Fly Bunny, Fly!

Another yummy Kristina challenge! Feels good to be creating - I took a break from stamping and the computer over the weekend...apparently my weekend was five days long! lol Now to tackle the long list of blogs I need to check and emails I need to answer!
I thought this combo was soooooooooo gorgeous. Looked kinda christmassy to me, so I ran with it.
The bunny was stamped on watercolour paper and watercoloured with markers. Love this technique, and it turned out pretty well for me today - yippee! Those wings are Chocolate, I just used a teeny bit of ink to get the pale shade.

Wow - Wednesday already - time for WhooHooing Janine style!

~Loving the sun - makes everything so much brighter!
~Great date night last night with Shan, Whoohooo for deciding to do our "cheap dates" more often and working them into our budget (hate that word! lol)
~Coffee tomorrow with the gals, can't wait.
~Whooohooo for...starting...the reorganising process in my stamp room. BIG job! It seems every few weeks I was hitting a "space crunch" so buckling down and getting rid of some stuff and reorganising the rest. Can't wait to be done!
~Yay for spending last Saturday at Eastbourne, sitting by the "beach" (still miss Brighton Beach like crazy) eating the requisite chips with Watties sauce and reading. It's become glaringly obvious I NEED that time by the water to recharge - gonna make this one a Saturday tradition.

Hope it's sunny where you are!


Stampin Supplies:
Stamps: Inky Antics
Ink: Stazon, SU! Markers
Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Bravo Burgundy, Watercolour Paper
Paper: Old Olive Prints
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Snow Dots embossing Folder, Earth Elements Buttons, Linen Thread, Chocolate Chip wide grosgrain, Aquapainter, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Happy Bird-day!

When I got up this morning, I had every intention of sitting down, quickly blog hopping then breakfast. That all fell by the wayside when I saw Kristina's colour challenge for this week! The colours are gorgeous, so of course I was tempted to pull the colours from my stash "just to have a look". You guessed it...as I type blogs are still uncommented and my tummy is grumbling for breakfast!
As soon as I saw the inspiration piece I thought of this set from Inkadinkado I picked up a couple of weekends ago - it was still uninked! The horror!
Apologies for the chocolate looking burgundy, I couldn't get it to come right without washing out all the other colours. Had to use my new Threading Water punch - been hanging out for this baby for awhile now. The white Taffeta is new too, my taffeta collection is sadly lacking...need to get onto that!

Used lots of dimensionals on this one, the bird is the third popped up layer. This is going to my brother's girlfriend (my "hopefully one day sister-in-law") for her birthday tomorrow so fortunately I can protect all those layers in a box with her present! I've used Diamond stickles on this one too, on the flower centers, the swirls on the bird and the word "wishes". Love that hint of sparkle!

Thought I'd show you a quick shot of the inside (because I actually finished it off as I made the card for once!) I always keep the inside of the card pretty simple - I think the gorgeous sentiment from Verve does all the work for me!

Happy Stamping!


Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Wonderful Wishes Remixed by Verve, Birds Galore by Inkadinkado
Ink: SU! Markers
Card stock: Rose Red, Whisper White, Soft Sky textured, Bravo Burgundy
Paper: Rose Red Prints Designer Paper
Punches: Small and large oval punches, Threading water punch
Accessories: Diamond Stickles, White Taffeta Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

One Sheet Wonder - Verve Style

I was so excited to find this One Sheet Wonder and accompanying sketches by Julee on Saturday - what a cool challenge! I used a piece of Designer Paper by SU! from the Petals and Paisleys pack. It was such a great excuse to break out my new Verve sets, I used lots of them on these cards.






Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Petals and Stems, Anniversary Birds, Fluttering By and lots of others all by Verve!
Ink: SU! Markers
Card stock: Pretty in Pink, Cool Caribbean, Old Olive, So Saffron, Whisper White
Paper: Petals and Paisleys DP
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing folder, Nestabilities, Dew Drops - Water, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Stamps by Verve. Some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

The Joy of Flowers

There's nothing like new goodies to get the mojo going! I finally got to open my HUGE Verve package yesterday, after a month of being super patient! Was more than time to get them inky tonight!
Kristina's rockin' colour challenge this week was Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Rose Red, Regal Rose and Whisper White (for those of us without those wonderful new SU! In Colours - can't wait till April!) I knew right away I wanted to create a paper and ink garden!
I love the Floral Whimsy set from Verve, all the images come in a couple of sizes, so it was super easy to layer all the flowers and stagger the images. I used my markers to ink them up (yup - clear stamps that work with markers....heaven!) The scallops are from my super duper new long rectangle nestabilities, I thought I'd get away with not buying these, but nope, I had to have them! The gorgeous butterflies feature in a few Verve sets, this size is in Petals and Stems.
Well, that's 2 of my new Verve sets inky.....only 11 to go!!!



Stampin Supplies:
Stamp Sets: Floral Whimsy, Petals and Stems
Ink: SU! Markers
Card stock: Old Olive, Rose Red, Whisper White, Regal Rose
Paper: Old Olive Prints DP
Accessories: Long Rectangle Nestabilities, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL adhesive.
Stamps by Verve. Some supplies available from Stampin' Up!

Woooohoooot Wednesday....but..on a Thursday!

Yup, so I'm being a little bit of a diva and cheating by doing Janine's WoooHooot Wednesday a day late, but I figure a little slack during my birthday week is called for! lol

My WooooHooooots for the week:

• The lovely weather we had earlier this week. Was so nice to see the sun!
• Going to Greytown on Saturday (Thanks Hannah....read about it on your blog!) Doing a little shopping and visiting the yummmmmmmmy chocolate shop there.
• Finding some books I wanted actually on the shelf at the library!
• My long rectangle nestabilities, some dew drops and cuttlebug folders arriving from Cut @ Home today....one week since I ordered...speedy shipping!
• All my birthday presents and cards, lots of parcels from family back home.
• The beautiful flowers my parents and brother sent.
• Spending my entire birthday out and about with Shanan - I love that he takes the day off!
• A wonderful day today shopping and lunching with Janine, Kelly and Beverley - a great group of friends!

This gorgeous card and candle set Janine made me. Sooo gorgeous, shimmery in real life too!
This beautiful card and flowers from Kelly, if I ever won lotto (we don't play, so that would be a miracle) I'd have fresh flowers alllll the time, they brighten my day so much.

This gorgeous purse Beverley made me. Filled with lots of little goodies, I bet you'll see some of these on my cards soon!Shoooooooooooopping! Gorgeous papers and ribbon, and especially that Stazon White pad I've been after, thanks for finding it Beverley!
The beautiful bouquet Shan gave me yesterday morning.....what a hubby!

Hope you had a week filled with woooohooots too!