sketch challenge

Hi,

Just a quick post today to show you all what I have been up to. Janet and the girls have been busy at Scrapville over the last week or so preparing some fantastic layouts to share with you all for this month Sketch challenge so be sure to hop on over and check them out we would love you to join in the fun too!

Here is the Sketch............

And here is my take on it.............

Be sure to check out Scrapvilles blog, and for you lovely ladies out there who prefer to make cards don't feel left out Janet has prepared a sketch just for you.

Thanks for dropping by,
I'm off to scrap some more
Luv Sam

monthly pack

Hi,


I'm back! Sorry I have been neglecting the blog this last month, but now school is back it's time to return to the normal routine......... well at least for the next few weeks LOL!

Joshua has settled right back into school and loves being back, he makes a run for the bus when he sees it coming, which is a relief and Noah seems to have enjoyed his first week of Kindy better than me LOL!

Some of you will already know this next bit of exciting news but to those of you new followers out there tuning in my local scrapbook shop Scrapville have asked me to join the design team as a guest designer, and of course I said a big fat Yes! So I have been working on a few projects as part of my guest role and have had a blast at the same time, so I though I would share a few project with you all.


These two layouts have been done using Scrapville's Monthly Pack and the adorable Bo Bunny range which is simply divine and sooooooo much fun to play with.

First up is my annual fridge calendar............




Second is a layout of my adorable niece taken when they came over for a holiday last August, who could resist those big blue eyes............

This is just a sample of some of the many things you can do using this fantastic pack, and I still have plenty of yummy goodness left to play with, trust me you wont be disappointed so be quick, they will be sure to sell out fast!

Well that's all for now, I will be back in a few days with next months sketch challenge from Scrapville so stay tuned.........

Sam

happy new year

Happy New Year Everyone, hoping you all had a lovely Christmas and a very happy New Years and are all relaxed and ready for a new year. We had a very quiet time over the holiday period but are all happy and relaxed and back to normal, well as normal as it can be during the school holidays LOL!

The boys had a great time and were very happy with all their goodies from Santa. Joshua has grown taller I'm sure over the last few weeks and is becoming what I like to call a pre teen with attitude! Noah is all excited about starting 4 year old kindy next month, while Steve has returned to work after a short break over Christmas and I am trying to organise my house ready for when we go on our much awaited holiday to Perth in February, visiting family and friends.

Unfortunately I have managed very little scrapping lately but I did manage to complete 1 challenge for Scrapbooking Top 50, the challenge was, a layout with at least half a page of white space, here is what I did.......

I also managed a few challenges for Janet over at 'Scrapville', which you can check out. Well I'm off to do the housework!

great giveaway

Hi,

I just wanted to let you all know about a great giveaway that is happening at my local scrapbooking store 'Scrapville', they are celebrating their first birthday and will be having a fun birthday sale this Saturday 27th November with lots of great specials, a door prize, a raffle and giveaways, but wait there's more.........

Janet is also giving away a fantastic prize pack on her blog, and all you need to do to be in the running is hop on over to her blog, become a follower and send some birthday wishes her way, too easy............

Good Luck.

sweet dreams

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick one to show you all my latest layout, it is for a challenge over at Scrapbooking Top 50, the guideline was "Recycled" So for me this was a huge challenge once again but in saying that I had a blast.

The 12x12 card stock was rescued from a garbage bin at Steve's work which I inked and distressed. The map is from a real map that was no longer needed (you've gotta love GPS), the green card stock is from some packaging from some Prima flowers and the other paper was torn from an old book. I have inked and distressed all the papers and hand sewn them onto the card stock. The doilies are cut from an old table runner that I got from the op shop, the clock hands were from a broken old clock destined for the bin, and the string was floating around in the bottom of the junk draw in the kitchen, the only thing I used that was not recycled where the bee's and the alpha's. A little cream paint splashed here and there............

over the rainbow

Here is my layout for a dare challenge over at Scrapbooking Top 50.

The criteria was.....

* a rainbow

* grunge

* wire

* 1 pattered paper, 1 card stock

So for me this was a big challenge because I love pattered papers, but I gave it ago and I have to say I am really happy with the way it turned out.

All of the coloured sections have been distressed using texture paste and paint then inked with black to try and make it look more like grunge, this was my take on a rainbow, all of the bright colours. I had never used texture paste before, so that was a lot of fun and I am sure I will use it again. The photo is mounted on fly wire and I have also added a little fly wire to the larger butterflies which I was really happy with, a few staples here and there and.............

2 new layouts!

Hi Everyone,

I am really going to try and upload my blog more often, but I will admit I am still terrible at the whole thing. My plan is also to update and redesign it a little but I think I need Steve's help because it is all a little confusing to me LOL! so stay tuned........ In the meantime here is a couple of layouts I have just finished, or should I say... Steve just took photos of for me hehehe!!!!

The first layout was for a sketch challenge at Imaginisce and the second is a sketch for this months sketch challenge at Scrapville which you will recognise from the previous post but I did Noah this time, I really liked the layout so for the first time ever I did one for each of the boys, I don't think they will mind hehehe!!!