A-Tisket, A-Tasket, I made some Easter Baskets :-)

I had so much fun making these Easter baskets! The inspiration came from here, here and here.

This little bunny is so cute! I wanted to make some in blue as well...will work on them soon.

These are so so so pretty!

The options for colour combinations and choice of pattern paper are endless!

I'm totally in love with these :-)

These darling little baskets are perfect for lollies/candies or some little chocolate eggs.

                                        

I wanted them to look pretty on the inside too. So I lined the insides with contrasting pattern paper.

Okay, cute baskets, all done. Now now now, look what arrived in the mail today...

 My B'day pressie from husby darling! What is it??

Yippee yay yay! I'm hoppin' madly excited! Can't wait to rip it open and try it! Husby says, 'Do not open until your B'day.' (which isn't until the end of this month). Yeah right!

Happy Crafting!

Our Precious Little Bundle!

So I'm still alive! Sleepless nights aside, the arrival of our little baby girl, Sia, has changed our lives forever! She is such a blessing :-) We've been having a wild roller coaster ride since September 28! But we love every moment of it, diaper changes and burping sessions included :-)

I don't know when I'll be able to get back to crafting yet, although I miss it terribly. But for the moment, I'm content looking at my baby's face as she flashes those gorgeous to-die-for smiles when she's asleep :-)

Happy crafting!

What little boys like

I just finished whipping up a batch of 'cards for little boys'. It was a recent order from a client, Megan Kate Tregilgas, who owns a charming little shop in Willoughby, Sydney.

I was all smiles when I first visited her store. It's so colourful 'n' pretty. The shop holds an eclectic mix of accessories, stationery, gifts, homeware, baby 'n' kids stuff - you just have to see it for yourself. Most of the products are exclusively crafted by artists around Australia. You'll find The Craft Angel's handmade creations on the shelves too :-) So if you live in Sydney, or if you're visiting, do drop in at the Megan Kate Emporium in Willoughby where some cute 'n' interesting purchase is a sure find :-)                                                               Like this adorable little giraffe we picked up for our little bun in the oven :-)

Okay, so about the cards for little boys...I was immediately thinking of dinosaurs, space crafts and robots :-) And Megan also suggested a 'farm animals theme', which works great for children's cards. So here are some cards I made -

I didn't make any with the space or robot theme. But I did have fun making these simple yet cute cards with a set of super cute graphics -

So much fun! You can see I clearly get very excited about crafting :-)

I think I'll end this post here, after the heavy overload of pictures!
Back soon with more projects.
Until then, happy crafting!

A Bout of Crafting!

Here I am again! Considering the slow trickle of posts, I can see how I might have given you all the impression of me being a lazy, uncommitted and inconsistent blogger. Well, it's not all wrong...part of it is true. However, (excuses, excuses) there is a reason for my sluggish behaviour though and it's a sweet little reason :-)
Here are some cards I made recently, now let's see if you can guess 'the' reason -

Yes! Our little bundle of joy will be here in September!

The mommy-to-be-ride hasn't been all fun. Nasty nausea took over the first trimester, that clearly meant no crafting activities :( The second trimester was a soothing relief. The joy of pregnancy actually kicked in - the glow, feeling special, the works :-) And now, in my third trimester, I'm constantly exhausted! But I do enjoy spending time crafting. It soothes me and keeps me occupied so I don't go white with anxiety about the coming times. All in all, pregnancy is beautiful! I'm now looking forward to meeting our little girl. I can already imagine bonding with her on those crafty afternoons :-)

Happy crafting!

Yes, I'm Alive!

Phew! What a month it's been! I had to prepare for a craft stall here in Sydney's west. It was part of a vibrant and colourful festival called Parramasala organised over the Deepavali weekend. I had so much fun making everything and the two days that I had the stall were so exciting! Here are some pics -

The whole event had an Indian flavour, hence the colourful India inspired creations. I'd made photo frames, cushion covers, little cloth birdies, cards 'n' other paper goodies, jewellery and more. Overall, it was a fun experience :-)

I've kind of stashed away all my craft stuff for now...yikes!! But I'm sure it won't be that way for long :-) I have Christmas cards on my mind right now...will get working on them soon. Of course, I will be back with another post soon :-)

Happy crafting!

My nephew is here!

I thought I'd post this little card I'd made a while ago, 'coz we just got to know that my sis had a baby boy :)

We love you lil one!

The Blogosphere brings us together...every day :)

Vicky from Clips-n-Cuts has reached a milestone in blogging - her 100th post! And she's celebrating by making a list of as many cardmaking/scrapbooking blogs as possible, isn't that a great idea!

So make sure you participate. Simply post about this on your blog and provide the link in your post for your readers to join in the fun.




The constant and growing stream of inspiration flowing through the thousands of crafting blogs is fascinating! I'm so glad to be part of this beautiful Blog World.

Congratulations again Vicky :)
Happy crafting everyone!

Bird's Cards

Hi Everyone

Just a quick post. Wanted to share this awesome site with you (in case you don't know already!). There are some great free digi images. Enough to last many many fun crafting afternoons :)


http://www.birdscards.com/


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Have fun creating!