Last post for awhile

One more post before I go into hospital on Sep 17th to get my right shoulder

rotato cuff repaired and then it will be 2 months of intense

recovery to get back to semi normal again and the use of my ever

dependent right hand. I never realised how useless my left hand

was until I tried not using my right hand with it.

It's role is very much a supporting one.

I am hoping to lose some weight in the process LOL

I can't see myself biting open packets of cup a soup

or I'll be paying lots of HELP ME visits to my neighbours

This last weekend was a very sad one for me,

my neighbours in Sydney were involved in a

tragic car accident and were killed, one

instantly and one a few hours later in hospital,

they left 3 children. They were a lovely couple and will be

missed by all the neighbours.

RIP Nove and Mira

I made this card for their children

Yesterday I found out one of my neighbours' husband

passed away of cancer, he is now at peace

RIP David

The card below is a pop up card I made at MSG

thanks to the tuition of Deidre and her generosity

in sharing her templates with us.

So have a great creating time all of you out there

as soon as I recover I'll get stuck into cardmaking

and as many Christmas cards I can make

I have designs in my head and stamps to go with them

just need a pair of good hands to work with
LOL

Christmas Mini Blog Hop

Cards for Heroes

a non profit organisation is organising a mini

Christmas Blog Hop with a technique theme

My technique is Resist Stamping

this is one of my favourite techniques of all time,

my friend Gail Kirby first showed me all those years ago in Melbourne.

Not only is it easy but so effective and gives your cards an oomph

Take a piece of white gloss card, ink up your stamp with versamark,

I used Stampin' Up's Soft Holly 112968 standard wheel,

run your heat gun over it so it is dry,

you can't skip this step or it won't be effective.

Ink up your brayer with your colour choice, I chose

Stampin' Up's Baja Breeze

run that over your gloss card as many times as you want,

the more you ink it up the clearer the embossed picture underneath becomes.

The strip of holly on the top and bottom of the card was done by

inking up the Soft Holly wheel in versamark and then inking

it right onto Baja Breeze then running it onto your cardstock,

spread some clear embossing powder over that

and use your heat gun to dry it off.

So that's two techniques I've shown you today.

Here are a few links to resist technique tutorials

Technique Zone

Scrapjazz

A variation on resist using embossing

Embossing Resist

Card for Heroes is a non profit organisation organised by

Sandy Allnock

and her merry band of helpers in the USA.

I have been known to make a production line of cards when I make a design and people

often ask me what I do with the extras, well it gives me great pleasure to use my

hobby to benefit someone else in a non monetary way.

The cards get sent to the troops in war zones and they in turn use

them to send back to their families.

I also send a hero letter in each package telling

a little about life in Australia.

You can read about what these letters and cards do for the morale of the troops at this link.

I first did this when Australian troops were sent to

Iraq and there was a news clip on

tv asking for our emails to be sent to the troops giving them much needed support to boost morale. What amazed me was that I even got a reply from the person who received my

letter saying how everyone enjoyed reading my news from home and it helped them get through each day.

That was 9 years ago and I've continued to support the troops

ever since through different organisations.

My husband was in the US Navy stationed in Hawaii.

My brother is in the Australian Army Reserves.

My cousin-in-law is serving in the Australian Navy.

I will be adding to this entry with the link before and after me as soon as I get it so you can go and enjoy this blog hop and see more technique creations on offer through this wonderful organisation.

The next stop is Darlene Armstrong's, enjoy the journey.

More cards

I love this Upsy Daisy stamp

of course when I design I can't just stop at one

I just have to try out every colour

The Blue card is made with

Pacific Point and Baja Breeze

needless to say those Bounty eggs

only lasted through the photo session

I just couldn't bare to see them go to waste

the card below is made with

Kiwi kiss and Tangerine Tango

the apricot logs are just so yummy

they are always the first to be eaten at

a card session

Now that these cards have arrived at their destination

I can share them with you all

My cousin Darrell and his wife Julia are

expecting their first baby in November

(my birthday I hope-I'm putting in a request)

Aren't they just the cutest thing!!

Colours I used are

Pretty in Pink

Kiwi Kiss

Summer Sun

Pacific Point

Stamp Set is Level 1 Hostess-Punches Three

Christmas Ideas Class June 24th Wednesday

10am and 7.30pm $15

You will love the projects I have in store for you

The next Card class is July 1st Wednesday

10am and 7.30pm $15

And the Dreams Du Jour class is on

July 18th Saturday 1.30pm $60

you get the stamp set to keep and

you will make a bag to hold the cards,

bookmark and post it note and a gift from me

Contact me on Ph: 02 6294 8734 / Mobile: 0416 420 852 or email me