scrap the boys - feb challenge

 Hello and happy Monday.  Today I'm sharing my take on the Feb challenge for Scrap the Boys.
The theme is:

............... and here is  my take ..........................
I had to record this saying from my littlest man - it was very popular last year, especially with the Lego movie. 
Here are a few close-up's:

We hope you can play along - there are some wonderful prizes to be won ☺
Pop over to the BLOG to view all the details of how you can join in too.

Thanks for coming by ♥

scrappy canary - present wrapping tutorial

Hello everyone and happy Friday.  I hope you have had a creative week.  I've had a busy one, finishing off some projects and getting some scrapbooking done. ☺ It's been great but I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend.
Today, I'm on the Scrappy Canary blog, sharing a tutorial for making your present wrapping extra special.  You can pop over to the post HERE and have a look ☺

 It's Valentines Day tomorrow, so give this a go for your special someone .............
 Thanks for coming by ♥

scrappy canary - lots of love scrapbooking kit

 Hello ☺  I recently received my first scrapbooking kit from Scrappy Canary as part of their Creative Team. 
The gorgeous Lots of Love kit has been awesome to work with - beautiful papers and embellishments to match. 
I shared two of my pages on the Scrappy Canary blog last week and am now sharing some pictures here too!

The February sketch was released today - check out the blog post HERE.  You have a chance to win a $10.00 voucher from the store!

I still have some more to share from this lovely kit - I will be back soon.
Til then, happy crafting ♥

wip: wednesday

 Hello - the school holidays are now over and it's all back into school routine.  I love school holidays but I also love routines - there has to be a balance ☺
I managed a little bit of crafting over the Summer break, but not much sharing here.  I'm going to try and share some of the projects I'm working on every Wedneday.
So here goes my first WIP: Wednesday ☺

 I have already shared this Starburst Granny Square Blanket - it's slowly growing.  I'm so happy with the colour choice and how the white makes each colour pop.  It's turning out to be a lovely project.

I recently purchased some XL Ribbon yarn from Paper Cotton Love - a sweet little online store - you must check it out ☺
I decided to use some of the orange yarn to make a floor cushion - I'm using the free pattern available from Paper Cotton Love - so far it's going well. 

 The size 12 bamboo crochet hook which I also purchased from the same shop, is great to work with.  It's making the project come together with ease. 

 I'm going to be running out of this gorgeous orange before the project is finished, so I need to re-stock my supplies very soon ☺

I'm looking forward to sharing more of this fun project as it grows!

That's all for this Wednesday - wishing you a creative week ♥

starburst grannysquare crochet blanket

 hello to you all - the school holidays are going well and we are super relaxed.  It has been keeping me away from here though .................
Today, I wanted to share what I'm creating with the crochet hook.  If you've been following me, you will know that I did a fair bit of crochet last year and shared some of it here.  I hope to do the same in 2015.
So with a new year, I felt like starting a new project (even if I may have a few on the go already)  I really wanted something 'summery' and bright!
So I dug out a pattern I had printed out some time ago, checked out my stash of yarn and topped up on a few extra colours and away I went ☺

 I'm using some lovely cotton/acrylic yarn in 4ply - Moda Vera Gelato from Spotlight - the colours are super cute!  I'm using this pattern which I got from HERE!
The only change I've made is in the 2nd round - I've done an extra 'yarn over' for the puff stitch - just to make it stand out a little more.  I've kept to one colour for each sunburst and using white to join on. 

 I'm going to have to make a lot of these little circles ☺  It will be good for when i only have small amounts of time - I can quickly whip up a circle!  And it's a great project for taking on my travels which I've already done a few times this Summer.

 I'm using the 'join as you go' method to join each square.  And I've decided to just do a random pattern with the colours - it's kind of nice to not worry about which colour will come next.

I'm just loving how this is coming along......
I'll be sure to share this project as it continues to grow ♥

happy girl

 Hello everyone - hope you are having a great start to the new year and getting creative.  This is officially my first scrapbook page for 2015 ☺
I had some photo's of my very cute niece, which I really wanted to scrapbook and record!

 I got a little arty in the background, with texture paste and paint and have also punched out some heart shapes. 
I've picked out colours from her dress and made it nice and bright.
And I've used some fun glittery black sticker letters for the title.
Here are some close-up's:

This was a fun 'just because' page to make and I'm looking forward to making plenty more this year.
Thanks for coming by ♥

scrap the boys - january challenge

 Hello and happy new year - hope you are having a great first day of 2015.  I love the start of something new ...........................
today I'm jumping right into blogging to share my DT page for the January challenge at Scrap the Boys.
This month, be inspired by this retro style mood board and create a fun page ~~!!
 
Here's my page for the challenge:

 I found this really cool piece of paper in my stash which became the starting point to my page.  I teamed it up with a black + white photo and found some fun embellishments to jazz up the page.
I used some bits of sparkly blue bling and added some dimensional magic to the word 'hello'
I love how it turned out.
Here are a few close-up's:

Now to introduce our fabulous sponsors for this month.... 

Without our generous sponsors the challenge site would not  exist - please visit their stores and have a little look  - they have amazing products and I am sure there will be something that takes your fancy. 

Faber-Castell Australia are donating 2 Small packs of Gelatos.

https://www.facebook.com/fabercastellaustralia?fref=ts

Pilot Pen Australia are donating 2 pair of Westcott 9" scissors

www.pilotpenaustralia.com.au

We have also a lovely Embellishment prize pack donated by Raquel Bowman from her stash!  Please visit Raquel's blog and be inspired by her amazing creations.

We hope to see you joining in with this first challenge for 2015.

Pop over to the blog to see more Design Team work and be inspired ...... ♥