Scrap the Boys

Scrap the Boys is back - Yay!! Love this challenge site - it is awesome!! This month, the challenge was to pick a moment in time and scrap about it, using the date/time as the title. I chose 7.30 pm - Connor's bedtime, I love this time - it's a time to snuggle and talk about his day, and to share something we both love - books..... Hope this moment can last forever....

Cybercrop Fun...

I had a wonderful time last weekend playing along at Chook Scraps March Cybercrop.
This layout is one I did actually start for the cybercrop, but didn't quite get it finished in time to upload (D'oh). It is Connor and his little friend from another house in our Court. They have a wonderful little friendship, and I am really happy that he has found a little friend so close by:0)
I have used the new Basic Grey Hello Luscious range - and it really does live up to its title!!



I also used some Tim Holtz metal bits and pieces, which I altered with some Dabbers - my favourite paint at the moment!! Haha!!
If you think there is a common pattern of me using Tim Holtz bits and pieces, you're right - I am totally addicted to his products!! LOL!



This layout was for Challenge 1 - I used one of my all-time favourite photos, a vintage one of my Pa (Grandfather) at around age 18. I love vintage photos - and this one has always fascinated me, as it was taken in a well known area of my hometown, and if you look closely at the background, it really captures an era so well. I also happen to think Pa looks so dapper!! No wonder my Nanna fell in love with him, and stayed so devoted to him.... oh, the fact that he was a wonderful husband and provider probably helped too!




The next layout was for Challenge 3. I am TOTALLY in love with this range at the moment - Prima Botanical. I love the colours, and the Steampunk theme it has running through it allows me to carry boys layouts pretty well.
Here, I used lots of techniques - stitching, distressing, stamping and embossing. I sprayed the cogs with Glimmermist, then painted some Glimmer Glam on them......



Here is a close up of a flower I made. I love how it turned out, and will definately make more in the future.... I used an EK Success scallop punch, and once the flower was made, I coated the edges of the petals with glue, and dipped them in Twinklets Diamond Dust - I think it looks very "Primaish" don't you??



Ok, well I am now off to play in some Scrapbook Savvy Cybercrop challenges, and get things ready for their Blind Scrap tonight!
Cheers - don't forget to leave some love, I love reading your comments!

Yay - My Mojo is Back!!!

Well, it seems after taking a short leave of absence, my mojo has returned - in the last week, I've managed to scrap 6 layouts - Yay!!!

This was the February Sketch Challenge at Anna's Craft Cupboard, done be the fabulously talented sketch master Wendy Smith:0)

I loved the February Boy Kit at Scrapbook Savvy - the greens, reds and neutrals really sparked my creative interest, hehe!

I did this layout during the Blind Scrap over at Scrapbook Savvy's Cybercrop last weekend.

It was Cybercrop time at Chookscraps last weekend too - and this was the layout I did for Challenge 1.... Pity I didn't get a chance to upload it in time... "roll eyes"

Finally, this is the layout I did for the Chookscraps Guest DT competition. Criteria was to use Handmade flowers, the colours green and black, string, and to feature negative space.

That's it for me at the moment - I may actually do even more scrapping later tonight - maybe make a start on this month's challenges... haha!

Cheers, please feel free to leave some scrappy love:0)

February Kraft It Up

Well it's the end of the month, and that means it is challenge time - this is the layout I did for Kraft It Up.....


We had to use this colour combination:



I loved this combination - and this is what I came up with......

That's it for now - I'll come back tomorrow to share more;0)

Happy Birthday To My Little Man:0)

One of the reasons I have been such a terribly slack blogger is that my little man had a birthday recently - just can't believe he is 6 already, and in Year One "sigh" where has the time gone?? I can remember thinking when he was a baby that 2011 was such a long time away, but I've blinked and it's here!!! Unbelievable.

Anyways, Connor is quite the little party planner - well, he informs me of his theme, and I do the rest - LOL! This year, he wanted a Dragon themed party - he loves the movie "How to Train Your Dragon" and I guess that's why he wanted it. This is the cake I made - Connor actually picked this out months ago, and said "oooohhh, Mummy, you could make this for my party!!"
Haha - and I did, honestly, I am such a sucker!!!!

Here we are at cake cutting time - see the face paing?? I actually decided to try my hand at face painting at the party, so the kids had a choice of dragon faces, or, for the girls, princess faces. Must admit, my efforts were a bit dodgy - thank goodness for some other mums who stepped in to help, because it also took longer than I thought - haha! Connor of course chose Toothless.... and promptly races around afterwards so half of it rubbed off.....

Well, that's about it from me for now - I'll be back, hopefully tomorrow, for some scrappy shares!!

Thanks for popping by!

My Bad......

Hi Everyone,
I am so so sorry - I have been so slack. Don't really know what has got into me - the end of January brought the dreadful floods, and first my parents were badly affected in Bundaberg, then numerous friends and family were evacuated from their homes in Ipswich - I spent most of the end of January glued to a screen of some description, trying to find out if my family was OK...
Then it was the start of the new school year. Busy busy .... Then it was Connor's birthday - must upload some photos of that, actually - LOL!
Anyway, inbetween all of this, I did do a bit of scrapping - although I must admit I have been struggling with my mojo of late "sigh."
This layout was one I did of Connor and his teacher from his Prep year last year. He had a male teacher - which is really unusual in the early years, and I was so pleased Connor had the opportunity to be in his class. I like this layout, the vintagy/grungy style is one I am really liking at the moment.

This layout is one I actually started for the White With 1 Challenge in January - just didn't have the chance to get it finished.
I did make the effort to finish it - this is one of my favourite photos ever of Connor.
The challenge was to use White with Navy or Royal blue, and Banners. This is a bit different for me, I modge podged some tissue paper onto my base, then when that was dry, I stamped some white paint on with bubble wrap. Even made a Crepe paper ribbon - so not me, LOL!

This one was a "Just cos" layout - using some Basic Grey Hopscotch Paper, again, REALLY not the colours I usually use, but after some teeth gnashing and hair pulling out, I ended up being partially happy with the result - my biggest worry was working the patterns together - so I created this frame of the photos, and used some solid blue cardstock to break it up a bit... in the end, with a few added bits n pieces from my stash, I was a reasonably happy with the end result - not bad considering about half way through I was going to chuck it in the bin!! LOL!

Now this layout I love - one of my favourite ever, actually. Love this photo of Connor in the snow, and I used Fancy Pants Hot Chocolate papers for this, as well as some Prima doilies and ribbon, and the lace I cut with a Martha Stewart Punch - who doesn't love Martha's punches??haha I have soooo many now!! Finally, I created the snowflakes with my Cricut - they have actually come from 3 different cartridges, I just worked them all out on my Gypsey first, then cut them out - easy peasey!!

Well, that's about all from me - I will come back soon with some photo shares of Connor's party, and maybe even some more scrappy shares - I am trying to get some layouts done for Cybercrops on this weekend.

Till next time - don't forget to leave some scrappy love hehe!

Some Challenges

I've made a nice early start on the challenges this month - hopefully I can keep it up through the year - LOL!!

This is the challenge over at the Colour Room this month:

This was my interpretation - I loved the colours in this layout, and they were perfect for these bright photos of Connor I took when he was playing on his slip and slide - on one of the few fine days we've had these holidays!!

This is my layout for the January Sketch Challenge over at Bon's

This one is my layout for the Sketch challenge over at Anna's Craft Cupboard:

Well, that's about it from me for now - about to get cracking on another layout - woohoo!! I am on a roll!!!

Happy Scrapping everyone!!