Hi Everyone,

I’m very new to Purple Pumpkin, but when I heard they were having a Guest DT call out I could not help but give it a go! They have the cutest lil buttons and things… all so unique! All you have to do is post your favourite layout. I really wanted to choose one with Purple Pumpkin embellies on it (makes sense) but I only have 2 and I’m not all that keen on the first one and the 2nd one is submitted into the July sketch challenge!! So, here is my ACTUAL all time fav layout – it does not include any pp embellies, but it is my fav and was done in 2009 and I still love it!

I hope you all like it and if so, please feel free to lodge a vote for me!! 🙂
Gwen

Hi Everyone,

What a cold and rainy Saturday we are having, I guess all those perfect Winter days had to end some time 🙂 Caitlin went back to Ballet this morning and it was a lil hard to get up!! I’ve had some time today to do the Purple Pumpkin sketch for this month and I made sure to have it uploaded before 22nd July so I can grab some FREE buttons with my next order… happy days!

So here is my take…

and some close ups of course of the cute lil purple pumpkin embellies…. The grey is not as dark as it appears in these pics; the weather is not the best for snaps of layouts!!!

Now, I think it’s time for another tidy up of my scrap space, I cannot see my table!!

Gwen

Happy Sunday to you all… Seems this is my only real chance each week to blog, but hey it’s better than nothing!

Bird is the word challenge is up again and this time it’s “Admire” which I really struggled with for some reason!! I guess that’s why it called a challenge and they cannot all be too easy!!

So, here is my take….

Isn’t this Purple Pumpkin flower divine!!!

I’ve also done a Step by Step project over on the Craft Queen blog… My dh – I’ve decided I’ll keep him 😉

I’ve taken the day off tomorrow to spend with Caitlin – lets hope the weather stays as stunning as it’s been the past few days 🙂 We are going up to see Nanna which usually means a trip to IKEA.. Wooo hooo!

Thanks for stopping by and your always kind comments!
Gwen

Happy Sunday to you all!

I have a couple of things tonight to tell you about….

First up…Purple pumpkin are having a HUGE GIVEAWAY to celebrate their first birthday!! If you haven’t seen Purple Pumpkins goodies before, they are definitely worth checking out… super cute lil buttons and stuff!!! Check it all out here…..
Purple Pumpkin

Secondly, a couple of layouts to show you… I’ve been playing around with using up some of my old stash and trying out some new ways to use my alphas, mainly as backgrounds etc. I got a heap done AND some DT work too!

The background for this one is rub ons; not sure if you can tell that well, perhaps I should have done a close up!! I’ve had these for AGES and never used a single one. So I worked on using all the letters I don’t normally use like X and Y etc. I have decided that I am not a huge fan of the rub on 🙁

For this one, I’ve lined up the letter B’s in a row so they don’t look like B’s any more but more like a chipboard strip/pattern 🙂 The ribbon is Making Memories which I’ve had forever! I’ve also used some white larger letters as a stencil for the background. I made sure to “un-sticky” them first so that I could easily pull them off after I had painted over them.

More playing with the background… and a boy layout.. I know it’s still has flowers but it’s as boyish as I get!!

Last but not least…. A big welcome to all the new followers.. WELCOME 🙂 I hope you find some inspiration here and I will be sure to pop by each of your blogs for a visit 🙂 and a big THANK YOU to all the lovelies who leave me comments, they truly mean a lot!! You are all such sweeties!!!

Have a great week everyone,
Gwen

Happy Sunday to you all… what a glorious weekend we have had here on the beautiful Gold Coast.. 2 perfect winter days 🙂 I haven’t spent a lot of time scrappin this weekend, but I did seem to make the most of it… Here is the latest bird is the word challenge “Amazing”.

I don’t normally journal this much on a layout but I really wanted to tell this story and thought typing would be neater and allow for smaller text and more words 🙂 I also got to use my new 3D Sizzix die which made the pretty flowers. I cut the pattern out first, then embossed them and then made them 3D.

I also did this one on Friday night just for fun… having a play with some of my new ribbon and lace. It’s Caitlin all dressed up for her first disco, it was a summer theme 🙂 Don’t you just love the glasses!!

Thanks for stopping by.
Gwen