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I have loved craft for as long as I can remember! Dabbled in lots of things... Embroidery, sewing, cross stitch, quilting, mixed media journaling, zentangling and my love of all is scrapping! Creating art with Paper is such a buzz!! for me!

Thursday 31 August 2017

Happiness

LOVE COLOUR BLAST



Last minute Challenge entry for August!! Talk about getting in by the skin of my teeth!  Uploaded at 10.35pm and comp closes at 12 midnite!

The Colour Blast Challenge was to use a minimum of 1 of their brilliant products!
I have just purchased 3 ( Colour Paste,   Colour Embossing Powder & Colour Shimmer cube water colour )  in the brilliant Just Blue colour!!! 

It was fun to play with them today and use this cute photo of my #4 Grandchild Chace! 

Thanks Colour Blast







Come fly with ME



LET'S GET SKETCHY August 15 Challenge is a pretty sketch and gorgeous mood board for inspiration!  


I love these photos of Ruth and Avaari!  Avaari LOVES falling backwards and flying around and around!!


Thanks LGS http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.com.au/

 
 

Wednesday 30 August 2017

# BARBIE

CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS
AUGUST CHALLENGE
a WOW mood board and hash tag twist!!

Long before selfies and hashtags were the norm my youngest daughter Ruth, dressed up as Barbie for Lana's Fancy Dress Party  !!   I just thought it was the perfect pic for this challenge  !!!




Thanks again


 




Ollie - this boy!


Had some fun with Let's Get Sketchy's August Challenge.

The sketch and mood board made the challenge very challenging!!!!

Ollie is Kash's little brother and I had gathered together these little photos which I thought are perfect for this Challenge!

Had fun stitching the clouds and banners on and the bright bold colours were perfect for this little boy!





love me like you do

These Two!!!
My daughter Emma and her daughter Jayde!!!

Always enjoy fooling around with these funny filters!!!
These quirky, funny, weird pics, were perfect for the Scrap the Girls August Challenge this month!

Thanks for the fun




Kash the MAN

This little fellow will be FIVE    5      F. I. V. E. tomorrow!!!
How those years have flown!

His name is Kash and he has ASD! and a most precious member of our family! I was thrilled to get the brief for Scrap the Boys August Challenge, because I had just got these beautiful pics of our little KASHMAN!!!  I really wanted to enlarge them and showcase them somehow!

As the first layout says,  "A smile happens in a flash" with our grandchild #3 Kashy, so we were thrilled to get this happy pic - he was so happy on that swing! 



The pic this layout is a sweet one too, you may be able to see the chippy in his hand just going into his mouth!  My daughter said he sat one afternoon, after school, eating his afternoon tea snack (one of the few foods he will eat), just staring out to sea on Burleigh Heads hill! A favourite spot for him too!

Thanks Scrap the Boys so enjoyed scrapping this double layout!

PS Guess what we will be doing for his birthday tomorrow! A couple of his favourite things! Chippies for afternoon tea and the swings in the local park!!  A cake just for the rest of us - he's not too keen on the fuss, singing, candles, and all that jazz! Hopefully we can snap a few more happy pics!!














Tuesday 29 August 2017

Sunsets

Scrapping Outback August "White with a Twist" Challenge

These photos were perfect for the layout this month! Grey and yellow tones!




Tyler LOVES Cake


Isn't that chocolatey CAKEY face just the best!!  Tyler LOVES cake sssssooooo much!!!

Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia's August Challenge was a great sketch for these two photos!

This page is one of a two page spread layout that I created using two wonderful challenge sketches this month!  Thanks Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia and Get Crafty !!
 

Tyler turns TWO

Grandbaby #6 Tyler is front and centre for this layout which was a Challenge from
GET CRAFTY for August!

Loved the sketch and enjoyed putting my take on it !!!

Thanks Get Crafty!


 
This is another layout for August Challenge with Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia! had to do a two page spread with these lovely bright colours!!!!



WONDERFUL


Show Us Your Stuff's
Challenge for August was a cute little sketch !


I had 3 perfect little photos to use for this layout, my gorgeous youngest granddaughter Dyllan in her rocker! 

The twist of a home made item was cool too! I made the large yellow flower embellished with pins, beads, tin and card about a year ago and has been sitting in my flower stash with nowhere to go! 
 I think this pink and yellow layout was the perfect one for it!


Thanks Show us your Stuff for the challenge http://showusyourstuff.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/august-challenge.html



Monday 28 August 2017

Big Shoes

Anna's Craft Cupboard Community gave us a neat little sketch,
to create our own layout around it, for the August Challenge!

I love these 3 photos of Avaari playing with Pa's gardening gear and
they go great with this paper range from Kaisercraft's Paridiso Collection !

Thanks for the challenge again




Sunday 27 August 2017

Our Caravaning Adventures!




Kaiser August Challenge
Well this month I was thoroughly confused!! Spent a fair amount of time creating a layout from a sketch which I thought was the challenge this month!!!  ALAS! It was 2016 August Challenge!! Never mind another page done for my albums anyways!

So once I had the correct brief for 2017 August challenge I was a bit stumped, as I wasn't sure what I would do with a bunch of cogs!  So after a bit of Pinterest surfing, to gather a few ideas together, and a search through some photos to see what I could use; this is what the finished project looks like!

I used these photos because, after a lot of cogs turning, wheels spinning, plenty of nuts and bolts; to work through, my hubby and I, ventured off on our very first 21 day Caravan Adventure to North Queensland!



I used the Kaisercraft Basecoat IV Collection for papers and lots of bits and pieces from my stash! 

Thanks again Kaisercraft for a great challenge LOVE STRETCHING THE MIND!


Just for those interested in the challenge that I did which I was ONE YEAR late for here it is!
 



Thursday 24 August 2017

Boho Baby

Dusty Attic couldn't have given me a better mood board if they tried!  I am so loving the Boho influence at the moment and am enjoying doing a series of pages of my 2nd Granddaughter's First Birthday!
The twist using some of Dusty Attics Chipboard was a cinch as this piece of boarder chip board with a little embellishing fit in really well!
Do you like the little circle pic of Avaari peeping out of her tee pee!?

Thanks Dusty Attic once again for the Challenge http://dustyatticblog.blogspot.com.au/


Tuesday 22 August 2017

Trees Trees & more Trees

 
   KRAFT PLUS ONE August Challenge
I loved this months mood board as trees play a BIG part in our families lives!  Our oldest Grandson Blake LOVED climbing trees when he was a young fellow!  Didn't matter how tall it was up he would go!  My husband LOVES hugging trees too and we have many may photos of him in the act from all over the world!!  
Anyways I decided on one of both Blake and his little sister Jayde trying to keep up with his climbing adventure!!
I loved the green and kraft together and in particular the piece of thin wood veneer I had in my stash!  The photo does not do it justice!! It is the piece under the photo and green photo mount!
I enjoyed the fussy cutting of leaves and also the embossing of the branches and heart!   Don't you just love watching the change in the medium when you emboss!!
You may not notice but the piece of printed paper is out of a dictionary and it is T for TREE!!!



I had a couple of more photos that I really wanted to scrap too so it was an opportunity to do a double page layout!  The photos are of my first two grandchildren Black and Jayde outside a house we used to call Jimanji House!! It reminded us of the movie and I think you might be able to tell by Blake's face he wasn't too keen on turning his back on the house!!!
This cute little owl is something I made at a recent Make n Take day and is one of Fiona's creations at
Fi's Scrapbooking & Craft Supplies

Can't wait to see what Kraft + has in store for next moths challenge!
 

Little boxes!

I was gifted with a gorgeous little box like these and when I had a few birthdays coming up I decided to give it a go!  WOW a...