A little house for Greta

It was my friend Greta's birthday aaaages ago, and I feel really bad I haven't made her a card. I did however, make time to build her this little house:
















Chipboard house and papers by Collections, little fairy from Lisa's Altered Art.

It goes without saying - a card is on its way dear Greta!

Even more new stuff

Here's another couple of the stamps I designed:
It kind of fits in with the gnome theme that's happening ATM. Can't wait to colour the mushroom in red with white spots.
Here's another little fellow to use for Halloween:



but I'm also seeing him all over the little boy cards I seem to be making so many of this year.

Official release date is 1st of August, but you won't know for sure unless you read the newsletter. Sign up for it here. If you're curious about some other new release images, check out the DT blogs - there's a list over on the right hand side of my blog.

S'more new images

Here are another couple of images designed by me - another essential owl, and a friend that could come in handy toward the end of October:







There are a number of owls in this release that are going to be really useful for us in Australia - remember Father's Day on the first Sunday in Septemeber!
The vulture comes in left and right, so you can face him any way you like. He looks kind of haggard, doesn't he?
Remember to subscribe to the Odd Bird Planet newsletter to know when these stamps become available.
I'll have another couple of sneak peek images coming soon. This is a huuuuge release!

Odd Bird excitement!

There are new images coming out real soon, including some by little ol' me! I'll be posting an image or two per post, so stay tuned!
Here are some of my very a la mode owls - Owloween will be here before we know it!



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A week's worth of fun

WOW - what a week!

School holidays finished and the children are back at school- I have mixed feelings about that. I got sick of the constant sibling squabbling, but then again, I won't be getting any more of this:


yeah.......breakfast in bed. This particular preparation was by my 5 year old Rachel - the beautifully arranged segments of mandarine on a bed of honey on toast. Or so I thought - the bread wasn't actually toasted, which was quite a surprise for my delicate palate. Isn't it beautiful? I must say the combination of honey and mandarine is ........um........ interesting.

I got to catch up with some friends on Saturday at Liz's house. Greta, Jenny and Sarah were also there, and after a little bit of show and tell and mucking about, we went to a junk shop. I took the camera with the idea of taking photos of us shopping (something we do very well!), but all I got was an interesting back room at the junk shop before the battery ran out. I blame Jenny - "hey Teresa, look at this - how good is your flash? No, not yours, the camera's." Here is one of the photos, which turned out great despite it being very very dark:














Blogger is playing up, and not letting me upload any more photos, so I'm going to take my bat and ball and go home. I'll be back as soon as Blogger finishes it's tantrum!!

Quick! Quick!

Aussie Scrapbooking is giving away one of my banner stamps this very afternoon! Click here to enter - all you need do is leave a comment!

If you happen to miss out, you can contact Lime Tart in Australia, or Odd Bird Planet in the US.

Here's the little gift bag I made using this stamp:


The Step-by-Step instructions are at Zest blog.

Have a fabulous Friday!

Bumper Gallery

With all the new additions to the design team working with Lime Tart kits, this month's Lime Tart gallery is just bursting at the seams! I really should say 'galleries' because Philippa has had to split it up into 3 - one gallery for each kit. Click here to see the delicious goodness. What a talented bunch of girls!

I think this month's A la Tarte kit will hold a special place in my heart because it contains the first stamps I designed for Odd Bird Planet - the banner and the banner frame. They are available through Lime Tart here in Australia, and Odd Bird Planet in the US.

Here are some cards I made with the A la Tarte kit this month:



And I'll leave you with a little sneak of a Step-by-Step project that will appear on Zest Blog at any moment now:


Enjoy!

I love Paris........

I made this ATC for another swap (I am a self-confessed swap junkie!). For this type of swap, the hostess Greta sends us all the same image to incorporate into an ATC. I love getting the returns, it always amazes me the endless possibilites an image can have.



This is some old patterned paper I had from GKW. I just love the colours in it. On it I stamped Tim Holtz's clock in Cranberry ink, the Eiffel tower stamp (Studio Astarte), the text behind the girl is by Collections, and the word Paris I gold embossed is out of one of my favourite Cavallini sets. I also stamped the brown cardstock with another Tim Holtz stamp.

Voila! You know I had to add that word!

Birds of a feather

That was the name of a swap I joined with a bunch of Aussie and international gals:



For my ATCs, I made an acrylic paint background with a credit card technique using red, pink and white acrylic paint as well as gesso. Then I stamped the Tim Holtz clock with grey Adirondak ink (it went all funny and interesting - sort of ghosty and mauve - WEEEEIRD!). The bird is from Papercraft Studios, and it stamped up beautifully with black Versafine ink. This stamp came from a clear unmounted set I won a couple of months back. I was so excited to finally get to use it :)
Next I cut the banner from old text, stamped the word with an alphabet set, and finished it off with a hand-drawn border.
I just can't wait to see what the other girls have come up with!

We have a winner.....

Drum roll please.........and the winner of a collection of my favourtie Odd Bird Planet stamps is:

Kristina Lewis!

Congratulations Kristina. I'll contact you shortly to get your details.
Thank you to everyone else who entered - I've got more giveaways happening over the next few weeks (maybe one later this week!), so stay tuned.

Ah Desmond!

I absolutely love this guy - his name is Desmond Squeaker bird, and he just looks so surprised to be here:
These are a couple of cards I made with Desmond, who incidentally is in the July Full Tart kit from Lime Tart.



Although the kit has sold out here in Australia, there are some still available in the US through Odd Bird Planet (click here).

Oh, here's one more:

Giveaways galore!

Not only do I have one happening on my blog here, Melissa has one on her blog here, and there's also one on Kristin's blog here!
Remember - you've got to be in it to win it!

Here's a quick card I made a little while ago using some paper by Intrinsic and my Odd Bird Planet stamps:

I'm expecting some visitors today - some very very good friends are finally coming to see the house. I said I wasn't going to be doing tours of the house once we'd been here 12 months (and that's in just 8 days), so these friends just made it! I feel a bit bad, but the fact that we haven't caught up with each other for that long is testament to how busy our lives have become. I'll just enjoy their company all the more because it is so precious.


Hope everyone is having a smashing day.