A sweet as sugar 30th card for a busy weekend

Well I'm home again after a looong weekend in Adelaide!! :D
I went for my friend's 30th and here is the card that I made for her... it was from a few of us... when I lived in residential college 12 years ago (oh -feeling old) there were three other girls that I became great friends with. They are still counted as my closest friends now... and as we all live in separate states it's not often that we get together so it's special when we do.... Anyway .. I wanted to have 4 girls on the card... so I used some Miss Anya's that were stamped up for me by Em and Debbie! Thanks girls :D


I am entering this card into the Anyone for Anya challenge... which is Sweet as Sugar - they want cards to be pretty and girly... I think this is pretty and girly - Don't you???

Here's a pic of the four of us at the party... as you can tell I had a haircut over the weekend too!

Well I was up at 4.30am to go catch the plane home so I'm feeling pretty dopey and waffling more than normal I think - have to keep going back and deleting bits... haha!! Was very thankful to C who woke up and drove me to the airport this morning and then also for Guy who picked me up - which meant he was late for work... but I was glad to see him.

anyway, my Spring kit from Magnolia has arrived! YAY! so I'm sure you'll be seeing lots of that on here soon and I'll be back later with an Artful INKables card AND tomorrow is the Artful INKables blog hop so make sure you join in!!

am still catching up on emails and blog reading/ visiting! Will talk soon! Thanks for stopping by,

ATC

The post box also contained the ATC that Lisa sent me for our SBS15 friendship swop.

She also send a very gorgeous matching card!! I LOVE THEM both - thanks Lisa!

ATC :: Friendship Swop

I made this ATC for a friendship swop organised by Emma (for our SBS#15 group).
thanks Emma - this was my first ever ATC and I think I'll be making more (well - I've already made a few more as you can see further down the page).

I used a coloured Sarah Kay image... I do feel like I cheated a bit by not colouring something in myself... but I liked the image so much! :) I added some bling and doodling! I did add a bit more black around the letters before posting - but did not get another photo ... This ATC is currently winging it's way to my "sister and friend" Lisa in the States.

Wylde Women Award

I'm just catching up.... It's taken me a while BUT...

A HUGE thanks to Ruth who gave me this award! I was so stoked to receive it from her!! :)

and another Huge Thanks to Louise who allowed me a choice of award :) I choose this one!!
Both these women are wonderful and I'm pleased to call them friends! Go check out their blogs!!

THANKS RUTH & LOU!!! :)
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It's called the WYLDE WOMEN award and the purpose of it is "to send love and acknowledgment to women who brighten your day, teach you new things and live their lives fully with generosity and joy". Isn't that lovely?

The rules are:

1. You can give it to one or one hundred or any number in between - it's up to you.
2. Make sure you link to their site in your post.
3. Link back to Tammy's blog so that she can go to visit all these wonderful women, and
4. Remember the Purpose of the Award.

There are so many people I'd like to send this to.... so here goes:

Emma - is a big sweetie, so generous and willing to share her life! I'm thankful for her friendship and inspiration!

Jessica - is such a sweetie! she makes Gorgeous cards and is heaps encouraging!

Joana - is always so friendly and encouraging! She makes really cute cards!!

Kelly - is Super!! I LURVE all her cards! She has a gorgeous family and really shares her life with us through her blog! I'm thankful for another friend!

Kim - is amazing!! I do not know where she gets her time and energy with such a lil baby and still time to craft! she's a great encouragement too!

Lainy - is Awesome - she's so friendly and encouraging! She makes the cutest cards too :)

Lisa - is a huge inspiration, no matter how difficult things are she still is able to be thankful for blessings!!

Lisa - is lovely and has a fantastic blog... a great mix of laughter and helpful crafty tips and tutorials.. .and some great cards too!!

Monica - is Great! She is a super organiser (best swap co-ordinator eva), and an awesome crafter!

Nicky - is an amazing artist - check out her blog and her etsy shop and her website too!

Pam - is amazingly talented ... inspires me EVERY time she posts something on her blog... I love her style and wish I could do what she does!!

Robyn - is sooo cute!! lol! She is super! She has the best and most helpful videos on her blog! she makes me laugh a lot!

Roz - is a character - she is lots of fun and she makes some gorgeous cards!!

Teresa - is really creative and caring and clever... she makes the most tantalising posts (and cupcakes)

Yesy and Nany are some more of my SBS15 sisters and have some great stuff on their blogs

The Dotties World Team - Karen, Juliet, Nicola, Louise & Dingle - are such an inspiration to me - they are ALL WONDERFUL ... creating the most amazing creations every week!!
and Karen has been so helpful in getting me my fix of Dottie Downloads!

I know most people already have this award -- but I wanted to write my little blurbs!! :)
There are many more too - I could go on for days.....(watch out for my next post)!

Friendship Award

My friend and SBS15 - Blogging sister Emma gave me this award! :)
How lovely! THANKS Emma :)
In turn I would like to pass this on to all my SBS#15 blogging sisters
(see the links at the left side of the page).

I am thankful for "new found" friendships!!!
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You might have noticed I keep on changing my blog template/ layout etc etc... I am still trying to get it the way I want and "learning" much in the process... I think I'm nearly there!