Just for something a little different and not quite what I'm used to scrapping... male dominated colours with a slight grunge feel! Scrapville's August Standard Kit is packed full of Bo Bunny Mama-Razzi papers and a perfect selection of co-ordinated embellishments to create a very earthy yet elegant collection of products.

All the photos used in my layout were taken by my four year old son... during a day out at a beach festival with family and friends, I gave him my camera and left him to his own devices. My goodness, some 250+ photos later and a few shots of people we didn't even know... we had a fabulous collection of fun pics from our 'child photographer'!

This is my son's self portrait! The little camera charm is totally adorable and is included in the Kit.

The Kit also included grungy cardboard which was perfect for cutting into strips for journaling tabs.

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Can You Keep A Secret?

Sorry, I don't have any secrets to share - it just happened to be the title of my layout! Very fitting as my little man is having a wonderful time 'sharing secrets' with us... he comes up with the most amazing little tid-bits to secretly whisper into our ears. The other day he came up to me and said "Mum, I've got a wheely gweat secret... then he whispered shhhhh... crocodiles bite your head clean off!" What the...? LOL!

Okay, remember my New Years resolution that I keep going back to... Try All Things New! Bunting and lace have hit the page! Bunting has been extremely popular for the past six months or so, and I've still yet to use it on my layouts... until now!

I very rarely ever grace my pages with lace but it was in my DT kit for Scrapville's August 'Fancy Pants' Pack and was begging to be used... how cute is that lace butterfly? I mounted it onto stiff clear acetate so that it would hold its shape.

This is such a delightfully pretty pack and one that I never thought I'd use for a 'little boy', however, sometimes you've just got to step outside the box and see what you can come up with! The Fancy Pants pack will be available in-store at Scrapville from August 1 onwards, or you can arrange for a subscription by sending an email to www.scrapville@iinet.net.au

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As promised... another new release from Imaginisce at CHA and this collection is one of the grooviest you will see!

Don't you just love all the dinosaurs and the earthy hues... yummo! I seriously can't wait for this one to hit the shelves! My two farm kids have always been 'mad' about dinosaurs and the sand-pit is full of prehistoric creatures so 'Dino Roar' is going to be perfect. You can see the entire collection HERE

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Big Giveaway!!!

Once again I have been totally spoilt being on the Imaginisce Design Team with an abundance of product to design with, and no matter how hard I try, I never get to the bottom of the pile... so I have collected as many of my left over products (some little bits and pieces may be missing) as I possible could to be sent to a new home... who's up for a surprise package to care for from 'To Love & Cherish', 'Splash Dance' and 'Live Loud' collections?

Firstly, I will keep the giveaway open until the 31st August, 2010 and will announce the winner on the 1st of September, 2010.

Next, all you need to do is be or become a follower of my blog and also of the Imaginisce blog and don't forget to leave a message so that I know you have entered. Lastly, I ask that you become a fan of the Imaginisce Face Book site and post a message on your facebook page or your blog promoting the giveaway! That's it!

Goodluck!

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CHA Sneak Peeks...

With CHA 2010 Summer Edition in full swing there are new products galore that will soon be gracing our shores and what better way to get excited about the new arrivals than to have a little glimpse of what is on offer... from Imaginisce - of course!

These 'Roly Rosies' flowers are magical! What begins as a flat spiral instantly becomes a texturous, gorgeous 3D blossom. Simply take your Petal Roller tool and start rolling! In addition, they are also offering Pop-up Posies. Just layer the coordinating flower die cuts and add a little curl with the Petal Roller Tool and you have beautiful 3D posies!

Make your own interchangeable fashion statement by creating a custom topper and twist it on to the post on headbands or alligator clips with the new Twist Daddies. And you can create a custom top for a ring or hair pin using the new Snap Daddies for the popular i-top tool.

 
Gotta Buy Basics: Cupcake and Fashion Flowers These new additions to the Gotta Buy Basics line, the Fashion Flowers and Cupcake Flowers, offer a great bulk silk flower option. Available in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. And with packaging this adorable you will definitely want to decorate your shelves with these great selling items!These will ship September 2010.

Well aren't these just the cutest items? I will be back tomorrow with more Imaginisce CHA release products so keep posted as I will also be including information on my next BIG Imaginisce product give-away!

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Have you ever worked on a layout and been a little sad when you had finished it? Not because you didn't like working on it... quite the opposite actually. I made this layout the other night and happily snipped away at all the little critters, trees, flowers, butterflies etc... it took all night but was such a relaxing and enjoyable process that when I'd finished I stopped and realised that I was disappointed it was all over!

The photo was the very first ever 'family portrait' that we had taken and is now quite out-of-date as my daughter is 10 years old, not to mention that we also have a son... however, it still remains special!

I've put this layout together using Kaisercraft 'Hey Birdie' as a sample for one of Scrapville's Kits which will be one of two "Special Editions" for the month of August only! Hey Birdie is such a fun and whimsical line of product with a gorgeous colour scheme of pinks, browns and greens, not to mention the most adorable little birds and funky trees!

I think I've finally concluded that this layout best represents the style of scrapping that I would call my own...All the fussy cutting and creating of little story-book style pages is definitely what I love to do best! For now anyway... LOL!
I am slowly wading my way through the pile of projects I have at the moment so will have lots to share in the following weeks.
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Firstly, thankyou to everyone for your wonderful comments regarding the snow-globe and for those of you who wanted to know how I made it... Imaginisce have the snow globe featured on their blog today with a full list of product, instructions and more pics, not to mention another give-away so be sure to visit their blog HERE.

I have been dying to use some of the new snowflake crystals in the Cottage Cristmas collection... they are just the cutest things ever and wait until you see how many come in the pack! Here is a card I made using one of the middle size snowflakes which I attached using thread so that it turns around in the peak-a-boo hole. I also used a white paint pen to define the outline of the crystal.

 I can't believe I've already started making Christmas cards... well atleast I'm going to be well organized when the mad rush does finally arrive, I'm sure it will be here before we know it!

Don't forget to pop over to Imaginisce for your chance to win this wonderful Cottage Christmas collection... it is a 'must have' for the impending season.

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Such a nice change to work with a Christmas collection when the weather is cold and there is snow on the mountains... something we never get to do here at Christmas time. We're usually in the swimming pool, wearing shorts and thongs and cooling down with ice-cold drinks.

Imaginisce are about to release their third new collection... Cottage Christmas and just wait until you see all the gorgeous papers, snow flakes and crystals, not to mention little gnomes and reindeer awwww!

I cracked open my pack last night and set to task creating a snow-globe for my daughter to add to her ever increasing collection.

Lots of time-consuming fussy cutting with the smallest scissors I could find, but my daughter loves her new snowg-globe so the sore fingers and midnight blindness were worth it!

Make sure you keep an eye out on the Imaginisce blog this coming week as they are having yet another release party to celebrate this gorgeous Christmas line and their will be heaps of give-aways and lots of inspirational projects from the Imaginisce DT team!
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I have finally scrapped the farm cat!

My daughter has been wanting me to 'do something' with these photos of her beloved 'Panda' for the past six months and I've finally kept my promise.

I have used Luxe Designs 'Trinket' paper range, my trusty new paper crimper, my fave Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly punch, and the cute new Cupid Thickers from American Crafts with tiny little white hearts, lots of paper piercing and I've also used my Fiskars heart punch.

I have based the layout on my sketch design for the July Sketch Challenge at Scrapville so if you would like to enter, hop on over to the Scrapville blog and check out all the details.

Still having fun with my new paper crimper!

I didn't use hand-written journaling this time... had too much to say and not a big enough space to write it... so I printed my jouranling onto some white cardstock mounted onto two other large circles of the Luxe Designs 'Trinket' paper range.

My daughter is happy now, she can't wait to get a frame organized and then put her page beside her bed.

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I have just returned back from a wonderful week away in Sunny Queensland with the farmer and the farm kids and now I'm ready to jump straight into playing with the latest release from Imaginisce "Apple Cider"! Imaginisce are having another Release Party to celebrate this gorgeous line of products so head over to their blog for all the details and a scoop on some of the latest creations using Apple Cider.

Isn't it the cutest? Gotta love the little critters and the apples, pumpkins and gorgeous trees! The colourscheme on this latest collection by Imaginisce is all about Autumn with hues of oranges, reds, browns and greens and goes with just about anything you could possibly want to scrap.

Here's a little card I made this evening using lots of little leaves cut from one of the double sided patterned papers to create a wreath and I've used the new i-rock heat tool to attach the bling around the wreath.

If you would like to get your hands on some of this uber cute collection, head over to the Imaginisce blog to see how you could win some of the Apple Cider range.

Don't forget you also have two more days to enter my blog give-away for your chance to win a pack of the latest Imaginisce Birthday Bash - you will find the details HERE.

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It is week 5 in the 'Embellish This' competition at Scrap 'n' Craft with T which means it is my week for setting the challenge. And what technique do I just love? Yep you guessed it... Paper Rolling!

So my five criteria points for the challenge have been set as:

• Paper Rolling
• Non traditional Shape Layout
• Monochromatic Layout with a hint of one other
• Predominant Stamping
• Embellishment to be made using Clear Acetate or Transparency

Here is my sample using the gorgeous Bo Bunny 'Love Bandit' Collection and Core'dinations cardstock for a lots and lots of quilling.

I have again used the seriously funky edge-rolling technique which creates the perfect border for the circular layout.

I also used a large flourish stamp with pink ink that didn't really stand out the way I'd hoped so I decided to outline the stamped image using a brown gel pen which really helped with the definition. Also decided to ink the fabric thickers and outline them with the same brown gel pen. Another favourite technique of mine... paper piercing, just can't seem to do a layout with poking atleast one whole through the paper.

I made the embellishment using paper rolls to form the heart shape and mounted them onto clear acetate wings with paint pen outlines. This is the hardest of the rolling techniques but definitely well worth the effort... If you would like to tackle this technique you can find my tutorial HERE.

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Imaginisce are celebrating the release of their latest collection to hit the stores this month... B-Day Bash!
So who would like to win a sample pack of the cutest Birthday range... EVER? 
I have been so lucky to receive an extra B-Day Bash pack with my DT kit from Imaginisce to give-away to one of my wonderful followers... how exciting is that?

The prize pack will include:

• Birthday Bash Paper Pack including 12 sheets of patterned paper (2 x each pattern)
• Snag 'Em Stamp - Birthday Blowout
• 1 Pack of three Springing stickers - including Cake, It's Party Time and Make a Wish
• 1 x pack of Celebrate Glass Stickers

All you have to do is be or become a follower of my blog and the Imaginisce blog, and leave a comment telling me which is your favourite item of the new Birthday Bash collection which you can view HERE. I will keep the give-away open until Friday, 16th July and will use a random generator to choose a winner which will be announced on Saturday, 17th July. Good luck!

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July! Who can believe we are now into the seventh month of the year? And with this new month comes a brand new sketch challenge from Imaginisce. This month we have a card sketch designed by the very talented DT member Tammy Wark. If you would like to play along, you have until the 25th of July to upload your creation into the Mr Linky on the Imaginisce blog and be in the running for the uber fabulous prize of an i-top package or a $75US package of Imaginisce collections!!!

Here's my take on the sketch:

I decided to go with the 'bow-tie' from the sketch and create a suit-jacket card using the 'To Love & Cherish' collection - perfect for weddings.

Don't forget to leave a comment to be in the running for a wonderful prize pack and then pop over to the Imaginisce blog to continue with the blog hop and increase your chances of winning by leaving comments on each of the DT blogs... good luck and thanks for stopping by!

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