do blend in rather well.. 
So here are the baby owls..


Will see if I can get some more photos this afternoon they seem to come out when its a bit warmer...

I would also like to welcome as a new follower Sandi..  So hope you enjoy popping in  in from time to time to say hi and see what is going on, on my little blog.. 

Have a great day 
Sandy :)

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

WOYWW #178

I have been shopping again and was very good this time only 1 stamp and 1 sticker sheet.. But what an amazing sticker sheet its new from Kaisercraft called Pickled Pear. Those words will be so much fun to use they are all separate typed words just perfect for all sorts of crafty work..  The detail on the butterflies are lovely, so looking forward to using these. The stamp is called Botanical it stamps up with so much detail.  I have started doing a card will post it on my blog on the weekend its for the DT im on so cant show it yet..
So here is my desk....


Very exciting news the owls hatched can you see them looking down at me with there big eyes they are just so cute.  I was lucky to get this as they have been in the nest and you could only just see there heads.  Today when I went there they where and they where all looking at me. There is 2 babies and the mum, they are right in the middle of this photo.. Click on the photo to make it bigger they are just adorable.. I zoomed in as far as I could with the camera, they are very high in the tree..   
So here are the owls...

Click to enlarge to see the owls a little better..



Have you joined in at Julia's Stamping ground ??  Well we would all love to come and have a peek at your desk, so come on in and join in on all the fun..


Have a great day 
Sandy :)