A Little Secret

Since I fell off the face of the Earth...

2011-01-09T17:43:00.002+11:00

...not much has been happening. I know how boring am I? Well my very first project for the year was to create some birthday cards for when work decides to give me that shove again as I stand at the precipice of the Earth looking down. To decode that cryptic, work will be sending me away again this year, so I have to get my stash in order just in case I don't have time.

I whipped up these three lovelies for three lovelies whose birthdays will be coming up in the first half of the year.

The next two lots are going to have to be boys ones. Why are there so many males in my family and my boyfriends! Argh! They're so hard to do! Oh well. Next weekend should be fairly productive as the boy is away doing his hobby stuff, so I can crack on with mine. Yippee!!

Be back soon, hopefully ♥ ♥ ♥

Inkurable Stampers...

2010-04-10T16:09:00.002+10:00

...challenge entries!

Here are my takes for the challenges over at Inkurable Stampers' Birthday Party!

This is for Challenge #1 which is a sketch based challenge:

And this is for Challenge #2 which is a 2x4 challenge (that's 2x4 inches):

Hopefully I can make challenge number 3 tomorrow night, fingers crossed, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Ever feel...

2010-04-03T18:23:00.003+11:00

...like you've reached critical mass when papercrafting? I feel like my balloon just popped :( I was getting so into it and now I've woken up today and can't even go into the scrap room. If I were a writer it'd be writers block, so I'm a crafter, hence I must have crafter's block. Things will probably slow down around here til I can convince my mojo to return...

Be back soon...

Into April...

2010-04-02T17:36:00.003+11:00

...and I have 2 LOs to show you all! Feeling into a variety of stuff lately, cards, ATCs, canvases, OTP, and now back to where it all began, LOs!!

Both were inspired by Scrap Chat N Challenges challenges!

The first was a journalling challenge using song lyrics. I chose to use the chorus of "The Navy Song" by Billy Talent. Anzac Day looming and so many people I know being in the Navy, thought I'd pay homage to it all!!

And a Christmas photo from when my brother and I were children, at a Christmas party for preschool!! This challenge required me to use colours from opposite sides of the colour wheel, so red and green it was!

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Easter...

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...some cards that are almost on their way. MUM and JORDY'S FAMILY: DON'T LOOK :)

I created this one using a sketch over at the Craft Mad forum. Disclaimer for all of the photos following, due to bad weather, all photos were taken inside with poor natural light, so they're a bit more vibrant in real life ;)

This one I just used my own imagination :)

Oh and this one was my own imagination too :)

For this one I used the SM monthly card challenge, it is so sweet in real life.

And this one was actually the one that started it all! It was for the 'Easter' themed challenge over at Scrap Chat N Challenges which has moved to scrapchatnchallenges.ning.com.

More to come (probably next weekend at this rate), stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

A quickie...

2010-03-14T17:36:00.003+11:00

...last scrap for the weekend. Wasn't feeling too well this morning, so this afternoon I thought about scrapping but I've done so many cards lately, time for something different. I headed over to SM and decided I test my off-the-page ability with one of Heidi's sketches and voila! It's a CD that's been daubed and splattered and smooshed with alcohol ink in 'Stream', then stamped with Hero Arts Antique Writing stamp (one of my favourites of all), embossed with Zing metallic copper embossing powder and all little bits of ephemera added to it! First layout this year, yikes!

Hopefully more to come soon, ♥ ♥ ♥

I love weekends...

2010-03-13T17:42:00.002+11:00

...bring on the card-making!!

I made a baby card for Stamptacular Sunday theme, 'You and Me and Baby Makes Three'. I tried out embossing acetate and it turns out alright!

And this little one is for the 2S4Y sketch, more acetate stamping and embossing, whoot!!

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Work is blah blah...

2010-03-09T17:52:00.003+11:00

...but at least I still have my creative outlet here :) I got in and made a couple of cards for some more challenges before work sends me away for a couple of days... Might have to try to sneak some stuff with me for the down time ;)

This one I made for the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge theme, 'Shades of Grey'. I was trying to make a boys card but yet again, those pesky little flowers crept in ;)

And this little one was made for the SSDS open themed challenge. I decided to use my little gin bottle printing block I found at the markets as a stamp and used the masking technique to add a bit more to it! I've never tried it before but I really like how it turned out :)

More to come (hopefully over the weekend), stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Part two...

2010-03-06T18:16:00.003+11:00

...to the end of the vacation. :( But I filled my last days with crafting goodness and came up with these entries for challenges here there and everywhere!!!

This one is for the Friday Sketchers sketch. I love the little guitar my craft robo cut for me! I've never made a rock style card before, but I think I like it :)

This one was for OCC's sketch. Eeek, I decided to take my colour cue from the PP I decided to use and green and orange, well, okay :8. I think it still turned out alright!?!

This one was for the Fussy and Fancy theme, 'Movies'. I couldn't help it, as soon as I saw this challenge I looked at my DVDs and which one jumped out at me? STARDUST. I had the craft robo cut me a couple and stole a line from the movie for my sentiment. It looks a lot better in real life, I think it has too much light on it maybe...

And bringing up the rear :), is this one for Stamp Something's theme, 'Something Girly'. What's more girly than pink and teddy bears?

More to come (hopefully), stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Part one...

2010-03-06T18:02:00.002+11:00

...of the final countdown to my holidays and I made a record 34 cards in 2 weeks!! Well, a record for me that is. Thanks to all the inspiration blogs that helped me out, hopefully I'll still be able to participate in as many challenges I can, but work is... arrggghhh!

Here's one I made for the Paperplay theme, 'Just Because'. Loving my Kaisercraft Fancy Flourishes, thanks mum :)

This one was for the ICS sketch this week. Didn't realise such plain colours could be put together and still work out pretty nice :)

This one is for the 2S4Y sketch. I used one of my own handmade inchies for a little added pizazz, pity there's a bit too much light on the card when I took the photo, oh well...

And finally in this instalment is one for Papertake Weekly's theme, 'Buttons, Bows, Brads and Bling'. There's buttons at the sides of the ribbon, bling everywhere :), brads in the centres of the tiny white flowers and a bow around the rose stems! I like it, playing with the Tattered Angels glimmermist and screens and Smooch Spritz again.

More to come very soon, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Yay...

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...I got Card of the Week over at OCC! Thanks ladies... now to crack on with their latest sketch :)

The other half...

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...of the motley crue! Yep, still poor lighting for these ones, but the weatherman couldn't promise me any sunshine in the near future, so...

I made this one for the Sunday Sketch and Stamp sketch. I gave myself an extra task of making a masculine card for this one, still snuck in some roses though, hehe!!!

This next one is for the SSDS theme, 'Sparkle'. I wish the sun had of lit up the sparkle on this one. I can never seem to catch a break when photographing cards with glitter, doh!

And finally this little one was made for the Friday Sketchers sketch :)

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

One half...

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..of a few days of challenges. I've been trying to hold out for a day of brilliant sunshine to take photos but I've only had overcast misery... Hope they still come out alright :)

I made this one for Stamptacular Sunday's theme, 'Back In Time'. Tried to make it as vintage as I could. I need some proper clock stamps, I like the look of them so much :)

This one is my take on the Mojo Monday sketch, wish I had better lighting :(

And this little gem was created for the OCC sketch. Really loving the look of those silver outline corner stickers, so sweet!!

More to come very soon, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Four times...

2010-02-26T18:22:00.002+11:00

...the challenges! Nothing like filling my vacation with crafting goodness! I'm loving it, pity it's going to run out soon :(

Anyhoo, here are four more cards for four more challenges:

Firstly, for the Crafty Calendar Challenge theme, Love and Friendship. I went with an anniversary card and I totally love the way it turned out!

Second up is one for Rosie-D's Challenge theme, Friendship. Brought out my little treasured 'sweetest friend' stamp by fiskars and a gorgeous kaisercraft flourish!

Lucky number three is for the Paperplay Challenge theme, For a Mother. Tried to use a colour scheme for a mother's day card that I hadn't tried yet, green turns out quite nice I think :)

And fourth and finally, a card made for the Papertake Weekly Challenge. Used my adorable Birch teddy with a heart stamp again, so cute!!

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Who would have thought...

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Lemon, gold and white would work so well together? Well I didn't until I tried it...

This card was created for the ICS sketch this week. I had to flip it because I kind of stamped the background paper the wrong way around, oops, oh well it still turned out nice I think :)

OUT FOR PUBLICATION

And I had to complete the it's a boy/it's a girl pair, so I used the sketch over at 2S4Y. I condensed it a bit (actually just cut the sketch in half), not sure how I feel about it, hopefully someone out there likes it :)

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Went a little rounded..

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..and diamond-esque for a couple of challenges.

This one was for Stamptacular Sunday's Going in Circles theme. Let me just start by saying, I hate circles! But I had a good go and I think it turned out okay, hmmm... Now just to make an 'it's a girl' card to go with it :)

And one for Mojo Monday's sketch. I love my music background stamp :)

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Bad photo day...

2010-02-23T17:44:00.002+11:00

...poor cards didn't get the right light :(

This one was created for the Everything But the Kitchen Sink sketch challenge. It's my first time making a sympathy card, I haven't yet received or had to send one out, so I'm not sure if I got the tone right...

This one was created for the Fussy and Fancy Dazzle Us challenge. I'm really disappointed with the light for this one because it sparkles so well, Even the dark green flowers and the leaves. Such a pity, oh well...

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Someone stop me...

2010-02-22T19:14:00.003+11:00

...no, really, I think I have a card-making problem :)

This first one I made for the sketch challenge over at Craft Mad:

This second one I did for the Secret Crafter's Mother's Day theme. I had so much fun using my Tim Holtz mask and glimmermist, looks wicked!

OUT FOR PUBLICATION

And finally this one was created for the Stamp Something Touch of Spring theme:

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

More...

2010-02-21T18:56:00.004+11:00

...for more challenges!

This one was created for the Paperplay sketch:

This one was made for the ICS sketch challenge this week, love the bright red of it!!

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Didn't have to wait long...

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...for another card :o

More to come for sure, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Got me some mojo...

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...and completed the Mojo Monday challenge, with this card:

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

On a roll...

2010-02-20T09:01:00.003+11:00

...building the collection :). It's meant I've gotten a little distracted from my other projects, oh well.

This first one is for the sketch over at 2S4U.

OUT FOR PUBLICATION

This one started as the same sketch as above but morphed a little :)

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Oh wild one...

2010-02-18T17:31:00.002+11:00

...yes, it's another card, :)

This started from a sketch but grew to look nothing like it, so it's back to scratch for that. But I liked this one so much I decided to put it together anyway.

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Some cards...

2010-02-16T18:01:00.002+11:00

...for some challenges.

The first is for Inkurable Stampers. The challenge this month is 'Metallics'. I chose gold and metallic green as my colours. I stamped Hero Arts Antique Writing on Kelly Panacci paper and embossed with some random glitter gold powder I had in my drawer. I stamped Inque Boutique Majestic Flight stamps on white card and embossed with Zing metallic green powder. I mounted the paper and a random frame with ribbon on DCWV cardstock. I added mixed green and gold ephemera to the frame and tiny gems to the bird, and voila!

This next card was made for Scrapbooking Memories February sketch challenge. I was itching to make another card after the first one and I can always rely on the girls at SM to have some nice sketches picked out. I used some Kaisercraft Loire Valley stamps, some random ribbon and lace, DCWV cardstock and another random frame from my stash.

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

One for my...

2010-02-08T17:50:00.002+11:00

...lover, hehe!!!

I made this using the sketch Liz had for her Week 6 challenge for the ATC diary. Definitely think I'm going to use this either for Valentine's day or our anniversary which is coming up, maybe attach it to a card or just sticky something to the back and write straight on it, hmmm...

I'm a bit delayed on my D inchies, oops!! Hopefully I can find sometime after work this week to crack into both the D and E lots, I have my fingers crossed :)

I haven't drawn like this...

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...for ages!

And yes it is a little simple, but I'm not a fancy illustrator! It was heaps of fun though, and I got to use my Christmas present Koi Waterbrush thingy and it is really cool!!! I made it for Liz's ATC weekly diary challenge with the theme of home/where do you live:

C is for...

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...Cake and Clouds!

More inchies for the INCHY BY INCH challenge! :)

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Mixed media...

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...whoot, new obsession!!!

Here's something that I put a day's worth of sweat into over the long weeked, and I kind of like it. It's my first attempt at a mixed media canvas, so be gentle :)

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

B is for...

2010-01-23T17:42:00.002+11:00

...Book and Bottlecap!!

More inchies for the INCHY BY INCH challenge blog and in the nick of time too!!

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

A is for...

2010-01-15T15:07:00.004+11:00

...Archery and Abacus!!

I decided I needed to get into the challenge at Inchy by Inch, so I could make a start on my 600 inchies goal, and the theme for this week is 'A'. Here are my two little gems :) :

Hello 2010...

2010-01-13T18:27:00.002+11:00

...and finally Telstra has hooked my internet up and the best thing about it is it's WiFi, so both me and the boy can use it at once, it's so amazing :)...

Anyhoo, there was a little scrapping done recently.

This first ATC was made for the Swap With Me - ATCs blog by Sandy for her theme 'Aussie Christmas' and I went with Rolf Harris' 'Six White Boomers' for my inspiration. I used some wrapping paper from a birthday present, my new Unity Stamp Stars of Worn, Versamark ink, silver embossing powder, the craftrobo to make the little kangaroos, modpodge and violet lites glitter (which is hard to see in the photo) and tiny alphas!! Loved it, starting to learn some new techniques, entering the grown up world of EMBOSSING!!!

Some inchies made for the November swap over at YSB, I think they came out quite cute :) I've made some for the December/January Fruity Swap but I might hold off for a day or two or a week, we'll see..

This one I did using only bits and pieces that I got for Christmas while I was on vacation. It's for Liz's ATC weekly diary challenge, the theme was Your Name and it's Meaning, and apparently my name means 'The Perfect One' or 'Twin' or 'Palm Tree'. I chose the first one :)

And I have to have a little boast, I'm soooo lucky, the following is a picture of my awesome Christmas/Birthday present stash of goodies, I can't wait to start using it all. Ok... I've already started a little :)

More to come, stay tuned :)

Oooh sweet...

2009-12-14T18:32:00.003+11:00

...blog candy giveaway!!

Over at A Load of Old Blogocks! Caz is giving away some stamps to celebrate her 1000th post! Have a looksee, her work is amazing, and I can't wait to get my hands on some of those copics markers!!!

My first entry...

2009-12-14T18:08:00.003+11:00

...into an Inkurable Stampers challenge.

The challenge was simply to create something using the colours Pink, Brown and Cream (oh and a stamp) and here's what I did:

I used some letter stamps in texture paste, a butterfly punch and some modpodge, glitter and gems.

I seem to be obsessed...

2009-12-10T15:22:00.003+11:00

...with pink lately!

Here's one I did for the Scrap-A-Licous Christmas swap:

It's not a traditional one, but the stamp was from a christmas set!! I like it, more stamping for me in the new year, they're on the top of my christmas wish list!!! :)

More to come next year, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

An idea for...

2009-12-05T20:32:00.002+11:00

...a Christmas gift!

We gave these out to my boy's families and kept one set ourselves to start our collection of Christmas goodies! They're all ATC size (coz I couldn't help myself) with different themes on them and photos on the back!

Let me know what you think!

Gloriously swapping...

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...up a storm!!

Here's one I did a while ago for the YSB October Spooky/Halloween swap that I forgot to take photos of before I sent it:

The following 2 are for a combined swap over at Allcraftz, for the themes Passion and Fear.

This one is for my passion which used to be storywriting, but it seems to have come off second best to ATCs at the moment :)

Here's some detail of the book which I love completely! It's off a site that offers free minatures for dollhouses, but I couldn't resist!

And finally the fear one, that I'm not quite sure about. It's a bit morbid. The idea seemed good, the execution, maybe not so much, hmm....

More to come, stay tuned :) ♥ ♥ ♥

Dec/Jan Inchie swap...

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...over at YSB!!

Ok if anyone is interested I'm about to put up the Dec/Jan Inchie Swap at YSB (the forum for us Y Generation-ers), and the theme is:

FRUITY

Anything fruity: lemons, limes, grapes, strawberries, cherries, watermelon, bananas, kiwi fruit, apples, starfruit, pomegranates, passionfruit etc. or even an extension of fruit like: apple pie, fruit salad, fruit basket, jam...

For this swap I'll be setting it over the two months, as they are usually the busiest two months of the year for most people! Therefore they won't be due til the end of January, heaps of time.

Signs ups will close December 12.

Just to show you all how awesome these inchie swaps have been this year, here's a pic of all the inchies I have from the swaps (since August, and except the xmas inchies) this year, I'm hoping to put some sort of artistic masterpiece together maybe, so help me out and come sign up for this fun little swap!!

Thanks everyone who has participated so far, hope to see you all again in more swaps next year!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Got a little behind...

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...in my posting, but here goes:

Life has been super hectic, guess it's just that time of year, but I've managed a little creative venting lately!

Warning a few pics ahead

Here's one of a set I made for YSB's November 'First Letter of Your Name'. I really like this one, I used texture paste mixed with acrylic paints to make the colour 'teal' for the background, ran a quick black pigment ink over it and then some crystal glitter paint, I stamped a 'tree' in stazon ink, added some 'turquoise' sequin ribbon down the side, with a 'turquoise' rhinestone and a strip from an old dictionary, each strip is a different word. I kept topsy turvy coz it's my favourite of the words I had :) And lastly a rubon letter 'T'.

Next, this one I made for Scrap Of Your Life's Vintage swap. I used a vintage image, covered in modpodge to make it look a little like water, added some shell pictures with a real one then some rope and bling!

The next two are for a swap at Swap With Me - ATCs. The first was for the fashion theme. I designed the dress, traced individual pieces of it and attached to cardboard, then found different pieces of patterned paper and bits of bling to bring it to life.

This one was a hard one. The theme was Horses and to begin with I drew a bit of a blank, but after looking on the net for images, I found this horse anatomy one that I kind of like, printed it out, added rolled book paper to the sides, lace and ribbon. Cut a taupe flower in half, inked a piece of bookpaper with horse written on it with itty bitty alphas and stuck them to the bottom and added brown pearl bling down the top centre.

And last, but certainly not least, one for the Scrap-A-Licous November Black and White swap. The background for these was actually an accident. I was meant to make it crackle so you could see the white cardstock below, but silly me forgot to seal the surface before painting. The result makes it look a little like velvet in real life, I like it! I also added white glitter to the stamped butterfly which actually has violet lites in it, so it's not quite fully black and white, shhh!

Well, that was a long winded post. There's a few more to come, but I'm still deciding what's going to happen over the Christmas months, coz I'll be moving and heading to my folks' place for a vacation but we'll see!

Stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

Pretty in...

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...PINK!!!

Here's a couple of very pink projects (swaps) I've been in lately:

Firstly one for the YSB October Girl Inchies swap:

And one I kinda love, made for Sandy's ATC swap at Swap with me, this one for October's 'Woman and Pink' theme (note: I used the same technique for the cameos above and the fancy lady below, mod podge and glitter, gotta love it):

More to come, stay tuned :) ♥ ♥ ♥

Shocking...

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...rules!

I won, not much though, it was only a $1 either way bet. $13.20 total!!!

Hehe, such a big spender!!

Swaps galore...

2009-11-03T10:54:00.005+11:00

...happening around the place. And I thought I'd list a few here that I'm joining:

YSB November Inchies swap (I'm hosting), theme is CHRISTMAS, sign ups close Nov 10th.

YSB November ATC swap, theme is FIRST LETTER OF YOUR NAME, sounds cool!!

Scrap-A-Licous ATC swap, theme is BLACK AND WHITE, sign ups close Nov 10th.

Swap With Me - ATC's, two themes: 1. HORSES, in light of Melbourne Cup and 2. FASHION, also in light of Melbourne Cup, sign ups close Nov 8th.

Hope to see you girls (and guys??) around in the swaps!!!

♥ ♥ ♥

Two posts...

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...in one day, gotta be a record for me right?

Oh well, here are the other ATCs I made for my group over at the Allcraftz pick a theme swap:

One for Marnie's theme: COFFEE

One for Sandra D's theme: CHRISTMAS

One for Robyn's theme: ARCHITECTURE

And finally, one for Nova's theme: VINTAGE TIME

More to come soon, stay tuned :) ♥ ♥ ♥

Grunge it...

2009-10-30T10:29:00.004+11:00

...rip, shred, paint, ink, add metal and go gothic on a favourite dress up/Halloween photo, for your chance to win some sweet little stamps over at Young Scrap Birds for their Spooky Cybercrop. Here's my example:

There are plenty of games and other challenges happening over the weekend, be sure to check it out!!

I'm not giving it away...

2009-10-24T12:09:00.002+11:00

...but here's a sneak at my challenge for the upcoming Spooky Cybercrop over at YSB.

Fun and games start on Thursday, be there or be square ;)

What do you see...

2009-10-21T19:21:00.002+11:00

...when you look 'through the window'. So that is my theme for a pick a theme ATC swap over at Allcraftz. And here's what I've done:

Looks better in real life. Now the question is, do I put up the pics of the ones I did for everyone else, or (if you're reading this ladies!) do you want it to be a surprise?? Up to you...

Oh boy...

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...that's the inspiration for this lot:

Created for the YSB boys inchies swap last month:

♥ ♥ ♥

Found this...

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...a new ATC swap to assist in easing those aches and pains between the next batch, LOL!!

www.sandysatcswap.blogspot.com

check it out! First sign up closes tomorrow, but if you can't make it for that, there will be plenty more, I'm sure, so bookmark it!!

I've been overproductive...

2009-10-13T20:08:00.004+11:00

...making ATCs!!!

Here's a sample of the ones I've done recently:

One for the Allcraftz Wizard of Oz/Yellow 5/5 swap. Not very yellow, but I love it, had this idea brewing in my mind for ages!!!

And another over at Allcraftz, this time for the Christmas 5/5 swap. My first time at vintage, is it right???

And finally one for the Scrap-a-licous Flowers swap:

More to come, stay tuned ♥ ♥ ♥

My LO...

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...for Rach's sketch in the YSB October sketch challenge.

Get in before the end of October for your chance to win a sweet prize!

Also on at YSB, Del has a Halloween/spooky themed ATC swap going, she's only keeping sign ups up for about a week, so get in quick.

I have an inchies swap as detailed in the post below.

Around the place: there is a flowers ATC swap happening at Scrap-a-licous, only 3 days to go til sign up close, so get there quick!!!

Also Allcraftz has some cool ATC swaps happening, one Wizard of Oz/Yellow and one Christmas...

Hope to see you round in some of them!! ♥ ♥ ♥

Sign ups are up...

2009-10-01T18:37:00.004+10:00

...for October Inchies Swap over at Young Scrap Birds.

This month's theme is:

GIRLS

Think pretty, pink, sugar and spice and all things nice, ribbon and bows, bunnies and kitties, makeup and fashion etc...

So if you're keen to make and receive some inch x inch gems head over to the forum and put your name down! Sign ups now close October 15th!

Some piccies...

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...of a couple of ATC swaps I'm in:

These are the variations for the Scrap-a-licious Cat swap, absolutely loved making these and they were so fast and easy and definitely the most stylish things I've ever made.... so far....

;) Liz, some are heading your way too, hope they're suitable!!!

And these I made using very limited supplies, but I think they've still managed to come up quite alright! These are for the YSB Spring swap that I started while I was interstate for a course and polished off when I got back. Anyone recognise the stamp?? ;)

Off to start planning my next project for Roll2Create Quotes swap, what to do, what to do...

Hello internet...

2009-09-17T18:16:00.002+10:00

...I think I love you!!

Ok, not as much as my boyfriend LOL! OMG, 2.5 weeks without internet is truly painful, but I guess being without the boy was more painful! Anyhoo, I'm back... with a vengeance?? No, not really, but I'm aching to do some scrapping, and my holidays start on Saturday, a whole week in the bush, with the boy and internet and scrapbooking supplies (if they fit in the car with everything else)!!!!

On the scrapping front, the sign ups for the BOYS inchies is up til Sunday, so get in if you want some goodies. I've managed to make some ATCs for some swaps I'm in, when I get time to take some photos I'll put them up!

Hope everyone's doing well!

♥ ♥ ♥

Join me...

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...in creating some wicked inchies!

Over at Young Scrap Birds I've set up the September Inchies Swap a little early before I head off for a couple of weeks. This months theme is:

BOYS

Anything related to boys, planes trains automobiles, snips snails puppy dogs tails, sports, tools, baby little big and all grown up boys (men), dirt etc. Hope you can join me, should be fun.

Signups close Sept 20th!

I got some...

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...GOODIES!

These are the ATCs I got from the Young Scrap Birds birds swap for July, aren't they all wicked?!?

And here's a look at one of the ATCs I made for the August butterfly swap:

And here's the shabby inchies I put together for the August PARTY swap:

Anyone interested in doing an inchie swap in September keep an eye out at Young Scrap Birds, I'll be releasing the theme early, before I go away on Saturday!! Hope to see you join in!!

"Dad...

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... your cards in the post"

and what to get a dad that's hard to buy for: a giftcard. I hate giving them, but somehow they just make sense... ahhh!

Hope everyone's dad's have an awesome day, remember 1st Sunday of September!!

Cybercrop challenge...

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...over at Young Scrap Birds, using greens, blues and browns predominantly, and a bird somewhere on the LO!! Entries close on Sunday, so hurry get your scrapping butt into gear!!

A sneak peak...

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... at one of the challenges for the Young Scrap Birds CC starting this Thursday, still time to sign up if you're an 80s/90s born bird!!!

I couldn't wait...

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... my first ATCs. Everyone's doing it, seemed like the thing to do! So I'm posting a copy now!

Heaps of fun! Stay tuned for number 2, 'Butterflies' coming soon...

Feeling like a...

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Cybercrop??

Make sure you check out Young Scrap Birds and sign up for the all feathery Bird Cybercrop coming up on 20th August til 23rd August!!

There are some great prizes on offer and the girls are all a whole lotta fun.

Any born in the 80s and 90s pop along and join in!! ♥ ♥ ♥

A special something...

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...all about mum.

I made this one for two reasons:

I needed a special page about mum for my fairytale album, and,

I wanted to enter the latest Scrap the Girls challenge.

August brings...

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...a little inspiration.

My example for the August Sketch Challenge over at Young Scrap Birds:

Get your entries in by August 31st for your chance to win!!!

Size counts...

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...when it comes to INCHIES!!

Anyone up for a totally wicked inchie swap, come join us over at Young Scrap Birds for the August Inchie Swap themed:

PARTY

I'll be hosting the shenanigans!

Sign ups close August 20th!

Rolling out...

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...my pride and joy (for now).

Another for my fairytale album:

Just another day until I get swap happy over at Young Scrap Birds, I'm itching to put up a photo of the ATCs I made for the July ATC Swap, but I will be good and hold out until they get back to everyone.

I have a plan...

To take a gazillion photos of my brothers b'day tomorrow, now just for the execution of it... hmmm...

Then hopefully I can make some wicked LOs of it in the coming months!!! ♥ ♥ ♥

In the beginning...

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...there was a bolt of inspiration.

Nothing will kickstart your mojo more than a great honour bestowed:

I can't believe my luck.

I am a design team member!!

And I am a design team member of an awesome new community, Young Scrap Birds, catering for generation Y, coz in the end no one else will, LOL!!

So anyone reading born in the totally wicked decades of the 1980s or the 1990s, stop by, sign up and get to know some fellow young scrappers!!

http://young-scrap-birds.ning.com/

I can't believe how hard it is to come up with a way to celebrate?!?!

My heart says buy supplies, my brain agrees, my wallet screams in pain!!

I've been doing the scrap lately, I've been loving it.

Hey presto:

One for my personal fairytale album:

One for the July sketch challenge over at Young Scrap Birds:

Stay tuned...