Let's Get Shabby & Scrapping The Music...........

I'm still here!!
We have had a very busy past few weeks as I'm sure most of you have too! Tana has been sick nearly every week with a cold or gastro (I'm working here and there so I'm bringing home the germs. I work in childcare), DH was in hospital for a week, when he came out we took our new caravan up to Eildon for a few days to try it out and we love it!! And now DH is back at work, I've been working and things just fly by!! Plus I've been fulfilling my DT position at Scrap Therapy which officially starts February, but did a challenge for January to help out and practice for me as I've never been on a Forum DT. So I am super excited!!!

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!

Here are some layouts I have done in the past few days.

This one is for Let's Get Shabby. My second only entry!! I have been slack. ;o)

There is a summer pic on the site for inspiration and I took from it the colours and the theme of summer for us. Everything in the layout represent something 'summer' to me. The green leaves are the bush that surrounds us, the rhinestone butterfly and crystals are the shimmering of the river water and the butterflies and dragonflies we see by the river, the green lace is the grass, the red is for the sunburn that someone gets ;0) and the clock for how the time passes so quick.

"Water Babe"

You can't really see but I have used dimensional magic for waterdrops on the flowers and the leaves as well as the water in the photo behind Tana.

This layout is my first ever entry for Scrapping The Music. Have always wanted to have a go, but have never found the time. So I found some time and here it is............
"I {heart} you so dearly"

So that is it for now.

I will be back soon with some other layouts I have done for DT's but haven't posted here.

Take care!

B

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Finally, my finished December Daily............

I'll pre warn you that this is a pic heavy post.

Dec 1st

Dec 2nd & 3rd

Dec 4th

Dec 5th
Close up of Dec 5th. It's on acetate so is hard to see the stamping and detail of the page edges.

Dec 6

Dec 7th (and I've spelt mischief wrong!!)

Dec 8th

Dec 13th & 9th (I have put the 13th on the wrong page, will move it later)

Dec 10th (mistletoe)

Dec 11th & 12th is underneath and I forgot to get a pic of it

Dec 14th

Dec 15th

Dec 16th (sorry about the sun glare)

Dec 17th

Dec 18th

Dec 19th (tutu)

Dec 20th

Dec 21st

Dec 22nd

Dec 23rd & 24th

Dec 25th
Dec 25th and our gifts received lists

Dec 26th

I hope you enjoyed my little journey through my December Daily.

I really had a lot of fun doing it. I loved putting the album together at the beginning before December started, but loved it more putting the photos in and finishing it.

I will be doing one again next year!

If you did one, let me know. I'd love to have a look at how you did yours.

Till then,

Keep creating!!

Bec

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Christmas 2009

Here are some quick pics from our day...........................

This is one is a pic taken through the eye piece of my son's new telescope he got for Christmas. I am soooo amazed by the definition of the craters on the moon. I was blown away looking at it and surprised at how fast it moves out of the shot and we had to keep moving the telescope to see it.

We had a great day. Although it was very tiring. It was here this year and I did all the cooking and preparations as well as baking all week for Christmas gifts. I'm so over cooking!!!!

But I did get very spoilt from everyone. Hubby got me a Graphic Tablet I've been eyeing off for a while. I haven't had a good chunk of time to have a good play with it yet.

Anyway, I will be back soon with my finished December Daily album. I am really happy with how it turned out, I just have to take the pics.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas Day and were very spoilt like me, and are enjoying the recovery with lots of leftovers. I hope you are getting time to be crafty too! I haven't, but will be making time very soon for it!! I am having creative withdrawals.

Have a great day!!

Bec

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Qtea Kits have a new team & some of my layouts..............

Jodi has chosen a new team!! Go and check out who is going to get to play with the kits!!
Congratulations to the new team and Sharmaine who is doing it all again!!

Here are some of my layouts using the December Kit from Qtea Kits.

Some layouts & bits to share..........pic heavy..................

Here are some layouts I haven't shared with you all........................


This one was for Scrap The Girls November Challenge


Scrap The Girls December Challenge

This was for Picture 2 Page Blog Challenge for November. Go check out there blog. They have some great challenges every now and then.

These next 4 are from the Qtea Kits for November

This was a little something I wanted to do

This was for A Million Memories

And so was this one. I had to use inchies, which I'd never done before, so hence the quite non creative use of them

Oh, and some news has been revealed. Check it out here.

Thanks for all your lovely comments. I love reading them.

I will be back with some Christmas-sy things that I've been working on.

Have a great week!!

Happy Creating!!

Bec

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Christmas Wreath..........................

When I can see a project planned out to the end in my head, I have to keep going with that and nothing else until it's finished.
So here is the culprit this week........................

Approximately 35 rolled roses in the wreath.

Boy that was time consuming and testing of my patience. But I'm happy with the end result and it's going proudly on the front door soon.

It was soooooo easy though. Very soothing and relaxing doing it too.

The papers were only 1 sided, so I glimmer misted the backs with a red (can't remember the name right now) and the same with the front to get a deep red on the patterned side. The leaves were folded and inked to get a vein like look in them. I just added string pearls for a bit of highlight.

If you do have a go at doing one of these, leave me a link so I can have a sticky beak.

Oh and if you are doing a December Daily or something similar, leave a link for that too, so I can have a look.

Thanks heaps for all the lovely comments.

I love reading them!!

I will be back soon with some other things I've been doing. But first I have to make Tana's dresses that have been sitting there cut and ready to be sewn.

Have a great week!!!

Bec

December Daily Album.....................................

This is what has been keeping me busy.

I didn't go with traditional papers, but I fell in love with the Webster's Pages papers. And to be honest, their papers make it so much easier because they are already like a collage.

Few things I haven't done, but I will do them once I put the photos in, and they are:

*embellishments
*dates/numbers (so I can switch the pages around to suit the amount of photos on any day)
*the backs of the pages. I don't know if I will cover them or maybe enlarge a favourite photo of the day to a 6x8 and put it on them or maybe leave it for journalling or even include them in the days.
*sewing (I'll do it after the photos are put in.
I have only shown you some pages, not all of them. But so far I have 21 pages. I would also like to use a photo for a page (6x4) and journal & embellish on top of the photo.
Still undecided with a few things.

Stamped transparency

Another stamped transparency

These long pages I am thinking of using to journal about gifts received for the kids or I might use tags tucked into a pocket on a back page.

So there's my album.

I have never done one before but have always wanted to.

I just can't wait to start it!!

Come on December!!!

Scrap The Girls looking for new Design Team too!!

Taken from the Scrap The Girls Blog:

Our gorgeous girls who are currently on the team will be finishing up their duties at Scrap the Girls at the end of January. So that means we are looking for a new creative team! Of course the current girls are very welcome to re-apply also :) There will be six positions.

If you would like to be a part of Scrap the Girls, it is very easy.

All you are required to do is.....

* One layout a month, which must be emailled to me before the 1st of each month

* Advertise the scrap the girls challenges on your blog or regular forum whenever you can!

* Vote for your favourite layouts at the end of each monthTo apply for the position you must......

* Complete the November and December scrap the girls challenges

* Email me a short bio of yourself and why you would like to be on the Scrap the Girls CT
* Please include a link to your blog (if you have one) and any current Design Team or Creative Team commitments
Creative Team entries must be emailled to me by the 20th of December!!!
Successful applicants will be notified by email on the 10th of January, and those who make the team must have their February challenge sample pages done by the 31st of January 2010.

So yes, my time is almost up on this wonderful blog too!

Sooo sad to say goodbye to both blogs.

I have had so much fun and it was great to be given something to create something beautiful from. It really was great to be challenged.

So why not apply! Pop over to Scrap The Girls now and email your application!!

Good luck to all that do!

Qtea Design Team Applications Wanted!!!

Have you loved the kits I have received from Qtea Kits?

Are you ready to be on a Design Team?

Are you ready to have fun?

Well, my time is almost up with the gorgeous girls at Qtea Kits and Jodi is on the hunt for some new girls.

So rush over to Qtea Kits to see the criteria.

You have until the 29th Nov to get your applications in, so hurry!!

You will never know unless you try!!

Bit of a catch up............................

I received this award from the gorgeous Tamara. Pop on over to her blog as she is doing some awesome work for the design teams she is on. Beautiful work.

Here are the rules of this award
1. You can only use ONE word!!!
2. Pass this along to 5 of your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. HAVE FUN!!!

1. Where is your cell phone? Handbag
2. Your hair? ponytail
3. Your mother? little
4. Your father? chatty
5. Your fave food? nectarines
6. Your dream last night? didn't
7. Your fave drink? Bacardi
8. Your dream/goal? successful
9. What room are you in? lounge
10. Your hobby? handcrafts
11. Your fear? death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where you were last night? shopping
14. Something that you aren't? selfish
15. Muffins? banana
16. Wish List Item? house
17. Where did you grow up? Yarra Valley
18. Last thing you did? coffee
19. What are you wearing? summer
20. Your TV? on
21. Your Pets? strange
22. Friends? family
23. Your Life? boring LOL (atm)
24. Your Mood? excited
25. Missing Someone? friends
26. Vehicle? vitara
27. Something your not wearing? socks
28. Your fave store? Provincial
29. Your fave colour? green
30. Last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? ages
32. Your best friend? lots
33. One place that I go to over and over? scrapspace
34. One person who emails regularly? Kay
35. Fave place to eat? backyard

And the wonderful girls I am passing this onto are:

Lean

Sharmaine

Deb

Ceci

Kim