Playing With Transparencies...

We were asked to play with transparencies for this week's challenge on the Lilypad blog. I knew straight away what I wanted to do. A clear front card with an image doubled up on the front and back of the clear flap.

The super cute bear that I used is from Kate Hadfield's 'Baby Girl Doodles' and the frames (I have used two within each other) are from the 'Funky Frames and Borders' kits by Jenna Desai.

If you want to play with transparencies but don't know where to start, check out this cool tutorial on how to use transparencies with digital images. Have fun! :)

Drowning In Notes...No More...

Are you the same as me? I scribble little notes, layout deadlines and "to do" things on scrap papers here and Post-It notes there. And they just kinda end up everywhere. Some even mysteriously disappear. Well - no more...

I was sitting looking at the new May release collab by the Lilypad designers yesterday...trying to come up with an idea of something, when my eyes fell on a Post-It note that had fallen down. I obviously needed a place for all my little notes so the idea of a "to do lists" book was formed.

I used lots of different kits from the Lilypad May collab together with two sheets of Chatterbox paper, some chipboard (for the covers), white paper (for the inside pages) and baby blue Bind-It-All wire. I put, what felt like, millions of pages of white paper inside. The finished book measures 16x12 cm.

And taking about the Lilypad - the collab is available for purchase today, a day earlier than normal. Also if you're looking for some digi yummies do head over there this weekend when they are offering 30% off anything over $1.99 and a whole 50% on retiring kits. Too good to miss :)

Hybrid Scrapping...

I have been thinking about the PSE/digi course by Jessica Sprague now for several weeks and yesterday I made my mind up. I'm signed up and I can't wait! I think it will be a great help for me with my hybrid scrapping/cardmaking. Also a handy thing since I'm still pretty new to PSE. Only a few days until it starts *excited smile*

And talking about hybrid things. Here's a layout I made which is almost completely hybrid apart from a brad, a few jewels and my white cardstock:

It was created using the most yummy kit by Natalie Braxton and Emily Merritt called "Celebrate The Everyday":

Oh and before I go, I must tell you how I totally L-O-V-E the new Nintendo Wii Fit & Balancing Board. It's just the most fun ever...!

Glitter Mania...

I have officially made the most glittery layout in my scrapbook life - by far! LOL! Glittery papers, glittery die-cuts...even a super glittery transparency frame :) But is there such a thing as *too much* glitter...? I'm not so sure :)

Anyway, if you have a moment spare, please pop over to A Trip Down Memory Lane and check out my latest on-line step-by-step class. Lots of photos to show you the process of making it. Thank you :)

Busy, Busy, Busy...

Today is just one of those days when everything happens and I don't even know in which end to start LOL! Busy, busy, busy! Stash arrives, making minibook for Lilypad project, taking photographs, editing, more Lilypad kits are uploaded to work with for Friday, got Donna Downey's new books in the post (when will I have time to read these?), had to sort stuff for my blog, then suddenly I'm very honoured as I get a surprise e-mail with a magazine assignment with a Friday (!) deadline etc etc. And in all this, the Wii Fit game and Balancing Board that Ross ordered for the Nintendo Wii arrived this morning - so we're looking forward to having a play with that tonight.

...and somehow on top of all this (and much more than I listed) I want to sign up for this PSE course by Jessica Sprague. I must be mad! LOL! It's not that I want to get into digital scrapping really (love paper too much) but more to get even more familiar with PSE and also I think it will help me with my hybrid work. :) We'll see what I end up doing...

Supplies: Scenic Route papers, Photo frames from "Feb Surprise Cluster pack" by Nancy Comelab, Making Memories flower, Autumn Leaves and October Afternoon stamps, American Crafts Thickers alphabets.

More Scrapping...

Just a quick post for today. I have been doing some more playing with Nancy Comelab's fantastic photo cluster frames. :)

Supplies: Making Memories papers, die-cuts and curling tag, Photocluster from the "Feb Surprise Pack" by Nancy Comelab (the Lilypad), Doodlebug ribbon, American Crafts Thickers alphabets and Autumn Leaves stamp.

Loving These...

I have just discovered some fantastic photo cluster frames by Nancy Comelab at the Lilypad. Can't believe I didn't spot these before. They are of course originally made for digital scrapping - but wow are they great for paper scrapping too!! :) I can see myself making lots of layouts using these. Below is my first one and I'm pretty sure I should have another one ready and done for tomorrow. :)

Supplies: Scenic Route "Salem" papers (who said you can only use a Halloween collection for Halloween layouts?! LOL!), "Polaroid Photocluster 02" by Nancy Comelab, American Crafts Thickers alphabets, Love Elsie and Autumn Leaves stamps, Making Memories curling tag and Creative Cafe journaling stickers.

Scrap Your Day...

Did you see this post yesterday? So are you ready? Are you going to take part in this cool project by Shimelle? *excited* Erin you were asking about this: Go here to download a suggestion for how to make/prepare your book and go to the bottom of this post to download a photo fact sheet. Hope that helps :)

Shimelle prepared a few kits for the class (though you can do it with whatever supplies you have and since the class is FREE - what have you got to lose? LOL!) and I got up early on the morning they went on sale and managed to get mine. Prepared my book (according to the prompt she e-mailed us who bought it) as soon as the kit arrived so it's been ready to go for a while now.

Really excited about it this morning and as of 09:56 I had already taken 57 photos LOL! I have left the cover for now and will decorate it at a later time. My inside pages have been prepared like Shimelle suggested. Here are some photos of a few of them:

Oh and I almost forgot, Marja and Jackie - you both asked about my little clothes peg bag and where you could get the fabric: Ebay! :)

Ready...?

I am. Are you?

My Little Project...

Before showing you my little project from yesterday I just wanted to answer Bunnymommy who asked about this layout. I got the "perfect squares" by using the 2" square punch by Woodware :)

Onto my project... I was in the kitchen drying some dishes the other evening when my eyes fell on these little hooks (for towels, oven gloves etc) we have on the side of a kitchen unit. It suddenly dawned on me that the plastic bag we have for our clothes pegs was not the prettiest sight and that maybe I could so something about it...

So a purchase of fabric and some cord later and I was ready to go. I decided to go for a really happy-summery fabric since clothes pegs are essentially a summer thing...and let's face it, how fun is it to hang washing? So anything to make you smile, right? :) And what better than some cute owls! So out my sewing machine came and this is what I came up with. A simple drawstring bag to hold the pegs.

Much better, eh? And yes I am very aware of that it needs a round with the iron. I'm working on it. Kinda. You know. Sometime it will happen. I think. Maybe.