Today my Miss 9 went to camp. Because it is her birthday tomorrow we thought a little present before she went would be nice so we gave that to her this morning, some earrings and a book to take on camp. 
She was so excited, found her friend and before I knew it she was on the bus and off she went, no tears just very happy.
Her little sister was a bit sad but said her friends cheered her up. So my little Miss 9 is growing up, I am so proud of her!
I hope you all had a good day and I'll talk to you again soon. Bye!
Smiles Catherine xox
My little ones celebrated book week today with a celebration and the theme was a Book Safari. Miss 9 chose to be an elephant and Miss 5 wanted to be a lion so off I went to Spotlight and came home with some felt, elastic, cardboard and crepe paper and away I went. So these are the creations I came up with and they worked well for the parade, I was so happy to see them both enjoy dressing up and celebrating such a fun event at school.
So after my morning it was back home to get started on some more cards to be taught at the scrapbooking store. I still used the Making Memories paper Noteworthy for these cards to show how the paper can be used in a variety of layouts. 
I think I'll try and make one more and get them to the shop asap so they're all ready for the start of the card classes in September. I hope that you had a good day today, talk to you soon!
Smiles Catherine xoxMaterials (For You) Paper: MM Noteworthy, Bazzill Cardstock Ink: None Used Stamps: None Used Accessories: SU Distresser Kit, Buttons, MM Ribbon, Adornit Letter Stickers
(Happy Mother's Day) Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, MM Noteworthy Ink: Versacolour Cherry Pink Stamps: Paper Salon Accessories: Buttons, Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Punch, Corner Punch, Kaiser Rhinestones
Hi there everyone it seems like ages since I have been to visit but don't worry I haven't forgotten you I just haven't had much to share and I've just been busy doing everyday things. As I have mentioned before my little girl is turning the big 10 and so I have been getting things made for the party bags. Don't you just love the cute little strawberry party bags? I bought them for just $2 at Kmart and knew they would come in handy someday, I think they are really sweet.
And I also have a card to share with you too. I made this card for my local scrapbooking shop who asked me recently to help design cards for them to teach in card making classes at the shop. 
I was really so excited to be asked and I am looking forward to doing something that I love which is cardmaking. Thanks for stopping by to visit and I look forward to seeing you again soon. Bye!Smiles Catherine xoxMaterials
Stamps: Basic Grey, Paper SalonPaper: Bazzill Cardstock, MM Noteworthy, SU Ruby RedInk: SU Lavender Lace Marker, SU Ruby Red
Accessories: Dimensionals, SU Button, SU Linen Thread, Kaiser Rhinestones, Corner Punch, SU Distresser Kit, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, MM Ribbon
Hi there everyone, I hope you had a good weekend. Mine was pretty good, getting a chance to spend some quality time with my girls and taking one of them with me to the Handmade Expo. Since I didn't get a post in at all this weekend I thought I would share a photo of what we got up to on Saturday. With the lovely weather we are having it was perfect to get in the garden and give it a good water so my Miss 5 was happy to help.
Miss 9 was content to ponder through magazines to find recipes to put into her cookbook, so a relaxing Saturday and Sunday was more about catching up with family and friends.
My Miss 9 will be celebrating her birthday soon so my goal is to try and make the party treats to go into her bag. Today I made these butterfly bookmarks, pretty simple and will come in handy I'm sure. 
Thanks for stopping by, until next time bye!Smiles Catherine xoxMaterialsStamps: SU Polka Dot BackgroundInk: SU Lovely Lilac, SU Tempting TurquoisePaper: SU Whisper White, SU Lovely Lilac, SU Tempting TurquoiseAccessories: Paperclips, Circle Punches, Scallop Punch, Butterfly Punch, Kaiser Rhinestones and Pearls.
Just another quickie post from me today. I made this card last night and is in the mail as I type this and I wanted to share with you today what I made. I have been really trying to get back into the rhythm of card making, the more practice it seems my confidence is returning and ideas seem to be working, well most of the time. Talk to you all again soon. Bye!Smiles Catherine xoxMaterialsStamps: SU Oh So LovelyInk: Stazon, SU Purely Pomegranate, SU Markers Certainly Celery and Apricot Appeal, SU Creamy Caramel
Paper: SU Whisper White, SU Purely PomegranateAccessories: SU Linen Thread, SU Buttons, SU Distresser Kit, Diamond Glaze, SU Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder.
In my creative space today I have a couple of things I made this morning in my weekly stamping class. The orange you can see is a notebook and we also made a flap card. The rest of my creative space is all about making a crayon roll for a party my Miss 5 has on the weekend. I found a great tutorial at Skip to my Lou and some crayons I found that can be sharpened and erased. Thank you for stopping by it's great to hear from all of you and I hope that you are all having a great day. Don't forget to go and check out the rest of these wonderful creative spaces over at Kirsty's blog.Smiles Catherine xox
Over at Splitcoast Stampers their clean and simple challenge was to use some bling. I find this really easy and lots of fun using anything that is sparkly and glittery. The card I made was done with my eldest daughter in mind, she is celebrating her big double figured birthday soon (she'll be 10) and loves purple and aqua hence my colour choice. I was inspired by a little girls shirt I saw recently so that was the reason for my layout. Have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by.Smiles Catherine
Materials Stamps: SU Yummy, Bella Clear Stamps Paper: SU Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Lovely Lilac, Wild Wasabi Ink: Versamark, SU Wild Wasabi, Lovely Lilac and Tempting Turquoise Accessories: Glitter, Kaiser Rhinestones, Martha Stewart Punches, Heat and Stick Powder, Dimensionals
Hello there everyone and thankyou for coming to visit. Today I thought while I had the chance I would give Dawn's Colour Challenge a go because last week I just missed out. The card I made was created for a little girl who will be celebrating her birthday this weekend. I don't have many little girl stamps but a cupcake is pretty safe. I hope that you are all having a lovely day. Bye for now.
Smiles Catherine xoxMaterialsStamps: Papermania Clear Stamps, SU Cause for Celebration, SU Polka DotPaper: SU Pink Passion, SU Perfect Plum, SU Very Vanilla, SU Purely PomegranateInk: Versamark, SU Markers Perfect PlumAccessories: Clear Embossing Powder, SU Scallop and Circle Punch, SU Scallop Edge Punch, Dimensionals, Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Kaiser Rhinestones, SU Buttons
Hi everyone how has your Saturday been? Today we had fun at the fair, fed the clowns and the goats, milked a cow and watched milk being made into butter. 
We were brave and enjoyed the rides, ate our traditional treats and bought some treats to take home too. 
A sensational Saturday was had by all so glad you called by.Smiles Catherine xox
Bianca from Bianca Jae Makes Stuff is the lucky winner of the blog candy. I used the Random Number Generator and with my lovely husband as a witness the lucky number three was chosen so Bianca I will get that into the post to you soon. Thank you to everyone who stopped by my blog and entered it was great to meet all of you and I hope that you will stop by again soon. Have a wonderful weekend everyone and I hope to stop by tomorrow and visit. And to make the post pretty here is a photo I took when my camera was new, some regular visitors to my bird feeder, enjoy. Bye!
Smiles Catherine
Hi there! This is my second creative space today and wanted to join in so thank you Kirsty for hosting and letting me join in whenever I can it's so much fun to see what everyone is up to. Anyway time has got away from me today and so my creative space is all about cooking up some yummy things for my family. Today I'm trying my hand at some Jaffa Squares, I don't mind eating a Jaffa or two so I thought I would try and it looks pretty quick and easy. Thank you for stopping by my little part of blog land and I hope to see again soon. I also have a little giveaway and entries close on Friday so scroll down to comment if you would like to enter. Bye for now!
Smiles Catherine xox
Do you remember when you were in school and you made friendship bracelets? It was a craze for a while for me and I had heaps of fun making them. The version that I have made is quite basic but I found this pack of fluro embroidery floss and thought that the girls would love these in their party bags. Believe it or not after all this time I still remember how to make the bracelets but you can find a tutorial here that will be helpful if you want to give them a try. I made bracelets of four strands of floss at about 60cm, put a knot at the top, stuck it down with sticky tape on my coffee table and away I go. I have seven to make, but they really don't take long to make and then onto some other gifts for the party girls. See you again tomorrow.There is still some time to enter in the blog candy giveaway!
Smiles Catherine xox
Hi there everyone! Today I have some cards to share with you which means I have motivated myself to get back into my paper crafting. The first card I made was to participate in Dawn's colour challenge but I was a bit late getting my entry in, next time I will be motivated a bit earlier, I hope. And the second card I made for a good friend who has just finished uni and so I wanted to give this to her to congratulate her on such a great achievement. Tomorrow I hope to share with you a couple of little projects that I am making for my Miss 9's birthday which is coming up very soon. My goal is to make most of the things to put into the party bags so I have to get a wriggle on since it will be here before I know it. I hope that you have had a good day. Bye for now. Don't forget to comment on my previous post to be in the draw for the blog candy!
Smiles Catherine xoMaterials (Card One)
Stamps: SU Pocket Silhouettes, SU Fifth Avenue Floral, SU All Holidays
Paper: SU Whisper White, SU Cameo Coral, SU Mellow Moss
Ink: SU Real Red, SU Mellow Moss
Accessories: Kaiser Pearls, Ribbon, Corner Punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Materials (Card Two)
Stamps: SU Pocket Silhouettes
Paper: SU Kraft, SU Whisper White, SU Cameo Coral, Red
Ink: SU Real Red, SU Certainly Celery, SU Whisper White
Accessories: Martha Stewart Border Punch, SU and Various Buttons, SU Linen Thread, Kaiser Rhinestones, SU Distresser Kit, SU Paper Piercer Pack, Ribbon, Crochet Thread, Flower Soft
I have been very lucky lately and been the winner of blog candy over at Bianca's funny blog and Melissa's creative blog and so I wanted to share some blog candy with all of you today. I was going to wait until I reached my 100th post but with a few more left to do I couldn't wait and decided that today would be the day. So what I have to give away is some Martha Stewart ribbon, some polka dot fabric quarters in brown and orange spots and a Nicole Mallalieu Purse Kit. All you need to do is post me a comment to let me know what you like most about my little blog and if you would like to have two comments put in the draw then post a link from your blog to mine. I will leave the comp open till Friday this week and draw the winner on the weekend. I will look forward to hearing from all of you. Bye Smiles Catherine xo
She was so excited, found her friend and before I knew it she was on the bus and off she went, no tears just very happy.
Her little sister was a bit sad but said her friends cheered her up. So my little Miss 9 is growing up, I am so proud of her!
and Sunday was all about friends and laughing at the bowling alley.
But there will be no celebrations on Tuesday at home :( because my Miss 9 soon to be 10, is off on camp for two nights, very scary for Mum and daughter but such an adventure needs to be had. So our little family celebration will be saved for when she returns but I'm sure she will have the best day with her friends on camp, it will certainly be a day to remember. So I thought I would share some photos from the weekend with you and hope you enjoy them. Take care and I'll talk to you soon. Bye! 
So after my morning it was back home to get started on some more cards to be taught at the scrapbooking store. I still used the Making Memories paper Noteworthy for these cards to show how the paper can be used in a variety of layouts. 
I think I'll try and make one more and get them to the shop asap so they're all ready for the start of the card classes in September. I hope that you had a good day today, talk to you soon! 
And I also have a card to share with you too. I made this card for my local scrapbooking shop who asked me recently to help design cards for them to teach in card making classes at the shop. 
I was really so excited to be asked and I am looking forward to doing something that I love which is cardmaking. Thanks for stopping by to visit and I look forward to seeing you again soon. Bye!
Miss 9 was content to ponder through magazines to find recipes to put into her cookbook, so a relaxing Saturday and Sunday was more about catching up with family and friends.
My Miss 9 will be celebrating her birthday soon so my goal is to try and make the party treats to go into her bag. Today I made these butterfly bookmarks, pretty simple and will come in handy I'm sure. 
Thanks for stopping by, until next time bye!
It worked well and I managed to put it all together but when I put the crayons in they ended up being a bit taller than I expected but I thought I would use it just the same. A week ago I won some blog candy over at Mel's blog and decided I would pretty the crayon roll up with one of the cute little buttons.Thank you Mel for all the little gifts inside my package. Sorry no pictures of the before package, I was too excited at receiving my mail that I opened it right away.
So the little gifts from Mel have already gone to good use with the crayon roll and also some hair ties that I made also. To pretty up how I gave them to the birthday girl I just cut out some DP and some cardstock, stuck them together with sticky strip, used the corner punch to round the edges and my crop-a-dile to put some hole in the cardstock to display the hair ties. I also covered a little notebook and decorated this plain gift bag as well.
I hope you have a great weekend and talk to you soon. Bye!
In my creative space today I have a couple of things I made this morning in my weekly stamping class. The orange you can see is a notebook and we also made a flap card. The rest of my creative space is all about making a crayon roll for a party my Miss 5 has on the weekend. I found a great tutorial at Skip to my Lou and some crayons I found that can be sharpened and erased. Thank you for stopping by it's great to hear from all of you and I hope that you are all having a great day. Don't forget to go and check out the rest of these wonderful creative spaces over at Kirsty's blog.
We were brave and enjoyed the rides, ate our traditional treats and bought some treats to take home too. 
A sensational Saturday was had by all so glad you called by.
Then it was time to have some lunch so there was lots of fun collecting sticks and cooking sausages, everyone did something to help. 
