AUSSIE SCRAP JACK SURPRISE and a TUTORIAL

At last we are on holidays and the girls and I are away on a 4 day trip. We are staying in a gorgeous little convict built cottage in Hobart. Time to kick back and can catch up on uploading stuff to this blog!!

Paige last night in front of the open fire

AUSSIE SCRAPJACKED

So excited my Prima covered Tutu was Jacked along with two other wonderful jacks!!

Go check out what the DT did with the three jacks here! 

I created a mixture of all three jacks into one 

Here's a little TUTORIAL of one of the dresses

STEP ONE

Cut out the skirt shape from music paper and crease

STEP TWO

Do the same for the underskirt (I've used handmade paper here)

STEP THREE

Glue skirts together and glue on the front of a waist band

STEP FOUR

Using a little rose petal as a bodice, glue to the inside of the band

STEP FIVE

Wrap around and glue the waistband to the back

STEP SIX

Using this little feather..... make the shoulder straps

STEP SEVEN

Loop the little feather to make some shoulder straps each side of the bodice

and adhere to the the back.

STEP EIGHT

Add some trim around the waist just to finish it off!!

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CANDLE HOLDER

Re-purposed bottle

Covered the bottle with impasto and then pressed on a serviette napkin

Covered with impasto again

and wound twine with little beads around the bottle.

The impasto isnt quite dry here (but had to get away on our trip so photographed it straight away!)

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TULLULAH BELLES ETSY

Oooh I love this place  and ClaraBowsTeaParty too!!!   And the gorgeous Kris has sent a lovely little gift for Hannah and Paige!
(We have been lucky to meet up with Kris a couple of times when visiting Cairns)

Such a thoughtful surprise!!  Look at these beautiful little packets!

Stunning little hairclips! Both the girls were soooo excited!!

Paige had to put hers in straight away!!

Love love love them!!

Thanks sooo much Kris

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LET'S GET SHABBY

has another 'DRESS' tutorial up

Check it out here

Plus dont forget to take part in Challenge #15 and consider the DT call!

You can find that here

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CANT WAIT FOR SCHOOL HOLIDAYS!

We are only days away from our September holidays here! (Spring break for our international visitors)

 It means I can catch my breath - catch up on much neglected things and spend time with the girls not having to rush anywhere.   Our family really needs this break!  This week we put our eldest dd Meaghan on a plane to London after being choosen for  a scholarship.  Its a long long way from Tasmania! 

Hannah has been on a week's 'Work Experience' which is part of their Grade 10 curriculum.  She is at the State Library and enjoying every minute!  I've met her for lunch a couple of the days - and she just walks out beaming!!  She's also found how tiring it is to work full time!   All she's ever wanted to be since a little girl is a Librarian!

123 Challenge

One Word: BLOOM

One Colour: ORANGE

One Technique:HANDMADE FLOWERS

Find the criteria and CT samples here

Manon has a tute there on how to make her flowers

Here's my CT sample!!!  I love my YoYo flowers...

Here's a tute I did on them if you'd like to have a go at making some:

LGS yo-yo flowers  

WORKING BLUE!! 
I love this colour! Love this background...
Basic Grey Max and Whiskers - Mittens
Hannah running along our beach

A parcel from SCRAP THERAPY

IN are gorgeous amounts of Prima and MME!!

You cant see all that I ordered...but I got a big box full of both!!

SWEDISH MAGAZINE PUBLICATION
I can show this now as another publication ticks over.
These were my LO's in the July/August issue
Two full pages!!

Better put my running shoes on!!  Got so much to tie up this week!!

The weekend cant come soon enough!

CATCHING UP!

Life is still overwhelmingly busy - but scraped in some late night scrapping.

Hannah's Grade Six Leavers' Dinner dress.

She looked so pretty and she fell in love with that little red dress the minute she saw it.

You cant see her beautiful long waist length hair she had back then.

FAVE THINGS

My favourite day is Sunday. I look forward to it every week!

SCRAP THAT POETRY

Our cottage door was a wonderfully shabby very heavy door! 

It was Christmas moring and Paige was 6 at the time - when inline skates were the big big thing!

And not to be left out.....

If there is a place to be curled up on ....

Cosmo will find it!

One very claimed computer bag!

 

Dont forget to take part in the latest challenge at

'LET'S GET SHABBY'

and check out the DT call too!!

LET'S GET SHABBY CHALLENGE #15 and a DT CALL!

LET'S GET SHABBY

Challenge #15

is up!!

IT'S all about MUSIC!

You can find the challenge here

I've used a vintage Music score cover for my background then set about fashioning a dress in mists and music paper!  This was amazing fun!!

But this is not all......

there is also some amazing creations by the dt as well!!

AND

Shabby is making a DT call!!!

So if you have what it takes to present incredibly wonderful creations each month...

then apply!!

Again the details are here

MISSING IN ACTION - but found again- for just a moment!

I'm sooo behind getting things up on my blog!!  Life has and is very busy, especially with work!  But in the midst of it all managed to have last weekend at a scrapping retreat in Bendigo with a small group of ladies.  Certainly wonderful to get away and lots of scrapping done, laughs with friends - and boy we learn a lot about online friends in real life!

AUGUST 123 CHALLENGE

In the meantime of being absent 123 criteria has gone up!!!

Here it is and its fabulous!!!

the word "SUNSHINE",

 the colour YELLOW

and MISTING

Look at my little 'Ray's Of Sunshine'

Hannah and Paige at ages 4 and 2yrs

AUSSIE SCRAPJACKED

Yes, the jacks are up and you can find them here!

I jacked Stacey's!  Go check it out!

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I've been playing a bit over at Challenge Masters which is place to go where there is loads of challenges to do - all kinds - its fun-no pressure scrapping.   I even was the July Challenge Master!!

Manufacturer Challenge -Hannah constantly with her head in a book!  She bought the book 'Wicked' (as in the Musical) that day and she settled in for the evening!

One Word Challenge - Reflect.  Paige on Parents Day.

Daily Grind Challenge - had to include a calendar.  Hannah playing tug of war.

Colour Challenge - use pink,green and yellow.  

I purchased the 'Lets Get Shabby' Kit from Divine Design and the papers and embellies in this is just gorgeous!!!   Love what Leslie has put together!!!!  (and dont forget to go check out Jeneke's fabulous tutorial and Challenge 14  on 'Let's Get Shabby'!!

Paige

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Just did this Calendar page for June.  It was the girls in the back garden when we went down for Nana's funeral.

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ARTASTIC

I love Monet - so made some time to take part!

Find it here.

Here is Paige aged 7 by the waters edge. 

I've painted the background including the sunset, stitched and silouetted the hills in the background

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SCRAPXSCRAP

Here's what my interpretation of the criteria! You can find the challenge here.

My two girls just chatting together...I love this photo. They were digging their feet into the sand in the water

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Scrap Therapy- Journaling Challenge

A favourite photo of Hannah!  She is so at peace with animals as they are with her.

Scrap Therapy -Sketch Challenge played with the sketch to make it more my own.

Paige playing in the water....her dress ended up saturated!

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CLARABOWS TEAPARTY

Just as I wanted!!! I put in an special order of what I wanted and look at this stash of fabulous colour!!!

I love love it!  It reminded me of the coral under the deep blue sea.  And I especially wanted some more grey too. You can find Clarabow here..... and check out TallulahBelle here

I'm still really busy writing reports from examining interstate.... and I'm away interstate for work again next week....   I'm sorry I cant blog hop and say hi to you....

but I will as soon as I can!!!