Happy Birthday Karen!

Today is my sister-in-law, Karen's birthday. Happy Birthday Karen! Unfortunately we won't be able to celebrate with her in person, living so far apart. Of course I did make her a card. I pulled out some My Mind's Eye papers that I've had for a while and only touched once for another card. I totally loved using them.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye + Lilly Bee| Ink: Papertrey Ink (Tea Dye Duo) + Stampin'Up (Chocolate Chip) | Die: Papertrey Ink (Spiral Notebook Page, A New Leaf, Beautiful Blooms 2) | Ribbon: John Lewis | Lace: Spotlight | Brad: Basic Grey | Border Punch: Martha Stewart | Clear Stamp: Papertrey Ink (Birthday Bash Sentiments) 

The ribbon on the card, I've bought several years ago at John Lewis, a department store in England. This was the first time I used it. I loved how well it coordinated with the papers.

Guest Post Scrapbooks Etc.

A couple of weeks ago Valerie asked if I could create a card along a sketch for a guest post she was doing over at the Scrapbooks Etc. blog. Valerie's sketches are always easy and delightful. I pulled out my new Hello Luscious papers from Basic Grey out for this one.

Basic Grey always have quite busy patterns and a lot of colour, so it's important to find the right balance. I juggled with the papers for a while to find it.

You can find the blogpost and sketch here. And here's my card:

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper: Basic Grey (Hello Luscious collection) | Clear Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Mat Stack 1, Take Note, Fillable Frames Additions 1) | Ink: Stampin'Up | Butterfly Stamp: Martha Stewart | Dies: Papertrey Ink (Mat Stack 1, Limitless Layers, Scalloped Border) | Rhinestones: KaiserCraft

Well, that was three posts in one day. Time to create some more.

Club Got Sketch: sketch 8

This is already the last sketch for Club Got Sketch. It's been really fun taking part of this class. All sketches have been multiple photo layouts, which is great. For my last layout I used pictures of Ruben, which I took on the day he turned eleven.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper + Papertrey Ink| Patterned Paper: The Girl's Paperie | Border Punch: EK Success | Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts | Star Die: Papertrey Ink | Buttons: Basic Grey | Circle Punch: Fiskars | Marker: ZIG

Now that Club Got Sketch has come to and end, let's see if I can keep the momentum going and possibly create a layout once a week.

Got Sketch?: sketch 116

I tried to blog yesterday, but something seemed to be wrong with Blogger and I wasn't able to do it. A little late, but last Thursday Valerie posted sketch 116 on the Got Sketch? blog. Valerie asked if we could do a Mother's Day card. You can see the sketch here, and this is the card I made:

Supplies: Cardstock Bazzill Basics | Patterned Paper: Making Memories | Clear Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Beautiful Blooms II, Blooming Button Bits) | Ink: Stampin'Up | Die: Papertrey Ink (Double Ended Banners, Turning a New Leaf) + Spellbinder Nestabilities (Labels One) | Rhinestones: KaiserCraft | Border Punch: Martha Stewart

I hope everyone had a lovely Mother's Day. I'll be back soon with the last sketch for Club Got Sketch.

Club Got Sketch: sketch 7

Last Monday sketch 7 at Club Got Sketch was revealed. It was another two pager. I don't think it's ever taking me as long as this one to decide what pictures to use. But after several hours contemplating I had to make a decision as I needed to have it done last Friday.

And because the Royal Wedding was on that evening, I went for a royal layout. Our visit to the Tower of London.

After printing the pictures, my first layout was to find suitable patterned paper and also two sheets of one pattern to use as a background. Because I couldn't find anything that wouldn't make it too busy I opted for white cardstock instead. The middle horizontal strip ended up being slightly too wide, but I was okay with that. I finally used my Silhouette machine again to cut the crowns. I intentionally chose a classic font for my journaling, to compliment the pictures. The title however had to be what was available from my supplies, but it fitted really well.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper: Scenic Route (Ashville collection) | Alphabet stickers: American Crafts + Echo Park | Punch: Martha Stewart | Crown: Silhouette | Rhinestones: KaiserCraft + Heidi Swapp | Corner Rounder: Zutter

Journaling: It is always a  lot of fun when Opa comes and visits. Firstly we make sure that his visit falls during one of the school holidays. This gives us the opportunity to plan days out. On his last visit to us in England, we planned to go to the Tower of London to see the Crown Jewels. There was also a display of King Henry the 8th's armour which he had worn throughout his years, which was very interesting to say the least. With London traffic too busy to drive, we took the train and underground to our destination. - May 26th, 2009

There's only one more layout left for Club Got Sketch. I created the layout for sketch 8 today, which will be revealed on Monday.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Club Got Sketch 6

Yesterday sketch 6 of Club Got Sketch was revealed. It's hard to believe that the class is already six weeks in, but I'm still keeping up with them even though we've been on holiday. Three more to go. With further ado here's my take on sketch 6:

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper + Die-Cuts: Cosmo Cricket (Garden Variety collection) |  Journaling Strip: Creative Café | Alphabet Stickers: Jillibean Soup | Border Punch: EK Success + Fiskars

Journaling: One day during the Summer holidays we went for a drive down the Mornington Peninsula. Our first stop was Sunnyridge Strawberry farm. The day was very hot, but the previous couple of days had been very wet. Armed with bags around our shoes, as the ground was so boggy, we filled our containers with giant vibrantly red strawberries. To cool down again, we had a delicious treat in the farm's café, with strawberries of course!


After finishing the layout I had mixed feelings about it. I felt it was a little too busy, but the colours went well. Too late to change anything now. Time to put it in my album and move onto the next layout.

Tomorrow it's back to school after a two and a half week break. We're ready for it!

Club Sketch 4 & 5

Happy Easter everyone! Two weeks ago our Fall break started, of which we spent a week away visiting the sunshine. Meanwhile Club Got Sketch has been continuing as normal. Both layouts for sketch 4 and 5 I submitted to Valerie before we left. All that rests me to do is to post them here.

For both layouts I used older papers. Papers I've had for a while and one collection I had not even touched. This is my layout for sketch 4. These pictures were almost taken one year ago.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper, Letter Stickers + Die-Cut Shapes: Basic Grey (Wisteria Collection) | Border Punch: Martha Stewart + Stampin'Up | Die: Spellbinder Nestabilities | Ink: Papertrey Ink (Tea Dye Duo)

Journaling: You are a little super model. When you were wearing your new Winter outfit for the first time, you loved showing it off in front of the camera. And the purple boots you already had, matched perfectly.


On my second layout I used Scenic Route's last collection, before they folded the company. The collection is called Garden Grove. I have used these papers before, but only on cards. They have some gorgeous colours in this collection. I have to give Rebecca credit for the pinwheel, as she came up with the idea.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper: Scenic Route (Garden Grove Collection) | Buttons: Basic Grey + My Mind's Eye | Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts | Brad | Border Punch: Stampin'Up

Journaling reads: During the long weekend we went and visited Chris and Stephen's beach house. Before having our lunch we drove down to Aireys Inlet for a walk along the beautiful coast. It was quite breezy, but nonetheless very enjoyable. The fresh air sure made us hungry.


Enjoy the rest of your weekend. We have another two days off, due to Easter and ANZAC Day.

The Other Half

The other day I posted the one photo that I had edited after my Jinkyart photography retreat. Since only one of these two gorgeous girls was full in the photo, I thought it would only be fair to share the other in full too.

Mum left me a comment on the previous post. I'm so pleased to hear you liked it. If you would like you can download the originals here and here.

Wishing everyone a fabulous weekend.

Club Got Sketch: Sketch 3

Sketch 3 has already been up at Club Got Sketch since Monday, but I'm still recovering from my photography retreat I went to this past weekend. It was a great weekend for inspiration and creativity. The weather was beautiful and I was surrounded by amazing people. Unfortunately I didn't come home with many great photos, but that wasn't totally the objective anyway. So far, I've only edited one photo...

Aren't they gorgeous? We had some amazing models to shoot over the whole weekend.

Back to sketch 3. It was another fabulous multi photo sketch. I took forever to decide what pictures to use, but in the end chose the ones from the day Rebecca's braces came off.

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics | Patterned Paper: Echo Park, Amy Butler for K&Co., Creative Café and Scenic Route | Alphabet Stickers: American Crafts | Ribbon: Paperchase | Corner Rounder: Zutter | Punches: Martha Stewart, Paper Shapers | Die: Spellbinder Nestabilities (Scalloped Circles) | Border Punch: Fiskars | Marker: ZIG | Tag | Pinking Scissors | Scalloped Scissors: Fiskars | Rhinestones: KaiserCraft | Computer Font: Palatino

This was another layout where I used a lot of different manufacturers. The aim was to find the right papers to go with the photos.

Thanks for stopping by.

Got Sketch? 114

Besides doing the layouts for the Club Sketch sketches, I also created a card for the new Got Sketch? 114.  This is how my card turned out:

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Paper | Patterned Paper Cosmo Cricket (Circa 1934) | Clear Stamps: Papertrey Ink (Round & Round) | Banner Die: Papertrey Ink | Circle Die: Spellbinder Nestabilities | Butterfly Punch: Martha Stewart | Ribbon | Rhinestones: KaiserCraft | Circle Punch: Paper Shapers | Ink: Stampin'Up (Basic Black)

If you would like to see the sketch and other fabulous creations based on the sketch, hop on over to the Got Sketch? Blog.

I'm off to Bungendore for a photography retreat tomorrow and will return on Sunday. I wish everyone a fabulous weekend.