Happy Spring Day

While most of you are celebrating the first day of Autumn or Fall, we have Spring at last! And the weather has changed dramatically from cold to hot almost overnight!
So happy Spring day if you are in the Southern hemisphere!

My friend Tina (Design by Tina) lost her father recently and in his memory she created this beautiful kit- Always in my heart

My LO- friends of ours who recently got engagedTina also has a new set of templates
Kim has a fantastic series of cute kits in her store - Nautical Nights- each only $2!
Realistic Element PackCreative Element PackScenic PapersPlain Papers- only $1.50Prints- only $1.50Alpha- only $1.50Get all 6 packs for only $6!!

Here a few more photos from my friend's engagement party, wewent to her parents farm for the weekend, and really had a great time!

Theses were taken at a beer garden before the evening party

And later...

I am a day late with KimB's August Colour Challenge, but here it is anyway!
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I am away for a few days, in hospital actually, having an op on my hip. It started getting really painful about a month ago, and eventually my entire leg was in agony. I thought I must have done something at gym so went to a chiropractor and for physio, but nothing helped so eventually went to my GP who sent me to an orthopedic surgeon, and after an MRI scan they found I have a condition called Avascular Necroses,where there is no blood supply to the hip joint and the bone is dying. I am having a core decompression op to try to restore blood supply which has a 70% chance of success. If that does not work it is a hip replacement!! It is a hip replacement anyway in the future as there is damage already done to the bone, but hopefully this op will postpone it for a few years.I am still in shock as it all happened so suddenly and I am perfectly fit and healthy. And I think I am still fairly young! But apparently it is not age related, just one of those weird things that happen!

Better late than never!!

I know I am almost a month behind in doing KimB's JUNE colour challenge!!! But here it is anyway! The colours felt "Beachy" to me:)

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And talking about Beachy, Kim has a new kit in her store - Off Shore

Only 2 more days until my store at ESS closes- everything on a ridiculous sale!

Enjoy the weekend, we are off camping in a place called Marikana- never heard of it and its only about an hour from us!

Freebie

I have had some time to play with KimB's colour challenge swatch for July. The colours remind me of a rainy stormy day!Hope you like it:)

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Kim also has a gorgeous new kit in her store- TreasuredMy LODesign by Tina has 2 new packs in her store
Designer Stash 2- CUSummer ClustersMy LO
Don't forget my sale, only a few days to go before everything will be gone forever!

Saying goodbye to designing for a while!

I am very sad to say I have resigned from ESS and designing for awhile. 31 July will be my last day, and everything in my store is on sale, then will be gone forever. I just need a change of scenery and time to do a few other things I have not had time to do, like a photography course, more Corel Painter courses, and I am back at gym doing a 16 week challenge which takes up at least 2 hours of my morning every day. And of course the dreaded spring cleaning, with Winter almost over here!I am still on my 3 CT's and will do the occasional freebie to keep in touch with designing and my designing friends.

I do have 3 new products in my store this month- also on sale!

Commercial Use- Beach- quality checked- no strays of jaggiesCreate a Collab Daisies and Denim Clusters- only $1Daisies and Denim Layered Papers- only $1And this gorgeous LO by Jenn KimB Designs has some new goodies in her store.

French Country Elements

Papers

My LO

And my LO using Bonnie van Esch beautiful A garden in Paris PapersDesign by Tina also has a new kit in her store- One fine DayMy LO
And I just wanted to thank everyone for all the support and encouragement over the years, I will be around so don't forget me entirely. Hopefully when and if I start designing again it will be with new skills:)

July Blog Train- Picnic in the Park!

Welcome to the July Blog Train- Picnic in the Park- 102 designers have participated in this!Go check out all the previews and links at the Blog Train Blog

I have just come from BeeHaven Designz Blog. Here is my part-

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You can pick up the next link at Marti Scraps

Have fun and enjoy- please keep in mind there are time differences and not all kits will be up at the same time!

World Cup Fever!

Word cup fever has hit South Africa! There was such a vibe on Friday when the first game kicked off, and out team Bafana Bafana did not do too badly, but unfortunately last night they lost horribly to Uruguay! A crowd of us went to Fashion TV to watch the kick off game- have not downloaded the photos off my camera yet!

My Pixie Pouch challenge is up, and here is the freebie
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I used these gorgeous "Love Leaves" from By Dezign
Bonnie Van Esch Designs has some new goodies in her store-

And here are a few pics from a party we had here a couple of weeks ago!
It is absolutely freezing here, the best and warmest place to be is in bed, so that's where I am headed!!!

Fruity Patootie!

This months Create a Collab at ESS is Fruity Patootie, only $1 per pack for 2 weeks!!

Here are my parts- layered and clustered papers
Element PackAnd some gorgeous fun LO's by my CT
By JennBy BryannaBy Hutchie - this one is of me and two of my friends that Hutchie so beautifully scrapped for me!By GinaBy Tina By Vissarah By me(My DH)And an add-on freebie!Download here

Enjoy the rest of your week!!!