More Creations!

Well today I have something a little different.
For months now, I have been making bunting to hang around my market stall, for my daughter's bedroom and even my boys asked me to make some for their room! So with two of my beautiful nieces having their birthdays this month, I decided to make some for their bedrooms too, along with a couple of other little gifts.

  

I also made cards to co-ordinate with their presents:

The Stampin' Up Products I have used are: Happiest Birthday Wishes (Hostess set), Pennant Parade stamp set, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Old Olive (cardstock & inks), Top Note Die, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Bakers Twine, Mini Brads, Snail, Stampin' Dimensionals & Sticky Strip.

Non SU! Products - letter stamps, fabric in real red card, as I cut this from the same fabric I sewed the bunting from.

 Hope you like my creations, I was quite proud of them.

Inky claws.

Joelle

Twit Twooo Have I got a cake to show you!

Today is my birthday (a rather 'significant' one), and last night some of my GORGEOUS sewing friends organised a surprise party for me at a lovely local restaurant. I was spoiled with beautiful company, cards and gifts. One gift was THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE cake created by my dear friend Bryer. The girls all know I am just a tad owl crazy, hence, the cutest owl cake ever, made with love, creativity and extremely hard work. Check it out:

                                                                     How cute is she?!
The cake inside was a delicious SIX layered chocolate cake - YUM! Though it was extremely upsetting to have to cut through this glorious work of art. This girl is one talented cookie! . . .Speaking of cookies, she makes those too! So if you have a special occassion to celebrate and you live on the Far North Coast, contact her via her website at : www.passioncookie.com.au
Or if you don't live on the coast check out her website anyway, she has made some truly amazing cakes.
How lucky am I?
And a VERY special thanks goes out to my dear, dear friend Fiona, who organised the WHOLE night.
Hoot, hooty, hoot, hoot!
Claws in ink,
Joelle

Some of my work as promised

Well finally, I am trying to get back on track with my blogging. So, as promised, I will try to put some of my work up each time on my blog.
Below are some pictures of some wedding invitations I did a little while ago. The bride-to-be requested that the colours be red, black and white. So I got busy and this is what the end result looked like:

 I only had to make 40 and so got a little carried away and decided to make a matching box to present the invites in. I thought it would add a nice touch and that it could be used by the bride and groom to be as a keepsake box of their wedding day.
I used basic black, real red, whisper white (cardstock & 5/8 " ribbons),  shimmer paper,  pearls, Elegant Lines Textured Impressions Embossing folder, Snail, Sticky strip. All products available through Stampin' Up!
What do you think?

Yours in Ink,
Joelle

Yes! I am still alive!

Hello out there,
Yes I am still alive! As many of you know I have been very unwell of late and having lots of difficulty getting tests and into specialist appointments in Queensland. Mmmmmmm. . . . not fun at all. Unfortunately this has prevented me doing as much of the things I love (CRAFT! and enjoying life) and therefore, I have not been blogging very much either.
Things have improved a little of late and so I thought I'd simply add a little post as a sign of exciting things to come.
Lately I have been working on some belated birthday gifts for some dear friends of mine. I will post the pickies as soon as they are all completed and I know the special people have recieved them. I also made some gifts for some of my darling nieces with cards to accompany them, so I'll post those too.
Not to forget the Wedding Invitations I was asked to do a while back, which looked absolutely gorgeous if I must say so myself! So there's actually LOTS to post and I will do it gradually over the next couple of weeks, if my health is o.k.

I also just wanted to let you know that the Stampin' Up! Summer Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration will be ending THIS SATURDAY, 31st March. So if there is anything you wanted to order from that mini, we are in the absolute FINAL days. Stampin' Up! has also informed us that the Simply Adorned jewellery collection and the Stitched Stockings stamp set and co-ordinating punch (as seen in the Summer mini), will NOT be available again, so if you have your eye on any of these, order now! Don't forget that for every $100 you spend you get a FREE product from the Sale-a-bration catalogue, but only until this Saturday.

Yours in ink,

Joelle