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UK Scrappers - Week 16 Gold
Gold! was the challenge Nat set us this week .... and I have used gold accents on a very simple card. Supplies:DCVW Taj Mahal patterned paperBazzill Kraft and scraps for die cuttingSpellbinders...
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52 card challenge UKS Scrappers - Week 13
This was the challenge for Week 13 - use the following sketch: In desperate catch-up mode for all the cards I owe, here is one to one of my most long standing friends, Tony, who has helped us out a...
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SIPIDI April - Shepherd's Pie
Fiona Cullen, over at her blog Staring at the Sea, runs a monthly challenge to actually make reality what we pin on Pinterest, which she has called "See It, Pin It, Do It!" I quite often look up...
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UK Scrappers 52 Card Challenge 2014 - week 10
Going back to Week 10, Nat set us a challenge to use the following items - wood, plastic, stickers. I thought "what!" for several weeks. The challenge never has to be interpreted that literally, but...
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52 Card Challenge 2014 - UK Scrappers Week 20
This week being Week 20, Nat's challenge was entitled "show and tell", using new stash. I have just become a Close To My Heart Consultant, and have rather a lot of new CTMH stash. But I like to...
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Close to My Heart - Skylark Scrapbooking Layout
Here is the layout I made from my consultant starter kit received from Close To My Heart. I love the beautiful blue/green tones - just my colours. I used a really special photo of my twin boys having...
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52 Card 2014 UK Scrappers - Weeks 21 and 22
I've managed to make two cards lately, and catch up a little bit on the UK Scrappers 52 Card Challenge 2014. We've had quite a bit of sickness hit this house, so I have been very blessed to find very...
View ArticleHenry and Lewis - almost Three
Dear Henry and Lewis, In just a couple of weeks' time you will be three. We have been in Chinchilla for just over four months, but in that time, we have all made some really lovely friends, who we...
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UK Scrappers 2014 52 Card Challenge - Week 23
This week's challenge was from photo inspiration - something Nat pinned to Pinterest. Pinterest pin And here's my aqua and yellow card, using mainly CTMH products from the Skylark range for my friend...
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UK Scrappers 52 Card Challenge 2014 - Week 15
Week 15 - All creatures great and small, was the challenge for that particular week. Not really a clever interpretation, but at least a bird is an animal! It was Lily's 3rd birthday on Sunday and...
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CTMH Skylark cards - thank you Chinchilla!
We are now moved into our new house in Hervey Bay, so the period of adjustment and settling in begins. I have absolutely no inspiration to craft, as there is no order or organisation, and my future...
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Project Life - July 2014 Moving Again
There has neither been time nor the inclination to scrapbook with all the turmoil and upheaval in our recent history, but in the past week, I have sat down and started to document our recent move. I...
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Chinchilla Show Sideshow Alley
I am gradually working toward getting recent unfinished projects completed before I even begin to think about new ones ... This CTMH Picture My Life layout was started shortly after the Chinchilla Show...
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CTMH Christmas Card
Here's a very simple Christmas card I whipped up last night, using Close to My Heart products from the new 2014-15 catalogue. I've used a 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 card base from Kaisercraft - I have just...
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Men's cards - Crate Paper Brook
Last Sunday was Father's Day here in Australia, so I made a card for Paul from the boys, and one for my Dad. I NEVER usually go mad and buy a whole paper range, but I certainly did for this one - I...
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Dad's 80th birthday
My Dad's 80th birthday party is in a couple of weeks, so I wanted to avoid the last minute panic and make his card well in advance when I had a few minutes. Ever mindful of the massive amount of...
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Hark, The Herald Angels Sing ...
This is one of my cards for the upcoming Close To My Heart convention card swap with other consultants. Instructor Notes:This would be a great card to make at a workshop for people to stretch their...
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Bob the Builder
Last week, Henry and Lewis got to see Bob the Builder at Pialba Place shopping centre during school holidays. Their task was to decorate either a tool box or a house. Henry naturally chose a tool box...
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Kinder Musik
This is the first traditional scrapbooking layout I have done in a good few months. We are through the worst of our move to Hervey Bay and a period of stabilisation and settling in is still ahead of...
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52 Card Challenge UKS Scrappers - Week 35
Trying to dip back into the card challenge on UK Scrappers which has sadly again gone off course this year, I will try to catch up with them gradually in the hope of finishing all the challenges in one...
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