Yippee!!! Blog Whisper finished!!!

Hurray !!!! A long time ago, in a land far away..... No seriously......  A while ago the lovely Bridgette started a blog whisper where someone starts a layout and then it just goes from one lady to another and you get to see how much it has changed as it passes hands......a bit like "Chinese Whispers" that you used to play in school.....

So here's my layout ......I stayed pretty true to the one that Bridgette sent me

"Happiness comes out of You"

And then I sent it on to Ali

Happy hopping....will have to do mine when I get back from Noosa!

E x

Some new layouts!!!

I got very busy scrapping on the weekend and did heaps of layouts..... Yeah!!!! Some I can't share just yet because they are for the next Scrapboxx newsletter but this is one I have done for Scrap the Girls October challenge ( I have since added more journaling down the side about how Olivia got her name)
I used The Girls Paperie (so pretty) and lots of yummy new Prima ,including packaging!

"What's in a name?"

And some close ups....

For the fence I used crackle paint ( love that stuff!)

"Our Darling Daughters"

Close up of my punched concertinaed flower.....crystal butterfly from Green Tara and I used Sassafrass lass papers and a little bit of this and that from my stash.

"Pretty Little Girl"

This layout I have used bits and pieces from my stash and a heap of lace I got in a big bag from the op shop for $1.50!!!

Will show you  the others later on......When I can share:)

Have a great weekend!

Love E x

Scrapboxx Newsletter time ....

Yep it's newsletter time again....click here to view the stunning, amazing work that the Design Team have contributed this month.

Here is my contribution to the newsletter......this month we were to be inspired by the style of Cubism painting.

This is the painting I took inspiration from.....

And here is my version......

"Snapshots of Me"

and a close up ......

So check out the newsletter over at Scrapboxx and welcome our 3 new Design Team members too!!!

Karen Shady, Julie Winks and Leanne Jago

Can't wait to work with these talented scrappers and see what they inject into The Boxx!

Have a great week....... I have done lots of scrapping over the weekend and will share as soon as I can.

E x

The Fairy Party

The Fairy Party

Ella had  her 6th birthday last week and to celebrate I gave her a fairy party for her and some school friends.

The day turned out to be wet and miserable and the party was nearly postponed but we decided to go ahead and it ended up being a great day despite the rain.

Here is our beautiful little Ella fairy.

The party area!

See my beautiful tissue paper balls I spent hours making .....you can get the tutorial from here....tissue paper pom poms

See the pink mushroom cushions I decided to make at 7.30pm the night before!

The goodie table....yum!

All the little fairies.....

All fairies have to blow bubbles.....

(She's ditched the wings and grabbed a cardi by now!)

And of course the cake!

And that's it for another few years (I hope)!

Got a scrappy weekend this weekend (hubby away!) I'll hopefully have loads to share next week!

E x

Let's Get Shabby - challenge # 16

The criteria for this months Let's get Shabby challenge was too good to pass up. You had to chose which kitchen you wanted to play in and also follow this recipe........here's the kitchen I chose (gorgeous!)
One piece of fabric
Two die-cut shapes
Three colours from the kitchen and make them dominant.
.........so here's what I have created.

And some close ups.....

Do you like these new crystal vines and leaves from Green Tara!!! Divine!

This month is a fantastic prize from maxines melange!

Thanks for stopping by.

I have Ella's 6th birthday this weekend and she is having her first party with friends ....theme "Fairies" So I'll show a few photos next week.

Wish me luck!

E x

Couple of pubs!

I have a couple of layouts that were used for publication this week.....firstly Scrapbooking.com asked me to write a tutorial for one of my layouts. It was actually the layout I did for stucksketches! a few months ago....anyway here is the tutorial I did for my Layout......

Tutorial for "So Much Fun"

I decided to use the photo of my youngest daughter, Ella, throwing autumn leaves up in the air. She was having so much fun – hence the title – while her older sister was rock climbing.

Supplies

•Alphabet/Letters: chipboard (Heidi Swapp); stickers (October Afternoon)

•Cardstock: Kraft

•Embellishments: flowers, leaves (Prima Marketing); pearls from vintage necklace; buttons

•Ink: Pinecone (Versa Ink)

•Other/Misc: masking tape

•Patterned paper: Origins, Nook and Pantry (BasicGrey); Vintage Script (Webster’s Pages)

•Ribbon

Instructions

1. Ink around the edges of the Kraft cardstock.
2. Cut a 20x 28 cm piece of BasicGrey paper and ink around the edges. Place in the centre of the cardstock.
3. Cut a 5cm strip and tear one edge on an angle and ink. Cut two strips of different patterned paper and place 2/3rds of the way down the page.
4. Using a 5 x 7 inch photo, matt with the plain reverse colour of another BasicGrey sheet; distress edges and machine stitch a border to give definition.
5. Tear some vintage paper into strips, ink and place underneath the edges of your photo randomly.
6. Place the larger of your embellishments closest to the photo and stagger the smaller ones diagonally towards the corners. Randomly place a few buttons in matching colors.
7. Add a couple of layers of ribbon of different lengths along the bottom of the photo.
8. Add some pearl sprigs coming outward from the flowers.
9. Add your title to one corner of the paper strips.
10. Place strips of masking tape along the bottom of the photo in the opposite corner to write your journaling on.
11. Cut out some butterflies from patterned paper and place above embellishments on foam tape to give added depth.


So that was quite exciting for me to be asked by an American online magazine to be published!
Next one was just published in Scrapbook Creations Vol 09 No 07.

I did this layout in November last year so it's amazing it's only being published now!

Close up ........

Will be back in the next couple of days with my letsgetshabby entry for the month.
 

Love E x