HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

Last night we celebrated Halloween for the first time with a bit of a party.

Decorating including carving a pumpkin was too much fun!!!

 

 

 

So my niece-in-law Bec arranged the pumpkins for one of my scrappy besties and I 

 (we were away at scrappy camp at the time)

 Who knew its a particular type of pumpkin!!!! Weeeeell, we didn't!  Luckily Bec did!

 

 

 

 There was much preparation because virtually we were starting from scratch!

And next were the invitations....

Weeeeeeeeeeeeell that was fun!

 

so here's my card

which I'll enter into Amiche Scraps - Halloween Card

(Of course this event is also for fun scrappy opportunities too!)

 

 

 

 

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Time to carve that pumpkin...

Weeeell, we had half an idea but it worked out in the end!

 

I drew on the face (with a couple of goes!) and dh cut it all out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 and we could not wait to light it and turn out the lights!

Here's my spooky photo for

A BEAUTIFUL WORLD - Spooky!

Check out the reflection in the granite!

 

 

Then it was time to get the dining room ready

(this year its the only room to be done - baby steps!)

 

I made the tablecloth

 

Paige cooked the cupcakes (which were of a mauve mixture- hard to see from these photos) and made a brownie slice and dh decorated! (photos aren't great quality - night fell, and the flash took away the orange-y ambience!)

 

Made some punch.... (already half gone lol by the time I took this pic with our guests loving it!)

Dry ginger ale, (lemonade as well if you like it sweeter), gin- to taste (more if you want it stronger, less if not), tin of tropical juice... orange and lemon slices and mint leaves.

I could not find my beautiful punch bowl! I could not believe it!! So had to make do with a large plastic container (yuck I know, but had to be resourceful - but worked placed in the caldron wrapped in black and orange tinsel tied around it!

 

 

Paige proud of her and her dad's efforts serving out guests!

 

Me in a photo for a change!

 

 

Paige and cousin Gemma

 

Even the candles' melted wax trapped a mouse tail caught between the two!



 

 

All quite a bit of fun!

 

 

All watched on by a very bemused but not moved 

Blacky!

 

 

Definitely will be doing this next year!

 It was a lot of fun... but truly... I have always been inspired over quite a few years of

 Audrey's beautiful Halloween celebrations!!!

 

 

 

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And if you are looking for a time to start your

DECEMBER DAILY'S....

 

Let's December Daily

 

 

 

for 2014

 

are just about to start...

 

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

 

 

 

xx

 

 

 



Let's Get Shabby Challenge #60

 

Let's Get Shabby's

Challenge #60

 

is an inspirational picture....

and as you can see, wide open to all variety of interpretation!

 

 

 

 

 

This was the inspiration for a Shower Card...

 

 

 

The little dots were easy to do...

 

White cardstock, ink, and the soft end of a dropper bottle (IZINK)

 

 



 

For big spots - press harder into the cardstock, or lightly touch for smaller spot

 

 

 



 

You can find the challenge HERE

 

xx

 

 

 





 



Our Beautiful World, Amiche di Scrap and PL Pages - Counterfeit Kits.

 

Our Beautiful World #69

 

 

 

 

Rustic

Cant go past these first blooms of roses against the old screw-fixed back fence...

 

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I've got a heap of PL pages to show which were mostly completed at Scrappy Camp a couple of weekends ago...  (now a distant memory already!!!)

 

 

 

This one is out of order week-wise as I want to enter it into

 

Amiche di Scrap PL Challenge #10

 

Using a paper Doily...

 

Week 31..

Yes, Blacky updated himself from my scrap chair onto the table!! Spread out over my workspace and embellishments!  I have NO idea what possessed him, but he has not done it since!

 

 

 

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The rest of these PL pages have been made out of my

'Counterfeit Kits Challenges'  Kit

using either the paper and/or embellishments  along with some extra PL cards.

 

 

Last one!

Phew... bit of an overload eh!


xx











 

 



Creating with Sketches V3 Book and Ebook!

 

 

Have you ever played along with the monthly sketches at

Creative Scrappers

and really enjoyed it?

Weeell, so happy to finally share that I have a layout published in 

'Creating With Sketches Volume 3'

It's available in both ebook and hard copy formats

 

 

Here' what you'll get.....

 

- 120 Unique, Never before posted or will be posted Sketches
- 60 International Designers
- 26 Amazing Sponsors
- 60 pages of inspiration for you 

I can show you my LO (but not the sketch of course - lol)

 

 

This book/ebook can help if you are trying to come up with a design for a  page and is a great starting point and place to begin. Now, imagine a book FILLED with sketches! It's great to take to a crop or if you want to get "caught-up" by creating a lot of pages fast for a particular project etc.

 

I've had a peep at the ebook... and its filled with great inspiration, sketches and creative LO's, even tips on how to use the sketches to their maximum and sponsor links :) It can be printed out, view it on your ipad or iphone, or viewed on ibooks and ready to be downloaded after payment within 24hrs.
Of course the Hard Copy Book will take a little longer to receive by mail (I've ordered this!) and cant wait to get it!  
 

 Here's the link to the original post


 

Very big grin!

 

xx

 

 



Counterfeit Kit Challenge, Amiche di Scrap and a PL Card

 

 

While away at scrappy camp, a little bit of catching up on PL pages was priority...

 

 

 

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - use ribbon:

Challenge #1

A couple of little ribbon bows...

This week features Chirp and Blacky who neither cares about the other.

Blacky never gets up on furniture - we don't know why, he just doesn't, maybe his feral-past brain? But this day, he got up on a foot stool, and he looked so uncomfortable - yet, he stayed there LOL, goodness knows what he was thinking?

 

 

Amiche di Scrap

It's about 'school' - creating with any scrapbooking genre...

Another excuse to get a PL page done!

The middle and bottom parts of the page are focussed on Hannah's school where she is in her classroom with her peers, they are farewelling a much loved teacher.
The top line is separated by lace trim. Hannah and cousin Sophie in a cooking session.



 

 

 

 

 

Counterfeit Kit Challenge - use a saved idea:

Challenge #3

One thing I do store away as a reminder in my brain is every time I see embellishments stretched across two or more sections on a PL page .... so, here the 'film strip' is used with this idea...

A week later after the stool incident,  Blacky braved getting into a chair... dh's chair, and all we could do is take photos and dh sat elsewhere!  It may seem nothing, but we've had Blacky a good 12 yrs and the vet said he was about 5yrs old when he came to us - so this 'sudden' behaviour was bizarre.  He does have a wonderful soft bed with a sheepskin and blankets - yes totally spoilt!   Next is Meaghan's new house, making do with what she can until her furniture arrived from UK.  And ANOTHER starling down the chimney!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another seasonal card for my PL stash

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This is for Lizzy Hill....

Remember, I said I spotted something on your wall in your post with photos of your scrap space...

 

 

 

Weeeell, I have a cup!

Just one lol!

 

 

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Weeeeell, Spring is in full swing here....

Just have to show you these beautiful blooms... 

 

 

 

xx

 

 



Frosty Festivities Event....and thank-you...

 

 

First of all, I just want to say thank you for your lovely comments and prayers this past week, it was heartfelt and very much appreciated....

Thank-you

xxxx

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Secondly, Jennifer Grace has created this fabulous blog event on her blog...

I had so much fun for her last event... that I look forward this next one:

 

 

 

Its marked in my diary!

 

 

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And lastly, I did get quite a bit of my Project Life pages done while away at scrappy camp and will upload them soon now I'm back on deck....

 

 

xx

 



Saying good-bye to a family member....

 

 

Last weekend our nephew passed away.

It is so hard to see parents (and all of us) struggling with the thought no matter how it can be viewed or philosophised, children are supposed to stay on this earth long after their parents -

and it just does not seem right....

But it happens, and it has....

Sleep peacefully Remy

 

 



PL Card

 

 

Another seasonal card for my stash:

 

 

 xx

 

 



PL Card and Our Beautiful World - Under the Sea

 

 

 

Another PL card for my stash:

 

 

 

 

 

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Our Beautiful World - Under the Sea

 

 

Sea China....

broken bits of treasure that wash up on our local beaches - still complete with white sand...

 

The stories it could tell....

 

 

 

 

xx