Hooked on craft ...Challenge 18 ...

Hi there!!! I am so excited to be making a post on my blog for the first Challenge that I have been involved in as a design team member for http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com.au/ We are up to Challenge 18 and it is " More Than one Fold" .. I have designed a Gate Fold Card using my Beautiful Oriental Tilda as my centre piece.. The Image was coloured using my beloved Copic Markers and embellished with another of my favourite weapons Liquid Pearls.. I used the New BoBunny Paper Pad " Serenity" Collection... I embellished my card with White leaves which I Glimmer Misted.. and White Roses which I Inked.. the Trinket Pin is a favourite!!! The Flowers, Leaves and Trinket Pin are all available at http://www.hookedoncraft.com/ so pop over and pick up yourself some of the beautiful goodies that are found here!!! .... This weekend I have spent looking at my fellow design team blogs ... WOW I feel extremely lucky to be working alongside such Talented People!!!!! Cheers for Now!!!! I hope you have been able to all spend some time enjoying some crafty yumminess!!!! Love Michelle xx

Happy Birthday to my Dear Mum!!!

Happy Birthday to my Dear Mum who celebrated her 60th Birthday Yesterday....I made this Kaiser Frame for Mum !!! I dug up some of her photo's from when she was a little girl... added some embellishments ... I am very Happy with the outcome....

Each section I made into a separate little picture or story.....................

Using my beautiful Hooked on Craft Roses to add Character to my project.....

I love this photo of my mum and her big sister below it is soo cute!!!

Handmade presents are the best aren't they ?? I really do try to make or at least make part of a present that I give members of my family.... Even if it is just the card!!! I cant bring myself to buy a card .... When I know now all members of my family and friends all wait to see what they get each birthday or special occasion.....

I hope all my readers are well and happy!! and are finding some time to play with their craft!! Til next time Take care ... Lots of Love Michelle xxx

WOW!!! Exciting News!!!

The Wonderful Chris from one of my favourite Blogs http://christinescreativecapers.blogspot.com.au has helped me give my blog a little love!!! I'm excited and in awe of the talent that Chris has ... Please pop over to her beautiful little space and admire this clever ladies work!!!! So for the Readers of Michelle's Caddy Shakk... Ill be working away over the next days to bring some crafty yummy's to you!!! Til then ... Love Michellexx

A little HOOKED on CRAFT....

So it all starts with a image .... Sweet Tilda coloured using my beloved Copic Markers.............

Okay...My favourite Flower and Embellishment Company in the whole wide world has posted they are looking for more design team members ... so nervously I have created this card using their flowers and gems....My goodness I love their products so much .. you can do so many things and have so many looks and themes just by adding colour!! Everyone that comes into Scrap 2 Relax I'm sure has heard the story of me turning red and rashy at seeing Karen's treasures from Hooked on Craft at the Burwood Picture to Page Show.... then pleading with Karen .. " Can we please get these treasures in"??? Well My dream and wish was granted ... and now, I know we have some of our customers as addicted as me!!! So above is my entry or my application into joining the wonderful people at Hooked on Craft www.hookedoncraft.com as being a member of their design team......

I really enjoyed using the red and white colours... I have been colouring with these with a few images .. Its classic.. What do you think ??? Okay well I'm off to put some more cards together and to listen to my sweet boy read his prep reader!! I love how excited he is in learning to read and write!!! Til Next Time ... Love Michelle xx

Yeah Im back to the land of Copic Markers!!!

We had two very special Birthday Celebrations on the weekend... The first was one of Regan's very Best Friends from Kinder! It was a party in the park .. complete with pinata full of lollies which apparently Regan was very good at!!!! Doesn't surprise me ... if lollies are involved that boy will do anything .... !!! hahahaha I decided to colour the LaLa Image of Cowboy Luca.... I was very pleased with the results . I tried a new combination of reds ... which I was extremely happy with ... What do you think ????

Here is a close up for you to have a look at ... the Paper I used worked really well with my colour scheme!!!!

The second party that we attended was our gorgeous friend Alisha who had a 21st "Mad Hatters" tea party yesterday under the big gum tree at her parents property... Gee it was fantastic a wonderful setting .... a clever idea complete with decorations and costumes!!! This is the card that I came up for Lishy..... I thought it fitted into the theme quite well and included a lovely little charm from one of my favourite suppliers " Hooked on Craft" they have beautiful embellishments that are available through Scrap 2 Relax....

I even painted with Perfect Pearls over the bodice of her dress and it was glimmering in the sunshine when I gave it to our special girl!!!!

This is the last week of holidays for my cupids!! My little man becomes a big prep boy this year... so this week I am going to try and set aside some play time to colour abit more and maybe do a couple of scrap pages!!!! I will be back to show you what I have been up to...I hope you are keeping cool as it is very hot here in Victoria today!!! Till next time Happy Playing!!! Love Michellexxx

Holidays and My Family!!!!

Happy New Year to all my lovely readers!!!! That's if I have any left!!!! I have been so slack!!! not really slack just a little challenged for time.... but i promise you this year I will be much better... Last year went so quick ..so I thought I would start off by dropping by and wishing you all the very best and leave a quick post to make sure everything is still working here!! LOL ..... it seems great and I am able to now use my laptop to write posts as I was having trouble saving photo's on it!!! All organised now!!!!! Ill be back tomorrow .. I promise with a show and tell!!!!!!!!....... I should tell you .. It was Georgia's 11Th birthday yesterday and all she wanted was a fishing rod..... so we spent the day fishing .... was awesome ..though we didn't catch anything!!!! Still had fun in the sun with our loved ones!!! til tomorrow..... Michelle :)

Hello there!!!

Hi There.... I am so sorry I haven't popped by in a little while to show you what I have been working on ... I have been doing bits and pieces... But I have been crazy busy with a new journey I am taking myself on... I have decided I want to get fit and be more active!!! Its also about taking my life back and taking control of it..... So far I am doing very well in just 5 weeks I have lost 13.5kg... Woohooo!!!! I am Training very hard with my personal trainer and eating more than I have in a long time..... I am learning heaps about nutrition ... and my whole family has had a major overhaul in their food sources... Mind you We never ate junk food .... just eating at the wrong times and eating too much is where I ran into trouble...... So watch this space............ A WHOLE new me is on its way.... And I promise I will be back in a few short days to show you some paper crafty yummies I am working on!!! Til then I hope you are staying warm... Love Michellexxx