Wooo Hoooo I Was A WinnerAt Once Upon A Sketch

I am so happy, I just had to share my news. I just found out that my

layout was a WINNER over at "Once Upon A Sketch".

This layout was so outside of my comfort zone, I will

definitely have to step outside it more often !!!

Big congrats to all the other girls & a great big

THANK YOU to both Nadia Cannizzo & her

amazing team for all their fabulous inspiration

every month.

Mwah Mwah Mwah xoxoxo

My April White With One DT Reveal"Sweet Child of Mine"

Hi there, thanks for stopping by. I really have been chasing my 

tail all month & I am so far behind that I almost forgot to post

my DT layout for White With One for their April challenge.

Oooops. Sorry. This months challenge is....

White  +  Yellow  + Plus this sketch.

I have flipped it over & turned it upside down.

Lots of beautiful 2 Crafty chipboard  including this sweet little

hanging garden sign, title-Sweet Child of Mine & also this cute

 little hedgehog that is peeking out from behind my bottom

flower cluster.

Lots of background treatments.

Love this title.

 

Finishing off with some flowers including  some beauties from  

 Green Tara as well as their ever popular & my all time favourite

ribbon.

Thanks for taking the time to call by & I hope you can play along 

in this months challenge too. You have until the 6th May.

Until next time

My April Green Tara DT Reveal"Forever"

Hello there, thanks for calling by.

Today I have one of my layouts I have done for my April

Green Tara DT reveal, all of which are currently on their blog.

Click HERE to see the rest.

I have challenged myself to step out of my comfort zone &

do some more "modern" & "minimilist" layouts.

As anyone who is familiar with my work knows my style

is more "shabby chic". Well I think I have met my

criteria I set for myself & I have to say I am rather

pleased with the outcome & will definitely be doing more

of this style I think !!!!

On this layout I have used some beautiful Green Tara goodies

including this black "Cobweb Mesh". Love this stuff & it comes

in lots of great colours too.

I have also used some of their black

"Silk Flowers with Swarovski Crystal Centres" 

& finished off with some of their black & yellow "Roses" &

finally some of their black "Skeleton Leaves".

Until next time.

My "Once Upon A Sketch" April Challenge"You"

Hello there, thanks for stopping by. Today I have a layout to share

 with you that I based on the current challenge over at

Once Upon A Sketch.

As well as using this sketch, this months theme is

"The Best Day Ever".

This photo is a dear friend of mines daughter & it

 was taken on her sixteenth birthday.

When you turn sixteen you think you are so grown up,

she really thought it was her "best day ever". 

I have journalled on the back of the layout 

& I have placed it inside this clock face.

 I think this clock is symbolic

of time.

I have challenged myself to step out of my comfort zone &

do some more "modern" & "minimilist" layouts.

As anyone who is familiar with my work knows my style

is more "shabby chic". Well I think I have met my

criteria I set for myself & I have to say I am rather

pleased with the outcome & will definitely be doing more.

I have started off with one of these watery backgrounds that

my good friend Kim Price is so famous for.

This layout was also part of my April DT reveal over on the

Green Tara blog so naturally I have used lots of fabulous

Green Tara goodies including this gorgeous black & white

Herringbone ribbon that I have tied this bow with.

Some of the new Green Tara Burlap Trim in black.

Green Tara Roses & Suede Cord.

And of course lots of great 2 Crafty chippies including

this title "You". Love this font.

2 Crafty Gears & Cogs, assorted Arrows &

some of their mini Filmstrips.

Thanks for calling by.

Until next time.

My April 2 Crafty ChipboardDT Reveal Part #2

Hi bloggers. Thanks for calling by.

Today I have part two of my DT reveal for April for

2 Crafty Chipboard.

This time I thought I would do a boy page,

just for a change !!! I started of with lots of yummy

 textures on my background. I always like lots of texture

on boy pages.

Naturally I have used lots of great 2 Crafty chipboard products

including some of their Gears & Cogs.

I have also used on of their new word titles,

"Live Out Load". So appropriate for this

little guy.

Next up I have used one of their "Mini Rulers" as well as some

of their "Barbed Wire" & a few arrows from their 

"Assorted Arrows Pack".

Lastly I finished up with one of their "2012"  which come in

 a multi pack. These are great as it makes  your date into an

embellishment. Different years are available too.

I have also added some great Green Tara Autumn leaves too.

These are great, especially on boy layouts where 

you don't want to use flowers.

That just about wraps it up.

Until next time.

My April 2 Crafty Chipboard DT RevealPart #1.

Hello everyone, thanks for calling by.

Today I have part one of my DT reveal

for my April post for 2 Crafty Chipboard,

I used some of their NEW release pieces. Firstly I used this  beautiful

chippie "Floral Branches", these are definitely my new fave.

I love the detail that is engraved into the chipboard so even

when you have put gesso, inks & paints on it, the detail still

shows through. I added some Green Tara roses & some vine

to add to the whole tree theme.

I also used one of the new 2 Crafty chippie word titles,

"Forever".

A little misting, stamping, distressing & fussy cutting &

 hey presto all done.

Pop over & visit the 2 Crafty blog to see what

 the other DT girls have been up to.

Until next time.

Some "Sneaky Peeks" of My2 Crafty Chipboard DT Reveal

It is my turn  up on the 2 Crafty blog today.

Pop over & have a look, as I have used some of their

 latest release pieces.

I have three layouts to share.

Two girl layouts.

As well as a boy layout too.

I do hope you pop over there & perhaps leave some love.

Scrapbooking Memories Chipboard Feature"Treasured Memories"

Hi everyone, just popped in to share this layout that was in a 

"chipboard feature" in  Scrapbooking Memories magazine

in early March. The article was all about doing different things

with chipboard. Myself & some of the 2 Crafty DT girls

had some layouts in the feature.This was mine.

Naturally I used lots of 2 Crafty chipboard & did lots of altering.

The picture above is some of their little Banners that I did a makeover on.

You would barely recognise them. Thats the beauty of chippies.

This pic shows a heart from one of their multi packs, made over of course.

I finished off with one of their titles.

All of these pieces were altered with various mediums, mesh, foil tape,

mists, paints, seed beads, buttons etc & naturally I had to add some

Green Tara flowers to finish off with.

Until next time.

Wooo Hooo What a Fabulous WeekI was "Featured" Twice this WeekAt BothOnce Upon A Sketch & CSI

Hello everyone. Thanks for calling by.

I just wanted to share my happy news with you all.

I really have had a great week, I was fortunate to have

two of my layouts "Featured" this past week.

Firstly the one above, "Party Time" was "Feaured" at 

Once Upon A Sketch.

Thanks to Nadia & her amazing team. Nadia always

has the most amazing sketches to challenge us all.

My second layout "Love" was also "Featured" over at CSI.

CSI really does have the most amazing challenges.

Always fabulous colour palettes & other great

criteria too. So thanks goes to both

Debbie Tehrani & her fabulous team of

detectives for giving us these fabulous challenges

to inspire us all, week after week.

Thanks for letting me share my great news.

Until next time.