First Concert!

This morning I took Brielle to the local shopping centre for her first ever "concert", a free show put on for the kids there - "Raggs" (from the TV show of the same name). Unfortunately my darling daughter had to spend most of the show contained in her pram because she just could not understand WHY she couldn't be ON the stage!!! LOL She is such a show-off! Anyway, even in her pram she did all the actions and bopped along to the music. She LOVED it!!!

Shots of the show...

Here's one of the only shots I COULD get of Brielle while she was dancing free...

At the end of the show, I had one VERY happy camper...

CC Example Layout

The fourth challenge has now been posted for the SBT50 January "Celebrations" Cyber Crop and this challenge is mine! The "Stone the Crows" challenge is all about scrapping milestones. The criteria for this challenge is you have to include journalling that explains the milestone you have scrapped, use pp as your background, staples and something sheer or transparent. I used Sassafras Lass pp as my background and printed my journalling on a sheet of transparency. All materials for this layout (excluding alphas and transparency) were from the DT kit I was supplied. The layout is called "Cruisin'" and is about when Brielle first started to walk along holding the furniture - a milestone that is often over-looked.

More LO's to share!

I have had some serious mojo happening lately, so here are a few more layouts I have managed to complete. The first is for Kathie's Monthly Challenge at SBT50. The criteria for this challenge is to use 2 photos, 2 word title, 2 types of alphas and 2 decorative edges. I thought this was the perfect opportunity to go back and scrap some pics of Brielle meeting her Papa and Nani for the first time. I had been hoarding the Prima flower for quite some time and it just went perfectly with the BG 'Sugared' papers.

This next layout was for Vicki's Monthly Challenge at SBT50. The criteria for this challenge is to use newspaper, stitching and strip journalling. I started this layout with no idea of what I was doing and it just flowed onto the page. I am really happy how it turned out, and besides newspaper and machine stitching, I also used denim fabric - 3 items not often used by me!

The next item is not actually a layout, it's a banner. SBT50 are looking for a new "scrapped" banner for the site so I thought I would give it a go. You can check out the banner challenge details HERE.


Lastly, is a layout I completed for this month's challenge at Scrap the Girls. This month the challenge is a sketch, you can check out the sketch and the challenge details HERE. For this layout I used some gorgeous Sassafras and CherryArte papers and a beautiful pic of Brielle and her cousin Madeline.

Sorry for the long post, but like I said, serious mojo happening! LOL There is more, but I can't share yet...

SBT50 CC!

Have you been over and checked out the Scrapbooking Top 50 January Cyber Crop yet??? This month's theme is "Celebrations" and there are already 3 challenges posted, with 3 more to come! There are some fabulous prizes up for grabs and entries aren't due until the 24th January, so there is plenty of time to complete them all! There are daily product giveaways too, which you can win simply by leaving a post...too easy! So if you are looking for some great scrappy challenges for the new year, pop over to the forum HERE

Another Challenge Win!

I received some more wonderful news today - I won another challenge! This challenge was a kit challenge hosted by the lovely Kathie @ Scraphappy Kat. We were each provided a kit to do a layout with, the only constraint being that we had to use some of each item in the kit. As soon as I saw the kit contents, it screamed grunge at me, only with my own personal twist...I call it "girly grunge"!

Here is the layout, "Chillin' Out"...

Challenge Layout & Exciting News!

A quick share of this layout I completed the other night for the Black With 2 December challenge. The criteria for this challenge was to use black, blue, crisp white and also snowflakes, lace and glitter. I decided to scrap an old pic of Brielle I had been wanting to do for ages.
Here is my layout...Now for my exciting news for the day...I have just found out that I won the December Scrap the Girls challenge! Woo hoo!

Scrapability LO!

Here is my latest layout for Scrapability Sketches. Unfortunately it's for the December sketch... (better late than never, right?) December was such a busy month for me I didn't get time to complete this until the last couple of days. Anyway, here is my take on Bec's great DOUBLE PAGE sketch (eeek! I am not usually a fan of doubles, but this one was super easy with the sketch). If you pop over to Scrapability now, the new January sketch has also been posted.

PS - You may notice a bit of a crinkle in the cardstock...Brielle decided to "help" me with this layout! (She was very excited when she saw the photos of herself and grabbed it off the desk.)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you weren't feeling too sick today when the sun came up! I can't believe it is now 2010...where the last 10 years went, let alone the last year, is beyond me!

Anyway, 1st of the month means the new monthly challenges from the DT are up on SBT50. You can check them all out HERE.

My challenge to everyone this month is as a result of a personal challenge...it's orange! Orange is definitely not my favourite colour and probably my least favourite colour to scrap with. But being a new year, I decided enough was enough and that I needed to meet the challenge head-on. I look forward to seeing what amazing things others can do with orange! (And perhaps it might encourage me to use it more often!) Check out the full details of my challenge.

Here is my example layout:

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas and that Santa was good to you all! We spent Christmas with Shannon's family as mine were all scattered far & wide (Townsville, Melbourne, Mildura). We had a big family get together on Christmas Eve at Shannon's mum's with all of his brothers, sisters, partners & kids - there are quite a tribe of us when we all get together! Brielle had a ball racing around with her cousins, but was especially interested in her 10 week old cousin, Olivia.

Although we didn't do any presents this year, Brielle got spoilt by everyone! Santa was very clever and brought her lots of new toys that she just loves...especially her In The Night Garden figurines! (She also received a small baby doll, which she promptly called Olivia!)

Here are some pics of my little Christmas doll...

Scrap the Girls Dec Challenge!

Just thought I would share with you the layout I completed for the December Scrap the Girls challenge. This month's challenge is to use Christmas carol lyrics as the title, and also the following criteria J - Jewels (bling), O - Orange cardstock or patterned paper, Y - Yellow embellishment. Here is my take on this challenge, "The First Noel", using pics of Brielle's first Christmas last year.

Home Again!

Well I am back home again, just in time to get ready for Christmas! After a few days visit at mum's place, then a trip up to my sister Mandy's place in Townsville, I feel like I have been away for ages. Brielle and I both had a great time, she especially loved spending so much time with her cousins and playing with all their toys! Mandy and I managed a few quick trips to the shops for Christmas (and scrap) shopping, but didn't manage any actual scrapping together as she was recovering from hand surgery. (I couldn't scrap without her, it would have been too cruel!)

Here are a few pics of the kids, taken during our "fairy tea party" one morning...too cute! (The only time we could get pics of them all together was when there was food involved!!!)

Awesome Giveaway!

You have to check out the awesome and hugely generous Christmas giveaway from the darling Kathie at Scraphappy Kat. I won't tell you what it is and spoil the surprise for you, you need to visit her blog to see what it is HERE!!! Simply leave a comment to be in the running - how easy is that???

December Monthly Challenge

Well the new monthly challenges are up on Scrapbooking Top 50 and they are all great challenges! For my challenge, the criteria is to draw inspiration from the following Aussie Christmas pic and as an additional criteria, to use paint on the layout.

Here is the pic...

And here is my example layout...

You can check out the details of my challenge here. (Make sure you also check out the other monthly challenges from Vicki and Kathie too!)

My Princess!

Just thought I would post up a couple of recent pics of my little princess! The first is one I took while she was chilling out watching Play School one morning with her friend Elmo (or "Emmo" as she calls him).

The next pic was also taken last week...Brielle's first tattoos...LOL! She was so proud of them and kept pointing at them and saying "tattoo" to us. (I thought it was high time she had her own, as she is obsessed with mine!)

More Layouts!

I promised I would be back today with some more layouts, so here they are!

The first one is a LO I did last month for Kathie's kit challenge on Scraphappy Kat. We were supplied a kit and our challenge was to create a LO using some of every item in the kit. The kit was right up my alley as it was all my favourite scrapping colours. Here is the LO I did "2 Hearts" with Shannon and Brielle.

The next LO is one I completed recently for the November challenge on Scrap the Girls. This month the challenge is a colour challenge using red, blue, orange and white. This is not normally a colour combination I would use and I am really happy with the result. Here is my LO, "Dair"...

Here are a few other things I've created for this month's swaps on SBT50...

Finally Back!!!

Well I'm finally back online again after a monumental stuff up by Telstra...GRRRRR! I have been suffering total withdrawls being without internet access, although I never considered myself a real "addict"...LOL Anyway, it did give me a chance to scrap though and I managed to complete 4 LO's and 3 OTP projects. (The OTP are gifts though, so no sharing of those I'm afraid!)

The first LO I completed was the last challenge for the SBT50 CC, which finishes tonight (back online in the nick of time!) The "All Dressed Up" challenge involved selecting 5 pictures which each represented a different criteria to e used. As I was the one that set the criteria, one of our members chose for me and I got use cardstock only (no pp!), use a paper punch or mask (I masked the background using tape and sprayed with Spritz), use something silver (staples), use mixed alphas for title and use pearls. Phew - quite a challenge! This is the end result...

The next LO I completed was for my DT responsibility at Scrapability Sketches. This LO was done using Bec's November sketch # 2 and I used the Little Yellow Bicycle "Love Letters" range. Pics are of Shannon & I when I was quite pregnant...


Next up was Kathie's November Monthly Challenge for SBT50, which was a scraplift challenge, "Scrap the Kat". This challenge is open until the end of the month, so pop over and check it out, you might win a cool prize! Here is my take...


I think that will do for now, I'll post up some more tomorrow!

Mojo Rising!

Well my mojo seems to have been in full force this week, which has been perfect timing for getting stuck into the SBT50 "What's Ur Style?" Cyber Crop! All 7 crop challenges have now been posted and there is still 2 weeks until entries are due, so plenty of time for everyone to have a go at something. Having scrapped almost every day this week, I have got quite a bit of "Show N Tell"!

The next challenge I completed for the CC was the "Please Use Sparingly" one. This was a minimalist style challenge and we had to use a patterned paper background, one word title, strip journalling, and an embellishment cluster. As a bonus criteria, we had to include ribbon. I used a sheet of BG acid-washed paper for my base and decided I would concentrate on using only flowers for my cluster to compliment the sweet photo of Mandy and Brielle. Here is my LO, "Auntie"...

The next one I completed was the "Let's Glam It Up" challenge, which was all about the glam style. (Glam is described as being a fresh twist on the minimalist style.) The criteria for this was to use a black & white photo, bold colours, sparkle and shine, and a catchy title inspired by a rock n roll or fashion saying. The bonus criteria was to include a butterfly embellishment. I chose to call my LO "Hells Belles", which is a twist on the AC/DC song title "Hells Bells"...

My latest creation was for the "A Little Sketchy" challenge, and is a card, not a LO. For this one, we were provided a card sketch designed by our very own DT member Kathie, and we also had to use the style criteria from one of the previous challenges. As I had enjoyed doing the grunge LO so much, (and I had scraps left over), I decided to do my card in the grunge style for something a bit different. (And am really happy with how it came out!) Here it is...

Hopefully I will be back soon to share my final CC challenge LO's. In the meantime, don't forget to pop into Scrapbooking Top 50, as the Treasure Hunt Kicks off tomorrow! With over $500 in prizes up for grabs it is going to be MASSIVE!!! You can check out what's happening HERE!

"What's Ur Style?" Cyber Crop!

The Scrapbooking Top 50 "What's Ur Style?" Cyber Crop is now underway, and there are already lots of challenges posted to inspire everyone to get scrapping! It all kicked off on Thursday night with party night (including live chat, bingo and challenges). For the opening night challenges we each had to make a gift bag and a gift card holder. Here is my gift bag (which I love so much I wish I could use it as a handbag!)...


I have already scrapped a couple of the official challenges too. The first was for the "Not Too Shabby" challenge, which, as its name suggests, is a shabby chic style LO. This was the challenge that I prepared an example LO for (so I did it prior), and although it was my first ever attempt at this style, I am pretty happy with it. Here is my LO, "Precious"...

The next LO I completed was for the "Feeling Distressed?" challenge - which is a grunge LO. I really enjoyed getting down and dirty for this challenge and ended up making a big mess of both my desk and myself last night. The end result was this LO that I am really pleased with, "Ratbag"...

So be sure to stop by the forum and register HERE to join in the fun if you haven't already, the challenges aren't due until the 25th so you have heaps of time!!! (And there are daily prizes to be won too!) Hope to see you "on the boards" soon! XXX

My Nov DT Challenge!

It's November, so the new monthly challenges are up on SBT50, and this month there are 4! Besides one each from Vicki, Kathie and myself, there is also an extra challenge from Victoria, so PLENTY to keep you busy! (All due on the 30th November and with awesome prizes up for grabs.) My challenge to everyone this month is a colour challenge..."Pick a Palette". Members can choose any combination of colours from the example LO I have posted, and as an additional criteria, have to include a title, subtitle or line in their journalling that is taken from a nursery rhyme. (TOO EASY!)
Here is my example LO, "Sugar n Spice"...

Be sure to pop into the forum and check out the other monthly challenges HERE

Only 3 days to go!!!

Only 3 days to go until...

This CC is sure to rock, so don't miss it!!!