A Peek of What's to Come...

I have been madly scrapping the last few days to meet my DT deadlines for this month! I have had to complete one project for Memories and More (which should become a Class Handout in the next few weeks), plus I have been creating a few layouts, cards and even an OTP project in readiness for my Guest Design Team position at Keep'n the Memories... which officially begins tomorrow! Altough I cannot yet show any of these projects in full, I can show you a couple of sneak peeks!!!

This is a peek at the layout I have created for Memories and More;

Remember, if you like the look of this, just head to the Memories and More online store and either purchase this handout individually or subscribe to the handouts for 6 months.

Secondly, I'd like to share with you a couple of close-ups of the projects I have created for Keep'n the Memories;

If you are interested to see these projects in full, check back tomorrow morning when I'll be posting the full images of all of the projects I have made thus far using my KTM DT kit. Alternatively, you could check out the gallery at Keep'n the Memories where I will also be posting these images tomorrow.

Time for an update!

Last Sunday was my dear little girl's second birthday! I cannot believe how fast this second year has flown by... but as they say, time flies when your having fun! Every moment I spend with her is a moment spent in heaven... well, every moment besides those when she's having a tantrum, or sneezing in my face, or pulling the cat's tail, or weeing on the floor, or...!!! To celebrate these special moments, we held a Wiggles-themed party at Playzone, which is an indoor play centre not far from where we live. She and her friends had a ball!

With a birthday party comes the fun of co-ordinating invitations, name badges, decorations, activities, etc! Needless to say, I had a ball doing all of this in prepartion for DD's big day! Here's a glimpse of what I came up with;

The best part of all, however, had to be creating her birthday card! I used a card designed my Melissa Phillips as my inspiration for this cute rainbow card. My daughter's reaction when she saw it was so precious and made my entire day! It amazes me the appreciation she has for my work, especially given that she is still so young. Here's the card;

The rainbow is paper-pieced and the clouds are hand-cut from felt. The cool chipboard sentiment is by ScrapFX.

This weekend is cybercrop weekend at Memories and More. As a design team member, I have had a number of responsibilities, most of which will be tomorrow. At 11 am EST I will be hosting a game, then at 2 pm I will be running a class, and then at 3 pm I will post the final challenge for the weekend. Although I cannot yet tell you exacty what the challenge is, I can show you my sample;

I really enjoyed making this card! So much so that I ended up making another the same! I challenged myself to use only scraps... and I did! The card base was made using left-over Colormates from the rainbow on DD's birthday card, the Scenic Route pp and the two Basic Grey Blush pps were from my scrap box, the American Crafts Thickers were left over from one of last year's Christmas layouts, and the Collections chipboard flourish has been hanging around in a half-used pack for some time. I really should use my scraps more often... I have sooooo many!!!

Lastly, I have just submitted my first entry for Challenge Two of the "It's Raining Sketches" competition currently running over at Chook Scraps. This fortnight's challenge was to create a sketch for a card, as well as a sample using that sketch. I created the sketch in Paint as it's the only way I could figure out how to do it besides hand-drawing it and photographing it! Although it's a bit dodgy, I'm sure you'll get the idea;

And here's my finished card, which I have made using pp by Scenic Route, chipboard from MM and American Crafts, green variagated embroidery floss, ribbon, and an American Crafts rub-on sentiment;

Well... will you look at that... I have just realised that I have not scrapped in the last week or so!!! Very unusual for me! That is all about to change... I am working on three layouts using the Hello Sunshine range by Cosmo Cricket for classes at Just Scrapbooking, I am in the middle of completing a single page layout for a Class Handout at Memories and More using the My Dearest line by Sassafras Lass, and I would love to scrap my little girl's party pics using the Cupcake range by Basic Grey... but that may have to wait until my opther projects are done.

Yippee!!!

Oh my god! I just recieved the most exciting news ever... I was one of the twelve winners from the Pink Paislee Blog Hop hosted on the Pink Paislee blog on the 9th - 11th July! I have no idea exactly what I have won, but am promised it's a huge selection of Pink Paislee's newest releases, Vintage Moon and Pop Fashion. This is a dream come true! I cannot wait to get creating with their gorgeous new goodies!!! Yippee!!!

If you would like to check them out for yourself, go to http://pinkpaislee.com/blog/?cat=7.
Be warned, your computer may short out because you'll be drooling all over it!!!

Thank you so much to Michelle Clement, who was the lovely lady who selected me as the winner from her blog! Michelle, you are my new best friend!!!

Happy Tuesday everyone... I know mine will be!!!

I am still alive!!!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post... I have been incredibly busy with work!!! In addition to my regular job at Just Scrapbooking, I have been working hard fulfilling my Design Team commirments with Memories and More, and have been filling in at the restaurant where I used to work before my daughter was born. There are a few people away on holidays at the moment, so I am just helping out.

As a result of being so busy, I have very little to show, but here it is...

This layout was made using a class kit from Aussie Scrap Source. It was designed by Nic Howard, who I'm sure you would agree is very talented! I plan to teach this page at Just Scrapbooking sometime next month.

The kit was so much fun to use and was FULL of a wide variety of product. There was even enough stuff left over to create a card. Again, this card was designed by Nic Howard.

Hopefully you would have seen my Kaiser Wall Clock featured as the Class Handout of the Week on the Memories and More online store at the beginning of this month. It was such a buzz to see my work online, even if it were just a teeny tiny peek!!! I have just completed two more projects, one being a Free-standing Butterfly Book which I have titled "Our Special Place". It documents the fun times I had with my daughter on our daily visits to the park when she was only a few months old. It was our way to combat the 'Witching Hour'!!! Here's a peek;

My other project is a set of six cards made especially to suit teenage boys. I don't know about you but I find creating for boys is incredibly difficult as a lot of the standard patterned papers and embellishments are relatively girly. These cards may just be the answer! Here's a peek;

If you like the look of these, just head to Memories and More where they will be available for purchase as Class Handouts very soon.

I've not had much of a chance to create just for the sake of creating lately. A couple of weeks ago, Mum and I got together to craft for a few hours. We each altered a 6x6 Bella clipboard. I used patterned paper and die-cuts from the Sweet Spring collection from Fancy Pants. I am really happy with how my clipboard turned out! I plan to use it to hand my daughter's artwork on the fridge because the magnets I'm currently using just do not cut it!!!

If you would like to see what Mum came up with, head to her blog, Snail Mail, at the link shown right. It's incredible how different they turned out!
Well, I think that's it for today. Hopefully my next post isn't so long in the making!!!

I've Been Tagged!

My dear Mum Julie has tagged me! I am excited to be playing along!

Here's how it works...
Answer the questions about yourself. At the end of your post, tag another 4 people & post their names. Go to their blogs & leave a comment letting them know they've been tagged.
Let the person who tagged you know that you have posted your answers.

My answers are;

Q1: Ten years ago.....
I was a few months away from beconing a teenager... that's gotta make Mum feel old!

Q2: Five things on today's "to do list".....
Go grocery shopping, sketch ideas for a set of cards I am making for my DT position at Memories and More, photograph and submit a few LOs to Scrapbooking Memories magazine, shop for DD's 2nd birthday presents (thinking a trampoline and a puppy atm), and sleep!!! I am soooo tired today!

Q3: Snacks I enjoy.....
Mars bars, fruit that is not too unripe but not too ripe either, cheese and crackers.

Q4: Things I would do if I was a millionaire.....
Travel around the world for as long as possible, adopt a few children that need a loving home, start a no-kill animal refuge of my own, buy DH a restaurant, buy out Making Memories or Basic Grey!!! Hehehe!

Q5. Places I have lived.....
Perth WA, St Kilda VIC, Penrith and Sydney NSW.

I am tagging.....
Anna
Sarah
Toni
Annie

Chook Scraps Cybercrop Creations

Last weekend was Chook Scraps' June Cybercrop. Like usual, we all had a ball, chatting, playing games (I won 20 Questions #1 on the Friday!!!), and completing the challenges. I worked all day Saturday and was quite busy with the party on Sunday so I only had enough time to complete two of the four challenges.

This month, Chook Scraps newest DT member, Sue-Maree, set her first cybercrop challenge, Challenge 4, which was to create a card based on her lovely sketch. Here's what I came up with;

I used pp from Kaiser, MM chipboard (which I covered with white Bazzill), Creative Imaginations ribbon, and a rub-on by Little Yellow Bicycle. I just love how striking the green, black, and white look together.

I also had a chance to complete Challendge 2 which was set by Jan. She formulated a word sketch' for us to follow, just like those released each month on Scrapping Word Pictures. I chose to use a photo of my DD taken at Perth Zoo on Mother's Day. My take on the sketch varies quite a bit from how it should have turned out b/c my photo is in landscape orientation whereas the requirement was to use a portrait photo. I had to make a few changes to accomodate this, but I am happy how it eventually turned out. Here it is;

As you can see... I used the Sugared range by Basic Grey for this LO... definitly my fave right now!!!

Busy, busy, busy!!!

Wowee! I have been so busy the last week! I cannot believe its been over a week since I last posted here! But never fear... I have still had a bit of time to create so I have plenty to show you!!!

But before I show you what I have been up to, I can finally announce that I have been accepted as a member of the Design Team for Memories and More, an amazing online store based in Atherton, Queensland! My main role will be creating step-by-step projects for the Class Handouts released each week. Unfortunately I cannot show the projects that I make for these Class Handouts here, but if you would like to have a peek, just head to Memories and More and you can buy your own Class Handout for only $6.95 or $24.95 for six months. In fact, this weeks handout is by me... a scrapbooked wall clock that you can fill with all your favourite photos! Bargain inspiration hey!!!

So... I think it's now time to show you what I have been up to in terms of my papercrafting...

Last Sunday was my fiance's 25th birthday. I made him this card on behalf of our daughter and I (I'd just like to point out that his first comment was, "It's got the toilet sign on it!" Nice, hey?!);

For the past week, Two Peas has been celebrating Worldwide Stamping Week. Given that I'm a bit partial to a stamp or two (or 200!) I thought I'd give one of the many challenges a go. I chose to paricipate in the Skulls and Bones challenge set by my new friend Sarah Schwerin from Inkurable Stampers. The criteria was to create a predominantly pink project using stamps with skulls and/or bones. Here's my entry;

Last but not least, I would like to show you a layout done by my nearly two-year-old daughter. She completed this as part of the Chicken's Challenge set by Chook Scraps at their June Cybercrop this weekend. She had to incorporate hand-cut elements, bling, and stamping into her design. I only helped her with the cutting, so I'm sure you'll agree she did an amazing job, especially for someone so little! Here it is;

I'm off to my mother-in-law's 50th birthday bash today but I will hopefully get time to finish off the layout and card I have been creating as part of the challenges set at the Chook Scraps June Cybercrop... I'll keep you posted!