12 days of Christmas (inspiration)

HELLO!!!! I'm sooo excited!!! Guess why?!?!? I'm here and WILL be HERE for the next 12 days showing you some wonderful ideas and cards leading up to Christmas Day! From now until the 22nd Dec you can find some inspiration and share in this special Christmas time with ME! I have LOADS of cool things to show you (one of the reason's I've been soOOOo busy lately) and will kick it off by encouraging you to make a display! Perhaps it will have your favourite Christmas decorations, maybe your cards!! Whatever it is, make a little spot somewhere in your home and let the Christmas goodness SHINE!

The wonderful Month of December

It's that time of the year again....
December! Can you believe it?? Are you anything like me and are still in shock at the concept that we are actually at the end of the year! It's really quite scary when you consider how quickly the weeks and therefore months are rolling by.... certainly makes you realize that it's more important than ever to make EVERY day count!!
I do sooo love this time of the year... one of my favourite things is the decorations!!! I love adding my little touches to our home and thinking up gifts and making cards, it makes me happy!
It was my little baby girls 2nd birthday on Saturday, we had a lovely brunch with family, did nothing much in the day and then watched a movie and had pizza for tea. That's another thing that I'm in shock over... that my "baby" is now 2!!!!!
Recently I demonstrated some "little" people cards in my stamp club. One for a girl and one for a boy! I have seen around the blogging world FLIP cards and wanted to give them a go! I found the idea from the wonderful Kim HERE and from there I can't really say but to whomever started this great design I say a HUGE thank YOU!! These cards are great!!!
Here is my girlie take, I think the Pig is soooo cute!!!

And now for my boy one! Again the snail is perfect for this theme and is also in the Button Buddies stamp set! LOVE how it co-ordinates with the SU buttons, makes for such quick and easy cards!
What do you like to do for little children when making cards?? Bright colours? Things that POP?
I'd love to hear your ideas??
Hope to call in more soon, it's been a crazy world out there lately (in my crafting room anyhow) and I've been doing LOADS!!!! Be sure to visit again and I'll have some show and tell!

Inkspirations Sketch Challenge #95

Oh YAY! Can you believe it!?? I'm in a little bit of shock myself, 3 cards in one weekend and then posted in a matter of days! Love it when I'm not working, not doing my housework, not gardening (due to rain) not needing to entertain children (cause they have friends over) and lastly can do what I love as my super man is at the V8 Supercars and I'm in the office STAMPING!!! Bliss I tell you... BLISS!!!!
I needed one more card going into this week and that is for a sweet little girl who is also turning 3! How the years are flying......
I again turned to a challenge and this time it was from the fabbo ladies at Inkspirations!! Love their site and their challenges! YAY I got to play along!

I used the same colour base as the Dino card (mostly cause they were ALL OVER my desk, he he) but went with the girlie colours in the Just Add Cake DSP! I love this pack of paper! Blushing Bride is the main colour with hints of Peach Parfait! Oh how wonderful it is that it suits all little children!! It's AWESOME!!!
Some sparkle was a must and my fav ribbon, ponies are a super choice for a girl and there you have it! I've had the best time, I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of my cards, I know it's been awhile! SORRY!!! Life, it can be busy hey!!! Have the most splendid rest of your week!

My little "boy" friend

One of the most talented ladies out there in the crafting world would have to be that of the lovely
Bronwyn Eastley - Addinktive Designs. She amazes me time after time and she goes in a lot of cool challenges! As I needed a starting point for my dear little "boy" friend who's turning 3 very soon, I went to her blog and looked at the list of sites she visits! I found this.... Stamping 411. They regularly have challenges and this week it was a great sketch that I decided was the goer for my card!

Dear Colin, Kim and baby Owen stamped (fed and slept) at my place last Saturday night and they brought with them the most cutest set of Dinosaurs that I HAD TO INK UP! So with my little Triceratops inked it was just a matter of colour coordinating him with the DSP Just Add Cake and adding some fun embellishments! I love how happy he is!! SO CUTE!! I also thought it was cool that it's for a 3 year old and the Triceratops, well... has 3 horns! Love it when a card comes together (in more ways than one!!)
I hope you like my take on the challenge, hopefully I can play along with them another day!

Just Add Ink 93 - A colour combo

I do always enjoy being able to play with challenges, especially those over at Just Add Ink! Perhaps cause I know a lot of them and they really are the most wonderful bunch of ladies and talented to boot!!!
So with some cards needed for this week I decided to join in the fun! How gorgeous is this colour combo? I love the freshness of it and then the bright hit with the pink! So funky!

In typical Sharnee style I went with a bit of a vintage theme, dollies after all are one of those favourite things from days gone by and the person I have in mind for this card LOVES blue. I wanted to do as much blue as possible, just a little green, lots of clean crisp white and then lastly a splash of pink from some retired buttons!
I hope you like my take on this weeks JAI challenge, do be sure to see the other AMAZING creations, they really are super!

Kaizahn

My beautiful cat Kaizahn was very sadly put down on Friday after 13 wonderful years of life! I wanted to take a moment to show you how gorgeous she was! If you'd like to know and see more pic's of this wonderful pet hop on over to my family blog- The Torrents Times.

Thinking of YOU!

Every Monday my children for their writing, write a letter to one of their pen pals. Then we usually ride up to the shop and post them! I love getting letters, well especially cards in the mail and so I take up the opportunity to write out some cards too. This week I wanted to send a little something to my lovely Friend Anna whom we stayed with when on holiday.
It is a mix of old and current Stampin Up products with one of my favourite theme's the Bunting!
Enjoy!