Scrap the Girls...

Check out the brilliant new Creative Team for Scrap the Girls, as well as this months challenge of...

...Monochromatic!

minimal black & white allowed.

I personally love the 'scrap therapy' side of scrapbooking! As well as recording the fun memories of life, it's also therapeutic to me to scrap the 'darker' side...which I have done here with my layout "Moody Blues", after watching my youngest daughter 'crack' under the pressure of bullying. My journaling fills the back of the layout...this patterned paper (Rouge de Garance) was perfect as the reverse side was lined for easy writing.
I'm hoping with a new year upon us, this is all behind us...fingers crossed!


Check out the new CT & their gorgeous creations here.

Happy scrapping!

WW1 January Challenge...

Happy New Year !!!
Wishing everyone a fabulous, 'dreams come true' 2012 !

With the New Year comes a new month of challenges :)
I absolutely LOVED this months challenge over @ WW1...

...white + lime + buttons

This is a close up...I had a bit of fun with the 'big shot', embossing & flower creating (the green fabric one).

Check out the CT gorgeous creations here.

Also letting you know...you have to the 7th of January to complete & link up your December layouts.

Looking forward to another year of sharing with you...as always, a huge thank you for all your lovely comments :) they really do mean so much to me! x

Happy Scrapping!

Merry Christmas!!!

As usual, time is getting away from me & sadly my time for scrapping is desperately lacking! Hopefully once the festivities have settled, I'll get back to it. Hehe I've got a few new Crafters templates to play with ;)
I have managed to play with the camera & my new 50mm lens...bokeh is something I've itching to experiment with for a while. Here's my attempt last night!

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas full of laughter, love & loads of yummy food ;) whatever way you celebrate the day!!! A huge thank you for all your support this year! :)

9th of December...already!!!

Arrrgh, this month is already hurtling along too quick for my liking...it's been filled with drama's, excitements, Presentation Awards, Christmas parties, the normal chaos...& sadly for me NO SCRAPPING!!! Wouldn't it be lovely to have a 'pause' button...just so I can tidy the house & enjoy some creative time without feeling guilty ;)

This month @ Scrap the Girls the challenge is baby pics.
It was nice to go back to an old photo...this is my youngest girl who is 7 days old here, being held by my gorgeous little sister.

The CT have created some beautiful examples of this challenge, you must check them out...here.

At White With 1 the challenge is WHITE + CHRISTMAS THEMED + CHRISTMAS PHOTO.

We were to get inspiration from a paper range...mine came from Kaisercraft's Silly Season. On the opposite side of the dot paper was brilliant christmas words in red...I simply loved the look of it & what a great excuse to use all those word stamps I have! :)

Here is a close up of the white embossed flower & title detail, using up a lot of bling.

WW1 have also announced their new CT...pop over & check them out & while you are there, see all the girls amazing creations for this month...you'll find them here.

Thanks for stopping by! As always...a huge thank you for all your lovely comments :) I really do appreciate the time you take to leave me one & they do leave a smile on my face! x

Tattered Angels DT call!

I actually gave this a go this year, with some wonderful encouragement ;) ...it would have been a 'dream come true' to get in, but...it gives me something to try out for again next year ;)
I am however, super excited for my gorgeous friend Louise, who did make the team! Woohoo!!! Personally I've always called her the 'Queen of Glimmer mist' & couldn't be happier for her! Tattered Angels & Lou are a perfect match :)

As well as glimmer mist & glaze...I had fun with the masks & texture paint here on this mini canvas.

Again with the texture paint, been wanting to do this for a while...lots of messy fun!

Thanks for stopping by & thank you for your lovely comments :) I really do appreciate them x

Happy scrapping!

Mid-month update...

Seriously...where has this month gone!!! I'm feeling like I'm on the fast-track to Christmas & desperate for a little inner peace!
Something that does give me some of that inner peace is playing with my glimmer mist & Crafters templates :) Hehe also think I've mastered that lovely splatter here ;) I haven't been getting far enough away from my work...got some not so good splatters & some brilliant ones here! Haha the things that excite a girl!!! ;)



This is our new bathroom, something else that excites me at the moment...LOL though it created such a different feeling only a week ago ;) but I'm a huge believer...if you've got nothing nice to say, don't say it at all!!! Haha after 3 weeks without a bathroom, it's such a relief & pleasure to have this & we are all certainly enjoying it! The only issue is, everyone loves the shower so much I can't get them out...including moi! :) We are still waiting on the glass shower screen & then it's done.

Thanks for stopping by & a huge thank you for all your lovely comments :) I really do appreciate them x

Happy scrapping!

Another retreat layout...

I was in need of some stress relief today...so I took some 'time out' to finish this layout I had started at retreat the previous weekend. This is a bit of a sentimental fav for me :) though I struggled to colour match with that dress!!! LOL it was a favourite at the time...haha thankfully taste does change & so does fashion ;)



Thanks for stopping by & a huge thank you for all your lovely comments! It really does mean a lot to me...& puts a big smile on my face! x

Happy scrapping!