as promised... my scrap stash GIVEAWAY!

Ok, so better late than never!?   I went through my scrap stash and put together a little kit for someone to win.  

  Some closies....

 

  Heidi Swapp tags, Maya Road twine, Prima flowers, Purple Pumpkin buttons & tickets, Websters Pages resin, Maya Road chipboard    

  2Crafty Chipboard, BoBunny & Maya Road stamps, tags, "texture pack" includes wood wool, vintage book papers, dress pattern, more twine  

Full BoBunny Serenade collection papers, more Prima & Maya Road flowers, Maya Road trinkets, twine, Collections chipboard   There is a big mixture of products, it is a pizza box full of goodies!   So to be in the running to win this all you need to do is become a follower of mine and leave me a comment on this post.   For an extra chance to win blog or facebook about this giveaway, just leave me an extra comment with the link.   I will pay postage (and internationally too!)   I will draw the winner on the 15th February 2013.   Hope you like my giveaway as much as I do!!!   Have a great day :)    

Paper Stories Kit & Sketch

A big hello to you all and a special Hello to my new followers!    I have just realised that the giveaway I promised I still haven't posted on here. Was soooo busy before we left to go on holidays I forgot. So I will attempt to photograph it and post it up very very soon.   On a bit of older news, at the beginning of December the lovely Georgia from Paper Stories chose my layout as the winner of her sketch comp so with that I got a lovely prize of 7Gypsies goodies and at the same time I thought I would give one of her kits a go. I purchased the 'Love Song' kit featuring Basic Grey Serenade & Lucille and also some Heidi Swapp papers and tags.   Now I have never worked with a kit before so felt a little stumbled at first because when I normally scrap I have all the things out I want to use and scrapping away I go.   So I got out the kit and just dived into creating a layout. I used the current Paper Stories sketch as a starting point. Remember that when you use a sketch you can build from it. Adding extra layers, embellishments and you can mix things up. A sketch to me is just that, a 'sketch'.   Ok, here is my layout - Age One    

It's of my daughter at obviously, one years old and I wanted to document a bit about her. She is full of life and personality! There is no dullness to this girl.

  The only things I have added to this kit are really just mixed media stuff. Most of the main items and embellishments are from the kit! I added cotton & sequins, masking tape, gesso, dress pattern paper, tag and used some Tim Holtz distress stains and inks with a Crafters Workshop template to make the page me with some outlining with a Sharpie marker.   A few tips. The background is pretty much made up of one sheet of patterned paper, Basic Grey Serenade Chemise.

  I cut the border out then I collaged it back together with masking tape and Prima Washi Tape (which is included in the kit) and inked the edges for definition with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Frayed Burlap. I also tore paper and inked edges and put a little bit of dress pattern between the layers just for a bit extra.   Hope you have a lovely day!   Bye for now.  

My BIG news!!! << read here

This is the news I have been dying to share for the past 3 months............   I am a Scrapbooking Memories MASTER for 2012-2013!!!!!  

    Yes, I made it!! wooohooo.....   It's all been a bit surreal but now I'm in reality.   The funny thing is I was catching up on Facebook and had just read a post from Kim Jeffress saying congrats to the girls who get the calls today, and then my phone rung... Sydney number.... NO WAY????? It was Cassie congratulating me on becoming a Master!!!! so I felt like I was floating on cloud 9!!! wow wow wow! I was not expecting it as this is my first time I have ever entered.   I loved the criteria to enter this year.... I gave myself two weeks and began creating. I really loved my entry. My heart and soul went into it.  So Thank You to Cassie & Vanessa and the team at Scrapbooking Memories for seeing something in my entry.   I feel really bad keeping secrets, and to one of my close friends.... I WISH I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU!!! but now you have to come over and look at all my prizes and OOO and ARR over them like I did. So all that scrapping you seen me do at the end of July which isn't in the scrap shop, well that was my entry!   Lastly, I would like to congratulate the other amazing 9 girls who I will be working alongside this year! It's going to be a whirlwind!!!!  

Beck Beattie

Gail Lindner

Heather McMahon

Kaye Grieve

Kerryn Lawson

Leeann Pearce

Leonie Neal-Dawson

Sue Smith

Tarrah McLean

 

We made it!!!!!!!!

 

You will find the official announcement here.

    I will be hosting a big giveaway on my blog very very soon.... so become a follower of mine to hear all about it!!!!!     Have a great day :) !!          

New Blog Design!!!!! come and have a peak!!!

Hello, hello!!! welcome to my new, fresh, fun, & artsy blog design!!!!!   The most talented girl ever.... Em Stafrace has been busy busy designing this for me. I gave her a few ideas of what I wanted and she came up with the rest AND I love what she has done! She even came up with the idea to incorporate my own handwriting. So all the handwritten text.... well that's me! :) Just awesome Em, you are a star!!! thank you!   My new blog title '7PM' comes from the time of day that I think all parents can relate to.... I really look forward to some peace to sit down and chill for a bit..... well, until the next day anyway.   So without further ado, to celebrate my new look blog I am having a giveaway!! So please stay tuned and become a follower of mine to hear all about it!!! I will post the giveaway within the next week and it's going to be a beauty (Aussie slang for a big one).... !!!!   Hope you like the new look blog!!!..... and I can not wait to start sharing more of my creations here!!!    

And another post..... KIU -November

Ok - so no posts from me in months and here I am 3 in one week!

I had a bit of spare time last night so decided to have a go at the KIU November challenge which is minimalist/white space.

Now I am not that good at white space and minimalist layouts so I seem to have squeezed everything in one spot, well sort of anyways.

I made a gorgeous background by using a mix of Heidi Swapp (Primrose), Shimmerz (Cotton Candy), Glimmermist (Cadillac Pink) & Mr Hueys (White) sprays. I first 'pooled' all the colours in the middle and let run so it watermarked into my background then I masked with my fave mask at the mo - the chevron one by The Crafters Workshop - Balzer Designs. Once the mists were dry I used my finger to wipe gesso over the top of some sections then outlined with lead pencil followed by a black pen.

The ultra glossy dots of colour are the Shimmerz pots in Jilted Jade. This colour is just stunning. I have also swiped the masking tape with it and put a lil bit on the resins.

Ok.... so its a bit of a mix up of things so hope you like it.

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Thanks for having a peek!

And soz for the not very good photo of this layout - we have stormy rainy weather here..... (perfect for scrapping but not the best light for pics!)

 

Anita :)

Scrapfriends - Sketch #7

Hi!

I am getting back into the swing of blogger and some challenges.

I found the Scrapfriends sketch #7 and loved it! I actually done #6 too but never photographed it to upload. There sketches are awes, lots of room for added mixed media too and layers.

I rotated the sketch so it was horizontal and added a few more embellishments. But that's the fun of sketches you can interpret how you like!

I am in love with these papers too. They are Teresa Collins Vintage Finds and I have teamed them up with some gorgeous Prima flowers. Lots of texture here.... hessian, wood wool, layers of papers, metal florish, tissue paper, gesso.

I pretty much sprayed everything with gold Color Shine & Shimmerz Heavy Metal and then on top of some of the embellishments I added Shimmerz in the Angel Wings colour. The Shimmerz is magic! I love the pot as you can use your finger to apply it or paintbrush if you wish but the level of shimmer is gorgeous!

A little tip, if you are having probs sticking your alphas down put a bit of Gel Medium and then just stick on top. They wont be moving anytime soon!

So here is my layout.... took me long enough to show you!

TFL :)

Anita

Paper Stories Sketch - NOV

Hello hello!! yes I am still here, still scrapbooking too but have given Blogger a bit of a break. I am hoping real soon I will update my blog with a fresh new look!!!

I haven't done many challenges lately so thought I would try the Paper Stories Sketch for November cause the sketch looked cool. I have pretty much kept to the sketch just added a few of my own touches here and there.

I have used Heidi Swapps range of papers (Vintage Chic) and the gorgeous ColorShine... and WOW does it shine. I think I brought every single colour! I have never seen a shine quite like them!
Lots of mixed media used.... I actually started this layout off and thought I am just going to do a plain jane page, but then I started sticking it down and had to pull it apart to add the extra touches.

Have a great day!
TFL

Anita :)