Hey Everyone,

Hope you all enjoyed the sunny day we had today.

With nights getting cooler, nothing better than a nice hot chicken soup.
You need about 1kg of chicken (skinless thigh with bones is best or a whole chicken - remove some of the fat and skin), 1 to 11/2 water, carrots , celery, and any other veg you want, salt, sugar and pepper. Bring the water to a boil and add the chicken with seasoning. Scope the impurities off the surface. Boil for about 1/2 hour before adding the carrots and other vegies. Boil for about another 1/2 hour. Check the soup is to your liking. Can add extra seasoning if needed.

This really goes well with the chicken soup
Garlic and ginger condiment.
Dice about 3 to 4 Tbsp garlic and ginger finely, add about 1 plus tsp salt. Heat 3Tbsp of oil till just about smoking and pour onto ginger and garlic placed in a china bowl. NB PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN POURING OIL .

Serve it with steamed rice.

Blue Bird

SU c/stock - Kiwi kiss, Baja breeze, Pomegrate red(retired), Pink pirouette

Su stamps - Cheep talk, Friendly words jumbo wheel

SU inks - Chocolate chip, Rose red, Pacific point, Pomegrante red (retired)Versamark

Embossing powder, hole punch, white uni-ball signo gel pen, circle punch

What is a rose?

What is a rose?

SU c/stock - Almost amethyst,

Lavender lace, Kiwi kiss, Tangerine orange,

watercolour paper

Grossgrain ribbon, Dazzling diamonds, watercolour pen,

tombow glue

SU inks - Basic grey, Kiwi kiss, Tangerine orange, Regal rose, Basic black

SU sets - 5th Avenue floral, Friendly words jumbo wheel

A card I made for my dad

Baja breeze, glossy c/stock

DCWV paper

SU Circle circus

SU inks - riding hood red

kiwi kiss, pink pirouette,

tangeringe orange, baja

breeze, pacific point

Fine glitter

Here's the card I maded for Leah's http://stampinwithleah.blogspot.com/ challenge this month

Didn't Leah do a fantastic job - we all got different books.
Here;s what I did with mine.

Here are my lovely roomies for the convention
Mel, Leah and Karen

Pre-dinner drinks and a photo session with Shannon

Outside our hotel apartments on the first day of convention. Was a very cold and misty start to the day

A "scrapbook" maded by the lovely Leah for her roomies to record their 2009 convention memories

Chickees in a row
pink pirouette, whisper white, certain celery, groovy guava(retired) c/stock, hostess pattern pack II paper
Cheep talk set, sellabration Congrats set
lovely lilac, kiwi kiss, baja breeze, summer sun, groovy guava(retired), versamark inks
embossing powder, swiss dots emboss/cuttlebug, SU colour spritzer tool

Sailboat
soft sky(retired), apricot appeal, whisper white c/stock, hostess pattern pack II paper,
Nursery necessities, In the stars set
kiwi kiss, Tangerine orange, Baja breeze, versamark, Pacific point ink
embossing powder, SU colour spritzer tool, SU stampin' pastels
3/4" circle punch

Pink elephant
regal rose, lovely lilac, pattern paper(retired), pink pirouette c/stock
Nursery necessities, polka dot b/gd set
versamark, kiwi kiss, pink pirouette
old olive, american crafts ribbon, spellbinders nestabilities, cuttlebug

One of our make a takes at the SU convention in Canberra

Seaworthy Stamp set, Sellabration's Congrats

Pacific point, tangerine orange c/stock

DCVW paper, pattern vellum

eyelets, twine, crop-a-dile, versamark,

black stazon, SU colour spritzer tool

The girls with the lovely Shannon from the SU home office at the dinner and awards night.

reunion of old friends and making new ones at the SU Convention 2009

On our walk up to Parliament House.

I love the shadows shown here while sitting outside the pub when we were in Canberra.

Here are the 3 lovely ladies I got to share an apartment with for the 2009 SU Convention in Canberra.

Leah, Karen and Mel.

1st day on convention, 8.30am

Hey everyone,

I'm slowly but surely trying to get the hang of this.
What was I thinking. :)

cheers
Julie

Hey Everyone,
I've finally gone and got myself a blog.
Now I 'll just have to do something with it.
What have I done...
Gotta go and have a think.
cheers
Julie