A double page...not a common sight anymore.....
The left and right side of it.....
Using transparency in the middle of the page....
Showing off the transparency...

Some of these are for the six weeks of summer competition that run was by the lovely ladies at Scrap Pile. Some are for the challenges that were on the Scrapbudz site. Unfortunately Scrapbudz forum was closed down due to private reasons as was the Shabbychic Butterflies and Bows challenge blog. Lucky for me though I have found the ladies that I chatted to on Scrapbudz on other sites and have joined those forums - more chatting to more ladies and more challenges to participate in!! LSS is loving all these completed challenges because it means a whole lot of new work to go on display!!!!!

Another card....
Very plain and simple for my style but I love it....everything I tried to add just didn't fit so I just left it.

Last update for the moment...

I've joined another forum...... Scrap pile. Another lovely friendly bunch of ladies that sure like to talk. They are running a fabulous competition called the Lazy Days of Summer. It's running over six weeks and has a wonderful prize at the end. The first week of this comp was a water theme and we had to use paint somehow. I splattered paint over the background - that was so much fun - I also used glimmermist on the flourishes and H2O's on the monster.
This one is a sketch challenge for Scrap With V.
And this is my entry for January's Black With 2 challenge blog. The criteria was black background, crisp white, snowflakes, glitter and lace.

A hot chocolate challenge at Scrapbudz....using chocolate background, orange and white. I wasn't sure about the colour combination but I think I made it work.
This one, I'm afraid, is a total lift. I saw it in a magazine and really liked it, so I copied it. I had these photos of Declan and Avram wrestling one day and knew they would be perfect for this page.

Another two from the Scrapbudz cc....the top one is one of my challenges....54321 Christmas countdown. 5 Christmas embellishments, 4 different colours, 3 layers in one section of the LO, 2 word title and 1 photo. The one below was a blind challenge. The circle around the "photo bauble" is acetate. Again I changed a few things around to suit myself.

I used the last sheet of pp from my Scrapbudz DT pack to make some cards. I also got a packet of "U" letters from a friend for Christmas. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with them and then thought they were perfect for these cards.


These 2 are from the scrapbudz cc....we were given a site with the instructions and we all went from there. There were a few different sets of instructions so I did two different versions. Again using Kaiser papers.

Scrapbudz cc......double page LO challenge set for us....had to use non traditional colours, lots of photos and silver. So my non traditional colour just had to be pink!!!
I set the OTP challenge....using a paper doily or part thereof and 2 other non-scrappy items.

Another update of my work.....

Scrapbudz had their cc that ended up running from November through to January. The regulars all contributed a challenge or two each and we ended with 7 challenges to do. The LO above is from a sketch challenge. The sketch is from Kaiser's Q1 mag. I used some of my really old papers for this one. It's Braiden with Mum opening presents for his first Christmas.

This one we were given basic instructions to make a Christmas decoration. I kind of fiddled with the instructions to suit myself and then made two decorations.
This is my DT page for Shabbychic Butterflys and Bows challenge for January. We had to use gold, a sheet of music and/or a Christmas verse.

more stuff

Haven't been here for a bit....life got way too chaotic over Christmas and I barely had time to scratch!!!

Anyway I hope everybody had a fabulous Christmas and a wonderful new year. Here's cheers to it being a good one for you.




Did a few pages for Scrapbudz..... This is from my DT kit. It's the back of a Ruby Rocket paper. Braiden having an attack of the giggles.

The latte and cream with blues and a touch of white at Scrapbudz. My Dad when he was a little fella.

Another DT page. The back of the Ruby Rocket again - this time I used some of the freebies out of the Q2 kaiser mag.
Hot chocolate challenge at Scrapbudz. Had to use chocolate base with cream and white and a touch of red.

Challenges at Scrap With V

I took part in the CC over at Scrap With V last week. But life was way too hectic for the week and I didn't get to upload them in time to be part of the judging. Oh well, maybe next time.


This was Annie's challenge. Had to take inspiration from a poem that Annie had very cleverly penned herself to the rhythm of "These are A Few Of My Favourite Things" from the Soumd Of Music. Also had to use brown paper packages tied up with string as an embellishment. This is Braiden, he has been so enchanted by the Christmas tree this year. I was catching him just sitting on the lounge and staring at the tree with a smile on his face. He had just one little problem though....I was told regularly that the tree was beautiful but it was missing something. When I asked what was missing, I was promptly told "The presents!!!!" LOL

This is KylieJ's challenge. We had to use a Christmas photo, 1 Christmas paper, stick to the CC colours, use lots of bling and use acetate in a creative way. I cut out the Christmas tree shape and used a Hambly Screenprint in my shape and just decorated it. The photo is of Robbie and Declan when they were little in home made Sants beards and their Santa hats.


This is a closer shot of the tree to show the screen print.


This is Jodi's live mystery challenge. I completed it later because I forgot (I know I'm naughty) that it was on. Jodi gave us the instructions and we all went from there. Loved the way the tissue paper flowers turned out. This is Braiden eating some little cakes that we couldn't resist buying for him when we saw them last Christmas.
This was a sketch challenge by Tina. No criteria on this one, just keep it like the sketch. This is Robbie and Declan when they were younger at the ABC Daycare Christmas party held at Southbank. I got to use some photos here that I never thought I would ever use because they were to dodgy. But you;ll never know what you'll use.

My darling boys posing in their very first christmas photo shoot. I took them down the road so there was no "civilisation" in the background and took photos of them amongst the dry grass to depict a true Aussie Bush christmas in the dry, parched bush!!