Greatest View | New badges!!!

Oh. My. Gosh!!!  Have you seen the latest and greatest badges/flairs from Greatest View yet?  Gail has really outdone herself this time!!  I think I may be in love with ALL of them!! Check some of these beautiful badges out!  Perfect timing with "back to school" and Valentine's Day.

Thanks for visiting..x                     

 >>>>Greatest View<<<<.

The Scrapbook Store | Feb Sketch..

Hello Everyone!  I am back today to share with you a wonderful sketch challenge over at The Scrapbook Store.  I love Nadia's sketches because they always challenge me!  LOL!  And this time was no different.  Here is the sketch..

And my simple version of it!..

 

"You Make Me Happy"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Pebbles (Family Ties), Bella BLVD; other - Pebbles (Family Ties); Accent & Phrase stickers, chips; Manor House leaves, glimmermist (sunflower); tools - silhouette portrait, EK Success punch, machine stitching.

This layout was created from my January DT kit.  It had so many gorgeous Pebbles papers and embellishments in it!!  I really fell in love with the Pebbles "chips" and I wanted to make them a feature on my page.

 





I machine stitched a semi circle directly onto my cardstock and then layered the chipboard pieces and fussy cut paper flowers.  I moved them around until I found a colour balance I was happy with and then added the silhouette cut stars as an extra punch.  :)

 



And sometimes the simplest of phrases can mean the most.  The title and journaling not necessarily original but most definitely heart felt..

I hope you will join in with the challenge.  I would really love to see your version of this amazing sketch.  Thanks for visiting..x

 

Stuck Sketches | 3 Boys & a Girl...

Hi everyone!  Today I wanted to share my layout for the February 1st sketch over at Stuck?!  This one has a large title requirement and I found the whole concept quite liberating!  yay!! :)

And here is my layout...

"3 Boys & a Girl"

products used: cs - kaisercraft, kraft; pp - echo park, Pretty Little Studio, Cosmo Cricket; alpha - Echo Park; other - Echo Park stickers, Jenni Bowlin sticker labels, Greatest View badges/flairs, shipping tag, Crate paper stickers, Pretty Little Studio journaling star, black pen; tools - silhouette portrait (camera and ampersand - my own creations), foam tape, ink, fiskars punch.

I've been playing with my silhouette again and have created this little camera shape!  Very basic.  But I have to start somewhere!  hahaha!!

And don't you just love Gail's Greatest View badges! This number four badge in my stash, was perfect!! ;)

Now, don't forget to visit Stuck?! Sketches and get you entry in before the cut off date!  There are some great prizes up for grabs.  Good luck.  And thanks for visiting...x

 

Life. Paper. Scrapbook.

Hello Friends!!  I've some happy, scrappy news to share today!!  I can now reveal that I am part of a brand new Aussie online magazine team!  My.. That's a mouthful!  LOL! 

Life.Paper.Scrapbook is a brand new Australian, quarterly, online publication. It's dedicated to showcasing designers from all around the world to inspire each other, explore current trends and techniques and most importantly to celebrate our love of scrapbooking and paper crafts. This is a place to share our style, designs and creations with like minded crafters from around the world.

The first issue is set to go live in late March and in the mean time our blog will be a place where we will be showcasing products, designers (from all around the world) and things that catch our eye. There will also be two challenges each month and prizes too!

I'm really excited to be part of this team. You can find my fellow team members up on the Life.Paper.Scrapbook blog.

The call for submissions for the first issue is open until February 27th, so give it a try and maybe your project will be published!

 

Good luck!!  And thanks for visiting..x

 

Jillibean Soup | Hello...

Hello Friends.  We are back online and on the grid.  :)  The electricity grid that is... The last four days has seen our little family in the dark due to the floods in Queensland.  The kids struggled somewhat... (mostly due to the high humidity and heat) but at least we were dry. And that is something I am very grateful for.

 

In the meantime, Jillibean Soup has shared some gorgeous cards from the DT.  Here  is mine... 

products used: cs - kaisercraft; pp - Jillibean Soup: Coconut Lime Soup/Cumin; other - Jillibean Soup: Pea Pod Parts (Homemade 6 Bean Soup), Wood Flags (Hello), Kraft Tag (Small) & Bean Stalks (Turquoise Baker's Twine), distress ink; tools - border punch, Fancy That Dies (doily, card easel), machine stitching.

I wanted it to be a little bit 3D with the layers and I love the butterfly patterned paper (Coconut Lime - Cumin).  Don't forget to go over to the Jillibean Soup blog and leave some love! I'd love to see you there.  Thanks for visiting..x

 

A little update | floods...

Hi Friends.  Just letting you know that we are experiencing some flooding in our area at the moment.  Nothing disastrous and scary like the 2011 floods but we have been without power/electricity for the last 22 hrs.  The water here is running off quickly but I thought I'd share a few photos of it around our house...

We live in a semi-rural area with a few little creeks on either side of us.  We are up on a slight rise so there is no danger of water flooding into our house.  These photos show that the water here is much lower that two years ago... see this blog post >>here<<.  But the rain and the wind were quite fierce this time around.  And all thanks to ex-tropical cyclone Oswald.

We are thinking of all the people who are and will be affected in the coming days, by this weather in Brisbane, Ipswich, Bundaberg & Gladstone.  I'm sure the "mud army" will rally once more even though so many Queenslanders are flood weary at the moment.

Thanks for visiting..x

Jillibean Soup | cards...

Hello Friends.  Things should start picking up around here soon.  :)  This is the last week of Summer holidays for the kids and we are currently being very busy, getting back into "back to school" mode.  Today I even went and collected Tahlia's new uniforms for high school.  eeeeeek! They fall off her a little bit (and that's with the extra small shorts!) and it reminds me all over again of her first day at pre-school.. :(  sigh.

Anyway.. onto some scrappy shares.  Today, I have some cards to share with you that have been posted over at the Jillibean Soup blog. 

"Spring Picnic?"

It's the weather for it here in Australia.  And we have been sharing a lot of picnics this Summer Holiday season. :)

And then there is this belated Christmas card..

"December 25th"

Belated because it was held over on the blog due to some exciting CHA sneak peeks!  So let's just call this a really early Christmas card instead and be done with it!  LOL!!

Head on over to Jillibean and check out what the other DT members have been creating!!  So many gorgeous projects to look at!!  Thanks for visiting..x