Just Because

Just a quick card I whipped up to send to someone tomorrow. Australia Post is going to love me, I have a million cards in the mail tomorrow. (I'll share them out over the next few days)
Stamps: Eastern Blooms
Ink: Rich Regals & Earth Elements SW Markers
Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Bali Breeze DSP, Whisper White, Old Olive
Accessories: Flower Fusion, Ice Rhinestone Brads, Earth Elements & Rich Regals Brads, 1" Rose Red DS Ribbon, Hidden Garden Rubons

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Whoops

Meant to schedule this one... sorry

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Another for Keesh's Challenge

I was loving Makeesha's challenge so much that I had another go. This is a card for my friends daughter who is 4 and "A big girl now" so I thought a big girl card was in order ;o) I kept it bright and funky but used some of the same stamps and materials from her mum's birthday card so she would know it truly is a grown up card.
Stamps: Family Phrases, Eastern Blooms
Ink: Old Olive, Rose Red
Cardstock: Bali Breeze DSP, Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White
Accessories: Flower Fusion, 1" Rose Red DS Ribbon, Earth Elements Brads, Chunky Glitter

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Back in the saddle

I absolutely loved Kristina Werner's challenge #36 but I was too late to play along officially so when I saw Makeesha's first sketch challenge for the year I decided I needed to get back in the saddle so to speak after my break so I set myself another little mini challenge to use the beautiful colours from the old Colour Inspiration challenge with Makeesha's challenge. I'm a bit rusty with my watercolouring but I thought I did alright...
Stamps: Embrace Life, Short & Sweet
Ink: Old Olive, Stazon, SW Markers; Old Olive, Pretty in Pink & Rose Red
Cardstock: Kraft, Bali Breeze DSP, Watercolour Paper, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Felt Fusion, Pretties Kit, Aqua Painter, Pretty in Pink Taffeta

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MIA

I've been MIA lately, and I'm sorry!!! And you have to put up with me blabbering away as I have no cards to post today either, I have been working on a few things but nothing I can really share here just yet (don't you hate when people say that???) because they aren't mine to share until other people have seen them first!

I can also blame my lack of blogging on my good friend Nomes, she gave me the first book in the twilight series 2 weeks ago and I have been working my way through them, (with a few gaps as I've had to wait for the next copy to be returned to the library). I'm up to number 3 and I'm absolutely loving it! It's amazing how many people have read them, any time you're reading them out in public people will just come up to you and say "what number are you up to?" or ask you how you're liking them, like the other day i was sitting in Macca's at Lithgow waiting for charlotte to finish her last 2 chicken nuggets (taking like forever!) and started reading and the lady next to me just started talking with us about the books and suggesting other books I might like (which I can't remember now!). It was great to meet someone new I probably wouldn't have spoken to otherwise!

While I'm going I should mention that the lovely Chrissie has nominated me for a blogging award:

I think I'm supposed to pass it along to some more people so I nominate:
Marcia
Lisa
Robyn
All of these ladies make beautiful cards & layouts so if you haven't checked out their blogs yet you really should!

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09 is here, it's time to get the Sale-A-Bration started!!!

It's here, your once a year chance to get free sets with only a $100 purchase!!! Hostesses can also earn sets if their workshop exceeds $600 (plus 1 for every $100 of their own order) AND if you decide now is the time to join the SU! family you will get one set of your choice up to $79.95 in value for FREE!
Check out the gorgeous sets you can choose from here (my favourite is "Polka Dot Punches" on page 4 with stamps that fit in the Scallop Punch and the 5 Petal Flower Punch), then email me (zjgould@gmail.com) or call (0418 650 294) to place your order and rake in the freebies!!!
*All of this is in addition to the normal hostess benefits.


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We have a weiner... I mean winner!

Ok, so I'm really slack, I just realised I completely forgot to draw a winner for my blog candy. So can we have a really long overdue drumroll please?......

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

2

Timestamp: 2009-01-01 05:37:27 UTC

And the Winner is:

Rae Miller, Rae is one of my customers & has only been stamping since August and she comes up with some beautiful creations! Rae will be getting a little package of ribbon samples.
Wanna know how even more slack I am (I know how much worse can you get when you forget to draw the winner of your own competition)? I forgot to tell Rae about the competition when she put her order in so this will be a complete surprise that she won!

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