UKS Jan wk1 Challenge

This is my entry for the UKS Weekly Challenge for week 1 Jan-09. It's of me and my hubby in our new garden in New Zealand on a very sunny summer day.


12 {Thousand Miles}

The journalling reads: "This is me & my husband Rob celebrating the start of our new life together in New Zealand. Rob moved there 2 months before me and being 12,000 miles apart for so long was tough! We're so happy to be reunited & still celebrate a little every day!"

I made the title from a free font called Mia's Scribblings and glossed the number and brackets using Anita's 3-D Gloss Finish (similar to Ranger's Glossy Accents). The floral paper is Imaginisce - Loves Me - Love is in the Air and I made the journalling strip and distressed brown paper myself using white A4, my printer and some inks. I bought the flowers from The Stamping Ground in Christchurch and the buttons are from a Kiwi general crafts shop.

Thanks for looking!

Tan xxx

UKS Dec wk2 Challenge

New Start

This is my entry for the UKS Weekly Challenge for week 2 Dec-08. It's about my new home in New Zealand where I am now living.


New Start

The top photo is my new house, the middle one is the street next to ours taken last May (Autumn) and the bottom one is the view from my friend's hot tub!! The mountains can also be seen at the bottom of my street and all round the city - they are breathtaking - more photos of those will surely follow!


New Start - journalling

The journalling reads: "This is my new home in Christchurch, New Zealand. It belonged to my father-in-law and I will be joining my hubby there on New Year’s Eve. It’s such a wonderful place and I can’t wait for us to start our new life there!"

I made the white flowers from layers of hand-cut tissue paper, edged in grey chalk ink, and coloured silver brads using white embossing powder and the same grey ink. I defined the skeleton leaves using Brick Red Distress Ink and the punched flowers are highlighted using Walnut Distress Ink applied with a latex sponge and Turquoise Stickles. The title is printed using Mia's Scribblings font and the journalling is Love Ya Like a Sister, both available from dafont.com.

TFL xx

Tan's Kiwi Adventure

At last I'm here in the land of the long white cloud!

The flight went well (as well as sitting in a confined space for 30 hours can go!) and I arrived in Christchurch on New Year's Eve to a beautiful hot, sunny day. My hubby took me into the city to meet his colleagues, who were all waiting to meet me as he hasn't stopped talking about me since he started working there (no pressure on me then!!) Everyone is really nice and I reckon we've got some good friends there - looking forward to getting to know them better.

I'm still quite jet-lagged (Rob said it took him 2 weeks for his body clock to adjust to being turned upside down!) and I slept right through the New Year (I had demanded that Rob find somewhere for us to go out and celebrate - silly me!) Rob says I woke up at midnight and gave him a New Year's kiss but I have no recollection of it!

I haven't done any scrapping recently so I'm starting to have withdrawl symptoms - but my priority is to find a job so it has to take a back seat for a while - sob!