Where to start...

I've been a bad blogger here sorry about that, I have done loads and loads of layouts, but not one made it to my own blog, shame on me...but it will have to wait, I have other more interesting and fun news.

First off Jennilyn Designs has created a blog for us, her CT to play on, and today Carolyn posted our first challenge over there we would love to come and have you play with us, you could win a $5.oo coupon to Jennilyn Designs store if you are drawn, but everyone who plays along gets a 20% off coupon, so you have nothing to lose!Also if you stop by you can pick up this awesome collection of bragbook pages! (Click the picture to go to the new CT blog!)


I'll be back tomorrow to plug another challenge...stay tuned!

Funky Playground Designs (FPD) is back

and today is the first Blog challenge under new ownership! Amy has posted a great challenge on the blog (click here).We are lifting Paper to Digi, that means you have to go to Shannon Tidwell's gallery (click here), choose a layout to lift, and lift (be prepared to be spoilt for choice!)

I chose this layout to lift
And this is my layout it inspired!
My boys had their pictures taken at Kindergarden and this is one of them, just too cute

Credits:
Tweet Tweet by Misty O'Brien
Little Black Dress Action by Jennilyn Designs

Do stop by at Funky Playground Designs, its a great place to be, great new designers and lots of fun!
CU there

I tried Paper Scrapping!

And what did I learn...I am a Digi Girl through and through!
Having said that I did enjoy the course it was great fun and I met a great paper scrapper - Andrea, I just missed my laptop and the things that I am already able to do digi-style that I am a long way from in paper!
But I still wanted to show off the book I made. Andrea bought so many supplies with her we were spoilt for choice, and if I had girls I am pretty sure I would have had a lot more embellishments on my pages, but for my boys I stuck with paper really.So here are my pages, I chose some pictures of our day out to Thomasland (Drayton Manor Park, UK) last year.
The cover of the librello
Pages 2 and 3
Pages 4 and 5
Back page
Pages 7 and 8
I never finished during the course, but I really wanted at least one finished paper scrapping project, so whilst the boys and Florian were on the Wii yesterday I set up in the kitchen. Unfortunately my supplies are VERY limited, so I even had to be creative with the gluing, as I have no acid free glue, at least it doesn't say so on the packet. So I used double sided photo sticking things for all of the gluing. And it worked as far as I am concerned.

I really enjoyed Andrea's course and I know she also does jewellry classes using Swarovski beads, so I'll be on the lookout in the course calendar for next term to take part in that!

Andrea had lots of her scrapbooks with her for us to look at and they were AMAZING, if you want to see her work, you really should go and check out her blog "Mini und Maxi", it's in German, but her cards and pages are amazing!

I'll be back soon, with some digi layouts. Funky Playground Designs is re-opening under new ownership with some awesome designers on April 1st! And I'll be showing off some of their things! CU then!

Sunshine anyone?!

No, I can't send the little bit we had today your way, you see it is here trying so hard to melt our mountains of snow.

No I am here with some South African Sunshine in the form of Kim's kit "Sunshiney Day" I love the soft colours in this and it was so nice to NOT scrap snow!

This first layout uses a picture from my cousin's beach wedding.

And this is Robert last year tucking into his ice lolly.

And as I am really late posting this, Kim actually has another kit out "Rustic Warmth", I used this one for Challenge 4 of the ADSR5. We had to make two ATC cards (Artist Trading Cards) there were no rules other than the size of it, and that it had to honour our partner, and this is it

Additional credits

Wordart by Nikki

Back soon Jennilyn Designs has some great stuff coming out on Saturday, which I will come and show off. CU then

Creative Sweeties Blog Train

If you are as in love with Liz's designs as I am, then you are going to love this blogtrain. Liz's Sweeties have all put together something unique to share on this blogtrain.

This is what I have for you

this little box is perfect for just a few chocolates for your sweetheart on Valentine's Day.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it (took some trial and error), and I love comments, so if you could leave one, it would make my day!

Download Chocolate Box here

Someone asked what to print it on, I printed it on regular thick paper in my printer, being in Germany I made it for DIN A4 paper, but it will print fine on Letter size paper!
have fun!

And here is the list for the blogtrain, please take into account time differences and weather problems, and stop by again if the posts aren't up yet!

Creative Sweeties: http://creativesweeties.blogspot.com
Liz: http://sweetdigiscraps.blogspot.com
Leilani: http://leidee-q.blogspot.com
Danyale: http://bygonesscrapbooks.blogspot.com
Kerri: http://kayjaysdays.blogspot.com <------------------YOU ARE HERE! Jan: http://intensemagicscraps.blogspot.com
Rylea: http://u-neekcreations.blogspot.com
Kristy: http://scrapglass.blogspot.com
Sheila: http://www.scrappingmyjourney.blogspot.com
Colie: http://coliescorner.blogspot.com

CU again soon

Meet Jennilyn Designs

I have joined a new CT - Jennilyn Designs, this weekend she is opening up shop at Sunshine Studio Scraps (SUN). And I have been busy playing with her designs for the Grand Opening.
I met Jennifer through the P365 project last year - we both made it through the whole year, only Jennifer was one better than me, she has just got her amazing P365 layouts printed into a book, its amazing!
Jennifer had a CT call at the beginning of the month and I was too shy to apply, but was over the moon when she asked me if I would like to join - Thank you again if you are reading!

Here are some of my layouts for her (and of course me and my family!) using her products,
I have these two layouts using her "Making Waves" templates - these were so much fun to play with and really versatile.

Here the boys had built their own hideout under Florian's footrest!

Additional Credits:
Just the Thing Dude Style by Flutter Expressions

And here are two favourite pictures of Richard (Journalling reads: Mummy and Daddy love your cuddles, and we make the most of them, as we know the time will come, when cuddling is "uncool"! )

Additional Credits:

Masculine Edge by Flutter Expressions

I won this kit by Flutter Expressions when her CT opened up their new CT Blog and Twitter account!

And I also got to play with Jennifer's Templates "Kickers 1"
Me and Florian having fun taking pics of ourselves!

here I got to use Liz's great Valentines kit "Cupid Struck" too, and also some of Danyale's great wordart that she made to go with it!

Additional credits:
Cupid Struck by Sweet Digi Scraps
Cupid Struck Wordart by Sweet Digi Scraps Designs by Danyale

CU soon

KimB's - Passions Blush

I love being on the site CT at DSO! I get to play with such beautiful kits. This week I got to play with KimB's latest kit "Passions Blush" (image linked to store)It is just beautiful, don't you think!

This is what I created using it.
My brother and his wife (I will be using this as their card for their wedding anniversary!)

and here my niece as a bridesmaid at our wedding in 2005

Back soon

Love Actually

I love my boys and they love me! Aww, how soppy can I get at nearly midnight? Let's see...

This is a layout that I have had in my head for a while now, but I never knew just what picture to use. When Richard was about 2.5 years old, he started this banter off with me. And he does it all over the place, it's so funny when in the middle of playing football (soccer, for all you Americans reading), he runs to the side of the field and calls "Mummy?" "Yes, Richard" "I love you lots and lots" and then off he runs to carry on playing. Makes me go warm and fuzzy all over! Sometimes we do the full routine, when he tells me just how much he loves me, and I him, finishing with "Lucky Mummy" otherwise we might go on all night!
Anyhow Florian got some good pictures of Richard giving me a BIG hug, and this is what I made with one of them and LouCee Creations new kit "Love Actually".
And tonight I did another layout using LouCee's kit, of just my boys! As Mum said "Butter wouldn't melt in their mouth"!Addtional credits on this one "Scrap Quick Templates" by KimB's Designs.

And just in case you were wondering this is the kit I used! Image is linked to the store.
CU soon

DSA Scrap Off - Week 1

Well, I did it again, I signed up for another scrapping competition. This one is at DSA (DigiScrapAddicts) and we got some mini kits to work with. When I first saw the kits, I had a bit of a panic, all reds and darks with a hint of yellow, not really what I would choose myself. So instead of starting straight away on a layout. I went and did some different scrapping. Then last night after reading the comments on my Project 365 Blog, where Jennifer and Dinphy saw a layout on the way, with the picture of Richard on the phone to Daddy, it dawned on me, that the colours in the pictures went perfectly with the mini-kits, so then it was easy really. And here is the finished result

Credits:
Mini kits for DSA Scrapoff by Genia Benia, Nikki Epperson, SuzyQ Scraps and Sir Scrapalot

The contest runs for the rest of January and all that signed up will get to play til the end, and the current DSA Site CT will vote for their favourites. The winners will then get to guest on the CT there. Me, I'm in it for the challenge and fun! and so far so good.
CU soon

Elegant Whisper

A new beautiful kit, which was released yesterday from Legacy4life! Lovely soft colours perfect for a heritage layout, but I made it work for my niece too. So very versatile as you will see.
First this is the beautiful kit
And here are my layouts.
I love getting out the old photos, this time I used one of Mum and her family, way back when!
And here is my beautiful niece flirting with the camera at Xmas!CU soon