for those of you in the gauteng area and elsewhere and looking for a thrill....head on over to

my sister and brother in law runs this fun adventure out at Hartbeespoortdam - a mere 40 minutes from JHB and Pretoria on the Lanseria airport road. The most fun you can have up in the sky...after SKYDIVING of course (my sport of choice)

so for Christiaan in Germany who desperately wants an update on some of the family...check out Paul and Anita on the website to see what they are up to lately! Lots of fun working in nature and having the thrill of their lives I imagine.

I am honored to have gotten this from amanda who tagged me this week and gave me this honest award ...the idea is to list 10 honest things about yourself...mmm a tough one

1. I have no maternal instinct at all! And that's ok!

2. I love being alone in my own quiet space - too many people too much c(*&p

3. I hate people who think they are better than others

4. I absolutely love the ocean and crave water

5. When i was young and stupid and a rebel I got a tattoo

6. I am addicted to collecting patterned paper

7. If God takes you to a place He will also give you the grace to go through it

8. I hate shopping with a passion

9. I am not a housewife - I hate cooking and cleaning

10. I craft because it is a God given talent not to be taken for granted

and I pass this award onto the following girls to be honest

1. Sophia Allison

2. Desiree Hanvenga

4. Melani de Groot

5. Shamela Hendricks

i got a roll of this gorgeous wrapping paper from Benice and felt totally inspired by the stunning images. So I made some cards - really quick and easy.

The first card is square and measure 16cm x 16cm. With all the cards I adhered a piece of the wrapping paper onto plain white card stock using a glue stick. Once dry i cut the paper to size to use as a layer on my card or as the entire background. I combined the wrapping paper with a strip of book paper and a simple stamped image. The brads were distressed using my Tim Holtz texture hammer.

This card uses the wrapping paper as a folded card. I then carefully trimmed two of the hearts out of a piece, matted onto dark green matching card stock and finished it off with a vintage button. The centre part was matted onto craft foam for dimension.

For this card I added a strip along the left edge stamped with a Cavallini bird stamp and finished off with coloured diamantes and another vintage button.

Towards the end of the month I am teaching a Christmas gift ideas class at Sweet Scrappins in Pretoria. So, come along and make some really cool and usefull gifts for friends, mom, granny and even dad. There's something for everyone...and every budget!

In this class you will learn how to make 3 different kinds of notebooks in different sizes and styles. All you need is some patterned paper, cardstock, adhesives and some embellishments.

i've been quite busy the last couple of weeks and can hardly believe it is November already! Time sure does fly when you are having fun. Anyhow just wanted to finally share the little project I did at Stamp Camp this year. It consists of a box built with two covers and a clear acetate box inner. Inside we made a selection of cards - a great gift for those unexpected guests over Christmas time don't you think?

Does anyone remember this range of American Crafts paper? Wonder if Mike can even recall this line? Anyhow I had loved the idea of combining red, green - so wonderfully traditional - with the bright pink. The stamped Santa is from Artistic Outpost stamped in Versafine onto a die-cut Spellbinders shape and matted.

The red flowers was a bargain buy from Prima - a whole bag of flowers ...somewhat scrunched and distressed ...but loved them. Bling on the other hand can fix any dreary looking bloom...