All my friends are turning 40

It seems that this year all my friends are turning 40.  So here are a couple of cards celebrating 40th birthdays...

For Mick

Stamps:  Enjoy the ride (PTI), Birthday basics (PTI)

Card:  Kraft, chocolate chip, whisper white and bitty box basics (PTI)

Ink:  Tea dye duo (PTI), Chocolate chip

Accessories:  Mat stack #1, rhinestones, acetate (windscreen), labels punch (SU!)

For Christina

Stamps:  Beautiful blooms II (PTI), Turning a new leaf (PTI), Enjoy the ride (PTI)

Card:  Passion pink, kiwi kiss, whisper white

Ink:  Passion pink, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette

Accessoires:  Bling it rhinestones, raspberry fizz twill ribbon

Reader's Choice Inspiration Challenge 3

Last week Kristina Werner put up another 'Reader's Choice Colour Inpsiration Challenge'.  Of course, I didn't get my card done in time for the challenge (again LOL!), but I thought I would put them on here anyway.  For some fabulous inspiration go HERE.

Stamps:  A Little Argyle (PTI), Signature Greetings (PIT), Warmest regards (SU!)

Card:  Chocolate chip, kiwi kiss, very vanilla, perfect plum

Ink:  Perfect plum, chocolate chip, close to cocoa, kiwi kiss, certainly celery and pale plum

Accessories:  Viontage buttons, Mat die #2 (PTI), Swiss dot ribbon (PTI), Grosgrain ribbon (SU!), Jute twine, 1/2" circle punch

Embellish Challenge - Labels

I love the colours for this 'Embellish Challenge' and this week the challenge is sponsored by the fabulous 'Waltzing Mouse Stamps'!

Stamps:  Great friend (SU!)

Ink:  Groovy guava, chocolate chip and tea dye due (PTI)

Card:  Kraft,chocolate chip, very vanilla and dotti biscotti (PT:I)

Accessories:  Vintage buttons, jute twine, bling it rhinestones, grosgrain ribbon

Colour Cue 4

Not sure if I am going to make to deadline for this challenge, but here goes.  This is a very simple card, as you can see.  These colours were so baby/boy card.

Stamps:  Bitty baby blessings (PTI), Background basics: retro (PTI)

Card:  Bashful blue, whisper white

Ink:  Bashful blue, not quite navy, barely banana

Accessories:  Brads, onsie template

Happy 7th Birthday Mackenzie!

Yes, that's right, my nephews birthday yesterday and my neices birthday today.  Mackenzie is the one in the middle wearing pink.  Sorry, but this is quite an old photo, but the only one I have.

Stamps:  Butterfly dreams (PTI), Baby button bits (PTI), Outline alphabet (PTI)

Card:  Kraft, pink pirouette and bitty box basics (pure poppy) and whiper white

Ink:  Pink pirouette, ridinghood red and versamark

Accessories:  Stickles, white emboss powder, heat gun

Happy 6th Birthday Jesse

This is my nephew Jessse.  He is turning 6 today.  This is a picture of Jesse with his Pop (my Dad) a couple of weeks ago at a family get together in Sydney.

This is the card I made for Jesse (that I haven't sent yet, oops!)

Stamps:  Up, up and away (PTI), Outline alphabet (PTI)

Paper:  Kiwi kiss, whisper white, kraft

Ink:  Ridinghood red, kiwi kiss, baja breeze and chocolate chip

Accessories:  Balloon dies (PTI), scallop circle and sponge

PS:  let me tell you, the whole bowling thing is not the same as the Wii.   I wanted to move across to the kids lane because they had their bumpers up LOL!