Zentangle LO inspired by SBT50

After Vicki from over at SBT50 gave us an introduction and challenge to "Zentangle" I decided to give it a go....

I wanted to do something black and white for a boys LO and very striking!!
I think I achieved all these results with the LO I produced...

Here are some photos to show how I worked through it step by step..

The final LO....
What do you all think?? Different isn't it??

Always making something crafty ;)

I just love getting crafty and much prefer to keep busy making things rather than sitting at the tv....Heres some latest sneaks of an owl toy and a blanket that I have been working on. Looks rather cute I think :) What do you all think??? I still have a few canvases to upload soon.... keep posted!!

Canvas Bug!!!

So Ive had the canvas bug over the past week and have been busy making canvases!! I have sooooo many ideas in my head of what Id like to make its not funny... You may be seeing a quite a few more in the next week to come :)

So here they are..
                                                     The first one is a bird house in a garden

                                                           "Home is where the Heart is"

The second one is of two friends ..

"Gems may be precious,  but friendship is priceless!" 

Guest Designer @ Beyond The Door for the month of January!!!!!

Well heres my Super Dooper exciting news.... Ive been asked to be Guest Designer at "Beyond The Door" with the lovely Catie and all the very talented team for the month of January. I am totally thrilled as this is my very first opportunity to be a part of a CT and wish to thank Catie very much as it has been lots of fun. I was so excited to get the picture of the boys room and instantly was inspired by the beautiful BRIGHT colours.
Instantly I saw blue, green, dinosaurs, frames, flags, balls, boys and FUN!!

This is the room I had to scrap to.... Isnt it just gorgeous!!!

Here are some sneak peeks of my LO....

And here is my LO...  I was very pleased with what I produced !

I used a piece of American Crafts cardstock in colour - Marine to get started, and then I added a hand stitched border some flags, some purple pumpkin twine a few creative memories dinosaur and soccer ball stickers and a cute handmade embellishment from Charms Creations a lovely lollipop. I wanted to keep with the fun of boys and play and added my nephews name to the page with some funky old Monopoly pieces.

Make sure you check out "Beyond The Door" scrapping blogsite HERE http://beyondthedoorscrapchallenge.blogspot.com/ 

and make SURE you please join in with me in this months challenge...

Cant wait to see what you all come up with :)



Photo Swap - Chat with Charm

Recently I had a bit of fun on "Chat With Charm" and we did a photo swap. I received a photo from a lovely lady in Qld and this is the layout I produced from her photo. I certainly hope she likes it.

I used a piece of cardboard from a perfume box to get the stencil look I sprayed with glimmermist and added some purple pumpkin tickets to tie in with the racing theme and a race hat and also some spring flowers and a little birdie. Most of the flowers are Kaiser craft apart from the gorgeous big white flower which  I bought from Charms Creations. I also added some pearls and a little stitching.

Cant wait to see what she produced with the photo I sent her..... :)

Busy Holiday Season

WOW!!! Cant believe its been a month since Ive blogged!!! Thats terrible ....  But I must say life has been SuPeR crazy with school break ups and Christmas parties and working heaps in our retail gift store. All I seemed to be doing for a few weeks was wrapping, wrapping, wrapping!! So pleased its all slowed down now and life is almost getting back to normal.

Its been great to have the kids home on holidays although havnt had alot of time to spend with them, I am sooo looking forward to the weeks ahead hope to fit in some swimming , craft, cooking , movies, and day trips in between work.

Well I have a few scrappy pages to show you and am SoooooooOOOoooo excited as Ive been asked to be a guest designer on a scrapbooking blog for the FIRST time ever WOO HOO!!!!!! Am so excited I can hardly contain myself..lol  I cant wait to share it all with you and show you my layout ;) Not long now......

Ants - November Top 50 Scrapbooking challenge

Well this month Ant challenged us with doing a LO that included tearing technique and paint !!

I had fun with this one and decided to do a LO of my daughter Mia and her gorgeous little cousin Dane. As he came to visit us for a week in November after travelling from Brisbane. He was such a cute little fella and was sooo placid and always happy. Didn't mind his older cousins giving him lots of hugs and squeezes ...


I started with a lovely lemon cardstock and added a few splashes of hot pink kaisercraft paint. Then came some gorgeous creative memories papers, the tearing began I just ripped it up and stuck it on . As easy as that...lol I added some of my most favourite embellys to the page such as...
Charms creations gorgeous lovely flower, Agas Scrap this handmade bird and felt caption also some purple pumpkin tickets and string. Love how it turned out bright and vibrant.

Scrapbook Top 50 - November "Time is white" challenge

The "Time is White" challenge for November was:

- create a layout using the word "TIME" as either part of your title / subtitle, or prominently in your journalling
- include a clock / watch somewhere on your LO
- use a white cardstock base

I used some blue spritz onto white cardstock with a doiley as a stencil and added some gorgeous embellishments ...
Such as Burdys Handmade embellys lovely flowers, Charms Creations Blue page runner, and Lovelybug bits n bobs cute little button. I also added some kaisercraft rubons and a Kaszazz clock stamp.

I loved how it turned out such a beautiful moment captured of two cousins spending time together when little Dane flew over from Brisbane on his first BIG trip to visit us :)

October Beyond the door challenge!!

Heres a layout I did for Octobers "Beyond the door" challenge!!

Drawing inspiration from this gorgeous room ..


I just loved the soft cream, pink, and green colours in the room and drew my inspiration from this :)

Lil miss M getting creative

Little Miss M loves getting creative!! Spent today playing barbies, dolls, mums and dads, shops and painting, drawing and beading :)