AT MY BEST...

'Has My Heart'

8:00 AM

Please tell me that I am not the only on who does a birthday cake every year for their dog??!! Please don't make me feel like a crazy cat lady!

As we don't have kids, our dog is our child.... our furbaby, and is spoilt rotten. Every year we do a quick cake for her, with pink icing, always in the number that she is turning! Call it practice before kids!

This layout kind of fell together. I was playing away with texture pastes, gelatos and a water pen trying to put together a decent background technique, which didn't work anything like I wanted it to (so more practice is obviously required)!

Has my Heart

Using chipboard 'Heart You' and chipboard flourish corners.

I love that a dog can love so unconditionally. She is our world and to know that she is there for us at the end of the day makes me happy to come home.

The 'heart you' above has been designed for Words or Whatever by the gorgeous and super talented Jo Kinder. I have coloured it with a black sharpie to break all of the colour on the page.

The corner flourish is also coloured with a black sharpie marker. And yes I totally forgot to put the date on the page before I took a photo of it!!

Don't forget to check out the Words or Whatever blog for all of Design Team inspiration. There is so much over there to see.

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'Everyday Love'

7:00 PM

Welcome back for another Words or Whatever new release share for this month. I love this layout and how it came together, and the bright happy colours now that the weather is getting colder.

I have had this photo hanging around for some time now and have never found the right products to scrap it with. I don't use a massive amount of bright colours but this one called for it.

Everyday Love

using chipboard 'everyday' title, chipboard 'love' title and light wood veneer 'xoxo'

I love it when the pack of a product is all nice and pretty inside. If you are anything like me you will hold onto it until you find a good use. Can I say, this one only lasted a day or two before it was stuck down! Isn't it pretty, and oh so perfect for this page.

I don't scrap 'everyday' very often. I take lots of photos but that's about as far as they get. This photo was a reminder of how loved I am, and how it is shown in such simple ways.... like this. Coming home from a day at work and then a night time meeting to find my bowl and fork all ready for 2 minute noodles, my tea cup all ready for hot water and my cup all ready for whatever I wanted to have with dinner. Its all topped off by the Tim Tams and the love note!

Its important to remember the little things and that is what this page is for.

I have coloured the chipboard titles with vintage photo ink and left the light wood veneer raw.

I love how this page turned out. I think it is a bit of a new favorite!! Do you scrap everyday life?

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'Heart You'

7:00 PM

I have been playing again with a few more bits and pieces from the Words or Whatever May new releases. I love how the Heidi Swapp gold mist takes to the chipboard and doesn't soak in too much. And who doesn't love a good bit of gold to accent a page.

Heart You

using chipboard 'Heart You' and chipboard street lamp

I love these Maggie Holmes designed papers too. They were more than perfect for this photo of my gorgeous husband and I at the last wedding we went to. This page came together so easily.

Thanks for calling past and checking out what I have been busy piecing together.

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'XOXO DT Sista'

7:00 PM

I have been waiting for the perfect embellishments to scrap this photo of meeting Kimmy for the first time. As we are both design team members on the XOXO Scrapbooking blog, the new Words or Whatever wood veneer XOXO was perfect for my title.

XOXO DT Sista

Using light wood veneer XOXO and light wood veneer Hello circle cut

I have left the wood veneer raw on this layout. I love that the wood veneers are so effortless to use on anything.

I had a great time meeting Kimmy and am so glad I have this photo to remember it by. A life long friend made on the other side of the world!

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'Just Want to Have Fun'

7:00 PM

I'm back wanting to share another layout from the Scrapbooking Delights Great Friday crop. There was a 1 hour challenge set, and even with too much talking and chocolate eating, we still got this one finished. I love challenges like this as they push your inspiration and imagination to stick something down and watch it evolve. I find I procrastinate way too much these days when the thought process wont kick in, so this is always a good thing to try to get it working!

And when you have a bag of brand new release Words or Whatever products in front of you, its hard not to pull something together.

Just want to have fun

Using light wood veneer 'Love This' circle cut and light wood veneer barbed wire piece

From the moment I saw this photo, I knew I had to do something with it to make sure it got into my album. I was playing around with a couple of project life cards and loved the red with the photo so knew that it was going to be an easy layout to pull together!

I still don't know why the barbed wire appealed to me to put on this layout but it worked really well and gave the added dimension that this page needed.

I had so much fun with this layout and am so glad that I pulled it together in an hour!

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'The Home of the Mighty Cubs'

7:00 PM

Yep, I might have been feeling sick at the Scrapbooking Delights Great Friday crop as I scrapped a double!! It was a great day for small challenges and a double was one on my list. I haven't done one in so long but was amazed at how well and easily this came together. The hardest part was that I was missing a couple of photo that would have made this layout complete, so I had to leave space for them and hoped that I could fit them in later - which I can say worked a treat!

I was able to get a few of the Words or Whatever new release items for May onto this too which worked in so well due to their size.

The Home of the Mighty Cubs

Using light wood veneer globe, chipboard 'Love This' circle cut, chipboard barbed wire pieces, light wood veneer speech bubble and light wood veneer arrow.

I have left the light wood veneer world map raw. You can see the size of it compared to a flair button. As this adventure was part of our last holiday, I found this piece very fitting for the subject.

I have used the barbed wire pieces on here too mainly due to their size and dimension that they add to the overall layout. These have been left as raw chipboard. The chipboard 'Love This' circle cut has been colored with a navy blue marker so as to match the colours in the layout.

Another small piece of chipboard barbed wire that has been left raw. It was the perfect addition to this layout.

Another holiday story scrapped and one of the most amazing places I have been to. This ground is keeping the history alive and has quirks that will be found at no other ground in the world! I am so glad I got to see this for myself, on a beautiful day with great company. The full experience!

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'Holiday Selfie'

7:30 PM

Here is my last layout to share for April using the sketch for the challenge over at Words or Whatever. There are plenty of WOW products on this layout and I love how they have all come together to create a level of dimension.

Holiday Selfie

Using chipboard 'Holiday' title, chipboard 'Selfie' title, chipboard flourish, light wood veneer banner and light wood veneer arrow.

The chipboard 'Selfie' title has been coloured with a red marker and the light wood veneer arrow a black marker. These have then been coated in dimensional magic to give it a pop.

The chipboard 'Holiday' title has also been coloured with a black marker then coated in dimensional magic. The light wood veneer banner has been coloured in with the same red marker as before.

As I have used a bit of Heidi Swapp gold mist on the backing cardstock, I found this was the best colour for the flourish. It has just been misted then had a couple of butterfly's punched from coordinating paper stuck on it.

Thanks for calling past and checking out my latest bit of inspiration using the April new release items over at Words or Whatever.

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'Sn@p'

7:30 PM

I hope you all go some good crafting time over the long weekend. I got a little bit but not as much as I would have liked!

There are a couple of days left to get your sketch challenge layouts entered over on the Words or Whatever blog page. You can win some gorgeous chipboard to add to your stash. WOW are no longer running challenges every month, so you need to be in this one to win it as we don't know when the next one will be coming around!

Sn@p

using chipboard 'Sn@p' title and chipboard flourish

And here is the sketch turned so that you can see how it all applies.

The chipboard title has been coloured in with a couple of sharpie markers and coated with a layer of dimensional magic to make it pop.

This flourish has been coloured using the same coloured markers, just without the dimensional magic so that it blended a little bit with the layout.

We cant wait to see all of the layouts that have been entered into the challenge. I know you are all so clever with your chipboard ideas!

Thanks for calling past.

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'So Happy Together'

9:53 AM

Firstly today, I would like to wish all of my blog readers a very Happy Easter and I hope you are taking lots of photos and getting a chance to be a bit creative.

If you are looking for a good challenge this month, head over to the Words or Whatever blog where we have a gorgeous sketch challenge on offer. The design team this month were challenged even more by having to create everything for the month of April based on this sketch.

Below is a layout I have pieced together loosely based on the sketch but I love the end result.

So Happy Together

Using chipboard Circular Frame (wow2077), chipboard Corner Flourishes (wow2078), chipboard Love Flourish (wow2082), chipboard Miranda Flourish (wow2090) and 6x6 Pattern 2 altaMATZ (alta196)

For those of you looking for the sketch, here it is. I have shifted the whole layout into the middle of the page, centred everything a bit and mirror imaged it.

And a couple of close ups with the gorgeous WOW products.

These pieces have been misted in Heidi Swapp gold (one of my most favourite products in my kit), and it wouldn't be a layout of mine without a flair on their somewhere.

Again this piece has been misted with the Heidi Swapp gold. It gives a very real colour and tends to sit on the surface of the chipboard rather than absorb into it. I have also used my latest favourite altamatz.

The photo corners have been coloured with a black sharpie so as to be bold enough to stop the eye from wandering. They keep you looking at the centre part of the layout.

We would love to see your take on the sketch. Don't forget to upload it to the linky tool on the blog or upload your take on it to our facebook page.

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'Room with a View'

6:27 PM

I have noticed that it has been over a week since I posted last and wanted to share this layout with the world! This was a total throw together and I love it.

Room with a View

One thing I love most about it is the black and white alpha. They stand out so well.

I have used a new release Words or Whatever flourish which has been inked in gold along with a light wood veneer push bike and a patterned altaMATZ.

Thanks for calling past.

Design Team

'Family' OTP Frame

8:00 PM

Today on the Words or Whatever blog I have the chance to show off how easy it is to alter an OTP.

When I received the Family frame, I spent a lot of time thinking over how best to show this one off. And I came to the conclusion, not to over think it, keep it simple... So here it is!

I have simply covered the top layer of the MDF frame with a patterned paper. Be sure to glue this down well.

I then cut and filed out all of the gaps on the frame so that the paper was no longer covering it.

I outlined the 'Family' letters with a white gel pen and added a couple of embellishments. I didn't want to over do it, especially knowing that the papers were very dark and busy.

I loved that I could put all of these photos of our gorgeous nieces and nephews (and glad that there is 6 of them in total so that it filled all of the holes in the frame).

I hope I have inspired you, even just a little bit, to give an OTP frame a go. They are fun!!There are a few different types that WOW cut, all of which are available through your local scrap store.

Be sure to keep checking back this month to keep an eye on the new releases and how the DT worked with the challenge sketch for every single post in April. Also, make sure you upload your take on the sketch (with some added WOW) and you could win a full set of the April releases.

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XOXO April Challenge - 'Another Selfie'

7:00 AM

Shhhhhh, because we are in Australia and just that little bit ahead of the rest of the world, this one is coming to you a little bit early!! Welcome to the April challenge for XOXO. It was my turn this month to add a bit of my style to the blog and hope to inspire a few people to scraplift this one and enter.

We all know I scrap 'girly' well. I find if I can add a bit of pink, yellow and teal with a doily, some flair buttons, enamel dots and some Words or Whatever products, my pages seem to fall together ever so easily.

This one is your inspiration to scraplift for April. That is all you need to do. Use it like a sketch and play away, but make sure you enter on the XOXO blog to have a chance at being a guest DT with these lovely ladies.

Another Selfie

Using chipboard flourish and chipboard 'Selfie' title

And a couple of close ups of the gorgeous WOW products, which, if I haven't already told you, I LOVE! Along with these beautiful {A Flair for Buttons} flair (which are my favorite).

The 'Selfie' chipboard title has been misted with gold Heidi Swapp mist with the added enamel dots.

And another piece of new release chipboard - this flourish is so delicate and beautiful. This has been painted with a teal silk paint, with more enamel dots and another {A Flair for Buttons} flair.

Thanks for calling past and I hope you have time to play along with our scraplift challenge for the month.

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'Where I Stood Today'

7:30 PM

A quick stop in today to share another layout for the March new release Words or Whatever products. I loved visiting Pearl Harbour while we were in Hawaii last year. This place was on my bucket list as a bit of a history buff, and it was amazing not only how much there was on offer to see first hand, and how the audio tour took you through the museums but arriving out at the USS Arizona site and seeing the remains just below the surface was very moving. Especially with the understanding that this is the grave site of so many who were far to young for their lives to be over so soon.

From where I stand today

Using Dark Wood Veener 'Today' title (WV120D) and chipboard Kristin flourish (WOW2073)

As there is very little use of brown in this layout, I have misted over the dark wood veneer to make it more towards the black side of the colourings.

The flourish has been coloured in with a black sharpie marker and misted with a bit of shimmer to make it stand out just that little bit.

I love these types of layouts as I can not only document my own feelings and experiences, but a little bit of the history of the place as well. This way people looking through my albums in years to come can understand a little bit about how this little place made such an impact on the world and then how I felt while I was there. I think this is important in our role as record keepers.

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'Forever San Francisco'

10:00 AM

Another week down out of 52 and the year gets shorter again! I am dreaming of another holiday like our last one and this page is right up that alley.

We fell in love with San Francisco the first time we visited, and the second time even more so as we explored so much more of the city. The only tourist thing we did both times was hire bikes and ride over the Golden Gate Bridge. This is something I would do every time we went there and every weekend if I lived there.

So when I saw the beautiful fine chipboard bridges in my March pack I was so excited. I knew the photos that were going with these and, as I like to keep things real and sometimes just a little too perfect, I tried to make sure the chipboard colour was as close to the real deal as I could find.

Forever San Francisco

Using chipboard detailed Golden Gate Bridge (WOW2062) and chipboard Golden Gate Bridge (WOW2063)

There are actually two different chipboard bridges, one has detail and the other is basic.

I have coloured each of them with a combination of paint, sharpie markers and mists, then overlapped the detailed version on the basis version to give the effect that you are really looking at the bridge from the ground.

These bridges are beautiful. Obviously they are perfect for any page of the Golden Gate Bridge, but I am sure if you let your imagination go, you will come up with so many ideas that these can be used for.

Thanks for stopping past xx

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'LOVE'

6:30 PM

Just checking in with a quick share of more beautiful new release goodies over at Words or Whatever. I will be honest, the moment I saw this piece of chipboard I really had no idea what to do with it. I have ideas for just about all of the others, just not this one. I sat down one Sunday afternoon and started going back through the packet of new releases when this one just jumped at me. I had an idea and couldn't think about any of the others until I had given it a try.

LOVE

Using wood veneer 'LOVE' (WV116), chipboard gazebo (WOW2061) and 6x6 Lou's Flowers AltaMATZ (ALTA193)

I have inked the light wood veneer a light gold. The chipboard gazebo has been coloured in with a green sharpie marker then inked in gold to add highlights particularly around the top area. As I have used the gazebo as the feature on this page, most of my journalling is hidden in a bag on the page. This has a bit of twine tied to it for effect and so that the card can be pulled out easily to be read.

The AltaMATZ has been misted in a Mister Hueys green that matched perfectly with the project life cards this page was made with. I really had a bit of fun with this altaMATZ and now have it in both sizes. A must for girly style scrappers out there.

It is amazing how easy a page can be to piece together using the huge stashes of project life style cards we all have laying around in our stash now. They were perfect for this page both in size and colour, but also as a really quick page to pull together.

There is plenty more inspiration available over at the Words or Whatever blog with all of these gorgeous new release products that should be hitting your LSS anytime soon.

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'Love This'

9:48 PM

I think every time I get the chance to blog at the moment, something gets in the way. I am also sure that I say this every time I start a blog post. So here I am putting it out there that I am going to try and make an effort to start keeping on top of it now.

About the only scrapping I am getting done at the moment is for Words or Whatever. I cant complain about this though as the monthly new release products are super fun to play around with.

This layout was pieced together rather quickly at a recent crop at my LSS. I love how simple it is yet looks so much more difficult.

Love This

Using light wood veneer 'Love This' title (WV114), chipboard Matilda Flourish (WOW2071) and 6x6 Pattern 2 AltaMATZ (ALTA196)

This page came so naturally and easy to me and all I did was put different elements down on the page. I think it is very safe to say that I have found my new favourite altaMATZ. How awesome does it look with a good spray of Dylusions mist.

The wood veneer title has been left raw as it really fitted with the warm colour tones of the page and the gold touches. Not to mention the gold lion in the photo.

The Matilda flourish has been sprayed gold to cover over the grey chipboard colour and tie it in with the warm tones and the gold mist spatters on the cardstock.

I really love this page and how it turned out. More than anything though I love how these 3 new release products worked so well together. To see more of the new release items throughout the month, keep checking back here and over at the Words or Whatever blog.

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'Endless Summer'

6:31 PM

As we draw to the end of summer, I am still living my 'Endless Summer' from my time in Hawaii last year. I loved it there and can't wait to go back.

Endless Summer 2 is one of my all time favourite movies and always makes me think Hawaii, the home to Duke, one of the fathers to the recreation/sport. So, fitting this theme I have used the new chipboard Endless Summer title with a photo of the monument to Duke on Waikiki Beach.

Endless Summer

Using chipboard 'Endless Summer' title, chipboard surfboard and light wood veneer shell.

A couple of close ups. The chipboard title has been coloured with a teal silk paint and yellow prismacolour pencils. And the chipboard surfboard has been covered in washi tape.

The wood veneer shell has been left raw.

Keep an eye on the Words to Whatever blog for the March new releases.

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AT MY BEST...

'Has My Heart'

'Everyday Love'

'Heart You'

'XOXO DT Sista'

'Just Want to Have Fun'

'The Home of the Mighty Cubs'

'Holiday Selfie'

'Sn@p'

'So Happy Together'

'Room with a View'

'Family' OTP Frame

XOXO April Challenge - 'Another Selfie'

'Where I Stood Today'

'Forever San Francisco'

'LOVE'

'Love This'

'Endless Summer'

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