Memorable Days

I tried to warn you I've been getting my 'arty' on lately. Is there nothing better than getting your hands dirty with a little paint and mist?!
Well probably my girls would argue the best messy thing is....... ice-cream!!

We recently had our first family holiday to sunny Queensland where we stayed by the coast, spent hours on the beach, took day-trips out to tropical islands, went for treks in the rainforest.... it was heavenly.

The kids however probably wouldn't have cared less as long as there was time for the playground and plenty of treats! So when I saw the Aptly Titled ice-cream embellishment that came in my Kreatorville July kit I just knew I had to have it to scrap these photos :-)

In fact, everything you see on this page (apart from the paint and mist) came from the July kit, and this is my take on the current sketch challenge. You can see the challenge and how Charity interpreted the sketch over here.

And doesn't that quote sum it up so nicely? It says "The Most Memorable Days Usually End with the Dirtiest Clothes" I would have to agree wholeheartedly to that!

Sunshine and Watermelons

I've got a new post up on the Kreatorville blog. It features a couple of pages I made with the KK May Kit. Yes, I said the May kit, and yes I know it's currently July :-) Don't worry, I'm just catching up. I've got plenty more to come. Here's a sneaky look at the first page......

The bright and happy May Kreatorville Kit was full of summery papers by Webster's, Pink Paislee and October Afternoon. Those butterflies were destined to be cut out and scattered over a page and the Aptly Titled frame just zings here doesn't it?!

And since we're talking about summery pages kreated with the May kit, then lets not forget this other layout I made based on the May sketch.

Can you tell I'm trying to forget the freezing cold Melbourne winter weather by scrapping nothing but sunshine?!!

The story behind this particular layout is just hilarious.... (at least to me!)
So make sure you pop over to Kreatorville Krafts and you'll see the full reveal and get the whole story :-)

Winner

So I know the very first thing you all want to know is who is the lucky winner of my Two Peas voucher hey?!!
Well..........
it just happens to be................

Jen Shears!! Wooooo hooooo :-)
Jen - I'll be in touch shortly. Unless you email me first?!

For those of you who weren't so lucky this time, feast your eyes on this lovely eye-candy instead (although it might make you feel a little hungry)

So we were up at the farm earlier this week, specifically to celebrate my nephew's 1st birthday.
On the morning of the party my sister rings me up and asks if I can possibly make her some 'name tags' for the food platters.

What?! With only hours to go (and more relatives to visit in the meantime!)!!

Lucky for me (and her) I had my May Kreatorville kit with me which included some perfectly bright and happy papers and some cute Aptly Titled embellishments such as those hearts you see there.

Not to mention the ultra-cool birthday cake that I was able to stick on the centrepiece like it was made especially for the occasion.
Thanks Keandra for saving my butt!!

Celebrate

Oh my goodness, it has been way too long since I played with some Kreatorville Kraft goodies. I think it was because when I was guesting for them I used just about every scrap of the current kit....... that I forgot I had another one sitting in my pile. Untouched. Lonely. Waiting to be kreated with!

So to make up for it, I used about 5 pieces of paper on this one page! Worth it though, don't you think? The colours in this kit (from July can you believe?) all coordianted so well that I couldn't really go wrong.

The stars and the title were my choices which Keandra kindly made up especially for me. But that's the deal in case you don't know. Every month when you purchase the kit you get your own choice of title and embellishment. Tell me what other kit club does that?!! It's a bit hard to tell, but I blinged out the stars with some stickles, which added all those extra cracks and sparkles.

I really fell in love with this photo that I (accidently) took when we celebrated Munchy's 4th birthday recently. I think it just perfectly captured the moment..... everyone else madly rushing around doing things, while Munchy calmly and intently focuses on her cake. But The Man thinks it makes him look like some kind of knife-wielding ghost figure. Well........ maybe :-)

PS. It's my birthday on the 7th and to celebrate I'll be doing a giveaway. I'm not sure what yet, but I do know it'll be exciting. I've got way too much stash, and I'm sure I'll have to make room for more since I've hinted to just about everyone I know that they should get me shopping vouchers to Handmade by Suzanne (!!!) So stay tuned.

Kreatorville Week (+1) Day One

I'm so excited about this!
I've officially declared this week "Kreatorville Week" (except it's actually going to be running for 8 days, so it's really Kreatorville Week +1), and I plan to show you how awesome these kits are, and how wonderful being a subscriber is  :-)

Every day for the next 8 days I'm going to share with you each kit in turn, and the projects I've made with them. I've very rarely ever had to mix other products into the kits to make a layout, as I've always had everything I need to make lots of pages. So everything you're about to see is nearly always 100% kit products. And as far as I know most of the old kits are still available for you to purchase, so you can get yourself a piece of the action! You can browse all the past kits here.

And of course, there is going to be an amazing Kreatorville prize for you to win too. More on that later. And perhaps a special guest (or two).

But first. An anti-disclaimer:

Keandra is not paying me, bribing me, coercing me, or sponsoring me in any way. I'm not part of her Design Team (I wish!!!) and I don't get a commission from the kits! She didn't donate the prize, that's from me. I'm doing this because I just love her kits. Plain and Simple.

Ok, now that's out of the way let's get on with the show.

Let's start at the very beginning with the November kit. This was the very first kit, and is still my all-time absolute favourite. And you're about to see why. It's filled with some delicious Cosmo Cricket and Jillibean Soup and if you count how many projects I made with it you're going to understand how much I loved it.

I'm a bit partial to this layout for two reasons. One - it was the first layout I did with banners/bunting/whatever you want to call it, and so began my obsession! And secondly, it was the very first layout I ever had picked up for publishing.

This layout (which features both the handmade title and embellishment that came in the kit, plus all four of the Prima pebbles..... talk about extravagant!) became my first Guest DT submission for Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges.

And this one became my first DT submission for Dotty Divas (unfortunately Dotty Divas no longer exists).

I also managed to get two layouts done for the Year in the Chair album.....

This one for Moodle's December photo (yes, I know it says January, but that was before I realised I had included the wrong photo. Obviously this layout no longer exists in this form any more. It's kinda destroyed in fact *lol*)

And this one from the January photo-shoot.

This is a more recent layout I did for a sketch challenge on the Cosmo Cricket blog.

And lastly, even a couple of other projects.
A quick card I did just the other day.

And one version of the Tree Incarnations.

Phew!!! That's it. Unless you include this layout where I used all the left-over alphas as a photo mat......

Ok Ok Ok, enough already!! And don't worry. I haven't made this many layouts and projects for any of the other kits (yet!) so they won't all be this long.

But I will leave you with a photo of the giveaway prize.

This little parcel of goodness is actually filled with genuine Kreatorville Kraft kit products. I've managed to put together this prize with at least one article from each of the 8 kits. I'll go through them all properly tomorrow (since this is already getting ridiculously long), but this is what you'll win.

Now, the way you win it is like this.......

Leave me a comment on this post, and on any (or all) of the Kreatorville Week (+1) posts that are coming up. That gives you 8 chances to win. Tell me what you liked about this kit, tell me what you think of the layouts, tell me something fantastic about your day. I don't mind!

Next, if you are a follower of the Kreatorville blog (go and sign up now if you like) you can leave another comment on this post (and every other post coming up). That gives you 16 chances to win!!

Ok, that's it for now. I promise!
Come back tomorrow for the December kit.