Hi everyone,

Here today to share some super exciting news I have been sitting on for a bit…  Crazy excited to announce that I have been chosen to be part of the D-lish Scraps design team!

 Totally loving on the Resin Embellishments right now.  And yes, my addiction to Paper baggies continues!

Hi Everyone,

Super excited to let you all know that I will be a guest teacher at The Stampers Hut – Ashmore this Wednesday 17th Feb AND every 3rd Wednesday of each month as well!!  I hope you’ll come pay me a visit, it will be a heap of fun.

Here are the details of my first class – all class details are also available in store.

ph 61 7 55395188 Fax 61 7 55395466
Hours: 9am-4.30pm M-F Sat 9am-2pm
Online Shop: thestampershut.com.au
Email: karen@thestampershut.com
Blog: thestampersht.blogspot.com.au

Well hello there creative friends,

How have you all been?  Today I’m here to share my Scrapbooking Memories Masters entry… but first, I have a little secret to share.

My secret – I wasn’t going to enter this year.. in fact, for the last 3 years I’ve thought about entering but then didn’t.  This year was going to be the same, I had thought about entering and then in my self doubt I decided it would be best I didn’t enter.  Sure, I would never know if I could win, but then I wouldn’t embarrass myself either.  Then… 3 days out from the deadline, I saw a Facebook message from a scrappy acquaintance reminding me that the deadline was 3 days and that there was “still time” to get entries in…. so, I thought, what would I say to Miss 8 about this?? I would say, “You don’t know unless you try” right!  So, 3 days out of the deadline, I started creating, some nights up until midnight to try and get the layouts done in-between my day job, being a mum and wife.  I posted my entry express post JUST in time for the deadline.  I created these 4 layouts from scratch, with photos I had on hand (not printed specially) all in 3 days – that in itself was a miracle!!

Well, I am so glad I did – even though I didn’t win!!!  I am super blessed to have been given 2 honourable mentions and I’ve been invited to be on the Creative Team for 2015 (how cool is that!!)

A huge thank you to my very supportive scrappy husband who had to fend for himself for those 3 days AND put up with me being a little cranky from staying up until the wee hours 🙂 xox

Life lesson – Listen to your own advise, chances are you’re right!

Task Two (Honourable Mention):

Hi Everyone,

204 days…. That’s 6 months and 22 days… OR, 29 weeks and 1 day.  Yep, that’s quite a long time isn’t it?

So.. what have I been up to in that time and why have I not updated my beloved blog?  Everything and nothing all at the same time!  I’ve been doing LIFE.  We went on a big family holiday to USA to visit Disneyland and see the snow on Big Bear Lake – which was amazing, I said goodbye to our beloved pet cat Hamlet who made it to the ripe old age of 15, My darling husbands mother passed away – she was such an inspiring woman,  I’ve graduated to Year 3 and that sure has been fun.  I heard the saying “Not my Circus, not my Monkey’s and I’ve been using it!  I’ve been making heaps of cards and there are a stack published in Australian Card Making and Papercraft Magazine (note to self, maybe I should update that published work page), I’ve taught at the amazing Workshop Wonders event, oh yeah and I’ve been scrapping just for fun!  No design team work and not a lot of challenges either, “just because pages” as I call them using all the pretty stuff I have collected over the years without restriction which has been so liberating!  and more… however, as a consequence of all this my poor little blog has been neglected!

A lovely lady on face book asked me for my blog address and I gave it to her happily… but then, she asked me, where do you keep your recent work?  Whoops!  Yep, this is a recent as it gets – LOL,  SO, get ready for an update!!  BUT DON’T WORRY – it’s not going to be like great Aunt Gwen who insists you sit through 1000 of her photos from her trip to the city, I’ll just share a few of my favourites.

The one thing I will say about scrapping solely for yourself, is you get a real feel for what your style is and what products you do truly love and it seems I have a “thing” for pastels and Crate Paper.

Thanks for popping by lovelies – here’s hoping it’s not another 204 days!
Gwen
xo

Well hello there paper lovers!

Here today to share a layout I created for the October D’lish cybercrop.