challenges for July

This was the first challenge i have done for July.
Laraine set this Challenge for Artistic Document.
A digi. Blue & Brown, sepia photo, a frame, a flourish and a monogram letter.

i did a bit of a cheat and used 2 letters (artistic license?)  The photo is of my gorgeous girls Melissa and Cherie.  I used Scrapgirls Ever So Lovely & Being with you, bits from MZimms A touch of spring & Secrets of the past and CMDZ Amelie elements

Another great challenge Laraine, Laraine was our guest Designer for March.





Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. x

July is definately here

this month over at artisticdocument.com.au the members are the design team. Yes we've had a reversal of positions so to speak. They like throwing us for a loop every now and then.
This is the challenge i have done for the monthly challenge. Its Kaisers recipe book stand.  the challenge was to decorate something the will be used within the home. suggestions were a clock, pen/pencil holder, tissue box cover........So if you like the challenge or would like to see what the other girls have set as challenges just head over to Artistic Document.

For my example, i sanded and then base coated with dark brown paint then once that was dry i covered the pieces with crackle medium and then the final coat was white.  The flower was made up of a prima printed paper flower and some Lincraft tiny roses.  Then it was just a case of a bit of bling with kaisers pearl strips.

My stand now sits proudly in the corner of my kitchen.

Thanks for taking the time to look, take care. xx

So we are a third of the way through June!!

Its been a month since my last post and since then i have been a Guest DT member for the month of May over at Artistic Document. So a big THANK YOU to the DT girls for asking me. I have no idea how these girls come up with challenges each month and gorgeous ones at that.

This the challenge i set for the Cyber crop. the challenge was to decorate a mannequin (3D or chippie) it had to be feminine. as the theme was women. the pic below was what i made as the sample. It is a 3D mannequin from Lincraft. I stamped some white tissue paper with a script stamp then tore up the tissue and then glued it all over the mannequin (which i painted white first). once it was all dry i added s strand of tassle, some prima flowers and feather angel wings and a butterfly i stamped on a piece of transparency.

this next pic was the monthly challenge. I think i blogged this last month. so i wont bore you again.

this next pic is of a digi Lo i did for Kym's Sketch challenge. the two gorgeous guys are my shorty husband Gary (he is taller than me)on the left and our lovley brother-in-law Lou (he is over 6 foot so we look like midgets next to him. lol). I used the Adventouriste collection from Studio Zstamf for this Lo.

And then i have just finished this Lo this morning. this is June's Guest DT challenge. We had to put our hands up if we wanted to do it a couple of weeks ago and then Sim sent us all a little parcel of goodies to use. The only thing we had to add was CS for the base.

As you can see i've done a punched border on the PP (martha stewart punch)then i distressed the edges of the photo and inked the edges. and the rest is there to see.

Well i think i have bored you enough for this blog. But before i do go I would like to say thank you to Noriel (gorgeous Sister-in-law) for my beautiful birthday card. If you want to have a look head over to scrappingirlsjourney.blogspot.com. Noriel has posted a pic of the card on her blog.

thanks for taking the time to look. take care. xxx

May

Wow can you believe we are nearly half way through May already?

I'm feeling pretty excited this month as i was asked to be the Guest DT this month over at www.artisticdocument.com.au Below is the Challenge I set for the monthly challenge. The challenge is to use one photo, and from that photo use the dominant colour (mine was obviously green) and use that colour for your CS, then you have use white flourish, flowers, title, and some bling. I just have find out what the theme for the CC night is going to be and then i have that challenge to create.

The book below was just a normal note book that i covered for a girlfriend who left work last week. She loves taking notes and we had given her a lovely leather portfolio and pen but i thought i'd make her something that she could put in her handbag to use where-ever she is.

I Used Graphic45's Debutante from the Fashionista collection and the Art Nouveau pics are from Moonlight Journeys Art Nouveau Beauties sheet. They have some gorgeous sheets pics so go look at www.moonlightjourney.com and they are such a great price you can buy loads.

And since it was Mothers day last weekend i made two cards. The first one i made for my mum and the bottom one was for hubbies mum. The pictures on both and the paper and elements on the bottom one came from the Creative Cardmaking magazine issue 22. Its a great little mag for the price. as you get some gorgeous papers and toppers and elements to cut out and make beautiful cards.

My daughters and i did the Mothers day classic walk (4.5km) with a couple of friends. this the pic of me and my two gorgeous girls, Melissa on the left and Cherie on the right. We had a great time chatting and laughing as we walked. then once we had finished and caught our breaths we went to a small market in town (Adelaide) and afterwards then we took my mum for lunch. Zonked it when we got home that is for sure.Well thats all i can think ooops no thats not all. We had the Spa delivered last week. YAY!!! but can't use it yet as we have to get council approval and we have to have a pool fence put around it too. But hoping it will all be done in a couple of weeks. Will definately take pics when its all finished.

thanks for taking the time to look

Almost end of April

Hi everyone, can you believe it almost the end of April. We must be having fun.
Well i have been having fun playing with my Christmas present from Hubby (photoshop elements 9) i've been purchasing a fair bit from scrapgirls.com & also peppermintcreative.com.
There are some gorgeous kits out there and i'm slowly learning how to instal and use brushes and styles for my Lo's. Here are a couple of Digi LO's i did over the looooooong Easter weekend.
the first one

"Welcome to spring i used a freebie kit (NItwit Collections) from a CD that came with the Complete Cardmaking with your PC magazine. It has 4 0r 5 other kits and 25 free romantic fonts. Well worth the money.











The second one I've used papers and elements from different ranges purchased at Scrapgirls.











So now its back to the PSE( and play around with a few more LO's
Thanks for looking.
Oh and in the next couple of days i'll up load some pic's of the page's i've received for my CJ.

I have been reminded that i neglecting my blog. (Sorry Noriel) Just trying think what has happened since i last blogged.

First, this is not something i have forgotten, but my darling mum has been in and out of hospital with breast cancer. She had to have a mastectomy 2 weeks ago. I am in awe of her. She is 71 and when asked if she was ok with what was going to happen her response was "Shit happens"! She has to have hormone treatment only at this point as there are a few other little cancers that are lying dormant. She said she was glad to get home because she was putting weight on in the hospital. all the beautiful food and no exercise.

We also celebrated mum and dads 50th wedding anniversary the weekend before her op. We went to the Bombay Bicycle Club for tea. It was a great night out just family and we had a private room and we just chatted and laughed and enjoyed each others company.

I've done a bit of scrapping too. some for the monthly challenges and some for the CC challenges

so these are just a few of the Lo's i have done. Some Digi and some paper scrapping. I have also done this birdcage. I got the idea from the Magnolia Ink magazine. A lady by the name of Monique had done one (a lot prettier) using T!m Holtz's birdcage die and some of T!m's techniques. I used my own ideas on how to put it together but i must say i'm pretty happy with how its turned out.

Mad March

The above title would have suited February just as well!

So what has been happening in February. Well we have had visitors for the last 5 weeks. for the first 4 weeks i had a cousin from Wales staying with us. 4 weeks is way to long when they don't want to go see other parts of the country and just want to stay around home.

We hired an apartment for three nights down at Glenelg. the only down side to that was i had to go to work during the day while hubby and cousin enjoyed the wonderful weather on the beach and playing golf and culture of a seaside town. ;o( Not going to let that happen again. lol

We also took him to the Barossa for a wine tour of sorts. I think Cherie (daughter) and I had more fun tasting all the wines. I got some gorgeous photos.

This one is taken under some vines at the Grant Burge winery. I'm thinking of having this one put on a canvas.

And

this pic was taken at Maggie Beers Pheasant farm/winery. There is a lake of sorts behind the shop/cafe and we had a walk around the outside. at the end of the jetty there lots of dragongflys flitting around and hovering over the water. I was able to snap this one using my zoom when he/she landed on this twig.

Gary & I had a break way from it all in the middle of Haydn's stay. We had organized a weekend away with friends 4-5 months ago to stay up at Hahndorf. We stayed at the Manna on the main street of Hahndorf. Quite a nice set of units. It was a lovely relaxing weekend. WE literally took all day to stroll down one side of the street and then back up. It was so nice. There was 6 couples and depending on the speed on each individual no one couple actually stuck to their partners while strolling. we all got mixed chatting and window shopping and actual shopping. We had tea at the German Arms one night and the Hahndorf inn the other. Both meals were huge and unbelieveably delicious.

I took this pic walking back to the Motel on the Saturday night. I was trying to get a nice pic of the moon but i was surprised the way the old buildings turned green in the photo.

And these beautiful people are the great friends that we went away with.

My husband worked the the gentleman on the left and the two on the right for nearly 30 years and stil works with the guy in the middle. We have been going out for tea and having our weekends for 15 - 20 of those years. the wives are just as good friends too. A few of us even go interstate together to watch our Beloved CROWs footy team play and there have also been a number of girls weekends in Melbourne.

so that leaves us the last week of February. Well that will have to wait for the next post (possibly tomorrow) as i think i have bored you enough for one post.