This is when  one really gets to feel old. When your daughter sends  you photos of her children  ready for a new school year . Cody , Luke  and Ryan  along with Mum and Dad live in Queensland , so Nanna does not get to see them as often as she would like .

But isn’t modern technology wonderful. Instant veiwing of photos. 

Cody is into card making and had sent me one a while ago and I will share it today.

As you see no creating today but I hope you don’t mind if I digress a little. Cody gets his creativity from his Mum , who is embarking on her own ARTFUL journey. Please if you  have a moment , check out her blog.

http://michelle-pinkpaperparadise.blogspot.com/

All images copyright  1990 – 2008 Stampin’ Up!,Stampin’Up! ®   cards and layouts designed by me unless otherwise stated, I would be happy  for you to CASE (copy and share everything) my designs however if you intend to publish or sell them in anyway please acknowledge me.

Tuesday 12th January

Hello and welcome to my room . Messy as it is , a testament that it is well loved and used , I say!

Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas  and that you are looking ahead to the New Year with happy anticipation.

During one of my  “ loss of ideas” days a while ago now,  I came across this site …

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com

Wow , some inspirations there . And I have started anothe r blog …

http://shirley-anne-stampingforjoy.blogspot.com/

Trying to find blog sites that are easier to use . This old dog has trouble learning new tricks

Any way am going to place some new cards to share , hoping that you like them .

December 4th

 Well a bit of extra time on my hands for a  while.

My workshop  group has broken up for a couple of weeks .

I have been playing with Summer catalogue products .

My favourite stamp set is “Wagon Full Of Fun”

And my favourite stamp images are the wagon and the duck.

I am sharing some of my new work in the gallery so please go on to check them out . Hope you like them.

      Regards, your passionate crafter in residence,

                                   Shirley

 1st October

Hi  there . I have mentioned before how happy I am to be involved with Stampin’Up. Well this month has been a shocker and if it were not for this hobby and my “room” ..?

Although my time for actual creating has been really tough to find , I have been able to spend some precious moments browsing the catalogues and using some of the other products , other than stamps , from my stash of Stampin’Up accessories.

One of the new card images put in tonight , is  an  example of using punches .

 Many of the companies stamps are designed to coordinate with some  of their other accessories and they will combine to compliment your artistic creativity.

So here I am , still learning , exploring, sharing and being inspired by it all .

             Shirley

30th September

Hello there , welcome to my room . What a month , so busy. Sold our van so no more long trips . Our dog, Sandy has been ill. We have had new furniture delivered and lost money from our supers, so visits to accountants .  And we have had our son and grandsons staying for  few days over school hols. Rain , hail and dust storms!  Honestly its been  so full on ,I’m not sure if i am Arthur or marther.

Not much in the way of card making but there will be a couple of new images in the gallery .

So may be you’ll check them out and leave a comment

Catch you again soon , cheers

 your Passionate Crafter in Residence , Shirley.

15 August  2009

 Hello and thanks for calling in.

hope you all know about the craft fair tomorrow at the Wayville showgrounds .Adelaide.Good luck to all the Stampin’Up girls who are demoing there  throughout the day.

Weather has been quite good for staying in doors for a few days so have been making a lot of Christmas cards as well as keeping up with workshop kits and ideas. So check out the gallery as I will be uploading some cards later tonight.

cheers… Shirley

4th June

      hello there and welcome to my room .

have been busy with workshops at the Round-a-bout, with a batch of really talented people. Now  I have to say people , because there are some  men there too.

Love this cold weather as it is easy to convince myself that the garden does not need attention and we dont go out walking as much so  IT’S  CRAFT ING TIME .  Will show you some of the projects .

                               See you in the gallery.

Your Passionate Crafter in Residence. Shirley

21st May

 Hello visitors , well sorry about no journaling  with my new cards in the gallery but life’s mundane duties kept me away .

But I will add more today and the passionate crafter in residence will tell you how the workshops are going . So visit’ Hobbyist at large’  for that .

 May 3rd , 2009

Hi there  and welcome .

I have been busy with workshops on Tuesdays and yesterday enjoyed a mini convention held at Kay’s home , check out my site here for pictures .

April  11, 2009

Hello visitors, welcome . Hope your Easter  Weekend  Holiday is as happy as you expect it to be and more so.

Now what has  happened since Feb. entry? Well not much really ! Had a couple of orders to fill , two Sundays of workshops that were really follow ups after sales of our Stampin’ around Wheels. Then I had B/cards for family and friends to create and give.

I have been busy preparing card kits for a workshop come demo day on Tuesday 14th here at my place. I will have 4 ladies to share the afternoon  of Craft and Passion .  I will post news of how that went later.

Please go on  to  browse the rest of my blog . I hope that you find it interesting .

                  Your Passionate Crafter in Residence

                                    Shirley

Feb. 24th. 2009

                         Only 10 months to Christmas !     OOPS.. SORRY .

 Hello and welcome again , thank you for checking in.

 I have made a few cards which I have shared , I hope you like them

 Did not have any interest shown in a work shop or demo afternoon through this site but a couple of family members [ thank heaven for  friends @family] and friends shared an afternoon creating and sharing tips .

May be later when I learn to show case my blog site  and my cards more professionally I will look like I have something to share.

SO in the meantime keep browsing and feel free to make a comment / constructive criticism appreciated.     Happy crafting.. Shirley

January 20th

Hi Visitor , and welcome back.

Hope you enjoyed the holiday season

Hubby and I really had a wonderful

Christmas with our daughter

and her family, although

Queensland weather is tough to handle.

Still I am happy to be home and back to crafting.

Have posted a handful of cards I have made in

 the last  few days. Hope you like them.

 November

Hello Visitors , glad you could make it .

  Firstly I want to wish you all a Happy  Christmas and a New Year that’s full  of Wonderful Surprises.

 I will be away for December and some of January .

 I was going to stop my BigBlog site but have decided to keep both it and the wordpress site .Big blog one will be for work that is other than Stampin’UP! Projects. While the wordpress site will be for exclusively Stampin’UP!

 As soon as I return from holidays I will endeavour to “clean up “ both and  hopefully make them more interesting, with    more work on display.

 Earlier Words

made a few Christmas cards and  now  I am taking a break by making general cards. I had a work shop through the week as well.

Since joining Stampin’Up I have several pks. of 12″x12″ double sided papers and Simply Scrappin’kits,[papers and card stock ] which have sheets of self-adhesive die cuts  included. Todays Tip..I  bought [from  cheap Warehouse] plastic satchel type holders for each of  these paper sets. These keep the     co-ordinating papers together [and I even keep the cut scrap pieces in it]Also they stop the corners from being damaged.

Have put some of this week’s work in new card gallery.

Happy Crafting….Shirley

Monday 1st September,

another week , soon be Christmas!  I dont mind the winter weather because it is great for indoor craft time. As I said earlier I am making Christmas cards . I need over 100 so I have to start early . My family and friends buy a few from me so that helps to replenish supplies . I will put some in the gallery when finished here .

My Room is a total mess when I have these seasonal cards to make  ..ha ha ..well more so than normal , I should say . It’s like baking;  I generally put out all the Christmas stamp images, all the appropriate  embellishments , papers and card stock. I find that it suits me to make all the card blanks first, varying the sizes and folds[ side or  top or gate fold ] . And some with apetures. Then I make sure that the ink pads that I am going to use are reinked if it’s  needed.

 I wonder if most people will relate to this methodology…have you ever started baking a cake only to find you only have one egg and need three ?

Any way it is my hint for the day ; Plan your card and make sure you have the tools and stuff you need before you start. That way if you have to improvise you can change your idea before cutting or stamping .

BUGGER… having said that I can remember some of my best results have come from add hoc , spur of the moment, use what’s handy action ! But really , mostly I find working  the  above way is less stressful .

Hope you , visitors, are keeping warm and  creating masterpieces of your own.

Hello visitors,

one of the many advantages of belonging to a group such as Stampin’Up is that by joining in swaps /and or sharing card images is that it is not long before you have folders full of inspirations. Thus when you lose your mojo just sit yourself down with a cuppa and browse . Something you see  is sure to whet your creative appetite  , to inspire and motivate you in no time at all .

I am constantly being amazed by the sheer volume of talented craftys there are sharing their work .

Stampin’Up! ®   cards and layouts designed by me unless otherwise stated, I would be happy  for you to CASE (copy and share everything) my designs however if you intend to publish or sell them in anyway please acknowledge me.