Happy Birthday Nadia

Happy 30!

One of my work Colleagues is turning 30, so I designed this invitation for her

Deb's card

I caught up with a friend from NZ this week. We hadn't actually seen each other in 19 years!!!  We did have some contact in that time, but found each other again through facebook. She and Michael had come over for a holiday so it was wonderful to see them and catch up on all the news!  We ate at the Studley Park boathouse. Such a lovely place and the food was EXCELLENT!

I made Deb a card as she turned the BIG 50 a few months ago....

What a Fantastic Day!

Thank you Elizabeth!  Jo, Teresa and I had the most amazing day.  Elizabeth is an wonderful teacher and we learnt heaps and made lots but it was still a very relaxed class. Her studio is a joy to be in. So much of her wonderful work.  Can't wait to go back for the 5 week course!

Goodbye Blue Moon

I can't believe that I put up with this stupid rose for 9 yes NINE years. Damn thing has never flowered.  Well it's in the garden recycle bin now!

Photo taken in 2004, when it had already been in the ground 3 years.....

Photo taken today - much better. It was really easy to dig out too. Took less than 5 mins!

Arty_Oz Tag Swap - Gail

Arty_Oz Tag Swap - Joanne

No prizes for guessing the theme!

Merry Christmas

I  am off out for Christmas lunch soon and I made this for the hostess Susan.....

Christmas Cards 2010

I had a very productive day at Scraptacular on Friday.  I wish I got ALL my cards done, but sadly that is not so.

It was very hard NOT to eat none of  Lexia's fab looking cupcakes!

I also finished my arty_oz Christmas swap....

Christmas "Collections"Style

I loved Julie's Collections Christmas Ornament.  Here is my take on Julie's masterpiece:

and of course Miss Jasmine had to get in on the act

new art for a friend

Arty_Oz Tag Swap - Micky

Theme - Industria - sorry the photos aren't so great :-(

Arty_Oz Tag Swap

This time the theme is shabby-chic

Arty_Oz Tag Swap

Two more bite the dust... ;-)

Arty_Oz Tag Swap

Had a great day at Scraptacular today... and I got 3 more tags made to boot. Well one other finished, and two nearly finished.

I am loving making these!

Arty_Oz Tag Swap - Bevlea

I am  supposed to have made 2 tags this month but have just finished one! I dunno what's going on with Blogger today but its rotating images when it addds them into the post. Hmmmnnnnnn - technology gone bad LOL

Happy Birthday to...

I am a bit behind with my Birthday cards :-(  So one down 3 to go.   The main paper is from My Minds Eye Christmas Range.... doesn't look very Christmasy to me!

How Pretty!

For a little white each year my wisteria is sstunning. This is the best it has ever been.  I think it's age  + water!

My what a lot of rain we have had. Actually today we have had hail, rain, wind, it started off dark and AWFUL. You wouldn't know that right now tho!

On the Jassie front. She is much perkier.  The pills aren't going down too badly and I don't think any more have been spat out!

Happy Birthday Jasmine

I am not quite sure of the exact date, but Miss Jasmine is 17 this month.  Here are a few of my favourite snaps of her. My how long ago it was since she was that little!

Today I took her to the vet as one of her claws was in-grown. (Why didn't I take more notice yesterday!!!!  The vet has a $21 surcharge on Sundays!)   The paw had developed a "smell" and started to swell. She was none too pleased with the treatment! He had to remove the claw and then release some of the pus. She showed her displeasure to the vet a number of times.

We had good news and not so good news. The good news is that the mark above her eye is not the cancer coming back. The vet cleaned it up, and for some reason the scar must just attract the dirt - phew... but the not so good news, she has lost some weight and her heart rate is elevated. It seems that her thyroid is acting up again.  I had thought that the nuking it had 3.5 years ago was a permanent fix. but it seems not. So blood was taken (again not a happy cat)  and it may mean tablets everyday (oh no) and regular blood tests. Anyway I'll have the results tomorrow perhaps.

Right now she is on her favorite place (my bed) nestled between the pillows!



The cat with no ears





I think we both look a lot younger!



Art for Amanda

Another work colleague loved the canvas I made for Jannene earlier this year, so this weekend I made her a canvas too, only 16 tiles tho not 225!  I loved working with Teresa's pallet, so I decided to stick with it.

I hope she likes it....