"in a nut shell"

black with 2

2009-04-21T21:22:00.006+08:00

i found this site a couple of weeks ago, and thought i would have a go at this months challenge... black + pink + orange....
this month the girls added a little twist - must have paint + 20 brads
i kept thinking, what am i going to do with 20 brads? and then as i went thru my stash and came across my bella chip alphas, which not only fit the theme i had in mind, they were also the perfect place for all those bloody brads...LOL..
with a fairy tale title i continued the theme thru the journalling, starting with the classic:
"once upon a time", there was a litlle girl who refused to go to bed without her monkey"

scrap therapy - monthly theme challenge

2009-04-21T21:13:00.004+08:00

"sweet treats"
what could be sweeter than your favourite chocolates?
i decided to use all the colours and flavours of my favourites... cherry ripe & strawberry freddo...
and what better collection to do that with than BASIC GREY - bittersweet

scrap therapy - man of the month

2009-04-21T21:04:00.004+08:00

this months "MAN" is cosmo cricket. not a big fan, until the recent release of the " girl friday" collection, which i chose for my LO. i couldnt decide which paper to use, so i used them all and the title alphas actually come from 1 of the pages in the collection...super cute...
journalling says:
Alexandra 12 months old, supposed to be helping weed the garden... BUT... mostly eating it...

puzzle sketches

2009-04-21T20:43:00.006+08:00

the girls at puzzle sketches were hinting at a boy type theme, having 2 girls, i wasnt sure i was going to play along this month.
i was a llittle hesitant at first, but this months pieces gave me a shove to finally scrap these photos of the girls halloween birthday party from last year.

happy birthday to me!

2009-04-21T20:28:00.003+08:00

today is my birthday......
and what did i do?
i went to work, came home cooked dinner....etc etc
pretty much a normal day, i can count on 1 hand the number of people who wished me a happy birthday, starting with a text from hubby @ 2:09 am this morning (thanx babe)
Hubby is on night shift this week, so a belated birthday dinner is definately on the cards.
so thank you to the people who remembered, and to the rest of you.....WELL.....you are no longer on my xmas card list - Hmmmmmmph!

lets go retro.......

2009-03-21T17:29:00.010+09:00

i have been looking at this photo on & off for about 3 months now. i just didnt know where to start. with a determination to cull my stocks and use all of the older collections i still had left, regardless of the results....be they good, bad or ugly, i got out my basic grey box
and as i came across the "phoebe" range of papers, it reminded me of the fabulously mismatched outfits madonna wore, along with her chunky accessories, but more so the big earrings......which if i remember correctly....oh where has that photo gone....looking, looking, aha.....Nic was wearing plastic red hoop earrings. (tres daggy)
no, she wasnt re-living her youth, well not that she would admit to.....
the 80's flashback was courtesy of the companies christmas paty

BINGO

bold colours, big hair and bad music
...yeah that's right, i went there.......
inspiration had struck, and this was the result. you may not be able to see it very well, but theres a lot of glitter on there (just for you Bling)

our mates Brynn & Nicole

and NO, i don't care how much you beg, this pic is here to stay

scrap therapy - monthly theme challenge

2009-03-21T17:01:00.013+09:00

while scoping out the scrap therapy challenge forums and galleries, i came across the monthly "theme" challenge amongst all the other things going on over there.(i get dizzy just thinking about it)
this months challenge is to create a layout that features ABC and 123. you need to use something that starts with the letter A, letter B and letter C, and you also need to use 1 of an item, 2 of another item and 3 of another item.
hmmmm....sounds easy enough - not entirely
here is how i justified my entry, to fit the criteria.

A - altered alphas coloured/dimensioned (they were white)
B - basic grey paper
C - chip alphas/crystalina kindy glitz on flowers (bit of a stretch)
1 - heart fastener
2 - journalling tags
3 - crystal bling / 3 word title

even though this picture was taken at the beach, i really loved the colours she was wearing so i based the page on those instead.
another challenge i find quite interesting is the "man of the month". (man = manufacturer) details and entry will be forthcoming....
just waiting for my photos to arrive...yay!...stay tuned...

scrap therapy - man of the month

2009-03-19T07:43:00.011+09:00

scrap therapy "Man (manufacturer) of the Month" for March is "Bella".
the object of the challenge is to use all or majority of items
on your layout (LO) by the chosen company for that month.
this was a first for me using the stark contrast of black & white.
YES....i know....shocking isn't it.
my inner child was waving a pack of crayolas, screaming "don't do it"

i have been rather hesitant doing my wedding photos, still am....there was so much drama on the day and after, that it is still a sore point for me. So I think to do this layout in black & white is only fitting, considering the cirumstances, being such a "dark" day in an otherwise sweet life.

anything that could go wrong did. between the cars, photographers, the ceremony venue to reception venues version of the menu we selected......
correct me if i'm wrong, but i'm pretty sure this is why you have
... like, a gazillion meetings to make sure everything is perfect.......

puzzle sketches

2009-03-09T22:49:00.012+09:00

I have only just found this site..... in the last couple of days actually,

and i gotta say, I am sooooo..... excited about the puzzle sketch competition. so much so, that it has actually prompted me to not only upload my first page onto the WWW, but to also enter my first competition.
it's such a novel take, on the whole sketch/page map "genre". I can't wait to see all the entries for this months competition, and how everyones individual artistic processes will interpret the puzzle pieces....

well look at me, uploading a LO, entering a competition, and posting comments....not to mention starting my own blog...

LOOK OUT WORLD!

it's been a very exciting day..........
think i need to go lie down now...LOL...