Star Dad

Hello, Hello, Happy day to you!

A Purple Pumpkin share for you today, using one of my most fav colour combos Navy, White and Red, I just love using this combo on boy layouts… I even love it when Chris wears Red and Navy, it so suits him!

Close ups first… yummy Purple pumpkin, flower, button topper and spotty buttons…

A heart button and lollipop flower too….
I sprayed the paper with water then scrunched the top layer of paper up and “shoved” a spotty button underneath, teamed it with a funky brad and a hand cut star from the pattern paper to create this cute cluster.  I’ve been doing this a bit lately, it makes the layouts more dimensional which is a bit of problem with storage, but I really love the look so I’m rolling with it!!
and the full layout… Super happy because I even took the photo for this one on a recent trip to Mt Tambourine – it is so nice now that Caitlin is a little older and can actually go for a Rainforest walk.  She is pretty good until the walk back up the hill!!  
and while I had the red and white out, I whipped up this card too….  I have centred a heart button on top of a washi tape flower I made – I’ve been doing these a bit too lately, they turn out pretty funky!  Sentiment is a SRM sticker layered ontop of some wide gross-grain ribbon and I made an effort to use one of my embossing folders too!
thanks for popping by today and sharing the love!
Gwen

Step by Step for Scrap Friends – June

Hi there
Quick share today of a layout and step by step I have done for Scrap Friends which shares some tips on how I use sketches and shows you how I put my pages together.  Pop over to the blog to check it out!  You can also see all the bits and pieces I’ve used and get them on-line; lots of yummy new Bo Bunny 🙂
and while I had the left overs on my scrap desk, I whipped up this cute little card.
Ribbon is Scallop Edge Organza with Grossgrain over the top – I think my current fav, I’m putting it on everything right now!!
Sentiment is not a stamp but Collections greetings and Nicole has a stack of Collections stuff in store, these are so quick and easy to use, and fool proof, hence why I like them hehe!
and lucky last a quick layout I did for a little challenge a group some scrappy buddies made up… thank you Miss Annette!  Criteria was “White, with green and pink plus a touch of black”

I have used some delicious Manor House flowers *sigh* love these, and heaps of pretties from Craft Queen.
Only a couple of close ups for this one:
Paper is “Pretty Party” by Crate Paper… so so sweet.  I got a huge kit of it from Scrapbook Savy, and have been itching to have a play.
It was so much fun to do a challenge “just because”; it has been a while.
Hope you are all having a FAB day and get some time to create – I have a late night planned 🙂
thanks
Gwen

Girly Girl

Happy Friday Everyone!! Woot Woot, My most fav day of the week.
A couple of quick projects to share featuring yummy Purple Pumpkin…
I have “roughed up” my denim and pink flower and added Gesso then switched up the centre button for a spotty button.  I’ve added some twine and 2 more 1″ buttons to round out the cluster.
These heart buttons are so cute, this one I have simply added to the centre of a butterfly to create a feature.
and the full layout, no sun glasses required 🙂
I also added a cute Purple Pumpkin resin flower to the centre of the 2nd butterfly and the brightest doilies I could find in my stash – these ones are Craft Queen.  I think this has to be the brightest layout I’ve ever done!!
I also have a quick card to share I created for a dear friend… 
Now those are more my colours!! 🙂
Gwen


Scrapbook Convention Haul

Well hello there,

Today I am feeling EXHAUSTED, but very Happy 🙂  My feet are aching but it was so so worth it.

Yesterday was the Brissy Scrapbook Papercraft Convention and I had the best day.  Highlights were: the Manor House stand, meeting Nerrida and Karen Shady,  finally meeting Kim Ewins and Liz Weber who are on the Craft Queen DT with me, oh yeah, and the Craft Queen stand – best in show!!  So, great to see Nicole again too.  I also met a dear blogger friend Lizzy for the first time, she has been following my blog forever 🙂 also saw another dear scrappy friend Cindy and so great to also meet Stacey Apps who is on the Purple Pumpkin DT with me.  I also had chat and shop with Tracy from My2Angels and I did a fab class with the lovely Sonia Thomason using new and very yummy scrapmatts and yes, I did also see Tim – twice.

Low lights, the line for the ladies (surprise, surprise) and paying $6 for a Egg and lettuce sandwich for lunch oh yeah and the $21 car park charge! but all in all a FAB day!!

and here is the list of the haul, turns out I did a bit of shopping too!
Tim Holtz ink pads:  I found a place that had these for $5 each 🙂

Victorian Velvet
Tattered Rose
Spun Sugar
Worn Lipstick
Brushed Corduroy
Frayed Burlap
Walnut stain
 
4 new glimmer mists:  Love digging through the boxes of these
Tattered Leather
Spring Violet
Creme de Chocolat
Pomegranate
 
2 Huey’s mists
White
Pretty Pink
 
3 new stickels – Cotton Candy, Platinum and Pink
4 new embossing folders for my big shot
 
Pink Paislee – Parisian Anthology broch brads – these are divine
2 paks of MME brads, Miss Caroline – “celebrate” and “cute”
Some trinkets from My2Angels including some cute little butterfly charms and tiles
 
Heaps of Scrapmatts – also did their class with Sonia Thomason
A couple of Twiddleybitz – just some leaves and a scroll
 
Couture collections flowers x 2 paks white and brown
A stack (and I mean a stack) of Manor House flowers  
 
A stack from Craft Queen including:
3 paper pads – Simple Stories Summer Fresh, Simple Stories Fabulous and MME Miss Caroline
2 new crafters workshop templates
Paper flowers
Roll of Jute – yum!
Some very pretty vintage ribbons
October Afternoon Mini Market Stickers
These really pretty pearl things, not sure what to call them, going to use them as flower centres – got these in 2 sizes
4 washi tapes
 
and a clip it up… which I spent some time last night setting up with all my flowers.

Gwen
 
 
 
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