the colour room...

#21

first a LO...

& then a card..
love the colours this week!!

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thinkin' inkin'

new class for tomorrow (tuesday 31/8) night at

Passion for Paper

what better way to spend a few hours then knee deep in ink!!

love it...distress ink, staz-on, alcohol ink, embossing, stencilling, resist, blending...

the list goes on!!

see you there???

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look what I made..

this cute little number...

its for Miss T & she chose the colour & print combo.

super cute little rows of frills!!

its neatly lined & also has a pocket!!

I've got some material ready for the next one, gonna make it a little different next time. Its such a simple pattern & can be made fairly cheaply...much cheaper then what this one cost but I'd never made a bag before so I didn't know any different & of course bought everything that they said you needed....you live & learn :0)

I'm so proud of my efforts...only had to unpick one thing that I did wrong & that was because I didn't read the pattern all the way through & just assumed what I had to sew!!! WRONG :0)

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no goss...

got the Scrap with V monthly sketch done...

used a pic of Miss T & A on her b'day earlier this year & some new Echo Park Paper Co. scallop stickers...love their Sweet Summertime range.

The next LO is for the August Out Of the Hat chall...

had to use..glimmermist, arrows & handmade buttons! This is one of the few holiday pics that I've scrapped & it a great photo A took of S & I reading the map when we were lost in LasVegas!!

Even managed to get the Kraft it Up chall done too..
Use kraft base + green, yellow & black colours

Used a selfie of Miss T for this one & some cool little bits to embellish it (see the rectangles Mum - they are from your material collection & the white flower - that's your wedding dress lace :0) ). I imagined this Lo looking a bit cooler but it looks a bit blah the way it is...might have to grunge it up a bi i think...

anyway...

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the very lovely girls over at Blossies gave me this lovely award...

how sweet of them!! thanks girls xx

Part of the award...share 10 things about yourself...

Here's my 10

1. My favourite lollies are Chico's - the little choc jelly babies..gotta be Allens.
2. I own lots of jewelry but very rarely wear it???!!!...
3. I love the smell of freshly mown grass & rain.
4. I am the youngest of 3 kids.
5. My now partner - Steve- was guest as my first wedding!!!
6. My favourite alcoholic beverage is a Mojito...mmmm Bacardi :0)
7. I have been overseas only 3 times.
8. I get car sick if I sit in the back seat when travelling.
9. I DON'T like public transport & have only been on a bus TWICE that I can remember - once to get to the EKKA & once in LA (other then the school bus when I was in school)
10. I love to buy old tea-towels & table-clothes - i am getting quite the collection!!

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the colour room...

Palette #20

had some glimmermist fun this time...

so cranky....picked my LO up & crinkled the top corner

see the crease on the right....AAAAAUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!!!

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Blossie's...

Butterfly Challenge...

you know the butterfly collage that 'everyone' has done...

well...

not me!!

but i have done one now, not like the original - butterflies all in a row type!!

just for fun.

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The Scrappiest:

sketch # 77

mmm...i am loving this new core'dinations CS... got it from the lovely Mel at Passion for Paper

looking at this pic of A...he's really grown up since it was taken last year!!

HIGH SCHOOL NEXT YEAR...OMG

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The Scrappiest:

#76

just too cute I think...

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Special Giveaway...

@ Tarisota

just the most gorgeous blogger & lady IRL..

& shes giving away some ever so lovely things..

a gorgeous looking & sounding book

a spot in this exciting class..

& a simply gorgeous collection of goodies...

you must go & see for yourself.

xx

scrap with v....

cyber crop

with a Vintage theme...

heres what I did

ATC...

Card...
5.4.3.2.1 Chall...

Sketch...

Scraplift...

Mystery Class...

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the colour room...

#19

& what I did...

a pic of S & i at the Grand Canyon

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ART Corps...

get ready to play...

details...click pic

OMG....thats all I can say!!!

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thanks again Woollies....

nothing better on a Friday then FREE magazines!!

with the cutest little necklace that I can see perfectly on a LO!!

goodness only knows what I'll learn reading this one...

& prob the same out of here!!

& this one I've already flicked through & YUMMO!! There's some nice food in here...

FREE MAGS you say...

Next time you go shopping & if you've got a few extra minutes have a look at the magazines.. check the shelf label price of the mag...if the shelf price is lower then the price printed on the mag purchase it as normal, at the price that it scans for. Then got to the service desk & get them to check the shelf label price as they then have to give you a refund under the scanning policy act!

I think over the past year I would have gotten at least $500 worth of mags for FREE!!

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the scrappiest...

Sketch #75

got this lovely new pp & just had to use it up!!!

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Scrappin Relay...

over at

My 2 Angels

the 'invitation' LO done...

Oh my...who'd of thought...

To make my Lo I used Kraft CS (my fav atm) & built it from there..'sticken everything down with DS Tape or Pritt Gel. With no great photos to use of Miss T's 13th bday -small & dark due to the originals be lost somewhere in my old broken down compt!!! - I had decided that i would have to go with a vintagie looking LO...which also went perfectly with her High-Tea party.

Sooo...you gotta love OCTOBER AFTERNOON for vintage...i used REPORT CARD:SCIENCE FAIR -blue check & REPORT CARD:STORY HOUR - red spot, as strips along the base. Also used the black scallop piece cut from THREE BUGS IN A RUG:SPREAD YOUR WINGS LITTLE BIRD pp. Being a Tea Party I had to have a ruffle on the page ...

-like the ruffle of the table cloth! - by using the absolutely devine (MIST)*A*BLES CREPE RIBBONS in sheet music by TATTERED ANGELS i lightly gathered it & DS TAPED it down - its so easy to use!! & couldn't not add some glitz....glimmermisted it with lemon zest GLIMMERMIST!!! mmmm
OH...then to add an invitation???? HOW U ASK...i asked the same question??? & this is what I came up with...
A few weeks ago I found these gorgeous orange doilies at my local op shop...love that op shop -SAVE THE CHILDREN in Margate if your a local. HHHhhmmm..how to use them...
MAKE A POCKET is what i did... perfect solution to add an invitation into!!
Cut my doiliy to size & added the cut bit to the top for good measure :0) & then stitched the bigger part onto my CS around the bottom edge..taaadar - a pocket!!


THEN THE INVITATION...


I didn't have the original invite - we didn't make one for ourselves- but I did take a photo of them ;0) I had made them to look like cupcakes!! so cute!! I printed the invite photo out 6x4 & cut off the 'frosting' & stuck it to a 'patty paper' made from CO-ORDINATES CS. The patty paper is actually like a card - with journalling inside- that sits in the pocket perfectly.

It sits in the pocket - not adhered- so that you can take it out & read the journalling. On the invites I had added some 'sprinkles' to the 'frosting' by dotting on some KINDYGLITZ.

Perfect time to add a WISH BINGO CARD (love..love..love...jenni bowlin stuff) so it looks like its stuffed in the pocket, along with a small paper doiliy.

Keeping in the teen theme my THICKER title is abbreviated & added some cute little FLOWERS to top it off.

Gotta add some embellies...gorgeous little PRESENT CHARM, one on the top doiliy & another...just too cute...to the pocket. Along with a few more FLOWERS, stuck on with PRITT GEL & a touch of BLING as the centres.

On the THREE BUGS IN A RUG black scallop I used 'a happy memory' quote cut from OCTOBER AFTERNOON:THE THRIFT SHOP...ONE OF A KIND pp - which has awesome quotes on one side!! To make it stand out a little more i covered it with DIMENSIONAL MAGIC...which I also did on the wish word of the BINGO CARD.

To finish of my LO I hand drew a simple line border around the edge of the CS using a SLICK WRITER PEN.

go over to the gallery to check out all the LO's...

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Team 2...Day 4...

that means its my turn...

Scrappin Relay

& you will never guess what the criteria is...

Day 1.. Presents

Day 2.. Cupcakes

Day 3.. Pinwheels

&

Day 4.. A INVITATION!!!

What am I going to do with an invitation...oh my!!!

thinking cap on for this one I will say...get back to you on that one..

I've got till midnight tonight to get something done...wish me luck :0)

& just some pics...

just for fun & cause i don't think i've shared any...

earlier this year at the

Scrap with V Retreat...

Saturday night was a fancy dress party...

Alice in Wonderland theme

I was a Card Soldier & Pip was Alice

I made our costumes from pillow slips...not to difficult & VERY cheap!!

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VERY COOL....

& might I add very cute...

Purple Pumpkin

just leave a comment & you might win...

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the colour room...

i gave it another go...

Palette #18

& this is what i ended up with...

such a cute pic of my Dad as a little boy.

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Ready...Set..GO...

first ever

...SCRAPBOOKING RELAY...

Each day one person in your team is allocated a criteria to include on a Birthday LO & then upload to the gallery.

I'm in Team 2 along with Corrina, Cynabu, Mel & Corinne.

& my scrap day is Thursday...lets see what criteria I get!

Day 1 criteria - Presents

Sounds like fun!!

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some scrappin...

just cause the mood took me...

A's disgusting, dirty, smelling feet after running around the farm all day!! So aptly named 'farm feet'.

& this one...

another of A, I took this pic of him around Easter this year.

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look who I had lunch with today...

these lovely ladies...

all together to celebrate a few b'days ;0)

Thanks so very much for the company & special lovelies!!

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look what I made

some cute little cards...

i will be teaching them in here...

Passion for Paper

on the 17th August.

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isn't he cute...

a new addition to my home...

he's just so cute...i couldn't leave him at the shop.

if I can't have a real bird I'll have a china one!!

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The Colour Room...

a new challenge for me...

the colour room is a gorgeous challenge site...almost too pretty for me :0)

each week you are given a palette of colours - that you must use - & a sketch for inspiration. Each week i look & sometimes even use their sketches, never uploading my LO...

BUT

this week I did!!

Here's the inspiration colours & sketch...

the colours are...Dusty Peach Pink..Cool Mauve..Calico Cream..Warm Cocoa

& here's my LO...

a little like their sketch...well not really but if you just close one eye & tilt your head!!! the colours are similar...closest I had on a Sunday arvo :0)
but its done & I'm happy with it.

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