Places to Go......

It's been a little while since I shared some of my cards...
This set of Three Travel Cards
were recently published in
Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft
Vol 16 No 5

I love the way they photographed the cards,
so have included a scan of the magazine above.
and some close ups for you :)May Your day be Blessed
~ Gillian ♥

Here is another two cards that I have recently had published - yay :)

Published in

Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft

Vol 16 No 4

as part of the Stampers Challenge using these sweet Wings Stamps by Kaszazz.

and once again Sephi and in the same challenge,

this always makes me smile because I love her work so much :)

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Also I have had the pleasure of being featured on Thea & Sami

as part of her Friday Followers Section ~ Thank you so much Thea ♥

Thea & Sami hand screen-print organic and natural fabrics

to create beauty for your home & body.

if you have not already found Thea & Sami I highly recommend you taking a little time to enjoy both the Thea & Sami Blog and Website

Curiouser and Curiouser!

some more published pieces to share

These Two cards were published a few months ago

in Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft

Vol 16 No 1

in the Stampers Challenge

using Tweety Jill's Down the Rabbit Hole Stamps

what fun these cards were to make!!!

I loved seeing them in the mag alongside some of my fav Aussie Stampers Sephi Kemp, Jane Clark & Sue Smith, it always amazes me when paper artists are given the same stamps how different and unique the finished pieces turn out.

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Trust you are all having a lovely week,
Here’s a little of what I have been up to -
I made my very first Apple & Rhubarb Crumble
This was topped with cream and devoured by my family rather quickly! :)
so I'm sure it won’t be the last one baked in our home!
I'm also working on my second crochet rug - this one is blue & cream.
Carving a lino block for a print I'm working on,
This is a new passion of mine, thanks to a dear friend who has been teaching me Lino Block Printing, so I look forward to showing you some of my prints soon.
Wishing you all a creative week ♥

To everything there is a season....

I was really pleased to have this published a little while ago in

Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft

Vol 16 no 2

To every thing there is a season,

and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Hope you are having a lovely day!

Published in

Australian Scrapbook Creations

No.74 (Vol 8 No 11)

as part of the 20, 40, 60 minute challenge.

I created this set of 3 ATC in 60 minutes.

Using Products from the Prague Collection

by Darkroom Door

Just doing some catch up on my blogging....

while I was having my little 'holiday' from blogging I was happy to have had a few pieces published in some lovely Australian Magazines.

This was a super fun challenge 3 paper artists were given a beautiful and generous collection of Darkroom Door and we were also given a time limit that we had to adhere too.

Sarah Schwerin was given 20mins, Michelle Loffler was given 40 mins

and I was given 60 minutes.

I was very pleased I was given the 60 minutes time slot ;)

the other girls made such gorgeous ATC in their time limits and I was so thrilled to have been included in the same challenge as them both as I admire their work so much!

Back soon with more to share,

have a happy day!

a little while ago I was sent some Gorgeous Cosmo Cricket paper from Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft and asked to make some cards....What Fun!

These Papers, Ribbons and Embellishments are a dream to work with and oooohhh so pretty :)

I made these two cards, both with lots of sewing and layering. These papers reminded me of Patchwork fabric and all of the quilts I have made and those hidden away in my cupboard unfinished (oh the shame....lol!) They appeared in

Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft

Vol 15 No 4

I know it's been ages since I last blogged, our September was our so busy with 2 School Musicals, A Singing Concert, A Drama Festival, A Trip to Sydney for State Tournament of the Minds, a Weekend Trip to our old home town of Inverell to see my parents, A Craft Fair at which I had a stall with my jewellery, and so on......

Now it's October we are coming up to Breath... :)
and we start our School holidays on Friday afternoon
and my Husband starts 4weeks annual leave - Yay!!!


A Big Happy Birthday to
Nathan, MJ, Grandma, Bradley & Jacob
I love you all!!!!

May your October be a Truly Fun one!

We love you Grandad....

This card has just been published in

Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft Vol 15 No 1

(appologies for the scan, but I do love the way they have photographed this card

and I haven't got the card at the moment to photograph).

I used a few of my Favourite The Stamping Queen Stamps on this card

Queens Dresser Drawers Pensive Philip, Paper Artsy At Home Plate 3, Large Gears Stamp,I also used Creative Imaginations Journalling Frame & my Glimmer Mist in Graphite.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

I'll be back soon with some new creations I'm working on :)

Artful Blogging Spring 2009

Excuse me for a minute if I just twirl around and around with excitement!

it's not everyday your blog is showcased in

Somerset Studios

Artful Blogging

Spring 2009

I really just wanted to share these pages that appeared in the magazine with all of my regular blog visitors, and Thank You all for visiting my blog

and to all who leave me comments a special Thank You for all of the wonderful encouragement and friendship you have shared with me xxx

If you click on the pages, you should be able to read the article if you'd like to :)

Yep....still twirling :)

have a happy week everyone :)

Hello my friends.....

Happy New Year :)

I just realised I hadn't put this piece onto my blog,

Last year I was thrilled to be asked to join in on a Stampers Challenge with Australian Cardmaking Stamping & papercraft Vol 14 No5.

Using The Beautiful Darkroom Door DDRS008 Doors Set :)

as you may have worked out, I love these little houses....
I love the shape, it's a really neat shape to work on, My street number is 23 so this little house represents my home, and I'm going to put this little one into a frame :)
It has Lots of Layers, I love using 'Sinamay' at the moment, you can purchase it by the mtr at Spotlight if you are in Australia in the section where all the 'hat making' bits and bobs are.
It's fun to cut, fray, stitch, glue and paint over......
I love this photo, showing you how the words 'peek' through the sinamay :)
One of the great joy's of being in this magazine issue is the wonderful friends who are also published in also, Friends whom I've met through blogging, some I've chatted with via emails, some I've been in swaps with, and two special girls whom I'm on the TSQ design team with,
so lovely to share the pages with all of these sweet girls :)

It's been such a long time since I blogged,
this time of the year is such a special time for us with visitors,
the children on school holidays, swimming lessons and so many holiday activities...

I wish you all A VERY happy New Year,
May it be Blessed from Above x

Australian Cardmaking Stamping & Papercraft

I was really excited to have this set of Postcards I made published in

Australian Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercrafts

Vol14:3

Two of the images are Andrew's Great Grandma

Both of the Standing up Images,

the Sitting down image is from a postcard I bought at the markets

and the Image of the lady with the baby is from

Lady Cherie's Blog

And the lovely Sarah from

Incurable Stampers

presented me with this award, thank you Sarah xxx

Well Our school holidays are almost over, that two weeks just seems to fly!

There hasn't been much stamping done,

but there has been a lot of Picnics and Games of Badminton :)

Stay Happy everyone :)

Create Timeless Bliss

This is a card I created for Australian Paper Crafts

For an 'Artist and the Stamp' project

This actually appeared in the mag 2 months ago

but as you know.... my life has been a bit busy ;)

The stamp I used is the 'bubble' stamp in the centre strip

by Lizzie Anne Designs

and I used Hambly Screenprints Rub-ons (love those)
As I'm struggling at the moment to create with paper, I thought I'd post these picys on my blog as I hadn't as yet.... I'm finding concentrating difficult at the moment, some might say my 'mojo' has left the building...but I'm not going to give into that....

I'll be back soon, bigger and better.... ;)

A couple of published cards :)

these two fun cards I made are in the latest

Australian Paper Crafts

Issue 72, 2007

Waves to Sephi & Gabbie

who also have some of their wonderful ART in this issue :)

Ode to Christmas

This is a set of Large Chipboard Tags
I made and are in the current issue of
Australian Paper Crafts
issue 71
the words on the tags read
A song was heard at Christmas
To wake the midnight sky
A saviour's birth and peace on earth
And praise to God on high
The angels sang a Christmas
With all the hosts above
And still we sing
the newborn King
His glory and His love
-Timothy Dudley Smith

Boho Christmas

This little set of cards I made are in the current issue of

Australian Paper Crafts

Issue 70, 2007

(if you go to the APC link above, you can actually download a virtal copy of the mag... cool hey)
I bought a kit of My Minds Eye Papers, it had all these cool tags in it,

I just added a bit of stamping and some bling.

It was actually from Last years 'Bohemia Christmas' range, I love the 'grungy quality' the printed paper has, it was cool in the mag they titled my feature 'Boho Christmas'

made me giggle...

Art from my heart

this little card I made has just appeared on the front cover of

Australian Paper Crafts issue 68, 2007

I'm always soooooooooo excited to see my work in print,

and how exciting to see my card share the front cover with one of Jenny Garlick's beautiful altered tins. Well lets just say I twas a little bit excited...

And how cool also in this issue

Gabbie, Sephi & Yvonne all had Amazing Projects, every month I think this is my fav issue!

makes me wonder how cool will next months be!