Another boy pocket card

Another pocket card with the die and stamps and the denim background. This is for my nephew and the brother of the previous pocket card.

A close up of the image on the pocket

The inside. Again stamped off once before stamping on the card, then the b'day stamped straight on top.

Pocket Card for Boys

Using the same pocket and stamp die with a denim background stamp from Stampin Up, this was made for my nephew

Yep had to photograph it with another prop.

The inside of the card.

Pocket Cards for Girls

Using a pocket stamp and matching die, I made this pocket card for my niece.

This is the inside, what I did was stamp the flower image as above once off onto a piece of scrap paper then stamped onto the inside card, this gives the flower image a paler look. I then stamped Happy Birthday straight over the top of the flower image.

This is the card she recieved with the money sitting in the pocket.

The same card but photographed with a wand in the pocket. This could've been the gift as well instead of money.

Copic Colouring

This is the 2nd class offered by Mandi Klinger from Copic Me. The classes are well thought out and well executed. I have enjoyed them throughly and am looking foward to the 3rd class. This photo shows feathering blending on the wings and tip to tip blending on the flowers

This shows monochrome colouring on her tights

Giving the sleeve a see through look

the finished picture. I havent decided how to finish this card yet.

The dress was done using V12, V15, V17 and V09

Thank You card

This card was done to thank a nice elderly gentleman for allowing my DP to park his 5th Wheeler on his property,while DP was working in QLD

This is the inside of the card

The envelope.  I likThe envelope. I like to stamp the front of the envelope in the same style as the card

I like to ink the edges of my cards to give it that finished look. My friends are all starting to recognise my "style".

Is that the date already

Life is so hectic with preparations for the close of business. I had hoped to be on more but its been hard. My area of Oz is currently having bushfires evacuations and warnings. Several fires have been out of control within 30 kms of our home. Tuesday the 8th Jan saw my bags packed at the back door ready to go. Luckily there was no need to leave. Tuesday was also my eldest's sons' 21st birthday. That is just hard to imagine. I also got rid of my other two to Taree where they are staying with my BF for two weeks on her farm and boy will they find life much more full on than here.
I have put lots of photos on my computer ready to post so over the next few days I'll post quite regularly

Business sold

Well our business was sold prior to auction so now its time to prepare to close on the 27th Jan. We opened our store on Boxing Day 2004 and after 9 long years we get to say goodbye. Its been on and off the market for a long time but my parents are not getting any younger so this time around a sale was really needed. We operated 7 days a week even opening on Christmas day. I must add ours is a food takeaway business so we cooked pre ordered BBQ chickens so people could have hot chickens for their christmas lunch. In the beginning we opened at 8am and closed 11pm, so after the close and cleaning we weren't getting home until around midnight. We did this for 3 years before we started to put our needs first.
During the 9 years my marriage broke down due to domestic violence and I had to buy my ex out of the business which added more strain to getting the place sold, even though he never played an active role.
So the end of an era is near and I'll admit to going to be a little lonely without the daily customers who are friends, that because of life we never see each other, until we see each other at the shop.