A Special Treat

My good friend Kelly is currently sitting her second to last exam ever - the last one is tomorrow afternoon. She has been studying hard but it is always hard to know whether you've done enough till the results come out so to help with the last minute study and as a wee pick me up for when they are over I put together some goodies and dropped them off yesterday. I did some baking and packaged up some chocolate in some creative ways and made a calendar for next year and a card. I then covered an old box and decorated it. I hope it does the trick.

The goodies on displayInside the box
A mini chocolate bar lurks in there.
This packaging is called a sour cream container - make a tube of DP, seal one end, crimp, turn and seal opposite sides, crimp. (Hmmm maybe it's time to write a tutorial)

And this is a strawberry, that I made from a template I found online here - I enlarged it so I could fit LOTS of M&Ms inside.

More Cards

Here are some new cards I created recently ... kind of more Sarah inspiration ... with a "I think this needs something more" thrown in to boot.

I hope to get a chance to play tonight ... I have a new punch to christen :-)

Inspired by Sarah

I met a Stampin Up! demonstrator the other night and I was inspired by some of the details she uses on her cards - the little things that make a simple card special. Thanks Sarah.

I thought I'd try some of her techniques out - I tried some pricking and made some tiny eyelets from card to go behind my brads (they are probably too small but I made do with what I had). They are very hard to see in this scan but you get the idea.

More Christmas Cards

Here are a couple more Christmas cards using Loads of Love by Stampin Up! - Thanks for letting me borrow it Kelly :-)

The truck is just so cute and my new Real Red ink and card purchase so Christmassy they all just go together so well.

Another 10k

Woohoo - I just completed another 10k walk today - my unofficial time was about 90 minutes which is pretty good - I'll let you know the real time when I know it. .....

1hour 31 minutes and 31 seconds - I was 45th out of 102 finishers (in the 10k race) and 36th out of the women in my race!!!......


I have been busy working and doing all my volunteer things for the last few weeks but I did make 12 Christmas cards on Friday night so that was good - they are not all identical - but similar.




























Oh well better keep moving a little or my body will seize up.

An Update

OK then for all those who are complaining that I haven't updated my blog in a while - you are right but
I had nothing to say
I have been working too hard to find time to post
I am so far behind in my birthday card sending that people are starting to contact me to see if I am still alive.

Well the good news is I am alive, just incredibly busy - working, Guiding, running a parenting course and getting to the gym if I can.

I do go downstairs and find my table at the weekend - well I just pushed everything into a big box and cleared off the desk. Now I will have to sort and organise my stuff - my problem is there is too much stuff but it is all lovely and I just don't have the time to use it..... one day.

Anyway, ballet is calling - if Miss 5 can ever get into her gear!!!

Ok then - so I'm not winning

The mice - rather than packing their bags and leaving have moved upstairs and been having a party in the cylinder cupboard. Good for them as it's the warmest room in our house at the moment but all through the bedding and towels - Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been through it all and thrown some out and washed heaps - do those varmints not know it is winter and the chance to get things dry are currently very limited! I don't know how long they've been camped out in there - long enough to make quite a lot of mess though. I set a trap and have been waiting but they are just not interested in the tasty peanut butter I've offered - perhaps they have heard about a better party venue or maybe they've moved back downstairs. Either way they could have cleaned up after themsleves.

Oh well off to vacuum the rest of the mess up and get everything back into the cupboard before our human house guests arrive tomorrow.