Pic of the Week.

Here's my 'Pic of the Week'.

It's not often I get these four beautiful boys in one spot, so I can take a picture. But here they are, looking all sweet.

This was taken early August. We had gone for a walk to the beach after school, then stopped off at a park on the way back home. One of the twins came up with the idea for all of them to sit on this climbing toy - so I thought that was a great idea.

These boys mean everything to me and I can't wait to get this one all scrapbooked, to create a special page of this fun moment. So check back later on in the week to see what I've done.

End of week Scrapbooking

My sister-in-law, recently gave me some photo's of her cute little girl, Amber. Seeing as I don't get to make 'little girl' pages very much; it will be fun to use these pictures with pretty paper and pretty colours. So this first picture is of Amber and her older brother, taken earlier on this year.
I used Basic Grey, Pink Pirouette & Kiwi Kiss along with a piece of DP from Rasberry Tart.
In the background, I've stamped some little butterflies from the Sprinkles stamp set. I've also used Oval All for the 'fabulous friend' wording along with the new oval punch. And I've used Cheep Talk for the little bird image. Here's a closer look at the little birdie:

I'm sure you will be seeing some more girly pages very soon.

Scrapbooking Pic of the Week

Here's my Pic of the Week in a scrapbook layout. I've chosen to do an 8x8 layout for this photo, as it's part of Caden's little album for his first year.
I've used Kraft, Baja Breeze and Tangerine Tango as the main colours, and also added a small strip of Tangerine DP. Using Kraft as the main colour, I've only used the Baja and Tangerine to hi-light - I didn't want to take away from the photo.
So I've also kept the embellisment simple and have gone with a tag. I used the Scallop edge punch to make the corners on the tag! Then I've used the little cupcake from Party Hearty, the happy definition from Life's Definitions and a corduroy button with twine.
I've used a retired alphabet set - Tidy Alphabet, for the number one and added some paper piercing along the top and bottom of page.
Here's a close up of the tag element.


I'm hoping to use this photo, along with a few others from the day for a 12x12 layout, so pop back soon.

Box creations.

I came across this challenge website: Create4fun Challenges and saw a previous challenge using a really cute box template. The template can be printed out onto any cardstock, cut and scored, then assembled into the box. Boxes such as these are handy for little gifts and are just fun to make. So have a look at the link above and try one for yourself.

Here's two that I made up for some little thank you gifts.


I will be back tommorow with my scrapbook layout for Pic of the Week!

Inkspirations Sketch Challenge

This week there is a sketch challenge for the Inkspirations Challenges. You can visit Makeesha's website to view all the details Here is the sketch we had to work with.
And here's my creation.

I really wanted to make a masculine card for a change. So I went with the Seaside stamp set. I've inked up the star shell with Stazon black and stamped onto water colour paper. Then I've used my inks and aqua painter to shade in some colour. I've also used the Sanded BG stamp to add some texture to the Old Olive cardstock.

I've used some twill and attached onto some Hodgepodge hardware and also three jumbo eyelets. Using the metal bits, certainly adds to a masculine card.

The 'wishes' word is from Expressive Phrases.

Thanks for the fun sketch Keesh, it's a simple sketch that could be used with so many different stamp sets; would even make a great scrapbook layout.

Pic of the Week.

'Pic of the Week' is back again. I couldn't go past this very cute picture. My little-est man, just turned one the other week. Here he is looking very amused, while everyone is singing happy birthday. Just the sweetest boy, he is!

So I'll be back later on in the week, so show you this picture in a scrapbook layout. Til then...

Delicious Diva Challenges

Well I did manage to have a go at the colour challenge over at the Delicious Diva Challenges
These are the colours we had to work with: Barely Banana, Cameo Coral, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie - wow - certainly something different.
And here's my creations:

I used a cute image stamp from Bizzy Bec's own line of stamps - This is Lilly and isn't she just so cute. I stamped the image onto water colour paper and used my ink pads and aqua painter to colour in.

With the chosen colours, I've layered up the various pieces of cardstock along with some spotted DP that I found in my stash. For the sentiment, I used the Great Friend stamp set and the label punch, then added the frame from the Hodgepodge hardware.

Then I've finished off the card with some wide grosgrain ribbon in the Old Olive.

I wasn't too sure how all these colours would combine, but in the end they worked out just fine and I had lots of fun with this card. Thanks Kel and Kristy.