Commissioned

DD19's uni college is having a big fundraising event shortly and they'll have a silent auction for which I was asked to make some boxed sets of cards. You can imagine what a hardship that was, LOL!!!

I made three sets, two of which you have seen before here (but I made a new box) and here.

For the third set I was inspired by some lovely cards made by Kristine McNickle using the Sweet Summer set. Here's the lid of my box:

The complete set of 4 cards:

More Mustard and Perfect Plum:

Marina Mist and Rose Red:

DD19 returns to Melbourne today - the days have just flown by while she's been home and I'm sure going to miss her, but at least it won't be long till we see her again when we go down for the big event.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Cheers
Kez

Rollercoasters and Diggers

I have been riding such a rollercoaster of emotions since the earthquake in Christchurch last week. Some days life is normal; other days I feel so depressed and tears are never far beneath the surface. I can't read a newspaper article or see photos of Chch without crying. I found an article recently describing life post-quake in a suburban street - and was amazed to discover it was the street where we lived. It's here if you're interested in reading it. I simply can't imagine how the people who are living through this are coping emotionally and as for those who have lost loved ones ... well, I just don't know the words to adequately express my sorrow.

One thing that does help is the support and fellowship of friends, and I sincerely thank all of you who have left kind messages. Keeping busy is another help of course, and this week I have been finalising preparations for another Special Event for Australian troops serving in combat zones such as Afganistan, etc. You may remember that my wonderful customers and friends made over 350 Christmas cards for the troops last year; on Sunday we will be making Mother's Day cards to send so our Diggers can send them home.

Here are the cards I've prepared. They have been kept simple as we are making them like a Stamp-a-Stack and I'm hoping we'll get 200 completed. Most of the materials were generously donated by Stampin' Up!

I'm looking forward to a fun day for a very worthy cause.

I'll be back later today with the winners of the blog candy. Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers
Kez

Vintage + Lace = Bliss

The vintage style stamps that are so popular right now are lovely to work with and can be used to make some gorgeously feminine projects.

I've been having a play with the SAB set, Bliss, and I came up with a boxed set of cards for my Lana ladies to make in class next week. I used one of my all time fav colour combos - Perfect Plum and So Saffron - and teamed them up with Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. For a closer look, just click on the photo.

Box top:

 Box:

Cards:

Whole set:

Crochet trim lace and pearls are the perfect embellishments to give your vintage cards an olde worlde charm. Some of my ladies are not too keen on tearing though, so this will be a real challenge for them, LOL! Sorry girls!

I am entering this project in the So Shelli Creative Challenge, which is to use items from the SAB catalogue.  Hope you like them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Kez