Finally, after


4 delightful (?) cherubs,
19 years of Santa visits,
1000’s of tooth fairy visits,

I can say....
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS, IS MY TWO FRONT TEETH


This is my daughter, P who is 7yrs old - and the teeth haven't even started to grow back in!

She did however, get nail polish for Christmas from one of her brothers, see...

...she painted my toes for me - one foot in blue, the other foot in purple - only because she wanted to alternise (yes, that is a word - a combination of compromise and alternate, both of what we did!) Didn't she do a lovely, professional job of painting, lol :)
I figure I may have to leave them on for a few more days, before I remove the colours and paint my tootsies in a more becoming colour, suitable for a mum my age!

I made a crafting new year resolution - in 2011, I WILL DO SOMETHING CREATIVE FOR ME EVERY WEEKEND - AND MAKE AT LEAST 2x CHRISTMAS CARDS EVERY MONTH!

My new craft room is almost done - it is bigger, has more light, is more organised...so I am half there...so stay tuned for some exciting projects I will be posting.

Until next time,
toodles!

Jamey

Last night, it was the end of year crop for the group I usually go at Megans - Better Scrapbooking. So, it was decided, after giving me only 2 days notice, that we would do a gift share between the group.
2 days! That's all the notice I got - Thursday,Megan sent me a email, and Thursday I was at home with a sick child, and NO chance of getting out. So I had to think.

I re-discovered these little gift bags I had purchased a couple of years ago:

 

Plain white gift bags that I managed to score for only 50c each (ladies, you are worth every penny of that!)

I covered one side in some Christmas paper, although I did have to redo one as I stuck the paper upside down! and used my new SU ornament punch and made some little gift tags - that was easy, I just folded the paper in half, and punched the shape with the paper slightly lower than the fold (does that make sense?)....

....and threaded some gold thread through a small punched hole for attaching to the bag.



I went out on Friday night to the mall and got some handcream, a emery board, a facecloth, and some candy canes - it's not Christmas unless you have a candy cane!  :)

I wrapped some Jingle Bell ribbon around the candy cane...

..and popped it all in the bags...

....6x bags for 6x lovely, creative ladies.

Anyway, until next time

Jamey

Well, I'll just sit in my little corner of the world and have a pity party for myself...only 1x person commented on my cards!

Thank you Mandy   :)

I am going to send you my blog candy - please email me your details, and I will send it on its way.

I do apologise for not doing this sooner - I have been sick and haven't been on the computer for awhile!

Jamey

Silly me, suppose it helps if I post a piccie of the blog candy.....lol!

So, make a comment regarding the cards I posted earlier, head over to Megan's check out the November Card Challenge - and post a comment under anyone else's card, doesn't have to be mine.
You have 2 weeks to do so - before SATURDAY 27 NOVEMBER, and I will draw a random name and the blog candy is yours!


I may even put some more stuff in the winners package. No other restrictions, I will post to the winner - either here in NZ or internationally!

Jamey

Hiya - long time no talk!
The last couple of months have been super, super busy - it was my 25th wedding anniversary (yes, you read that right - 25th!), and hubby whisked me away to Sydney, Australia for a long weekend without the cherubs :)  That was, after I organised the trip with the travel agent, arranged time off work, arranged Nana to look after the youngest, made sure there was food in the pantry, bribed Doofus to take the 2nd cherub to a shooting competition, checked the passports were current, organised the parking at the airport.....then he was able to 'whisk' me away.
Then, it was blimmin GST return time and no Karen, I didn't leave everything to the last minute this time - close, but not the last minute!
Then, hubby and doofus are building a new 'batcave' for doofus - as mum is moving in....see several posts ago, and yes, Glenna, its getting close to purge time in the scrap room....yes, I will NEED your help, lol!

But, you don't really need to hear about my life, you want to see my cards!  :)

Megan, over at Better Scrapbooking has monthly challenges, and I bit the bullet again, and entered a card. This month it was RIBBONS - more than 1 on your card. Love ribbon. Have heaps of ribbon. Hardly use ribbon - but, I used 5 ribbons, although, I don't think it was quite what Megan had in mind....

I actually like the way the card turned out, it was my first time doing a sky with clouds (using ink and a cloud shaped die), the sun turned out how I imagined in my head, the grass paper fitted well with the overall image. I cannot remember whose image but it is not my finest colouring in, and it was fiddly to cut around the image, and P was trying to help, again
I even did the inside of the card (no ribbon tho')

I had a 2nd idea running around in my head, having seen similar done over the years. It didn't quite turn out how I imagined, but still.....

7 ribbons! yes, that's right - 7

I did mention last post, that I was getting quite a few lookies on my blog (where these lookies are coming from, I have no idea, lol) so I thought I would have some blog candy
So, tell me what you think of the cards, post a comment here, head on to Megan's site, post a comment there under Monthly Card Challenges, (anyone's card, doesn't have to be mine) in the next 2 weeks, and I will draw a random name and the blog candy is all yours!!! Easy peasey!

Jamey

When I saw the challenge Think Pink on card challenges, I immediately thought of Breast Cancer, October being the breast cancer major advertising and fundraising month 'n all (good cause tho ladies!).

I made this card - as it was my original thought - and thought I would be cheeky enough to post a 2nd card in the challenge.

The card is simple, but the message isn't.

I used Bazzill cardstock, SU ink and stamp, some pink brads I had kicking around, and the paper - I cannot remember whose it is.

The paper is left over from a layout I had done a couple of years ago - a friend, Michelle, who looked after P while I worked, was diagnosed with Breast cancer, and ultimately lost the battle after 2 years. She was younger than me, and left behind 2 children, similar in ages to my boys. It brought home the message, that cancer can choose anyone...

Inside, I used the 'What Cancer Cannot Do' stamp. It reads:
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple love
It cannot shatter Hope
It cannot corrode Faith
It cannot destroy Peace
It cannot kill Friendship
It cannot suppress Memories
It cannot silence Courage
It cannot invade the Soul
It cannot steal Eternal Life
It cannot conquer the Spirit
         (author unknown)

I wish I knew who put out the ribbon paper, and I wish I had purchased more than one sheet - I don't have very much left of it.

The month I found out Michelle had breast cancer, I went to my doctor and spoke to him, and got a referral to the breast clinic. I carried it around in my bag for months.
The day I found out Michelle had died, I went to the clinic and handed in my referral. I got an appointment at the hospital within weeks - a history of breast cancer in my family.
I went to the appointment, and got called back. All clear.
The next year, I got another referral, and again, I went and again, got called back. Again, all clear!

Please ladies, Michelle was in her 30's, it was sad seeing her change over the 2 years, loosing both breasts, going through chemo, loosing her hair, loosing her life.......

off my soapbox now, sorry

Anyway, here is my 2nd challenge...

Jamey

I did a challenge - yay me!

Whilst on the trademe message board, I found this site: card challenges and I have been watching it for a week or so...working up my courage to show a card or two!
This time its Think Pink!

I got this image years ago, when P was 2 and trying out ballet - a rather short lived venture into ballet I might add! But, I liked this image from TAC and well, it was crying out to be  brought by me, and now, it was crying out to be inked.

So, here is my Think Pink card - what do you think??????

The card stock is from Bazzill as well as the ribbon,  the paper is some that I brought especially for P's dancing layouts (and therefore the name is cut off and this is a small piece left over and I don't know who makes it.) I coloured in the elephant with my coloured pencils. I even used some glitter on her tutu and on the inside.

In regards to my - watch this space! - Keep watching! lol! I got sidetracked - Hubby is building the new room for Doofus to go out into, so have been busy 'helping' him outside!

Anyway, until next time

Jamey