Missing in action....

Hi Everyone, my aplogies for not posting anything on here, I am presently working on a new blog site and it has been keeping me busy, I will let you know once I have made it look pretty and have it working properly, I am still adjusting to a different platform.
I will still try to post some new cards in the next day or so until I am on the other blog, because it has been ages. I am also planning a newsletter and some giveaways on my new home....so keep looking and I will let you know when to come on over!!!!
Thanks, Karen.

Mother's Day Cards

Okay so I know I am a little late for this post, but here is a Mother's Day card I made. Note that any saying can be used on this card and not just 'Mother's Day'! This stamp is a Level 1 Hostess set and it is just gorgeous!

I have two versions, one where I have not coloured the flower in and the other I have, just using the ink pad and the 'daubers'.

The colour used is one of the NEW In Colours 'Groovy Guava' and the matching ribbon (of course!) layered onto 'Chocolate Chip' cardstock.

Mother's Day Stall follow up...

So we had the Mother's Day Stall today at school and the official amount of cards that were made was 368 and there are only just on 50 cards left! Yeah it was great, I actually got to sell all the cards myself at a table as all the mum's helping made sure to tell the kids to go down the end of the table's to buy a card for mum! I think that added to the fun and enjoyment of watching the kids try to decide which card to choose for their mum's. I had one little boy who bought 5 cards! He kept coming back with his 50c (that's how much we sold them for nothing too huge) and said I love buying cards, so I said okay which colour next! But the feedback from the mum's helping out and some of the teachers was lovely so it made all the time and effort worthwhile.

Mother's Day Cards for School Fete

Wow it's all finished, I have been working along with my lovely mum and some mum's from school to finish approximately (I have not done the official count yet) 375 cards for our school Mother's Day stall tomorrow! We have worked late into the night and day to get them all done and to top it off my mum, Ann made wait for it 402 envelopes to fit the cards into!!! An unbelievable job she has done, can you tell she does not work anymore??!! Thanks so much for the help to everyone involved let's just hope the kids buy them tomorrow!! Anyway here are some pictures of the cards they are only note cards but are just gorgeous measuring 3" by 3" when folded.

These are just some of the colour schemes that we did, as we used a variety of stamp sets and inks to give them something to choose from and to stop the boredom. My favourites are the ones using the swirl from the set 'Priceless' and the 'Flower Punch' that goes with the set 'Looks Like Spring' although these flowers were very time consuming to 'stick' on and we hope they stay on the cards when the kids open them to write on and put them back into their envelopes! Oh and we stamped the envelopes as well.

The ink colours used were 'Tempting Turquoise', 'Purely Pomegranate', 'Pretty in Pink', 'Lovely Lilac' and 'Chocolate Chip'. The cardstock we used was varying with 'Whisper White', 'Pretty in Pink' and 'Lovely Lilac'.

All images copyright Stampin’ Up! 1990-2008 - Cards by Karen Devonshire

The Faces Of Riley Layout

The wonderful faces of my gorgeous son Riley, unfortunately I see way too many of the cranky ones of late!

This is a double page layout I completed recently I have just not mastered the art of joining these pages together! Sorry if it looks odd!

I have used designer series paper out of a scrapping pack that has since been deleted from Stampin' Up! and the cardstock is Bordering Blue and Night Of Navy. The words were cut using my 'Cricut' cutting machine and I used some flowers and buttons.

Ava Scrapbook Page

This is a layout of my daughter Ava. I have not really used Stampin' Up! products this time except for the cardstock of Pretty in Pink and Cranberry Crisp.

Stampin Up! Convention

Sorry I have not posted for a little bit, but I have just gotten back from beautiful QLD and I attended the Stampin' Up! 2 day convention, it was absolutely fabulous as well as spent time with my wonderful family as they all came with me (well not to convention but to QLD)!

I had a great time, learnt lots of new things and met some wonderful new friends! I did a card swap, where I made 20 cards (all the same) and then swapped them with other people at the convention to get other ideas. This is the card I made for my swap below: -

You probably can not tell from my photo but all the Choc Chip flowers are covered in dazzling Diamonds (a must use for any project!). My lovely friend and neighbour Carolynn came and helped me prepare the 20 cards that I had to make, thanks so much!!