I'm Hosting a Siggie Challenge and Colour Challenge at MLAS

This month I'm hosting a Siggie Challenge and a Colour Challenge!! I hope you'll come and join us and have fun creating your new siggie!! You'll find out all about it in the forum at My Life and Scrap.  Just click on the challenge link! 

 

 I've also  created a paper pack in feastive colours for a posting bonus.  Everyone posting a layout will receive one. Here's what it looks like: 

Be sure to join us for all the fun challenges at My Life and Scrap!

I've Joined the Miss Mis Designs CT ! and New Layouts I've Done

I'm pleased to announce I've joined Miss Mis Designs Creative Team.  Misty has stock at 4 stores for you to choose from including My Life and Scrap, Digital Scrap Ink, Denim & Daises and Digi Scrap Mania.  I've got a few layouts to show you from a kit she's created called *Oh Baby Boy* which is available at all the stores!There are also labels, an alpha and Word Art to go with this kit.  

I've also used templates from *Circular Motion Pack 1:

and here are my layouts:

This is my son Dean, he was such a happy baby! 

Photo: Deviant Art

I've done up a QP Freebie based on the second layout which I'll have available for you tomorrow.

I did a second layout based on the first one above with different colours for the colour challenge at GDS.  I've replaced the brown with a pastel green and yellow patterned paper and pastel green background paper. I'm not sure which I like best!! lol

That's it for this time. Thanks for dropping by.

New Layouts I've Done AND a Freebie!!

I've done a heap of layouts that I've not shared on the blog so I thought I'd just display them and then offer up my latest freebie which I promised a few days ago.  So here's the first layout - Done with Sharia Braxton's kit *Quiet Time*:

This is my friend Christine whom I went to visit in Uralla last month.  We were caught up in the classic "taking a picture of you while you're taking a picture of me* poses! It ended in giggles all around! I used a blur filter on the photo to make her *pop* and not get lost in the foliage of the photo.   I just love the colours in the layout!! 

Next up, a layout I did for the GDS May Progressive Challenge:

This is my Mom when she was about 8 months old and then 80 years later.  I used a combination of items from a kit called Forbidden Love by Holly Ann Schwartz and also a kit called Wind it Up by JJ Scrapping. 

This next layout I did for another challenge at GDS.  I think it's my favourite challenge! It's called *Pick Your Pallet* and we then post a 5 colour pallet and the photo we got the pallet from in the gallery and we are sent a grey scale mini kit.  We then recolour the mini kit with our pallet and post it in the gallery! Such fun!! Here's mine for May: 

Photo is from Deviant Art. 


This one I did for the Style Challenge at GDS.  It features my Uncle as a baby.  I used Andrea Gold's kit *Euphoria* and is available at GDS: 

I just love the colours in that kit!! Next up is a layout I did for another challenge, this time it was the Scraplift Challenge at GDS and I've used a kit by Z Pink Boudoir called *Birthday Poems* and it's available at *My Life and Scrap* 

My son Owen is so cute sitting on the pony! Now I have another layout I did this time for a Speed Scrap at *My Life and Scrap*.  I used another kit by Z Pink Boudoir called *Blue Heart*

This one features a photo of my Mom and me at the Chinese Gardens in Sydney when she visited Australia in 2004.  


NOW.. the freebie.  Today I have the cluster frame freebie I made with JKCreations kit *Milady*.  Enjoy!! 

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NEW FREEBIE Template Release by Cocotounette

Cocotounette release another great template this week! You can pick it at Scraptaboutic FREE (just click on the store link)

Here's a layout I did for a Swap Challenge at GDS using this template and a collab kit called *Simply Colourful* available at Scraptaboutic :

Brand New Mini Kits Release - May Artist's Palette - *Joyful*

Dylabel Designs has release 2 new mini kits as part of the May Artist's Palette at GDS!  They are available for a short time only for only $1.00 each!!!! Get yours NOW!! Here's a preview: 

I've done a few layouts for inspiration: 

I'll be back in a day or so with a freebie made from the kit. 

Lyrical Challenge at GDS

Well I just had to take on the Lyrical Challenge at GDS, so that meant a slight deviation in my plans to only scrap my Mom this month.  Somehow I think I'll be forgiven :) .  We were to scrap a song that help us through troubled times.  I used JJ Scrapping's kit *Wind It Up* and the sketch is from a challenge on another site, but I can't recall which one.  If you know, please leave me a message.   Here's my entry: 

I also put in my entry to the Photo Challenge at GDS.  The subject this month is macros.  My entry is here : 

This poor bee was caught in a web and if you look closely there's a dew drop just about to fall off it.  And so nature goes....  

Another Layout for Mom

Continuing with my month long tribute to my Mom, here's another layout.  I've used bits and pieces from the Daily Downloads at GDS.  

I did this one for the style challenge and we were to use items from at least 3 different designers. I've listed the bits I've used on my gallery page which can be seen here .  I'll be posting more in the days to come. 

May is the Month for MOTHERS! Let's all Celebrate MOTHERS Everywhere!

In honour of Mother's Day in May, I've decided to try to make all my layouts this month about my Mom.  I've started out with two layouts posted already and here is the third I've done for the GDS Junkie Challenge.  This one is at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary at the Gold Coast in Queensland.  We had a great time there! 

I used HollyAnn Designs' *Sorbet Garden* bundle to create the layout. It's available at the GDS store. 

New Layouts for New Challenges

I've done a few more challenge layouts and it's only early in May! Here's the first one.  This one is a series of photos I took of a cheeky little chipmunk (yes I spelled it wrong on the layout - the original is fixed! LOL). The little guy figured my sister's hand held more treasures than it did.  We encountered him on top of Hurricane Ridge in the state of Washington, USA last summer.  I used the new GDS Designers Collab kit called *A Mother's Worth* and available at the GDS store for FREE with your purchase of $10 worth of products.  A REAL DEAL!!  Anyway.. this layout was done for the speed scrap on May 2.  

This layout I did for the colour challange. The palette was based on the kit *In Spring* by geniaBeana, available in the GDS store.  Since I had the kit, I thought I may was well do a layout! The layout features my Mom when she was about 16 or 17. 

This is also an awesome kit and I LOVE the colours!! 

The last layout I did for the afore mentioned GDS May Collab Kit Challenge, and it features a photo of my Mom and Me when she visited in 2004. 

 

Are You Having a Great (i)NSD Weekend??!!

How's your weekend going? I'm having a GREAT time, kicked off with a great Speed Chat Scrap at GDS! Here's the layout I made for that challenge featuring my son and his lovely wife: 

I used two kits by Laitha (Shades of Real and A Breath of Hope) and the glitter alpha is by geniaBeana all available in the GDS store. I think it turned out pretty good.  

As promised I have another freebie for you made with Dylabel Designs' new kit *Up and Away* available this weekend for 40% off.  Here's a preview of the cluster frame freebie I've made for you: 

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*Up and Away* Released for Start of (i) National Scrapbooking Day!!

Belinda of Dylabel Designs released her brand new kit *Up and Away* to coincide with the start of inter~National Scrapbooking Day! How lucky are we?!! It's such and upbeat colourful kit perfect for heaps of different layouts, including those awesome hot air balloon shots and it's available in the GDS store NOW on sale for a short time only at 40% off!  Hurry over and get yours!! Here's the kit followed by a few layouts I've done with the kit for challenges at GDS and a freebie to follow: 

Also available is this great Word Art: 

See the versatility of this kit? It's awesome!  

Here's the freebie I have for you, a Quick Page: 

Download here 

Remember to check back for more freebies!  

Another Live Love Laugh Freebie and a Sneak Peek!

What a busy week it's been! I've been off visiting friends all weekend and came back to a host of things needing to be done and of course I had to scrap! I've got another layout for you from the fabulous Dylabel Designs kit *Live Love Laugh*, a sneak peak at another fantastic kit due to be revealed April 30 and last but not least, a cluster frame freebie! Lets start with the layout I did for the GDS Junkie Challenge! 

This is kit is sooo awesome! LOOK at all the chrome in there!! It was just perfect for my shots of the Show & Shine from last summer! .. now here's a Sneak Peak of the upcoming kit.. can you guess what it is? 

Interesting isn't it?? I LOVE the colours! 

Now.. as promised today's cluster frame freebie from the Live Love Laugh Kit: 

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Live Love Laugh Kit Released and a Freebie

This new kit by Dylabel Designs is just soooo FanTasTic! I just love colour combinations and the elements! You can get it at GDS all week for $3.95.  Here's what's in it: 

It's just Adorable!! I've got some layouts I've done to show you.  I did these layouts for the Journaling Challenge, the Be Inspired Challenge and the Photo Challenge at GDS : 

I've made a Quick Page and a cluster frame freebie from the last layout and I'm offering the Quick Page freebie today.  

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Fresh - A Great New Mini - A Part of the April Artist's Palette and a Freebie

The April Artist's Palette is a super new series being offered at GDS! I'm going to show you Dylabel Designs' portion of it in 2 sets - Elements and Papers and you can get them a great price now! 

 

 I've done a couple of layouts using this mini kit for the GDS Junkie Challenge.  The layouts are a *Thank You* to 2 fellow primary schoolmates for their part in organizing a mini reunion last year. 

Now, I also have a freebie for you from the kit *Spaced Out*. Here's a preview: 

  Download here