My First Page for 2013 and Skissedilla

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I have been scrapbooking here and there over the past few weeks, mostly having a play and experimenting, you know when you don't really think things through - no holds barred. Anyway after alot of mess I finally got a few finished. So here is my first page finished for 2013. A page about me, something you don't see very often and i am wearing a hat, another not so often thing, lol. I used the Tropicana Collection from Kaiser, which was a treat from my partner. It was sweet that he came home from work with a great big pile of products to get my mojo started. Anyway here it is...

 

 

As you can see there is lots of layering, misting, stamping and texture paste. I also added splashes of Prima and Green Tara.

 

 

Something else i managed to finish was a page i did using the sketch from Skissedilla. This is the first time i have ever created a page with their sketches and i had so much fun with it. I vaguely followed the sketch, i hope you can see!

 

I created the background myself by doodling, i was inspired a little by Zentangle, then misted with Glimmermist. Then i layered, painted, doodled until i was happy with it. Here is a little close up of my cherub and the piece of card i recycled onto my layout.

 

 

 

Here is the sketch  i used.

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Okay so that is it from me, enjoy your weekend and TFL!!

 

 

 

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY and a GIVEAWAY!!!

Well i am back and i have just come to the realisation i have been blogging now for 2 years. This month my little old blog turns 2 and to celebrate i thought i would have a giveaway. I have composed a collection of bits and bobs from Prima, Green Tara, Kaisercraft, Crate, Websters, Maya Road, along with a few other brands. It is just a bit of a liquorice all sorts really with papers, embossing powder, chippy, a stamp, flowers, bling, alphabets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 



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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!

Hello everyone i know i am a little late in wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year but i have only just now settled back into normal routines. I am also having alot of problems with blogger!!!

Christmas was so much fun. We had such a lovely time away with my brother and his future wife holding the Christmas party this year in Townsville, gosh i miss that place. Then my sisters and Dad spent New Years at my house, a nice quiet one this year. We have all been introduced to the game of Cluedo, lol and spent half the night playing that mixed with a few drinks and then it was all over for another year.

I can't believe 2012 is over, so much happened with funny things like the supposed "end of the world" and although it was a tough year 2012 had some good points; we got our new car, i am happier now then i have ever been and my health is getting better all the time!!!  Life over the past month has been kind and finally i am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. So into the new year. Already 2013 has seen my eldest turn 9, wow almost double digits!!! 2013 is set to be an amazing year with so so much going on, my baby starting school, as well as my brother and my friend getting married to name a few things. I am happy and yet sad that my baby is going to school yet it is something that has to happen.

I haven't scrapped since November but managed to have a play this week but i am still finding my mojo. I have done lots of experimenting, some good and some bad, lol.

Anyway with the New Year well under way i wanted to reflect on my Top 12 for 2012. I scrapped so much last year and it was quite hard to narrow it done.

No 1: SLURP, SLURP, SLURP - This one i did back in January for the Kraft it Up challenge and surprisingly it won!!! I just love the freshness of the green and of course those photos,lol.

 

 

No 2: A PERFECT MOMENT - This was a page i created for The Color Room in April. It managed to be featured on their photo wall which made my day. I love remembering this time when my daughter was a baby, nothing is more beautiful than a mother breastfeeding her child. I spent alot of time on this page colouring in those flowers and carefully layering and placing the embellies.

 

 

No 3: BE THE CHANGE..... - This page i did for both BITW and 123 Challenge back in June. I spent alot of time creating the flowers and doing the butterflies, not to mention getting that mist perfect,lol. It was also the first time i decided to sprinkle beads into paint, such a wonderful effect.

 



 

 

 

No 4: YOU ARE MY WORLD - This is just a page i created using Prima bits and pieces. I found the photo of my daughter in my files and had never scrapped it. She is just so gorgeous with her chubbiness and curly locks. I also used Aqua and Cream, a combination i never use.

 



No 5 : UNIQUE - This page was created using the sketch over at Scraptherapy in July. It was there first sketch challenge and i won with it. I love the simplicity of the page and the photos are a fav too. I love spiders webs they are so beautiful and made so well by something so yuck, lol.

 

 

 

No 6: This page i created with the August Prima BAP. It was fun and ended up being a very thick page by the end of it. I love the photo of my girl so much, she is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen!!!

 

 



No 7: This page i created for an August challenge at CSI. I love the colour scheme and the girly grunge feel to it. Plus my daughter is gorgeous as well. I had fun using all the new ranges from Prima this month.

No 8: IF I COULD REACH... - I did this page in August for BITW. It was featured! I really experimented here and it turned out so different than i had planned. Don't you just love selfies???

 

 

No 9: ADORE - This was a page i did whilst on the WW1 Creative Team. It was the turning point for me liking orange. I love the paint splatters and swirls. 

No 10: THOSE LASHES - This photo amazes me! My daughter has amazing eyes and amazing lashes to set them off. I wanted to create a delicate page. I used Smooch paints to colour and outline my chippy.

 

 

No 11: CELEBRATE - I created this page for the Websters September Mix and Match challenge. I used quite a lot of ranges. Lots of layering here.

 

 

 LASTLY No 12: This is a canvas i did for my Sister-in-Laws engagement. I spent alot of time on this cutting out the leaves on my Cricut and layering texture pastes and paints.

 

 

So that is it my Top 12 of 2012!! I hope you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. When i get my mojo back i will be back to share the first page of the new year. Happy Scrapping!!!

                       

I will scrap on...

Hello all!! I hope we are all keeping well?? I had a bit of a cull of my stuff the other week and sold some of my older stock which of course made way for me to buy some new stock. It is funny how our styles change, what i once thought was cute paper i now find horrible. I am consciously also making an effort to use some stuff i haven't even opened. I am definitely over stickers and rubons as over time they do not keep well. With everything going on I really am not sure what my style is anymore ( if i ever really had one in the first place, lol) but armed with my new stock i managed to sit and scrap the other day. The first page is still under construction. The second which i finished this morning took me a few days. I was inspired by the monthly sketch over at Scraptherapy and combined some Kaisercraft and a wee bit of Green Tara.

Here is this months sketch designed by Mandy Dodd. So pop over and check out what the ladies have come up with.

 

 

 

This is what i came up with.

 

 

 

 

So that is it from me for now, thanks to everyone for your lovely comments it means the world to me :) Until next time keep scrapping, take care!

 



Sometimes it isn't always Rainbows and Lollipops!!!!

Sometimes life just seems to get in the way. Those that are close to me know what has been going on lately and for those who don't i have been dealing with alot things which in turn have been affecting everything i am doing and what i am wanting to do..........but i hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I know i need to be strong especially for my girls. It is hard to not be negative about things though and i know everything happens for a reason. Hopefully i can try to scrap a little for some therapy but i really am having a blah moment. I even bought some scrapping supplies the other day but they haven't inspired me at all. Even Chrissy is looking a little blah and everyone loves Chrissy right???? Things can only get better right????  

So with everything that is going on my term on the White With 1 CT is finishing this month so today I am sharing my last page.Thanks Mel for having me on your team. I have loved every challenge you have given us :) So here i go my last challenge and it is a nice fun one!!! This month's challenge is to use:

 

                                         

 

WHITE + GREEN(S) + CHEVRON PATTERN

 

 

I have used some lovely Green Tara ribbon and flowers, lots of paint and a Dusty Attic chippy.
Keep an eye out for the new CT, i can't wait to see their creations each month :)

 

October PPP

Good afternoon everyone where ever you are. I am back after a whole weekend of cleaning my scrap room.  I only managed to throw out one bag of rubbish. I found stuff that i forgot i had and have placed everything in a better spot so i can hopefully use it up and not forget about. I even had a read of some of my collection of old magazines and rotated them so i can read the ones at the bottom. It was enjoyable to read and see what was in style 8 years ago.

So with a fresh and clean room yesterday i sat and created. Now it is Halloween tomorrow, we in Australia don't celebrate it like in America although more and more people are catching on. I just love Halloween personally. I so badly wanted to create a Halloween style page so i found this photo of my youngest pretending to be a scary monster and using this months Prima Product Pick i made my page. I created my spiders web and pumpkins myself by experimenting with what i had on hand, trial and error but had alot of fun in doing so :) I pulled out my Cricut to cut out my scary trees and chopped up a few bits and pieces to create the vines of my pumpkins. I am so happy with the end result :) So here is my page, lots of rain here at the moment which is nice but not good for photographing but i have done my best :)

 

 

 

 

Here is this months PPP that i used, really love that black cat  :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

So thanks for stopping by i have one more day to finish all those pages i started for challenges, don't know if i will finish them or not. Next month is time to create all my Christmas decorations so i will do my best to post what i finish. Have a great day and keep scrapping :)

Just a few shares!

Wow good morning fellow bloggers :) I hope you are all well and are having a lovely start to your weekend! I have a big one planned this weekend with spring cleaning, lol. I thought i would quickly share a few pages i have created before i rip my scrap room apart. I have decided to change a few things around just for a change and also to try and encourage myself to use it up. I stayed up late sorting ribbon and adding them to rings to hang up because sitting in jars i don't see them. This is something i should have done a long time ago but i knew how time consuming it was and kept putting it off. Due to the limited room i have now and the storing facilities i have, silly me threw alot out when i moved because i thought i would never use it :( , I have to reorganise it. I now know why people hoard because you never know when you may need that something!!!!

Okay so enough rambling onto some sharing. I created a page using the sketch over at Scraptherapy. A great sketch and i was so inspired by the grungy feel to it. I decided to create a page from when my second daughter was born. I love stepping past the traditional soft and girly pages for newborns :) I used some lovely Green Tara flowers and ribbon. Ribbon i hear you say, well the polka dot flower with the gorgeous Websters embelly in the centre is actually ribbon i transformed into a flower. I also cut my title from my Cricut. So here is my page...

 

The sketch i used...

 

 

I also wanted to share a page i created using the Kaisercraft Butterfly kisses. Such a sweet range i can't wait to create more with it :) Anyone want to reorganise my room for me, lol.

 

 

 

 

Okay so i have procrastinated long enough i must go, enjoy your weekend :)