Sunday 30 September 2012

Flower Fairy Fabulousness

Today's card is bought to you by the letter F and the number 9 (how many flowers I used ;) I have used another totally cut image from Di's Digis printed on watercolour paper and coloured with my trusty prismacolor pencils.


I have used My Minds Eye papers which are a valentines collection called Be Mine and flowers from my hoard, it has got so bad it is no longer a stash. There are diamond stickles on the fairy's wings.

Thanks loads for looking, I am entering my card in the following challenges.........

Whoopsie Daisy - Things with wings
House of Gilli - Fav things (flowers & Faries)
Bearly Mine - Add a sentiment
Love to Create - Anything Goes
Fab & Funky - Starts with F
Diva's by Design - Fairies & Fantasy
Crafting For All Seasons - Things With Wings




Saturday 29 September 2012

Studio Calico - Central High Kit layouts x 2

Hi, hope everyone is having a smashingly good weekend :)  I am, I have been playing with my kiddies with their trainset and also doing a bit of crafting.  I have made 2 layouts today from my first SC kit, I am pretty impressed even though it isn't really colours or papers I would pick it has put me out of my comfort zone and I am really enjoying it.

Here is my first layout made with the SC Central High Kit, which has a photo of my boys watching the top dressing plane flying fert on next door, I like the background paper on this and I used papers from the 6x6 studio calico pad that came as part of the SC Central High Card Kit.  There are also items from the Capital avenue add on.


 The second layout has photos of my hubby's birthday cupcakes being consumed :0)  They certainly enjoyed them from what I can remember.


Thanks loads for coming by my blog and I would love to know what you think of my layouts.


Friday 28 September 2012

Tuesday 25 September 2012

TSS -- Hello Spring Layout

Hi, here today with another layout using this months TSS challenge spots. I am so happy to see this wonderful Spring weather :) I took my two littlest to my Mum and Dad's to take some photos with their magnificent cherry blossom in the back ground. I got quite a few really great shots but this one of Jodie is on of my favourites....




I hope those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are enjoying the warmer weather and getting out and about to enjoy it. Thanks loads for visiting and don't forget to get creating and join our Challenge Spots challenge for this month. 


I am so super excited I am off to get my hair cut tomorrow, YAYYYYYYYYYYYY I haven't had it cut for about 3 years I think, before I had Jodie anyway. And look how big she is now!
Hopefully I will get a good pic so I can put it up on here tomorrow :)




Card Mania - Handmade Flowers

This fortnight at Card Mania we want to see handmade flowers on your card.  We have been sponsored by A DAY FOR DAISIES which iis where the snail image came from.  I searched quotes on google for the sentiment which I thought fitted well with the image of the mummy snail carrying her babies :)


I made the flowers with a Marriane Designs die and the papers are Echo Park Sweet Day.  I coloured the image with prismacolor pencils and OMS and the flowers are inked with Tangerine Tango ink from SU.
I am entering my card in the following challenges...
Marriane Design Divas - Stamp Something
Creative Inspirations - Fall Colours
No Matter Which Challenge - Die Cuts and/or Punches
CMC - Fall colours

Thanks loads for visiting, hope you liked my card.....



Thursday 20 September 2012

Digital Tuesday Challenge - Things with Wings

A wicked challenge over at Digital Tuesday this week :) Things with Wings, the options are endless.  I have made my card using a Di's Digi Design Image, I have printed out quite a few of these little cuties so be sure to keep an eye out for more of these sweeties coming.


I have used Echo Park Sweet Day papers from the 6x6 pad and coloured the image with prisma pencils on watercolour paper.  The sentiment is from hero arts.

I am entering my card in the following challenges -
Di's Designs Challenge blog - More than 1 diecut
Crafting for All Seasons - Things with Wings
Diva's by Design - Lovely Layers
Fab n Funky - Things with Wings
Clear it Out - Child image plus stash (doily, I must stop hoarding these)
Sassy Cheryl - It's a Cut
Shopping Our Stash - embossing
Use It Tuesday - Anything Goes


Thanks loads for visiting :)  Hope you have a great Thursday.....



Tuesday 18 September 2012

Crawl Layout Revisited

Ok, so a couple of weeks ago over a Red Carpet Studio the challenge was to make a layout with NO WORDS, for my DT obligation I made a layout of Will and his first time crawling.  BUT everytime I went near his album it bugged the s#$t out of me that it had no title or date or anything, wah.   So I have had a remodel and I am now loads happier :)  So here is the new and improved version......


The papers are from Kaiser Craft, the cardstock is Bazzil, Thickers for the title, washi tape, flag from Basic Grey (I think?) star cut on my cricut using George & basic shapes and a spellbinders packet, flair button from Evalicious.

I am entering this layout in the Challenge Me Happy challenge - make your own embellishment.  I hope it counts as an entry as when I saw what their challenge was I made sure that the remodel had a DIY embellie, but if not nevermind :)

And there you have it, I am loads happier as I now feel like my layout is complete.


Monday 17 September 2012

Red Carpet Studio - Seeing Stars Sketch


This week at RCS  we have a sketch challenge for you, I love sketches because everybody comes up with something different and original, it is fun to see all the different takes. 

Here is my layout......


The photo's are from Angus' first day at school earlier this year, crikey he is a photogenic little bugger, he always has been, he certainly doesn't get that from me.

Here are all the challenge details.......
Our challenge this week is a layout sketch challenge - create a layout inspired by the following sketch!

Special thanks to Heather from Cricut Inspired Layouts for letting us use her sketch!

Stars are all over Hollywood... whether they are celebrities, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, or in the sky! We thought it would be fun to provide you with a fun, movie-themed sketch (notice the Title and Sub-Title features along with the arrows representing 'play' buttons) for this week's challenge!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Scraptastical Kreations! They are giving away a $15 gift certificate to the randomly chosen winner of this week's challenge.
Along with the randomly chosen winner of this week's challenge, the card design team will also be taking a look at ALL of the submissions and voting on their top three "spotlight"submissions. The spotlight submissions, along with the random winner, will be announced on Tuesday September 18th and will receive a special badge for their blogs. Challenges run from Sunday - Saturday evening, and winners are always announced the Tuesday after the challenge ends in order for the design team to have enough time to vote.



Thanks loads for looking and I hope you will play along with us over at Red Carpet Studios this week :)


Saturday 15 September 2012

The Stamp Spot - Handy Little Clipboard


Hi, I am here today to share a practical and useful project with, plus it has The Stamp Spot September Challenge Spots.

This little clipboard has a magnetic back so it stays on the fridge and comes in handy for school notices, receipts etc.  This came as a pre-made project but you could easily make your own using chipboard, sticky magnetic sheets and a bulldog clip.


I decorated using patterned papers, stickers and some brads.  Thanks loads for having a look at my project and I hope you will give one of these a go for yourself, they are quick and easy to make and you will find lots of uses for one.

Hope you are having a great weekend :)



Have a great weekend :)

Thursday 13 September 2012

Southern Girls - It's well Bling Bling

This fortnight over at Southern Girls Challenge we want to see bling on your projects.  Gems, pearls, shimmer and shine the options are endless really.

We have two fabby sponsors, Pink Gem and Delicious Doodles.. The image I have used is from Delicious Doodles.....

I coloured the image with Twinkling H2Os to get lots of shine and pop and then added some gems to the middle of the flowers on the cake.  The papers are ECHO PARK - Sweet Day, the ribbon is American Crafts and the brad is Basic Grey.

Here is a close up of how shiny the twinkling H2Os made the image :)


I am entering my card into the following Challenges.....
Jackson's Digital Expressions - Anything Goes Clean and Simple
Tuesday Throwdown - Your'e a Gem
Craft Your Passion - Past Challenge (#82- Bingo)
Love to Create - Ribbon or Twine


Thanks for looking :)


Monday 3 September 2012

Red Carpet Studio - Silent Movies - Our first challenge

Totally excited to share my project with you today.  It is our very first challenge over at Red Carpet Studio Challenge.  We are a challenge based on movies and things to do with movies and each week we will alternate between a layout challenge and card challenge.

This week the layout team are up with "Silent Movies" so no words, titles or journalling on our layots, whew... TOUGH!  But also fun to get outside my comfort zone.

Here is my layout....


I used papers from KaiserCraft and some washi tape.  Wow so few supplies when no words are involved :)

So here are all the important details......

Our challenge this week is a "silent" layout challenge - create a layoutwithout using any words, journaling, letters, etc. 

Our fabulous sponsor this week is Close To My Heart consultantCandice Fields! She is giving away the La Belle Vie Kit to the lucky, randomly chosen winner of this week's challenge.


Along with the randomly chosen winner of this week's challenge, the layout design team will also be taking a look at ALL of the submissions and voting on their top three "spotlight"submissions. The spotlight submissions, along with the random winner, will be announced on Tuesday September 11th and will receive a special badge for their blogs. Challenges run from Sunday - Saturday evening, and winners are always announced the Tuesday after the challenge ends in order for the design team to have enough time to vote.


Card Mania - On The Beach

I am totally late with this card, but you still have 4 days to enter the current Card Mania Challenge which is "ON THE BEACH/IN THE SEA"

Our sponsor is Meljen's Stamps which is where the 2 images I have used on my card are from....

Two winners will get to pick 4 digi images each from the Meljen's Shop.

Make sure and drop by Card Mania to check out the rest of the DT's creations and thanks loads for dropping by :)

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