Off to Hyden again...

I'm off to Hyden again next weekend.
I can't believe I've been asked to come back again and teach, though this time it's 2 layout classes. One is nice and simple and the other is one of my heritage layouts.

Here are some sneaks...

My heritage layout....


And the nice and simple class...





This is 2 different versions of the same layout... one boy, one girl.

I'm looking forward to it as it's going to be a lot of fun, and I can't wait to see everyone again and have a weekend away scrapping!

Only problem is, I'm between deadlines and projects and have nothing planned... so what am I going to do! lol...

A Travelling We Will Go....

Promised I would be back with my off-the-page project using Great Southern Land.

As we just bought a caravan, making a travel folder and travelling journal was with the perfect idea, especially using Australian papers for a project that will be used to document travelling Australia... lol



The Journal...





The pages can be removed to use as journalling on layouts, or sections to make mini albums, or I can add them as needed....Perfect in other words for a scrapbooker!

And the Travel Folder... I can use this to hold maps or memorabilia, depending on what I want and the length of the holiday!













Now we just need the time and money to take a holiday!

Great Southern Land

Thought I would drop in and share with you my projects for Great Southern Land for Kaisercraft this month.

This range is a special range, released along with Technologic and Tiger Lily, but I got to play with the Australia papers...

So without any more ado, here is my layout...





These are photos I took out at Lake Monjingup in October of one of the Banksia's. That's the beauty of this country, and also living in the regional areas.... there's a lot of photo opportunities for wildflowers!!!!

And for my cards this month I decided to do something different and make some postcards!


These were really quick and easy to make, and with a minimum of embellishments they're kept flat for easy postage.

I'll be back later to share my off the page project!

Been a scrappin'

Last weekend I had friends over to scrap, but being between projects, I didn't really have anything planned, so I pulled out a kit I'd put together a long time ago to do.

And I created this mini album using 7gypsies papers...





To give you an idea, I saw something similar on the Helmar website a long long long time ago and loved the idea.
So I've adapted it, and used it to create a mini album to hold all those funny sayings mum used to use when we were kids...











And I bet we all use those same sayings with our own kids!!!!!

Lack of motivation....

That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!!!!

yes I know I've been slack updating my blog lately... but then I've been slack doing a lot of things...
I just don't have the energy atm, and there's lots going on so it's easier to coming home and sit and read and escape for a while.
That means I've not been on the computer or scrapping much lately...
So please forgive me my lack of posts!

But now I will share with you my projects for These Days....

I must say I do love this range... it's a great heritage range and creates wonderful heritage pages...





Having done a bit of research into the family history, I’ve got copies of newspaper clippings and other documents. The Australian National Library has scanned copies of newspapers from all states, so with a bit of time and effort, you can find nearly any clipping that you’re looking for. I’ve found it to be very useful in confirming dates and other little snippets of information regarding the story of my grandparents.
I had a photocopy of a clipping from a newspaper in 1933 about my grandparents wedding in Darwin. Know the date and state made it very easy to find the actual page the clipping came from. This I printed out of photopaper and used as a background, but also for legibility I’ve retyped the column for the journalling. This creates a page that is perfect for my heritage album, telling not only the story of the wedding, but the copy of the page also records what else was happening in Darwin in 1933. It’s a small step back in time

and I also had one of the sketches to do this month so I used this gorgeous range to create it...



And yes, that's my father as a little boy....

The range also makes great Wedding/Engagement/Anniversary type cards...





And for my off-the-page I created this ornate frame. This frame is going to be a centrepiece on the wall with the family tree on either side when I figure out the best way or working it...
If you've got any ideas, let me know!









There was quite a bit of work in the painting of this frame.
First I sealed it with a white undercoat, painted the base green coat, then a crackle medium, then I sponged on the antique white top coat, then I stamped on a vine pattern, followed by sponging on the sealer.
This give the frame a marbled, aged look.
But if you look closely, on some of the stamped images is just a hint of red. This is because last time I used this stamp I didn't clean it properly. But rather than being a fault, it actually adds to the feel of the frame.

Would love to know what you think of my projects, and you never know, it might just give me back some motivation! All help gratefully received...lol

Tiny Woods

If you saw, last week I shared my Kaisercraft projects for this month for both Tiny Woods and These Days.

So here I am to share my Tiny Woods projects....

My layout...




I took this photo last October when we went out to Lake Monjingup to wander one of the walk trails. The colours in this range were a perfect match for this photo.

My card...





Have to say... I love these owls and they make great cards!!!!

and my OTP...





This is a little childs memory game...
I really wasn't sure what to make with this paper range as I like to make otp that I will use or can give away to friends. I've made something similar to this using photos and my boys had a lot of fun with it, so thought it was a perfect idea using the rabbits and deers for little ones...

Hope you enjoyed this share.... if you did leave a comment.
I will be back later this week with my These Days projects!

Just scrapping....

Last weekend there was a cybercrop on a Chookscraps.
Even though there was a challenge and deadlines, it felt good to be able to scrap something that didn't have the pressure of having to be the best I could do.

and I managed the 3 layouts....





And now I'm ahead on my projects for Kaisercraft, I can't decide whether to start March's projects, do Mum's cross stitch, or just some simple scrapbooking for myself??

But I figure I might be naughty here and leave you with a very small sneak peek of one of my projects for February...

Sorry but it'll be a couple of weeks before you can see it... lol