Let the fun begin...

Tomorrow I start my 12 months with Kaisercraft...

This is going to be one hell of a rollercoaster ride... but it's going to be a hell of a lot of fun!

So as promised I thought I would share a few sneaks of the new ranges coming out in July for Kaiser...

The first is perfect for the little boys in your life... called Little Toot...



It's full of all those fun things little boys love and lots of bright colours too!

The second range is called Blae and Ivy...



It's a very pretty range of soft blues and greens...

And as promised I thought I would share a sneak peek of one of my layouts...



So come and join me and the rest of the girls at Kaisercraft for the next 12 months of fun!

A quick post...

Just a quick post with my layout from the Chookscraps Cybercrop.

This is challenge 3... the blind scrapping challenge...



I will be back later with some sneaks for you...

It's a busy weekend...

and it's cold and wet so I'm scrapping away!
Which really is just as well, as I've got a lot to do! lol...

First on the to-do list this weekend was the challenges for the Chook Scraps Cybercrop...
And this month the feature artist is the yummy Johnny Depp... now there's a teen idol that's aged well!

So the challenges are all based on a couple of his movies...
The first being Pirates of the Caribbean. We've spent the last month trying to guess the criteria and beside 1 we never even came close!
So with the criteria being "Walking the Plank" we had to have a piece of rectangular paper placed horizontally, fabric for sails (I used felt!), Pearls for the Black Pearl (we guessed that one!) and the final criteria was Tattoo's or rubons...

So I went bright... bright... bright!



The second challenge was Charlie & the Chocolate Factory...

And the criteria was... A photo that features something more than 60 years old or a photo over 5 years old; A conjunction in our title; and for the chocolate... two tones of brown and white and finally we had a list we could choose a criteria from that represented the children... so I chose small lettering in the title for Mike.



Trust me... the photo is definately OVER 5 years old! lol

The third challenge is a blind scrapping challenge so I can't upload that until Wednesday at the earliest.

Not sure if I will get to the card challenge... I have so much to do.


I've also managed to get the Chooks Amazing Chooks Race layout done today as well.
This round we're heading off to Ireland, so the criteria has come from the name of the island Eire...
E - Envelope
I - Inking
R - Rhyming in the title
E - Embossing.

So after some false starts here is my layout...



and a detail shot...



If you want more info on the Amazing Race head on over to www.chookscrapsscrapbooking.com

Now it's time to go stir the soup for dinner and then go play with some Kaisercraft!

And next weekend all the fun starts....

A Change...

They say a change is as good as a holiday, so I changed my blog template....
It's winter and cold, though not raining today, so thought I would add dreams of a tropical sunset...where its nice and warm! lol

And along with that I've added links to Kaisercraft and also links to the 2011/12 Kaisercraft Design Team. Go have a look... they're work is just amazing!!!

And on that I'd like to thank everyone who supported me and congratulated me on getting onto the team.
The last 2 weeks have been an absolute rollercoaster ride with the design team and Nicholas with his hockey and braces. I'm hoping now things will start to settle down.

Nicholas got his braces on today and from all reports, he's fine and now on his way back from Perth with his father. It was a boys trip...
Countryweek is a week away for him, then Regional Championships in two and a half weeks...then hockey might just slow down a little...

And the Design Team... well I'm just getting my head around that and organising myself, but I'm nearly there.
I got my box of goodies this week and started creating... though I can't share just yet, but it will be soon... the ranges are just gorgeous!!!!

It is going to be a busy 12 months but it's going to be a lot of fun!!!
Come join me on the ride...

It was my niece's birthday in April and I told her I would make her one of the houses with a music box in it for her birthday.
After finally tracking down a music box, this week I got her house done.
She wanted it like the Autumn house I made, but I made her a blue one.
And this one plays Wish Upon a Star.... it seemed appropriate.








And here are some detail pics...









I hope she likes it (it will be travelling to her this weekend), but I know I can post it here as I know she doesn't visit here... so shhhhhh.....

And the other frosty morning taking some rubbish out I spotted this red rose covered in dew... so I just had to pull out the camera and getting a couple of shots...

My Projects

For Round 2 of the Kaisercraft Design Team selection, we were sent papers from the Velvet Ensemble range to create a layout.
These papers are just gorgeous... so rich in colour... and perfect for Heritage Layouts...

And to me it screamed 1920's, so of course the first place I headed was my box of heritage photos and found this one of my Grandfather's sister taken in the 1920s... perfect.!



and here are some detail pics...




We were also sent a trinket box and the pretty papers from Pink Gelato...
This range is very sweet, just perfect for the trinket box.

I painted the box antique white, and edged it all in gold paint. I wanted some more gold detail, so I stamped the papers with a script stamp and embossed the papers I used with a gilded gold embossing powder. I love the random look...



and of course, the detail photos...









And of course, me being me... I couldn't stop playing with the papers when I started and created another layout with Velvet Ensemble...



and of course... more details...





I can't thank everyone who encouraged me enough... you're all wonderful!

Roll on the next 12 months... what a ride we're going to have!

A dream come true....

I made the Kaisercraft Design Team...

Can you hear the screams, cause honestly I still can't believe it...!!!!!

It's going to be such an exciting year ahead and the talent on the team is just awesome...

Here's the link the KC blog post with the list of awesome talent...

http://www.kaisercraft.com.au/blog/2011-2012-design-team-announcement/

Congratulations everyone!

The Riches of Morocco....

That's where this round of Chooks Amazing Race has headed.... and the joys of the city of Marrakech...

This one was a detour round, so we had a choice...
I decided to go with No1....and this was the criteria...

Create a double LO incorporating the following:-
~ A crown (for the kingdom)
~ 7 pp's (for the festival of seven saints)
~ Use red as a feature colour, but other colours may also be used (for the Red City)

and my layout...



and a detail pic...



This layout is of my grandparents. As I was looking through photos I found these three with the same pose throughout various times in their life. I'm glad I've got some of these memories and photos and a lot of photos were destroyed.

Configuration Box

I've finally finished my Tim Holtz Configuration box! woohoo...

It was a lot of work as there's lots of little details, but it was a lot of fun! And I learnt a few things on the way... especially that some things will NOT go where you want them to!

All the paper that has been used on this is from Tim Holtz, and so is a lot of the bits and pieces. Other pieces I've found here and there...

When I first looked at it, I decided it needed to work to a theme, so I decided this one would be about me and my life...

So enjoy...




Three little boxes...
Wife... Gardening... and Photography...



Can you guess the box on the left... yes Mother! The boys had a ball 'distressing' the little car!
And on the right is my other hobby I love... reading!




The top box is Daughter... which is why it has my birth date...
And the box below is my job... at the paper. I just want to find one little thing to finish it off but it will take time... a 5 cent with the date 1990 on it... why that date... it was the year I started at the Express!
And no... don't go there!



This one represents the family history and the journey it has taken me on...



A simple box, representing friendship...



This little box represents my scrapbooking and papercraft I do...




This little corner represents the sewing that I enjoy doing. The wooden cotton reel and lace actually belonged to my nanna and I got a few bits and pieces like this when she died. It's a good keepsake, especially as sewing and craft work is something that has happened in our family for generations.




This is the top of the box. I wasn't sure if I wanted to add anything here, but it just didn't look finished, so I used a Tim Holtz door knob and a rubon. I wanted to keep it simple.




I wanted the centre of the box to have something inspirational, so I decided on this little saying.... Let your dreams grow wings and fly...





It's been a busy time here and will be for the next few weeks with Nicholas getting braces and trips away for hockey...
Life just gets more interesting I think!

Oh, and Gryfn has a new sleeping place... the top of the little bookcase...



I think he fits... just! lol