Distress Inks Shelves

My DH has been away for a week, so I've had the whole week to myself and decided to get on to some of the projects that I have had on the back burner. I've had some things that I've collected from Garage sales that I saw a new purpose for.

The first one is the old spice shelf unit which looked just right for my Distress Inks, which I need to have right beside me at all times while I'm creating, so here is the result, I'm really happy with it and it works beautifully on my desk.

ONE WORLD ONE HEART WINNERS.

I've now done the draw for the winner of OWOH for 2011.
The winner of the first prize of my flag book was Becky from San Diego, USA
and the second prize winner of my collage was Rein from Germany. I have notified both winners by email and will wait now to hear back their details so that I can send their prizes on to them. I chose the winners with the random number generator, but couldn't figure out how to put the result up on the screen....maybe I'll have it figured by next time.

Thanks again to all of the wonderful 425 comments that I received on my blog during this event, unfortunately I haven't been able to get around to all of the blogs before it had to close, but I will definitely be following up and visiting lots more of the gorgeous blogs in the months ahead.

Thanks also to Lisa Swifka for her great expertise and generosity in running this event for the past 5 years, it has been such a joy to be a part of it and I'm now looking forward to the new event that she has planned for 2012 and hoping I see you all there.

Love and hugs,

Rob

TWO NEW FLAG BOOKS

SHABBY SHUTTERS AND DUSTY CONCORD DISTRESS INK BACKGROUNDS







BROKEN CHINA AND WILD HONEY DISTRESS INK BACKGROUNDS

On Thursday this week, I am teaching "Flag Books" to a class and so I've been very busily making an extra couple of quite different samples to inspire the girls in the class. I have also made small Flag Books in the past, but this size would be perfect as a gift for a friend, a special birthday or a wedding, it is 6" x 8". It was shown to me by Janice Keene in Brisbane at the Stamping Marathon a couple of years ago. I am using one as my gift on the One World One Heart post, pictures of this one are a couple of posts down. In case you can't already guess, I LOVE those Distress Ink backgrounds.

QUEEN OF HEARTS VALENTINE

Here is a card I am entering in the Quietfire Design Valentine Challenge.
Looking forward to seeing the other cards in the challenge.
Go and check out the other lovely cards in the challenge here:

FLYING ON THE WINGS OF ONE WORLD ONE HEART 2011

SORRY.....THE COMMENTS ARE CLOSED FOR THIS YEAR AND TO SEE WHO THE WINNERS ARE, CLICK HERE. I'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR TO JOIN IN LISA'S NEW EVENT.
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN TO VISIT, WHAT A JOY TO READ ALL OF YOUR LOVELY COMMENTS.




***EDITED*** LOOK BELOW THIS POST FOR A SECOND GIFT THAT I'VE ADDED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH NUMBER OF COMMENTS. THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR WONDERFUL COMMENTS.
I'VE JUST NOTED THAT I'VE HAD OVER 20,OOO VISITORS TO MY BLOG, SO WILL MAKE ANOTHER GIFT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND ADD THAT AS WELL.


THANKS FOR STOPPING BY, NEW AND OLD FRIENDS. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
Once again, it's time for the worldwide Blog event, One World One Heart. I feel so inspired by visiting all of the wonderful arty blogs, be they paintings, collage, fabric, knitting/crochet, dolls, glass, beads and so many other wonderfully creative and generous sites.
OWOH was created by Lisa Swifka in 2007. The original idea behind this event was to bring bloggers together from around the world who may never ordinarily meet. It closes the gap of the blog community and enables us to interact, discover new and wonderful people, and in the process possibly win a prize or many prizes along the way. If you would like to be a part of this great international event, go to Lisa's blog and have a look at all of the information regarding participation, the link is on my sidebar.

I am happy to say that this is the fifth year that I have been involved in this event and am looking forward to checking out all of the wonderful blogs who will no doubt, be "Flying on the Wings of One World One Heart 2011". Sadly, this is the final year for this event. Thanks so much to Lisa for all the time and inspiration in pulling this together for the past five years, it is much appreciated.

My gift this year is the flag book (pictured above) with a concertina spine, 6" x 8" which has been decorated with stamping and embellishments and beautiful fibres. It is very hard to photograph successfully, I hope that you can get the idea from the photos. During the course of this wonderful event I will be making some extra prizes as the comment numbers grow so that you will have a better chance of winning. I will post more "goodies" later as the inspiration hits.
Please take the time to have a look around now or come back later for another visit and say hello, I would love to make new blogging friends who have a similar passion for creativity to mine.

Good lucky everyone and I hope that you enjoy the ride.

EDITED POST......I have just added this collage which will be second prize because I have had so many wonderful comments from bloggers/friends from all around the world.

SORRY, COMMENTS CLOSED FOR THIS 2011 EVENT.

THE CHANCE TO WIN A PAPER PACK

Would you like the chance to win a CoreDinations pack from Ranger.
If you click on this link, you and I will have the chance to win one of the lovely packs of new paper.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY...and the NEW YEAR

Be happy for this moment, this moment is your life.
Omar Khayyam

THE GIFTS I MADE FOR MY CHILDREN THIS CHRISTMAS

Above are the 4 note/memo boards that I made for each of my 4 children this year. They were all thrilled with them and they are in use already. I included a Whiteboard marker affixed to the frame with velcro. I also made digital collages for each of my grandsons, using pictures of their favourite things, then printed them out on canvas and framed them. They were a big hit but I didn't take pictures of them before I gave them to their new owners.

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS

This year has flown by and here it is Christmas again. The place is a buzz with everyone trying to get all their last minute shopping done, what fun!!
I would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas with your loved ones, health and prosperity for the year ahead.

The picture above is a Jig Saw Swap that I did with some friends about five years ago, I love to hang it each Christmas to remind me of them and how important they are in my life.

MY CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR THIS YEAR

I've been very busy making lots of Christmas Cards for family and friends plus my online friends on my Yahoo group. I've also been making other gifts for my family which of course I can't post just yet in case any of the stop by to take a look. I've made 80+ cards, lost track of the exact number, but I needed to make several different designs to keep myself interested, otherwise I couldn't keep making the one design for so many cards.

I finished most of my shopping yesterday and won't need to go and tackle the crowds until Christmas Eve now for last minute food items. I'm so excited, this year my whole family will be together for Christmas which isn't possible every year, so we are all really looking forward spending some special time together.

CHRISTMAS BANNER

This was the project for the class that I taught this week at Scrapawhile. The girls loved doing this banner, all of them did the theme of CHRISTMAS and all did lovely but completely different takes on the theme.

CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR ANNE

Here is the Christmas present that I made for my friend Anne. A group of my arty friends got together last Saturday for our Annual Christmas Party, we each drew the name of one of the girls to hand-make a present for. This shadow box took on a life of it's own, once I got started, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it and the fact that it was for Anne made it all the easier. I asked Anne to send me some photos of herself when she was a child and some photos of her parents and I have included them into the gift. By the way, Anne absolutely LOVED her present. :)

CHRISTOBELLA

Introducing Christobella, the "Garden Spirit" which I made for Mary, who was my partner in a swap of Art Dolls. She has flown down to Mary's house in Victoria, where I hope that the will enjoy each other's company.

A TRIP TO SYDNEY.....STAMP SHOPPING

Last week, I went to Sydney for the day with my friends, Heather and Dorothy. We caught an early train and arrived bright and early to make the most of the day. When we arrived, another friend, Anne was waiting for us, so we had a cup of coffee and some banana bread before we started shopping, you need lots of sustenance for a whole day of stamp shopping. After spending much time and money in the first shop, we moved on to the next shop where we also spent lots of time and bought lots more goodies as well. We then went and had a lovely lunch and a big long chat over lunch. From there we said goodbye to Anne and we left for the train station for our trip home.

I have made some cards with the new stamps that I brought, still have lots to try out yet, but I'll do that this week.

A CANVAS FOR A FRIEND

I have a friend who is going through some challenges in her life at the moment and I saw this verse and it fitted her situation perfectly, so I made this canvas for her and gave it to her last Saturday. She really did love it which made me so happy too.
I hope that it's some comfort to her in the difficult that that she has ahead.