Snip, Snap, Crop

Well, I have been a bit off colour with a cold for the last couple of days so am hoping for a better nights sleep tonight. I held a card class yesterday working on the technique of "kissing" stamps together. One of the cards I did create for a challenge just back before Christmas but have uploaded it again so you can see all three together. The stamps are predominantly from Stephanie Barnards, Fun and Funky flowers set by See D's but there are also greetings from Heidi Grace - Tags and words set and also See D's 262 stamp set. On to Fab's challenge cards from his Christmas card challenge blog . I'm a little slow in starting the year with these and have not caught them all up yet but at least I have made a start...... #5 - Punch it and bling it. Uses three Fiskars border punches - Threading water, Apron Lace and Lace as well as a creative memories star maker. That cute sentiment is a stamp by Studio G which I found at the Quilt and Craft Fair last November. ...

Gosh a lot has happened in the last few weeks. Keelan, Ethan and Mitchell celebrated their 10th birthday with a Laser Skirmish party and had lots of fun. Bruce and I congratulated each other for managing to survive 10 years of triplet boys...... LOL! The day after their birthday on Australia Day, which happens to be a public holiday here in Australia, the boys started school for the year. They have gone into year 5 and again we have kept them in separate classes. Mitchell has Keelan's teacher from last year, Keelan has the teacher that Ethan started with at the beginning of last year before his class was split up and Ethan has gone into a class with a teacher that I have not dealt with much before. Ethan is lucky to have his fourth male teacher during his Primary school years. That's a mean feat these days with the lack of male teachers around. He manages so well with them too and most do more PE classes so he enjoys the additional running around. Have had a few crop nights alr...