Our butterfly

Over at Scrapz Biz, they have fun weekly challenges.  This is my take on the inspiration challenge:

Love this fresh colour combo!
A Rainbow Splendour pinwheel tucked in there ...

Now, I'm really looking forward to this:

I really need to build up my stash of cards :-) :-)  Why don't you come along and play?!?!
:-) :-)

Thanks for visiting and for all your lovely comments, they really put a smile on my face :-)

You and Me - BITW

It's time for another Bird is the Word challenge!!  This time we have two words - You & Me :-)
AND ... we have a new sketch artist who will provide a sketch each fortnight for inspiration! (not a requirement)

I didn't use the sketch this time,
here is my page:

A wedding pic of us :-) I've used tape instead of pp behind the photo.

Close up of the rose cabochon from Clouds and More ...
There are mini doilies from Greatest View too ... (you might want to check out the store cos Gail is offering FREE postage at the moment!!!!)

 And a brown cabochon hiding in there as well as more mini doilies

Hope you can play along!!  Link your creation over at the BITW blog :-)

Have a happy week and thanks for visiting and the lovely comments!!

A Birthday mini

Another challenge at the Scrapz Biz Virtual Crop was to make a mini album to store birthday cards.  I totally loved this idea, as we have cards floating all over the place so what a perfect way to keep them together!

I made this one for my DD's recent birthday ...

It's a super simple idea, making two covers, front and back, and punching holes in the cards and binding everything together.  I didn't have any rings, so I just used some coloured twine/string.

I couldn't bring myself to punch holes in the handmade cards my DD received, so I made a pocket at the front to pop them in instead :-)

Thanks for visiting, have a great weekend!!



Oh Happy Days :-)

Well, first up, I should let you know my term at Handmade by Suzanne finished last month.  I loved every single second of this DT - and as corny as it sounds, I really did grow creatively and stepped out of my comfort zone more than once!  LOL.  It seems Suzanne got to know me very well, and keeps me updated on when the latest Echo Park ranges come in ... :-) thanks Suzanne!!  I managed to get my hands on this yummy range ...

I must say - this is my favourite one to date.  I love that there are florals/girly papers and more boyish ones.  Perfect for me!!

I've been playing along with the virtual crop at Scrapz Biz ... it was birthday themed so perfect for me as we have LOTS of birthdays around this time of year :-)

First up was the sketch challenge:

I LOVE the yellow/pink combo ...

And I LOVE my new doily and rolled rose dies :-)

Next, I joined in with the virtual class - so much fun!!  I've ended up with a page a bit different to my normal style ... but fun just the same :-) :-)

Close up of the Rainbow Splendour pinwheel
An Eye Candy Magic car
and a ScrAp this! flag

I'm enjoying these challenges and will have more to show you soon :-) :-)

Have a great day!!  And as always, thanks for visiting :-) :-)

The places you can go ...

Hello and Happy Monday!!

I have another page from a SFS sketch comp sketch to share today - this is the last one I have done ... not sure how many more I'll get through this month!

Oh, the places you'll go ...

 Using random Echo Park bits ... and some gorgeous Lil Red Rocket buttons!!!!

and random Rainbow Splendour bits :-) ...

windmills ...

and a couple of blue book paper pinwheels (with the LRR buttons on top) ...

See the little car charms?  I bought them at the Scrapbooking Top 50 craft market too :-) :-)

Thanks for visiting and have a great week :-) :-)

Pose

I just love this "Be Mine" Echo Park range.  Love the pinks with black/grey/white.  I've used a sketch from the month long sketch comp at SFS to create this page:

 Using another LaBelle Photographic pic ...

Loving my cherry blossom CW template.  Lots of other goodies here too...

A spotty Lil Red Rocket button (sale time soon!!!)
A pink Rainbow Splendour pinwheel
A white cabochon from Clouds and More
And pins from Greatest view.
The lace flower is Pretty Paper Petals, but PPP has sadly closed it's doors to the public now and only selling wholesale.

Have a great weekend, the weather is warming up here .... yay for Spring!!!  :-) :-)

They are ...

I posted on the Lil Red Rocket blog yesterday and there's one page there I haven't yet shared here on my blog.  It was inspired by a sketch over at Scrapbooking from Scratch (from their month long sketch comp)

They are the beat of my heart:

(sorry the pic isn't the best - I just couldn't get it right!)
I've used a large size strawberry print button (isn't it so yummy!!!)  and tucked it into a Rainbow Splendour mini envelope :-) :-) ... the red windmills are Rainbow Splendour too :-)

Hope your week is going well, and as always, thanks for visiting :-) :-)