Our Beautiful World - Soft

This photo was taken last 'winter'. We don't really have a winter in Northern Australia but this beautiful plant although quite plain 10 or so months of the year 'flowers' during the cooler months. We call it a Snowflake (and it definitely doesn't snow here), I don't actually know it's proper name. The flowers are really just new leaves that emerge white and they are lovely and soft. As time passes they lose their bright white colour and start to turn a pinkish colour as they are dying off. When it has finished flowering we cut it right back and as it regrows it thickens up and is just a plain looking plant again for the majority of the year.

  This is what it looks like right now but in a few months it will start to flower and turn into a beautiful mass of white. I'm posting these photos because over at Our Beautiful World  this weeks theme is SOFT.  Thanks for popping in and make sure you check out the other great photos over on Our Beautiful World.

18 Today...Rock On...

I'm really liking the latest layout from CAS(E) this Sketch when I saw it, I had all these different ideas going through my head as you can tell by the 3 completely different cards . I've made this card for our son who will be 18 in a few months..I'm actually early, woohoo...I like the black & white colour scheme for men as it makes the design look more effective, well in my opinion anyway, lol. Thanks for stopping in...

Happy Birthday Princess

I'm back with another card I made using the latest sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch. This card I have made for my gorgeous little niece who's birthday is next week. Thanks for popping in...

Happy Birthday...

Hi All, it's been a few weeks since I've posted a card. I seem to have lost my mojo at the moment....for this card I made the background with Distress Inks then stamped onto it with Distress Ink giving it a soft look. The layout is the latest sketch from the DT from CAS(E) this Sketch, make sure you pop on over and check out the great cards the DT have made and even join in. Thanks for stopping by...

Our Beautiful World - Celebration

This weeks theme for Our Beautiful World is Celebration. My photo is from our Australia Day celebrations that we celebrate on the 26th January.Every year we try to have a day with family and friends where we get together and appreciate our life in our beautiful country. Each year I have noticed there are more and more things available to dress up your celebration and this year I had fun with them. With bunting around our pool fence, to a flag out the front of our house to plastic table clothes...paper plates...cups and napkins with the Australian flag printed all over them you knew it was Australia Day at our house.

 Our Australian Flag flies 24/7 365 days a year!!

 We have a game of backyard cricket & other games. Each year the games are different but over the last couple of years they have always included water bomb balloons and the games are not only for the kids...the big kids (adults) play too.In Australia, January is full on summer for us and in the tropics it can be very humid so a bit of water is always a fun way to help cool off a bit. After the games we settle in for food and drinks. Having a BBQ is very 'Australian' so that's what we had to finish off a fun day. Thanks for popping in...

Our Beautiful World - Derelict

This weeks theme for Our Beautiful World is Derelict... and I think this photo definitely fits the theme. I took this photo last year while I was travelling out to Charters Towers a town west of Townsville in North Queensland. There are a few of these old houses around Queensland (and most probably Australia) and my hubby and I jokingly call them 'Honeymooners'. Make sure you pop on over and check out the other amazing photos...thanks for stopping in.

Lady Bug....

I've made this card for the latest sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch with a stamp that I have had for a long time and haven't used yet, so I'm feeling pleased as I don't like 'new' stamps just sitting.....I've kept it simple and just highlighted the lady bug. A very CAS card.

Our Beautiful World - Repetition

My photo for this weeks Our Beautiful World theme Repetition is of the lovely wall hanging my Mother gave me for Christmas. My hubby has been giving me ideas as I have been away all week with work so he has been on the look out for ideas for when I got home. Lucky for me, I didn't have to travel far to get this photo.Thanks for stopping by and make sure you pop on over to check out the other great photos that have been posted.

Our Beautiful World: Week 31 - FRESH

Hello! I came across your blog last week and loved what I saw....everyone's photos were amazing and even though I think I am really out of my league here, I would love to join in anyway! Maybe I will learn some things along the way as to how to take an awesome photo...
We actually do a similar thing within our extended family where we have a theme for the month. Parents and children enter a photo of the current theme then we all have a vote to find the favourite one. We have been doing this for nearly 2 years...which I can't believe....but I think it is starting to fizzle out, so when I saw your blog, I thought it was perfect timing.
I live in northern Australia where we don't really have a winter...it is summer pretty much 10 months of the year, we usually get a wet season instead which is at the height of summer. Only this week we were threatened by a Cyclone (Hurricane). It was looking like hitting our city directly but in the last few hours before it reached land it swung south and hit near a smaller town. Luckily for all it wasn't a very destructive cyclone so even though it was very windy it didn't cause a lot of damage. We got some rain out of it, which we need desperately but not as much as we would have liked. The majority of it's rain went inland to the farmers & graziers who are in a drought so hopefully it will help them out instead.
I just saw that this weeks post was closing in 3 hours so I rushed out to my garden to see what I could find that would be classed as 'FRESH'. Needless to say, I was amazed to find these flowers after the windy week we have had and the fact that this is the first time this plant has flowered. It is a large Yucca plant that is in my back garden and we had rain last night so there is still some moisture left on them which always makes the photo look that bit better (in my opinion, anyway). I am not sure I will be able to join in next week as I work away a lot and tomorrow I fly off to Cairns for 3 days before flying to Brisbane for a meeting before flying home Thursday night...my life in a nutshell...lol. I hope to be back next week, thanks for stopping by...and make sure you check out the other great photos at Our Beautiful World here.

Happy Birthday

I made this card for the latest challenge over at Annabelle Stamps. I really liked Therese Calvirds card so I used it for inspiration...thanks Therese. It's the first 'male' card I have made for a while so I need to start stocking up again and this is #1 for 2014. Thanks for stopping by...

Those who don't believe in magic....

Here is another card for the latest challenge over at CAS - Colours & Sketches where they are having a double challenge with a colour combo & sketch. I really like this DP and thought it suited the layout over at CAS so I made a card using it this time with a pretty little blue butterfly....flowers and butterflies....my favourite theme. Hope you like it and thanks for popping in.

Happy Birthday My Dear Friend....

I'm back with another card and this one has been created using the colours & sketch from CAS - Colours & Sketches. My good friend Robyn put me onto this blog...it's always nice to find another challenge site. This weeks challenge is a double challenge which has a sketch & colour combo to do. I really liked the colours as they are nice and soft with a pop of razzleberry. I was given a Jelli Plate for my birthday by another good friend and have only just had a chance to play with it. You are really supposed to use paint on them but I don't 'do' paint so I experimented with it using distress inks and am quite happy with how it came out. I'm also posting my card over at Simon Says Stamp where they want 'twine or string'. Thanks for stopping by....

Simon Says Stamp: ANYTHING GOES WITH TWINE OR STRING 

Merry Christmas to you....

Well I can't believe I am posting another Christmas card but while it's feeling good I'll keep doing it. It's nice to be stamping in the nice cool (air con is on) & quiet of my craft room after the excitement we had this week. Monday was a public holiday to celebrate Australia Day which we did with a Sausage Sizzle & backyard cricket with family and friends, Tuesday I had to fly to Brisbane for the day for a work meeting (always a long day having to catch the first flight out and the second last flight home) then we were threatened by Cyclone Dylan on Thursday! Lucky for all in this region it wasn't too bad and we were able to take it in our stride. We got some rain but not enough but hopefully the rain depression that it has become will give some relief to the graziers out west who need the rain even more than we do. So as you can tell, I have had a very eventfull week so to be 'chilling' in my room is a nice way to spend my Saturday after the excitement of this week. Anyhoo...onto my card...for design I have used the latest CAS(E) this Sketch layout and over at Jingle Belles it's 'TEXT ME'. I was able to use DP from a new pack I picked up recently and also use one of the stamps I haven't had a chance to use yet out of a new Christmas set.

I hope you are all well and having a great start to your weekend...until next time, happy stamping.

   

JINGLE BELLES: TEXT ME