Good Times

During the last school holidays, Luke went off and had a boys weekend down at Bathurst for the Bathurst 1000. I decided to take the kids down to my parents in Brisbane for a few days. We got to spend a day with one of my dearest friends and her 3 beautiful girls. We took the kids to the beach and had a little picnic in the park. Everyone had a great time. Here is a layout I have created using one of my friends Instagram pics from the day:

I have done a little subtle misting on my kraft cardstock. I love the colours in this paper range from Studio Calico too. I've added some machine stitching as well.

I am loving these little alpha stickers from Jillibean Soup too. The wooden butterfly is from D-lish Scraps.

And here's another close up of my Prima flowers. They were the perfect colour match for this layout.

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Our Little Dancer

Towards the end of last term, the kids at our little school did a little performance for the parents. Michala has always loved to dance, but because of where we live, she's never been able to have proper lessons. She loved performing. This is a 'just because' layout:

Once again I have used a black cardstock background which I have sprayed with some white Mr Hueys. I've used American Crafts papers and a Prima flower.

And a close up of my title.

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Little Blondie

Last weekend a couple of my scrapping buddies, Donna White & Sarah Hemmings, came out to the farm for a scrapping weekend. I love it when these girls come to visit me. :) I had a pretty productive weekend and have a couple of new layouts to share. This layout is for this months challenge at Scrap The Girls - to use flowers, 2 different alphas, more than 1 photo and staples:

I have had these Prima flowers in my stash for a little while now and kept putting off using them, so I decided to give them a go on this layout. The colours matched perfectly. (You may see them feature on some other layouts in coming days. ;))

and I'm trying to use up my button stash too! lol

The idea for this layout was totally pinched from Tara Coles. I noticed that she had used black texture paste and templates to create a beautiful background. I found my stash of black texture paste and decided to give it a go. The result was this very simple layout:

And here's a close up of my title.

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That's It!

These are the last of my layouts from the Savvy Delights Retreat. This first layout was for one of the challenges - to use the peacock feather on a layout. I have kept my layout very simple:

I have just added a little Mister Hueys mist to the background paper and stuck the feather over the top.

I have sanded the Thickers for a bit of a distressed look as well.

And finally, this was a 'just because' layout. I have used some Basic Grey on this one.

Here's a close up of my title and journalling. Men! *sigh*

And another close up of some of the details:

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Have I Mentioned...

how much I love October Afternoon?? I just love every range they bring out and I think I have most of it in my stash! lol These are a few layouts, still from the Savvy Delights Retreat, using some more of their stuff. ;) This one is using 'Cakewalk' - perfect for birthday layouts like this one:

I am loving scrapping Instagram photos at the moment too. Love this one of the kids. And here are some close-ups:

For this layout, I have used a mix of '9to5' and 'Woodland Park'. 

And I've used some Bella Blvd alphas that were in the He's Savvy Retreat Kit.

and some more close-ups of my embellies. How cool is that background stamp?? (Thanks Donna for lending it to me!)

I still have a few retreat layouts to share so I'll be back soon. ;) Thanks for stopping by...

Blind Scrapping

During the Savvy Cybercrop, Sara hosted a blind scrap and I was able to play along. I have gone a little crazy with my sewing machine on this layout. I really should pull it out and use it more. So here is my layout, using some October Afternoon 'Woodland Park'.

Mum took this photo of Luke and I when we went out for lunch over the holidays. We don't have a lot of photos of the 2 of us together. I decided to make my own flower for an embellishment.

I've used some stitching on my title.

And replaced all the doodling with machine stitching as well.

I really love how it turned out. Thanks Sara. Thanks for stopping by...

More Savvy CC Layouts

Here's another 2 layouts that I created over the weekend for the Cybercrop at Scrapbook Savvy. This one is for Sar's recipe challenge - to use a masked background, ribbon and tickets.

I have used a few D-lish Scraps goodies on this one too. Love these resin flowers and stars and the cute little wooden butterfly. I haven't used ribbon on a layout for ages - I really had to go hunting to find some! lol

And once again, I have added some machine stitching.

Here's a close up of my masked background.

And this is my layout for Sara's puzzle challenge. We had to use a hexagon, an arrow, a heart, a number and ripped paper. 

Everytime I see these photos of Lachlan, I can't help but smile. The title says it all. lol

And here's a close up of some of the details including some more embellies from D-lish.

I still have one more CC layout to share but its was for the blind scrap and I can't share it just yet. Thanks for stopping by...