This is for Robins fun F4A challenge all about "sayings". DH and I are one week into our 4 month caravan holiday, so I made this sample before we went away. Thankfully we have Internet for a few more days!!
My saying is "Happy Little Vegimite".... it pretty much means "Happy as a clam". Aussies are raised on Vegimite. It is a very, very dark brown, bordering on black, spread. I just checked the jar - it is yeast extract, with barley and wheat. It is chock-a-block full of vitamin B and folate.
Little people start having Vegimite by dipping their teething rusks in it, 90% of school kids would have a Vegimite sandwich in their lunch box and for the rest of us, chances are we had Vegimite on toast for breakfast.
There is a Vegimite song....
We're happy litte Vegimites, as bright as bright can be
We all enjoy our Vegimite for breakfast, lunch and tea
Our mummies say we're growing stronger every single week
Because we love our Vegimite
We all adore our Vegimite
It puts a rose in every cheek.
When I googled Australian sayings I was SHOCKED to learn that so many everyday words we use, mean absolutely nothing in every other country!! Gosh, you must think I am a complete nutter LOL.
About my card, my little Vegimite girl complete with rosy cheeks was stamped then fussy cut. Her overalls are paper pieced and she is coloured with Prismacolour pencils.
The background was quickly done by spraying Dylusions Ink Spray onto aluminium foil, squirt on a lot of water and dunk the cardstock into it. Once dry, I stamped on the tree and added lots of white pen and pencil strokes.
I cut around the tree stamps image (the doodled border is on the stamp). There is a small white card behind the tree, so this actually stands up properly and fits into a larger envelope.
Thanks for looking, sorry I can't attach Robins challenge info and I also apologise in advance if it takes me a while to comment. I have to hold my iPad in the air until I get a signal LOL. It's a bit hard to do that and watch out for snakes!!!
Date: Thursday, April 6, 2017 GMT Views: 1927
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Registered: April 13, 2011 Location: Midwest Posts: 178
Sun, Apr 09, 2017 @ 11:32 PM
Yay! You're here! So glad you were able to fend your way through the helter skelter internet air waves or whatever that is wafting around up there.
Your little girl is a real charmer...and I LOVE the way you offset her and the fence and parts of the tree. Fascinating! And the color contrast between her and the background....Great move!
Sounds like you're on quite an adventure. I've seen a documentary showing the flora and fauna in Australia and I would say there seems to be an abundance of scare-the-living-daylights-out-of-you (I believe that's one of our sayings) creatures lurking about over there by you. I'm thinking snakes are the least of your worries. Keep your eyes and ears open and keep safe. Hope you accumulate a treasury of good memories from this time together. Miss you! By the way, you're a Very Sweet complete nutter and we all adore you.
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Wed, Apr 12, 2017 @ 12:32 PM
Oh, sweet sis, you are so loved, and it's evident in all you do and with all the friends here on SCS who LOVE you to bits! I just read sweet Ellen's comment...so dear. And I giggled when I read her comment about "scare-the-living-daylights-out-of-you" creatures. We used to say that. SO...back to the reason I visited...hehe! I love this card and got such a giggle imaging you and little ones all over Australia singing this song about Vegimite! No wonder you are all so amazing and full of life and creativity! I read the ingredients and the nutritional information. Given my Meniere's, it would send me to bed for at least two days from vertigo! Ha! But surely your body is accustomed to it and has benefited it. I love your darling little "Vegimite" and the sweet background of the fence and tree, and blue is my favorite color...sweet card, dearest sis (and you are my dearest sis). I know you and DH are having such fun, and I know you are safe and in good hands. Enjoy...but know you are missed. Love you dearly...always! xoxo
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Registered: March 30, 2008 Location: Somewhere between the Shire & Mordor! Posts: 4642
Tue, May 02, 2017 @ 3:35 PM
SOOO CUTE!!! AND reading about your card is making me laugh! ;) AND on top of that, you commented on my card WHILE ON VACATION????? STAY SAFE & HURRY BACK TO US! ;)
Registered: June 10, 2011 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 7326
Fri, May 12, 2017 @ 5:35 PM
What! The rest of the world doesn't have Vegemite on toast for Breakfast!! I have even trained my Canadian friend to have a teeny, tiny scrape of Vegemite on her toast in the morning. I have just bought a little jar of it to pack in my suitcase to take to Canada in a few weeks - just in case I can't get hold of it there - he he he. The world isn't ready yet to face an Australian with Vegemite withdrawal. He he he. Another wonderful card creation. Watch out for the Joe Blakes.