Champagne and Flowers

When I first laid eyes on the Out of Print collection from Basic Grey I knew straight away that I wanted to cut out all the flowers from this piece of paper....

and so I set about doing that very thing, without much plan in mind. I first used a few on the layout I shared here, but had many left over. So that's how this card came about.

I mixed in some lace stickers for added texture and interest, dabbing them with a little paint for a hint of colour. And the sentiment was easy - it's just one of the chipboard stickers.

And speaking of my card-making adventures, I just got published in the current edition of Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft. It even made it to the editorial page!

They always do such a great job of photographing the card and showing it off.

Oh, and look what I finally cracked.....

wooo hooo!

Fleeting

I'm so excited about some recent scrappy news that I can't really share with you yet.
All I can say is that I was asked to contribute a layout to something that's happening in an upcoming issue of one of our Australian scrapbooking magazines. This was an honour I was only too happy to accept!

But with the "pressure" of creating something I knew was going straight to print, I must admit I had a practice run first :-)

So this was the first layout I created. I'm not going to give anything away by telling you any of the specific criteria or rules, but I'll just let you enjoy the layout as it is!

And although this layout would have done the job, I just felt like I needed a second option so I could choose my favourite. And I felt like I wanted to do something that was a little bit more "me."

I couldn't help playing with some of my new goodies - so while all the papers and the red alphas are from old Sassafras collections, the green alphas are new Sassafras, and the chipboard pieces are from the new Cosmo Cricket Togetherness range that I picked up from Handmade by Suzanne.

The quote on the journaling is from a Michael Jackson song.... hopefully it doesn't come across as too sad, and more as just wistfully thinking about how quickly time flies.

Anyway, I'll let you know more about the real project in a couple of month's time!

Tootles

So excited to have my second page published in Scrapbook Creations this month.

Here's a little look at my page as it appears in Vol 80 (the current issue). It's the top one.

And while we're on the subject, here's my first page that was published in the last issue (mine is the bottom one)

Thanks for indulging me!

My 2 pink acorns

Surely by now I have used up all my lovely October Afternoon papers I bought a while back (is that what you're thinking?!) I'm sure this is the last one I can make, at least exclusively. There's only a few little scraps left. But I also know that divine ice-cream paper is included in this month's Studio Calico kit, so you will see it pop up again on my layouts in the future.

I did this layout a couple of weeks ago in response to the Studio Calico Sunday Sketch, but realised I haven't shared it here yet. I rather liked this photo The Man took of me bathing the girls, but of course, I had to use something to cover up the rude bits :-) I used a digital stamp from the Gratitude Quote Art collection by Karenika. 

The sketch was drawn from a layout by the amazing Jennifer Johner. You can see all the details including her layout here on the Studio Calico blog.

I liked that these buttons I had matched the paper, and I thought it just gave it a bit more texture.

And you can see some little snippets of my fabulous washi tape which I used to stick down the strips of paper at the top and bottom. I really wanted to use some sewing on this, but this was back when my sewing machine was broken and I hadn't yet got a new one. And of course, now I've moved on and it's too much effort to get it out again to add stitching. So it will remain just like this.

And on a slightly different subject.....

TOOOT TOOT! I've just had my very first layout in an actual hard paper magazine land on my doorstep today. If anyone else gets the Australian Scrapbook Creations magazine you can see my layout at the bottom of page 34 (of Issue 79). And if you don't, you can catch a little sneak of it if you look under my "pulications" page at the top of my blog.

Have you seen the Jolly June Yellow Challenge? Your own choice of prize! Easy challenge!

Enjoy :-)