Time for Reflection

Soooo..with less than 12 hours left of 2011 its time we all did some reflecting and then look forward to a wonderful 2012...I am hoping 2012 brings me more creative time and more time to update my blog.  I am trying to book in for photography classes to improve my photo taking so my photos on here can be better to.  I would like to wish you all a wonderful 2012..thank you all for following me this year.  Here is to a 2012 full of creative inspiration.  XXX

A bit of Christmas

SOOO..in all this CRAZInESS at this time of year I sat down and decided to make a Christmas piece that we can put out each year.  Last year I made an advent calendar so this year its just a little frame.  I am so so happy with the way it turned out.

Its a DA 8x8 frame. I inked it but thenchanged my mind on how I wanted it to look so used real snow and diamond dust on the outside.  I had some gorgeous Websters papers from last year and cut them out ...also a BO Bunny santa , I LOVE Santa.  A prima vine which I cut , inked and put diamond dust on and here is the finished product.   hope you like it as much as I do

WAYYYYY too long

I just saw the last post date and its has been WAYYYYYY to long between posts!!!! 

Life seems to be so so busy all the time .

I have done a few lay outs here and there but taking photos of them ans getting them on here is another story..SO..this week I am going to try to take pics of all my LO's I have done and get this blog up to date....

For now its back to the weekend house work...Have a GREAT Saturday everyone. xx

More Glitz

So today ..I sat down and did another LO using the lovely Glitz papers.

This is a photo taken of our youngest about 9 months ago.  I love this photo of her

A lovely handmade flower..made following the tutorial from MOMENTS OF TRANQUILITY blog...Some lovely silver thickers..some Prima bling..a Prima butterfly and a Kaiser rub On.


Thats all for now...I have so many lovely papers that I so badly want to use..maybe with school holidays starting Fridau and me being stuck on crutches..I will get around to doing LOTS of scrapping.  Thanks for looking adn have a great week  XXX

Glitz and Glam

I got these beautiful new Glitz range of papers the other day and could not wait to use them.  However ...on Friday I managed to tear my calf muscle and am now on cruthes.  After spending the day driving myself crazy doing NOTHING..I decided last night ot scrap..Got our eldest to get me the things I needed and here is the outcome

The very beautiful Glitz papers..some Glitz accessories.  A flower cluster made up of lots of different flowers. Some DA letters that I painetd white then inked and then uteed.  Some lace..some Prima bling that I cut up and scattered here and there.

Paisley Princess

I have left my favourite till last (for today).  This is one I did at a crop night a fortnight ago.  It a die cut from a Kaisercraft 25 December range.  I then placed some bazzill on the back and used some scissors to cut around it.  Then ran ribbon all the way around.  The ribbon didnt quite reach so I have put a BEAUTIFUL Prima spray there.

I added other littel flowers to the Prima spray to just blend the colours.  The photo led to the title as I added a Paisley overlay before I printed it.  the title is again Thickers...The DA chippy is painted in white..I used Liquid pearls in a few places and then glimmer mist over the top to change the colour to a pretty mauve.. 

Thank you for stopping by...dont forget a little bling makes things brighter

Natures Blossoms

A couple of week ends ago we took a ride an hour and a half away and it was a great photo op.  I took some wonderful photos of our two girls.  This is one of the first ones I have scrapped.


I used the new MME paper and I LOVE the glitter on it.

Its a fairly simple layout as the paper was too lovely to do too much to.  I adore how the DA piece came out here.  I paintd it with white paint then used chalk inks to ink the edges and then Utee over the top..  I cut out a butterfly and used crackle accents on it..Some thickers for the title..I loved the wood look of these

Beiber Fever

This one is one I dig AGES ago but have only just manages to photograph.

It a pictur of our youngest and her friend on their way to the JUSTIN BEIBER concert.  They both adore him.  I love this photo they both look sooooo excited..

A lovely floral spray from Prims...some music notes chippy that I embossed...

Bloom Where You Grow

It has been a LOOOOOOnnnng time since my last post.  I seem to find time to scrap but not take the pics to put on my blog... SO there are a few to upload tonight.

This first one I called Bloom Where You Grow.  It is of our youngest daughter.  She is certainly shooting up very quickly!!  I have used new Prima paper Romatique, some Twiddlybitz Chip..some lovely Prima bling and an OLD Prima flower from my stash

EXCITING NEWS

This is just a quick post to share some VERY EXCITING NEWS....I made the DESIGN TEAM at SCRAPBOOKS FROM THE HEART!!!!!  I am soooo excited.  We had to submit 3 layouts , 2 cards and 1 off the page.  I DONT DO CARDS...but I made the sacrifice (LOL) and what do you know...I HAVE BEEN accepted.  Along with 3 other very talented ladies ..Sue Down, Sandra Collard and Dayna Howard.  I am so looking forward to working with them all.  I submitted all of my things without taking photos so I might take a run into the shop over the weekend and take some pics to put on here.  HAVE AN AWESOME WEEKEND Everyone  xx

And ANOTHER

This is a layout of two our our fur babies...The white one is our Chinchilla Girl Lily and the kitten is our new Persian Girl Bossy....They are both adorable...

I used more of the Victoria Gardens here.  I HAND SEWED a flourish in the left hand corner.  A gorgeous pink doily in the right hand corner....I painted a DA flourish with glimmer glam and placed it under the photo.

Thank you for looking :)

BUSY ME

SOOOOO.....I have been scrapping a bit lately.  NOT that I dont have other things to do but I have decided I need to make time to scrap and use up my HUGE stash!!!

Firstly I did a layout of hubby and myslef and  my dear friend who invited us to the MEN IN BLACK ball...She goes every year. Its raises money for male depression.

I LOVE this DA frame..I painted it with gesso and then inked and painted with glimmer glam...LOVE the effect...

Next is a simple layout of our eldest swimming with the dolphins in Bali. 

  Stella & Rose papers. A papers doily some crocheted green doileys and some wonderful thickers.  Like I said simple but I like the look of it.


Then  a pic of my hubby and I at the ball..I used some of the new Victoria Garden papers.  Another DA frame which I painted white and then used glimmer glam AGAIN to add the glitter effect on.

  I quickly made some flowers for this layout using the cut and roll technique.  The little heart flower frame I got in Vietnam and it just suited this layout so well.  The gold heart is a Collections piece that I embossed using gold emboss powder.


The next one is using the new Kaiser range Miss Nellie..its another quick layout but I still like it.

The flourish is from Collections.  I inked it silver and then embossed over it using moonglow embossing powder.  I really like how this turned out.  Of course some lovely bling and a cluster of flowers..


I have one more layout to upload but blogger is being a bit naughty at the moment and wont let me upload the photos so for now ...thank you for looking