Our Holiday - Fremantle to Hong Kong 2012 - Taronga Zoo

Happy Thursday Everyone,
Today's post is a roundup of our visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, mainly for my International followers to show off our Australian Wildlife.  It was a very enjoyable day, well worth visiting.  I loved the signage as you can see from the photos and some of the animals are real posers.

Main entrance to Taronga Zoo

 
Birds at the Children's Playground

Black Swan

Koala Bear

Ant Eater/Echidna

Kangaroo, spot the Baby Joey

Wallaby with Joey

Emu

Wallaby with Joey

This Kookaburra sat in the tree just next to the Restaurant where we had Lunch.  I took the photo and so did some other Patrons, then it swooped down on some diners at an outside table and stole their Lunch.  Talk about cheeky!!

Building within the Zoo Grounds

Gorilla's

Seals

Pelican

Penguins

Elephants

Baby Elephant playing with a brick

 Mountain Goats or Deer

Pygmy Hippo's

Mere Cat

Is it Real? ......

This one is.

Iguana

Thanks' for taking a peek today.

Hugs,

Merry Monday Sketch #14 - Skating Santa

Hello Friends,
Finally a card, but unfortunately I missed the deadline for the Merry Monday Sketch Challenge this week.  I stamped the main image 5 times and just wasn't happy with the result, until I kept it clean and simple.  Still need to get back into the groove!  No matter here it is another card for my Christmas stash.

Supplies:

Stamps: Eureka Stamps - 7302 Sml Santa on Skates, S/U's Come to Bethlehem
Card and Papers:  Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, I Wish DSP (R)
Ink:  Stazon Black, Real Red, Bashful Blue
Embellishments:  Dazzling Diamonds, Gelly Roll Pen, Baker's Twine
Tools: Big Shot, Provo Craft Snowflakes EB Folder, Sizzix Polka Dot EB Folder, Spellbinders Classic Circles Nestabilities, Stamp a ma jig, Fiskars Trimmer and Scoring Tool, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals
Thanks' for visiting today.
Hugs,

Our Holiday - Fremantle to Hong Kong February/March 2012

Hi there,
I'm Home, much travelled after living in luxury for a few weeks sailing the oceans and seas of the World on Queen Mary II.  Fortunately it wasn't too rough sailing the high seas and QM2 handled it with ease.  We did have a loss of engines on a couple of occasions, drifting at sea but thankfully the Engineers had them running again in no time, very eerie when it happened. 
We sailed from Fremantle in Western Australia across the Great Australian Bight to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and then up to Rabual in New Guinea.  We were to stop off in Guam but the sea was too rough for the Tenders so we travelled on to Osaka in Japan, then to Nagasaki and on to Shanghai in China.  We did a four day land and air tour of China visiting Shanghai, Xian and Beijing and flew to Hong Kong to meet the boat and pack.  We had three flights in three days and spent six days in Hong Kong and then flew home to Perth. 
So here are some of my favourite pictures from our latest adventure.

Fremantle Port, Western Australia Ready to Go.

One of two Sunsets we saw during the whole voyage as we left Fremantle.

Dressed for our first Formal Evening.

Adelaide from Mt. Lofty.

Eucalyptus Blossom

We did a tour of Hahndof in the hills of Adelaide

 We had a rondeavou with the Endeavour which was built at Fremantle and is a replica of the original ship.  It is now used as a training vessel.

The Endeavour gave us a 2 Gun Salute.

 

St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne

 Flinder's Street Train Station Melbourne.

Royal Arcade in Melbourne

 

 Queen Mary II moored in Melbourne.

 Our Cabin on Board QM2

 View of Melbourne from our Balcony on Board QM2

 Spare propellers for QM2

 Royal Court Theatre on Board.

 City of Sydney from Taronga Zoo

 City of Sydney from Taronga Zoo showing the Sydney Opera House,
QM2 and The Sydney Harbour Bridge.

 QM2 at her mooring at Circular Quay for the first time in it's History.  Picture shows how massive and majestic she is.

 Sydney Opera House at Night

 Queen Victoria Arcade, Sydney

 Queen Victoria Arcade, Sydney

 Sydney Opera House

 Lunar Park, Sydney

 Sydney Harbour Bridge

 The turret through the opening is the Governor's Residence in Sydney

Sydney Harbour Bridge at night.

I hope you enjoy my photo journey as this only covers from Fremantle to Sydney. I took so many photos with my new camera and I am still trying to find out how to edit them. 

Thanks' for dropping by today.

Hugs,

Merry Monday Challenges #8 - Ready for Christmas

Hi Friends,
Finally I have had time to sit down and create a card.  I have been busy organising myself and hubby so we can go on a long anticipated holiday.  My Husband has had a long time dream to sail on the Queen Mary II so on Tuesday we will be jumping on board at Fremantle and sailing around Australia to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and then to Rabul New Guinea, the Marianas Islands, Japan, China and to Hong Kong.  Then we will fly home to Perth.  Almost have my case packed, which has been a bit tricky as we will be experiencing a few different climate changes.  The Liner sets high dress standards and evening attire is expected after 6 pm, so I have been having fun shopping, not sure how I am going to meet the luggage weights to fly home, trying to keep that in mind, already hinted I might have to buy another suit case somewhere along the trip.  I am really looking forward to being pampered and it is always exciting to see new countries and cultures and this trip will be filled with many new experiences.
Today's card is for the Merry Monday Sketch Challenge this week.  Fairly clean and simple card, I tried to use some non traditional colours. I cut the mat out by going around the outside of the Labels Eighteen Nestability that I used to cut for the main image.  I cut the Dotted Scallop Ribbon strip in half to make my fine strip across the card and then added the Pool Party piece. For the backgound around the sweet little image I embossed some white snowflakes and sponged the area to give it more interest. I used a Gelly Roll Pen and some Dazzling Detail to add some bling.  Hope you like it.

 

Supplies:

Stamps:  S/U's Greeting Card Kids, Come to Bethlehem, Snowflakes (R)

Card and Papers:  Wild Wasabi, Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, DSP Patterns Stack - Subtles Collection

Markers:  Wild Wasabi, Pool Party, Not Quite Navy, Soft Suede, River Rock

Ink: Stazon Black, Pool Party, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue

Finishing Touches: Gelly Roll Pen, Dazzling Details

Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Labels Eighteen Nestabilities, Sizzix Polka Dot EB Folder, Sponge, Aqua Painter, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, White Embossing Powder, Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks' for dropping in today. See ya back here again in April.  Happy Crafting!

Hugs,

Happy Birthday Jenna!

Happy Weekend Everyone,
Today I am showing you the card I made for our youngest Grand-daughter Jenna for her 2nd Birthday.  Jenna received a swing for her Birthday so I made this Easel card with Tilda on a swing and her cat. I stamped the swing and masked it and punched out a 1" Circle Mask for the Sun.  I then sponged the background, adding the grass stamp on the sponged green area.  I coloured in the swing and finished sponging the sun with as reverse mask.  I then coloured in Tilda and the Cat using my Markers and Aqua Painter, cut them out raising the images on Dimensionals. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Magnolia's Tilda, Swing, Cat, Stamp World - B 586 Grassy Hills
Card:  Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
Ink:  Stazon Black, Pear Pizzazz, Wild Wasabi, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie,
Markers:  Pretty In Pink,   Rose Red, Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Old Olive, So Saffron, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Blush Blossom
Finishing Touches: Pearl
Tools:  Stamp-a-ma-jig, Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Tags, Martha Stewart Cupcakes Border Punch, Masking Medium, Sponges, Computer and Printer, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, 2 Way Glue Pen
Thanks' for stopping by today. Happy Stamping!
Hugs,

Perfect Sentiments #19 - Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hello Friends,
Today's post is for the Perfect Sentiments Challenge this week to make a Paper Pierced Holiday's or Season's project. I went with a Bugaboo Digi I have had for a while, printing it on Neenah Classic White Card and coloured it with some Copics.  This is the first time I had used the Neenah Classic White card and I am very happy with the results. 

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bugaboo Digi - Good Luck Turtle, S/U's Teeny Tiny Sentiments, S/U's 1999 Kiss Me (R)
Card and Papers: Neenah Classic White, Whisper White, DSP Easy Scrapbooking Calendar 2006
Ink: S/U's Green Galore (R), Garden Green, Copics - BV29, YG17, G94, YG67, YG91, Y26
Finishing Touches: Gelly Roll Pen
Tools: Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities, Sponge, Modern Label Punch, Mat Pack and Piercing Tool, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals, QuickKutz Diamonds and Dots EB Folder,
Thanks' for stopping by today.
Hugs,

Merry Monday Challenges #7 - Cat in a Santa Hat

Today's post is for the Merry Monday Sketch Challenge this week. I Paper Pieced the Cat's Present and Water coloured the rest of the image, adding some Dazzling Diamonds and Crystals as Finishing Touches.

 



Supplies:

Stamps:  Pink Cat Studio, S/U's Perfect Ending (R)

Card and Papers:  Whisper White, Real Red, Old Olive, DSP Holiday Treasures (R), DSP Ski Slope (R)

Ink: Stazon Black, Old Olive

Markers: Basic Grey, Real Red, Bashful Blue,

Finishing Touches: Dazzling Diamonds, Crystals, Old Olive 1/8" Ribbon

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Oval Nestabilities, Spellbinders Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Aqua Painter, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks' for taking a peek today.

Hugs,