the final day of January....... a school layout.

WOWzers hasnt January just FLOWN by... its already the last of the month... and to celebrate it i'm posting a layout..LOL...heheheeee.
for our local group a challenge for jan/feb is to create a school photo layout {surprise}... and i was thinking of doing one of me but that was just TOO scary so instead i've cheated alittle and done a photo from Ivys daycare last year...
"New Bond"

and closies...
a tree cluster...

a cute rainbow complete with cloud from Cosmo Cricket and some Lil Red Rocket paper butterflies and a cute lil Scrapmatts birdy...

the journalling...

and lastly so you can see the height here.. also those lil chippy flowers are also from scrapmatts....

well to be honest peeps i'm not really sure how i feel about this one.... its okay.. i love the background pp...but when i look at it i just dont get that ahhhhhh... feeling.. but anyho... we'll see what the next layout brings...

Materials: Graphic 45-fashionista collection, prima packaging, Websters pages -wonderfall, C/C delovely chippies, B/G- green at heart Alphas, journal spots, memento ink, zig, signo and mark it pens, thread, scrapware tree and apples, Lil Red Rocket butterflies, Martha Stewart punch, Maya rd owl, Scrapmatts [cb 1074] birdcages , and flowers...

thanks for looking peeps.. and the last count for January {unless i get productive tonight after soccer} is .... 15 layouts, 1 Card and a mega MINI album.woot woot..

alittle Stacey Young inspired.....

so i went to BB's since we were both kid free Friday and we were both sitting at home by ourselves all on our own...and then BB rung an said that was stupid..so i packed up and went over.... a few hours later alittle break [to meet the kids atdaycare before going to their dads and have tea with my dad] a layout was created and anothery started....
"Family"

its alittle Stacey Young inspired but i think to be a true Stacey it needs HEAPS more ..anyho.. some closies...

the photo.. cut into a circle.. oh no hope the trend of circle photo cutting isnt kicking off in my head again...lol..

alittle cutting to make the flowers alittle poppier.. and some glitter for bling..

cluster... lots of flowers..a random owl and a butterfly... oh and thanks to Kim and Taryn for the pink flower {couldnt remember which one did the pink one..eek..oops.} and to Kim Ewins for the flower trim and the heart... too cute..

more cutting.....

okay so thats it for this one.. i have started another and i was goin to finish it last night but that didnt happen due to the fact that i fell asleep at 8....LOL...

Materials.. Websters pages- wonderfall, paper doiley, flower, pink paislee artisian elements, my2angels flower stems, prima flowers, clear cut craft butterfly, maya rd owl, thred, websters flower centre and ruffle trim, rhinestones, glitter, stems, A/C thickers, glimmermist, dimensional magic, white flower trim and heart{kim}


thanks for looking..and i hope to finish the other page tonight... and be back in the next couple of days with my Jan 2011 slide......

happy days... thanks for your loving.....

"Old WOrld Theme.." now THAT is a challenge...

so for our little local group a challenge for this month was to creat a layout with "an OLD WORLD THEME".. wholey CRAP i say..but then straight away i thought of this pp from graphic 45 that i had sitting around.. so off i went to work..
"A Modern Marvel?"

Yeah well i'm not sure if this qualifies for the challenge but i think it'll do pig.. and now.. the moment you have all been waiting for....
CLOSE UPS..... {oh yeah and sorry.. whenever i take a pic of a white background it always ends up alittle dark..but this has been lightly inked with black...anyho}

the PHotos.... i loved these of Tarj..so well.... TARJ...

how CUTE is this little fella... yep if you've seen the piece of pp you will know where the boy originally stands..well i had to move him..oh and colour his wings white coz Tarj is an angel...LOL>.

the height....... and random fish.. so funny and definately HAD to use them...

POSTAGE stamps are back.... and teamed with some Scrapmatts...yay.

more Scrapmatts.... cool layers.. oh and special mention to Chloe who mentioned that she always cuts her flourish with bling.. i hadnt thought of that.. DEEERRRR.....

Materials... Pink Paislee - parisian , Graphic 45- modern marvel and timely point of view, Flourish with bling, Scrapmatts - cb 1072 Gears - cb5039 Gears {frames} - cb 5035 Hot Air Balloon - cb1012 Penny Farthing, B/G olivia mono stickers, C/C tiny type, Pink Paislee ticket, Postage stamps, signo, zig, bic markits, dimensional magic, glimmermist, versa color ink.

Olkay.. and then Tracey came out today.. well she actually arrived while i was still in town getting my SEWING machine off of layby..yep i have a sewing machine again.. super super HAPPY DAYS>.....

so i scrapped this...

"Summer Fun"

and if you are speaking to Tracey i HATED this most of the way through.. and then i just kept adding and adding stuff.. and now i kind of like it.. i think its because the two layouts that i've done in the last couple of days are so TOTALLY different that my headspace is still catching up...andyho closies...

a Cloudy cluster, some Scrapmatts and some buzz and bloom {thanks Kim} and some The CHip Chop Shop and of course the most awesome button from Lil Red Rocket... see the clouds..all are totally different, one with glitter, one i just coloured in and the other with Micro beads.. funny...

cheeky little photo poppin up out of the top.

the journalling and the title.. more chippy Scrapmatts words.. {and yep BB not sure on the whole spelling thing..oh well..}

and the layers of ROad map punched..and it was missing something on this side so the little red photo turn was Traceys idea..so blame that bit on her.. lol..

Materials.. B/G- oliverpp, E/P - sweet summertime, Scrapmatts -cb 5022 nested Shapes - sw 003 fun - sw 005 Summer, Scrapware, Buzz and Bloom, The chip Chop Shop bird pin, Lil Red rocket button, Ek punch, road map, doiley, glitter, micro beads, droplet rhinestones, buttons, signo, zig, bic markits, dimensional magic.

okay so thats it for now.. tomorrow is kid free friday.. so just have to do alittle grocery shop and then hopefully some scrapping.. an order Arrived today so YIPPEEE>...... thanks in advance for all your love... so LEAVE SOME...lol..

J to the Mack sketch inspiration....

so the featured member at the boxx for December was the Jess to the Mack dog.... and as part of her boxxyness she had to design a sketch.... and here it is...

so from that farout brussell sprout sketch came..
"Sweet Innocence"

i initially started with the green flower pp as goin to be the background and the lace over the top..and well you know the flow changed and my river ran in the totally opposite direction.....

see the lace paper... cute hey... i think the wonderful Renee gave me that and the most wonderful Kim Ewins sent me a rak which included that delicious velvet ribbon....

and a super Scrapmatts {cb 5052} Floral spray... and some clear goodness from Little yellow bicycle..

OMG how cute are those butterflies..yep ordered me some more of them this morning.. yes i know smack on the wrist for me... eek...

Materials,, cardstock, Ki memories pop culture lace paper, E/P walk in the park pp, S/L mix and mend pp, B/G chip alpha, B/G mono stickers, Pink Paislee artisian elements, clear cut butterfly, LYB christmas clear cuts, Scrapmatts Floral Spray, ribbon, lace, shipping tag, vera color ink, signo pen, dimensional magic, magic mount...

so thats all the scrappyness for now.. and now for some stats.... so far this year i have completed... 11 layouts, 1 card and a super HUGE mini album.. not bad so far i reckon...lol..

oh oh and for excitement {well for me anyho}.. i get my Sewing machine this week.. since tomorrow is a public holiday.. Happy Aussie DAy.... i will have to wait until thursday..but woot woot ... yay.. i cant wait...

thanks and signing off now...

BYE......

my dad.. is the BEST...

so yeah i have been creative.. this one i actually finished on friday but you know work has gotten in the way until to day to post....

"Learn From PaPa"
one of the challenges last month was to create some layouts with our secret santa pressies... and this is my second layout... the stuff i got was {can you believe it Tracey.. we had to pic numbers out of a hat and i got HER..LOL>>>>} was the bling, the letters and the bulldog clips..

for the letters they were originally white or black designed.. and only 1 of each letter in the pack which created a WHOLE other set of problems..anyho.. upon this dilemma Belinda said why not paint the letters.. Me.. Derrr you idiot... so i coloured them in with sharpie pen.. sprayed some glimmer and then coated with dimensional magic to give them that marble effect... cool hey.
i spy some Lil Red Rocket button and a The Chip Chop shop mushroom button..yummy..and the journalling... this girl has her papa wrapped VERY tightly around her little finger...
oh ohoh... another Lil Red Rocket button.. the cherry one..its so cute... oh and most of these flowers came from the super gorgeous and utterly tallented Sandra Wallace...
a HUGE bow for something different yumm.. you see i'm alittle weird and totally random...

so thats about it from me today.. Mums away with Jess in NSW gettin ready for her to move house and to help while Ange is away ... so that means.. i'm here to scrap guilt free.. for 3 weeks ... lol.. just as long as the house is super clean for when she gets back and i cook tea every night and dad has clean AND ironed clothes for work all is good.. bring on the scrapping... {oh so i just had to do a little online order just to make sure i have enough supplies.. LOL.. i really should use what i have first..but hey.. a sale is a sale...lol...}

so happy days to everyone.....

yep i have more.....

some of you may say that i have been super busy and creating alot.. and well yeah.. i have NO LIFE.. i'm pretty sure i've told you that before.. these i had done before the weekend but held out sharing until now....
"S and I"
such a gorgeous photo of Serenity and Ivy.... and Love playin with this pink paislee paper..

mmm Scrapmatts flourish.. yep you guessed it coloured in and then dimensional magiced.... oh and can you see the leaves of the flowers .. i dimensional magiced them too.. i love that stuff..
a simple birdy scrapmatt.... left raw all except for a wing..... oh and that swing tag my nieces kept for me when they went shopping.. arent they the sweetest girls....
just to show you what i did to the pp to add some more lift to my layout..

materials.. Pink Paislee-sweetness, A/C cardstock, lace, swing tag, muslin, clip, Rosies Diamante and chip letters, scrapmatts CB 1074 Bird Cages02 and CB 1067 Flourishes 10.dimensional magic, zig pen.

and now a DOUBLE... yep a double..but i'd be the simplest one you have EVER seen...

"Umm Tarj...."



Yep i did a double and i turned it up the other way.. so its a L O N G double...lol.. love the effect and it was so easy to do....

thats the top half
and the bottom half..
i added some doodling to the background so it wasnt so boring.. supposed to reflect the drawing Tarj did on his face....lol...

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materials... American craft cardstock, studio calico- elementary, crate paper - school spirit, O/A report card letters, Pink Paislee letters, A/C thickers and Cosmo cricket tiny type{yep i love these}...

okay so now everyone.... just to let you know i have also completed 3 yep THREE more layouts and nearly a card but i cant show them yet..lol........ i love scrappin and YEP am addicted .. oh and both kids have their first day of daycare tomorrow... so can you guess what i'll probably be doing... can ya ha ha.....??? thanks everyone for Your way TOO kind words of love.....

1st official Scrapmatts POst.. YAY...

Yay.. Scrapmatts .. woot woot.. Sofie and Andrew have been super kind to me and sent me their super awesome CB 7001 House Book to play with.. so here it is...
"House of Serenity"
i had so much fun with this .. and for those who know i'm not much of a Mini album person but this is fun...... i simply teamed the book with the super amazing Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 Papers and the matching ready set chip...

close of the front of the book..so much fun...

lots of stuff hangin over the ends..

Page 1.... Cute cat in the window... and wowzers of a butterfly..

Page 2.. wowzers... such simple things...

Page 3... textures...

Page 4.. this awesome frame didnt need much help...

Page 5.. woot woot.

and finally Page 6.. the last page.... i really LOVe the way this album ended up.. all the textures and colours.. and for the journalling i simply used the Serenity verse.. {the Serenity to Accept the things i Cannot change,the Courage to change the things i can and the wisdom to know the difference..}

i used... cb 6056 Cat 04, CB 4009 Butterflies 02. cb 3001 Filmstrips, MC1001 Microchips 01, CB 5018 Nested Shapes 04, CB4014 Picket Fences, CB 1067 Flourishes, CB 5002 Ornate Frame 03, Cb 1020 Card Borders03, Cb 1038 Dragonflies 06.. all from Scrapmatts, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 pp and chip, Tim Holtz tissue tape, glitter, glitterglass, paper doiley, muslin, ribbon,twine, dress pattern paper, dimensional magic, Echo Park Walk in the park alphas, Basic Grey chip alphas, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type...

and now..yep more.. for the other work from Scrapmatts....

For my Summer Page... Scrapmatts..
"Backyard Beach.."
yay.. for this i got soooo much inspiration from Renee Iveson...

yumm... these photos are so sweet..
textures
yummm Muslin and those awesome scrapmatts give it so much texture and beachy feel..
the flourishes,, i simple swiped alittle pain and then covered with dimensional magic for alitte bit of added yumminess..

Materials,, Cb 1004 Flourishes 05, cb6062 Shells 02, sw 004 Beach 01., O/A trift shop, Echo Park walk in the park, muslin, Pink Paislee alphas, paint and dimensional magic..

and for my Chrissy page.
"just the Three of US"

some yumm websters cut and then i added some wire for something alittle different.

title

the scrapmatts i just covered with glimmermist and some random micro beads.. coolio..

another scrapmatts and and awesome awesome Pretty Petals flower.. so yum..

materials. scrapmatts cb2007 Page BOrders06, cb 1097 Floral Spray001, Cosmo Cricket togetherness, Websters garden gala, pretty petals flower, hambly on edge, wire, rhinestones, cosmo cricket tiny type, basic grey alpha chip, micro beads, glimmermist and dimensional magic.
Thanks everyone for bearing with me through this super HUGE post.. hope you are all well.. lots of love and plenty of sugar.. woot woot