Joi de Vivre...

Over at Scrap Jacked this month, I played around with Sarah's great LO...turned it around & added lots of journaling, & also left it til the last moment to finish & photograph - again!! 

But here is my beautiful daughter with my wonderful man, having a laugh about the new camera...what a hoot!

Take care gals,

All my life's a circle...

Sunrise & sundown....

And so this LO began over at ScrapBoutique....I had 2 fabulous images to choose from, so really I incorporated them both.

Then Leann'es challenge to use a photo from Goog le Earth & scrap a page about our home...I really loved this challenge too.

then we have Amanda's Sunday Roast challenge & I scrapped two wonderful people, who are no longer of this world, but who meant the world to us.

A tribute to Pete's wonderful Aunt Heather, & the marvelous Uncle Jim.

Happy scrapping to you too.

255th Blog Post - so a Giveaway

Wow - that is a lot of chatting & scrapping, so as I am moving homes this month, I though I would have a GIVEAWAY of some new, unused & marvellous scrapping goodies....all you have to do is pop a message into ANY blog post that I make in August & in early September I will tally & do a draw...easy peasy....


What you think??


I will put a photo here shortly of the goodie basket!

Debi

Downright Dixie inspiration....

A little card following some fabulous inspirational photos over at Dixie Pieces...just love these Echo Park papers & embellies...

then I saw this  fab Pinterest piccie of denim & red & florals, & I made this LO using Madi's old shorts.  Benni & Linda were heading to a dress up party! 

 Hope you are scrapping too!

From Screen to Scrap - heaps of prizes....join in!

It's our second birthday at 'From Screen 2 Scrap'

We would love you to join us this month!!

Heaps of prizes to be won!!!!

Apart from our regular monthly poster, we will have 3 Birthday inspirational posters....so get your MOJO on and join in by making a layout, card or OTP project...anything goes this month!!!

PLEASE SCROLL RIGHT DOWN TO VIEW THE 3 BIRTHDAY CHALLENGES!!

HOLIDAY INN - our monthly challenge

For an extra 6 bonus points :)

1) Use music sheet pp on your page = 1 pt

2) Two tone title = 2 pts

3) Lets see some red and navy on your page = 3 pts

Challenge Number One

To Gillian on her 37th Birthday

Added Criteria

is

1) Use a house or home on your page somehow
2) use sand/sandpaper or sand coloured fabric

3) use green paint

 

We would love to see you join in our August Birthday celebrations, you can enter a layout, card or OTP item.

Please send all entries to Shazzaalleyes@ hotmail.com.

Challenge Number Two

Children on their Birthdays

Added Criteria

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1. Use white and blue for the background

2. Child or Children on their birthday celebrating

3 An umbrella

 We would love to see you join in our August Birthday celebrations, you can enter a layout, card or OTP item.

Please send all entries to Shazzaalleyes@ hotmail.com.

Challenge Number Three

13 going on 30

Added Criteria

is

1 point   - Polka dotted patterned paper

2 points - Use numbers in your title

3 points - Let’s make this girly - lots of pink and bling and froth and bubbles

 We would love to see you join in our August Birthday celebrations, you can enter a layout, card or OTP item.

Please send all entries to Shazzaalleyes@ hotmail.com.

If you join in & say that you popped in because you know me...there will be a little extra for you as well....

My first LO's are to be published...

in Scrapbook News & Reviews in

Volume #4, Issue #8 will debut on Sunday, August 14, 2011

Yay!!!!

They are 

 Queen for the Day - Digi

 Drink  - Traditional

Artsy Chicks - Traditional

Happy, happy!!

Home, Sweet New Home

Here is a little page with a few photos of my new home...the big move is this Thursday 11th...how very exciting!  

My scrap room has a large cupboard, my desk & our lovely pine wall unit that Pete built about 25 years ago....& all my scrap goodies are on the floor!! All waiting patiently to be put away...what fun I will have!!

Pete has the internet sorted & hopefully it will be up & running quick as a wink....

Hugs   xxx

We are Fans of Yours!

Well here is my wall hanging that I made for my wonderful grandson Harry. We recently went along to the local Botanical Gardens & my son took some great photos of Harry in the Japanese gardens.

So with Shazza's marvellous goodies  & wonderful challenge SSQ9 at Soul Scrappers I created this for him. 

I used a little chipboard album & inked all the edges, & lightly inked the surfaces.

1. Red pp - made into 2 small fans, & pleated near my Dragon2. Oriental paper - behind photos 3. Red Crepe paper - twisted & used to join & hang the sections4. 2 x metal charms. Larger one hanging on crepe paper, & little one hanging around the Geisha's neck.5. Sequins - various spots6. 2 x cocktail umbrellas. Shading our pretty Geisha, & near my dragon7. Geisha - hand coloured with ordinary colour pencils8. Apple Blossoms - coloured in & trimmed & added in 2 spots9. Gold lantern stickers - 2 spots on the photos10. Geisha sticker - near my hand cut dragon.  My wonderful Confucious quote is - Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.      A beautiful array of goodies, thank you Shazza - I loved working on this one.

Take care,

The playing Claude Renoir

 'The Playing Claude Renoir' by Auguste Renoir

 

(As suggested by Peggy Schenkels)

Diva Demand for an extra 6 bonus points - try and work the following into your layout.

1. Ribbon =  1pt

2. A photo of a child or child playing = 2pts

3. Paint or create your own background = 3pts

I had fun with some great Glimmermist & a lovely photo of Harry opening a new toy.  Why don't you join in the fun over at ARTastic!   We'd be happy to see you there.

Take care,

It's on the cards.....

and there is Benni & Harry, when they were both 4 years old....two peas hey!!

A great challenge by Sonia, at ScrapBoutique during there recent 4th Birthday CC...& I think I like this page!

Hope you get to scrap & join into my blog giveaway too...