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02 January, 2022

iSpy #52

 iSpy #52  the last week of the year.

Every week, Lysha puts up a photographic challenge with prompts for us to look out for, then we share on Lysha's Saturday (my Sunday).  It's always wonderful to see how people are inspired.

The prompts for this week were:  Needles, colour Black, Great, Starts with R, your choice.


NEEDLES:  in my case, knitting needles.


BLACK:  I normally have the black candle holder and the black candlestick sitting in the window, but I decorated the candle stick with  silver curly ribbon and black baubles and hung a glass beaded (with black) decoration to catch the light.  My colour theme this year was black & silver.


GREAT:  Known as the giants of the forest, in our backyard we have a young kauri tree that is so far only about 9m tall with a girth of 1m.

FYI:  Kauri are among the world's mightiest trees, growing to over 50m tall, with trunk girths up to 16m, and living for over 2,000 years.  Agathis australis, commonly known by its Māori name kauri (pronounced "Ko-ree"), is a coniferous tree found in the northern regions of New Zealand's North Island.  The largest kauri trees did not attain as much height or girth at ground level but contain more timber in their cylindrical trunks than comparable Sequoias with their tapering stems.


STARTS WITH R: Rabbits.  This year we have had three wild rabbits and a black domestic escapee living here.  One  day I snapped a rabbit frolicking on the lawn just outside the dining room window.

OWN CHOICE:  At the moment I am duck-sitting Maggie and her eight ducklings while our son and his family are away on holiday.  We have had them 6 days and I'm sure they have doubled in size already.

Check out the offerings this week, here: ispy-52

Fairy Wishes

 


This is for a Guest Designer spot at Sognando challenges, so have a look at the design inspiration, and join us here:  sognandoscrap


Image: Hada

Frame die: Couture Creations

Word die: unbranded (new to me die)

Also: Copics, D.Inks, Gold interference mist, Opal Dust, WoS.


Shared on challenges:

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modsquad-whats-new new to me senti die

welovestamping-january-anything-stamped-with-option-of-wings

creativeknockouts-433-anything-goes

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january-crafts-galore-encore-anythinggoes

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01 January, 2022

Bad Ideas

 


New Years resolutions?  These birds are in for a surprise I think.

At Critter Crazy it's always about the critters.  Get inspired by the design team and join in here:



Image stamp: Katzelkraft - I think, no label

Best of 2021

 I was inspired to do this after seeing Janette's best cards and review the past year's work  2021.

2021 retrospective

January 2021


February 2021


March 2021


April 2021


May 2021


June 2021


July 2021

August 2021


September 2021


October 2021

November 2021

December 2021

Wishing you a fabulous 2022 with lots of happy, healthy, creative time!
Thanks for visiting my blog in 2021 and if you left a comment I appreciate that so much.
xx CarolG

27 December, 2021

iSpy #51

 iSpy #51

Every week, Lysha puts up a photographic challenge with prompts for us to look out for, then we share on Lysha's Saturday (my Sunday).  It's always wonderful to see how people are inspired.


This week the prompts were: Backyard, Front of house, Selfie, Your choice, Your choice.

Backyard:  



Front of house:  


Selfie:  What you see is what you get, sunburned nose and all!


Your choice:  We four Quilty Girls are all doing the "12 days of Christmas"  set with embroidery on wool felt.  So far I have finished the day 8 "Maid a-milking", so still four figures to go.  Maybe by next Christmas...


Your Choice: Christmas day it was  more than 30 deg in the shade, so we moved 3 tables out under the trees as it was cooler there than inside or on the deck.  Three of our kids, their spouses and six grandchildren got together.  Unfortunately one of our daughters and her family were unable to make it.  We will catch up with her later in the new year.

Check out the offerings this week, here: ispy-51    


26 December, 2021

Summer Christmas

 


Yes, we have a summer Christmas and here it was over 30 deg C in the shade yesterday.  Luckily we were warned so we set up three tables joined together outside under the trees and it was fabulous - still hot, but a lot cooler than on the deck or inside.  Today is boxing day and already (at 9.00am) looks like a scorcher.

I love heat embossing - it was one of the first techniques I learned and the magic still happens.  This time I used white EP on the tree and gold EP for the senti, sponged over with Distress Inks, then misted and splotted with perfect pearls mist.  I then sponged over the tree and sun to make it stand out from the background, and inked the edges.

Stamp:    Stampit

Senti stamp:  magazine freebie

Also: DInks, WoS on stars, Perfect pearls


Shared on challenges:

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digichoosday-51-anythinggoes

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qkrstampede-434-anythinggoes

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It is curved and fits with lots of Christmas images




There were 14 of us here for Christmas day, sadly one daughter and her family were unable to make it.  So three of our kids, their spouses, and six grandchildren.  Afterwards we played games - in the shade! Some of the kids had a swim.

24 December, 2021

21 December, 2021

House Mouse Tagging

 House Mouse:  Anything goes with optional snow/glitter


The background is sponged with clouds and sprinkled randomly with glittery embossing powder.  The stars are dropouts from the same border die, but cut from heavy matt silver card.

Image: House Mouse/Stampendous

Die & drop-out stars:

Glittery washi tape

Also: Copics, Distress Inks, Sparkly EP

Shared on challenges:

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DoubleD-lots-of-white

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qkrstampede-434-anythinggoes





Eeeeekkkkk!!! Welcome back House-Mouse FANS!

We have more fabulous inspiration to share with you as a reminder to join our current 
# 355 ANYTHING GOES with the option theme of   Snow and / Or Glitter
Hosted by our Talented Teamie KARIN

Please use any House-Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie image so join the fun!  
Generously Sponsored  by;

Winner will receive a RANDOM ASSORTMENT of Premium Dye Ink Pads


We  welcome back our  Second Generous Sponsor
The winner will be given a fabulous set of Mini Clear Stamps!
Assortment may vary.

THE DESIGN TEAM HAS 2  ADDITIONAL PRIZES FOR 2 LUCKY PLAYERS
1.  Cure All Tea 
2. Mousse Mice

Join in the fun, here: housemouse-challenge

19 December, 2021

iSpy #50

 iSpy #50  Photographic Challenge

Every week, Lysha puts up a photographic challenge with prompts for us to look out for, then we share on Lysha's Saturday (my Sunday).  It's always wonderful to see how people are inspired.


This week the prompts were: Color Pink, Package, Starts with S, the end, your choice.

PINK: I tipped out my bag of pink beads.  Oops, how did those blue ones sneak in there?

and another PINK: the last of the rhododenrun


Package:  This scurrying oystercatcher has a little package in its beak it is taking back to it's mate.  I think it's a pod of some kind.  Taken on my phone while we were at the beach for an overnighter with friends on Wednesday.  This is taken at Whitianga, a popular summer destination.


Starts withS: seashore.  Also taken while we had a couple of days away this week in the Coromandel Peninsula.  This is a place called Matarangi.  The shore has been planted to provide habitat.


The end:  The end of the day.  Our backyard looking west.


Your choice: Jingle bells!  The decorations up the stairs.


Check out the selection inspired by the prompts, here:   ispy-50