So anyone that knows me, knows that I
keep my children out of social media, and I don't share photos of them on my
website, or on any off my social media platforms.
So imagine my surprise today when I
received an email from a friend about our daughter today!
I didn't even know she was at Nelson
Intermediate yesterday {my hubbie just informed me that he signed the permission slip for the school excursion}, or even that her photo had been taken for the local
paper!!!
"Waimea Intermediate
year eight pupil JorjaRose Oldham, 12, in action at the Inter-Intermediate School
Novelty Swimming Sports at the
You
may have discovered by now that we have a gorgeous cat called “Dusty”.
Dusty
is a Russian Blue, and is the most gorgeous cat I have ever met!
Since
Dusty came into the family, he gets up to dailyhigh jinks, and terrorizes the neighbours, by leaving wee gifts of
birds in their homes!
Some
of our neighbours even give him treats, and my crafty ladies quite often stop
in with cat biscuit samples they have been given in the “Junk Mail”!
Aside
from high jinks, Dusty’s other occupation is
… sleeping, and he loves to sleep!
Dusty
was a gift from a family, who read online what happened to our previous cat, who
was attacked by 3 dogs, and subsequently had to be put down.
Nike
had been in our family for 23 years, so it was really hard to see her put to
sleep.
I
wrote about the dog attack on Facebook, and a girl {now a lady!} whom I went to High School with
{25 years ago!!! – you do the math!}, read the post on Facebook, and made contact
via a private message, saying that their family would love to give our family a
kitten, as their Moma cat was about to have a gorgeous wee litter of kittens!
We
met Dusty when he was 5 weeks old, and brought him home when he was 6 weeks
old.
As
you may have gathered, we are dotty over Dusty, and I just can’t help but share
photos of his antics! Dusty even has his own hash tag #dusty!
I
just went through my Facebook posts, dating back to January 2015, and this is what I
came up with …
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So
excited that Jen and I had time for anther “Card Off Challenge”.
The
card I had created was featured in my “Create With Kathe” Class week.
So
as I taught my Class, Jen tweaked the card, but still used the same base of Stampin’
Up! products.
I
always love to see the outcome of Jen’s tweaking, as she is a master of colour!
As
you can see from the two cards, the original was Portrait, and Jen’s switched hers
up to Landscape
The
stamp sets featured are “Birthday Blooms” and “Timeless Elegance”, these two are
my absolute favourites from the new
Occasions Catalogue.
The
pretty flower on the original card was is soft tones of Pink Pirouette,
Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Mint Macaroon and Pear Pizzazz.
Jen’s
flower was in deepening colours, perhaps with a touch of Rich Razzleberry, and she
coloured the background of the flower, by adding a wash of Tempting Turquoise.
Both
cards have faux stitching, created using the “Updated Essentials” Paper
Piercing Pack, and the Early Espresso Stampin’ Write Marker.
If
you look super close at the “Sahara Sand” layer, you will also find heaps of
stamping using the “Timeless Textures” stamp set and Soft Suede and Early
Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pads.
Jen’s
card was framed in Blackberry Bliss and a cute sparkly embellishment added to
the top right-hand corner, and some gorgeous pleated ruffled ribbon {Venetian
Crochet Trim and Seam Binding}.
I
always love a touch of shabby chic, so in my card I added a Doily, fabric rose,
ruffled ribbon {Venetian Crochet Trim and Seam Binding}, and a beautiful Brad,
from the “Antique Brads” collection.
At
the end of the day {or night as it had become}, it was a draw!!!
