Japanese girls.

Hello!

Wow, I haven't posted since Monday, what a slacker! I've been falling asleep early on the lounge every night, I feel good for the extra sleep but I haven't been getting anything done!

I made these cards last week cos I always had plans for this Paisley paper to end up on cards so I decided to finally make that happen as part of trying to use up more papers for my New Year's Resolution. The paper itself is quite busy with a big pattern, so I didn't want to cover up too much of the paper, it was the feature after all! So I decided to make them minimalist cards so you could still enjoy the BG PP. I hope they don't come off as too boring!

I love the "Hello dear friend" speach bubble on the second card, it's just so cute! I was able to position it pretty well behind the little Jap girl on a scallop oval I punched with my giga Marvy punch. Where would I be without those punches? I dunno!!

Then not to be too same-same I made another card but with my Bella stamps. Poor bella's haven't seen too much ink lately. Probably cos I have more stamps than any sane person should, so I can't get around and use them all, all the time!! I steered away from the turquoise for this one and back to pink and brown (which I seem to always stick to- I should try to break that mold!) I uncovered the "Lets do lunch" stamp which is from a Stampendous set I got years ago where you stamp each part of the girl separately to make a whole body. You can change up her dress, arms, legs, etc... It sounds awesome in theory, IRL it is totally HARD and annoying to try to line everything up and it takes AGES to stamp even one image! I have only used them once, then given up. But at least now I have used one of the sentiments again! And it goes really well with this image :) Hmmm... sounds like something I should get up to tomorrow- shopping and lunch out! {wink!}

:) C

Mid Week Monotony...

Hello people!

Yes, it's been one of those weeks when I haven't done anything but work work work, and sleep a little {sigh}! So all I have to post is these 2 cards I made on Sunday night..and Yep, they're the same. You caught me out!! Well I did flip the drawing and use a different Jap girl, but I know you think I cheated... "this isn' 2 cards at all! It's one, twice!" Well I like them, so there! Although I wish they weren't "naked"- a card without a sentiment feels so naked to me! I have some card customers who have asked for cards with no sentiment so that they can use the card for any occasion, but I just feel like these sweet little girls need to say something! If only I could get a stamp that says "Arigato!" Well, maybe I can in 3 weeks and 1 day when we are off to the real Japan!! Woot! {cheering!} Excitement is totally overflowing now!

Yesterday morning I sat down with my map of Tokyo and a bunch of post-it note strips and marked out all the places I want us to visit! Will is such an easy person to travel with, in that he'll go wherever I tell him! lOl! Gotta love that :) I asked if there was anywhere he wanted to go and he just said "Temples, shopping, thats about it. I would rather see a little and enjoy it than a lot and be rushed." Hmm... Willy, very profound, sounds a bit like a good philosophy for life too!

Guess where I'm going on Friday? To Yvette's!! Yep, I'm going to have a weekend of extreme scrapping inspiration!! YAYYYYYYYYY!!!! I am so excited! I have known Yvette all my life, which is not unusual seeing as she is my sister. So much talent in my family, Lol!! Thanks Yvette for letting me invite myself down {wink!} I will set my target on 7 pages this year- I think I did 5 pages last year when I stayed? I'll have to go back and check out my posts from then. I'm excited!!

:) C

Up Early on a Sunday? Whats Happening!!

Hi Y'all! Yep, I was up at 7am. What?! I don't know, I was awake and that was that. So I jumped on the computer for a bit then got inspired to make some cards. Woo hoo!! I cased a card I found in my inspirations folders, this one is by The Scalloped Edge. I love my inspiration pics, I trawl through them when I lack ideas, I don't know what I would do without the Net! Honestly!!

Felicity pointed out I needed more little girl birthday cards for my box, and seeing as Mum's sale is in 2 weeks I thought I should get cracking at making some! Do you think a little girl would develop a complex if she got a card with an elephant on it? I love this elephant though, he's so cute!

Then I used my "Make one, make 2" ideal and made another card in the same LO but this time with a girly dragonfly. I don't seem to own any butterfly stamps! Imagine that! I thought this might be a bit more "girly" but I prefer the elephant one, he is just so cute with a checkered body! Anywho, 2 cards already when I thought I wasn't going to do anything creative today!

And then last of all was the last Jap girl card I made the other day but hadn't posted yet. All four of the Japanese girls in this Hero Arts set are just SO cute!! I hope I can use them somehow in my scrappin after our trip to Japan too!

We are heading into the city today to buy the Japanese Rail passes for our trip! It's only 24 sleeps away now!! EXCITEMENT!!!!

:) C

Project 365 Collage #12

I've caught up again now, so this collage is on time!! Hurrah!!

I'm starting off my collage this time with a pretty mundane thing- waiting in the long long lines for petrol at the Shell servo. How I miss filling up at midnight after my late shift at work- no lines!; I baked Easter Cupcakes! I love these gorgeous little sugar coated choc eggs that fit so snuggly on top!; on Good Friday Will and I headed over to Cronulla for Fish and Chips, we didn't find any at first so delighted ourselves with a Mr Whippy! But then after we jumped in the car and were heading home we found Notaras Seafood (quite nostalgic since the Notaras' owned the Saraton [Notaras spelt backward] Theatre and a Sawmill in the town where I was born!) and I have to say my Calamari Rings were delish!; my friend Linh's birthday dinner at the Brazillian BBQ restaurant in the city; Easter Sunday lunch- baked of course.. YUM!; poor Willy got cut out of this one, but it is morning tea with the parentals down at Wollongong harbour; the new book I'm reading called "Monsters" which is another true-life story of Mary Shelley who wrote Frankenstein; playing Rummykub with Mum and Dad while babysitting the babies; time to play with my new Japanese Girl stamps by Hero Arts.. see below for close ups!

So I have been pining for these cute little Japanese Girl stamps from Hero Arts (especially since we go to Japan in less than 1 month! Woot!! So I finally caved in and bought them last week and they arrived on Tues!! I had taken out all the girly papers from my scrap stash to make Mother's Day cards with- well I haven't done that yet, but I had fun making some other girly cards with the Jap girls! Aren't they just the sweetest! Maybe one day I'll have a baby that look like these little girls too (Will would say "Why? I'm not Japanese!" Yes Will, but to us Whities, all you Asians look the same, you know that! And I can say that cos I'm not racist... "Ngo Jung Man!" ha!- That was my attempt at saying I'm Chinese in Cantonese.. bare with me people, I'm still learning!!)

So here I am using the same piece of pearlised paper from my previous post! Can you believe it's not all used up yet? Come on!! Why will you not just use up already!! Sorry if I'm blabbing a bit but it is now 12:10 am, I worked for 11.5hrs then went and did the grocery shopping and for some reason I am still going and am not even sleepy yet!! I had a Milo and some dark Chocolate Lindt Easter bunny which may have made me excessively Hyper, but I feel like I am typing with no real reason except I don't want to go to bed. And of course, cos I want to share these cards with you!

I might save the last 2 for a weekend post, just in case I don't get anything else made over the weekend (I feel it may be one of those weekends!)

Happy Friday.. that may be another reason why I am Hyper... It's the weekend! Hurrah!!

:) C