Saturday, May 21, 2011

Delight In Life

Here is a little mini album I made called "Delight In Life".
I was able to use up alot of scrap pieces of patterned paper
and I used instructions from a class over at Big Picture.
Too cute hey? I can't wait to make a few more!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Friday, May 6, 2011

ARTastic Inspiration

This month over at ARTastic, there is a beautiful painting to inspire! This month we are celebrating Mother's Day with the painting "Mother and Sarah Admiring the Baby" by Mary Cassatt. Here are the challenge details...

Diva Demand - for an extra 6 bonus points, try and work the following into your layout;
* Single photo of a woman holding a baby - 1 point
* Lace somewhere on the page - 2 points
* Something orange - 3 points

I have also included my DT layout... this is a photo of Michala, Caitlyn and her godmother, Aunty Michelle. I adore this photo! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Got Paint?

A little while ago I did an online course called "Got Paint?" taught by Emily Falconbridge, over at Big Picture. One of the techniques was to masking tape the background and paint over the top. I had so much fun doing this course and playing with my paints.
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Creating With The Girls

I am on a new art journaling adventure and so I have been having a play with my paints! I have taken some time to paint with my girls instead of next to them on my own project... Here are some colourful abstract paintings we came up with together!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Monday, April 18, 2011

A Little Bit Of Love...

Here is a layout that I finished a little while ago with a photo of us on the day we renewed our vows. I have used gorgeous Webster's patterned paper, a Kaiser flourish and lots of goodies from Tattered Inspirations! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Saturday, April 2, 2011

ARTastic Inspiration for April

Where did March go? It went by so quickly and April is here already! That means some new, juicy inspiration over at ARTastic. To celebrate the cooler autumn months, we have a gorgeous painting called "Autumn Wonder" by the artist Debbie Adams to inspire! Here are the challenge details...

Diva Demand - for an extra 6 bonus points, try and work the following into your layout;
* Cloud/s - 1 point
* Tree/s - 2 points
* Autumn colours - 3 points

I chose a "first day of school" photo with my gorgeous girls in their bright yellow uniforms! Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

ARTastic Inspiration for March

This month at ARTastic our inspiration comes from "The Circus Horse" by Marc Chagall. It is a bright and colourful painting with lots of movement and action. Here are the details...
1 pt - A bright, colourful layout
2 pts - An animal somewhere on your page
3 pts - At least 3 circles
Bonus 4 pts - A horse somewhere on your page

I scrapped a photo of Miss C having some fun on her colourful "Bella" dance mat, I added lots of flowers, including some handmade lollypop flowers. You can find out more here.
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Friday, February 11, 2011

Bliss

This is a gorgeous photo of my little princess and I really wanted to make this a pretty, girly page. What a sweetie pie! I used some goodies from Tattered Inspirations, some paper from the Kaiser range "English Rose" and some bling to match.
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Friday, February 4, 2011

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and From Screen to Scrap have a fantastic challenge this month that I couldn't resist!
I had a little time to scrap last night, so pulled out a Tattered Inspirations kit to play with. This is what I came up with! This is a photo of my gorgeous hubby when we celebrated our ten year wedding anniversary. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Thursday, February 3, 2011

ARTastic Challenge

It is a new month and over at ARTastic there is wonderful new inspiration! This month the painting is "Venus at her Toilet" by Rubens. It is a classical painting with deep, rich colours.
The extra criteria are as follows;
For an extra 6 bonus points, try and work the following into your layout;
Layout must be about you - 1 pt
Add wings somewhere on your layout - 2 pts
Use a mirror image or same picture of you multiple times - 3 pts
I have included an image of the painting and my DT submission...
Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Friday, January 28, 2011

New Cards!

Here are a couple of Christmas cards that I have made with some goodies from Tattered Inspirations. Carol's kits are divine and I have been lucky enough to have had a little time to create and have a play with the flowers and embellishments I have purchased over the past few weeks. Thanks for stopping by! xxx

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Love

I wanted to pop in and share a layout I finished this week called "Love". I had so much fun getting to my craft desk and having a really good play with all of my scrapping goodies!
Thanks for stopping by! xxx