Happy New Year Everyone!!

Whichever part of the world you're in may 2010 be everything you wish for! Maybe you'll be eating Blackeyed Peas at breakfast for a lucky year? Lois of Kansas tells me her hubby insists on it every 1st of January. I think it's a cool tradition handed down by his Mom. I mean hey everyone loves traditions!

My New Year tradition.....I hope the neighbour was holding something when he came over this morning. I wouldn't know since I didn't realise he'd been until he was leaving, lol. A lovely scottish friend from years ago told me the first person thru her door after midnight has to be holding something. A piece of coal, a key...anything! This year I forgot!

Leaving you with these card holders I made using Bo Bunny and My Minds Eye from Scrapbook Outlet. I wish I could remember where I originally saw the holder ....somewhere on my blog hopping travels last year and if I were a better photographer you'd get better pics too! However, they were both made to be given away...one has gone to the other side of town and the other to the far side of the world...bit late for better pics hey?

I used the Bazzil brown monochromatic pack to make the base. For the top holder I used Bo Bunny and the lower is made with My Minds Eye Ooh La La For Her. The metal name plates are SU as are the stamped sentiments.




Below is the open Bo Bunny Card Holder.....since this was going to the States, instead of stamps I made a couple of note cards to put in the postage stamp pocket. Otherwise it fits 6 lumpy cards with envelopes.


Some of the cards that go in the Bo Bunny Holder. All paper used is from Bo Bunny and I used various embellishments from my stash.


Assorted cards for the My Minds Eye Card holder. Note the card of NZ stamps in the wee pocket. Cute eh?

I'll be making more of these for sure, they were fun to make!

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Sept DT Autumn Leaves

While I a prefer to work with heavier weight patterned paper Autumn Leaves Poppies range is a wonderful line to work with. The centre daisy's have a raised and glittered surface and they're great for cutting out to use elsewhere on your layout as I did here, or on another layout altogether. I had a few compliments on the teal with the lime green and matching up the colour of the mug. Do you plan your layouts or are they mostly self evolving? The 'wave' was suppose to have been lime but I cut it out the wrong way and just couldn't get it to work with the photograph (Have now just realised I could've flipped the photo!). Teal was the only other colour I had in my stash that was going to work but I also realised I needed to add more of the lime to the mix. And how did I happen to have the Teal cardstock in my stash? I had bought it especially to create a layout for Innovations.....have they really gone to Sth Africa?

I cut out the poppies from one of the pp and adhered it to white Bazzil Cardstock. So different from what I usually do but I really like this one even if my red bow is wonky. Parts of the poppy petals are 'gloss' and very cool. The red tags popped in upside down in the bow read....for your birthday.

GOK Inspired Comp

Yeah! It's happening over on Scrapbook Outlet. Week one has been and gone (I'm such a slack butt not to have told you sooner!!) but it's not too late to join in the fun. Three challenges are posted each week over the 5 remaining weeks of the competition - do one each week or do them all. Receive a ticket for each completed challenge to go in the draw for a MM PINK SLICE! Awesome! You can earn more tickets, but I'm not telling you how. Hit Scrapbook Outlet, click on Forums, find Competitions for all the deets OR after clicking Forums click View Active Topics.

My example for Challenge #1 Wardrobe - to create a paper pieced fashion accessory. I created 3 handbags and the one on the left (or is it your right?) holds strips of journaling. Am so glad to have finally scrapped this pic of my Mum in the centre circa 1958-60

Spring is in the air

I am humming Love is in the Air.......when really I'm thinking SOMETHING is in the air over at Scrapbook Outlet! ....not yet but soon.

If you're not a member at SBO it might be a good idea get over and register.

Go check out the vid

(Love is in the Air)

It's really feel good.

It made me laugh.

Raewyn's Sketch

My take on this months Sketch using Autumn Leave's Cap'n Jack. I mirrored the sketch to better suit the position my pirate was sitting. Had lot's of fun with distressing; ink, glimmermist, versa mark gold ink pad on the corrugated cardboard and Stampin Up's Chocolate Chip. I used Stampin Up's Chocolate Chip again and Tombow pen on the papers. The skull tag tucked up under the Prima Flowers, the alpha chipboard and the 'dressed' tag are all of Cap'n Jacks. I love the name of the brown paper slightly curled to resmemble a scroll - it's called clean britches.

(terrible pic though :P)

In the cluster of red Prima flowers there's a dull gold heart, an old brass button, red brads with tons of bling, tulle and wired beads. I have missed the creative process of making my own embellishments so it was a lot of fun to do this layout.

One for the August Challenges

A Metal embellishment, fibre and two or more action/sporty pics.

Create a layout and here is mine.

Don't forget the Thursday challenges on SBO will you? For each of the

challenges you complete during the given month, you receive a point towards a random draw at the end of that month.

As Lesley has said already, "You'e got to be in it to win it"

Big Night Out Challenge.

Sharing a layout I completed during Big Night Out. Use 15 items - no more, no less on your layout. 15 being the number of years since the last telethon in NZ. For those of you that have to count, lol; Ink is free, Title and journaling is 1 each and Basic Grey doillies - even though you think you see 3 it is the same sheet (for want of a better word).

Sometimes I think the courier/green font might be a tad diffiult to read so I would love to know what you think abt it? I guess I could also ask abt the background too? Even though there are some gorgeous backgrounds around, I'm not keen on going fancy. It takes too long to load being on the good old (gag) dial up. LOL.

Hey how abt Navy Blue?

August Monthly Comp

Hey every Thursday on Scrapbook Outlet a challenge is posted by one of the Design Team. For every challenge you enter during the four weeks, you go into a draw for a wee prize from Andrea, owner of SBO.

Raewyns Challenge for the current set of challenges(upload to August Gallery by the 26th) is to use at least 7 DIFFERENT patterned papers AND embellishments. This is my take on her fun challenge. IRL you can see bling amongst the different papers - clear and pink circles of different sizes and tiny flowers from Heidi Swapp. Pen stitched around the centre design. I had fun with this one, each rectangle is inked and machine stitched indivually to the Bazzil c/s - 32 handknots on the back. As my internet buddy Lois is want to say "What was I thinking?" I told you it was fun.

More Spice than Sugar

Waste Not Want Not

Want a chance to grab SBO's July Monthly Kit? Head on over to Scrapbook Outlet NZ and join the Forum to be in to win these goodies. You're looking at a selection of Bo Bunny, Moxie and Jillibean Soup products and throw in some Bazzil for good measure. Also included are the cute Autumn Leaves Sweet Greetings Mini Clear Stamps. Four in the pack and I've used mine already :)

Your Task is easy!!

In Lesley's words....

The Challenge is a 'green' challenge and is to make the most of our scrapbooking supplies by using everything! We want you to use the parts of our scrapbooking supplies that arent 'normally' used or meant for use. The outer packaging, the inner packaging, the negative of stickers, etc. These of course can be mixed with actual scrapbooking supplies.

The challenge is to create a layout or OTP or a set of 3 cards using scrapbooking packaging or backings somewhere on your project. Upload your project to the Waste Not, Want Not Challenge folder by midnight Friday 14th August. All valid entries will be put into a draw for a fabulous July kit. Please let us know what 'waste not, want not bits' you have used on your layout.

See you over there!!

July's DT Layouts

Remember I was going on about Basic Grey's Junebug a tiny while back? Ooh la, la!!! I got to play with it for SBO DT work (what's another name for work that's more like play!!) I have to admit in the beginning I found it an intimidating collection of beautiful papers to work with. So much gorgeous colour! I think I was trying to tame it but realised I needed to go for broke and truly just play. Check out the tartan 'cos strange as it might seem it goes with everything and it's my favourite paper in the collection. Whoever suggested that it be included with these papers sure knew what they were talking about.

I will take another pic of this l.o one day. My camera is on it's way out. I don't want to over tax it by taking a zillion pics of the same thing to find the perfect one.

Two of my neices, one of whom will be 21 this month.

I can hardly believe it!!

Lunch at Molly's Irish pub! I'd been wanting to 'do' lunch on Christmas Day for years - finally. I can't wait to do it again.

My Fun loving brother and two of my nieces.

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This is one of the first LO's I made with Junebug. The circle and 'outer rim' (hmmm, sounds spacey :)) are machine stitched to the Basic Grey background. I had a task figuring out which alpha to use; stuck down white Thickers...nup didn't look right and c a r e f u l l y started to peel them off and argh - am I s'pose to tell you that? I still wasn't happy....perhaps a red font? But somehow the white always looked better so I decided it can stay. Yeah, look at all those e's!!

Merle Sze Yee is my Great Aunt and 1/2 my age. I met her once when she was two or three at a Motel in Te Atatu when my Grandad and his little family were visiting from Singapore, 20 plus years ago. She lives in Canada with her Mum and younger brother now. It would be awesome to meet up with her again.

I hope these pics are ok regarding size. Still working on it when I remember to (insert red faced smiley here). I also have no screen in the back of camera anymore and have to use the little hole in the corner - it's funny how I almost seem to lose my balance when I look thru it.