We had an all-day fundraiser for cancer research on Sunday at Crafters Anonymous (in conjunction with Australia's Biggest Morning Tea). The theme was cupcakes and chocolate - yum! It was a fabulous day where 30+ ladies crafted and socialised online. One of the activities was a recipe challenge, which is where you get a list of supplies to create with. Your finished creation could be a card, 3D item, scrapbooking page, etc. My friend Dee ran it on the day, and this is what she cleverly listed for the challenge...

Tell a mother today now much you cherish what she does. If you are fortunate to still have your Mum around, remember to tell her how wonderful she is. Here's my Mothers Day card for my wonderful mother and mother-in-law...

It seems that there are a lot of men in my family that have birthdays this time of the year. Here's my Poppa's birthday card from April...

May is my Stampin' Up! birthday month, so I saved up photos of birthday creations to share with you this month. Just as a reminder, because it's my birthday...

it's my BIRTHDAY

At this week's Crafters Anonymous online class we created a top note box, which I made to match the Thank You cards for this month...

Today is ANZAC Day here in New Zealand and Australia. ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Today is the anniversary of the first major joint military action by the Australian and New Zealand armed forces in the 1915 Gallipoli campaign during World War I. During the Gallipoli campaign, over 8,500 Australian soldiers and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers died and, through their bravery and sacifice, the ANZAC legend was formed.

I have combined the new framelits dies and the oval Designer Frames embossing folder with a rolled rose to create this card in Pear Pizzazz and Rich Razzleberry...