This was just a sampling of the lightning strikes that occurred in Melbourne last night. This was a huge storm! And this picture was taken in an apartment building just next to the one I live in. I'd love to find the photographer of this picture!! It's just one of many amazing photos taken last night.

Good morning friends! Here is another card I made a couple of weeks ago. I used the Wondrous Wreath Stamp set and cased Sandi McGiver's card. I used the babywipe technique for this card.

I have another card I want to share with you. This is from a set that I made for my students from last year to let them know I was thinking of them and incorporating some Aussie flair too.

It's been a loooonnnnngggg time!!!

Hi friends,
I know I've been away for awhile, a long while!!! So much has happened in my life since last year. First off, I moved to Melbourne, Australia for a year...maybe a little longer. I moved here in late June of 2014 and have been settling in quite nicely. Now instead of living out in the rural countryside I live right in the heart of the city. I've made some new friends, friends who share the love (passion) of creating cards with rubber stamps, lovely papers, inks, and fabulous embellishments. In fact, I am ready to start hosting some classes in my new home. Yay!! 

I'm off to a little birthday party this evening and here is the card I made for the occasion.

Hi friends,
I had my fall stamp camp today and had a wonderful turnout. I had a houseful of good friends all having a stamping good time. Now I can't wait to plan the next stamp camp. We're also planning another shoe box swap. The swap we did last year was so much fun. It's always so good to get to see what everyone else comes up with for their card.

Well as promised, here are the rest of the cards we made at today's stamp camp:

This card features the Regarding Dahlias stamp set #130324 for $19.95 and the Mosiac Madness stamp set #130246 for $26.95. I embossed the dahlia with white embossing powder and sponged first with crushed curry ink and then with pumpkin pie ink. There was some "fussy" cutting but the effect is beautiful. The dahlia is popped up with dimensionals.  Hope you like it!!

Here are 2 more cards from my upcoming stamp camp this Saturday:

This card features the beautiful Gently Falling stamp set, the Mosaic Madness embossing folder, and the labels framelits. This technique involves the 2 step stamping and a little bit of "fussy" cutting.

Here's another card sample:

This card features the sponging and masking techniques. This has the striped embossing folder and the label framelits again. I used the wide oval punch for the pumpkin. Elegant eggplant and old lucky limeade inks were used for the background.

That's it for today. Hope you enjoy these samples.

Have a great day!
Smiles,
Karen

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