Scrap the girls!

I've been a tad busy lately with life and studying and have been slowly doing some scrapping here and there, I have not had chance to enter a competition for so e time, and this month over at scrap the girls I thought I would give it a go. The theme is winter colours such as blues, browns, reds etc. so here is my submission, :) T F L. Simone oxo

A Christmas card of course

So today was one of those days, I had to sit nearly all day, looking out for my very very sick old doggie and trying to force him to rest, but everytime I move  he moves with me, so I decided to go play in the craft room, so he would be forced to just sit, and hopefully fall asleep!

So here is my share .....

On the inside I have created a snowflake border using the Martha Stewart Alpine Snowflake, edger and border punch, the little snowflakes it punched out I added to the flower cluster.  Very small and fiddly but I think added that little extra

Here is a sneak of the inside, I have left it so that you cannot see too much as I have already written inside it, and I just know the special receiver of this card will be reading ;) hush hush  shhhhh!

Bit hard to see from the picture, but the close up below might show a little better, once again with the punched out leftover snowflakes from the border I have clustered and layered randomly, topped with some bling, just to to give the extra texture effect  

and here is my big spotty baby, finally resting / passed out from his meds, he is such a stubborn one, but I love him and his brother dearly and will do anything to ensure he is ok.

Thanks for looking everyone, hope you like the christmas share !

TTFN ! Simone oxo

1974 it was a good good year !

I recently won a goodie pack from the fabulous becci at Lime Tree Creations (Ltc) her stuff is just wonderful its all handmade by her and just awesome! I am So happy to have been able to get my hands on some of her goodies. 
The colours I received were amazing and just screamed old pictures and 70's fashion ! Lol
So I dug out my old baby pics and got this one scrapped.
Thanks for looking
Simone x

          

Scrapping nanna

Just downloaded the new blogger iPhone app and thought I would have a go at loading a post from my phone - here's hoping its much easier than the emailing method ! Lol.
So I am sharing a layout of my Nanna to add to my family album. Miss her it's been 30 years plus since she has shifted into heaven, but I am sure she is smiling down on us still oxo

Sketch Challenge at Challenge Inc

July at Challenge Inc has another wonderful sketch by Heather Waldron  - & here is my DT sample

Check out Heathers Sketch below and why not take part in the Challenge over at Challenge Incorporated

White with 1 !

The challenge at ww1 this month is
Pale Blue + white + flags

So I got the texture paste out and created some fluffy clouds and a page frame / border.

  

I then added a little Opal Dust to the louds to give them that shimmer effect, a touch of glimmermist , muslin & some magic :)

TFL   Simone xxx

Sketch challenge

Over at challenge incorporated this month is this beautiful sketch by heather Waldron .

My Beautiful daughter Ella aged 7 decided to have her fistr go at a sketch challenge, and this is what she came up with - she did it all herself with no help from me.  She chosse all the colours / papers and embvellishments, I am really proud of you baby girl you did an awesome job ! 

Giveaway Time over at LTC !

Did you know that fellow DT member Becci Sundberg at Challenge Inc also owns/runs Lime tree Creations?
& for June / July she is offering a giveaway..... why not head on over and check it out :0) gotta be in it to win it.   CLICK HERE

So who needs something nice and bright during these dull dreary months of winter????

Giveaway is open from now and until midnight July 31st. Winner will be drawn using Random.org and announced August 1st here on the blog.

TFL!
Take Care

Becci

xoxo

Some fab news for the day:)

I thought I would just take a quick peek to see what all the challenges are for this month, and I stumble upon my favourite white with 1, mainly because of the restrictive challenge with the colours, and guess what !  I wona voucher with Scrap Therapy for May;s layout :) :) :)  big grins, never one to turn down money towards new beauties :)
Thanks WW1 , Scraptherapy and all the wonderful DT'ers :) 
 Now I am off to create for this months challenge, why not pop along and play too :) s x

A gift from heaven

Well this month I have decided to have a play along at white with 1 , the challenge this month is white + cream+ chipboard .
The colour combination appealed to me and I knew I had just the photo!
So this is what I came up with .
Items used:
Bazzill White - masked with Perfect Pearls Biscotti, Heidi Swapp Butterfly mask, and a Tattered Angels fence and gate mask.
Dusty Attic Chipboard, inked with Tim Holtz pciket fence white distress stain.
German Scraps Angel wings
Heidi Swapp transparency butterfly overlay.
Prima Marketing Flower and spray.
Machine Stitching.
TFL - dont forget to leave some love :)
xox 

Christening card

A little princess is getting christened this weekend and as her godmother to be I made a special card.
Lots of Tim holtz distress ink in Victorian velvet and spun sugar , I used his brand new and couldn't do without already, distress markers in the matching colour ! A little muslin to soften, some stamping with a stamp it appasionista music stamp and a kaisercraft botanical acrylic stamp .
Hope you like thanks for dropping by :)
Simone oxo

Breakfast with the giraffes !

This little baby was put together for a 90 year olds birthday treat, breakfast with the giraffes. Tfl Simone xx

May Challenge up at Challenge Heaven

This month I am doing a technique challenge - Misting / Masking

Here is my sample,   why not head on over to challenge heaven to take a sneal peek at the tutorial and maybe play along :)

TFL
Simone oxo

PS: this was 2 days before my first baby coloured my world :)  and for the record he was 9lb 14 ozs!!  lol  - still not as much as the twins together, so there are small mercies ! hehehehehe

DT Layout for April's Challenge @ challenge heaven

So this months challenge at Challenge Heaven is
To  scrap something relevant to a TV / Movie show, it could be in the title, or it could be about one that is significant, but however you decide to do your layout it needs to be obvious which movie / tv show it is about.
so here are 2 examples.
Why not head on over to the site and take part. Challenge Heaven 
 Here are my DT Layout's

 

Some hometime

Been a busy year so far,m but hey that doesnt make me so special! lol  -   DD7 had her tonsils out this week, and after extra time in hospital and a few rocky days of vomiting and not being able to keep much down she is on the mend , breathing a HUGE sigh of relief here ! lol  
Anyhoo, today we were at home together just the 2 of us :)  and I asked her what she wanted to do, werll you all know they answer to that right!  Scrapbook ! lol
& here is what we created together, this is of her beloved twin when he was just 2!
TFL
Simone

New beginnings

Over at Challenge Heaven for January they had a theme of New Beginnings, so I came up with a layout based on 1993 a new beginning,  farewell 1992.  Its good to scrap about the non norm from time to time, I feel like I have healed ! hehehehehe lol - anyway running out the door to scouts again so here is my share :)
TFL
Simone x

Busy Busy Busy

Dont ya just get fed up with just being so damn busy this time of the year? and we are all suffering the same no time syndrome ! lol   Well I have been busy making some extra special Christmas presents, but shhhhh cant tell you too much incase the receivers are tuning in! hehehe

So here I am finished wrapping the twins birthday presents! (how inconvenient just before chrissy!) almost all the christmas presents and almost finished off my handmade goodies! Listening to Michael Buble Christmas Album - just luuurrrrvvvveee it, all the christmas lights are on and up, and I have to say its beginning to feel a lot like christmas and I am so excited ! what a big kid !  
Bring on Santa ! hehehehe
Anyway I digress I thought I would just show you a quick handmade share - Canvas gifts for the family...

 What's so special about these I hear you say? well to me everything, the men on the horse's just happen to be one man and that's my Daddy ! - I am sure he wont even realise what I have done when he opens it, but I am pretty sure he will love it once it hits home ! So proud of him I know it will stir a tear or 2 now he's getting older - lol

You cant see from the picture, but each image has been antiqued with Tim Holtz distress stain, and then the whole canvas modge podged - once dry it was then antiqued again over the edges - then crackled with tim holtz distress crackle rock candy.   I have made 2 more of these slightly different for each recipient but they all have my dad in them.
Anyway off to deck some more halls ! and Jingle my own bells !  hehehehehe

TFL  - Simone XXX

Togetherness at Challenge Heaven

This month (dec) at Challenge Heaven, as the Design Team member I have the theme challenge....
The Theme is create a layout in the theme of 'Togetherness' with this criteria, use a stamped heat embossed element in the background of your page , and a handmade embellishment.
Here is my take on the challenge :

 I have stamped in the bottom left hand corner and up the left hand side of the page and heat embossed using Clear with a gold sparkel added it gives just the right amount of bling but subtle all the same :)

 My hand made embellishment is the Net flower - created with a strip of netting hand sewing a length of vintage lace to it and pulling the cotton to gather it into a rosette type thing adding in a vintage button and then stitching the sides together.  - If there is a call for more info on how to do this, email me / leave a comment and I will consider adding in a tutorial :)

 A little closer on the heat embossing - which is also behind the photo on the top left hand side.

The circles in the back ground were cut from the flipside of a piece of websters pages, these were then screwed up into a ball, inked with Tim Holtz distress Ink, and then spritzed with water, once unfolded and dry the inks blend in together to give a much worn / distressed look.  Just adds that extra bit of shazam to what otherwise were quite dull circles :) lol

Thanks for looking girls, remember to pop on over to Challenge Heaven and take a good look at all the inspiration, why not pop in and do one of the challenges why you are at it :)  Gotta be in it to win it. \
\TTFN 
Simone XXX

Its all Merry & Bright !

I did warn you all that I was now on a Christmas role, so this arvo I had the chance to complete a page from a sketch I was inspired by, from the fabulous Heather Waldron, via Challenge Heaven.
So here is what I did ....

 And some close ups for you .

Thanks to Helen Clifton for her amazing face painting skills :)  I hope my layout does them justice ;0
Watch out for more christmassey !  the padgeant is on next week ! lol
TFL

Simone XX

Blind Scrap

Last night over at Challenge Heaven I hosted the Blind Scrap, for those of you that dont know what one of those is, you get given instructions one step at a time, and an ingredients list.  Then you do your page and we all reveal what our pages turned out like :0)  its great fun,  Here is what I did.

 The quotations I have had written in my special quotes book for some time and I cannot remember who they were by, so unfortunately I cannot give credit :( ,  I used a little cheese cloth behind that had been spritzed with red & green glimmer mist / chalk  just to soften  lift and texturise the qoutes and that corner a  little

 The tree is a Tim Holtz die, cut in chipboard, painted in Adirondack snow cap paint dabber, and then diamond glazed and sprinkled with Mica Flakes, I just lurve these, I think it gives this an illusion of snow / ice, even though it isant cold here in Oz, its all about how Christmas feels in your heart and to me it will always snowing ! (in my head of course ! lol )

 I used Tim Holtz distress stains in Fired Brick and Forest Moss - Some TH Christmas tissue tape

Add a little Websters Pages ribbon and away we go ! I am really in the chrissy spirit now, watch the pages over the coming days / weeks !  ! lol
TFN !
Simone XX