Bubble Painting and trying out some new crafty goods

I'm in the middle of a thousand different projects (you can thank my Mum for my gift of exaggeration) at the moment so don't have a whole lot of finished projects to show you. But I was able to put together a quick card for a friend of mine today. I was so excited to finally get some ink on a new stamp set I had bought from the new Stampin' Up! catalogue. As a quick aside... If you don't know, I am a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, so if there's anything you want to purchase or if you'd like to have a workshop then let me know. :)

Anyway, I love making cards specifically with someone in mind. It makes it a whole lot more personal. So, here it is...

It's a bit hard to tell but I've stamped the envelope with the same stamp as the silhouette background stamp for some matching goodness.

Yes, I cut the "hello" out by hand. It's a bit rough in places but I was happy with it for a first attempt. :)

A few days ago I decided on a whim to do some bubble painting with Lachie. I haven't done it since I was a kid so there was a whole lot of trial and error involved.

If you're keen on doing it we used...

paint (water soluble)
water
detergent
straw
paper
containers
enthusiastic parent (this is not essential but is desirable ;)

Now I did have a bit of a problem... no straws!... I had a very excited Lachie and couldn't bear disappointing him so... I used a piece of paper wrapped it round a knitting needle and taped it together! Huzzah!! Problem solved!

Ok, mix together paint water and a bit of detergent in a container with a wide top, we used a clean yogurt container. Stick the straw in and blow until you get lots of lovely colourful bubbles out the top. Take the paper and gently place it over the bubbles so you get the pattern of the bubbles on the paper.

And there you have it... one happy child! We only did one colour because it was late in the day, but next time we'll do a few more to make it a bit more exciting.

Supplies (minus enthusiastic parent)

Love this guy!!

Have fun bubbling...

Kerryn xx


 


 





rainy day good-times

Over the last week Sydney has been very, very rainy!! I have tried a few fun things over the week to try and keep 'cabin fever' at bay. I'm not sure if I was overly successful, but we did have a bit of fun.

Lachie LOVES to cook and since he is on an elimination diet at the moment (trying to work out his food allergies/intolerance's) he is quite restricted in the food that he can eat. We can make cupcakes though and so we cook them fairly regularly. I decided this week that we would try and make him a man shaped cake with a gingerbread man cookie cutter. I greased the cookie cutter and baking dish very well so that all the little arms and legs would come out as easily as possible. And guess what?!?!? It worked!! Hoorah!

Here is my little man... we iced him but i didn't take a pic of that...

 has anyone heard of the little kids book "go dogs go"??. It's such a cute book, Lachie loves it. At the end of the book all the dogs climb up a massive tree and have a party with hats on. So, Lachie and I made some party hats. Lachie really wanted to have a party up a tree with the hats on... so... why not?!?! We got some cupcakes & our party hats, called in Daddy and Adele then climbed our tree... :)

Towel trunk, table cloth and napkin foliage

Precious Lachie with his party hat and cake. Please ignore half chewed cake in his mouth. :)

Sweet Adele.

Ok... that's all for now.

Till next time,

K xx

Lachie-loo, I love you!

I love my boy!! He is smart, cheeky, full of life, inventive, focused, generous, drives me crazy, makes me laugh!! I love creating for him. There are so many fun projects you can do for boys. Here are a few of my favourites...

We call this his 'jumper full of pockets'. I started out by making a basic jumper then used up some scrap fabric and made lots of pockets for him to fill with his treasures.

We also made sock puppets that day. Affectionately named Pup and Nun.

I made matching Lachie and Nana aprons for my Mum for as a Mother's day gift.



See you next time.

Kerryn