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

August Sketch Challenge

The August Sketch Challenge is on over at Scrapbook Studio, if you wanna check it out and join in go here.


Here is the sketch that Lisa gave us

And this is what i came up with, not completely happy with it, but layout mojo has gone out the window, with all the atcs and circle journal going on :)

I used Auntumn Leaves heather bailey papers, rub ons, and patterned felt, prima flowers, dont remember what the die cut paper is though, and thickers alphas,

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,

Mini Tea Bag Album

Over at Glamour Girls, we had a swap to make a mini tea bag album, This is the miniature creation i made for Robyn, now that she has received it, i can share the piccies :)
I made a chipboard cover and backing and used my zutter to do the binding, i stamped the edges of the tea bags for the inner pages, i was so happy with this lil book, i didnt wanna send it away! but i know its gone to a great home :)

Winter Warmer Comp Week 4 and a few ATCs

well the Winter Warmer Comp is almost over one more challenge and thats it, it been motivational, for week 4 we had to do a layout with distressing, i used Prima Cavalier papers, loving all prima stuff at the moment and got a big pre order booked for the CHA releases :D
Anyway, this was my entry,



This is my Atc i made for the Scrapbook Dreams July ATCswap, theme was travel destinations, i had originally decided to go with egypt, but then a recent trade me win had me going in another direction :D

These ATCs are just to add to my owl collection, love my lil hoo hoo's at the moment :) the background were left overs from a fabric swap from a while ago.

Study, Study and Study mmm and ATCS

Went out looking for some new clothes and came home with a Wii plus the Wii fit, gunna try it out tommorrow, lachlan had a ball playing tennis, was quite funny watching him wriggle his bum an run around after this ball :D


I did manage to get my ATCs done for the ATCs groupies though, the theme was black/white and colour of your choice, i chose green to be different for a change and this is what i came up with :)