Here is my take on a sketch over at Scrappin Patch.I have turned the sketch on it's side to suit my photo's.Thanks for the inspiration.

Check out Scrappin' Patch, here is their gallery .

I have used Pink Paislee papers.

So here is a shot of behind the scenes of the Mucking In show.It was very emotional to watch,most of the crowd were crying.

So if you would love one of theses awesome Firth's Outdoor Fireplaces get in touch with Mark at Firth's in Napier and he will get you awesome fireplace and put you in touch with an Awesome Spunky Plasterer I know.Opps....I mean a great guy who knows what he is doing!!!


Awesome job Tony,I am very proud of you!!!! So Honey when are you building our one?????



Max and Katelyn are so proud of their famous Dad.LOL


Kris and family we hope you get many happy hours of fun and games in your new backyard.Enjoy!!

If you want to know more about Firth's Outdoor Fire Place's look here:

http://www.firth.co.nz/ProductItempcid=40.html

3 generations of Manning plaster's.Not quite.But Tony is the 3rd generation Manning Plaster.So cute our little people loved that their Dad was on TV.They were so proud of him.Morning talks at school.
Does doesn't the fireplace look so cool.I am so proud of Tony.He was under alot of pressure doing this job,which he did in 3 days in a row ,which should have taken abit longer.And not being able to get everything close to his work area.Lots of heavy equipment and product.
Here is Mark from Firth's(thanks for all your help Mark),Tony the garden designer(we hope hope your foot has healed Tony),Jim the host of the show and a "hard case",Tony No 1 Plasterer in the Bay,Harold Tony's Dad who he learnt his trade from and Max and Katelyn(the 4th generation plasterers!!)LOL
This is Kris and Tony.Kris such a Lover Lady.Here she is thanking Tony.Congratulation's Kris enjoy your beautiful garden for many years.Well deserved.

Tony is modeling the Tee's we had made for the Mucking Show.
We had a few made as Tony's Dad and Brother Steve helped and Katelyn and Max wanted 1 each.Oh and hats,a must in Sunny Hawkes Bay.LOL.All good to help with self promotion.LOL.Fun thing was the paver guys had done the same thing and had choosen the same colour T-shirt.Funny.
So here is the Firth's Outdoor Fire Place starting to take place.It all comes in casted sections ,which have to be put on a foundation.Each section has to be put over steel which is cemented into the foundations.So this is a very heavy and tricky job,lifting such big heavy section up over the top of the steel.Then the fire bricks are placed.
Here is Tony on the left,his Dad Harold in the middle and his brother Steve on the right.The guys in the background are the pavers.LOL.

Now for some reason blogger doesn't like me uploading to many photo's at once and I am going to try and add the rest without having to do lots of post.LOL.
No sorry can't seem to do it.

June's Card Swap RAK was draw by the cute Max.

Drum roll please..............goes to Alison!!!

Alison I hope you enjoy your stamps.I will pop them in with your cards.



And because I have 2 children we had to do 2 draws.So our 2nd place goes to MandyB. Draw by Lovely Katelyn.

Mandy your prize is a surprize as I have just decided to do 2 draws to pretent world war 3 happening here.I will pop it in with your cards.So to be so mean to you.Surprize happy mail will be fun!!




Enjoy your cards Ladies.

Here are all the beautiful cards I have so far for June's card Swap over at "The Sketch Book".Don't they look great.Huge variety.Our theme is Friendship.

NZ POST may have lost some again,we are just looking into this at the moment.
And beacause it was our first card swap at The Sketch Book ,I decided to do a RAK draw for everyone who entered the swap.


So I got these's little beauties today from Hastings Rubber Stamps.Aren't they just so cute.Fingers crossed Ladies.I will draw it in a few days.
Here are my cards,I had lots fun doodling.














And if you would like to join this month's swap ,the theme is stitching.Check it out here: http://sketchbooknz.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=377

"creative Therapy"......What is your dream home?




















Check their site out here: http://creativetherapy.wordpress.com/

Here is my layout for the Friday night Challenge over at The Sketch Book.
Not the best photo but what you get with night photo's.I had fun doing this.
We had to use red,white and blue and some stars.

Here is my layout for No 8 Wire.The challenge was to stamp a background paper and embellishment.I have used BG papers,PP alpha stamps,Maya road and Kaiser stamp which reads "Live well Laugh often and Love much."

Great challenges -thank No 8 Wire Team!!