Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig!!

Hello to all my blog friends and a special hello to all the ladies who I caught up with at SENZ. It was so lovely to see you all, to put names to faces and to know you all check out my blog. Thank you so much everybody - it certainly makes blogging worthwhile and it is nice to know you appreciate the little I have to offer.

Well, what an amazing time we have had over these past weeks. It was absolutely wonderful seeing all our friends at Kaisercraft and we thank them so much for all the love they showed us. You are an amazing team and I am so thankful to part of it. The Retailers days were up to the usual standard that Kaisercraft is renowned for!

After Australia, we flew direct to Auckland, where we had a very busy time setting up the stall, taking classes, meeting all our lovely customers and generally having a social time. It really was very special but I must admit I have come home for a holiday!!

Now, I must put up a few cards that I have done recently, using Kaisercraft's True Romance collection. It is so lovely.

I must apologise for the poor quality of these photos, but as the weather was atrocious I had to take them inside and they are never as good. Do click on them for a better viewing.

Just to finish off, I must share some photos that were taken, when we were at Kaisercraft.

Mel and I having a bit of fun.

This isn't all the ladies, by any means!

Taken with Stephen and Carolyn Kaiser - what an amazing, super couple they are and they sure make you feel part of the family!!

That's it tonight ladies, happy crafting and may you all be blessed,

Betsy  xxx

Enchanted Garden From Kaisercraft

Well ladies, the sun is shining and the washing is on the line. Things couldn't be better!! After the cold week we had last week it is sure lovely to see the sun again and we are so thankful for it!
Enchanted Garden is another collection from Kaisercraft, which as the title suggests, is Fairies etc, great for little girl cards.Our little girls always go through the fairy stage, don't they?

This range is July collection, so another sneak as to what is coming up next month. Do click on the photos for a clearer image.

This time next week, Liz and I will be in Australia, at Kaisercraft's Retailers Days, which we are really looking forward to. It will great to catch up with all our special friends again and we do have a lot of fun.
We fly back to Auckland on the following Wednesday, meet up with all our Artfull Crafts team, set up our stall etc and get prepared for the SENZ weekend. It will be fun altogether, although rather busy!

I'm not sure I will get another blog up before our travels, but will certainly bring you up to date when I return.

May you all be specially blessed, happy crafting and catch up when we return. Trust you are all keepng warm and thank you for checking this out - I do appreciate you all.

Betsy  xxx

An Education For Nana

Good morning to you all. It sure is a wet cold Winter's day but by the forecast sounds as though it is pretty general over the country. Do hope you are all managing to keep warm.

Well, as the title of this post states, Nana has a lot to learn and she has very good tutors!!
Our youngest grandson decided he was a fan of  GANGNAM STYLE and his birthday card had to depict this. Well, he sat Nana down and educated her on this new phase, as she hadn't a clue on what he was talking about! What would one do without Google and grandchildren, hence the resulting card!!!

Ladies aren't you impressed just what Nana's can learn and what can be produced!!? Harvey seemed to approve but I do hope by next year he has moved on!!

Now to keep to a similar theme, being boys cards, I did another one for a special young friend who actually looks on us as his New Zealand grandparents. Justus's other grandparents live in Canada, so we have acquired the privilege of being their NZ ones and do feel honoured at being so.

All today ladies, thank you so much for checking this out and hope you enjoy the fun card!
Happy crafting, keep warm and many blessings to you all,

Betsy   xxx

Kaisercraft's Sweet Pea Cards

Greetings to all my blog friends. I do hope you have all had a great week.
My week has been rather busy but I can now see daylight! I have just completed nine collections for Kaisercraft, so feel I can now relax. Whew!! The cards are required for the Retailers Days which seems to be coming up very fast. I am heading over again with Liz, so am really looking forward to that - it is a fun time meeting all our special friends there.

Today I would like to share some cards I did for the Magazine, using the Sweet Pea collection, but for various reasons, they didn't make it. Hope you enjoy seeing what I have achieved, with another lovely range of papers.

I really like the colour combination in this range - so enjoyed making these cards. I think the range may be a July one, so you have had a sneak preview!
I must go and do some photographing while the sun is shining - I usually take one of all the cards I do, so as I have a record of what I send away.
Blessings to you all - thanks for stopping by,

Betsy    xxx

Kaisercraft's Summer Breeze Cards

Well, there isn't much sun shining through today but it is still a great day for staying in one's workroom making cards, cards and more cards!! Just as well we enjoy what we do, isn't it?!

We had a great time down South with our farm family and arrived home to find our Cromwell family in residence. Was so special to have them for a couple of nights. The house sure comes alive with two busy, happy kids, who we love dearly!

Today I would like to share another collection that didn't make the Workshop Magazine for May. Summer Breeze is just how it sounds - a fun colourful range. Here are the four cards I have done.

All today ladies, I must retreat to my workroom and carry on with the good work!!

Happy crafting to you all and many blessings.

Betsy  xxx

Porcelain Rose Cards

What a lovely Winter's day we are having today! The weather forecast wasn't very encouraging, but thankfully, as yet, the nasty weather hasn't come. It is great to be able to get the washing dry outside!

Now, I have been busy designing August, September and October's Kaisercraft collections but today I would like to share the lovely Porcelain Rose range that came out for May. For various reasons it did not make the Workshop Magazine, hence I am going to show you here what I did. Do hope you enjoy!

Well, that's it this morning ladies. I had better get back to my workroom and keep up the good work!!
We are going to have a few days down with our farm family, so we are really looking forward to that but it does shorten my working time.

Happy crafting to you all and trust you will know God's blessings.

Betsy  xxx

Kaisercraft's 75 Cents Cards

Good morning to all my blog friends.

Things are looking brighter this morning, as my computer man has just been and got this machine working again - how could one live without a computer!!

I decided today, I would share the cards I made with the 75 Cents collection from Kaisercraft, that I did a month or two back, for Artfull Crafts Card Pack. I really love everything about this range and so enjoyed making it up. As well as being my favourite colour combination, I really like the vintage feel and was able to use plenty of sepia ink, because it is another favourite!!!

Donna Downey, a famous mixed media artist, was at Artfull Cratfs over the weekend and what an amazing weekend it was. We had ladies from  Balclutha, Dunedin, Timaru, Christchurch and Nelson and it was such fun catching up with them all, as well as enjoying Donna. She is one very talented lady with an amazing personality and a very American accent!

Cold and wet here today, just the right sort of day to be in my workroom.

Well ladies happy crafting and special blessings to you all,

Betsy  xxx