A Couple of Scallywaggs

Here is a LO I did yesterday evening, using papers & elements from past Scrapagogo kits, in this case mainly from August 2008.
The 2 scallywaggs in the photos are my 2 nephews Tom & Ollie when they were toddlers. They were/are real boys and they were a real handful at that age I can tell you. Never a dull moment when they were around and to be honest, although they are now both in their teens, they are both still loads of fun. sadly, I don't get to see them as often as I would love too, because they live in Australia.

Love you guys!!

Just heard & had to share!!

I have had a LO published, but you won't see it in any Scrapbook or Craft magazine. Let me explain! Back last year, out of the blue I had an email out of the blue, from Anam a fellow scrapbooker living in theUSA, She had been looking through forum galleries for LOs that contained images of Tattoo's, for an article that she was putting together for Skin & Ink magazine. She emailed me to ask if she could have permission for her to use my LO, I agreed. Well, I had long forgotten about this, so it was a surprise when a few days ago, I received another email informing me that it was now in the magazine. She kindly photocopied the page for me & you can see that in the photo below. Below is the actual LO that I made back in 2005 of my son Steve on holiday in Cyprus.

Please note though, the magazine has entered my name wrong below the picture!

It names me as Jane Norwood. They got mixed up between my real surname & the name I have in my email address {although they didn't actually get that bit right either LOL} but nevermind, thats my son & it sure is my LO!!!

Get your mits off, it's mine....Blog Candy

Look at this huge pile of goodies.........this is what Dawn is giving away on her blog!

She has set up a guessing game and if you would like a chance to win this then you need to go and take a look for yourself.

Arty Girlz Challenge #48 ~ Shapes

Here is my entry to this weeks Arty Girlz challenge, where we are asked to add shapes to our project. I have created an ATC and have tried something that is quite different for me, but I really enjoyed doing it. What I didn't realise was that the scan would pick up the different layers of colour, including the squiggle! In real life you don't see that ochre squiggle coming through, but I am quite happy that it's there, it looks quite arty I think LOL I have used glossy accents on it too for the windows and the moon, so is quite textural in real life.I will go and add this to my ATC swap lounge now!

Well Done Girls, I'm proud of you all...

Back last year I started a 52 week marathon of a challenge {Loosely based on the Elsie Flannigan 52 week challenge} & last week the 3 contenders that were still left in it, completed thier final challenge!

These 3 ladies are in my eyes are completely amazing for more than one reason, why? well firstly, they were cardmakers & had never considered Scrapbooking before, & when I posted about the challenge, they did not even know what a Scrapbook Layout was. However, they were willing to give it a try!
Secondly, they never missed a deadline {what I would give for half of thier stamina}. Crumbs, I even had trouble some weeks keeping up with posting the next challenge on time !!!

I would like to publicly applaud & congratulate to Tracey {doesn't blog} Carolann & Sandie members of Auntys Forum I have watched you all grow in confidence over the 52 weeks & every week your LOs & minibooks just went from strength to strength........you are all brilliant!

Tracey won 1st place because she submitting challenges from challenge #1

Carolann & Sandie joined the forum part way through the challenges, but they caught up immediately & then didn't miss a deadline from their 1st submission!

Goody parcels will be in the post this week Girls, you have all earned them!!

Another page for Murphys album

Again I have used my August kit, but this time I have taken the stamp and created my own background to the cardstock and coloured it in using my Uni Signo pen. I really can't recommend these pens enough, they are fab to use!

There is hidden journaling on the tag behind the bottom photo, the one with Murphy and little Ozzie in it.

My August Designs

The August Scrapagogo kit was so cute and really fun to work with, here are a few more cards that I made using the kit! The background flowers on the middle card, I created using the Cateyes chalk inks and a finger dauber directly on to the card. This works equally well as a background technique on a scrapbook page, if you need to make your own paper!

Couple of cards

Here are a couple of recent cards made using July & August ScrapaGoGo kits!

My 1st beading attempt

At Wednesday Craft Group this week we had jewelry making session. This was something that I had never attempted before, but had a complete starters kit that I had won through the Quick & Crafty magazine way back earlier in the year. To be completely honest I had been thinking of selling the kit, because I had no inclination to use it at all. In fact even when spreading the kit out on the table yesterday, I was very tempted to put it away again LOL, however Suz & Sarah convinced me to just have a play & make something!!

I am so pleased that I took the plunge, because I had such fun & made myself this wearable bracelet.

Watch this space folks because I think am now hooked........

My half of the LO swap

Here is the LO that I created with the photos that Sandie sent to me in the swap. I am pleased with how it turned out, but I did find the vivid colour in the photos tricky. I didn't wish to turn them B&W, like I normally do with colour I find hard to work with, because I think the colours in this case was important with these photos!

I hope Sandie will be pleased with the LO....it's in the post on it's way back to her.....