NEW! and a freebie

Can you believe January is almost over? We have had a very rainy, stormy January here. But today the sun is shining and not a cloud in the sky for a change! This is a photo my son took from work just before one of our huge storms that caused bad flooding in the area, look at that sky!

RuthMeldoy Designs has released a set of photos masks today- Masked 8My LO,also using Blossom

Puppy news! I did not receive my Cane Corso pup from the USA (Avalanche Kennels) in December as planned, the timing was not right and the pup would have only got to us after the age of 12 weeks, and we decided to rather wait for another litter to get a younger pup. Well, our pup was born on 25th January, one of 9 , so we should receive her at the latest at the beginning of April. We changed our order to a female as in the meantime I found an excellent breeder in South Africa,Tsavu Kennels actually not too far away from us, and we have bought a male and pick him up tomorrow! He will be one of these, we will decide which one tomorrow. He is only 6 weeks old!So we will have a male and female 6 weeks apart in age, double trouble LOL. We hope to at least breed one litter from these 2, as they are both from excellent bloodlines.

I have a little freebie for you today, some masks I created ages ago that I have changed up for the ESS Colour Challenge this month. They are layered, the mask is on a separate layer to the elements.(The doggy is my male Doxie)

Download here

Have a great weekend!

Blossom- and a freebie

Just a few more photos of our vacation
The girls having fun!A fabulous sea food restaurantBertie's landing, Gordon's Bay (yes those are Jagger Bombs- UGH!!)
RuthMelody Designs has a beautiful new kit in her store today, I love the red tones! BlossomIf you buy the kit, you get this QP for free!And this is a freebie QP created from this LO I did with BlossomGet it here (you do not have to be logged in, it is a direct link)

Have a wonderful relaxing weekend!

New stuff and freebies!

Firstly some more photos of our holiday!

At the Beach, we went to Rooiels, away from the crowds, the water was freezing!!!
With Bonnie and her daughter EmmaHee Hee, a bit of posingWith my friend Riana (they joined us for 3 weeks)The kids daring the icy water!More next time....

My designer friends have been hard at work with some gorgeous new goodies, brand new in their stores today!

From Design By Tina, this soft delicate mini kit, A New Day has ComeMy LO(My DD)
RuthMelody Designs has these beautiful masks in her storeMy LO(My DD and her pup Biscuit) also using Treasured by RuthRuth also has a brand new kit out today- FaithfulMy LO (My DH and I)If you purchase the kit, you get these QP's thrown in for freeAnd this QP is for free here KimB Designs has a re release at Memory Scraps of one of my favourite kits of hers, Passion BlushMy LOAnd a freebie QP for youDownload here

And finally, my first freebie of the year, the DSO Colour Challenge(the pup is our Pekingese Biscuit)
Download HERE and HERE

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

First post of 2011!

Welcome to 2011, hope your year will be a fantastic one!

We have just returned from a month long vacation at our holiday house in Somerset West, near Cape Town. We have not been for 2 years, and were shocked at the state of our garden and pool!

So we spent a lot of time doing some landscaping, the boys had quite a tan after it all!The result!And a clean pool!

We took hundreds of photos, will show you some over the next few days, toooo many for just one post!

We spent some time with Mark's brother and family
Wine Tasting and a picnic!An evening out at a seafood restaurantOf course I saw my sister, Bonnie and her family and my DadAnd an old friend
My sister Bonnie of Bonnie van Esch Designs has a brand new website and store, be sure to pop in and see her gorgeous stuff!

That's all for today. Please pop in tomorrow for my first freebie of the year and lots of new goodies!