Hope this post finds you all well and enjoying life wherever you my be :) It is time for another challenge at Southern Girls and this fortnight we would like to see Spots & Dots on your projects.
Here is my layout for the current challenge...........
I followed the last CSIColourInspirations challenge for this layout and since I had been so slack and not finished my project for SGC I used it as it contains loads of dots :) I used my dear lizzy that I found in the bargain bin at warehouse stationary, not sure which collection it is but I am sure it has been around for a while. the title is done in 2 different styles of thickers and I used some sequins, paint and flowers from my stash. The pearls are all from retail girl on Trade Me, go and check her out, her stuff is AWESOME.
I am entering this layout in the following Challenges........
This week at The Paper Shelter we would love to see love themes on your cards. I have used a new digi from TPS called The Cutest Date. I used one of my bargain MME I picked up for five bucks at the warewhare last week. The sticker cluster in the corner are from a Dear Lizzy collection I found in Warehouse Stationary in the reduced to clear bin whoop whoop, their mistake my score.lol.
Here is my card.......
I coloured my image with my copics for a change. I haven't added a sentiment as I will put it with my pile to sell in town and someone can use it for what they want to.
Thanks for looking, hope you will play along with us at the challenge :)
I had a horrendous phone call this morning.... One of the ladies from the vets where I take the cats rang at about 7.30. She told me that there was a small cat runover on the road at the end of our drive. I was so shocked, I went down in my PJs but I couldn't see anything. Then it occurred to me that Hubby had left and come back earlier when he went to work. I rang him and he confirmed that it was my Rosie and he had bought her up and buried her with Lagwagon. I am so devastated, I am bawling my eyes out while I type, I can't even look at the other cat Millie. Rosie was awesome and I will miss her loads :( Really sad that she didn't even reach 1 year old.
EDITED TO ADD - I am a little calmer now, although still really sad. She was my favourite of our 2 cats and very much my cat. Not very friendly towards anyone else but me and she would often come in an snuggle up with me when I was watching TV at night. I will miss her slinky, streamlined little body wrapping herself around my legs while I hang out the washing, also her silly little foot fetish but mostly just her. Hubby thought it would have definitely been instant so I guess that is something. I am glad I didn't find her, that would have been too hard to deal with I think.
I have made this layout following the current CSI challenge. I love doing these challenges as they really make you think about what you are putting on your layout.
I used my SC Block Party kit plus Pollard Avenue addon and also the printables from CSI
I am totally stoked with how this layout turned out. The photo is from way back when I was full on pregnant with Jodie in 2009 and Andrew took the boys to the Christmas parade in town. I love Connors happy smile in this photo :)
The other thing that happened this weekend is on Friday the Kiwi round robin box arrived....
Here is what I selected.....
And here is what I put in......
It has nearly finished it's first round, only one more stop. I will be sending it on it's way tomorrow.
This weeks Challenge is all about the "Boys" so we want to see a card for a Man or Boy, you may have both in your family so now's your chance to start creating. Of course our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro from The Paper Shelter and they are offering a fabulous prize of $30.
But this is providing you have used one of their gorgeous products on your card, it can be a image, one of their corresponding papers (you must tell us which) or even a printable, all these are of very good value and you will find them here, so do go and browse for yourself and you might even pick up a special offer. And even if you haven't used them they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. Well you really cannot loose can you?
Here is my card.....
I love how bright this card turned out. I used a pre coloured image from The Paper Shelter and the papers are from Echo Parks "ABOUT A BOY" collection. The sentiment stamps and punches are both from Stampin'Up.
Thanks loads for dropping by, be sure to enter our boys challenge :)
Hahaha, I LURVE coming up with the challenge title over at Southern Girls, this one is VERY in your face lol. Offended? Hope not.
Anyway we want you to use buttons badges or flair on your project for this challenge. Our sponsors are exceptional this fornight too, YAY.
I used some fabby embellies from RETAIL GIRL/Louise Delore for my page. She has the most scrummy trims, flowers and embellies make sure and go and check her out :)
Here is my layout...........
It's my Jojo when she was but a smidge :) Wasn't she so sweet... well she still is actually.lol. She is off at her kindy day today so now I have this posted it is off to do my huge Thursday cleanup, although I don't know why I bother because with four kiddies and a hubby who is not the most domestically inclined it will be a pigsty again by Saturday. Although BONUS I won't be here to see it as I am off on a girls weekend away, my first weekend without the kids or hubby since I was first pregnant with William so about 2 years. I am VERY excited.
Ok, well, make sure and come and play along with us at Southern Girls.
The Paper Shelter now has 1000 followers! For those of us who have had the pleasure of using their fabulous images we are not surprised. But, to make it more fun The Paper Shelter is having a fabulous party.
We are celebrating with two prizes instead of our normal one.
The prizes up for grabs is
the normal $30 gift voucher
+ a gift voucher worth $20
Both of these prizes are up for grabs for everyone that plays along with us this week. Using TPS products or not. I hope you will check out all the new images as they are truly wonderful.
I made this layout from my January Studio Calico kit, yes I have only just broken it open and yes, I have only completed one layout. These photos were taken on New Years Eve while I was making apricot jam and a gooseberry pie. The title is ironic as I am far from a Domestic Goddess in way, shape or form ;) However I like doing things like this with my mum so it was a nice way to spend New Years Eve plus I didn't feel shady the next day which is definitely a bonus. I certainly don't miss hangovers from my misspent youth..
Everything I used on the layout is from the kit aprt from the alphas spelling out "goddess" they are plain chipboard ones from kaisercraft which I embossed with pipedream ink embossing powder. I used one of my SU punches to do the notebook paper border. I am not sure if the flair badge came from this kit or not. Also the washi is from my stash.
Thanks loads for coming by and leave me a comment so I can return the favor :)
Time for another challenge for the A team over at The Paper Shelter, this week we would like to see your Spring creations.
As usual our very generous sponsors for this weeks Challenge is Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelterand they are offering you a fabulous prize of $30.
But this is providing you have used one of their products on your card, that can be a image, paper or a printable and even if you dont they will still give you 3 digi images of your own choice. Do please go and visit their website"The Paper Shelter"and see for yourself what beautiful products they have and often have special offers to, and the exchange rate is fabulous against the pound so its certainly worth a visit. Here is my card for this week using the new version of Sophie in the Country.......
I have just made my 200th post, WOWZERS! Who would have thought back in 2004 when I started scrapping it would lead to this.
I have been really lucky to "meet" a whole heap of really fantastic people through this hobby/passion and be on some amazing Design Teams, one of which is THE PAPER SHELTER. I had been on the DT for a about a year when I stepped down last year due to having an operation and I didn't want to let the team down. I really missed them all though, Veronica & Pedro and Shirley & Marie are so kind and supportive. So luckily when Shirley needed someone to fill in on the DT a few months ago I was stoked! And now I am back on full time and SOOOOOOOOOOO happy. And just by coincidence my 200th post is my DT post for TPS :) Also it is my birthday at the end of the month so all these excuses to have a celebration blog candy!
So I am going to give one lucky winner........
YAY! See how much I love all my bloggy friends :)
Because this prize is sponsored by the paper shelter there are a few rules....
BLOG ENTRIES - add your name to the linky. I would love you to become a follower and put my candy on your blog too, but that part is up to you :)
YOUTUBE ENTRIES - share this giveaway on your channel and leave me a link in the comments.
YOU WILL GET 1 EXTRA ENTRY IF YOU SHARE THIS ON FACEBOOK, please like THE PAPER SHELTER and leave a message there saying you shared Louise's Paper Shelter Blog Candy, then come back here and leave a message here in the comments so I know to check.
Thanks so much for all your love over the years and it is nice to be giving some back xox
This week is Anything Goes at The Paper Shelter, always a fun one as we get to see loads of different types of projects.
I have made a non sentiment card, I sell more of these than anything else at the shop where I sell my cards. Most likely because people can use them for whatever they like.
I have used the Sweet Dressmaker for my card and turned her into a bit of a alternative chick in her clothing colours, a little more like me but skinnier and I don't do shorts ;)
As you may be aware Google Reader is finishing up really soon and we are going to be unable to follow our favourite blogs there anymore :( BUT I have switched to
BLOGLOVIN
And it is awesome, I find it easier than GR and better to find your way around. So pop on over there and follow me so when google reader spits the dummy you won't miss any of my super important posts ;)
Time for Team Lou's challenge over at Southern Girls and this week we want to see projects for or about children.
My layout about Connor and his Nan was made using the Sock Hop Kit from Studio Calico plus the bobby sox and penny loafers add ons......
I love this photo of Connor and it catches his smile perfectly, he loves being loved :)
I hope you will come and join in with us on this challenge there are more fabby prizes up for grabs.
What's with the title???? The layout is defo my usual 12x12 but the photo is of Zippy when he was just a little bubby, not the big nearly 1.5 year of he is now ;) This is a photo I took of his cute gummy smile, now he is all toothy and laughs like Rumplestitskin off Once Upon a Time, although it is much cuter on Zip than Robert Carlisle.
I am over Studio Calico Sock Hop now having killed the kit YAY! and I decided to put the December kit away after making this layout as I loved the embellishments that came in it but just wasn't feeling it. I am going to see how I feel about the March kit at reveal and if I get any add ons and if it arrives and I feel ho hum I may cancel although I am struggling to find a kit club to replace SC with.
Here is my layout..........
Please excuse the random bit of pink whatever next the the title, not sure where it came from but it is NOT part of the layout. I got the general layout of the papers and photo from Tracey over at Mercy Tiara I really love her style.
So, yep there you have it. Thanks for dropping by.
Time for another challenge for the A team at The Paper Shelter and this time around we would like to see Easter Projects.
Rememberyou have the chance of winning a gift voucher worth $30 if you play with a Paper Shelter product. Either a digi or designer papers, or both if you feel like it. Playing with another brand gives you a chance of winning three digis of your choice.
Here is my card for the challenge...........
I have used a precoloured image called Easter Masterpiece and some digital papers off my stick that I got years ago. The sentiment is from SU and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The clouds are cut from a memory box die. I coloured the background of the image with copics and stitched around the papers with my sewing machine.
Guess what, I got a wedding card commission, ok t was from my hubby but it still counts right. One of the reps from Andrew's work got married a couple of weekends ago, unfortunately due our copious amount of children we couldn't go :( But they had a wonderful day with an amazing backdrop. Mount Cook to be precise! AMAZING.
Anyway, this week the groom is up here at the field days (agricultural show) working with Andrew and I had to get the wedding card made quick smart to send down with the present.
Here is what I came up with.....
I coloured the image to look like them lol. I love this image from Tiddlyinks and it lent itself well to a wedding card I think. You can find it here........ http://www.tiddlyinks.com/love-fully-emma-and-jake-digital-stamp/
I feel like it needs some bling or something so I might have to have a play and see if I can tweak it. I do that a little bit when I am not really happy with a card. Leave it a few hours then come back to it.
Ok here is the tweaked version, I went totally OTT with the embellies since it is a wedding card ;)
I have a few layouts to share today that I have made with the Studio Calico Sock Hop Kit + addons. This kit is from 4 months ago, and I am only just getting it used. I am going to be cancelling my subscription I think as I am so incredibly pissed about how the add ons are done on the site and this month I missed out completely, in both sales. They have a presale for subscribers which sold out in 4 minutes and then they open it up to public 12 hours later. Well I was waiting but nothing even showed. GUTTED. But I am going to give myself time to calm down and see how I feel in a few days. I do love the kits and the digital elements so I should just move on and get over it.
Hi, it seems like quite a while since I have posted a creation on my blog, well that is probably because it is! But I am here today with a bright and funky card for The Paper Shelter's Animal Magic challenge....
And now, of course, for this weeks "Animal Magic" Challenge our very generous sponsors are Veronica and Pedro of The Paper Shelter and they are offering a prize of $30.
But as always this is providing you have used one of their products on your card and even if you don't you will still receive 3 digi images of your own choice, and believe me when I tell you their products are extremely good value and just gorgeous so do please go and visit The Paper Shelter Website and see for yourself.
Here is my card.....
I actually used OMS on this card with my pencils for the first time in ages, it just helped blend the blue in the background a bit better. The image and the papers are both from TPS.
Thanks loads for popping by, I hope you like my card x
As this week is special to us we don't have our normal $30 gift certificate up for grabs or the three digis if you are playing with a different brand. This week we have not one, not two but five gift certificates worth $20 each. And do you know what the best part is? This is open to everyone, not only the ones that are playing with the Paper Shelter images. So for one week only, play with any brand you like and have a shot at one of the gift certificates
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