OMG I SCRAPPED!!!

Can you belive it I have scrapbooked for the first time in 7 months!!! I think i can be said that I',m back baby!!

All these LOs were for my friend Tracy and her shop The Scrap Heap. We were off to SENZ and needed stuff to go on the walls!!!

It had been so long it took me a while to get back into the swing of things but im all up and ready to go now!!

This was the first one i did and well there was alot of finger tapping going on with this LO, i just sort of didnt really know what i was doing...lol but still in the end it worked out well. Photos are of my little girl last summer at the beach

Products Are

Echo Park 'A Perfect Summer' Collection 

washi tape 

The girls paperie chipboard alphbet

This Is a photo of Two of my boy and Tracys son after a very long day climbing hills and rolling down them, all three boys were stuffed.

Products used

Cosmo Cricket - The Boyfriend  collection

Thickers

I still have two more Layouts to post but I will do them in the next couple of days thanks for looking :)

Also have you seen my other blog?? I have having a give away right go have a look!!

Coull Critiques.

New Lay outs for Better Scrapbooking

Hi guys, a quick share of the LO's I have done for the better scrapbooking monthly scrap pack kits.The kit this month wasn't my usual cup of tea but I had lots of fun working with the papers, and I am really happy with the LO's :)

Just be you

Bo Bunny back to backs: Serenade dragonfly

  Serenade promenade

Serenade Trellis

Green card stock

Tissue paper from an old sewing pattern

Teensy type alpha stickers

Black ribbon

Watered down black paint

Grid stamp

 Smile silly boy

Bo Bunny back to backs: Serenade dragonfl y

  Serenade promenade

 Serenade Trellis

Orange card stock

Tissue paper from a old sewing patteren

Teensy type alpha stickers

Black ribbon

White paint

 I can't C U , U can't C me

Bo Bunny back to backs: Serenade dragonfl y

  Serenade promenade

    Serenade Trellis

 Serenade sunrise

Green card stock

Teensy type alpha stickers

Flower

Thanks for looking :)

No Scrap Pack This Month :( No Worries I'll Make Of My Own

So with no scrap pack to do this month from better scrapbooking I am left going now what??? what scrapbooking should I do this month?? The scrap packs I get every month sort of answer that question for me!!

So I have decided to make my own and really challenge myself. Out of my own stock I have made my own pack. I have made it so all the papers are different, everything matches yet nothing does, if you know what I mean!!

I have also set myself some rules for this too, can’t make a challenge and cheat can we!!

 Homemade scrap pack rules

1: The paper cannot all be from the same paper pack or line

2: Must have 10 sheets of paper, NO more

3: To get 5 layouts from the pack

4: I can use paint, ink, stamps, pens, markers and alphas from stock

5: Apart from said items above, I can only use the emmbiles in the pack

So this is my pack. See what I mean about everything matching yet nothing!! Anyway as you can see this is quite a mix of different brands colors and patterns!! Watch this space I am going to start wotrking on this very soon!! 

February Lay Outs for Better Scrapbooking

Well February's news letter is out at Better Scrapbooking so that means I can show the LOs I have done with this months scrap pack!!

I loved this pack it was great for family LOs, nothing to girlie or boyish just in the middle. Great for this time of year when there are lots of family photos being snapped.

I love this Pic of my oldest boy Vinnie, photo was taken on Christmas eve we took all the kids to the park just trying to run some energy out of them before the big fat man came to visit.

This is a photo of all my kids taken back in labor weekend in October we stopped half way though our bush walk to have lunch and a drink and what better photo opp was i going to get, we had a great day out and the kids loved bush walking so much!

This photo is of my little Alex, taken just after his second birthday hard to think he is starting school in a couple of weeks. he isn't so little anymore!

This is a pic of my boy Elliott, so proud of him he was a little king in his school Christmas Nativity play this year. Years 1,2 and 3 do the same play every year so counting this year I have now seen this play 6 times and I still have 2 more kids to go...lol But they love and all the kids are very proud of themselves.

Christmas day and what great fun it was. As you can see from the photos the kids got a tramp this year and boy what a hit!! they spent most of the day on it.

I decided to make bag tags with the acrylic scallops, being so close to back to school time. they are already sitting on the kids bags waiting for Monday to roll around!!

So head on over to Better Scrapbooking and have a look at the news letter also check out the message broads while your there we have February's challenges going on and would love to see you joining in

thanks for looking.

Better Scrapbooking February Challenges

Great prizes up for grabs!! We are really trying to get more people involved so tell your scrappy friends and neighbours!! Come on over and get busy at the Better Scrapbooking Community!!


Layout Challenge: Copy this months Layout Guide Use this layout guide to create your layout. Either copy it exactly or let it inspire you.

Photo Challenge: Favourite Holiday photo
Share with us your favourite holiday photo from this summer. The way the weather has been it might even be a photo in the snow.

Colour Challenge: Create a layout, card or other project using this months colour combination.

Have fun and I look forward to seeing all your creations in the Gallery soon!!

Opps My Bad!

Well time seems to be getting longer and longer between post...I have sort of lost my way a bit in the bloging world, I just feel like I have nothing to say. I haven't been doing a lot of craft stuff lately and my mood has been rather depressing so thought blah why bother no one reads it anyway. (Like I said depressing)



So starting with this post I am going to try and get back on the horse so to speak. It doesn't matter if 1 person reads this or 100!! I have been told that when I got brave and posted my before and after clean up pics of my house I sparked a bit of a clean up al the way from Invercargill to Auckland so maybe me blogging might help some somewhere.


Anyway enough about that, what have I been doing? Well before Christmas we had out dinning room plastered and painted it looks awesome but I haven't taken pics of that yet I should do that soon thou. We have some big plans for the next couple of months for the house, the kitchen computer nook, the dinning room floors and Vinnies new room are all on the list so keep and eye out for that


When I say I haven't been doing a lot of crafting I am still on the Better Scrapbooking design team for this year so I am still doing some scrapbooking at least so will be up posting all of that soon. Also some teacher gifts coming up as my little Alex is soon to be turning five and off to school. Also I have rediscovered art journalling, I started this a few years ago, I was never any good at, it in fact I'm still not to shit hot but meh its for me and I really enjoy it. Go have a look at Just journal on facebook and join in!! Plus I have a lot of pintrest things I want to get done too!!

 

One the the pintress things are these little toadstools!! well more Tracy than pintress this time, but she got the idea from there so I ran with it too. Made out of a cake tin and a wooden bowl and logs. Super easy to make to!! I have given these ones to the kids daycare but I plan to make a few more!!

And lastly some one may need to slap me, this is the January design team pack for Better scrapbooking! This should have been posted weeks ago but I have just found the pics!! Sorry Megan again!! This Pack was just perfect for little girls and my wedding pics!!

Thanks for looking :)

Better Scrapbooking Layouts and Videos

HI all as I said I would be back soon to show you all my Better Scrapbooking LOs,(sorry Megan) well sorry about the long wait!! My laptop tried to die on me so I had no pc for a bit, and then well I honestly forgot all about blogging. *slaps hand*

So with no more waiting here are the LOs for Octobers scrap pack

I just LOVED this pack the papers and colours were AWESOME!!!
And now the scrap Pack for this month :) Also some videos to go with it!

Ok I hope you like the LOs and enjoy the vids Thnkas for looking

New Layout's For Better Scrapbooking And Videos Too!!

The new June newsletter is out for Better scrapbooking so you know what that means.  I can post the layouts for this months scrap pack.  I loved the pack thins month, awesome bright funky papers, great patterns. Awesomeness!!


For something new this month I had a go at videoing myself making a couple of Los

I am still sort of working out the best angles and stuff with the camera and my video camera is a few years old now so its not Cristal clear like the new cameras you get today, but I have enjoyed making the vids none the less!!

This one is my fat little baby girl, oh how I miss the baby days!

Decided to try and make a boy layout out of this pack, most of the papers were rather girly, but I think I pulled it off.

Another one of miss Bell and the video to match.



Miss Bell again..lol



And lastly, One of me of a change, the photo I used for this isn't very good. I went and got some new ink for the printer only to get home and realise I didn't have any photo paper so I have used just normal printer paper till I get some.

Thanks for looking :) I hope you like the videos!



April Challenges at Better Scrapbooking

The April Challenges ...

Layout Challenge - Create a layout using chalks. You make like to use chalks for your title, on a border or on the edges of your photo mates. Lets see how many different techniques with chalks you can use on one layout. Have fun, and get messy.

Photo Challenge - Perspective, perspective, perspective. This has been inspired by the winning photo of March's photo challenge. Take a photo using an unusual perspective.

Project Challenge - Create a fun Easter Basket - with some lovely decorated eggs inside (these eggs could be bought chocolate eggs if you like).

Card Challenge - Create a fun pop-up card of your choice. You may like to create an interesting way for a pop-up to pop-up.

Hope to see you joining in over at Better Scrapbooking!!!

Well its been a while!!

But I did a Lo for me. Its been like 3 months that I have done a Lo just for the hell of it and had nothing to do with the anything!, felt good and different.

In fact this Lo is so very different to my normal style!! very unjen like!! I like it!!

See how the page isn't all filled up!! cool aye! I have never been one for space on LOs at all, but I am really liking this LO!

Papers used were from Kaiser-craft fun fair range and I just cut out the little animals. (The croc was a pain in the bum to cut out BTW the teeth and spikes on his back were tedious.) Alphas are American craft thickers.

Thanks for looking :)

March Better Scrapbooking Challenges

Better Scrapbooking Challenges for March

Layout Challenge: Use your old one off bits left over from your stash, i.e. the last flower from a set, odd brads/eyelets, rub-ons/odd piece of chipboard, etc.

Photo Challenge: Everyday life. Take a photo of something that represents your everyday life.

Project Challenge: Create a mini album using old Cd's

Card Challenge: Create a card with cupcakes on it

thanks for looking :)

February Challenges At Better Scrapbooking.

February Online Challenges

Layout challenge - Back to School

All our children are starting or started back at school this week. What a fantastic excuse for a layout. Take a photo of your child/ren in their school uniforms and school bags outside of their school (how embarrassing, but it's for scrapbooking so it's ok) and create a layout. If you children really object what about a layout of you back in your school days. Have fun with this.

Photo Challenge - Natural Frames

Take a photo with the subjects framed by something, like a child in a field framed by the long grass. Here a chance to get creative with your camera.

Project Challenge - Valentines Day Gift

Yes Valentine's Day is coming up, why not make something for someone you care about. Take a photo and upload it for this challenge.

Card Challenge - A card to cheer someone up.

Make a card that you think would cheer up someone. Then take a photo and upload it. Then give it to someone you think needs cheering up (pick me, pick me, just kidding)

Upload photos of your challenge to the online gallery before the end of February to go into the draw for a RAK prize from Better Scrapbooking.

Thanks for looking

January Challenges at Better Scrapbooking

Check out the challenges at Better Scrapbooking this month. You have until the end of January to enter the following challenges;


January Layout Challenge:
Your Summer Holidays. Create a layout of something you did over your Summer Holidays.

January Photo Challenge:
Fun in the Sun. Take a photo of you having fun in the "sun".

January Project Challenge:
Alter Something. Find something you can change the look of and alter it with your scrapbooking supplies. Let your imagination and creativity take flight with this challenge.

January Card Challenge:
Use Markers - Use them to colour your stamps, write a title or create a border. Lets see what you do with your Markers.