August Update

Finally got my layout finished for the August monthly comp, over at SBS the requirements were:
1. All page elements must all be held within an area of no larger than an 8" square/circle etc, meaning your scrapping area can not exceed these boundaries
2. ALL TEXT on the page has to be hand written including your title
3. Somewhere on your page you have to show and use a piece of packaging from any scrapbook product


Also received 2 atcs swap back, the first is from ATC groupies, the theme was black/white and colour of your choice, thanks girls they such a gorgeous set.

Next is the july swap for Scrapbook Dreams, which was travel destination, also another gorgeous set, think i might need to buy another folder as my one doesnt want to close now,

We had a swap for a 6x6 niche canvas over at Glamour Girls, this is the one i made for Ngaere, i decided to try something different and got out my sculpy, to make the tree and the birds eggs, we had to include lace and flowers somewhere on the canvas, my birds nest is made out of wire but i also incorperated the lace into it as well as a few other bits and bobs as birds do, i received Ngaeres canvas, i will upload a pic as well as the Zodiac ATC swap from SBS, definitely a must see :)

A few weeks back, Carol sent me some perspex, i had all but forgotten about it till she reminded me :) so thought i better have a play with it, i used frosted glass slides, i stamped them then let them dry then used the alcohol inks on the same side, but dont touch too much or add blending solution as it will smudge your stamping, as i learnt ;) and i just adhered with a dot of glossy accents in each corner

Puzzle Canvas and a few Atcs

The girls over at Glamour Girls did a puzzle piece swap a few weeks back, i saw them whem they were finished and fell in love and of course had to make my own :D

Also over at Atc Groupies we have our new swap which is numbers, to be completely honest i was stuck at first and had planned on going with 1,2 buckle my shoe, but do you think i could find any images :D nope not one, maybe i was just being picky, but couldnt find what i wanted, so i decided to take a different approach and get out all my messy things like embossing powders, inks, and pearl exs and just go from there,

Paper Mache Masquerade Mask and a Tiled Canvas

Over at Glamour Girls we did a swap for an altered mask, I made a paper mache mask then i used texture paste and glimmer screens to make part of the design, also used Jo Sonyas irredescent paints and run'n'buff in Jade, Antique Gold, Sapphire and Autumn Bronze
Was really happy with the result, this one was sent off to Dianne.

I had fun with this canvas as well as made a complete mess :) was a special project of mine :) I cut out the squares then decorated them individually using Utee, Magic Mesh, Inks, Paints, Stamping and Embossing and quite a few other things,

Been a busy girl

Well to add to my checklist, i have finished my altered paper mache mask to send off to Dianne, also my mini tea bag album to send of to Robyn, i cannot post pics of course cause they have not received them yet :)

This is the beautiful mask that i received from Debbie at Glamourgirls, it is absolutely gorgeous, love it sooo much,

I have been working on a couple of canvas, this was was just mucking around with glimmer screens and texture paste on some chipboard, with glossy accents,

And this is a vintage one, i got a few material images from arthurs emporium in manukau, quite a few month back and decided to finally use one :D

This is also a mask i was just playing around with, its a plastic one, but i had fun creating it, used pva, pearl ex powders, utee, beads, rub'n'buff and a few other things

Lovely Big Update

Well where to begin :D

Firstly Thankyou so much Sonya for the lovely blog award, it made my day!!!

The rules are:

1. Add the logo to your blog.

2. Link to the person from whom you received this award.

3. Nominate 7 or more blogs.

4. Leave a message on their blog, letting them know they are “One Lovely Blog”!

Okay i have no idea how to link the urls to the name, so to the nominating

1. Lianne @ http://liannenz.blogspot.com/

2. Shell @ http://shellhonig.blogspot.com/

3. Meeks @ http://scrappiemeek.blogspot.com/

4. Heidi @ http://heidi01.wordpress.com/

5. Ruth @ http://acreativeblank.wordpress.com/

6. Liz @ http://www.dizzylizziestuff.blogspot.com/

7. Kate @ http://katepai.blogspot.com/

I think thats it :) love visiting all your blogs!

On another note, I had a wonderful new years with my darling girls, was a lovely night,

Now New Years Resolutions, i had to sit down and think bou these long and hard cause this year i plan on sticking to them, well trying too anyway :) hope you are sticking to yours ;)

1. Go to the gym, and eat properly no more junk food, (so far so good)

2. Get some of my list done, (I made a list of 30 things i want to do before im 30, need to get stuck into it, will post 'the list' in another post one day)

3. Get my license, ive been really slack with this and as ashamed as i am, im still on my learners haha, i know i will pass with flying colours just really need to find the time to do it, so by march should be done, fingers crossed.

4. Give up smoking, always a resolution that never happens, but this year ive made it my top goal.

5. Do some scrapping outside my comfort zone, experiment, and do some more layouts, havent done many lately, so must get stuck in.

I have also been having a lil dabble in altered canvas, heres one ive been working on, im not entirely happy with it, needs some improvement, jut trying to use different textures and mediums, out of my comfort zone :) but loving it!