Our Honeymoon

Hello

I have been doing a few digital page catch ups this long weekend and realised I have not shared so many of my digital pages and Project life. Oops! I recently started my honeymoon album (only 3 years later) and realised I have not shared any of them.

We went to Fiji for our honeymoon which was great. I can't wait to go back there again one day for that ultimate relaxing holiday.

Some of these album pages I totally love. Some need some more tweaking. I also modified some of the digital PL templates to suit my needs :)

Materials: Becky Higgins Project Life kits: Midnight, Seafoam, Cinnamon; BH Digital templates.

Thanks for visiting and keep an eye out for more digital shares over coming days :)

Holly x

Recent digital pages

Hello

 

How are you all on this lovely Saturday? Mine has been spent so far with a sleeping baby on my lap for the past 2 hours although she just woke up and bit me with her new tooth.

 

I thought I had better share some of my recent publications. Most of my digital pages have been accepted for publication almost immediately so not much time to share however here are 2 that I can now share as they have featured in Scrapbooking Memories earlier this year.

 

I am still amazed how much I love digital scrapbooking after so many years of thinking it was not for me. I love the clean look of it and how much easier it can be to do with a bub compared to traditional messy scrapbooking lol

 

The first page was made using Becky Higgins project life papers and some freebie elements.

This one was done with a freebie digital kit and took less than half an hour to put together. Crazy fast ... for me anyway as I can be slow with my traditional scrapping.

 

And how time flies. My little miss is now 10 months old. Time to start planning that 1st birthday party.

 

Enjoy the weekend.

 

Holly x

Polly August & September Kit Layouts

Hello all

 

I'm a bit behind on my blogging. I have had several PL layouts finished for a while and kept forgetting to photograph and share. Oops. So a bit of a photo over load for this post, with pages from both August and September Polly! kits. Both of these kits have been fabulous and so easy to create with. I will have more from the September kit coming before the next kit release but for now, here are some pics of weeks 35-37 :)

 

 Sorry for a couple of totally dodgy pics. I didn't switch lenses and this one doesn't autofocus. Ick! But thankfully I have a new one arriving hopefully tomorrow that will do the job much better ;)

 How pretty is the colour palette of the September kit. I love love love these colours!

Hope those of you who have subscribed to these yummy kits have been enjoying yours too. They are so full of goodness! And enough to do at least a full month worth of pages, which is perfect.

Have a great week.

Holly x

Project Life week 32 & 33

Hello

I am a couple of weeks behind on my project life at the moment, although catching up fast. T'hat's one of the perks not only of project life, but of the Polly! kits. Keeps things nice and simple.

Another way I like to catch up sometimes is by doing only single page layouts for quieter weeks rather than the usual double spread. This also means I will have a better chance of cramming an entire year into one album. We'll see ;)

The photos are not the best. The sunlight was running out fast by the time I took these but hopefully you still can make out the awesomeness of this August kit. I am working my way through another double layout right now with all the goodies from the kit too. Stay tuned for another post next week.

Holly x

Only 104 days til Christmas

Does that sound a little scary?


Not that far really. It tends to sneak up quick so at least us design team girls get to be a step ahead with a few Christmas projects to share in the lead up.
 


This month is also about something new. Like new sunnies...



And a close up of those cute banners... covered in patterned paper.

Materials: Kaisercraft papers, AC Thickers, Dymo labeller, twin, Scrapmatts chipboard.


And a card (sorry about the sideways pic):

This year was my hubby's first father's day and he was actually only home for the last few hours of it unfortunately. But still special :)

Other than the chipboard, this card is made from left overs from my Polly! PL kits. See, totally multi-purposeful ;)

Thanks for stopping by

Holly x

New Digi Page

Hey there

It has been the craziest 2 months but will hopefully start to slow down in a couple of weeks when work isn't as full on. We have new staff starting so I can start sharing a bit of my workload again thankfully! Been insane having a full time work load but only working part time lol Ahh well. Can't say I'm bored!

My other side project, Sweet Harmony Delights has also been going really well which is great. I do have a big stocktake needed so I can stop taking over the entire house with store products. I have already had more than 50 orders which is quite humbling!

But the good news is I have been creating. I will share some new project life pages with you in the next week. I am also up with some new stuff at Scrapmatts on Thursday so I will share that on the blog too. Although I forgot to photograph a wedding card before giving it to the recipients lol Oops!

For now, a quick share of a digi page. These are perfect when I have a sleeping bub on me on nights she might be a little less settled. I love that I can still create while keeping her close :)

Thanks for stopping by

Holly x

Week 34 &35 Digital baby album pages

Hey there

Things are hectic here at the moment. I am looking forward to it quietening down a bit. Currently I am job sharing with myself lol We are in the process of recruiting at work but it means 100% of the workload in less than 50% of the hours. Hence why my blog is a bit bare. All should be back to normal in about 2 weeks :)

I thought I would share some of the recent layouts for Lily's first year album. The digital version. I have kept up pretty well with my project life... all 3 albums... despite the busy times. Phew!

Ooops I just realised I haven't added the background to these ones yet. One day I will go through and tweak all the digi pages for Lily's album in time for Christmas photo books. Her first birthday is 3rd of December so plenty of time to finalise ;)

Hope you have a great weekend ahead.

Holly x

Been a while...

Oh dear, my poor neglected blog! Not sure I've ever been this long between posts. Shocking!

Things have been a bit busy but still.. no excuse.

Here are my latest design team creations for Scrapmatts:

There is nothing worse than the rush that comes with getting organised for special occasions, so I do like to stay a little ahead. Although normally not this far ahead with Christmas cards. However I am not complaining. 3 less cards to worry about when the Christmas rush begins.







And something else slightly less early but ahead of another special event.. a daddy daughter layout in time for Father's Day. I love the simplicity of this photo of my husband and daughter at the beach. I kept the layout itself fairly simple too, with a little gesso mess and some recycled cardboard mixed in with some chipboard goodness.

My husband is actually on tour with his band on his first Father's Day but plans to fly back home as early as he can on that day to spend time with our daughter :)



Thanks for stopping by :)

Oh Yum!

Hey there

As you may have noticed.... or maybe not. I have been dabbling in digital scrapbooking lately as well as the digital project life. In fact, this is my 4th digital scrapbook layout but I haven't been able to share the other 3 as amazingly enough, they have all been accepted for consideration to be published by Scrapbooking Memories. Wow!! This one wasn't quite magazine quality though haha Still... 3 outta 4. Can't complain!

This layout is actually done using the Becky Higgins Blush Project Life core kit from the Digital Project Life store. Just goes to show these kits are great for more than just Project Life. It also uses a couple of bits from a template.

My daughter was recently given her first strawberry to try and loved it. This was actually her second day of strawberries and there was no hesitation on this occasion. I was actually enjoy an arvo snack while she was meant to be having a nap in my lap... but no. She wanted mummy's snack too. Too cute!

It amazes me that my princess is already 8 months today. It has flown by and the past week or two has been so full of new skills and habits. She is pretty close to crawling, doing the commando thing all around the lounge. She easily pulls herself into sitting position now and with a little help, pulls up to a standing position too and then the first word happened too. Bub. Neither mum or dad won that one. Probably a good thing lol

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Holly x

Creating with the Bright Skies Polly! PL Kit

Hello

I'm here with a couple of pages to share using the very fabulous Bright Skies Polly! Project Life kit:



Firstly, it's taken me forever to get a post happening. A bit of a crazy past week and a half. However, I must say I totally love love love this kit. The bright colours are very me these days. I absolutely love the cute patterns, the die cuts and the polaroids. Well all of it really but I am a bit obsessed with Echo Park too ;)

So here is some inspiration using this fabulous kit:

Very little was added from my stash, as this kit has so much goodness. However I did add alphas, including some Thickers on my title card and a couple of Studio Calico wood veneer and of course my Dymo labeller for journaling. Love my Dymo!

 I am trying to add a splash of handwriting every couple of weeks because as much as I hate how it looks, I know it will be cherished by future generations (hopefully).

Week 29 pages and close ups:

 I actually used a couple of items from the last kit on week 29. Some items I loved but did not get to work into my last kit layouts. You can see them on my title card. Otherwise again just alphas and the dymo otherwise... and my journaling is done with one of the new style Becky Higgins pens.

Don't you just love those bright patterns and fun colours throughout this kit. So diverse and easy to work with!

Anyway that is enough from me for this post. It's a little photo heavy so I hope you enjoyed seeing my latest pages. I am now working on last week... although it is late so it is time for bed.

Holly xo