Is this Liam or Luka?

This is my grandson, Liam. He is adorable, but definately on the wild side. For the first year of his life he almost never slept, waking his mommy up 10 times some nights. He is now sleeping, thank goodness, but afraid of nothing. He climbs on everything and tries out every new adventure. He is often full of bumps and bruises and mom says she is afraid people will start to think he is an abused child - not the overindulged little boy he actually is. LOLWhen I saw this little Luca from La-La Land crafts, I just HAD to have him, because he reminds me so very much of Liam. I do not put it past Liam to have a red Mowhawk one day.

I coloured him with my beloved Copics (what else would I use?) The papers are from Fabscraps and a little piece of striped paper from my scrapbox. The ribbon is from Realy Reasonable Ribbon and the cardstock from Bazzil.

Hope you all are having a great Tuesday. I am finally on holiday, so I am crafting up a storm.

I will be entering this card on the La-La land customer gallery http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/p/customer-gallery.html and the bright challenge at Ooh La La http://ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/

i am so very proud of this girl. my youngest, ankie. we are on our way home from the annual currie cup water polo tournament in durban where she played for gauteng. in spite of so many setbacks, she is still the best goalkeeper i have ever seen. she plays her heart out and gives 200 percent in every game.

WOYWW - So much to do, so little time to craft!

Good morning all you lovely WOYWWers and everybody else who comes to visit. Today is a public holiday in South Africa. We are celebrating Human Rights Day and I am off to a local shopping centre to help an organisation called STOP HUNGER NOW to pack some meals, actually I am going to support some of my girls who will be helping on behalf of our school's Charity and Ethos committee .
As you can see, my desk is looking half decent this week. That is because I did clean up after my last fiasco. You will see my newest Cricut cartridge - I am cutting cup cake wrappers like a mad woman (for my daughter who just can't keep up with all the orders she is getting)

I have been insanely busy at school, but I did do some retail therapy. I could not resist the new LaLa Land's Easter collection. They are SO cute. Bought all of them and had to start colouring (between marking essays and tests) I coloured Luka with my beloved Copics and cut him out. He is currently paper hopping and deciding which papers he likes best. I am leaning towards this stripy paper, what do you think?

I might not be able to join all of you next week, because I will be away on our annual Leadership Camp with the girls. If I have time before I leave on Tuesday morning I will try to schedule a post.

In the mean time, Cindy is doing better this week, but going for another chemo sesion next week. Please keep her in your prayers and then another frien of mine's husband had a 12hour operation yesterday to remove a brain tumour. Please keep Rob and Kathy in your prayers too.

Have a fantastic day and don't forget to visit Julia ovet at http://stamping=ground.blogspot.com to see what all the other amazingly talented WOYWWers are up to.

WOYWW - Still going crazy!

Good morning everybody, it is 5h30 in the morning over here and I am up and ready to go. I have already woken up DD at 5 with a cup of tea, made DH some tea and saw him off to work and taken photo's for WOYWW among other things. I am tired and the day hasn't even begun!
As you can see, the desk has just become progressively worse. Not even the push to the side method is helping any more, so I had to use the couch to find a place to work again.

I mean, the new Copic colours finally arrived, so I had to colour didn't I? I know, I know, its crazy busy at work, but all work and no play... you know what they say.

Made some cards from more of those coloured images I found when moving my craftroom around. This one is for my friend Cindy who is going through chemo and not feeling very well at the moment.

The papers are Bazzil and dp from my stash, lace is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The butterflies were essentualbecause I got an ink smudge on the image when I stamped the sentiment. (hate when that happens)

Another one of those coloured images, dp came free with a magazine. Ribbon and bling from my stash.

My favourite for the week. Another of those coloured images. This one is so old, she is still printed on normal printer paper! Glitterified her wings and the scroll with Stickles. The scroll and trim were cut with the new die cuts I bought at Hobby ex (I think from Nellie Snellen) Papers are from my stash.

Another oldie, papers are from my stash, so is the ribbon and bling. I am not very good at male cards, but my DH likes this one, so I suppose its OK-ish.

Have a great Wednesday everybody and please don't forget to pray for my friend Cindy who is having Chemo. She is not feeling well at all at the moment. Also please remember one of my girls, Nikita (16) who's father suddenly passed away from a heart attack on Saturday in your prayers.

I promise to be a better visitor in April when 'silly season' is over.

Remember to visit Julia at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com for some fantastic inspiration.

WOYWW -- Don'u like this getting old thing one bit!

I said to myself: "Self, if you post this picture sudeways, maybe people will think its artistic!" So that is exactly what I did. Did it work or does it still look like a hot mess? For somebody who has no time to craft, I sure can accumulate a whole lot of 'mess' (I prefer to call it essential crafty bits. LOL)
I really had no time to craft, but... I did go to Hobby ex and bought some really awesome new goodies. A whole lot of new dies (I had to test them out - hence the mess), a few (2) new stamps, some paper and a few (100!?) flowers.
I also recieved my mini caed swap in the mail this week and I am blown away! Amazing to think that 25 people can make such amazing cards and they are all different! My favourite one was this one by Kim, well actually my favourite one changes every time I look at them, but this one is incredible! The card is only 3x3 inches and those flowers are 3D!!! How cool is that!?

Getting to the title of my post in a round about way today. Yesterday, while on the school run, I had the following conversation with my 5yo granddaughter:

'Ouma', she says. 'When I am big, I am going to teach at StDominic's'

"That's nice Tertia-Lee', I said, 'then you and I can work together'

The look she gave me was priceless! She then said: 'No ouma. whne you die, I'll get your classroom'

Nothing quite like a 5yo to give you a reality check is there?

That conversation on top of my last drs appointment, made me decide I do NOT like getting old. Went to the dr. with a mysterious, but very bad pain just under the ribs on my right side. Been having it for a year or so and it is really getting to the point where I can not function when it hits me. Dr. checks everything and declares me healthy! Now I wonder, what the hell is the pain? Could it be what we call 'iepiekonders' in Afrikaans? (An imaginary illness that happens to pathetic people) Or, is it just old age creeping up on me?
I don't know, but either way I DO NOT LIKE GETTING OLD!

Have a great week everybody and don't forget to visit Julia at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ for more crafty and arty desks. Some are very neat.

WOYWW - A teeny bit better.

A very good morning to you all. I literally have 5 minutes to get this post up before I have start my school run. (I pick up 2 of my grandies, drop them of 20km away at their svhool, then pick up grandie nr.3 and take her with me to our school which is 15km back on the same road!) As you can see, the state of my desk has slightly improved. Ever so slightly that is. At least you can actuallt see some patches of tablecloth. No points for those of you that can spot which rugby team I support. LOL Forgot the d... pencil bag right there yesterday, so had a very frustrating day at school.

As usual my desk has spilled over to my couch. DH was starting to complain that he doesn't know what I look like any more. LOL I did some school work too - look carefully and you will see some notes that I typed and printed.

My first card was one I did for a sketch challenge over at Let's Scrao. The image was one of the many that was coloured a LOOONG time ago. Papers are from FabScraps

Another image that I had lying around. Coloured ages ago. Papers are all from my scrapbox.

Remember to visit Julia at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com to see what all the othe WOYWWers are up to.

Happy crafting everybody.

WOYWW - Hanging my head in shame.

Good morning all the beautiful people out there. It is Wednesday today isn't it? Things go by in such a blur lately, I am never sure what day of the week it is. I have been sick at home with Bronchial Pneomonia (again!, so frustrating!!!), but that meant that I had lots of time to play, so that is my excuse for the absolute embarassing mess you see on my desk this week. Even the floor looks terrible! On the floor you will see the new paper that I bought yesterday - I know, I really need more paper don't I? On the right, under the box of ink pads and on top of my back up cutter, you will see the bag with coloured images that I found when moving my room. I am determined not to stop making cards untill all are gone. Made a good dent too - current card count is 12!
Here is the first one I am showing you today. I recieved this stamped image as part of a RAK about 3 years ago (could be longer), loved it and coloured immediately. It just never made it onto a card. Papers are all from my scrapbox. Cardstock is Bazzil and lace and bling trim are from my stash.

I found these images too and remembered I had a lot of Fabscraps paper left over from a class I taught years ago, so out came the paper and the fun began. I made a total of 9 cards and decided to make a gift box for 6. Dp is Fabscraps, Cardstock is Bazzil, Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (LOVE that store!!!) and some from my stash. Sentiment stamp is from WOJ.

The cards all follow the same sketch. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butterfly border and added some bling to the bodies. Ribbon is from my stash. Images were coloured (ages ago) with my beloved Copics.

I made matching envelopes too. (told you I am on a roll!) Used the same MS punch and some of the butterflies from the cards to decorate them. Quite pleased with myself this week for getting so much done.

Please remember Cindy in your prayers. She has lost all her hair and is now sporting the most wonderful wig. Still being the lady she has always been and fighting the good fight with courage and dignity.

Have a great week and don't forget to visit the rest of the WOYWWers at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com