Cards? No Way!!!

Shock! Horror! Yes, I actually made cards. I really need to go spend a week with a card-maker so that I can get the hang of it. I don't know why, but I just don't enjoy making cards the way I enjoy creating layouts. Sigh! But they are good for using up scraps. (-: Here, I've used Bo-Bunny papers and Bella! ribbon. Titled: Guess Who Loves You? Maybe I can give this to my hubby next year for Valentines?

Or maybe I could give him this one? Again, I have used older style Bo-Bunny papers. Unfortunately, the Stickles glitter on the letter "e" leaked into the Dimensional Magic. I think I need to photograph cards differently to layouts? This card looks very flat, but in fact all the coloured squares on this one are actually raised. Suggestions anyone?

Pencil Lines Sketch #194

Here is sketch #194 which is now up over at Pencil Lines. I hope you will drop in and say hi, and maybe join us for some fun?

The DT have been busy creating some awesome layouts to help inspire you.

Now, please don't faint from shock, but I've done a "purple" layout. Yes, I know I don't like purple (it seems to be the only colour I struggle with), but I really didn't have any choice in the matter. You see those hand-made paper flowers? Well, I made those for another layout I made a few weeks ago, but I didn't use them all, and I didn't want to waste them. And they matched these photos nicely, so I forced myself to use them. I dragged out all the matching Prima papers, and they were all purple, so a purple layout it was! With a dash of pink and yellow for contrast.

Products used: Prima and Basic Grey papers; Prima bling flourish, sultan centres, and flowers; Heidi Swapp ghost shape flowers; Zva Creative gem brads; My Little Shoebox chipboard alphas; and Carolees Creations mini alpha stickers. Other: lace/ribbon; white gel pen.

Happy Birthday To You!!!

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Malayla, happy birthday to you. We love you so much!!!! My sweet girl turned 8 years old today. She was lucky enough to receive some lovely presents this morning - Alice In Wonderland DVD, some toy turtles (that she collects), a Barbie doll, some Lego, and some Magic Fabric. So she is one very happy and excited little girl.

Here's one of the new additions to her collection. She has named this one "Bling". How appropriate! (-: We celebrated today by going to Montville. We had lunch toegther, did some window shopping, and played in some playgrounds. And the sun stayed out all day - NO RAIN!!!
It was a lovely family day out.

And to our American counterparts - Happy 4th July.

We hope you have a wonderful day of celebrations.

CCG Challenge#149

Here's this weeks challenge over at Color Combos Galore. Challenge #149 includes red, pink, light green and white/cream. This weeks Designer's Cahhllenge is Focus on Design. You can read all the details here.

This is what I created with this weeks colour challenge. I absolutely loved the colours, although I did struggle with the design a little. I originally started with the pink border strip being one piece, and placed towards the bottom of the page. And I had the dress form on the right. But it didn't look right - it was unbalanced. So I moved the dress form to the left, and cut the border in two, then I moved the pieces around the page until I found a position and balance that I liked. And this is the end result. Titled: How Does Your Garden Grow? Products used: Webster's and Prima papers; Making Memories chipboard; Heidi Swapp die cut; My Litlle Shoebox mini alpha stickers; Zva Creative rhinestone flourish; K and Co. stickers; Webster's stickers; and Kaisercraft rhinestones.

Tomorrow is Malayla's 8th birthday!!! Woo-hoo!!! But she is not having her party until the 10th July (because it is the middle of school holidays and everyone is away). But I am sure I will still have some photos to share. I can't believe my little baby is now a little girl. (-:

Hiccups...

Sorry for vanishing, but I assure you, I am still here. Although my sanity may not be. I have just upgraded my computer (or should I say, am still in the process of doing this???). You see, we've had a few hiccups along the way. For example, the pictures on my blog have disappeared, and I don't know why. Sigh!!! And half of my back-up on my external hard-drive has disappeared. Crap!!! And when I imported my photos into Photoshop elements, it doubled-up so that I ended up with 26,000+ photos. Damn!!! So it has been a LONG couple of days. I did have a layout to share with you but it's part of the back-up file that went missing. So I will have to re-shoot and upload again. If you would like to check it out before then, you can find it at Color Combos Galore (the new challenge has gone up).

And in between all this, I have had to rearrange and reorganise my scraproom. It is now, finally, functional and ready to use. I have thrown out so much stuff (yay for me!!!). And I have sorted all my embellishments by colour, so now I can find things. And I have all my tools/equipment out (set up and ready to go) so that I can use them as I desire. It all flows a lot more smoothly. I still have to put tags on everything (and sort through one more box of papers), then I will take photographs and share. (-: The bonus is, that when I am finally finished, I will be doing a blog candy competition. So make sure you come back for that! There are lots of goodies up for grabs.

Hope you all have a great weekend!!!