Well Hello everyone… Happy New Year to you all. I have been enjoying a couple of long weekends pottering around the house, doing some spring cleaning, some shopping and some relaxing 🙂 It has been good not to have much travel to do this year and just be at home. I even went 2 days in a row with no make up which is pretty rare for me!!

I have even been taking a break from scrapping. I have all too many scrappy friends over do it and wear themselves out by over committing themselves and turning this wonderful hobby into a huge pressure in their lives. Well, not me 🙂 I have enjoyed the break too but I am ready to scrap again and have a stack of project ideas ready for this new year – not to mention a heap of new photos.

While I’m here, I did want to show you this sweet gift I made for a good friend for Christmas… I had to leave it until now just in case she saw the blog before it arrived!!!

I up-cycled a beautiful gift book from my local newsagent with a Sizzix die cut and some Craft Queen flowers and ribbon. The paper is Glitz design and the mist is Ranger Perfect Pearls and OMG I love this stuff!!! This colour is Sunflower sparkle but it’s more gold then yellow…yummo 🙂 and half the price of the Glimmer mist too!

I hope you all had a wonderful New Years and wish you all a fantastic Year filled with wishes come true!

Love Gwen

Well Hello strangers!!

I know, I’m soo bad, not posting for soooo long – I am in the full Christmas swing and have been focusing on all the Christmas wonder..fullness…

Which kind of brings me to the latest Bird is the Word challenge word “Wonder” – that was a lovely seg way wasn’t it!!:)

I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of doing pretty pages of my little one – they feel like home, so comfortable and easy. I really really loved this colour combo too, so chic!!

Here is my take:

and a close up… Lots of fussy cutting and some Prima.. ahhhh

With only 5 sleeps until the big day, I would like to wish you all the Merriest Christmas and an amazingly blessed 2012!!

*hugs* Gwen

How appropriate is this word at this time of the year!! Don’t we all wish we had a heap more time in the lead up to Christmas??? So when I look at my layout for this fortnights challenge it gives me hope, and reminds me of a little get away we had not too long ago where I got to do the complete opposite to my “normal” world and waste some time…. My layout was also inspired by a quote I found..

“The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.”
Bertrand Russell

ahhh, the serenity 🙂

So now it’s your turn, get your thinking caps on, spend some time creating and let me see you layouts featuring the word “time”. Check out the blog for the other DT inspiration.

Gwen

Up for a challenge anyone?

We all know how crazy it gets this time of the year so this month Craft Queen have combined their monthly challenge into a Dec/Jan challenge. So, you have until the end of January to get your entry in. All you need is a Star, the word “Happy” and some Twine AND you can make anything crafty.
For something different, I’ve done an up-cycled bag from Typo – these are the best bags eva for this; they are a perfect kraft colour and there is no printing down the side to have to cover up 🙂

I also made a matching card but the photo doesn’t show it very well 🙁 Trust me, it’s matching!!

The rest of the design team have been busy too so check out their work here.

I’ve also done a card kit and the December ribbon club for Craft Queen this month – I told you all I’ve been busy!!!
Check them out:
December Ribbon Club
December Card Kit

Hope you all have a fun week!
Gwen

Wow, time flies when you are having fun and November/December is crazy fun for me!! I’m exhausted and December hasn’t even started yet!!!

I had to take time out of my busy schedule to show you all a few things 🙂 First up my very first ever Card kit for Craft Queen is on sale from 6th December – it’s classic black white and cream… very swish!

and a couple of layouts I did for a new local craft place including close ups – Lynda’s Craft Haven. If you are a local, get in store and check them out. They have all sorts of pretties including these super pretty flowers and the latest release Kaiser ranges!! Yeah!!! The store has a real vintage feel to it AND they do Friday night crops… double Yeah!!!

and last but by no means least, I couldn’t resist adding a new photo of Caitlin taken on the weekend. She has lived in this “dress up” and it is starting to get a little small *sad face* – I’m definitely going to have to Google a new one especially since she is having a fairy princess birthday party in January!!!…

I know I’m her Mum and all, but isn’t she the cutest lil girl eva!!!

Until next time… Enjoy the silly season; I certainly will be!
Gwen