When All Of My Dreams Are A Heartbeat Away

After sharing my last video Anne asked a question
“Do you know what you want to do before you start? “
Short answer…
I don’t
But I thought I would make another video explaining what I do when I create a page
So this is the page I created

and here is the video



if you have trouble viewing you can see it here on Youtube

and some close ups

lovin’ this piece of Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs digi pattern paper

and the journaling, on a Chic Tags journal spot along with some gorgeous resin flowers from D-lish Scraps

Is this how you thought I created?
Could you create this way?
I’ve found it makes me scrapper faster, having everything at hand
So this page took me about 15-20 minutes
How long do you take to complete a page?
Fast or slow it doesn’t matter
It’s all part of the process and the end result is what counts
Bringing that story to life.

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I've Had My Share Of Sand Kicked In My Face

Thanks to all who entered the Bakers Delight Giveaway
The four winners were Sam, Louella, Kerry and Debbie.
the winners are about to receive an email in their inbox
and the vouchers will soon be on the way to the lucky winners.

As promised a page about Cheesymites
It’s a page that talks about new memories and old memories

I used scraps that were still sitting on my neglected desk
Papers from Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs 

the cool button you see there, it’s from Chic Tags 

the gorgeous yellow flower is from Greatest View

this button was a plain wooden one
I used a 7gypsies rub on to alter it
and the journaling

Don’t forget Bakers Delight are giving away mini cheesymites in all stores on Australia Day.
What new memories have you had that spark old ones??
Are you documenting them?

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A Funny Thing To Do Is Everyone Like you

The lovely Tracy, from Tracy Martin scrapbook designs,  emailed me this week
and was super nice and sent me a copy of her latest digi kit
which has a special addition just for the hybrid scrapper
AND that kit includes a gorgeous paper
which made me smile and had to create with straight away
so I did

I also included some things from Chic Tags, formally Shabby Chic Crafts 

as well as some of the hybrid elements

LOVE the flag/banners Tracy included

love the button from Chic Tags

and some “right from the heart” journaling

I then made this quick 8.5x11 page, using some of the papers from the digi kit

love the orange chevron paper

and loved that Elizabeth said this, made me smile

The kit is for sale now

available here

and comes with this kit, made exclusively for the hybrid scrapper,
and includes the cool orange chevron paper I used on my page

 

What gets your creative juices running??
Do you see a colour or a pattern and just want to create??

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Just Nod If You Can Hear Me

The lovely Tracy sent me a cool digital paper this week
I’ve been longing to use it
So today I did
The process, of completing this page, took all day
I printed the digi paper this morning
Then added some modeling paste before walking out the door
We spent part of the day with my sister and the M&Ms
Then when we got home I misted the paper
And tonight, after the kids had gone to bed,
I completed the page
I am super grateful for the extra daylight that living this far south brings
Meant I could take a photo, to share with you, even though it was after 8.30pm
So the page??
Inspired by this months Scrap The Girls monochromatic challenge 

the texture

the ink splatters

and the story

Love a little inspiration spread over the day
Don’t you??

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Broken Down Cars Like Strung-out Old Stars

It was my turn to complete a gallery lift for Cocoa Daisy
You can read my blog post here
Here is the page I created after being inspired by “Ellen s”
You can view her page here

a few details

and the journaling

I’ve also made my last page for Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs
I just couldn’t keep up with the hybrid scrapping each week
Downloading, printing and then cutting and creating took more time than I have right now
Here are the last of my pages
This one uses the very cute Christmas Baking kit

got to love a gingerbread man, I gave him a Santa hat

and the journaling…

repeated the tree idea and made this card

And the final kit I had to play with was the Family Archives - The Whole Shebang kit
With this I created this page

love the design of this paper

and I adore rulers

added my journaling on a knotted shipping tag

and I also made a card

Organising a bit more of my crafty scrap space today
Video will come soon, so you can have a looksee

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I Sat On The Roof And Kicked Off The Moss

Have 2 hybrid pages to share
This one uses Tracy Martin’s Oh Boy kit

played with some of the embellishments to make a flower

had to include the cool convertible 

and thought bubble

and used this one for the journal spot

This page uses the just released Girly Girls kit

layered up the papers

added some bling

cut out a cute doll

before adding the journaling

Mega cleaning day today
2 bedrooms and 3/4 of the lounge room have had carpets cleaned
more to follow tomorrow
Mega cleaning day #2!

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So Tell Me I May Always Dance

The week is slipping by so fast
and yet every day seems to feel like Friday
what is with that??
Monday saw Elizabeth back at school
Her specialist appointment was a success and with a little more healing she is all good
Tuesday was our 14th wedding anniversary
Dave had the day off and we started with breakfast, after we dropped the girls off at school

We then completed some of our Christmas shopping before having lunch back at home
Wednesday night saw us at the first of two end of year performances
This one was for Megan and Jessica’s grades
All the classes had performances, which were a reflection of their work from this year
All were spectacular
It was also a night to honour the work of the teachers and formal farewell and presentation for the Grade 6s
Tomorrow I’m in canteen for the last canteen day and also have a smaller scrap session with the Grade 6s
We will be working on a final page as well as a Christmas page 
Have been scrapping but it’s been slow going and I have a few on the go
I made this one for Tracy Martin Scrapbook Designs 

using the Milestones kit

I also added some Such Sweet Tierney chipboard buttons

and a dyed doily from the ChipChopShop on Etsy 

and the journaling, to go with the photo Megan took of her cousin

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