Pieces of my life

It's going to be a big week...

I've been getting more and more excited about the fact that I'm going to be teaching at this years Scrapbook Expo  in Brisbane in June! Sofie and Andrew from Scrapmatts have given me this wonderful opportunity and they have been incredibly generous in the class pack (seriously there is some GORGEOUS goodies in there!).

The class timetable and bookings will be out by the end of this month so I'm sure I can sneak in a little peak of my class for you ;)

I can't wait - it's going to be a great weekend!

Sonia x

New goodie delivery...

I do love getting that knock at the door and the parcel man has a pizza box for me. There's nothing like digging around and checking out all of the new goodies IRL!!!!

I recently went on a 'not so little' shopping spree over at ScrapBoutique and I've been oooohing and ahhhing over the new Glitz Designs - seriously yummy :) So with a little bit of free time this weekend I've been playing around and creating for this months Glitz Designs  challenge:

This is my play with some of the new French Kiss and Pretty in Pink:

I used the gorgeous bird in flight from the French Kiss Layered Stickers and the transparency is from the French Kiss Peek a Boo's:

The 'Lovely' title is also from the French Kiss Layered Stickers with the Butterfly and Leaf Sprays from Scrapmatts

I layered two stickers from the Pretty in Pink Cardstock Stickers and the Layered stickers to make a cute corner accent along with some more of the Scrapmatts butterflies

Lots of flowers, layers and vintage - guess who had a ball playing this weekend ;)

Sonia x

Srong and Brave..

I was lucky enough to be on the Design Team of ScrapBoutique last year and you would be hard pressed to find a nicer group of ladies anywhere. Sadly one of the DT members, Amanda has lost her battle with breast cancer recently. So the March Cyber Crop is having a 'Strong and Brave' theme to honour this lovely lady.

I offered to be on 'Temporary Stylist' duty just to help out until Chelsea feels ready to look for another stylist so my challenge for this Cyber Crop is a card challenge. To fit in with the Strong and Brave theme the challenge is to create a card with a positive quote on it - one that makes you feel good or strong (or both of course). I couldn't go past this fabulous quote from the new Glitz Designs Pretty In Pink Collection:

The papers are a mix of the Pretty in Pink and the French Kiss ranges and I just adore their transparencies and 'What Nots' (the Bird).

So if you want to play along, pop on over to the forum

Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to tell someone special that you love them :)

Sonia x

Boys...

You can imagine my reaction when I found out that this months theme at Scrapmatts was Boys and Men LOL!!! However when I eventually came out from hiding under my scrap desk I had some fun getting out of my comfort zone and creating with the gorgeous chipboard that Sofie and Andrew sent me.

If you want to see these in full then head on over to my Scrapmatts Blog Post:

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sonia x

 

In the Blink of an Eye....

Any parent will tell you how fast time goes when you have children (except when you have a baby that won't settle!!!!) and before you know it you're looking at them and thinking 'where did the time go?' I certainly was thinking that when I put together this mini album for Scrapbook Creations Issue 91 and I could see how much Miss Alex has changed in 8 short years. While 8 years is not a huge amount of time in the big scheme of things, it's sometimes hard to remember what our life was like before she was in it.

This was the article:

Here it is - just a little bit closer!!

The front cover has one of the gorgeous Scrapmatts butterflies taking pride of place along with a transparency from Glitz Designs

The left hand page was trimmed into a wave design using a craft knife and wavy ruler I've had in my stash for years so it goes to show - don't throw anything away LOL!

Now I couldn't have an album without one of my favourite Scrapmatts Bird Cages in there somewhere! I've used that good old wavy ruler again.

Sigh - it's nice to have a reminisce now and then :)

However seeing as she's a big girl of eight, Miss Alex has a school day tomorrow and she'll be wearing orange. Friday 16th March is National Bully No Way Day so the kids will be wearing orange to help highlight the problem that bullying is around schools (and workplaces as well). The school will also be doing activities throughout the day to help the kids understand more about bullying, what it's effects are and what they can do about it. What a wonderful initiative.

Sonia x

and the good news keeps on coming....

I had a comment left on my last post from the gorgeous Anne congratulating me on my Scrapbook Creations cover! I had no idea about it so after emailing her she sent me a link and here it is...

What a wonderful surprise! It was a layout I had done for an article I have in the magazine about making your own flowers and they used it on the cover as well. The girls are beside themselves with excitement and couldn't wait to get to school today to tell everyone! Hopefully I'll get my copy in the mail today and that fixes up what they will take to school for their news next week LOL!!!!

Have a great weekend everyone. I'm still floating on my little cloud of happiness!!!!

Sonia x

A bit of Glitzy good news...

I had a lovely email the other day to let me know that I'd made Top 5 in Glitz Designs  February Challenge with this layout!

I haven't had much time to scrap lately but I'm itching to get going on their March challenge especially seeing as some of the new Pretty in Pink and French Kiss collections have arrived on my doorstep :)

Last weekend we took some family time and went down to Cotteloe Beach to see the Sculptors in the Sand display. The girls absolutely loved it and it made news time easy for them both this week! Unfortunately the photos are not the best but it was fairly busy down there and I was quickly snapping photos between people walking past in front of the camera!!!

This was my favourite - the tap looked like it was just hanging there! As you can see we're certainly not having a shortage of sunshine at the moment!

 Sonia x

March...already?

Wow February went by in a flash! Still it means all the new CHA goodies are now on their way. Some stores already have the new Prima (yum) and now I'm waiting on the new Glitz Designs :)

A new month also means a new challenge over at Scrapmatts and Jolanda has set a fun one for you (especially if you have boys in the house!). This month it's a card challenge using layers and Scrapmatts chipboard with a male theme. You could win a Scrapmatts prize pack if you upload your card by the 31st March. Now male themes are definitely not a strong point for me so this one took a while (no flowers - eeeeeek!) but here it is using some of the nautical themed chipboard:

Using Scrapmatts Lighthouse CB6064, Shell CB6061 and words SW004. The gorgeous paper is from the new MME collections

OK I'm going to play with some flowers now LOL!

Sonia x

What a way to spoil the weekend...

There I was ready for a bit of a scrappy weekend when the accountant emailed to say I need to get all the tax stuff ready. So while I'll be spending the weekend with bits of paper they won't be the ones I wanted!

Still I have had some fun playing this week so I have had my scrappy fix at least! Last week I posted on the Scrapmatts blog and these are the projects that I came up with for our 'Nature' theme for February:

Of course my first thought for a nature theme was flowers, flowers and then maybe some more flowers. Of course then a butterfly needed to be thrown in the mix:

The papers are all Glitz Designs and I've used Scrapmatts Bird Cage and Bird, Word title (Precious), Butterfly, Name Plate (love these!), Leaves and the gorgeous new leaf sprays

I'm a bit in love with these leaf sprays :)

How cute are these Name Plates?

Next I used the oh so cute new Baskets - so much fun to play with!

Using Scrapmatts Baskets, Ferns, Butterfly and Words

What would a nature theme be without a little birdie or two?

The birds are from Glitz Designs What Nots in Vintage Blue and I used Scrapmatts Leaf Spray, Heart and Word title (Cherish). I'm still having my little addiction to my chippie in White Mist. I've done nothing to the finish of this chipboard - it's as it comes out of the packet (so pretty!)

I managed to snap a few photos before we took off to ballet last week. It's a bit tight time wise - getting them home from school, afternoon tea and then dressed in time but I couldn't resist a few photos! Once a term we can go into the class and take some pictures so I'm hoping the lighting will be OK when we can go in later on.

Have a great weekend

Sonia x

 

 

A little bit of Glitz....

A little bit of spare time meant I could get some creative time in so I hopped on over to the Glitz Designs blog to play along with their February challenge which is to create a project using these gorgeous colours:

So this is what I created using the divine Beautiful Dreamer Collection:

The butterfly is cut from one of the Beautiful Dreamer What Nots. The Leaf Sprays and title are from Scrapmatts

I'm absolutely loving the gorgeous transparencies - so easy to use!

One of the new Scrapmatts Name Plates and some Flourish with a Bling  Pearls - totally divine

The photos are of Miss Isabella when we had an impromptu photo shoot after having High Tea at Tranby House in January. She was trying to smile but keep her mouth closed as her front tooth was really wobbly and was sticking straight out! Not the best look on her and I did miss that beautiful wide open smile she usually gives me. Still those gorgeous baby blues were sparkling away!

Sonia x