A tribute to an old friend

16 years ago I rescued a fluffy little kitten and named her Puke (pronounced Pookee). She was very frightened of people but not of our dog, and they became best friends. Soon she got used to us and turned out to be quite a character. She loved playing with water, was a great hunter and chased torch lights literally up the wall.

Puke became a cat for the whole family living with Rob and I and my sister Chantell and her family.

18 months age Puke started to look very thin and after a trip to the vet we were told she had only 2 weeks to live. We took her home knowing she was on borrowed time. The next thing we know she's proudly bring us the fruits of her hunting and continued to live happily.

Sadly last month puke passed away peacefully at home. Classy to the end.

A tribute to Puke

Chantell made this wonderful album for me. It has pull out photos with space on the back of each one for us to write about the cool things Puke did. Thanks so much Chantell I love it!

Puke loved to lounge around and show off her fluffy tummy.

She had a pink and white toy mouse she loved to play with. Here she is with my niece Sarah.

Just chillin'

I always loved her big whiskers.

Just add - Stitching

Just add ink challenge.

This weeks Just add ink challenge is to add stitching to your project. I used my Mat Pack to make faux stitching.

I also pulled an old stamp out of the archives using the Paisley stamp for the background.

Colour challenge

This weeks Just Add Ink challenge is to use this great colour combo!

Melon Mambo is one of the new in colours. This is such a pretty colour. Don't you just love opening new colours to see how they stamp and what they work with.

Once again I've used the Two-step bird punch.

Just add ink - sketch challenge

This week I decided to have a go at the JUST ADD INK sketch challenge #18. I've never done a challenge like this, it's a lot of fun! I also used Chantell's tutorial from the blog hop to colour my card using the ink and alcohol technique.

I have been enjoying the Fox and Friends stamp set from the Autumn- winter mimi catalogue.

Unconvention

Stampin' up convention is under way in Sydney. Just because some of us can't make it doesn't mean we can't have fun. The Extra Special Australalasian group specially for SU Demonstrators decided to make the weekend exciting with regular challenges and other fun events.

Christine Healey's 3D project

This is my version of her card holder.

I used Tea party DSP the flight of the butterfly stamp set and punch.

Michelle Frost-Stevenson's colour challenge

Michelle's challenge was to use 4 colours, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry.

Thanks to my friend Kim who gave me the Rich Razzleberry.

Amy Water's challenge - limited supplies

Ok so this is how it works we were only allowed 2 SU colours, 1 stampset and white or vanilla card stock. That means no dimensionals, no sponging no ribbon. This just goes to show you don't need a lot to make a great card. Once we made our card we had to take a photo then jazz the card up.

This is what I came up with.

And all jazzed up.

Here is another one.

With a bit more.

I must say a special thanks to all the wonderful ladies who have been working hard to make Unconvention so much fun!

Brayering- Blog Hop

My sister Chantell is a member of the design team for JUST ADD INK. This week they have had a blog hop which showed different techniques. I've just brought a brayer so had a go. This is what I came up with.

The JUST ADD INK is a cool blog full of challenges and ideas. Check it out!

I brayer on Summer sun card stock with Pumpkin pie, Real red and Basic black ink.

Holidays are for stamping!

I'm having a few weeks off work so I've had a bit of time to use my new stamp sets and punches.

Fox and friends. I followed the easy tutorial on Michelle Zindorf's blog, tutorial #316 Foxy Reflection.

This little fox is so adorable.

Who would think black butterflies would work but they do.

This is the first card I've made with the Extra-Large Two-Step Bird punch.