WOW..... this is great

Warrick totally loved his choices for our meal at The Grill.... and I used the sketch at Scrapmuch
to show this off......

 

 

I love this sketch.... it was a fun one to complete ...... I used strips of corrugated cardboard for the frame.

CHEERS @ THE GRILL

Recently we had the pleasure of dining at The Grill in Auckland.... we just love this restaurant.   I used the sketch over at LGS... week 3

 

It was great to catch up with Warrick while he was in Auckland for a brief visit.   We had an amazing meal with some very fine wines.

It was also Chinese New Year and the street was all decorated with Chinese lanterns which looked amazing, and the enamel dots worked really well on this layout.

EASTER RABBIT

A couple of weeks ago we had our Delinkquents Stampin' Up team training... we had lots of fun using the envelope punch board.... it is amazing what this very simple board can do.

One of our team (Karen Ross)  made this great rabbit with the bow die

 

 I don't have the bow die.... and so I set about to make one with my punches and punch board.....

 

I am really pleased with the way it all came together.... very cute indeed.... the hardest part of making this was getting the damm pebbles to lie flat in the cello tubes.

ME & DAD

I really like the sketch over at Stuck sketches

 

It is a very versatile sketch that I quickly whipped up 2 layouts

The first layout I used the sketch as it is:

and for the second edition of this sketch I turned it around and this is what I produced

All of these photos were taken when Kylie, Cameron and I took Dad out for a drive to the very lovely Lake Ferry for their famous Fish 'n Chip lunch.

We had a great day.

For these layouts I used the very versatile This & That Epic Day DSP from Stampin up.

POP-UP

I have seen lots of the pop up... card in ... a box cards and thought I would have a go at making one...



 We have an engagement party to go to this weekend and so I have made this card for the happy couple.  

They are so much fun to make..... I have used the lovely Stampin Up Winter Frost DSP.... I love this paper and I have used it for so many projects.

I made a floral one for my mother in laws birthday.... but forgot to photograph that one and it is currently winging its way to Palmerston North.

RACE DAY WITH THE GIRLS

I have a lovely photo of my daughter and her girlfriends which I have used the great sketch over at My scraps & more sketches

 

 

This photo was taken in January 2013 at the Tauranga Races.... as the girls are getting older it is less often they are all together so it was great to get this photo.

TEAM 103

I have done this layout inspired by the sketch at My creative sketches...

 

 

This is my daughter and a couple of work mates .... they all completed at Triathlon... it was Kylie's first every triathlon.   She really enjoyed it.

FUN!

The sketch at Sketch n scrap #52 really appealed to me:

 

I loved the two tone back ground idea and then the next challenge was photos for it... I have done it with one large photo and love the result

 This is our daughter Kylie paddling around in Doubtful Sounds in the South Island.  

I have used Stampin Up DSP for this and only used two sheets of paper... as I used the reverse side as well.

AREN'T WE CLEVER

I love this sketch over at Lets get sketchy blog - week 1

 

and had fun putting this layout together

 

and I am so pleased with how it came together... This is my daughter Kylie and her partner Cameron (in the middle) kayaking around Doubtful sounds...When the guide asked the back person of each kayak to stand up the other thought it was impossible.... Kylie had no trouble as she has rowed for 10 years and so is used to doing this type of thing.... and normally did it in a single boat.

I have used the lovely Stamping up Winter Frost DSP.

CHRISTMAS LUNCH

I love Christmas time and lunch is a very important part of the day... I have used the great sketch at Scrapmuch blog

 

 

to show off us all enjoying our Christmas lunch....  We always eat too much but still come back for more.. it is all just part of the day and the more people the merrier.  There is always plenty of room at our table for more people.

I have used the lovely Kaisercraft range of papers and accessorised with MME.

MOLLY

14th April 2013.... we welcomed a new baby into our family.... Molly the little ratbag of a kitten!  

 These photos are of her first outdoor adventure.... and yes she managed to escape from her new "mum - Monique"

Then as Gavin's new fashion accessory... a "fun fur collar"!

She has added a lot of entertainment to our household... and Agnes has slowly accepted her