Let's Get Shabby!!

I've been playing with the idea of playing along with Let's Get Shabby for a few months now.. and i decided to finally give it ago..

This months challenge is to go Monochromatic!.  i thought to myself, this can't be that hard.. ok well it was a little harder than i thought, but i love how my layout turned out!!

I've gone with  cream/brown colour scheme..

This is a recent photo of Ash and I, it was taken on his 2nd birthday.. just a week ago now..

I'm really loving all the texture and bits and pieces in this layout.. I've used MME papers from the Lost and Found Collection, Websters Whimsies ( the gorgeous little bird), Kaiser flowers, and a few other  odd and ends...

So thanks for stopping by, you should drop by Let's Get Shabby and have a play.. I'm sure they would love to have you join in..

Hugs xxx

Trick Or Treat!

I Just love Halloween, even though we don't really celebrate it out here. But when i saw the pumpkin paper lanterns and the spider web hat, i couldn't resit...

Lots of Tim Holtz yumminess on this yet again, it's really becoming bit of a theme with me isn't it .. lol.. Anyway, this is just a very quick post, thank you so much for  stopping by

Negative Space...

I had so much fun doing this Challenge of Deb's over at Soul Scrappers...

It was a  negative space christmas card challenge... no real rules.. just make sure we had negative space... So Tahhh Dahhh...here is it...

All the papers are.. yup you guessed right.. Tim Holtz, The  Flowers, ticket, gamepiece, letters, and reindeer die cut are also  Tim Holtz. The holly leaves are some old Making Memories ones that i had...

While i was taking the pic for this i had a little helper  trying to hold it for me...

hmmm I wonder where he found that dummy... I was sure i had gotten rid of all of those... Ok then off to hunt for the pesky remaining dummy.. see you all soon..
xxxx

A birthday Card...

Happy monday everyone! A little something to share with you today.. 

I made a birthday card over the weekend, had lots of fun doing it. i used my Tim Holtz Tag die to make the actual card, and then just added a few bits and pieces here and there..  

I added in a pocket on the front, that i've slipped two tags into.. One is stamped, and the other had two journaling tags attached to it, with a ticket attached to each of those ( these are to become tickets that can be redeemed for two classes that she attends).

I had been playing with the ida of making a card from my tag die for a while, and i'm really happy with how it turned out!!.

Thank you for stopping by, 

Happy creating 

Some exciting news.. and finally finished..

Guess what!!! It's a new month, and a new Man of the Month over at Scraptherapy.....

This months man is none other than Tim Holtz! and guess who was ever so lucky to be asked to be a guest designer for the month.. yup you guessed it that would be me! yay!! I feel so very lucky and honoured that Lee-anne asked me . So it gave me an excuse to get off my butt and finish my dress form... It's finally done, all finished and i'm really happy with how it's turned out..

A few close ups are always nice......

 So there you have it...It wil be packaged up over the weekend and begin it's journey to it's new home..

Why not pop on over to Scraptherapy, Tell Lee-Anne i said hi, and have a look at the gorgeous work the gals over there are doing , and even have a bit of a shop at the same time... you know you want to..

until next time,, happy creating.. xxx

A birthday Gift..

Happy Monday Everyone!!

I hope you had a fantastic weekend, It was a quiet one for us..

Thursday is my Mum's Birthday.... So i made her a little something. This is Ash's very first school photo ( from Daycare). I think it's such a fantastic photo, it's the cheeky little man all over, So i thought i'd do something with it. 

This is done on a canvas, I am loving doing these these at the moment.. Everything apart form the large red and small crochet flowers is Tim Holtz..

 I've used papers from the Lost and Found paper stash, stickers from the Lost and Found Salvage stickers, Muse Tokens, game spinners, word keys, sprocket gears, brads,washers and pen nibs.  Here are a couple of close ups

So there we go, happy Birthday Ma... 

I also have a half finished layout sitting on my huge desk in my nice new scrap space that i'm hoping to finish today.. I've been banished to the garage, but i don't mind, i now have two big 4 seater rattan outdoor tables at my disposal as my scrapping space!! yay!

Have a great day what ever you are doing, thanks for dropping by xxx

I'm in heaven..

I got a parcel i was waiting for today, that should have been here last week... that took a detour via Austria.. yes Austria...  But that's another story.. it contained also sorts of goodies, but these two were the ones i was waiting for the most....

So i'll give you one guess what i'll be up to after the little Goob goes to bed tonight.. I'm sure it's going to involve getting inky!!

I've had a tiny little play with the picket fence stain... it's amazing, it tones things down really nicely.. but it also really nice swiped down the side of your already inked tag, to make a lighter piece - ready for a stamp..

Watch this space to see what happens..