ooooohhhh I got mail today :)

I got this FABBY sign for my car

I ordered it from another etsy shop in the US and it arrived today, well I couldn't wait to put it on so I didn't ;) then ofcourse I had to drive down to the river and take a photo of it to show you all, I think it looks pretty cool on my little 'pregnant rollerscate'

Vynal Decals
This is the link if you want to get one for your blog or etsy shop

she also makes beautiful Wall Decals so you can scrapbook your walls ;)

While I was there I thought I'd take a couple of photo's and show you my beautiful town

This is Where the Hastings River meets the Sea :)

Port Macquarie NSW Australia
Beautiful isn't it :)

Time to show some more pretties...

This Necklace is made using an Antique Pocket Watch Key, Vintage Brass Tag, Vintage Glass Bead, and lovely Brass Hand hammered Clasp and chain
this time a Bracelet made using another type of Vintage Brass Tag, Vintage 1940's Brass Flower Charm, and a scrummy swarovski crystal.
I call these ones 'vintage UFO's'...... made using Vintage Glass Japanese Beads from the 1940's.
Just a bunch of pretty things all joined together...
And Fabulous Very Old Emerald Green Cut Glass set in Brass Connectors with little vintage lockets Dangling earrings....

Have a happy day :)

Salt - Believe

The New Challenge at SALT went live tonight

Esther chose the theme of Believe

you can read all about it Here

This is not only the first time I've drawn a human figure,

it's also the first time I've ever Drawn Jesus,

(apart from my childhood days)

I love the way my children draw Jesus without any worries or concerns as to how people will look upon their image of Jesus.... To them It's Jesus no matter how their drawing comes out, because they have Jesus in their heart and on their mind while they draw Him

Well thats what I've done too

I have Jesus in my heart and on my mind

Because I believe :)

Little Autumn Bird

Like all good creations this started out as something else...lol!

this was going to be a bookmark, and well It just evolved...

now it's a hanger Measuring 24 x 8cm...

I made this hanger using some of my latest bits from

The Stamping Queen

TSQ bits I've used are - Catslife Press Bird Stamp, Collections Bracket, AUTUMN RIBBON, Collections words, little picture hangers, versafine Black inkpad, and someother bits I threw into the mix were some PP,Prima flower with it's lovely 'sparkly' centre, Vintage Optical Testing Lens, some ribbon, computer generated words and my sewing machine...

Ofcourse in Australia we are now in Autumn,

my favourite time of the year,

maybe that's why I love the Autumn Tones so much when I create...

So no matter if you are entering into Autumn or Spring

I hope today you get the time to listen to the little Birds Sing to you :)

Art Doesn't have to be Perfect

Oh I love these Catslife Press Stamps I had arrive in my DT pack for

THE STAMPING QUEEN

This is an ATC I made today.

Using Catslife Press stamps- Bird 689F,Birdcrown 660B, Art Doesn't have to be Perfect,

Queens Dresser Drawers - little ledger girl (just a little part on the left hand side)

and a Large Gears Stamp ?

Collections Chipboard Arrow, some messy inkdrops, computer generated words, and my sewing machine :)

I hope everyone out there has had a

Truly Blessed Easter

and now for something a little 'BRIGHTER' !!!!

Well you can't make a little boy a card for his 7th birthday with vintage images and lovely mushroom pinks and soft blues and shades of sepia, now can you....
I got this Funky Catslife press number stamp in my latest DT pack from

The Stamping Queen

other bits I used are Collections Chipboard Arrows, Versafine Black inkpad, Stampin Up Diamond Stamp,EK Success itabc/at antique alphabet stamps, cardstock & heaps of stitching ;)

hope everyones having a great weekend :)

Salt - His Princess

The new challenge has been set at SALT

'His Princess'

you can read about it here

My inspiration for this challenge came from

1 Peter 1:4

and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade

- kept in heaven for you

When I think of what a Princess is, I always think of 'fairy tales' and so would my little miss

So this is an ATC I made for my little maiden, to put with her birthday present

she collects and makes ATC's, I Know how much she loves the stories of the many Princesses who are Saved by their knights in shining armour...

The Joy of This verse is that it is NO FAIRY TALE, it's a TRUE story of being Saved, of Being Loved, of Being Given the Very Best Inheritance...

a birthday tag

It's my little girls birthday next week, this is her birthday tag for her present, as she doesn't read my blog I know it's safe to put this on her ;)
So many delightful little bits, I know she'll love it

when I make something I usually show her and ask what does she think?

and her reply most of the time is

"um it's alright but it could do with some more bits,

you know to make it look prettier" :)

and we all know from her 'mermaid collage' a couple of post down, her new passion is collage.

so here's hoping I've put enough 'bits' on it :)

The main image is from The Stamping Queen it is a 'collections' image, I also used some of the collections tags for my base. I bought a pad of DCWV paper the other day, (I know I'm behind the times, everyone else has already used it, but I hadn't...and now I know why everyone loves it sooo much, it's scrummy isn't it), some American Crafts minimarks rub-ons, Rusty Pickle Alpha brad, ribbon, primaflower,a little brass birdy from jlyn designs on etsy, a little brass ring that says 'love' and a brass beadcap....

Sweetheart.....

isn't that little image adorable....
This is the second DT piece I've made using this lovely

Queens Dresser Draws Stamp ' little ledger girl'

For The Stamping Queen

and she is a joy to use :)

I think in this last photo you can see the new technique I tried

I dipped a paintbrush in dark brown ink, and then masked th image, using a fine wire kitchen sieve, I held the sieve above the project and rubbed the inky brush on the sieve giving this fine splattered Background... I like it I think I'll be doing this a bit ;)

other bits I used from TSQ are those ever sooooo cute dragonfly brads, Tim Holtz PP, Collections words, and I added the little paper photo corners, which were 'kraft' colour but I just inked them with the versafine inkpad I used for the stamping of this piece.

and some more pretties....

This is a Necklace I made using an antique skeleton key...much better than leaving them lying around in a draw don't you think... and these are my new 'Whimsey Pins' just for fun, using Vintage Military Laundry Pins
You can hang them on your bag, tote or use them for your keys...
and they are not ment to be serious.... they are just for fun :)
I haven't been making much in the way of Paper things at the moment...

our little house has an Autumn Cold Virus.....

We are all falling one by one...

and at the moment, jewelry making is easier on the head...

and we are all taking things very slowly.

I just want to thankyou all of you who left a comment for Georgia, in the previous post she is more than thrilled that people like her Art... :)

Look what She made.....

Isn't she AMAZING!!!!!
I'm so Proud of my little Collage Artist, I just had to share...
Recently Georgia and I made a new ART FRIEND
and like Georgia she Just Loves Mermaids
And she put a Beautiful little Pack of Mermaidian Collage Pieces together for My little miss Georgia, Well she couldn't wait to Create....

so Over the weekend in a couple of sittings she came up with the design and I helped a little with some of the gluing, but I can proudly say this is Her ARTWORK....

Our new Art Friend is Heidi

Please go and visit her and say hi :)

She makes Beautiful Art in many forms...

Thankyou Heidi...

Not just for your lovely gift, but for sharing you passion of Art and Mermaids with Georgia

and Helping us have a most enjoyable time Creating together :)

Salt - Inspiring Women of Faith

The latest Challenge at Salt went live tonight

you can read about the challenge here

and while you are there, maybe you'd like to leave your name in the comments box for the RAK we have this week :)

So this is my piece.

My little miss G and I make and swap ATC's with one my niece's

She is a very Creative young lady she Sew's, Creates with Paper, is a wonderful Musician

and a really Beautiful Young Christian Woman - and one I think is Inspiring...

I wanted to Inspire her with the Wife of Noble Character in Prov 31

and that's where this portion of Scripture comes from

I love that Right there in Scripture,

it shows us that being Creative can be a noble thing

it shows us that being busy with your hands

is much more Beautiful than being Idle.

I also love that she Shines for God

Just some pretties I've made this week :)

Have a Happy Day :)

Nancy Made my Day.....

I was honored to receive this award from My Dear Friend

Nancy Maxwell James

She is always such an Inspiration to me, so it is such a Blessing and Honour that she would give me this, Thankyou so much Nancy xxx

The rules for the “You Make My Day” award are to re-present it to 10 people whose blogs bring you happiness and inspiration and make you feel happy about blog land. Let them know through email or by posting a comment on their blog so they can pass it on. Beware you may get the award several times, and if you do, consider yourself really, really loved.

While it's a lovely thing to be given, it's soooooooooo very hard to pick just 10 people

but here are 10 people who I feel blessed by through blogland :)

Paula, Kathy, Barb, Sephi, Tammy, Kimberly, Rein, Sanja, Sharon, Ros

All amazingly beautiful Women, who inspire me, not only with their Art, but with their Inner Beauty, Thankyou girls xxx

enjoy life......

this is a little DT project I have created for

The Stamping Queen

I used the same stamp from the post below

'The Queens Dressers Drawers - A Quartet of Bobbies'

but ofcourse I just stamped with the Bobbie on the end of the stamp.

and here's a couple of close ups :)

I had to give him a special little 'party hat' -doesn't he look 'dapper'!

and then stamped a 'grungey' ring around his head using a 'glue stick lid' and some white paint.

the little 'tape measure' stamp down the side is from a Stamp-it Stamp - siset001rg...

and ofcourse I added some little jewelry extra's and an old arcade token.

2nd post for the day, and my desk is still messy... :s

But I do have this to show for a messy desk....
actually the photo doesn't really show it for it's best

in real life this is HIGH GLOSS

This is my next project using my Feb DT pack from

The Stamping Queen

The Stamp I used is a 'The Queens Dresser Draws' stamp

- Quartet of Bobbies'

I stamped it onto white, then did little dots all around them

once I did that I used heaps of different coloured inks dabbed on to build up this mix of colour, I really wanted the white to sort of 'glow' from behind them and on their faces, and I'm happy with the way it seemed to do that.

I sewed one of the 'Collections' Bracets on and then 'pewter' embossing powder

just on the BG

then I covered the whole thing with about 3 or 4 coats of clear hi-gloss embossing powder.

it feels really cool to touch.

and I love it's super grungey look :)

it's kinda Grunge meets Gloss...lol!

ps....yes they are my keys the little ATC is laying on

if you hadn't noticed I am a key addict and collect them to use in my projects.

I'm a Messy Desk Kinda girl.....

Green is still my colour at the moment.....
and these are my FAVOURITE BEADS :)
I had some new supplies arrive this and last week
So I've been having fun creating with them
I just love these amazing Brass Pieces, look at the wings on this Solid Brass Dragonfly,
such beautiful detail......

I'm working on a few Paper creations at the moment for TSQ, hope to have them ready to blog either tomorrow or on the weekend, I am basically working full time at the moment between my etsy shop and selling on ebay (one has to pay for ones entertainment somehow ;)

But today I have to tidy my studio....hmmmmmm
the time has come....
I'm being swallowed up by my lovely little creative MESS!!!!
altho I must say,
when I sit down to a clean desk (altho I like the look of it)
I do find it hard to get the creative process happening
How about you
CLEAN DESK or MESSY DESK?
which one are YOU?