Just Like You.

Last night I finished another LO. I must say it was a real struggle. I lost count how many times I changed the design. In the end I forced myself to get on with it and finish it, as it was getting on my nerves as it was taking way too long. The pictures are beautiful (Eric, you did good on your portrait assignment), but for me it was more about the journaling.



Supplies used: PPs: Making Memories, October Afternoon, Foam letters: Thickers American Crafts, organza and ric rac ribbon: ?, Buttons: MME and Basic Grey, stamp: Fontwerks, ink: Staz'on, transparency.

1st Card Reveal

Today I can reveal one of the three birthday cards that I showed you a little sneak of the other day. This one is for my SIL Lisa-Ann in the UK. We're wishing you a wonderful day. Come back tomorrow, as I'll reveal the one I made for her daughter.



Supplies used: Craft cardstock: Bazzill, PPs: MME Tres Jolie, Ribbon: Spotlight, Pin: Fancy Pants, Button: Autumn Leaves, Foam Stamp: Creating Keepsakes, Versamark Ink, Psychedelic embossing powder: StampWorld, rub-on: American Crafts, bling bling: Doodlebug, corner rounder punch: Woodware, tag: local newsagent.

Just what I'm looking for

The last few months I've been thinking about putting together an album of a Year in Review for 2007, but haven't been able to make a definite decision on size, look, etc. Obviously I want to keep as simple as possible, so that it doesn't take forever to put together. I saw an article in the Jan/Feb. '08 issue of Simple Scrapbooks (pag. 87-93), which already inspired me. This afternoon however I received Jessica Sprague's Photoshop Friday email with heaps of links to downloadable files. One of them is featured in her new book Computer Tricks for Scrapbooking 2, and is the digital design she made for her yearbook and it's absolutely gorgeous. So, I've decided to use that. Nice and easy and very beautiful at the same time. You can download it here.

Engagement Card

My Aussie friend Beth asked me if I could make a card for her friend, who is getting engaged. She'd looked in the shops and didn't like any of the cards available, and she does like my cards. I'm not too sure what an engagement card looks like nowadays, as I haven't bought one in a very long time (even though I wouldn't be buying it right now, as I'm into making them myself). Anyway, this is what I came up with:



Supplies used: Cardstock Bazzill, PP, clear shape and epoxy hearts Making Memories, ribbons ?, cord bought at Blokker in Holland, pin Fancy Pants, Heidi Swapp ghost dots, VersaMark ink, psychedelic embossing powder, 'love letter' Maya Road stamp and Versacolor ink, Doodlebug paperfrills.

Almost Forgot

It's only a good thing that I've got my computer set-up to alert me a week in advance when someone's birthday is coming up. I thought I was going to have an easy month making birthday cards, but I only forgot about 4 of them. Oops! Anyway, I was in the mood today and I scrapped three cards. I can only give you a sneak peek, but I will reveal each one of them respectively on the 10th, 11th and 16th of this month. I think I have another 2 to do for this month.

Aden

Today is Aden's birthday. He turned 4 today. Congratulations, Aden! Aden goes to the same Kinder as Renee and totally loves being around Renee. The two of them are best buds. This afternoon we went to his impromptu birthday party. I made this card for him:



Products used: Cardstock Bazzill, PPs Chatterbox, Sizzix stars and letters, ribbon from Spotlight, brads, circle punch, corner rounder and Tim Holtz Distress ink.

2007 Xmas Shoot

Kim Archer has her own workshops @ home site, where she offers fun and playful classes. I haven't taken any of them so far. I was very tempted to do the Christmas Extravaganza, but with our trip I thought the timing was wrong. One of her classes was a Christmas LO, which inspired me to scrap my Santa hat pictures of the kids.





Products used: Doodlebug sugar coated cardstock, brads and bling , PPs Scenic Route Roxbury and Savannah (journaling) and chipboard, Autumn Leaves felt, Autumn Leaves Thickers, Heidi Swapp ghost snow flakes, MM button, Sakura Marker, 1" circle punch, Hampton Art Journaling stamp, Tim Holtz Distress Ink, psychedelic embossing powder, VersaMark watermark ink, red ink.

Finally

We've already been home for a week and a half, but with washing to catch-up with, internet problems, no cartridge for my printer and no pictures to use, I had to patient. Today I finally had the opportunity again to create a scrapbook page.

The day before yesterday I dropped off some negatives of some old, old pictures. I took these negatives from my mum, when we were visiting. For this LO I mainly used Cocoa Daisy's November kit. I've got months and months of kits here that I have yet to use, so it felt good to break one in. On top of the kit I've added Tim Holtz grungeboard, 7Gypsies 97% Complete Quotes stickers & rub-on, American Crafts Thickers felt letter and rub-ons, polka dot ribbons and Heidi Swapp journaling spots.







The journaling on the tag behind the picture reads:
My mum has got this picture on her dressing table in her bedroom. Obviously I don't recall this, but the reason I love it so much is that it shows that the best toy in the world, is no toy at all. All you need at the end of a hot Summer's day is a bucket of water, a sponge and some Ajax. The other reason why I love this picture, is that it shows that my brother and I always had a very close bond. I love you Eric. xox

Hubby Birthday!

Today my DH is celebrating his birthday today. Birthday wishes from me to you with all my love. Through work David had received tickets for the Australian Open, but unfortunately it rained nearly all day, which meant no outdoor play. And since we only had ground passes, we couldn't get into the arenas, so we ended up going into the city and watch Alvin and the Chipmunks. This is the card I made for him:



Products: Kraft Bazzill Cardstock, PPs Scenic Route, AC Ribbon, white foam, Sizzix Rat-a-Tat alphabet, Stampin'Up 'birthday' stamp, Staz'On Black ink, Versacolor Pinecone ink, Foof-a-la Buttons, Zig marker, Sizzix Stars.

Meeting Nancy and Mandy

We've only got 5 days left of our European trip. England was very busy with visiting family and friends, but we've done most of the things we had planned to do. We even got the Wii bug while we were there and purchased one ourselves. On New Year's Day we flew to Holland. We've already visited my brother and Ingrid, but have yet to take some pictures of the children together. We're planning to do that Wednesday afternoon. Last night Ingrid, Mandy and I went for a little crop round Nancy's house. It was lovely to meet them both in real life. I did make a card, but none of us were overly creative, but nonetheless we had a great time. Nancy, thank you for letting me use your products. Of course we had to take a picture of the event:



And here's a picture of my card: