LESSology #4 and projects on the go to show!

I'm lax to show my Lessology Project here on my blog because its a supposed to be a birthday present for Paige.... and I know she does pop in from time to time to check out my blog...

To Paige... if you are looking, I've put a pic of your surprise pressy down the bottom of this post...

now you can LEAVE and NOT peep at it so you will be surprised on your birthday....

OR you can look and SPOIL your surprise!

(rolling eyes)

So everyone... LESSology Project is down the bottom of the page! (big smile)

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SCRAP THERAPY

This month we have been working with Basic Grey

Here's my Button Skirted Little Bo Peep

And the LO I've put it on... (along with some little sheep)

this is little Hannah and Paige



 

 

 

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Scrap Therapy's  ABC's of everyday challenge is 'M' at the moment

So I made  mine about 'MESS'

especially on my scrap desk where poor old Cosmo used to try find a space to sit amongst.

I think he used to secretly like my mess!

You can find the challenge here

I've had a go at Scrap Therapy's Sketch too!

Blacky the worrier!(He was much younger and thinner then)

 ANd you will find  Photography Challenges  too

Here's my 'action' one!

(taken with my not so great camera)!

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Did a challenge for Global Scrappers

Scrap that Tune

Little Paige and Hannah painting the fence with water!

Hannah especially used to do this for ages!

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And here's a gorgeous Rak that Julie sent me!

She made this beautiful little hanging from a TullulahBelles Kit

for a recent Let's Get Shabby Challenge

and sent the pretty left overs too! 

Isnt it just stunning! Love the colour too!

Thanks Bloss!

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NO PEEKING PAIGE!

Now to

 LESSology!

Its all about

WALL ART CHALLENGE

And the SPONSORS ARE
TradeFish Designs

 You can win a $20 gift certificate

Here's my project...

Paige has been wanting a Canvas like this to put her jewelry on for ages...

I've made many before for presents - a long time ago when she was much younger

So I've made her this to go with the colours in her bedroom

and I've not put too many earring/necklace 'hangers' on it yet...because it would be better for Paige to arrange this how she wants it - so will be including a little packet of brads and wires etc in her present as well.  She will have fun doing that!

You can find the whole tutoral

HERE

I know she will peep because she just couldnt help herself!!!

Paige you PEEPED!

(shocked face)

Its been two weeks since I've been here......

And its all about catch-up!  So much to do, so little time, and this poor neglected blog! Cant even get my life down to a slow galop and its felt like this for much of this year (probably why I dont know where the year has gone to - it has flown by!) The galop will stop - when the 3rd of December is over and finally the long summer holidays will be here.  I'm just hanging out for then!

So what has been happening scrappy-wise...take a look....

SCRAP THERAPY

Its all about Basic Grey this Month.

(one of my faves is the woodgrain papers in 'Life of the Party')

Room Challenge is up and its all about the Dining Room

Room 1

Hannah in the tulip fields

Room 2

Little Hannah chatting away to herself

Room 3

Little Paige looking at her hat in the mirror

I also did a quick little tutorial on making some paper flowers from

Nook and Pantry papers with the doilies on them (as shown on the LO above)... very simple, quick, easy and inexpensive and you can make heaps of them!

adding a centre  (Origins Relaxation paper) and tying on a button!

Easy-peasy!

Here's a little tutorial on Simple Stories  2012 booklet ,

also at Scrap Therapy

using these papers

Life Documented - Monthly Journaling Elements #1

 Life Documented - Monthly Journaling Elements #2

here's a couple of page samples

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OCTOBER SCRAPJACKED IS UP

You can play along and jack any of the fabulous samples...

Here's mine

(Paige teaching Saturday ballet class)

And 123 CHALLENGE also has fabulous criteria

check this out:

Colour: Gold

Word: Two

Use: leather or suede

(Little Hannah and Paige)

I've used a brown suede bow

Winner's of the 123 Blog Train was announced to so my RAK that was up for grabs has a home!

You'll find the annoucement here

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My Shabby Challenge is up over at GLOBAL SCRAPPERS

and the criteria is to use doilies

Here's my sample

(little Paige)

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And here are some of my projects I did last month just playing catch-ups!

Scrap Therapy

Sketch

Card challenge

Blind Scrap

Scrap Ahead

Abc's

Letter 'O'

and 'C'

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And last months Global Scrappers Challenges

You'll have to excuse the fuzzy photos - due to my broken camera (grr)

Little Hannah just wants to get over the fence!

and who loves her swings

Little Paige fast asleep

you did well if you got to the bottom here!

tfl

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WHAT a week!

My computer died - just went dark and that was that!
It wasnt the problem because I had faith that what I needed from it would be rescued and transferred to a new computer.  So off to my techie - who said 'No probs with the rescue, but new computer....'
What an ordeal! 
How much 'extra' does one have to buy??
AND to get the things installed was such a process in which I wasted a couple of days and back to my techie we went!   I wanted it to just 'work and be recognisable!'
In this day and age, you'd think we'd move on and things should be almost 'one touch' and hey presto!
HA!  I dont think it could be made any more difficult!!!!!(shocked face)
GOOD GRIEF!
So after four days, I'm on the road to getting used to this very 'user unfriendly' thing!

ANd in the meantime have missed deadlines and got behind here on my blog.
Time to rectify that!
  I'd also like to thank Julie SOOOO much for keeping things running especially at 'Let's Get Shabby' when she was very busy herself! 
You are a GEM Julie!

LET'S GET SHABBY
Its a gorgeous colour inspiration picture with a couple of criteria
(So go check it out)
Here's my interpretation
(of little Paige)

We are also welcoming
THREE
amazingly talented
new Design Team Members!!

Go see who they are!


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LESSology

While my computer was down,
Challenge #2 was revealed

THE TRINKET BOX

I love these little note card boxes by Prima. After using all the little cards from inside, these boxes seem just too good to throw away!

So I decided to 'dress' one up!
This one is from the gorgeous Moulin Rouge range.

It's become a 'keeper' for my pink yoyo's

Click here to see how it was altered

And check out the prize HERE (where you also submit your little box)
The prize is from
Market Street Stamps


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123 CHALLENGE - Blog Hop Train HERE!!!!



If you have arrived here it’s because you have jumped on the

 123 Challenge Blog-Train!!!

First of all, Charmane has asked us to answer a couple of questions to let you all know a bit MORE about us Creative Team Members. So here we go…

A bit about me:

I’m waving from gorgeous green (though very cold) Tasmania where I live in a big old house with a big veranda that looks out over the sea with my camera-shy dh and two of my three daughters (one has just moved to the UK with her dream job) who all feature a lot in my work along with our cat, birds and garden wildlife!  I have a busy work life that often gets in the way of my scrapping!

My style is mostly as shabby chic - but I'll do something different every now and then. Most of all I love TEXTURE - fabrics and laces - layering and distressing, inking and PAINT! I don’t always start out with a plan – just a creative process that somehow takes form somewhere in the middle and crossing fingers it finally arrives at an end result (big smile) And goodness knows why, but…… it works!

I'm on the Design Team for Scrap Therapy - a fabulous online Store!

I was there in 2008-2009  and now again since April this year.

We have so many great challenges there and a fabulous shop.

Scrap Therapy also hosts retreats and mini-retreats in Cairns.

I own 'Let's Get Shabby' Challenge blog which has a wonderful Shabby Challenge once a month!

We have an international team of very talented scrappers - its been running since June 2009

Of course (big grin) I'm on the Creative Team for 123 Challenge (since July 2008!!)) and its acutally the very first challenge I ever did online! I can remember the nerves as I was finding my way clicking the mouse on my computer hoping I'd followed the rules and that my LO was 'okay'!! LOL!

And back when talented Lou (who is also on the dt with123) had Scrap Jacked - I've been on the team there too - and still am even though its passed hands to the lovely Bec who owns it now! So overall, I've been on the dt since February 2010, but scrapping there for such a LONG time before that! After my positive experience with my very first LO go at playing 123 Challenge,  Scrapjacked was my very 2nd ever go entering a LO!  They were my two favourites!

With a love for Altered projects, I'm on the team for LESSology too.  It's new and fun!

Global Scrappers is a fairly new site of challenges with a group of us international friends who get together for some challenges and chatting. I come up with a Shabby Challenge once a month there. 

If you like apps for your iphone, ipod or ipad,  I've been on the creative team for 3 of the releases for Sketches2Scrapbook for Anam Stubbington.  That started when I was on her DT for her Twisted Sketches Challenge Blog.

Other than that pretty much what I do or have done is on my right hand bar.  There's tutorials too.

At the moment, I'm just trying to get some kits together to go away to scrappy camp in a couple of weeks!

Its here in Tasmania and there's no shop attached, just a group of scrappers that get together for some fun scrapping, much laughing and too much talking and eating!   

No matter how organised I think I am - I ALWAYS leave something at home! (rolling eyes)

So there’s a little about ME, now its time for the 123 Challenge details!

We have LOTS of prizes to giveaway – you will see as you check out everyone’s blogs what we have in store!

Here's my little giveway RAK

For your chance to win,

 leave a comment and collect the words from each blog.

 Once you have finished,

email the list of words to challenge_123@hotmail.com

 along with your name by midnight Wednesday 21st September.

And, here is the full list just in case you get lost...

Charmane Koch
Angela Churchill
 Nicolee Cable
Louise Nelson
Kerry Murray
 Giovanna Scott
 and me:

Mandy Dodd

Don't forget to write down your word, before you go –

 Lets Get Shabby

Because we have so many fabulous prizes, Charmane thought it would be a good idea to also visit the stores that are donating as well - so please go back to the

123 Challenge blog

(and follow the instructions ;)

Yes, that's right there is MORE!!!

Remember you have til Wednesday 21st to get in your answers!!!

Last night away...

Going home tomorrow, so there will be the big pack up, and in the car to head home. 

Though while away, I've managed to scrap a couple of projects...

Here's a Step by Step using Candy Rock Crackle
(transparent and glossy) with some Pearl Mists to finish off with sparkle!



STEP ONE
First I searched and found some lovely Butterfly templates on the net and printed them out on some 'Simple Stories Elementary Flash Card Paper' (using the yellow reverse side)



STEP TWO
Using Tim Holtz Turquoise Peal Mist (this is a pretty blue) and Interference Red Pearl Mist (more like a ballet pink!), I sprayed here and there over the paper


STEP THREE
Start cutting them out



STEP FOUR
Now for the crackle. Remember to paint VERY thick - the thicker, the wider the cracks





STEP FIVE
Let them dry - either naturally or you can help it with heat
Here's a close up of the cracking.



STEP SIX
I've stacked my butterflies (sometimes with the light, its hard to see the pearl mist colours... so I'm a bit hit and miss with my photography with this.
The mists are faint on light paper and much more vibrant the darker the paper) And inked the edges with Ranger 'Old Paper' Distress Ink


I've caught the mist a tiny bit better here (but in real life - its fabulous!) And I've added a MME Lost &Found Sunshine Memories Button on each butterfly



Here's the butterflies added to a LO (The little photos in the LO are from our ballet 'Snugglepot and Cuddlepie with 'Ragged Blossom' dancing - if you are familiar with the story)


I've played with the lighting a bit more and you can see the Mists on the black background (its irridescent and fabulous!) and the sparkle and the gloss of the crackle on the wings

 

 

 

 

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My Shabby Challenge is up over at

GLOBAL SCRAPPERS

and its about layering

xx