The Paper Players #90 - Building A Nest

Hi Friends,
Today's post is for The Paper Players Colour Challenge this week. I used a Scallop Circle Punch Cut Out to create the clouds and a Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the Black bird on the main image.  The brad is embellished with a Mini Pearl and pearls where added to the centre of the flowers.

 
This card was awarded A Cut Above at the Paper Players this week.

Supplies:

Stamps: S/U's Up In The Air Hostess Set, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Card and Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Pool Party, Certainly Celery, Patterns Paper Stack - Subtles Collection

Ink:  Stazon Black, Pool Party, Not Quite Navy, Certainly Celery

Finishing Touches: Pearls, In Colour Brads, Pool Party Ruffled Ribbon

Tools:  Stamp-a-ma-jig, Aqua Painter, Scallop Circle Punch, Sponge, 1 1/4" Square Punch, Dble Sided Tape, Dimensionals

Thanks' for dropping by today, Happy Stamping!

Hugs,

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,