What a weekend

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. I spent mine doing lots of things...but very little school work for a change. Annette has a fourth year student teacher and she is going to be doing the teaching tomorrow and Tuesday so we set her the task of planning both maths and reading activities. I still have to make up a story and activity for my special needs reading group...but that's all.

Some of you already know that I have joined Fernwood Gym so spent Saturday morning doing both my cardio and strength program. Then I went round to bath my parents dog....she doesn't know how to keep still so it is really a challenge to keep her in the tub. Then we went off to bunnings (one of my favourite places). In the afternoon dad and I took Lizzie (mum and dad's dog) to the off leash park. Lizzie is still only a puppy and has not been to obedience yet so we kept her on a long lead....but she enjoyed meeting other dogs....and lots of running, jumping and sniffing. When I got home I finished digging out the dead grass in one small section of my yard ready to lay new turf tomorrow. Then I sewed myself a hooded cape for my Little Red Riding Hood costume for book week....I am happy with how it turned out....I will make sure I get a photo of it on Friday.

On Sunday I got up and did the washing..... and then went to Pilates at fernwood. I haven't done pilates before and was surprised at how challenging it was....didn't get the breathing right for most of it but I am hoping this will improve. Then onto buying and laying my new grass. Dad came around to help. This photo shows the area that we were working on. Not huge about 4.5m x 1m.
Then we started.....I was quickly amazed at how much better the area looked when the grass went down. It sure will be nice to actually have green grass rather than just weeds.

And here is a photo of my personal gardener......my dad. Thanks dad for helping with another one of my good ideas. I don't know what I would do without you. I actually over estimated on how much grass I needed so we ended up doing some of the side area as well and if I get the rest of the old grass and weeds out...we will finish this area next weekend.

Although I now feel tired and sore, I am happy with what I got done in just 2 days. I forgot to take a picture of the finished area ....I will add this in the near future. Have a great week everybody.

Even More Cards! (and a notebook)

Well this weekend has been great for getting some more crafty stuff done. I have bought a new stereo/dvd/tv/cd player and put it in my craft room. I have found it great to be able to watch tv and do craft without dragging it all into my loungeroom.
First of all I finished making a chipboard owl....and then decided he was too cute to just put on a card and give him away so I decided to cover a notebook and add him to the cover. This way I will be able to show him off much longer until the notebook is full.
The next card uses one of my new stamp sets.....very pretty and a card that I know my mum will love.

This next one is a special request from my mum......she buys my cards to give to family and friends and I get to spend the money on buying more stuff....win, win really.

I bought the next stamp set so that I would have somethingto use on cards for boys....I am happy with how this worked out.

The stamps used on this card are from a beautiful stamp set that is available in the new mini catalogue. I think I will be using this set a little bit more in the upcoming weeks.

The next 2 cards use the flower stem set that I used last week. I really do love it....it works in arange of colours and doesn't always have to be used for a sympathy card. What do you think???

Well other than the above cards the weekend was pretty uneventful....hope everyone has a great week! Pete

Cards! Cards! Cards!

I hope everyone has enjoyed the long weekend.....on Saturday I got up early to volunteer at the Redcliffe PCYC community garden. This project is only in the beginning stages so there was lots of digging out grass and unwanted plants...moving bricks....etc. It was certainly a great workout and the ladies in the garden group made a delicious morning tea for all the volunteers. I think it will be a great space when the garden is finally finished and I hope I will be able to participate again.

Yesterday I went shopping, visited my parents, watched some DVD's...no school work in sight. And then today I have actually gotten into my craft room and made some cards...so here is what I came up with.

I copied this lion from a tutorial on youtube...it is made out of stampin' up punches...I was surprised at how easy it was to put together. It will make a great birthday card for my nephew.

This little bird house was totally cased from a card on someones blog that I visited although I can't remember who...but I would like to acknowledge that it is not my own work.

Now this card I made for Father's Day....I just hope my dad can't remember how to find my blog and won't see it before I give it to him.

I love this stamp set.....I coloured the leaves and flowers using markers and then stamped. These cards are for my mother to put into her card box. I often get order for specific types of cards from her....she usually likes what I make but prefers light colours to some of my personal favourites. I think she will like both the pink and blue versions of these.

Well that's all for now .... but I have a craft night next Monday with some friends and need to come up with something for us to make....I will be sure to post when I have made up my mind.

Hope everyone enjoys our shorter work week!!!

Spring Mini Catalogue Starts Today!!!

The new Spring Mini Catalogue for Stampin Up! starts today.....and products will be available until the 30th of November. There are some really great stamps and designer paper in this catalogue and I can't wait for my new items to arrive early next week.

You can view the catalogue on the Stampin Up Website here http://www3.stampinup.com/au/ena/default.asp or ask me to share a copy with you.