tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217494462024-03-13T14:13:11.314+00:00A bowl of cherriesSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.comBlogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-53200146733580953682012-11-03T08:49:00.000+00:002012-11-03T08:49:00.225+00:00Celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day Two Peas Style!Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!<br />
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The Peas are hopping for Digital Scrapbook Day and this is my post on the journey.<br />
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You should have come from <a href="http://polkadotpixels.com/?cat=5" target="_blank">Polka Dot Pixels</a> and your next stop will be <a href="http://jenniferann75.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jen Martakis</a> but if you get lost along the way you can pop along to the <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblog.asp?user_id=423797" target="_blank">Two Peas Digital Blog</a> to get the complete list. At each station there will be part of a code for you to collect. At the end of the line (so to speak) you will have a complete code that will allow you access to the fabulous collaboration FREEBIE (limited time only) in the Two Peas Store. The part of my code you are collecting from my page can be found at the end of this post :)<br />
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My own contribution as part of the Creative Team is this template<br />
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As well as this freebie there are a range of challenges to inspire you, each of which gives you the chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/digital-category/" target="_blank">Two Peas store</a>. The challenges can be found <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblog.asp?user_id=423797" target="_blank">here</a>. My own challenge is a Theme Challenge, based around the word Reflection </div>
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<br />Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-75709885302841324762012-11-01T11:09:00.000+00:002012-11-01T12:46:03.672+00:00Scrapping Fun all over the World!It's been a fun week for scrappers over at <a href="http://www.ukscrappers.co.uk/index.php" target="_blank">UK Scrappers</a> with lots of classes and challenges. Unfortunately, I've been so busy over half term, getting ready for Digital Scrapbooking Day and so on, that I haven't manage to join in very much at all, which is a shame as there are some absolutely gorgeous classes over there. If you aren't already registered at UK Scrappers, it is well worth being, as they have a fabulous library of paper scrapping classes going back many years (in fact this crop is to celebrate UK Scrapper's 10th birthday! And I've been there for 8 years myself).<br />
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Anyhow, I did manage one page for a pre-crop challenge. I did a digital page instead of a paper page, but I am definitely going to be doing a paper page to make use of those hexagon dies I just had to have :). Class by Karen Lowe. Oh and I just spotted this morning that this page got a GSO at <a href="http://reallifescrapped.com/2012/11/01/real-standouts-november-1st/#comment-566" target="_blank">Real Life Scrapped</a>, woo hoo! though I think most credit goes to Karen for the page design and Danielle for the super gorgeous digi goodies!<br />
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I've been updating my blog design a little bit - my new header is created using the lovely <a href="http://www.mscraps.com/shop/Genuine/" target="_blank">Genuine kit by Amber Shaw Designs at MScraps</a>. I have to say it took me a long time to decide which of the hundreds of kits I have (or have access to) to use!<br />
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ETA don't forget that Digital Scrapbooking Day is coming VERY soon, there are so many exciting things planned around digiland my head is spinning with it all already!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-57847969614101741612012-05-04T18:14:00.000+01:002012-05-04T18:14:15.457+01:00Hello Sunshine! MScraps Blog Hop Goodness!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wow! Isn't this gorgeous? And that preview DOES NOT include everything you can collect on this blog/facebook hop. Nope, not at all. There are other designer goodies as well as a whole bunch of things from the members of the Creative Team such as Quick Pages, Templates and Clusters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You should have come here from <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://lesjolistourbillons.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Sonia (gateausoso)</a></span> and your next stop will be at <span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://www.tjsfoofaraw.com/" target="_blank">Tammy (tj7933)</a>. </span><span style="background-color: white;">But in case you get lost, you can find the complete listing of all stops at the</span><a href="http://www.mscraps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10795" style="background-color: white;" target="_blank"> MScraps forum</a>.</span><br />
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<br />Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-1948600633545046672012-05-04T14:44:00.002+01:002012-05-04T14:54:53.101+01:00INDULGE YOURSELF WITH GOODIES FROM THE ZIGGY FUN TRAINHappy iNSD from everyone at ZigZagScrap. The wonderful designers have put together a fabulous and lush selection of goodies on the theme of Secret Indulgences and the creative team have added to this a selection of quick pages, templates and clusters.<br />
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You can grab this <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12041972/fruitysuet%20secret%20indulgences%20cluster.zip" target="_blank">here</a> (download should start immediately from Dropbox). You should have come here from <a href="http://jencropable.com/" target="_blank">Jen</a>. Your next stop will be <a href="http://sixtyeight.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Studio 68</a>. If you get lost along the way, you can find a list of ALL stops at <a href="http://www.zigzagscrap.com/fun-place/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2501" target="_blank">The Fun Place</a>.<br />
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<br />Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-1665431674649551382012-01-27T17:00:00.000+00:002012-01-27T17:00:02.666+00:00Happy Birthday MScraps!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Welcome to my stop on the Mscraps Birthday Blog/Facebook Hop! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">You should have come here from Sonia's <a href="http://lesjolistourbillons.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog </a>(aka gateausoso)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Thanks so much for stopping by!</span>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-10476027168207217552011-11-13T23:44:00.000+00:002011-11-13T23:44:07.668+00:00I just want to give myself a little toot!There's a new blinkie in my side bar over there! I got invited over to join the digital creative team over at <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/digital-category/" target="_blank">Two Peas in a Bucket</a>! Talk about heart palpating with excitement! I've got oodles of their digi kits on my hard drive already, plus I'm on Emily's (Polka Dot Pixel's) creative team (who sells at Two Peas) but to be asked to join in and play with the lush creations of ALL of the designers over there is thrilling! Thanks Erica!<br />
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I'm just starting to get into the swing of things over there and will share with you three pages for now.<br />
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To celebrate Digital Scrapbooking Day, we have a totally amazing blog train. And I really do mean amazing! The theme is Memory Keepers and it is such a beautifully soft and elegant colour palette. Plus there is an even more amazing 50% storewide (pretty well everything) sale! and not forgetting the games and challenges being hosted on the <a href="http://zigzagscrap.com/fun-place/" target="_blank">forum</a>!<br />
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And there is even more to shout about as we have FOUR NEW DESIGNERS joining the shop this week too, really there is so much to choose from in <a href="http://zigzagscrap.com/store/home.php" target="_blank">store</a> it's unreal!<br />
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Here's a page from me using the fabulousness from the blog train:<br />
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And a whole selection of inspiration from the other members of the Creative Team:<br />
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</div>So you are probably here for your freebie, right? Okay well I love word art and don't think you can ever have enough, so I've got a pack for you available to download from <a href="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12041972/memory%20word%20art%201111.zip" target="_blank">Dropbox</a>.<br />
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Not totally sure about the scrapbooking is cheaper than therapy, but it's okay to let other people think that :D<br />
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If you are following the train order, you will have arrived here from <a href="http://coffeeandtforme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Terese of t for me designs</a> and your next stop will be <a href="http://ctrl-alt-doll.net/blog/" target="_blank">Rita of Blue Flower Art</a> and if you get lost along the way you can find the whole listing over <a href="http://zigzagscrap.com/fun-place/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1331" target="_blank">in this post at the ZigZagScrap Fun Place</a>. Be aware that our team is diverse and spread throughout various corners of the earth! If the blog post link isn't up and running when you first visit it, give it a whirl a little later on.<br />
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</div>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-6576828970043592042011-11-03T10:17:00.000+00:002011-11-03T10:17:40.837+00:00What a blast!I had a blast teaching at the scrapping retreat this past weekend organised by <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/" target="_blank">A Trip Down Memory Lane.</a> I taught four classes over the weekend, so I was busy, busy, busy, but I had really great feedback from the ladies which is always a good feeling.<br />
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As ever, it was great meeting up with old friends and chatting and making new ones. Plus the chance to stroke (and buy) (yet more) goodies from well stocked shop. This was the 9th retreat organised by Mel and Jill and (again as ever) it was totally fabulous. I was really impressed by the restaurant staff who went above and beyond to provide me with scrumptious gluten free options (very appreciated it was).<br />
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My first class uses My Mind's Eye Lush products. I was given quite a generous kit to work with, but I was a bit OMG! when I saw it, as I would never have picked these papers myself in a million years (and all but two of the ladies in the class agreed with me). Though it does go to show that stretching yourself with new product can give you suprisingly great results! I decided to do three layouts in the one class (very ambitious) each layout focusing on a specific design technique.<br />
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The first was 'what white space?' as in the white space was taken up by patterned paper, so it was there, but not obvious at all.<br />
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The second was 'little and large' the use of contrast (size of photos in this case) <br />
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The third was 'again and again' being repetition of design elements (pattern, butterflies and text across the page). A simple page to put together making great use of scraps and my butterfly dies and punch! (though someone completed theirs using snowflakes and that was STUNNING!).<br />
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My next class was a double layout, quite simple in construction (though there was quite a bit of cutting out and layering images from the patterned paper) as this was a technique based class where the ladies got to play with shrink plastic to create their own unique embellishments (on mine the shrink plastic is the smaller butterfly and flower centres). In the class they used different colouring techniques as well as stamping and die cutting the shrink plastic. The papers, trim and fabric labels are all from the Webster's Pages All About Me range and are totally gorgeous!<br />
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The third class was a home decor item of a chipboard star created from scratch, with a bonus card (as I felt guilty that the star didn't actually use up much of the kit contents lol!). I chose to work with the St Nick range from Fancy Pants as I like to use traditional colours myself for Christmas, yet there are enough whimsical touches in the papers (not those I used, but in the selection given to the delegates to choose from) if anyone wanted something more fun than traditional.<br />
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My final class was more technically challenging, it involved lots of measuring and cutting out to make best use of the beautiful Bo Bunny patterned papers (plus they had to cut a great big circle in the background which caused a few palpitations lol!), as well as creating flowers from fabric and paper.<br />
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Phew! A busy weekend to say the least!<br />
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Huge thanks to Mel and Jill for asking me along and to EVERYONE who was so friendly!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-15418546268298788892011-06-19T09:17:00.000+01:002011-06-19T09:17:05.640+01:00My class is upOver at the A Trip Down Memory Lane cybercrop.<br />
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My next go I think will be either Ann's triple frame card or the sketch challenge.<br />
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Blogger isn't liking me today, it won't let me comment :(Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-42858205222793111522011-06-18T14:08:00.000+01:002011-06-18T14:08:42.965+01:00Cybercropping today!A heads up that there is a cyber crop this weekend over at <a href="http://createdbyatdml.blogspot.com/">A Trip Down Memory Lane</a>. A no pressure, use up your stash and create beautiful pages cybercrop. Four classes are up already and two challenges have been issued. I'm a bit behind (so, what's new?) - I've just finished doing Ann's wonderful double layout class. Now to decide on which to do next!<br />
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Photos to follow :)Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-35966371504247120462011-04-13T11:28:00.000+01:002011-04-13T11:28:51.981+01:00A freebie fruity framework for you!I do love alliteration lol!<br />
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Things have been incredibly hectic this end. Seen far more of the Royal Derby hospital than I ever felt I needed to, and for far too many times too!<br />
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Josh's birthday came and went as has Mia's (my baby is TEN! - how did that happen?!) Chiara's is next on the list in May. FIL is still very poorly in hospital (thank you everyone for all your thoughts and wishes, they do mean a lot to me).<br />
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I have been doing a lot of creating in some form or another, whether it be baking and decorating, creating party pieces, cards, paper scrapping or digital scrapping. I just haven't really had the time to sit down and get all my thoughts together and bits and bobs organised for sharing properly.<br />
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Updating my slide shows is moving up my list of priorities (as should be clearing my paper scrapping space).<br />
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Just for now though I wanted to share a digital scrapbook template freebie with you. Bear with me, I haven't shared a download on my blog before so I am really hoping that I have it all figured out right. It's a .psd layered template, based on this digital page:<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Credits:</span><br />
Two Peas in a Bucket: Eggstravaganza and Kitschensinque by Polka Dot Pixels<br />
Owl Tree Studio: Iced Cookie Alpha by Wild Blueberry Ink<br />
Sweet Shoppe Designs: Itty Bits alpha by Danni Mogstad<br />
Fonts: Dancing Script OT and Vintage Typewriter<br />
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Which, in turn, was based on this paper page made for A Trip Down Memory Lane for a monthly DT gallery using My Little Shoebox papers:<br />
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Scraplifting your own pages is in no way cheating! Nope, it's making the best of what you've already done and can be a great timesaver too.<br />
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Download the digital template <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/mdwvQMxI/Fruity_Framework_01.html">here</a><br />
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Please let me know if you have any problems and I'll try to figure them out.<br />
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Oh and, if you don't digital scrapbook, here's the sketch for you instead :)<br />
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I used sugar paste for the first time in fifteen years (the last time was for his first birthday cake!). Inspired by a pic in a book, but I added lots of black glittered sugarpaste stars too, as well as spraying it over with edible gold lustre spray. The centrepiece stars should have been edible too, but there wasn't enough time for them to set hard enough, so they were cut from glittered cardstock with my Sizzix. The '16' was sparklers.<br />
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And here it is lit:<br />
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I think I rolled the sugar paste out a little too thin and it cracked a bit when put over the cake, but I managed to hide most of them with the glittered stars. I'm really proud of my efforts I have to say.<br />
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I've told the girls not to get ideas as I'm not going to this much trouble for all three every year! Too stressful (and too expensive!).<br />
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The low for the week is that my most treasured father in law has suffered a massive stroke and remains unconscious. This is devastating for our family - any prayers would be appreciated.Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-38272822579004395392011-03-03T15:57:00.000+00:002011-03-03T15:57:48.116+00:00Two Peas Winterfest<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://cdn.twopeasinabucket.com/userfiles/349500/winterefest179x179.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://cdn.twopeasinabucket.com/userfiles/349500/winterefest179x179.jpg" style="height: 179px; width: 179px;" /></a>Do you love to stamp? Winter is the perfect time to hunker down and get inky! Peas are gathering on the Stamping board and inviting you to participate in an event members have organized and named Winterfest! There will be challenges and chatter you won't want to miss. Two Peas in a Bucket will also be sponsoring prizes and giving you badges by participating. Interested? Just head on over to the <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=list&forum_id=22">General Stamping message board</a> and dive right in! See the <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&forum_id=22&thread_id=3067184">master thread</a> for an index of challenges and details if you have questions; challenges begin March 5th. Have fun!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Now I'm not a master stamper by ANY MEANS of the imagination. In fact, the main times that I stamp are when I fancy joining in challenges like Winterfest. I love challenges, the chance to try new things and be inspired by the projects submitted by other people. I will be hosting a challenge at Winterfest myself, with a randomly drawn prize winner to get a $15 gift certificate to the Two Peas store.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-44345645895323601212011-02-25T01:23:00.000+00:002011-02-25T01:23:18.491+00:00Quickie shareBeen feeling rough all week so that, coupled with the dire weather, has made half term with the kids rather a wash out in more ways than one :(<br />
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We did manage some baking, the girls made a marble maze game from an empty chocolate box, bits of cardboard, cut out holes and some marbles out of Kerplunk! So creative, must take a photo and scrap about that! I'm thinking of setting them some sort of treasure challenge tomorrow, but as the weather has been given as bad again, it is going to have to be an indoors one, I think. The one I'm favouring the most at the moment is a 'fit as many items in a matchbox as you can' challenge, though it's a larger than normal size matchbox they will be filling, and the girls will be working together as a team as it would be too unfair otherwise given the big difference between them.<br />
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Today has been half term hair cut day. No photos yet (unfortunately Mia had her hair curled after cutting today and they fell out by bed time). Chiara has gone for a more 'grown up' cut, reflected in the fact that they tried charging as if she was 14 - she's still 11 lol! Josh has had the normal blade 2 and bog brush on top style. I keep trying to talk him into something more on trend, but he's not terribly fashion conscious - until it comes to jeans (of which we had to buy two more pairs today - he's growing way too fast still!)<br />
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I've been playing digi whilst I've been poorly, using the laptop in the warmth of the lounge (when I've been able to wrestle it out of Josh's clutches). As it's up with him now I can't share my projects for <a href="http://www.owltreestudio.com/store/">Owl Tree Studio</a> (which was my original intention) so I'm sharing this page using Two Peas products (including the weekly freebie template available <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblogpost.asp?id=50545">here</a>). As you can see, I kept pretty faithful to the template, though I straightened out the frame as I thought it being wonky gave it a playful look and the photo I used didn't match that mood at all.<br />
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The photo is just a fortuitous snap taking whilst the girls were out playing in the garden last year - I altered the colour tones to match the more wistful look captured on Mia's unposed pose (if you follow me).<br />
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Credits all Two Peas in a Bucket<br />
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Template freebie February 2011<br />
Summer's Edge kit by Scrap Originals<br />
Boho Chic (freebie) Brandy Buffington<br />
Live Well word art (freebie) Jo Hanna<br />
Font Angelina (freely available on the web)Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-81419060864122224502011-02-20T11:25:00.000+00:002011-02-20T11:25:36.057+00:00Cute Things Make me SmileI was lucky enough to be asked to guest design by Leo over at <a href="http://www.craftytemplates.co.uk/quirkykits.html">Quirky Kit</a>s this month. The kit came and I was amazed at all the different bits and pieces includes, so many different embellishments and textures as well as a lovely selection of papers by Sassafras and 4heures37 and a variety of cardstock types (including bling and dotted swiss).<br />
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So far I've created five layouts, have a further one planned and a couple of little extra projects too. I've blogged my creations on the Quirky Kits blog <a href="http://quirkykits.blogspot.com/2011/02/cute-things-make-me-smile.html">here </a>and <a href="http://quirkykits.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-from-cute-things-kit.html">here</a>.<br />
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A couple of close ups for you:<br />
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I told you it was a fun kit!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-51288257562652856142011-02-15T14:39:00.000+00:002011-02-15T14:39:30.319+00:007Gypsies yumminessThis month Mel and Jill at <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/index.php">A Trip Down Memory Lane</a> sent out a selection of 7Gypsies goodies to create with for the shop design team gallery.<br />
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I have to admit that 7Gypsies papers aren't the first I think of when creating layouts as I generally like to use more colourful and/or playful papers. However, being given something different from the norm really does help to give a push outside of your comfort zone and normal creative boundaries. And the proof of the pudding is in the eating, so to speak, and I absolutely love all the projects I created this month!<br />
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I made three layouts with the <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=paddington">Paddington</a> papers, another using the <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=conservatory">Conservatory</a> papers and then I decorated a beautiful decorative heart I bought from the local garden centre. So double whammy for me then because I don't usually do off the page pieces either!<br />
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The <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/gallery/index.php?gallery=./%2A%2ADesign%20Team%202011%2A%2A/02%2011%20February%202011">gallery</a> is up over at A Trip Down Memory Lane (be sure to click over all three pages to see everything) where you can see a whole range of beautiful pieces created by the design team. Some sneakies from my submissions to whet your appetite are below:<br />
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On this page I used the packaging tag from a roll of 7Gypsies tape and added some of the steampunk style rub-ons to it and layered over some of the phrase stickers (I absolutely adore those sheets of 7Gypsies 97% complete stickers, I have LOTS of them and use them LOTS too!).<br />
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Here I used some more of the rub-ons, a couple directly onto the sheer journaling block and a third onto a button. Oh, and I wanted that splash of red in the bottom corner but the words on the tape didn't 'fit' the page at all so I simply cut it down into smaller pieces so you get the effect without the distraction of uncomplimentary text.<br />
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I already had a pile of these die cut butterflies sitting on my desk from my previous post over at It's a Creative World. Some more of those rub-ons on buttons, layered them on a selection of the journal blocks from a Pink Paislee notebook and there is a very easy (but striking) embellishment for a very simple (but striking) page.<br />
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You know, I really probably wouldn't have bought the rub-ons either, I'm not much into the grunge or steampunk look, but I feel a need to buy more of them because I have loved how they add such fun and interesting detail to the pages. The actual ones I used are <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=8535">these</a> but there is a whole range of 7Gypsies rub-ons available in the shop <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/index.php?manufacturers_id=55&sort=3a&filter_id=32&page=4">here</a>.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Yet another of those butterflies (well, two actually, the sheet music one was rather flimsy so I layered it over a corrugated card one to make it more sturdy). I absolutely love these little typewriter words, the set I had was <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3665">Family</a> but there are other themes too - and just how perfect was the 'gather' one for a page about my daughter's snail collecting habit?!<br />
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Finally, a peek at the decorated heart. I added in quite a few bits and pieces onto this item. The key and quote sticker are 7Gypsies, the bird/oval frame was cut out of some very delicious My Mind's Eye Lost and Found papers, the sticker heart is Webster's Pages and the little love embellishment is from way back when when I first started scrapbooking, as are the little metal pins (which I added some beads to).Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-7532342903268986442011-02-13T12:24:00.001+00:002011-02-13T12:24:00.142+00:00Who knew?I was playing with a digital page the other day and found out that you can use a brush in conjunction with the eraser tool to create a punched effect. Adding a drop shadow increases the 'depth' of the cut out. How cool!<br />
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I created this page with a <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/userblogpost.asp?id=50200">free template</a> over at Two Peas in a Bucket and using the Apple of My Eye kit (it's such a beautiful kit) by Vinnie Pearce, also at Two Peas. I altered the template slightly to included two photos rather than three, added a photo mat, the butterflies and moved the title down a bit.<br />
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Oh and that title effect - I re-coloured a tag from the kit, used a standard font (Georgia), made it bold and added a Simple Pillow Emboss effect layer style. I love that this gives a debossed effect to the text. <br />
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All the links are available at the <a href="http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/">Counterfeit kit challenge blog</a>, the kit photos at the kit site (Scraps of Darkness) are <a href="http://www.scrapsofdarkness.com/index.html">here</a>.<br />
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I've made the colours of my kit less 'boudoir' and more girly, but tried to keep in with the general feel in terms of tone and pattern.<br />
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I've got nine patterned papers, plus a half sheet and a die cut sheet. These are a mix of Prima, Webster's Pages, My Mind's Eye and Making Memories.<br />
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There are seven sheets of cardstock and a LOT of part used sets of alphas. I like to have a variety of fonts and sizes and I think this is a good mix.<br />
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I've added in a lot of bling and buttons (more things I missed last month) together with the ribbons, Cosmic Shimmers and Prima masks. I've not bothered with the mirrors or page pebbles (substituted with the epoxy brads).<br />
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I added in the stamps rather than stamping the images onto cardstock as I thought this would give me more flexibility in using them (ie stamping directly onto the patterned papers, which is something I did with the January kit). I love adding stickers to my pages too, especially word and phrase stickers, so just added a few sheets which I felt went with the kit colours.<br />
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Finally, I added in a pile of die cuts and metals. I love layering on my pages and use die cuts LOTS! And the metals are from a box I have been hoarding for many years now. Glad to see metals coming back into fashion, scrapbookwise!<br />
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So, yes, a HUGE kit, but I limited myself on what I took to crop to this kit, the remnants of the January kit and a Guest DT kit. I had my trimmer, tool kit, inks, Big Shot and a selection of punches and dies and that is it! Walking in with one tote instead of two totes PLUS lots other other stuff was a shock to everyone I can tell you LOL!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-48668177939851078842011-02-11T13:09:00.000+00:002011-02-11T13:09:49.312+00:00Counterfeit Kit pagesA while ago on It's a Creative World, I wrote about a new blog I'd discovered, <a href="http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com/">The Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog</a>. My original post at IACW lists all the goodies I used putting together the January kit (together with links to the original kit we were counterfeiting) and can be found <a href="http://itsacreativeworld.typepad.com/its_a_creative_world/2011/01/i-really-am-one-of-the-worlds-worst-when-it-comes-to-planning-and-preparation-for-going-to-crop-anyone-who-has-seen-me-ar.html">here</a> if you want all the details.<br />
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This is the kit I put together<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">So far, I've created two layouts - I've put off doing more as I am wanting to take the kit to crop with me tomorrow. I used everything from the kit. I added a different coloured thread and also used the doily stamps with versamark and and Distress embossing powder on this first page (which was part of the Stamping and Scrapbooking class challenge for February over at <a href="http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/classes_and_events/classes/19-scrapbook-stamping-with-nichol-magouirk/lesson/1701712-scrapbook-stamping-february-2011/">Two Peas</a>).</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Here's a close up of the heat embossed image - I used the Tattered Rose Distress embossing powder, it was a perfect match for the pale pink on the clothing tag I used on the page.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And this close up shows the clothing tag I used (as part of another Two Peas challenge), just the perfect addition to a page talking about how much fun my daughter had shopping for new clothes for her new High School (no school uniform!).</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MjMVKjZPArk/TVUxZCSAehI/AAAAAAAABIc/7ZytMT3kA-0/s1600/generation-new-look-A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MjMVKjZPArk/TVUxZCSAehI/AAAAAAAABIc/7ZytMT3kA-0/s320/generation-new-look-A.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">This second page I added some Cosmic Shimmer mists to the background (hence the slight crumpling to the background paper). Also extra to the kit are the alpha stickers for the word 'so' which, in the spirit of the challenge blog, are by Creative Imaginations and must be six or seven years old! </div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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I have to say I'm not too hot on the colour mix here (rather I can't think of anything I would be scrapbooking with those colours) so I will be changing the colours up a bit - which is one of the great things about putting kits together this way.<br />
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I've done lots of scrapping over the weekend, enjoying the challenges over at Two Peas as they celebrate CHA. Lots of new goodies coming out, I can't wait to see what Mel and Jill get in over at <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/">A Trip Down Memory Lane</a>. Lots of lush stuff to be added to my wish list I'm sure.<br />
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Here's a couple of the pages I have done. I admit to starting them at crop but not actually getting very far with them. For all of these three I used the Sugar Rush collection by Basic Grey (a wonderfully generous prize pack sponsored by Basic Grey and issued by Two Peas for another challenge quite a while ago).<br />
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This snap of Chiara posing in a replica turtle shell at Chester Zoo a couple of years ago came out great (with a little PSE tweaking!). I love the look of pure enjoyment on her face. The colours of the kit were perfect for the photo and I couldn't help using that corny title! The journaling is about how Chiara was growing in confidence at that point in her life, so the title did double duty.<br />
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I used some Hot Off the Press stamps (that I seem to recall were another prize, I know, I've been so lucky in drawings and challenges!) to add part of the title to a handcut banner, to fit the Scrapbook Stamping class that was running over at Two Peas in January (to include stamping in your title and journaling). This is a year long class (February's is to add heat embossed images to a layout) and I'm already getting a lot more use out of my stamps than they have seen in like .... ummm .... forever!).<br />
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I loved these fun pics of Mia at a local park last year and, of course, the purple dress was another great match for the papers. I always get a bit 'blah' over journaling these park play photos, just how many times can you talk about having fun playing on the swings or whatever? So for this one I used the photos as a link to something that is very dear to Mia's heart and that is animals. She loves all animals, but has a special dream of having a horse, or pony, or donkey or dog! Like the title says ... Dream on!<br />
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These photos are from the same day as the Dream on layout. We don't always get the chance to go out much as a family (and even on this day, Josh didn't want to join us at the park - not fun enough for a fifteeen year old any more I guess) and especially last year as it seemed to be permanently raining! Mia is such a happy and loving little girl and she really is a joy to be with (well, mostly!).<br />
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These layered embellishments from Basic Grey are such fun, I thought off setting them was perfect for the cloud shape and it gave me more room for the title too. As you can see, I'm working my older stash a lot at the moment. These rub-ons are by Crate Paper and the paper flowers are years old and by Making Memories - I love them and happily bought a lot when they were on clearance.<br />
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SuzanneSuzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-16359630441582807932011-01-25T01:29:00.000+00:002011-01-25T01:29:05.974+00:00Scrapbook ManufacturersJust a quick note - if you come by my blog to access the list of scrapbook manufacturer websites and blogs, I have moved it from the sidebar onto it's own page - just click the link at the top of the page. I updated the list today, removing now defunct companies and adding in new ones, plus I checked all the links so there should be no broken ones now. A couple of the manufacturers have been taken over and now come under the banner of another company (eg K&Co and Martha Stewart are both found under the EK Success links).<br />
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With wanting to keep up with all the new release news and sneak peeks, the incessant scrolling down the sidebar wasn't doing my wrist many favours; having the link at the top is much easier!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-5016880950201621022011-01-24T11:35:00.001+00:002011-01-24T11:36:56.115+00:00January goodies and CT call at Owl Tree Studio<div style="text-align: left;">I had lots of fun working the with January releases over at <a href="http://www.owltreestudio.com/store/">Owl Tree Studio</a>. I used a whole variety of the product which you can get for the fabulous price of just $7.95 a month if you become a subscribed member. You could, of course, just get the things individually as they become available in the shop, but the membership price is a great deal (check it out <a href="http://www.owltreestudio.com/inside/">here</a> to view all the kits, templates and other goodies that comprise the membership bundle for January).<br />
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Oh .... and if you are a digital scrapper/hybrid artist you must check out the CT call Tiffany has at the moment. She is looking for people to join a variety of the sub-teams working with these great products. The blog post with all the details is <a href="http://www.owltreestudio.com/teamcall">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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And, yes, I've managed to keep to my resolution so far!Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-19360914116519094312011-01-20T13:50:00.003+00:002011-01-20T13:57:44.784+00:00Shock! A blog post!Yes. Really. It's been a long time since I last posted, I know. Not that I've not been busy creating. In fact I've done lots. I've just been a bad blogger.<br />
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Christmas and New Year went without a hitch. The snow was a bind (the kids got fed up after just a couple of sessions playing in it - they didn't like getting that cold!) but I took lots of pictures, some of them even quite good!<br />
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I'm going to start sharing stuff again on a more regular basis. Starting with stuff now and then going back and adding more from the past couple of months.<br />
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Firstly a shout out that the A Trip Down Memory Lane gallery for January is up and available for viewing <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/gallery/index.php?gallery=./%2A%2ADesign%20Team%202011%2A%2A/01%2011%20January%202011">here</a>. We used a variety of lines from October Afternoon. Loved working with those bright, fun colours and patterns.<br />
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Also, I had a class up online over there for December, mixing up products a bit rather than relying on everything from one line. This is my page (look at those eyes, bless!) and you can access the pdf <a href="http://www.atripdownmemorylane.co.uk/catalog/article_info.php?cArticlePath=17&articles_id=117">here</a>.<br />
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This week I've made a big effort to get some of those layouts from the unfinished pile out, finished and put into albums. Well, they're not into albums just yet but all but two of the ten have had the finishing touches and journaling added. Mostly from classes (the last UKS cybercrop and the ATDML retreat) - I'll get them photographed and uploaded another day with details.<br />
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I've also done three pages from scratch for various manufacturer blog challenges. All were sketch challenges and here are my takes on them.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg2sC0-hUI/AAAAAAAABGk/E9v5g5vUsew/s1600/BoBunnySketch2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg2sC0-hUI/AAAAAAAABGk/E9v5g5vUsew/s320/BoBunnySketch2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg23Gf9uqI/AAAAAAAABGo/RLxNsq2qeak/s1600/2cute.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg23Gf9uqI/AAAAAAAABGo/RLxNsq2qeak/s320/2cute.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used the Love Bandit line that I recently bought (a bit behind the times, I know, but it's only just appeared on the stall I visit when I'm in Derby), plus a couple of bits from the Persuasion line. How cute are those little creatures? Such fun and happy papers, perfect for scrapping my two girls having fun together in the garden.</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg24nfdAoI/AAAAAAAABGs/1zicwOltvtw/s1600/2cute-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg24nfdAoI/AAAAAAAABGs/1zicwOltvtw/s320/2cute-a.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I've added red Stickles to lots of the red hearts and also dotted some crystal gems and hearts around the page too. The one journal block was cut out and made double duty - as a base for both the title and journaling. As you can see I was pretty faithful to the sketch, except I used the lines of the trees in lieu of patterned paper strips down the left hand side and used different sized photos.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg4hVk3EXI/AAAAAAAABGw/H-mXuFSuGRM/s1600/lybsketch.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg4hVk3EXI/AAAAAAAABGw/H-mXuFSuGRM/s320/lybsketch.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I usually struggle with blocked style pages (I'm not too hot getting everything the same size and aligned neatly) so this is a bit different to me. This Zinnia range was perfect for the photos, as you can see.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg5GBAhSeI/AAAAAAAABG0/6djqhgNO5sk/s1600/crafty-girl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg5GBAhSeI/AAAAAAAABG0/6djqhgNO5sk/s320/crafty-girl.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The embellishments in this range were beautiful. I used a variety of rub-ons and chipboard - the butterflies are using the same punch as was used in the project created by Chiara in the photos. Some of the smaller butterflies and journaling strips were from cardstock sprayed Radiant Rain.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg5ILkWKeI/AAAAAAAABG4/1-q8gctaJ1U/s1600/crafty-girl-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg5ILkWKeI/AAAAAAAABG4/1-q8gctaJ1U/s320/crafty-girl-a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">And the banner is made using some transparent acrylic embellishments - a couple of flowers cut in half and a heart (which I mounted onto white cardstock to enhance the colours of it). Look at the glitter, gorgeous!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg5JvYmrzI/AAAAAAAABG8/6eRRtGwSPq0/s1600/crafty-girl-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg5JvYmrzI/AAAAAAAABG8/6eRRtGwSPq0/s320/crafty-girl-b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">My Mind's Eye</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg6QWoYODI/AAAAAAAABHE/xMELFkGExig/s1600/mmelayout.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg6QWoYODI/AAAAAAAABHE/xMELFkGExig/s320/mmelayout.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">A fabulous sketch from Anam, love the use of the different shapes. I used a selection of papers and other goodies from the Lost and Found series. I wouldn't have naturally thought to use them with Winter pages, but that was the theme, so I worked it in there. I'm really happy with how well it worked too, helped greatly by the snowflakes, tinsel trim and all the glistening glitter and bling.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg60QgHhnI/AAAAAAAABHI/WyhBPNmbspk/s1600/snow-sisters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg60QgHhnI/AAAAAAAABHI/WyhBPNmbspk/s320/snow-sisters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I love this huge snowflake die (by Sizzix, bought secondhand from a friend just before Christmas - great purchase as I used it LOTS for Christmas cards, tags and ornaments - thanks Katie!). I also bought a new border punch - that heart lace one from Martha Stewart - with my Christmas money. I was gutted that my Fiskars Apron Lace punch broke (as in the metal die part actually cracked all the way through). Advised Fiskars who wrote back saying that it wasn't guaranteed for cutting through Bazzill so, basically, tough. Hmmm. Anyhow ...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg7fh_CRgI/AAAAAAAABHU/wYQPzhChzAg/s1600/snow-sisters-a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg7fh_CRgI/AAAAAAAABHU/wYQPzhChzAg/s320/snow-sisters-a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I used lots of layering, distressing, stitching and distress inks on this page. Time consuming but I love how it turned out so it was well worth all the effort.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg7mh-1FlI/AAAAAAAABHY/Yurle5IQTTY/s1600/snow-sisters-b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" s5="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg7mh-1FlI/AAAAAAAABHY/Yurle5IQTTY/s320/snow-sisters-b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Oh and finally My Mind's Eye put a card sketch up too</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg6MeHtjoI/AAAAAAAABHA/WSvzOphq1aI/s1600/mmecard.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg6MeHtjoI/AAAAAAAABHA/WSvzOphq1aI/s320/mmecard.bmp" width="230" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">I found it with perfect timing as I needed to make my Mum a birthday card last week. Again, more of the Lost and Found ranges and the hearts border punch. The stamp is by Papertrey Ink (another secondhand purchase - thanks Debbie, love them!).</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg8ZmXjWVI/AAAAAAAABHc/tvT8Ni_q5-I/s1600/mum-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TTg8ZmXjWVI/AAAAAAAABHc/tvT8Ni_q5-I/s320/mum-2011.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Thanks if you made it to the end!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">xxx's</div>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-76070660172975293402010-09-05T17:39:00.000+01:002010-09-05T17:39:52.095+01:00My Mind's Eye gorgeousnessMy take on the sketch over at <a href="http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/">Creative Scrappers</a> this week is full of an array of <a href="http://www.mymindseye.com/">My Mind's Eye</a> gorgeousness. Here I have to say a HUGE thanks to Amber and the customer service team over at MME for their 'wow I'm speechless' generosity. I had a problem with a product I bought a while back that I only recently opened and they sent me some of the new release goodies to compensate. It is all delicious. Truly. Full of beautiful embellishments and lots of beautiful blinging glitter. It's really hard to tell from the layout photo so I have included a close up shot so you can see that background cardstock. And the die cuts. All glittered. It's seriously stunning in real life.<br />
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Anyhow, this is the sketch. Please, please, please check out what the <a href="http://creativescrappers.blogspot.com/2010/09/sketch-120.html">rest of the team</a> did with this sketch. I think it's pretty well the best all round reveal I've seen anywhere for a long while.<br />
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And my page (I flipped the sketch and substituted the star with a heart)<br />
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Credits:<br />
Pretty well everything My Mind's Eye<br />
with a few extra brads, buttons and a bit of string<br />
The digital frame I used for the photos is from <a href="http://www.owltreestudio.com/">Owl Tree Studio</a>.<br />
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And look at all the glitter and beautiful dimensional embellishments.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TIPGPD9UjiI/AAAAAAAABGU/LgWTNsDBG1A/s1600/120+peek+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QZp5Xq3FHRs/TIPGPD9UjiI/AAAAAAAABGU/LgWTNsDBG1A/s400/120+peek+copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12336389519794687148noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21749446.post-11239192543080748072010-09-02T11:12:00.001+01:002010-09-02T11:39:10.316+01:00Yumminess at Owl Tree StudioI've been playing with the new digital kits available for September at Owl Street Studio. Six this month plus bonuses. I was especially thrilled that so many of them worked great for boy pages. I've done seven pages so far and I'm certain to be using them more. Nip on over to check out the <a href="http://www.owltreestudio.com/news/september-products-reveal">kit previews</a> (oh and yes, you will have read that right, only $9.95 for everything!).<br />
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