Monday's Workshop

I call this my Holly Hobby page. The colours remind me so much of Holly Hobby from when I was a little girl.

This is the layout we will be doing on Monday. There is a bit of free-hand drawing in it and lots of stippling, but it should be fun for something a little different.

I've used Spice Cake DSP, another pack I love!

Just Boy Stuff

I bought 'Frightful Sight'. YUP! When Stampin' Ups! catalogue came out last September, it was the LAST designer series paper pack I was planning on buying. But now I have it, I really love it.

Here is my first layout I made with it (and I have to tell you I CASEd a very cool card layout from Carolyn Bennie and used it as an embellishment on my page. When I saw what she did, I just loved it and made the layout around it.

Im not one for distressing, but now I've completed the page, I wish I'd distressed the paper even more.

This layout would suit halloween, nature, picnic, camping, playing in the garden, at the park, there are heaps of ways to use it.

P.S. I think I've talked hubby into a new camera for my birthday... Only 4 months to wait!

Same layout: different colours & different stamps. Which one will you choose?

I have made the same layout and just changed the colours and stamp sets to give each one a different theme.

I have been looking forward to using all of these stamp sets in a layout and I am really happy with the colours I chose as well. I havent used any patterned paper, just stamps and a bit of sparkly spritz to jazz the papers up.

Here is my layout using Stampin' Ups! 'Pretty Princess' stamp set (the frog is sooo cute!):

 Sorry, my close up is terrible:

I have turned the same layout into a boys layout. I have used the 'Lots of Bots' stamp set and I have also used 'Need for Speed' as a second option. I havent titled it yet, but think I might use this layout for our trip to Bathurst to the car races (so the cool red car from 'Need for Speed' might just be the winner!)

Here it is done with 'Lots of Bots':

And a close up (again not very good!):

Here is the layout with the 'Need for Speed' stamp option. It has a choice of a boat, car, plane or quad bike.

Here are all the stamps in 'Need for Speed':

Which option will you choose?

Easter Layout

I 'finally' have the STAMPIN' UP! alphabet stamp set I have been eyeing off FOREVER. It is the 'Just Perfect Alphabet' and it is just that, just perfect! It fits in the new small oval punch, the pennant punch and the 3/4" circle punch and I am sure more.

I have used it to make an Easter heading using the small oval punch, so that the heading looks like little easter eggs. So cute and oh so CASED from Rachael (thanks Rach xo).

I have also used a Sizziz die from their 'Stuffed Animal' set to make the cute bunny.

And as I havent had a chance to print this years Easter photos yet, I have scrapped last years. lol. Well, that's another one to tick off the list.

Pink Stumps Day Layout

This post is my finished Pink Stumps layout. Finally done! Well, I think I need to journal, I must book in a journalling day! That's something I just keep putting off... Is there anyone else out there that does that too???

Messy Monster! Thursday Night Workshop 19th April

Hey girls, I can't wait to see what photos you come up with for this workshop. Here is the layout with an option for six trimmed 6" x 4" photos. If you have more, I'm sure we'll manage to squeeze more on.

Lots of stamping and cutting on this night too, so if you have sharp craft scissors please bring them along.

Your photos of course don't need to be of a 'messy' kind, nor does the heading need to be the same. You could do photos of your little one at a certain age, or photos that just match this colour combo. Email me if you have any queries.

Looking forward to it! xx

Cheaper Than Therapy Submission # 26

Whoops, it's me this week that's a day behind. Here is a reminder of this weeks challenge, sketch & palette:

I ended up choosing Stampin' Up colours, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, Wild Wasabi and instead of grey, I used Sahara Sand. Here is my layout:

I'm off to check out Adele and Rachael's blogs now. I've been holding off. Be sure to check them out too. Have a great week. xx