Want Some Challenge Inspiration?

Hey everyone,
Been a bit of a crazy time for me the past couple of weeks with some pretty major things going on so sorry for the big delay between posts.

Don't you just love the start of a new month when all the blog challenges are released. I know I do! So here are a couple to inspire you that I hope you'll play along with.

A2Z Scraplets Feb Sketch Challenge:

My example:

 Materials: Bo Bunny paper; A2Z Scraplets title and frame; D-lish scraps embellishments (Flower, bottlecap, ticket); My2Angels doily.

Scrapbooking Haven:

My example of sketch 2:

 Materials: Basic grey papers; Basic grey ribbon; Basic grey alphas; Prima flowers; Jillibean soup kraft alphas.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Holly x

2012 - First Layouts of the Year

Hello

How has everyone's weekend been? Mine has been extremely quiet at home since my husband is still no better after 5 weeks of suffering horrible pain from a bulging disc in his back. Hopefully he recovers soon. So with a quiet weekend at home, it has been a great chance to get some scrapping done. I have done 2 layouts already today.

This first one is something I wanted to create since the start of the new year so I was pretty happy to see the new Get Picky challenge suited my idea. It is a layout reflecting on my goals and resolutions for 2012. I have included some hidden journalling on kraft journal cards that slide out from behind the photo and paper. One lists my resolutions, to declutter, get organised, get on top of finances and remain healthy. The other has my goals... and yes, one of those is to get pregnant lol And hopes of trying to squeeze in at least a mini overseas trip somewhere.

 Materials include: Papers & ribbons - Basic Grey Picadilly range; Prima flowers, AC Thickers; Green tara spray; D-lish scraps journalling cards.

This next layout was a general one with no sketch or challenge in mind. It features a photo of our new kitten with his brother Yoda. For the first few days, we had both Dexter and Yoda at our place as my sister adopted Yoda. Its a very cool picture!

 Materials: Paper, lace & alphas - Basic Grey Picadilly; prima flowers; Jillibean soup kraft alphas.

These two layouts were created using my DT kit from Scrapbooking Haven. Normally such bright colours would scare me but I am happy with how they turned out. There is another I have done with the kit already, but it will not be revealed until 1 February unfortunately. But here is a sneak:

Check out the Scrapbooking Haven February sketch challenge reveal to see the rest.

Have a great day :)

Exciting News to Share

Hi everyone,

In the midst of my very sad week last week, I received a very exciting email. You see I have quite an obsession with chipboard and have always wanted to be on a chipboard manufacturer design team... and now I am! Woot!

I am now designing for A 2 Z Scraplets commencing in the new year. I cannot wait to get started. If you pop on over to the blog, you can see the other talented ladies who will be joining me on the design team. Pop on over and check out their blogs when you get a chance.

On other news, Scrapbook Kits with a difference is currently having 20% off all kits at the moment. That includes lots of new kits that are being added to the store each day. There are some really gorgeous christmas ones too. You can find the store here.

Scrapbooking Haven is also having a massive store sale with so many bargains. I picked up a heap of stuff yesterday for dirt cheap prices so be sure to check it out. Maybe some christmas shopping for some crafty friends? You can find the store here. There is also a 12 days of christmas challenge going on at the ning site.

And of course don't forget to join in on the massive Scrap School competition going on at Wicked Princesses.

And... don't forget to enter my blog candy here.

This post sure does have lots of keep you busy... or shopping hehe Have a great day everyone.

Holly xo

Cherish

Hi everyone,
It was my turn this week to do a blog post over at Scrapbooking Haven. I'm not really overly experienced in tutorials but I had a go. Please head on over to the blog to check it out. Scrapbooking Haven

This month Amy wanted each of the Design Team members to create using specific items. My items were brads. I created a layout with a bit of hidden journalling. I also worked in the colour scheme of the current Scrap the Girls challenge. Here is my layout below:

Take care
Holly xo

Mega Happy Mail

Morning everyone,
Just wanted to have a quick share of the wonderful deliveries my parcel man delivered this morning. Sorry the photos are rotten. I'm phone blogging again lol Firstly, my order from Scrapbooking stock. So cheap for Kaisercraft products. I got 4 mini pads for $4 each. Love that price. Plus a couple of freebies thrown in there. Nice!

Then my order from Scrapbooking Haven arrived also. This includes both the birthday sale items I purchased on Amy's birthday and a few normal item things. Look at all those thickers and prima. Lovely. Wish I could play today... but they will have to wait. My DT pack should arrive tomorrow or the next day so more lovely goodies when I get home.

And then there was the unexpected parcel.I opened it thinking hmmm... I don't recall ordering this big bundle of goodies. That's because I didn't. I won them from a competion through Scrapbooking Memories. OMG! How awesome are all those goodies. I could not believe how many stickers, rub ons and stamps were in that gorgeous parcel. What a fabulous Monday morning.

Now the reason I don't get to play with my goodies until later this week, if at all, is because tomorrow is my husband's 30th birthday and I'm taking him away for a lovely little get away on the Gold Coast. He has no clue where we are going or what we are doing. We're about to set off so the GPS will lead him to the destination. Tomorrow we are going on a seaplane trip to another island for a lunch and sight seeing. Then during lunch I will surprise him with the final part of his birthday gift... the booking confirmation for our 3 night trip to Auckland in August. I hope he has a wonderful time! So until I return, have a lovely week everyone in Blogger land.

xo

In the Mood for a Challenge?

Hello

There are some really great May challenges going on that you should definitely play along with. Over at Scrapbudz we have a sketch challenge going. Check out the gorgeous DT inspiration. Its a mother's day themed sketch, so maybe you even have a new photo from this year with your mum.

Scrapbooking Haven have also released their May sketch:

And Scrappassion is needing some participants for their fun May challenge too. What's great about this one is you have to create  your own material flowers to put on your creation. So you're entering a challenge, and learning how to make new embellishments all in one.Here's the tutorial:

So if you have a bit of free time, be sure to join in on these super fun challenges to get your mojo flowing.

Some Weekend Shares

Hi everyone,
I seem to be doing a lot of blogging over the past couple of days. Been a busy bee. Anyway, I have a few recent layouts to share with you, completed within the past week. Some were during the Wicked Princcesses cyber crop this weekend, and others are DT projects for Scrapbooking Haven.

 Scrapbooking Haven DT layout. I needs a little something else. Its using the Cosmo Cricket Chemisty range, which was a real challenge for me as they aren't colours I'm used to working with. Also includes an RW lasercut chipboard. They can be purchased here.

 This layout was a cyber crop challenge to use pink or purple with black and have a grungy look. The photo is my niece and I at her very first music festival a few years back. She was about 15...therefore I was about 25 lol Nice quick layout.

 This is another cyber crop layout, using Kaisercraft Chanteuse and English rose. The challenge was lucky dip and I was unlucky enough to get my worst criteria... paint, as well as staples and multi photos. The stamples are impossible to see in the photo, but they are along the top side of the precious moments paper, beneath the prima flower. Everything here was purchased from Haven too.

More cosmo cricket Chemistry. This one is my parents at their 40th wedding anniversary dinner earlier this year. They aren't the most photogenic people I know. Always silly faces for dad and often no smiles for mum haha

Among all the scrapping this weekend I was able to clean the oven, do some out door work and watch some tv/movies with my husband. I also cleaned my scrap space up a bit today so I have left the chair a few times LOL

Enjoy the rest of your day. My long weekend is nearing its end... back to work tomorrow :-(

Two New Layouts for Scrapbooking Haven & Dolphins

Hi everyone,
Well I've had these next two layouts finished for a couple of days but haven't had a chance to upload them as its been a mega busy weekend. As it is I'm only taking a quick break from helping my husband clean and prepare for our parents coming over this afternoon. We finally got out wedding dvds and they are coming to watch and have dinner.

Here is my latest layout, which I absolutely love. Its my 3rd DT layout for Scrapbooking Haven for March, again using the Theresa Collins Noel papers, only this time I wanted to show that these papers can be just as lovely and versatile in creating a non-christmas layout. Particuarlly the very classy black and red damask papers. All items in this layout are from scrapbooking Haven, with the exception of the chipboard title, which was from my stash. I inked the title with red ink, which really made it pop. The bling is from prima, the blooms from Kaiser and the rest of the embellishments are handmade with the Noel papers.

Its another wedding layout... but such a pretty one I think lol

The next layout I had a sneek peek of in my last WOYWW post, so again its using the Noel papers, Kaiser flowers and embellisments. Quite simple, again with lots of white space.

Yesterday we went on a dolphin watching cruise for the day. The dolphins love surfing alongside the boat, so not great photos, but lots of sitings. It was a really fun day. Here's the best dolphin pic I got.

 The Tangalooma wrecks off Morten Island. These were intenionally placed around the 1960's to create protection for the beach and encourage marine life.

 Ahhhh sharks... no wait... just dolphins lol

 And the not so fun part of the day... sunburnt feet. So bad! Hurts!

WOYWW - Exciting News

Hi everyone,
Here we are on another mid-week desk peek, as created by the talented Julia.

Firstly I would like to share my exciting news with you all. I am now a member of the Scrapbudz design team. I have completed my first DT layout for the April sketch challenge, however you will have to wait until Friday to see that one, when the challenge goes live. Scrapbudz has two challenges each month. A sketch challenge on the first of the month, and a latte and cream inspiration challenge mid month. I can't wait to get started on my latte and cream layout. Its going to be a yummy one! Pop on over and check out the blog and linked store. If you're quick, there is still time to finish the March latte and cream challenge... which is a super awesome green dessert inspiration. By now most of you probably know I love green!

So on other news, I completed my first DT layout for Scrapbooking Haven on the weekend. You can find the post here. I am also working on my next layout from my pack of awesome DT goodies.

Here is a sneak peak at my second layout:

 And the bits and pieces of the beautiful papers Amy sent me to work with. I am sooooo in love with these Teresa Collins papers.

 As you can see, my mountain of mess is getting worse. I need to stop buying things. I have several Kaiser OTP item ready to be put together and decorated so overall the floor space around the desk is getting smaller. Poor husband... and poor Felix, who has taken to sleeping in the box. Well actually, she loves that type of thing so at least I'm keeping someone happy.

Otherwise I'm afraid my work desk has been home to a different kind of work this week too. Assignments for the mangement course my work is putting me through. Its kind of cool, as I'm not actually a manager, so its a compliment that I'm being trained up ready for the day that comes that I am a manager. But really... all I want to do is scrapbook. Not type up 2,500 word essays on emotional intelligence ;-)

This coming weekend I'll have to have my camera charged and ready to go as hubby and I are going on a dolphin watching cruise. Kind of funny actually, living in Queensland, that we have never done anything like this before. It was actually from an experience voucher given to us for an engagement present last year so we finally redeemed it for something fun together.

Wow, so many posts from me this week. It's been a busy week of creating. Hopefully you aren't all sick of visiting me yet! Of course I love your comments so please do keep them coming.

Holly xo