WARNING..........Long Post and Lots of Photos

Hi all,

I have been busy, so it has been awhile since I last posted.
Firstly I will show you what my car looked like and the process of getting her painted, so bare with me.

My Torana was put into the garage on the 27th December 2007. Rick then pulled the front and rear windscreens, bumpers, number plates, mirrors, all things that we didn't want painted.

On the 28th and 29th and some of the 30th we sanded (alot was sanded on a previous occasion, but I won't get into why it wasn't finished) and repaired all the rust, to get her ready to paint. I had all but given up on my car getting painted, as I have been waiting for nearly 3 years for it to be done. We replaced the drivers and rear passenger door, boot lid and bonnet.
Sanding was a killer as most of it was done by hand, wet and dry. My hands killed after 2 days of sanding.



This is a photo of the torrie undercoated this was done on the 31st December. She is looking better already. Lots more sanding and a few more spots needed to be repaired.



On the 2nd Jan 2008, she went from being undercoated in grey to pink (Spray putty). Spray putty helps fill little dints. We then again had to sand, sand, sand. Gee, I was really over all the sanding. But if I hadn't of helped Rick the car would have taken alot longer to finish. It was hard not having a car to drive.



We then were up to spraying her the with the proper colour. Rick started on the 3rd Jan, but it was really hot and the paint was drying before it even hit the car. The 4th and 5th were also a stinker of a day so he didn't even go up to the shed.

Sunday the 6th Jan, was Ricks last day of his holidays. He was due back at work on Monday. Lucky that day was alot cooler, so he could spray the car. Yeah......he got it all finished, by the end of Sunday.

Monday the 7th, after coming home from work Rick went straight up to the garage so he could start putting all bumpers, the bonnet, boot lid back onto my car.

Tuesday the 8th, The windscreen guy came to put my front and rear windscreens back in. After he left, I decided to put my mirrors back on, hook up my speakers, and few other things that I could do to help Rick. So when Rick got home a couple more things had to be done, before I could go for a drive. My car is now put back together, and I went for long spin around the block. Gee, it was great to go for a drive.

This is her now painted. She still needs to be buffed, not this weekend though as we are going to a wedding on Saturday afternoon.




Part of my birthday pressie was a personalized number plate. So she went from being BAZ606 to now...........TRAHNA.



I really want to do a design down the sides of the car. I just have to decide what I want, first.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On the 15th, I meet up with Connie and she did a photo shoot of my girls. Connie has a couple of the photos on her blog. Love them, I can't wait to see the other photo's.

I entered a Dry Embossing Challenge. The winner was drawn on the 16th Jan. I entered a card and my owls (The are pictured in the last Post). I won with the owls. I can't wait to see what my prize is.

Coffee day at Wendy's on Thursday 17th, was great, as usual.

On Saturday he 19th, we all went shopping. We needed to find the girls something to wear at the wedding. After 5 hours and a lunch break we found some great dresses in Myer. Anabell's dress was on special so she ended up getting 2. Jasmine's dress was not on special and cost us $90. But the bonus was when we went to pay for the dresses Anabells dresses were dropped down even further. So all up we spent nearly $140 on 3 dresses.

Jan Dolly Collection

I picked up my Dolly Kit from Wendy on Thursday. So far this is what I have made from the kit and I have heaps left, to create more. You can get yourself a Kit by going to Wendy's Blog.

Cards:


Products Used: C.S., PP's - Jenni Bowlin, My Minds Eye, and Mustard Moon.

Products Used: c.s., PP's - Mustard Moon, Dream Street Papers, Jenni Bowlin, Jenni Bowlin -Label Sticker, Chipboard, Ribbon, and Material.

Products Used: c.s., PP's - Jennie Bowlin, Dream Street Papers, and Ribbons.

Layouts:

This first LO is of my Torana just after I bought her.

Products Used: (From the Dolly Kit) c.s., PP's - Jenni Bowlin, My Minds Eye, B.G. - Alpha Stickers (My Stash) Jenni Bowlin - Journal Tag, Buttons, Ink, Fastenater Staple, A.C. Chipboard Photo Corner. I have also hand stitched around the edge of the LO.



Products Used: Dolly Kit - c.s., PP's - Jenni Bowlin, My Minds Eye, Dream Street Papers, Heidi Swapp-Chipboard Alphas, Felt, Brads, Fabric, May Arts Ribbon, PD-Journal Block, Doo Dhaas Chipboard Flourish. (My Stash) Ink.

I can't wait to see the next Dolly Collection.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here are a couple more LO's I have also done lately.

Products Used: c.s., Sassafrass Lass pp and trims (Royal Bliss), Grunge Board, Heidi Swapp - Chipboard Alphas, Bella Rub-ons, Ink, Carolee's Creations-Abc's.

Products Used: New Two Scoops B.G. pp's, Alpha Stickers, die cut stickers, Heidi Swapp Photo Corner, American Crafts- Townhouse Elegant Chipboard.

If you have made it to here, very well done. Sorry it was so long.
Have a great day all
Vesna
x