We have travel insurance!!!

I am thrilled to have found out today that we have travel insurance....it's been a bit of a journey due to Shaun's pre-existing health conditions (an AVM which has already bled once) & we thought his trigeminal neuralgia had returned, but he has had no pain since Christmas, so that is good. Our travel companions, Pat & Patria (his mother & sister) have already booked but we didn't dare until we had travel insurance. The only crowd that looked like they would cover us, would only talk to us 6 months out of the trip, which was yesterday.

The holiday will be just under 6 weeks including 2 bus tours, one around central Europe and the other around Italy. We are suppose to be going to Cairo and am not sure what will happen there. Our travel agent Sophie, from Flight Centre, Noarlunga has been so helpful, but is out of the office til tomorrow, so have to wait til then to finally book. Hoping all the tours and flights are not fully booked out yet!! Keep you posted about plans as they finalise.

MMSC93 Butterfly Blues

This card is for this weeks Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 
I was unable to sleep after our dinner guests had all headed home, so thought I would sneak peak the midnight madness challenge & see what I could do. I really like this card, the colours, the textures, the butterflies and ribbon. I hope you do too. Because I have used quite a bit of pearl on this both on the card itself, the butterflies & the ribbon I have added it to the Anything goes Challenge Blog

This was for a challenge that for me was a very big 'out of the box' challenge....Will fill in the details shortly.

Fabric, Flowers & Frills

I found this challenge late last night and thought it was a bit of a challenge.....check it out and see what I mean. The Paper Players decided fabric was the challenge, could be material, lace, ribbon etc. This is what I came up with, hope you like it!

I love my Job!!

The Play Date Cafe is another colour challenge and I enjoyed making this bright funky card. Now I have just the card ready for anyone having a bad day at work.....not me, as I am still looking for a job!!

Springtime Thanks

These are for the CR84FN Colour Challenge this week. Really pretty colours to work with this week...very fresh. The ceramic flowers were created by my old school friend Jen Greneklee (nee Webber) who has her own business ArtbyJen & sent to me to play with sometime ago.....I am sorry Jen for taking so long to use them. I think they look lovely & I will spread the word about your product.

Blue as the Ocean

I was not altogether happy with the other entry I had put into Ann's layout challenge so have decided to add another one.....Here it is!

Invites done!!

The Baby shower invites are done....finally!! Luckily my daughter-in-love really likes Vintage so have tried to do a simple, vintage design. I used stamps from Stampin' Up set called 'Baby Bundle' a great set for baby cards, baby shower, baby scrapbook pages.

My Husband's Hobby

My husband has a hobby too.....she is quite demanding though, and sometimes whether he likes it or not he has to spend time with her, getting her purring along like she should. She isn't too good in the rain, leaks a bit. Not so good in the cold either & hot as hell in the summer. Who or what is this temperamental female that pulls my husband away from his wife? She is a 1960 Morris Minor Panel Van....ain't she cute????

I could be a rich woman if I got a dollar from everyone who asks us for an ice-cream when they see us? Or smiles at us as we drive by, or see kids waving and pointing at us. And no, we didn't paint her like that, however, we did buy her like that. When my husband showed me the photo of her on the Internet, my reaction was that we would need to respray her pretty quick. It's funny now, as we really like it and the reaction we get. My dear friends children love it and anytime they can they come for a drive in it they do!

In 2009, we headed up to Brisbane with the Morris Minor Car Club of Canberra for the Australian Nation Rally, held over Easter. It was a great time and we saw so many amazing Morris Minors there. Some stock standards, some done up with turbos, wonderful restorations, and a huge range of colours and styles. We have since moved on and became founding members of the British Motor Club of Canberra, (just wanting a more social club than what was offered) This year the clubs head to Port Macquarie for the National Rally. At this stage we are unable to go as we hope to head to Europe in September, plus we will have a new grandchild & want to spend time with him/her. So if you are up that way, check them out, you will see them around the place for sure. 

So this is how I can combine our two interests....I scrapbook our journeys in the Morris! I did this page at Ann Craig's scrapbooking night. You may have read previously of her. We so enjoy doing all the different techniques each month. This one, we used Versamark ink & then chalked over it. The row of flowers that I have placed the photo of the Morris on is done in this way. Try it sometime, it is a great affect, quite soft too.

Fleur My Valentine

This was the first card I made to enter a Midnight Madness Challenge I really love the Layers of Color Fleur Heart stamp so decided to make it the feature of the card. I also love square cards, finding it much easier to work in the square space. I am enjoying using up all my scraps so that often dictates the colour I will choose. I bit of bling always finishes things off & pearls add a certain elegance I think which go with the heart. Wouldn't mind this as a tattoo I reckon!!  LOL!!! Not sure if I am game yet though.....we'll see! Thanks Lovely Linda for the photography on this card, my phone's camera didn't do it justice. x