Tossing Up an Idea....

I'm thinking I may have a lot more time on my hands now the kids are heading back to school and trying to work out exactly what to do with it... I wasn't sucessful at the DT possie I tried out for (more about that in a latter post) and Dommy will nap most of the day away with his routine so will have a few hours a day to while away on a whim.... Soooooo I've been tossing up an idea....

Well really it's been there for a little bit...

Long enough that I've actually locked in a blog address and checked business registry details (Ahhh the ATO never leaves ones blood mwahahhaa) and business name etc etc

What is this idea???

Well it's to sell some of my handmade creations via a blog and then if all goes well into an etsy type of store...

Anyhoos - It's still an idea - I thought I might put it out here to see what others though :)

BTW - here are some pins I made last night - boy themed... I'm not 100% certain if I'll be doing the craft market at SBT50 this Friday, but if I do they will be available there :)

BTW - some of these pins are prototypes and have a LOT of refining before I'll be happy with the final design ;)

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Brothers

Yep - another "Brothers" LO from me.. It's kinda hard when you have 3 boys to avoid them LOL I *think* I've scrapped a smaller version of this photo - but I love it soooo much, and this larger version was sitting in my cupboard calling to be used ;) And then when the Second CT challenge was put up on Red Earth Scrapping and it had a sketch with a larger photo on it and it really suited the sketch.. so how could I resist??? LOL


The details of the CT comp second round are HERE. Due to circumstances it's no long part of the CT application process, but more a 'just for fun' challenge ;)

challenge requirements:
* Use the sketch PROVIDED

* handmade or hand cut element/s or embellishment/s

* ribbon - any size, any amount, any where (lace/ricrac/trim also ok)

* journalling - more than just the date, give us a few more details - can be anywhere on the page or hidden etc

* something RED on the page - as big or small as you like

Brothers

I really like how this came together in the end.. I was up at 11pm painting backgrounds but this morning decided I didn't like it so started again hahaha A bit of glimmer mist here and there on the background to liven it up and I was away in the end :)

I ADORE this photo I took of William and Domenik. Dommy would have been around 12 weeks old and loved to bable - this is exactly what he is doing here with Wil.

I've created a little quote box in the embie cluster from a slide projector surround. the quote in it is "a brother is a friend given by nature" ~Jean Baptiste Legouve. The little bird stick pin is also my creation (I love playing with sculpy!!!) I'm addicted to lace at the moment and love that it can be used on masculine LO's as well as femanine!! I've also got some brown vintage ribbon on the LO as well.

There are flashes of red in the fussy cut border between the layers of lace under the photo as well as in the Jenny Bowlin stick pin above the photo and the paper lace ribbon as well. Papers used are from Crate Paper Restoration range, paper doilies and some corrugated card that I rescued from the recycle bin (the sort used for packing between plates etc when new/boxed)

The journalling reads (in case it's hard to decipher) "William, I don't know why we worried about how you would cope not being the baby anymore. Everyone could see how much you loved Domenik and your new role"

Ho-Hum....

It had to happen - cleaning of the scrap room that is **sigh** I like to have my room looking 'creative' and 'lived in' and well... isn't creating more important than cleaning??? LOL Anyhoos - we've got carpet cleaners in on Friday morning and a rental inspection in the afternoon and I'm not sure the real estate would be as understanding of my creative organisational skills in my craft room as I am - so time for a clean up **sigh**

I'm finding soooooo many things that had decided to grow legs and move from their usual homes!! They must have wanted to camp out on my desk than in the safety of their proper containers I'm sure ;) I guess summer is the time to go camping right :) Anyhoos... whilst going through a few what I thought were empty pizza boxes I came across some layouts I've not shared - so tomorrow we have a forecast of beautiful weather (perfect for Australia Day) I might photograph them and share - they're nothing special but more stories from my life and family :)

Ok, I've been procrastinating on and off all day - putting things off, but it's now down to the crunch time.. Big things have been sorted and put back in their non-creative homes... time to sort the little stuff - this is where I usually get lead astray by shiny stuff out the corner of my eye that needs experimenting with, or by my phone telling me I have new mail, or by a text message, a child calling "mummy" or TV, or - well anything pretty much LOL

On to the grind - If I don't surface tomorrow please send out a search party, I've probably discovered pixies at the bottom of the garden or the likes ;)

Have a great evening all :)

xxx

Breathtaking!!!

That's the title of my latest Layout. It's the one I've completed for the Red Earth Scrapping CT competition. Our inspiration for this first part of the competition was simply the RES logo!!

Reasonably simple hey - but as I mentioned yesterday I scrapped my first idea, and ran with this one instead - I love the photo, I think I've done justice to it - but will leave the judgement up to the people :) Let me know what you think!!! Honest opinions please :) Big girl panties are on - I'm tough ;)

Anyhoos, I've a splitting headache at the moment and a midwives appointment this afternoon so really need to shake it so going to cope and paste details here and tidy it up when my head stops thumping and all appointments have passed ;)

Breathtaking



The Inspiration...

I used colours and textures from the logo for the inspiration behind this LO. I've been sitting on this photo of Kahli for a while, not really sure how to scrap it - she's not a 'girly girl' so the usual girly papers etc don't suit her - but I found the colours and textures here really suited the image. I took it of her sitting outside the sandstone wall from our old house at sunset.

The title is chippie. It has several layers of white paint and a top coating of 'diamond' stickles. It sits around 1 inch above the background as it's resting on flowers (and lots of foam tape LOL) This page hasn't been designed to go in an album, it will be framed ;) The birdcage in the top corner is simply cut with a cri-cut and I've wound flowers in and around it (carefully do it didn't tear the cardstock - tricky stuff!! LOL)



The papers used are fancy pants hot chocolate (who would have through a cold winter range of paper would warm up so well!!!!) I love distressing - it adds so much character and texture to papers. The background has obviously been torn where I've 'sewed' it back up. as has the corregated cardboard matting that I used for the photo. Above the photo I've tiled some contrasting papers to resemble the old corrugated iron wall in the logo. The paper behind the big tear has been scrunched and inked and distressed, as has the 'rolls' where I've sewn. When iIdo this effect I usually use double sided papers but fancy pants weren't that giving with this PP. The sewing has been tied with a bird and a key - symbolising to me freedom - something i desire for my children :)



As much as Kahli isn't a girly girl there are lots of flowers everywhere :) I love flowers and don't get the chance to use them often enough with her but the colours just felt right so I lashed out hehehe (she's going to kill me!!! ROFL) There's some handmade Pretty Petal's Storybook flowers, adjusted flowers and I've dyed the feather/wheat like yellow texture strands with glimmer mist to reflect the wheat in the logo.

I absolutely ADORE the texture of antique lace and have put a ruffle of it under the title with some red ribbon.

I think that's pretty much it. I didn't want any journalling as for me this is more an arty page than a story page... I'm really happy that I've finally been able to do something with this photo :) My girl (even though I'm biased) is gorgeous and a little bit breathtaking ;) Lord help up when she gets a bit older!!! With that firey mane, porcelain skin and independent streak she's going to be a handful - let alone a magnet for the boy's I'm sure!!!

Is it Just Me????

Am I the only person out there who spends most of the week mulling over a Layout... (an important one at that) I had a great plan in my head only to decide at the last minute it wasn't good enough or what I wanted to represent me and scrap it???

Well I've just done that - Probably a foolish move with it due midnight tomorrow night, but what's better than a deadline to make things motor on??? LOL

So I've spent the week collecting papers, cutting, forming, moulding a background... stitching and painting over it until it was just what I wanted - but now I've changed my mind hahaha Oh dear, the things we do!!!! I'll use it somewhere down the line I guess... eventually... maybe.. I think... errr - yeah one day I'm sure ;)

Now I'm back to square one - as in I've pulled out new papers, a new photo and have changed tack completely!!! And I'm hoping and praying that the idea forming will be breathtaking - hope and pray for me... I should be ready to upload and share tomorrow night all going well...

Oh shoot, I hope I've done the right thing mwahahahhaa LOL Nothing like experimentation ;)

A Giveaway!!!

I've not put a giveaway here for a while... Well new year, getting back to normal and back in the swing of life (especially with the older sprogs going back to school in 11 days - excited mummy do ya think!?!?!? LOL)


So here's one I found - it's for Mad About Scrappin... They're about to hit 100 followers on their BLOG (at 96 at the moment) Head on over, follow their inspirational blog and you will be in with a chance to win their celebratory giveaway!!!! How simple is that!?!??! :)


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