Done like a dinner!

Wishing you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy roundup to a fabulous year!

My album is looking swell over on the Sassy Scrappers blog today. Cover to cover, you will find everything you need to get yours done and dusted.

Till next time!

December Days foundation pages

If you are thinking about doing a December album this year, now is the time to get everything ready for the busy days ahead!

It just so happens that Sassy Scrappers has an absolutely stunning album kit available in store now and I am sharing my page prep work on the blog.

Here is an idea of how it's coming along... lots more on the blog.

Have a great weekend!

Hey Gorgeous - 2Crafty chipboard

Hello!

I am chuffed to be over on the 2Crafty blog today, with this layout incorporating stitched chippies...


Have a great day!

Wonderful, thanks, happy day...

I've been sitting on this layout for a while, as it used a Bo Bunny paper that I was worried was going to set off alarm bells for those on the 'Master' trail, (hehe) so I kept it aside, along with my secret...

Heidi Swapp has the best handwriting in the business! (Mildly obsessed with it at the moment) along with Pink Paislee 'Hey Kid' ephemera and HS Mixed Company confetti rub ons. One of my fave Greatest View flair finishes it off nicely.


The paper was super busy, so I toned it down a touch with a smattering of gesso and ran a Glitz roller doodle through it while wet for some texture.




Thank you again, to everyone who has sent well wishes on the various channels, your support means the world to me!

To those of you sweltering in and around Brisbane today - keep cool! I reckon we are going to go and take advantage of the Cinema air conditioning!

Bundle of Joy - 123 Challenge Blog

It's busy out there folks... sheesh! I'd rather stockpile the fridge and hide indoors, only venturing out after the crowds have worn themselves out for the day! ;)

If you have some time for fun (or to de-stress!) why not join us for the December 123 Challenge. This month's prompts are:

* COLOUR = METALLICS 

* WORD = JOY
* TECHNIQUE = BOWS

I'm ashamed to admit, but I am one of those people who has possibly the worst newborn photos ever. With my first child, we went to the labour ward and forgot the camera! So the first moments of my son's life were captured on a disposable one, bought hastily in the gift shop. Tragedy! I tried to get better prepared for the second... packing the camera in the bag days before I went in. Erm.... not thinking about where my arms were going to be during a c-section, these precious moments were entrusted to a less-than-enthusiatic nurse and well... the rest is history I guess. I wish I could have a rewind button where I wasn't looking like death, or the baby was sleeping beautifully, or I took those annoying sales people up on their offer for a free portrait of your bundle of joy. It's like the first few weeks of my children's little lives didn't happen! This is one of a precious few (that after heavy retouching) is just about passable...

Bows... this was a challenge for me. Not a lot of flowers or 'pretties' on my layouts as you know, but I was totally inspired, having just experienced 'The Power of Heidi' after her class here in Brisbane. I've created a little mixed tag with a Crate ticket, a Heidi mistable camera and a clear heart from the Mixed Company ephemera pack. The seam binding was then tied through the die cut shapes of this Pink Paislee 'Color Wash' paper.

I've used some super cute bow pattern Mixed Company paper to back the triangle die cuts as well as a gold Crate doily for the metallic aspect of the challenge. Still enjoying my Epiphany Craft tool, I've teamed it with this gorgeous #love Greastest View flair.

Entries for the challenge close at 11.55pm 31st December. 

If you want to get your hands on some Heidi Swapp or Pink Paislee goodies, there is plenty available in the Sassy Scrappers store. As a bonus, all orders placed between the 16th and 25th December, go into a lucky draw!

Have a great day!

Love you to the stars and back - Scrap365

So I was feeling totally inspired the other day and had a chance to create something 'just because'. Doesn't happen often these days! I saw this month's sketch challenge on the Scrap365 blog and was quite taken by it.

These pics of my hubby and I were taken by my little sausage - all two years of age.
He drives me crazy at times - I guess after so long together, we both have habits that drive the other nuts! But he's still my nutcase ratbag.

I just got those AC 'Kitten' alphas the other day... aren't they fab! You can get them in store now (along with heaps of other cool stuff!) at Sassy Scrappers. There are also a couple Greatest View flair in the mix :)

My journalling to my husband is hidden under the second row of photos.

Stars, stars, stars... This Pink Paislee paper stole my heart the minute I saw it. I've backed the die cuts with a mix of patterned paper and glitter card stock and then embellished with as many stars I could find in my stash, including some too cute tiny confetti rubons by Heidi Swapp (fast becoming product du jour for me!)

The challenge ends on the 13th December if you'd like to have a go. This is the sketch:

Thank you for stopping by!