Manor House Giveaway

Would you like to win this? I know I would

You can be in the draw to win by visiting here

Good luck!

1 Year of Blogging

Hi all,
Today is the first anniversary of my blog. Hard to believe it has been a year already. I guess it only goes to show that time flies when you are having fun... with crafting anyway! Don't forget to enter my Blog Candy to celebrate. I'll be drawing this sometime in January:

I have some other exciting news to share that some of you may already be aware of if you are on FB. I am now designing for De-lish scraps. So excited as they have such gorgeous embellishments. And such fantastic prices too. You definitely need to check out the store if you haven't already.

Here is my first share using some D-lish products:

 Materials: Paper - kaisercraft; flowers - D-lish scraps, Kaisercraft; American craft thickers; Scrapware chipboard; D-lish scraps washy tape, doily and heart

This layout is of my husband at a recent gig he played with his band in December. It was a few days after he got back from his month of touring. He wasn't too impressed with the bright green or the flowers haha But its one of my all time favourite layouts and definitely would have been on my 2011 top 10 had I been able to share it sooner :))

Top 10 of 2011

Howdy,

Wow, I cannot believe 2011 is almost done and dusted. And not soon enough if you ask me. It was quite a challenging year at times for me so far from my favourite. However I am proud of my achievements regards to my scrapbooking. I started the year as a complete and utter newbie, dabbling here and there over the years in some totally flat, dimensionless scrap pages. Then I discovered challenge blogs and found so many wonderful and inspirational scrappy friends. I somehow managed to get on some design teams (thanks to those lovely people who were willing to take me on) and my scrapbooking skills improved 1000%. Still a long way to go compared to those I have come to admire, however like any new skill... it takes practice and I've been having lots of it!

So I thought I would take this opportunity to share 10 of my favourite layouts of 2011. It can be hard to narrow it down and there are a couple of favourites I am not allowed to share due to acceptances from Scrapbooking Memories (Wow... another thing that still amazes me) and a couple of very recent creations for DT purposes, so here are 10 favourites that I am allowed to share:

Even in this collection of layouts,  you can see the development of my style over the space of a year.

I also wanted to share my top 6 OTP projects:

Don't forget there is still time to enter my blog candy for my blog anniversary. The anniversary is 5.1.12 but the draw will come late in January. Click here to enter. You could win this:

Wishing you all a happy and save new years eve. Bring on 2012!

Holly xo

Blogiversary and Giveaway

Hi everyone,

Sometime late in December last year I decided to start a blog. At the time I was starting to get back into scrapbooking, but had always only just dabbled on and off prior to this time. It was not long after christmas and only a couple of months after my wedding. I had loved all the DIY stationary and stuff I'd made for my wedding and thought maybe a blog would be a good way to motivate me into regular creating. It did not take long before my interest in crafting turned into a full blown obsession. This blog documents that journey over the past year and how far I've come in such a short time.

So to celebrate my blogiversary and all the wonderful new bloggy friends I have made in this time, I am having a giveaway. To be in with a chance to win, all you have to do is become a follower of my blog (if you're not already) and leave me a comment after this post. For an extra chance at the draw, share this giveaway on your blog or in your sidebar and link back to me but don't forget to leave another comment letting me know so I can add an extra entry in the draw.

Thank you to all of you who visit and leave such lovely comments. It is so nice to have people who share my interest and whom I can share my creations with. That's what keeps me coming back each day to see what is happening in the blogger world because each of you inspire me and remind me how much I love creating!

Blog candy

A mixture of items including some WOW, scenic route and Dusty Attic chippy titles, Manor house leaves, Prima & kaiser bling, lots of alphas from Prima, Abi's craft etc, some mini pad papers from MME, an alpha stamp and christmas stamp set and some other bits and pieces.

Holly xo

Purple Pumpkin Giveaway

To celebrate their birthday, Purple Pumpkin are having a massive giveaway... with the first place prize winning a $50 voucher along with other prizes. How wonderful!

For your chance to win, share the word. Click on this link to head on over for details.

And on other news, I'm a random prize winner at Artastic for my June entry. Thanks Shazza, Debi and the rest of the DT for providing fun, inspirational challenges and fab prizes :-)

Giveaways & A Quick Share

There are 2 very fabulous giveaways happening right now. One is over at Scrap Doctor AKA Natalie's blog. And the other... to celebrate 1 million page hits, at Scrappelicious. Go check it out for your chance to win either of these fabulous give aways. And be sure to check out the lovely creations from each of these talented people.

I also wanted to do a quick share on an item I made recently but haven't had a chance to post up on my blog. I have been trying to organise my incredibly messy scrap room and decorated one of the Kaisercraft recipe books to store my alphas and rub ons and other various stickers. I decorated it with the Kaisercraft Chapter One collection and love how it turned out.

Big Giveaway Over At Me & the Little Rascals

Hi all,
Just sharing a fab giveaway from Samantha Hauzer at her blog, Me and the Little Rascals.  The winner will be very lucky indeed.

While you there, be sure to check out her amazing work.

Hope you are all having a wonderful week. I have a bit of exciting news to share tomorrow :-)
Holly xo