Charlie Horse for a horse lover

Recieved my order from Clear Dollar Stamps last week and it was just in time for a friends birthday. She is very much a horse lover and so I thought this was perfect for her. These stamps are called "Lean on Me Charlie". And as I still had the Parisian Breeze DSP out from the other day it was just easy to keep with this colour combination. I'm happy with the result and look forward to giving it to her soon.

Just on the side "didja happen to see that I forgot which side I should have had Charlie on. He fails to be "leaning" on anything" OOOps. Wonder if she will notice. Ahhh sometimes you really have to laugh at yourself. Could I make the excuse that it was late at night and I really should have been in bed?!!! LOL





Thanks for looking
LOL Tamara

A Big Heidi Thanks

I absolutely know that the amazing woman that this card is on its way to will probably see it on this blog before she receives it however I have to post it anyways. I have always loved Amys sketches and try doing them on a semi-regular basis and when I saw this one I just knew the perfect image for it. Isn't Heidi just gorgeous? She is from Swiss Pixies (CC Designs) and called heidi among the flowers. I have also used the Bella Rose DSP. Those colours are just awesome.

Here's my attempt at a close up. Another thing that brings me back to Amy's site (Prairie Paper and Ink) is her AMAZING colouring skills with Copics. Maybe when I grow up I might be even half as good as her. LOL

Anyway the reason I needed this cute card is that the awesome clever lady (YEP My mum) that made this....

deserves a HUGE thanks. This is Paige my second eldest in her new barefoot costume for her Twinkle Star dance. It fits perfectly even though all I sent was a couple of measurements. You are fab mum and you can see by Paige's face that she is pretty pleased too!

Thanks for looking and have a great Monday.

LOL Tamara

Mojo #103 and Tea Party

Now believe it or not I actually finished this one the other day. I had just received a delivery from Clear Dollar Stamps and this set "Sweet Scoops" was just begging to be inked. It is so very very cute and me being the matching colour freak that I am really enjoyed colouring it to match the Tea Party DSP. I have also used my Spica Glitter Pens for some sparkly toppings too fun! So here's my take on the Mojo 103 sketch.











And as this card is going to one of my daughters friends (yep you are right, another birthday party ***sigh***) I have used one of Lauren Meaders Timeless templates again , Lollipop Along and put in some toppings for when the birthday girl next has a bowl of icecream. An inexpensive but very cute gift. Gotta love that.

and here's the inside of the card and a view of the toppings.

Thanks for looking. Have a great weekend. (Its cold and raining here and if we weren't moving house soon I might have time to stamp - oh well)

LOL Tamara

We Stamp Sketch Challenge #6

OOOh another WeStamp Sketch challenge completed yay for me. I loved this one (yeh I know I love all of them) but I really enjoyed this one and using my new Parisian Breeze DSP was fun. Thanks We Stamp! So here's my take on Sketch #6.



I have taken a close up of my "dewdrops" on the flowers (with crystal effects). I thought they were cute. I have stamped twill tape with the Stem Saying stamp set and used the Petal Pizzazz set which I love. These colours together are just gorgeous. It helps that my SIL has a birthday coming up and her favourite colours are baby blue and chocolate brown so this one should fit the bill perfectly. Don't you love when it all comes together the way you plan it?

Thanks for looking and have a great Wednesday.
LOL Tamara

Mojo Monday Week 102

Lucky for me its still Sunday in America and I can still make the deadline for the Mojo 102 sketch challenge. Not only did I finally complete the sketch but I incorporated our colour challenge for the stamp group I go to once a month which was black and white (hopefully not to many of them will check my blog between now and next Tuesday LOL). I just loved all the different elements on this sketch. Thank you so much to the Mojo team for an awesome challenge once again.

So here's the Mojo sketch


and here's my take on it

Black and white are so contrasting aren't they. Really wanted to throw a bit of grey in there to soften it a bit but then thats what colour challenges are for I guess. I have used the friendly jumbo wheel for my background, stamped in versamark and then embossed in white. I have used the Sense of Time stamp set which I find is soo very elegant and of course was able to use my new white brads from SU. I really enjoyed myself with this one.

Thanks again

Tamara

We Stamp Wednesday Sketch Challenge #5

OOOOps almost forgot to post this one. Here we are nearly at Wednesday again and time for a new sketch challenge and I have just completed last weeks one. It has been such a busy time of late but I still manage to get to my craft desk and have a play.

So here's the challenge from We Stamp











and here's my take on it. I really just wanted to use colours that I am not comfortable with (summer sun namely) and I am not really sure on the result but one thing is sertain it sure is different for me. I enjoyed using the Best Wishes stamp set as it had yet to see ink and of course the Pink Flamingo Paper gives me the bright colours that I love so much.

Thanks for looking and have a great Monday. It is so sunny and warm here in New Plymouth today pity I am in the office!

LOL Tamara

Staff Thank yous

The 1st September 2009 saw us handing over our capsicum and tomato business to our purchaser. Its kind of sad in a way but the stress of handling 2 completely different businesses at the same time was just getting to be too much. Soooo to cut a longggg story short we threw a morning tea for our staff on Tuesday morning and far be it for me to miss the opportunity to create something, LOL, this is the small gift we sent them away with. Technically they are not going anywhere as they will remain in employment with the new owner but I guess we are moving on!

So to get on with it........ The boxes are a template that Michelle shared with us on We Stamp. The new We Stamp is due to start on the 15th September and I can't wait! The card was totally inspired by the cheers stamp set. All the workers are not very flowery people so I wanted to come up with something that spoke to all of them. To top it off I have used crystal effects on the "beer" and the "red" and "white wine" to give it that authentic look. I think they were all pleased. The blue card and box was made for our token male employee. Poor guy putting up with all us females.

Thanks for looking

LOL Tamara