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The Mo Had To Go!!!

As you are probably aware, Luke took part in Movember this year. The deal is that you shave off your 'Mo' once November is over. But Luke decided to keep his on for an extra week!! He wanted to show his sponsors, so he got to do that at our little schools break up day on Friday. He finally shaved the hideous thing off yesterday!! Yay!! If he didn't do it soon, I was seriously contemplating divorce!! lol I created this layout as a momento of his month:
This is my entry for the December 1st sketch at Stuck?! Sketches. Here is the sketch:

I have changed a few things around but most of the elements are there. Love these Thickers! I've had them for ages but am only just using them now.

I've used a mix of ric-rac, ribbon, twine and masking tape to create the layers behind the photos.

And used the good ol Dymo tape for my journalling:

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Christmas Spirit

I think Lachlan takes after me! He just loves everything about Christmas. He loves to dress up in his Santa hat, he loves to help decorate the tree and he loves opening all the presents (well which kid doesn't! lol). He's the only one who will sit and smile for our photo shoot - although he still has his moments. I took this photo of him the other day. He was behaving and then he decided it would be funny to not look at the camera! This layout is for this months challenge at Scrap The Boys:

You need to use this colour combination on a Christmas themed layout:

I've used a mix of October Afternoon and American Crafts papers on this, and some corrugated alphas from Jillibean Soup.

I've added a few embellies from MME as well, and a fabric button I made myself. :)

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Personalised Gift Tags

It's my turn for this weeks Christmas Step x Step at the Little Scrapbook Shop. I love to wrap all the pressies at Christmas time so this year I have made my own little personalised gift tags to put on them. It's a great way to use up all your scraps of Chrissy paper, scraps of cardstock and all the left over alphas in your stash.

For step x step instructions, head over to the LSBS forum here.

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Basic Grey 'Indie Bloom'

I received some of the very bright and funky 'Indie Bloom' range from Basic Grey in my DT pack from the Little Scrapbook Shop this month. It really threw me at first as they are colours and patterns that I would not usually work with. But this is what I came up with.

I haven't used any patterned paper on this first one. Instead, I have used some of the gorgeous ribbons and trims and some washi tape that are all available in the shop. I've used some stickers and alpha stickers from the Indie Bloom range as well. And of course some mist on the background.
And I've added a couple of Jillibean Soup felt flowers and corrugated button shapes.
I've kept this next one fairly simple as well. I've used a little bit of the patterned paper on the background and a single wide strip of velvet ribbon. I've added a couple of the stickers from this range and some Studio Calico chipboard alphas for my title.

I've used some foam tape to lift the photo above the ribbon and then added the sticker to the corner of the photo. It gives it a bit of dimension.

And finally another simple layout using some strips of patterned paper, ribbon, lace, twine and mist.

And some more felt flowers and stickers. :)

You can find all the products in this range here. Until next time....

Pink, Teal & Yellow...

is one of my most favourite colour combinations of all time! I've noticed a couple of different paper ranges lately that are predominantly these colours - I am in heaven!! This is another layout from Donna's:
I've used some Jillibean Soup on this one, with some pink hessian, and washi tape. :) I've used a couple of different coloured mists on my background and added the kite by A Lil Somethin.

Darcie has the most beautiful curls but I'm never quite sure what to do with them! lol Some days she looks like a shaggy dog - especially first thing in the morning. As soon as you brush them, her hair goes all frizzy! With the weather warming up, I have started tying it up in a ponytail for her. She looks so different - and super cute!

I've used OA Sidewalks again on this one, with some washi tape and twine. Oh and some mist (shock horror!! lol).

I'd forgotten I had these Prima alphas! They match perfectly with the colour scheme.

You can definately tell the silly season is here. I have had no time to create this past week! I have some yummy new stuff to play with too. :( But I am getting excited that Christmas is nearly here. We will put our tree up today. And then there is only 1 more week of school!! Yay!

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Back Again...

to share a couple more layouts from Donna's retreat. I have fallen in love with The Crafters Workshop templates at the moment. I have used the 6 x 6 chicken wire one on this layout:
This photo was taken on our weekend away for Luke's 40th. We has family and friends join us for a BBQ on one of the days we were away. I've used some Jillibean Soup on this one too.

I have used another template on this next layout. I used the 12 x 12 star one on one of the corners of the page. Krissy bought along some of her My Vintage Blossoms to the retreat and the stars and bottle cap were just perfect for this layout!

I've used up some October Afternoon, A Lil Somethin hessian and some Typo ribbon on it also. The photo is of a friends little boy when they came to visit about a month ago. He just loved playing in the little car.

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