Scrap'n for Fun

NSD in full swing at Lets Scrap

2011-05-08T20:32:00.000+02:00

Hi friends - hope all the moms are having a great Mothers Day!! Down here in South Africa is is nearly over!! Hope you all had a great NSD. Over at Lets Scrap NSD activities are in full swing. We have some amazing challenges running as well as an amazing sketch by our own talented Cheri O'Neill. All challenges run until 31st May except for the sketch. LO's using the sketch must be completed by the 16th May - and the SURPRISE we will have another awesome sketch!! This is the first sketch.

This is my LO using Cheri's sketch as my inspiration.

This photo was taken on Easter Sunday when Dorian and Claudia had their easter egg hunt. I love the photo they are such cutey pies!!

Another great challenge over at Lets Scrap is challenge NSD2011#1 hosted by Rene .

Rene set a recipe challenge.

Use a Lets Scrap sketch
Use two photographs
Use a border punch

I had these two photos of Claudia taken when she was a month old and I have wanted to scrap them for ages. My friend Betty Anne at Lets Scrap is being blessed with two new grand children this year. So there is a lot of "baby talk" and beautiful baby LO's being done at the moment and this got my mojo going to finally scrap these two pictures.

It's hard to believe that we have recently celebrated her third birtday!!

Anyway what you need to do now is go on over to Lets Scrap and check out the cool challenges. There is an awesome card challenge for those of you who prefer card making and a whole pile of amazing scrapping challenges. Enjoy the rest of your Mothers Day and have a blessed week.

Hugs
Bev

Back on Lets Scrap DT WoooHooo

2011-04-24T19:16:00.000+02:00

Hi Everyone - it's really good to be doing another blog post. I have had a bit of a break - between my new job (which is now already two and a half months old) and moving home - I have just been man down!! I am now more organised ad into a routine that sort of works - so hopefully I'll be back to blogging every day again!!!!

A real exciting bit of news for me on Friday night was that I had made the DT at Lets Scrap. I am so excited and looking forward to working with a great bunch of creative gals!!!!

I want to share a real sweet LO of my sweet grand daughter Claudia that I did earlier this month using one of Cheri's sketches over at Lets Scrap . These photos were taken last year in October and I knew I had to scrap them - but was just waiting for the right opportunity. This sketch was perfect.

This is my LO using this cool sketch as inspiration!!

Don't you think she has the cutest face (biased opinion obviously) - but I do love the LO. The Patterned papers are all from Breezy Designs.

Hope you have all had a great Easter - until next time take care!! Thanks for looking!!!!!!!!!

Hugs

Bev

Blog Award from Canica

2011-04-23T21:10:00.002+02:00

I received this Blog Award from Canica over at http://shoestringscrapbooking.typepad.com/ :) Thanks Canica for the award.

As a recipient of the award, you must do the following;

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2011-02-21T20:04:00.000+02:00

Happy Monday everyone!!! I have a sweet LO to share with you today! Kathy over at Lets Scrap has an amazing challenge going this week. You need to go on over and check out Challenge 85!!! The theme of the challenge is texture and Kathy has give a few requirements of introducing texture to your LO.

My niece Claire took some beautiful photos of her cute kiddos playing dress up. I have scrapped a page of Meegan a few weeks back and decided to use these pics of her dressed up in her mom's wedding dress.

We had loads of choices to make from a list that Kathy gave us. I used most of the items. We had to use paint and make at least one embellishment. I made all my flowers.

I also used my Slice machine to cut out the heart and butterfly.

Don't you just love the pic of sweet Meegan sitting in the chair looking like a jilted bride!!!! I had so much fun with this challenge.

Go on over to Lets Scrap and check out Kathy's challenge!!

Till next time take care.

Hugs

Bev

Sketch 2-8 at Frosted Designs

2011-02-20T16:28:00.000+02:00

Wow!!! Did I enjoy my weekend. I once again appreciate my weekend. When I was not working I did not understand why the family would be hanging for the weekend ~ but one week back at work and I understand all over again!!!!

There is a real awesome sketch over at Frosted Designs. I loved the sketch because it allowed you to be as creative or as plain as you liked. Thanks fern for a great sketch!!!!!! Here is the sketch to use for inspiration!

I used pics of Claudia (surprise, surprise). I have entered a "Scrap your Stash" group and so I am determined to make a huge dent in my stash before I buy anything new.!!! I used some Bo Bunny paper that I have had in my stash for ages. Luckily it was just right for the color in the pics. This is my LO

I sprayed Glimmer Mist on the doily and used a Martha Stewart border punch for the title card! Flowers, brads and photo corners are all things I have had in my stash forever!!

That's it for this week. Hope you have a great week ahead!!

Hugs

Bev

Blog Hop Winner for my Resolution and a New card Sketch

2011-02-17T20:32:00.000+02:00

Well !!!! What a month we have had over at Lets Scrap. Our Blog Hop landed up being an amazing success. The gallery was jam packed with AWESOME LO's and cards, made by really creative people!!! I can't believe the talent that is out there!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I have picked a winner for my Blog Challenge and she is DRUM ROLL PLEEEEEASE.....

JOYCE AKERS

Well done Joyce ~ thanks for taking part. Thanks to all the other gals that entered my resolution......sorry there had to be one winner. You are all awesome!!!

Right...even though we had an amazing Blog Hop, that did not stop normal business over at Lets Scrap .

We have another awesome sponsor this week. Check this out!!!!

Our randomly drawn sketch challenge winner will get this lovely pack sponsored by Precious Memories .

Take a look at this cool card sketch that Debby designed for us. Give it a try!!

This is my take on the sketch.

So that's it. I am well settled at work (sounds real funny to say that.) I love it, the people are great and I love what I am doing. It has definitely slashed my scrapping time ~ but I appreciate my "ME" time more now!!

Take care. Remember to take an hour or so to be kind to yourself.

Hugs

Bev

Lets Scrap Hoppy New Year Blog Hop

2011-02-14T08:10:00.000+02:00

THIS POST WILL REMAIN AT THE TOP OF MY BLOG UNTIL THE 14TH FEB. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR NEW POSTS

At long last the day has arrived. YAY it's time for our Hoppy New Year Blog Hop over at Lets Scrap . Lets Scrap is an amazing, fun site to belong to. The people are friendly, there is always loads of inspiration and lots of cool competitions.

Every Wednesday there is a sketch posted ~ our talented DT showcase their LO'S and then members have a week to complete their LO. A random winner is chosen and so everyone beginner or advanced has a fair chance of winning a prize from our awesome sponsors.

There are also weekly DT challenges, question of the week, monthly competitions and a forum that always has an interesting topic to discuss!

Now to the serious business of the BLOG HOP. The hop starts today (14th January, 2011) and runs through to Monday 14th February, 2011 at 23h59 central time. That means you have a whole month to complete the 15 RESOLUTIONS (challenges) that our DT, CDT and administrators have got going. There are also some great challenges to be found in the FORUM from one of our members who does not have a blog, so be sure you check that out.

All the BLOG HOP RULES are posted in the forum ~ but this one is real important. Everyone who enters a challenge in EVERY RESOLUTION will be in line to win the grand prize which looks like this DRUM ROLL PLEASE..........

So be Sure to get those challenges posted in the Lets Scrap gallery. The other rule that you have to stick to, to win the grand prize is to become a follower and leave a comment on EVERY BLOG taking part in the hop.

Here is a list of the amazing blogs you will be visiting along the hop:

Resolution #1: Betty Anne
Resolution #2: Kristin
Resolution #3: Beth
Resolution #4: Cori
Resolution #5: Carolina
Resolution #6: Roulien
Resolution #7: Kristie
Resolution #8: Bev - you are here
Resolution #9: Mandy
Resolution #10: Megan
Resolution #11: Wendy
Resolution #12: Debby
Resolution #13: Dawn
Resolution #14: Tracy
Resolution #15: Amy

You should have arrived here via KRISTIE . If you have not please go back and start at Betty Anne's blog, so that you don't miss a chance of winning our GRAND PRIZE!!

RESOLUTION #8

My challenge to you is to create a LO using a Lets Scrap sketch, black and white photos and a blue and yellow embellishment on your LO. I used the LHS page of sketch LS128 and this is what my LO looks like

So happy scrapping. Please upload your entry into the gallery over at Lets Scrap . Tag it Resolution#8 no spaces, then a comma and then sketch number with no space either.

Become a follower of my blog and leave a comment. If you are already a follower I would love a comment.

On the 15th Feb I will be doing a random draw and the lucky winner will receive this small RAK from me. So be sure to check back on the 15th to see if yo are the winner.

Good luck!Thank you for joining in the fun. You need to hop on over to MANDY to see what she has to show you.

Hugs

Bev

Who Loves You Baby

2011-02-13T20:48:00.000+02:00

Hi Everyone. I am doing this post and then heading straight for my bed. Tomorrow I start my new job and I need my beauty sleep!!!!! I am so excited, I feel like a kid starting first day of school.......hehe.

I am entering this LO in two challenges. I don't often do that but here goes. The first challenge is for Sketchy Thursdays who provided this real cute sketch

The second is for the Fabulous Friday challenge over at Frosted Designs where we had to use the word LOVE on our LO's.

I have used some pics that were taken of Dorian and I at his pre-school graduation last year. The two blue flowers are handmade to match up with the papers I used. I so enjoyed making them, that I have decided that I am going to make a whole bunch of flowers using my scraps!!! Here is what my LO looks like!!

The pattern papers are from a South African range of papers called Scrap Sheets. I am way chuffed with the way it has turned out.

Thanks for looking. I am off to bed. Will catch up with you again soon.

Have a happy new week.

Hugs

Bev

A Walk on the Wild Side

2011-02-10T17:18:00.000+02:00

Happy day ~ I am now employed again!!!! How awesome is that. I start work on Monday 14th. So today I have been doing the happy dance!! Just can't stop twirling.........

The latest sketch over at Lets Scrap is a real CHALLENGE!!!! First off let me show you what is up for grabs for a randomly drawn lucky scrapper

What a fantastic prize!!!! NOW here is the sketch

This sketch was a real challenge. I wanted to use more of our holiday pictures. I chose the pictures we took on one of our many visits to the Addo Elephant Park. We love it there and spend loads of time driving through the National Park trying to spot game and birds.

On this day we were real lucky and spotted lions, elephants, buffalo and loads of antelope and sweet little creatures. I used all the little signs from the souvenir map as my embellishments. I love the way this LO has turned out!!!

That's it for today. Go on over to Lets Scrap and take a look at all the fun stuff going on. There are still a few days left to finish off some blog hop challenges ~ there are also two new awesome groups that have been started.

So off you go now ~ go take a look ~ you won't be sorry!!!!! LOL

Till next time

Hugs

Bev

Scrap Friendzy Blog Hop

2011-02-09T20:42:00.001+02:00

Second post for the day. Not often that happens, but I have just found out about this cool Blog Hop over at Scrap Friendzy . It starts today and they are also having a fun crop starting Friday. HERE is where you need to go.

Why not hop on over and join in the fun!!!!!!!

Just add Water

2011-02-09T12:46:00.000+02:00

Hello everyone. Happy hump day. Really hot and sticky today, so scrapping is the best thing to do. The sun is so hot outdoors that even the gardening is waiting for later on when it is a bit cooler. This week's sketch over at Sketch Thursdays looks like this

I have some really sweet pics of Claudia in the pool over Christmas, so I decided to do a fun summer layout. This is how it turned out!!

I love the fun summer feeling to to this LO. That's probably my efforts for the day. I have some paperwork that needs my attention, so no scrapping until tomorrow. By the way I am going for a job interview tomorrow, so please hold thumbs for me.

Till next time

Hugs Bev

Better late than Never

2011-02-06T17:59:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone. I have had a week from hell, but God is good and in turn we have been very blessed. The result of my awful week means that I totally forgot to post my LO for the Lets Scrap sketch. We have another amazing sponsor this week ~ this is what one lucky randomly drawn winner will win on Wednesday.

The sketch was used as the entry for the new DT and so this was their first reveal. There is some amazing talent, so go on over to Lets Scrap an get some awesome scrappy inspiration. This is what the sketch looks like

I have loads of really cool holiday photos to scrap and so did my first December holiday page with this sketch. We went to this tiny rural village called Bathurst. Bathurst is where Queen pineapples are grown in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. We visited the pineapple museum ( the photo is the huge pineapple), then we went to the Village Green and had lunch. It was an amazing afternoon. There was a band called The Silver Creek Mountain Band and they played the best mellow music!! We sat and had a beer and some real good food and laughed a lot. What wonderful memories I have of that day. Here is my LO.

How awesome is that HUGE pineapple!!!! The old church is right next to the Village Green at the Bathurst Arms. Good times!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for looking!!! Hope you have a wonderful new week!!

Till next time, Hugs

Bev

Fabulous Friday at Frosted designs

2011-02-02T10:52:00.000+02:00

Well another fabulous Challenge over at Frosted Designs . The Fabulous Friday challenges are always such fun and this week was no exception. Challenge was to create something with a MONOCHROMATIC scheme. I have made it my goal to do more cards this year and so when the challenge is not specific to a LO, I have decided that I will make a card. here is my card

I loved the way this card turned out. It is very basic but I still like it.

Head on over to Frosted Designs and take a look at the cool stuff going on there!!!

Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Bev

Sketchy Thursday 1.27

2011-02-02T10:38:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone. Hope all those who are experiencing bad weather conditions are keeping themselves safe!!!

I saw the Sketchy Thursday 1.27 sketch on Facebook and thought I would give it a go. The sketch Looked like this

My niece Claire took some amazing pics of her kiddies playing dress up. I loved these two of Meegan in her high heels. She just looked too darn cute.

So sweet. The joke of it is that she is the biggest tomboy and loves nothing more than a rough and tumble with her older brother.

Thanks for looking happy day!

Hugs

Bev

The last of the Resolutions Completed

2011-01-31T20:20:00.000+02:00

YAAAAAYYYY!!! I finished all the resolutions over at the Lets Scrap Hoppy New Year Blog Hop. And did I have loads of fun doing it.

I set off with the intention of not buying anything new by way of scrapping stash and not printing any new pics. Well I did not do too bad at all. I only printed one set of "new " pics and only bought paper for one resolution. So all and all, I am pretty happy with myself. Let me show you the last three resolutions that I completed.

Resolution Number 13

Dawn's challenge was a cardstock only challenge. No patterned paper allowed. Everyone seemed to be embossing their paper - problem is I don't own any type of embossing tool. I put the thinking cap on and remember that somewhere long ago someone had told me about using your stamps with bleach. So I did that on one sheet of pink cardstock and then stamped and used embossing powder on the other. I had photos that I had taken of Claudia ages ago and the pink worked fine. I made my flowers from pink and brown cardstock!! I love the finished product~~~~

Resolution Number 14

What a cool challenge Tracey had worked out. The choice was either a card or a LO using 1 piece of ribbon or lace, 2 patterned papers, 3 flowers and 4 bling.

I don't normally enjoy cards as much as scrap booking and think it has something to do with working on a smaller scale. Anyway I took a bash at the card and I love it.

Resolution Number 15

The last resolution was hosted by Amy and was a color challenge. The colors were teal, yellow and grey/silver and somewhere on your LO the word "happy" had to be included.

I had previously completed a double page LO with photos of Warrick and Kerry - Kerry claimed it to put in a frame!!!! So I had one of the photos left and it sort of worked with the colors. This is the resolution I ended up buying paper for.

I completed the LO - loaded it in the gallery AND THEN realised I had forgotten poor old "happy"....... So I quickly stamped Happy in the corner and reloaded my LO. Lesson learnt READ THE INSTRUCTIONS PROPERLY!!!!!

So that brings my Blog Hop Resolutions to an end!! Best I get stuck into some DT LO's now....hehe. Don't forget that the BLOG HOP only finishes on the 14th February. So you still have plenty of time to visit Lets Scrap and stand a chance of winning some fab prizes.

Well that's it for January - how scary is that!!!

Thanks for taking a look - feel free to leave me a comment please.

Hugs

Bev

Some more completed resolutions!

2011-01-30T21:20:00.000+02:00

Well.what fun I have had doing the Blog Hop Resolutions over at Lets Scrap. If you have not been over there to take a look at what is going on ~ you need to visit right now!!! There are loads of prizes to be won whether you are a scrapper or a card maker. Go on over and take a look!!

Here are some more completed resolutions.

Resolution Number 10

Megan set a challenge to use trash from around your house as something on your LO. This was difficult for me, because I use a lot of old stuff to scrap normally, I used the packaging from some Prima flowers to make my photo corner!

My photo is all the cousins taken about sixteen years ago. There are not many photos of all the cousins together. That makes this one quite special!!!

Resolution Number 11

Wendy set a challenge that said use blue, white and silver. My daughter in law has a birthday at the end of February so I made her this birthday card. I am real chuffed at how it turned out. I think Denise will love it!!!!!!!

Challenge number 12

Debby set a challenge that required us to use eyelets. This is not one of my favorite things to do.Anyway I used this card sketch that lent itself to using eyelets and managed to create a half decent card ( well that is what I think anyway!!!!)

So that takes me to challenge 12 ~ three more to go. You will have to visit tomorrow to see my last three reveals.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Please leave a comment, so that I know you have stopped by. Till next time ~ take care and be safe!!!

Hugs

Bev

Cool Echo Park Give Away

2011-01-28T09:14:00.000+02:00

Who does not like the idea of a cool give away??? Well if you want to end your week on a high why not head on over to Frosted Designs and check this out. They are giving away this gorgeous ECHO PARK PACK when they reach the 500 follower milestone. SOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! head on over HERE and get yourself entered into the draw.This is what the prize pack looks like:

They also have A new Friday Challenge and a really cool sketch for their Tuesday Sketch Challenge. Definitely worth a visit!!!

Till later

Hugs

Bev

New Sketch at Frosted Designs

2011-01-27T11:36:00.000+02:00

Things are a bit more back to normal at last!!!!!! Frosted Designs has a new sketch for their Sketch Along Tuesday Challenge. A gorgeous sketch that you can do so much with.

I found a whole bunch of photos of my mom when I was going through her stuff last year when she passed away. I have slowly but surely been putting together a heritage album. This is a photo of my mom and two of her sisters taken in the early 1950's. This is how my LO turned out.

The photo is really poor quality so I did not want to put too much on the page in case the photo was over powered. Anyway go on over to Frosted Designs and check out there cool site. They have a Friday challenge every week and a tutorial on A Sunday!!!

Till next time ~ thanks for looking!!!

Hugs

Bev

Time for a New Sketch at Lets Scrap

2011-01-26T19:33:00.000+02:00

WOW!! How hectic has my life been over the last week or so!. Sadly my last remaining uncle passed away. He lived in Pietermaritzburg, so we travelled to his funeral on Friday (about 500 kilometres). It was a sad occasion but good to see my cousins again and my one remaining aunt.

It is also time for our puppies to leave and that has also been sad. They are so cute and I just wish that I could keep all of them ~ not going to happen!!! My sweet husband has agreed that I can keep one of them, so I have a new baby called Bella.

There is still so much going on over at Lets Scrap . The blog hop is in full swing and boy oh boy are there some creative people out there!!!! We also still have the Julie Bonner Sketch competition running. Only a few days left to enter that. Then we have our last sketch for January. How scary is that??? The random draw prize that is up for grabs looks like this

This is the cool sketch that we got to work with

I loved working with the sketch. Used some photos I had of Dorian opening his birthday presents. Just check out the absolute delight on that dirty little face.

The pattern papers from Bella Boulevard Super Stud range just fitted in so well with the colors of Dorian's clothes.The star die cuts were all cut with a Slice machine. The rub-ons are from Kaisercraft and the small banner flags are from a sticker sheet from Echo Park. I love the way this turned out.

We have announced the new DT over at Lets Scrap so make sure you don't miss their first reveal next week!

Thanks for looking. Please leave a comment when you visit!!

Hugs

Bev

More Blog Hop Resolutions

2011-01-20T22:36:00.000+02:00

Hi all. Things are going a bit rough at the moment on the personal front and so my crafty friends are keeping me going. Thank goodness for the blog hop over at Lets Scrap . It keeps my mind active and helps me to relax. I have completed a few more resolutions!!!

Resolution #6 hosted by Roulien . Roulien has a valentine themed resolution. Go on over to her blog and check it out!! Here is my take on her challenge ~ I so suck at cards - but hey try and you might get lucky!!!

So that is what I came up with!!!!

Resolution # 7 is hosted by Kristie . Kristie wants a LO to include a banner! I have tried not to print any new pics for this blog hop and I had these pics of Warrick and Kerry when they were still real young! Don't have many photos of them when they were small so these are special

How cute are these photos. They are the same age as what the grand babies are now. How scary is that!!!!

I am Resolution #8 ~ so next is Mandy . Mandy has a real fun challenge. It is all about laughing and fun!! My photos are awful ~ but they were such fun!!! Take a look!!!!

How awful are those pics, but I will always remember the funny side!!

So that is where I am at with the blog hop. Please visit Lets Scrap and check out the fun challenges. The hop only finishes off on the 14th February. You still have loads of time!!!

Thanks for looking. Until next time ~ keep safe!!!

Hugs

Bev

Some more Resolutions From the Hoppy New Year Blog Hop

2011-01-19T21:00:00.000+02:00

Well are we having loads of fun over at Lets Scrap . Our Blog Hop is HOPPING. The gallery has never been so busy with members loading their "resolutions". If you want to join in the fun you still have loads of time. We have fifteen amazing "resolutions" that you need to complete and you have until the 14th February to do it.

Each Blog host also has a fun RAK to give away, so even if you don't have time to finish all 15 Challenges ~ try your luck on some of the individual ones.

I want to share some of my LO's that I have completed so far. Resolution #3 hosted by Beth . Beth's challenge was to use at least three patterned papers and to include some form of stitching on your LO. This is how mine turned out

My challenge to myself for this Blog Hop was not to print any new photos or buy any new products. So far so good! This is a photo my niece (and God child) Claire sent me of her sweet family. I love the way this LO has turned out.

Resolution #4 hosted by Cori . Cori's challenge was to create a LO that had to have a list on it! I had beautiful photos of my sweet doggy babies. I used a pic of Jorge our little male Pekingese. Here it is!!!

Has he not got the sweetest face????? Gotta love him!!!

Resolution #5 hosted by Carolina . Carolina wanted us to create a LO and not open a new pack of anything. Well I don't think there is a scrapper among us who does not have a load of odds and ends about. So this challenge was real cool. Helped to use up some of the old stash!!! I used pics of my two grandchildren and their little friends who were supposed to be going to sleep Hahaha.

I love this LO. The pics are so cute.....look at those naughty faces!!!!!

Well for now that is it. Be sure to check in again as I work my way through the Resolutions. If you want to join in the fun go on over to Lets Scrap and join us.

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time ~ take care.

Hugs

Bev

WHOOOOOOOHOOOOOO I HAVE A BLOG CANDY WINNER

2011-01-16T11:57:00.002+02:00

Happy Sunday all my crafty friends. Hope the weekend is treating you well!!!

How exciting!!!!! I just got to choose (well I didn't random Number Generator did) my First Blog Candy winner and the Lucky winner is.......................TADADA

ANGELA and Angela had this to say

"Hy Bev,wow what a gorgeous candy.I'll be a new follower and put a link on my sidebar.Thanks for the chance to win.
Many greetings
Angela "

Angela, Please e-mail me your snail mail address to mcdonald.beverley93@gmail.com and I will get the candy to you straight away.

Thank you to all you amazing people who played along. I will definitely have another Candy give away SO WATCH THIS SPACE.

I am off to complete my next challenge for the Lets Scrap blog hop. Come on over and enjoy the fun with us.

Till next time

Hugs

Bev

First Two Resolutions Completed

2011-01-15T17:46:00.000+02:00

How exciting ~ our Blog Hop has started over at Lets Scrap and my word is there a lot of activity going on over there. YOU NEED TO GO RIGHT ON OVER AND TAKE A LOOK!!!!!!!

I have looked through all the challenges and boy oh boy there are some real cool "resolutions" to work on. I must admit to something ~ I battle with a mind that tends to wander and is sometimes not very organised ha, so I have decided to do this systematically and work through the challenges in the order that they appear ~ real boring hey!!!! but I will be so confused if I don't!!!!!

My LO for Resolution#1 which is a scrap lift challenge looks like this:

I am trying to go through this Blog Hop without buying anything new and using photos that I already have printed. I had this photo printed in 2007 when my daughter graduated from University. I was at my illest and so don't really like the pic. But I decided to scrap it today!!! Step in the right direction Heehee.

Resolution#2 which is a color challenge looks like this:

This is a photo that I printed to do a LO a while ago and then never got to do it. It is my daughter Kerry with grand daughter Claudia. They are so similar in nature that I sometimes feel sorry for my son, because Kerry has always been so strong willed and my son is going to have to go through the same thing with Claudia.

Well that it for today. Thanks for looking, hop on over to Lets Scrap and JOIN IN THE FUN!!!!!!

Hugs

Bev

Sketch Along Tuesdays 1-11

2011-01-13T17:24:00.000+02:00

Hi folks!! Hows your day going? It's a bit warm and muggy here today, but after all the terrible weather being experienced around the world I have promised myself that I will never moan about the weather again. Living in Johannesburg we are truly blessed with fairly good weather. They have predicted heavy rain for the weekend so I guess that means I will have a bit of extra scrapping time!!!!

Today I made a LO for the Tuesday sketch challenge over at Frosted Designs . This is what the sketch looks like

I am using these challenges to get some of my holiday pictures scrapped. This photo was taken at the Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape. We sat and watched the ellies (my Favourite animal in the whole wide world) for a long time and they would not turn around, so I photographed their bottoms....LOL. This is what the LO looks like

In keeping with the African theme I tried to draw an Acacia tree ~ probably won't win a prize for artist of the day, but hey it's an original. No one else has an embellishment that looks anything like it Heehee.

Why not go on over to Frosted Designs and try out some of their awesome challenges. There is also a Friday challenge going on at the moment.

One last reminder that my BLOG CANDY is closing on Saturday. If you haven't signed up for it yet HERE is where you want to go.

Happy crafting. Till next time keep safe and remember to always take some time out of your day to be kind to yourself!!!

Hugs

Bev

Shop Till You Drop

2011-01-12T14:04:00.000+02:00

Let me start today by saying that my thoughts and prayers are with all the people affected by the terrible floods in Queensland.

My sweet grandson started grade one today. The grandparents were allowed to go with this morning to be part of all the excitement. It was so sweet and a bit emotional ~ I can vividly remember his dad's first day at school!! I need to share this with you though because I thought it was so sweet. He said that he doesn't have butterflies in his tummy, he has dragonflies. How cute is that????

Today sees another sketch reveal at Lets Scrap. Today's generous sponsor is:

Cori Kozak, Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator
www.mycreativechat.com

We held a competition over at Lets Scrap where members were asked to submit their favourite LO ~ which Cheri could turn into a sketch. This week's sketch is based on the LO submitted by Marilyn Peters. Here is the great sketch that Cheri created.

We bought Claudia a shopping trolley with all the grocery tins and boxes. Dorian and Claudia spent the night with us before we went away on holiday and she brought her trolley with. We took all the ornaments off the unit in the lounge and that became her shop. She spent the night shopping and giving us food to eat and dog food.....She also decided her "pappa's" shoes were far smarter to shop in....LOL. I used the photos from that night to do my LO. Here is how it turned out

I used Crate papers and the chipboard die cuts are also from Crate paper. A Martha Stewart punch to do the strip border. I cut the banner out of cardstock and used rub-ons for her name. I used pearls along the punched border.

Before I sign off I want to remind you of a few EXCITING things happening over at Lets Scrap.

Our DT CALL closes on 20th January, 2011
We have an amazing JULIE BONNER sketch competition going that closes on 31st January, 2011
Our fun HOPPY NEW YEAR blog hop starts on Friday 14th January, 2011.

So as you can see its all HIP AND HAPPENING at Lets Scrap. Loads of inspiration and amazing prizes. Go on over and check it all out.

Thanks for looking!! Please leave a comment when you visit. That way I can return the compliment and visit you.

Hugs

Bev

Most Beautiful Girl

2011-01-10T19:21:00.000+02:00

Happy new week!! Today is the day that a lot of people started back at work after the summer holidays. The children who live in my province start back at school on Wednesday. So all in all a busy week ahead.

My grandson starts grade one on Wednesday. His school is so amazing because they are allowing grannies and grandpas to spend the first half an hour of the "first day of school" with the moms, dads and little ones. We will definitely be going along ~ armed with cameras of course.

I scrapped a beautiful LO today using Sketch #38 from Sketchabilities . The photos are of my granddaughter Claudia. They are such amazing pictures. She is so deep in thought ~ would love to know what was going on in her tiny little mind! I changed the photos to black and white and used My Minds Eye papers that I have had for a while.This is how my LO turned out.

I used plain ivory flowers and added some stickles and Kaisercraft pearls as flower centres. The corner rub-on is also from Kaisercraft. Border punch is Martha Stewart.

The Friday challenge over at Frosted Designs was to use three or more photos, so I am entering this LO into that challenge as well.

Thank you for looking. Have a wonderful week.

Hugs

Bev

WE NEED YOU ~ DT CALL!!!!!!

2011-01-09T20:50:00.000+02:00

One of my favorite scrappy places is Lets Scrap. If you would like to be part of an amazing DT and Scrapping Community then you need to GET ON OVER THERE FAST!!!!!!

We have a call out for new DT members starting for a three month period in February. If you would like to be considered create a LO using THIS sketch and e-mail your LO to Cheri at dance@tekstar.com

I can promise you that you will have loads of fun and make lots of new friends. SOOOO get the creative juices flowing and try out.

Hugs

Bev

Friends

2011-01-09T19:51:00.000+02:00

I am slowly but surely managing to get myself back into the routine of things! Today saw me complete LO's for a few challenges. I also had to sort my house out, after a night of "camping" with our two grandchildren. They slept over and we live in a tiny place, but they wanted a tent. So, reshuffle furniture in bedroom, take blanket and make tent ~ voila!!!!! two happy grand babies. We did have a load of fun and it was all worth it.

The sketch for 28th December's Sketch Along Tuesday challenge over at Frosted Designs was such a nice sketch ~ easy to fit to any theme. This is what the sketch looks like.

I kept my LO very simple ~ but I was brave ~ used some background flower paper even though it is a LO of two little boys. But it worked for me and I am well pleased with the way it has turned out. Pics are of my grands son Dorian and his friend Cole on Christmas day.

You need to hurry on over to Frosted Designs now as this challenge closes on Tuesday.

Don't forget to sign up for my BLOG CANDY HERE. Only one week left before I draw the lucky winner!!!!

Wishing you all a good week and thanks for looking!

Hugs

Bev

Back to Reality

2011-01-08T15:03:00.000+02:00

Well an amazing summer holiday has come to an end, and we are home safe and sound. A twelve hour road trip with two dogs and four six week old puppies was a bit exhausting ~ but we have all survived relatively unscathed!

I am once again a bit late in posting last weeks challenge from over at Lets Scrap but from now on I should be a bit more organised.

The prize offered this week is from

This is the lovely sketch that Cheri prepared for us.

I used these gorgeous photos of my daughter Kerry and her friends Sam and Alex. They found this awesome cocktail bar in Port Elizabeth (where we were holidaying), where they served the cocktails in teapots and jamjars. The teapot cocktails were all iced tea based and the jamjars were white rum based. I loved the photos ~ good fun was had by all!!!!! Here is my LO.

I have a huge amount of scrapping work to do, to try and get myself up to date. We are organising an exciting blog hop over at Lets Scrap. It starts on 14th January, 2011 and runs through to 14th February, 2011. Why not go on over and get some more details. There will be loads of wonderful challenges, awesome prizes and a chance to meet up with a whole lot of new scrapping friends!.

Also want to remind you to sign up for my BLOG CANDY HERE. I will be doing the draw on the 16th January, 2011.

Thanks for the visit. Have a good weekend.

Hugs

Bev

Last sketch of the year at Lets Scrap

2011-01-04T14:25:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone. I have been MIA for a while because our holiday has gone through a really hectic period. Our friends arrived from Johannesburg just after Christmas and so we have spent loads of time taking them around and showing them all there is to see down here in the Eastern Cape.

The highlight for me was a trip up into the mountains to visit a tiny village called Hogsback. It was AMAZING. We camped out - the first day was so hot that I was exhausted by nightfall. The second day we awoke to dense mist and a beautiful soft rain. Only bad bit was we had to pack up tents and all in rain. I had loads of fun as I don't mind he soft rain. Will definitely head back there when we get a chance.

To scrapping matters though. I am way late in posting last weeks sketch challenge from Lets Scrap. The prize was sponsored by the awesome folk over at

Cheri once again provided a wonderful sketch to work with.

I used photos of Claudia from when she was just learning to crawl. I have a huge amount of baby photos I still need to scrap, but the older the grandchildren get, the cuter they get, so I have fallen way behind with the baby pics! Here is my take on the sketch

Here are a few close ups

Why not take a look over at Lets Scrap and see what the other DT members have come up with.

Just a reminder to take a look at my blog candy HERE. I will be making the random draw on the 16th January.

Enjoy the rest of your day. I have a few more days of holiday left and will then be heading back to Johannesburg. Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Bev

Sketch #37 @ Sketchabilities

2010-12-24T19:34:00.000+02:00

What an amazing day I have had. We visited the Addo Elephant Park in the Eastern Cape. It is one of South Africa's National Parks that has the BIG FIVE as residents. When you visit the national parks here you are normally very lucky if you see just one of the BIG FIVE. Well today we saw three!!!!! How cool is that.

We saw elephants, buffalo and LION. That was the luckiest one of all because it is very difficult to see them normally. We spotted them sitting up on a bit of a hill. We stopped and watched for a while and sure enough they started moving and they walked right past the front of our car. SCARY!!!!!! but awesome....

Here are a few of the pics I took. These will definitely be part of a scrapping LO somewhere down the line!!

How awesome is that. We were soooooo lucky!!!!! Made our day really special. We are crazy about the bush, so this was amazing.

Now too scrapping business. I completed a LO for Sketch 37 over at Sketchabilities . Here is what the sketch looked like.

My DGS and his BF both lost their first tooth at the same time. This is a pic of the two of them giving me a huge smile to show their missing teeth. Too cute.

All that's left is to remind you to sign up for my blog candy HERE .

I want to wish one and all a very Blessed Christmas. Enjoy time with family and good friends!! Thank you for all the good wishes I have received.

Hugs

Bev

Sweet Card

2010-12-23T20:08:00.000+02:00

I have had such a fun day today! I spent the day on the beach with my Darling husband, exploring rock pools. We go home in the early afternoon and I spent the afternoon working on a LO for Lets Scrap DT.

Thought I was so ahead because I had completed all the December LO's by the middle of November.

What a shock when I realised that there is only one more December LO to go and the year is finished!!!! Anyway I obviously can't share that LO with you, but I also made a sweet card for our friends.

They will be arriving on Monday 27th to spend two weeks with us, before we all head back up to Johannesburg. My friend Averill loves these little caramel/chocolate yummy goodies that a local baker makes. They are called Dune Pies and so I have bought her some of those and made them a sweet card as a welcome when they arrive on Monday.

This is what the card looks like

Got the idea from one of the card making mags, but I honestly can't remember what it is called. I buy card making mags about three times a year. They are really expensive here because they are all imported.

Enjoy whatever is left of your day and remember in these crazy busy times leading up to Christmas, take a half an hour or so to be kind to yourself.

Hugs

Bev

Wednesday ~ which means Lets Scrap Sketch

2010-12-22T15:45:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone. Christmas is now literally round the corner. Hope all your preparations are going smoothly and that those who want a white Christmas will get it, and those that don't hope your weather clears. Unfortunately a white Christmas is not a reality that I could wish for if I stay is South Africa for Christmas, so I just take whatever comes along, which is normally a scorching hot day!!!!

This week we have a fun sponsor for the prize over at Lets Scrap.

Check out their sweet products here

http://www.etsy.com/people/PreciousPaper?ref=pr_profile

Here is the wonderful sketch that Cheri over at Lets Scrap prepared for us

I used pics of my niece's two gorgeous children, who were just playing round being silly. Love how my LO turned out.

Some close ups

Well that's it for another Wednesday sketch. That leaves one more sketch for 2010 and then we are into the new year.

Don't forget to have a look at my Blog Candy ~ HERE . Think how cool it would be to start the new year off with some new scrapping goodies!!

Till next time keep safe, warm, healthy and most of all Have fun!!!

Hugs

Bev

Frosted Designs Tuesday Sketch

2010-12-21T17:46:00.000+02:00

Well, I finally get to post a LO. I have withdrawal symptoms. I packed up a lot of my stash to bring with me on my holiday. I have the most beautiful spot that I sit and scrap at when we are in PE for our holidays. I look out of the glass door and see the small mountain behind our house. It is amazing. Anyway that is off the track of what I wanted to say. When we arrived and unpacked ~ DH had forgotten my one bag (the one with all my paper in) at home.

I must admit I did sulk for a while, but today I went into town and bought a whole lot of new paper. So I have spent the whole afternoon scrapping ~ and smiling again......LOL.

I loved the Tuesday Sketch at Frosted Designs last week.

My daughter, Kerry and her friend Sam have been down here on holiday since 10th December and so they have plenty of holiday photos already. The Friday Challenge at Frosted Designs was to use the word "family" or base your LO on family. I decided to combine the two challenges.

These two have been friends since second grade ~ they still giggle and screech like they used to all those years ago!!!!

I am finished scrapping for the day. Going to sit outside and enjoy a glass of wine with my Husband. Thanks for looking. Hope all the Christmas preparation is going fine. To those who are experiencing bad weather ~ be safe!!!

Hugs

Bev

I Made Top Three

2010-12-17T13:32:00.000+02:00

Hello everyone ~ finally at the sea YAY!!! We had a real gruelling road trip that lasted 13 hours yesterday. A lot of the way we drove through driving rain. To top it off we were travelling with our two dogs and there four three week old puppies. What a day. But God is good and we arrived safe and sound.

I saw this morning that I had made top three over at Frosted Designs with my ribbon card. How cool is that?? This is what my card looked like

Thanks to the team over at Frosted Designs. Go on over an take a look. Today brings a new challenge, which is family themed. Don't forget there is also the amazing Tuesday sketch.

Have a great weekend and hope all your Christmas preparations are going well.

Hugs

Bev

The Joy of Special Friends

2010-12-14T14:21:00.000+02:00

Only two more sleeps and we'll be off to the sea. I feel so excited, I can hardly wait.

We had a Christmas dinner with some of our friends last Wednesday night. It was such fun. The two girls organised it. We each had to buy a gift for R30-00 ($5). It sounds impossible, but it was so much fun, because everyone found such amazing things! We then played a game where number one chose a gift from under the tree, number two could either take number one's gift or pick one from under the tree. It sounds real complicated, but it was hysterically funny.

The only people who did not have to worry about their gifts were the grand children. Theres were safe!!!

I did a Christmas LO using the pics from our dinner. I used a sketch from Lets Scrap. Here is what it looks like.

I had loads of pics and so made a concertina book using the Christmas tree photo as the cover of the book. I don't normally do Christmas LO's and so I am quite happy about the way it turned out. Think I might even do a few more Christmas LO's this year.

Enjoy the rest of your day. We are having a yummy roast dinner tonight with special friends before we go away. Until next time, take care!!

Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy. The post is on top of my side bar!

Hugs

Bev

Card with Ribbon for Frosted Designs

2010-12-13T12:21:00.000+02:00

Hooray!!!!!! This is the week we get to go on our summer holiday! Looking so forward to being down at the sea, long walks on the beach and some real quality family time.

I came across Frosted Designs two weeks ago when they had their fabulous blog hop. I was so impressed by what they have going on over there. There Friday challenge was to do a LO, card or altered item and use some ribbon on it.

I had seen these flowers made with paper and ribbons in a magazine and decided to give it a go. This is the birthday card I came up with. It will be given to my SIL.

I liked the flowers a lot. Ideal to use up all your bits of left over ribbon. Head on over to Frosted Designs and take a look at all the other fabulous projects.

Have a happy week!!!!

Hugs

Bev

Number One Papa

2010-12-12T20:10:00.000+02:00

The new sketch over at Sassy Lil' Sketches is a real cool sketch for a simple LO with pics being the main focus. I loved it. This is what the sketch looks like:

I have very few photos of Gussy and the grandchildren together and so this LO was perfect for some pics that I took a few weeks ago. I loved these Echo Papers "A walk in the Park" range. This is what I created with the sketch

I really love these pics. Go on over to Sassy Lil' Sketches and check out what the amazing DT have come up with. Thanks for looking. Till next time ~ keep safe!! Don't forget to check out the link to my blog candy!!!

Hugs

Bev

WHOOOOOHOOOOOO I WON!!!!!!!!

2010-12-10T15:31:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone. This is a post that I can barely write coz I am that excited. I have just seen that I won the blog hop prize over at Frosted Designs .

How lucky am I. Let me show you what I won.

Is this awesome or what. Thank you everyone at Frosted Designs. Head on over there and check out the awesome challenges each week and what the amazingly talented DT come up with!!

Hugs
Bev

New Sketch at Lets Scrap

2010-12-09T12:37:00.000+02:00

Sorry I am only posting Wednesday's Lets Scrap challenge today, but we had a Christmas dinner celebration last night with good friends who we will not be seeing over Christmas.

This weeks sponsor is Paper Wishes and this is what they are giving to the lucky winner who will be randomly drawn.

Is this not a pretty package?

This is the gorgeous sketch that Cheri from Lets Scrap came up with.

This sketch screamed fun at me and so I chose to use real bright colors.I did a LO of Dorian and Claudia (surprise - surprise) I took them to the zoo during the July school holidays. We were only in the zoo for five minutes when they convinced me their legs were tired and I needed to hire a cart. I pushed them around the whole zoo and was exhausted by the time our visit was finished!!

Here is my take on the sketch.

Materials used:

Paper: Bo Bunny

Cardstock: Color mates

Brads: Bo Bunny Candy Brads

Acrylic Stamps for circle: Bo Bunny clearly stamps

Flowers: Hand made with scraps and doilies.

Go on over to Lets Scrap and take a look at what the other DT girls came up with. Try the sketch out yourself an put yourself in line to win the cool prize!!

Thanks for looking!! Till next time, be safe!

Hugs
Bev

My First Ever BLOG CANDY

2010-12-08T11:36:00.001+02:00

Hi everyone. Hope the day is treating you well.

I have been reflecting a lot lately on what the past year has meant to me. I have come to the conclusion that I have had a very blessed year. This also coincides with the fact that my blog is three months old (I was really nervous about starting it) and that I found this huge circle of amazing people who share my passion for scrapping - and I get to interact with them in my own sitting room.

I have put together a pack of goodies - the papers and chipboard die cuts are all proudly South African - papers and embellishments are from Art from the Heart range by Tracey Schimper.

In order to stand a chance to be in the draw to win these gorgeous scrappy goods you need to do only two things:

1) Become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment. If you are already a follower please leave a comment so that you will be entered in the drawing. Please also leave me a way to contact you should you win.

2) Please place my candy on your side bar with a link back to my blog.

The candy will run through to the 15th January, 2011 and I will do the drawing on 16th January.

I would like to wish one and all a very Blessed Christmas and all you wish yourselves for 2011. For those that will be travelling during the holidays, be safe!

Hugs

Bev

Blog Hop over at Frosted Designs

2010-12-06T14:52:00.000+02:00

Hi fellow crafters. Happy Monday to you all. Hope you have all had a good weekend.

There is a really exciting blog hop happening over at Frosted Designs. Loads of awesome prizes to be won and some real nice challenges. If you use the Frosted Designs Tuesday sketch, and add glitter to it you get to enter the sketch contest as well.

How cool is that. Two chances to win with one LO.

Here is the LO that I created. I painted the chipboard letter "C" and then sprinkled glitter on it. It does not show up that well on the photo. I also added Stickles to the doiley under the flowers.

Supplies:
Paper: Cosmo Cricket pixielicious, Winged Wishes
Rub ons: T.L.C.
Metal Disc: Making Memories
Doiley: Crate papers
Punch: Martha Stewart
Flowers: Petaloos
Odds and Ends: Glitter, chipboard letter, stickles

Go on over to Frosted Designs and check out the fun for yourself.

Thanks for looking. Till next time be safe.

Hugs
Bev

My Tooth Fell Out

2010-12-03T17:54:00.000+02:00

YAY YAY!!! Its Friday....weekend at last. This week seems to have been a really tough week. Glad that it is weekend. Some nice chilling time!

I was over at Soul Scrappers and saw this challenge, that did not seem too challenging (go figure) - but it was the kind of challenge I could deal with today! Create a layout and use photo corners on your page.

I had three photos of Dorian that I took when he lost his first tooth. I also had some Sassafrass Lass Applejack paper scraps and so I created this LO.....

Dorian got R10-00 left in his shoe for his tooth. I asked him what he was going to buy with it. He said a PSP. I said you don't have enough money for a PSP ~ Oh yes says he....you just give the man in the shop five and he gives you a PSP. LOL....if only!!!!

All the paper on the LO is from Sassafrass Lass, the tooth mouse and teeth are handmade by me and the rub-ons for the title are Color Rubz by Scrap Works.

Hope you have an awesome weekend. Thanks for looking. Until next time....

Lotsa love
Bev

New Sketchabilities Sketch

2010-12-02T18:49:00.000+02:00

What a day I have had today. I looked after my DGD for the day. She is two years old, and as woman in the supermarket said to me today "small girl, big attitude". She is just so sweet because she listens to everything and soaks it up like a sponge ~ then she repeats it when you least expect it!

Karan has a really cool new sketch over at Sketchabilities. Here is what it looks like.

I have a ton of photos that I still need to scrap from when our grandchildren were much younger. I loved this sketch and decided to use one of those pics. Here is my LO:

Some close ups

Claudia was exactly two months old. I feel real good about getting old pics scrapped. It's just that the new ones are so exciting sometimes, that I rather do them.

Pattern paper: Crate paper Restoration Range

Cardstock: Bazzil

Embellishments: Crate Restoration Range

Flowers: Prima and Petaloos

Rub Ons: Topline Creations Sweet Flourish

Thanks for looking. If you feel so inclined please leave a comment and I will visit you!

Lotsa love

Bev

Off The Beaten Track

2010-12-01T19:36:00.000+02:00

It's Wednesday, which means it is Lets Scrap sketch reveal day. As usual Cheri did not disappoint. This is what the sketch looks like -

We visited in Lydenburg towards the end of October. On our way home we turned off onto a little dirt road and came upon this real peaceful, beautiful place. We walked for a while and found the waterfall. Lovely spot. This is what I did with the sketch -

Pretty place - I love travelling around and going off on a quiet road, you never know what you might find!!

Head on over to Lets Scrap and take a look at what the other DT members came up with. Maybe enter your own LO. This is what is up for grabs this week, a $20.00 gift certificate from:

Thanks for looking.

Lotsa love

Bev

You are a Superstar

2010-11-30T21:10:00.000+02:00

Hello again. Hope you are having a wonderful day. I attended my Grandson's graduation day from pre-primary to grade one on Wednesday. It was so sweet and I could not believe how emotional I felt. Anyway I received a pack of his official photos and combined them with some pics that we took on the day to create a LO.

I used a sketch from Cheri over at Lets Scrap. It is the perfect sketch because there is a giant pocket to store all the memorabilia from the day. Inside the pocket I put the invitation to the graduation and Grade one orientation, the programme from the graduation, his report card and a letter I wrote him telling him how proud I am of him.

The journalling is the remark that his teacher wrote on his report card.

Cardstock: Colormates
Patterned paper: Breezy designs
Stickers: 7 Gypsies and Me & My Big Ideas
Rub ons: Color Rubz by Scrap Works
Punch: Martha Stewart

Enjoy the rest of your day. Thanks for looking!

Lotsa love
Bev

Precious - Sassy Lil' Sketch 28th November

2010-11-29T21:05:00.001+02:00

I wasn't sure if I would get this one done today, so I get to do two posts......makes up for the times when I go through three or four days with nothing to post. This is the new sketch at Sassy Lil' Sketches.

The photos I used are the cutest pics. My niece Claire's daughter and my nephew Kyran's daughter look like two little old women, discussing their tired feet and then grabbing their handbags when the bus arrives. I just love the photos!

Don't you think they are just soooo cute.

Pattern papers - Cosmo Cricket Pixielicious Range.
Cardstock - Bazill.
Rub ons - Breezy Designs
Flower Stamp - Studio G

Go on over and visit Sassy Lil' Sketches . Check out the cool LO's.

Thanks for looking. If you have visited please leave a comment, so that I can visit your blog.

Lotsa love
Bev

Scrap Whispers Blog Challenge

2010-11-29T13:55:00.000+02:00

Scrap Whispers had a really cool blog challenge in the middle of the month. It was a concertina Christmas card. I have never made a card like this and I really enjoyed it. Head on over to Scrap Whispers and check the tutorial out. A novel idea for a different take on a Christmas card. Here is how mine turned out!

Thats it for now. I might have something to add later. Thanks for looking!

Lotsa love

Bev

Flower Girl

2010-11-28T15:20:00.000+02:00

The new Sassy Lil' Sketches sketch is already out and I am only completing my LO for the last one now, and I did not even have Thanksgiving in between.

Here is what the sketch looked like -

I really loved the thought of all the squares of paper. Having finished my LO now, I am not that sure whether I am 100% happy ~ but I guess that you can't love everything you do. Sometimes your page just won't turn out the way you imagine it in your head.

Here is what I did -

Why not go over to Sassy Lil' Sketches and check out what all the other LO's look like. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

If you have visited, please leave a comment so that I know you have been here! Thanks for Looking.

Lotsa love
Bev

My Challege at Lets Scrap

2010-11-27T15:22:00.000+02:00

This is my challenge over at Lets Scrap. I would love for you to go over and have a go at using a Lets Scrap sketch and making your own flowers.

Hi guys. My turn to set a challenge this week. At the moment I have a fascination for homemade flowers.

So, I want you to do a LO using a LS sketch and at least one homemade flower. It does not have to be an intricate flower ~ you can cut a flower out of your patterned paper, use your cricut, slice machine, stencil or anything else you have as long as you have at least one homemade flower on your LO.

To give you a little inspiration I am listing a few really cool tutorials for flowers that are a bit more challenging ~ but good fun to try, if you have the time.

http://simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.com/2010/09/sweet-rose-tutorial.html

http://www.swirlydoos.com/page.php?21

http://www.swirlydoos.com/page.php?18

http://www.swirlydoos.com/page.php?15

http://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com/2010/10/blog-post.html this one is especially cool

http://forscrappingoutloud.blogspot.com/2010/06/scrunchy-flowers-tutorial.html

Hope you have loads of fun being creative with flowers!

Tag your LO challenge78 no spaces, don’t forget to tell us what sketch you used, and load it in the gallery before midnight on Friday 3^rd December, 2010.

I have put together a Proudly South African RAK for the randomly drawn winner.

Here is my LO inspired by Wendy G and using sketch 9-6-10.

Don't you think Meegan is an absolute little darling? We visited my niece Claire and her family recently and Meegan wanted me to photograph her "modelling". Too cute!!!

Thanks for Looking. Please leave a comment if you have visited. I would love to visit your blog in return!

Lotsa love

Bev

Scrap Whispers Challenge

2010-11-25T23:03:00.000+02:00

I loved the latest challenge over at Scrap Whispers. Challenge number 83 had to be a summary. I had a photo of my DGS on his fifth birthday. I also had cool photos of him on his sixth birthday in August this year. I did an interview with him on his birthday and so used that as my summary. This is what the journalling reads:

Q: Best friend A: Liam
Q: Favourite food A: Cucumber and watermelon
Q: Favourite movie A: Big Green
Q: Best activity at school A: Cutting out
Q: Best weekend activity A: Football and baseball
Q: Favourite sport A: Football
Q: What do you want to be when you grow up A: Astronaut
Q: Favourite thing about your sister A: Her hugs and kisses
Q: Favourite TV show A: Sponge Bob Square Pants
Q: favourite thing to do at Home A: Spend time with my mom and dad

I enjoyed doing this LO.

Papers: Sassafras Lass Applejack Range
Stars: Cut with slice machine
Rub Ons: DCWV Doodling rub ons.

Thank you for visiting. Please leave a comment if you have visited and then I can return the compliment and visit your blog!

Lotsa love
Bev

New Sketch Reveal at Lets Scrap

2010-11-24T16:53:00.000+02:00

Hi from a very thundery Johannesburg. Knew it was going to come pouring down today because it has been hot and muggy all day.

Today the sketch over at Lets Scrap is so cool. I loved this sketch. Have a look and see what you think?

I decided to create a collage with my photos for the RHS page so that I could fit more photos on the LO. My photos were taken in Lydenburg when we went to visit Claire and Morne (my niece and her DH). They took us to this really cute place called Hops Hollow. Hops Hollow's claim to fame is that it is the highest (altitude wise) brewery in Africa. How cool is that!!!

It was a fun place to visit and the fact that it was misty and raining up in the mountains made the atmosphere amazing.

Go on over to Lets Scrap and check out what the other DT members have come up with.

Enjoy the rest of Wednesday. Please leave me a comment if you have visited as I would love to visit your blog as well.

Lotsa love
Bev

Luv U Dad

2010-11-23T12:07:00.000+02:00

Hi Again! I had such fun doing this LO for Jennifer's challenge at Lets Scrap. Recipe was, and I used

something old - brad from my stash
something new - made the best dad embellies
something borrowed - Kerry's corner punch
something blue - paper.

The photos were taken on Sunday when we went to visit Warrick and Denise. Warrick has been so ill and he was relaxing under the tree on a blanket. Claudia and Dorian thought it would be fun to jump on him.

It was so sweet because they would not say "cheese" they were saying "love you dad" instead.

Paper: American Crafts - Brights Bundle

DCWV - Doodle Rub Ons

Flowers - Upikit Rub Ons

Photo Corners - Fab Scraps Corner Punch

Best Dad Embellies - Handmade

Title and Sun - Cut out with Slice Machine

Have a happy day and if you visit, please leave me a comment. Would love to repay the compliment and visit you in return.

Lotsa love

Bev

Lots of Exciting "Stuff" Happening.

2010-11-22T20:29:00.000+02:00

Hi another week closer to our holiday. Looking forward to seeing the SEA again!! Can't wait. I don't have anything creative to share today, but I wanted to remind you of some real fun Stuff happening at Lets Scrap'

If you have a special LO that you think Cheri could create an exciting sketch from, why not enter it in the January Sketch Competition and you could put yourself in line to win some fun Scrappy Goodies. Check out the details on Lets Scrap and e-mail your LO to Cheri.

Debbie is running a Christmas card swap, which should prove to be a lot of fun. If you would like to feel the excitement of receiving international mail ~ why not put your name on the list. Cards have to be sent out by the 1st December so you still have time to get your cards done Check out the details at Lets Scrap.

Jennifer has a cool DT challenge this week. Create a LO using the following elements.

something old
something new
something borrowed
something blue.

That's it from me. I am busy with my LO for Jennifer's challenge and will hopefully get to post it tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for visiting.

Lotsa love
Bev

Some real Cool Candy

2010-11-20T12:13:00.000+02:00

Hope you having a chilled Saturday. I sure am. Not doing much at all. You need to visit Wee Memories and check out their real cool candy. This is what it looks like.

Click HERE and take a look. Winner will be drawn on 30th November, 2010.

Lotsa love

Bev

Sassy Lil' Card Sketch.

2010-11-18T16:50:00.000+02:00

Today it feels like winter again. We have gone from 86 deg F last week this time to 60 deg F today. It's crazy I tell you. I am real glad because I function way better when it is cooler!!! This week Sassy Lil' Sketches has a card sketch. I am determined to get better at creating cards and the only way to do that is to practice. This is the sketch that Cherie provided.

My card is very basic, but hey I tried!!!

Not too bad for a beginner. I do dream of the day that my cards will look as good as all the others do. I am dying to try the fancy stamping and coloring stuff, but I need to build up a whole lot of courage before I do that. I have bought all the "stuff" now I just need to wake up feeling brave....Heehee.

Until next time ~ take care. Please leave a comment if you visit, that way I can return the compliment and visit your blog. Thanks for looking!!

Lotsa love

Bev

It's Wednesday ~ Time for a new sketch from Let's Scrap

2010-11-17T15:54:00.000+02:00

Hello from a thundery Johannesburg. It's the third Wednesday of November (already) and that means we have a card sketch at Lets Scrap. This week Kimmy really threw us a curved ball and based her sketch on a quilting block. I am amazed at how everybody added their own twist to this card. Stop off at Lets Scrap and take a look at what the DT came up with.

All those who know me will understand that I really struggle with cards and so I found this one particularly challenging. Anyway the finished product was not too bad.

The paper I used is My Mind's Eye ~ Quite Contrary range. Stitching is DCWV rub ons. The flower was cut using a slice machine and the top layer covered with diamond glaze.

Thanks for looking. Please leave a comment so that I know you have visited. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Lotsa love

Bev

Clown Around

2010-11-16T15:46:00.000+02:00

I am teaching my six year old grandson how to do a blog post. He is sitting next to me asking all the questions under the sun. Maybe I should let him have his own blog. JUST imagine. He is already telling me his school holidays are going to be too long. Wonder what it is going to be like by the middle of January.

I went over to Sketchabilities via a blog that I visited and I came across their new sketch. Its really cool and I had a lot of fun doing my LO. Here is the sketch.

Dorian (my grandson) is so tired of the camera and so I very seldom manage to take good pics of him. He just clowns around and pulls funny faces. I have some Sassafras paper which was perfect for the pics I had.

This is the LO that I did.

Everything on the LO is from the Applejack Sassafras range except for the bracket. I cut that out of a piece of Dream Street Paper.

Thanks for looking. I would love for you to leave a comment, that way I could visit your blog in return. happy day!

Lotsa Love

Bev

Fun Color Challenge

2010-11-15T09:24:00.000+02:00

Another Monday arrives as the time seems to be flying by. We will be on our holiday this time next month and there is so much still to do before we go. Thank goodness we have woken to cooler weather this morning. It has been really hot the last few days, so I have loads of energy today!!!

The DT challenge over at Lets Scrap this week was a whole lot of fun. Kristin set a color challenge and this was the palette that we had to use.

I have not done this type of challenge before and so it was great fun. Kristin wanted us to use at least three of the colors (think she was being kind).

The photo I used is Meegan with the new puppy, Bella tied safely into the pram being taken for a walk. Gotta love it!!!

Don't you think that is the sweetest photo?

That is it for the time being. Have a happy and safe week. We have an exciting week ahead because our sweet Pekingese Gabriella is about to produce her puppies. Will definitely share some pics when they arrive.

Thanks for visiting. Please leave a comment if you feel so inclined. I would love to visit your blog!!!

Lotsa love

Bev

A NEW SKETCH and I WON

2010-11-10T19:04:00.000+02:00

It's Wednesday which means it is sketch day over at Lets Scrap . It is really weird not to be waiting for the sketch to be published because you have already done your LO. I think it is going to take me a while to get used to this whole DT thing. I am having fun though and the friends that I have made makes the weirdness worthwhile. The prize this week is sponsored by Darkroom Door and this is what you could win in the random drawing.

Pretty awesome hey. So here is the sketch - post your creation in the gallery at Lets Scrap , and who knows - next week your name could be the one drawn.

Here is my take on the sketch. We took Claudia to a picnic and all she wanted to do was see a duck. We knew there was a pond somewhere within the gardens and so set off to find it. It was a long walk but she kept going. We eventually found the pond and Guess What!!!! There was one duck. Clauds was so happy and so were we. We did not have to look any further.

Right that's the sketch part. The I WON part is that I was chosen as one of the winners for October over at Sassy Lil' Sketches . This is the LO that was chosen as a winner.

Thanks for that guys. I appreciate it.

Well that is it for today. Thanks for looking and if you feel so inclined please leave me a comment. This means that I can then return the compliment and visit your blog.

Lotsa love

Bev

A New Sketch at Sassy Lil' Sketches

2010-11-08T17:43:00.000+02:00

Well a new week is upon us again. Another week closer to our holidays. Just desperate for a good summer rainfall, we certainly haven't had normal summer weather so far this year. Yesterday was the first sketch reveal for Sassy Lil' Sketches for November. I really liked the sketch and had time today to complete a LO using the sketch.

We went out on Friday night to visit Kerry's friend's parents. Kerry and Sam have been friends since junior school and I managed to take a few pics of them. Here is my LO. The main photo is Kerri - Sam's sister, then Sam and then my Kerry. A good looking bunch of girls, me thinks!!!

That is part of what I did today. Unfortunately, I can't show you the other LO That I completed because it is for my challenge over at Lets Scrap on November 26th. I promise you a fun challenge, so don't forget to head on over to Lets Scrap and see what the DT are up to and have a go at one of Cheri's sketches.

That's it for Monday. Enjoy the rest of your day. Please leave a comment for me if you visit, as I would love to return the compliment and visit your blog.

Lotsa love

Bev

A Cool Challenge and a Sketch.

2010-11-07T18:10:00.000+02:00

The November sketch over at Brittannahlee Stamp and Scrap is a really cool one page sketch. I had two beautiful photos of Denise and Claudia that I wanted to scrap. The only problem ~ what paper to use. I am trying really hard to do these challenges without buying new paper and embellies because I have so much in my stash. Anyway as it happened the paper that fitted perfectly was again the bright colored papers that I used for the challenge over at Scrap Whispers . So I have used the same paper collection twice this week!!! After that long story here is the LO.

Some close ups

The second LO I have to show you is for Debby's challenge at Lets Scrap. Debby challenged us to make use of our alphabet stickers that we have left over. So mixed up or cutting letters from other letters. My title is "The Owl House" and I used an upside down "M" as I didn't have a "W" and the stickers are from different sets.

The Owl House in Nieu Bethesda is one of the eeriest places that I have visited. So if you ever find yourself in the Great Karoo turn off the main road and go and pay it a visit.

That's it for this week. Hope the new week is kind to you. Please leave a comment if you have visited. That way I can return the compliment and visit your blog!

Lotsa love

Bev

As Long as it is Bright.

2010-11-06T17:58:00.000+02:00

This weeks challenge over at Scrap Whispers was to create a LO using only bright colors. I love this idea because I generally seem to use bright colors. I had been given a few photos of Dorian and Claudia on the beach in August. There were not too many photos and so it was the perfect opportunity to use them to do a one page summer LO. I have these lovely bright colored papers from American Crafts and so they were perfect for the layout.

Enjoy the rest of your day ~ mine has been a real lazy day!

Until I have more to share be safe! Please leave me a comment if you visit, as I would love to visit your blog in return!! Thanks for looking.

Lotsa love

Bev

Brown Eyed Girl

2010-11-04T15:06:00.000+02:00

Pat's challenge at Lets Scrap this week was as easy as 1-2-3. We had to create a layout using at least one patterned paper, at least two embellishments and at least three photos. The only other prerequisite was that we had to use a Lets Scrap sketch. I had this paper from Basic Grey that I wanted to use and so I changed my photos to sepia. I also made the flower myself. I am loving hand made flowers at the moment.Here is the LO.

Isn't she gorgeous? I do realise that that is a biased granny's opinion but what the heck. Anyway until I have some more creations to share, enjoy the rest of your day. Please leave a comment if you visit so that I know you have been around. Thanks for looking.

Lotsa love

Bev

New Design Team Reveal

2010-11-03T14:20:00.000+02:00

At last the new design team LO's have been revealed over at Lets Scrap . I have been so anxious to share my LO with you. As usual Cheri's sketch was lovely to work with.

We only had to create a LO using the LHS page for Design Team entries. Once DT was announced we could add the second page if we wanted to. My LO did not lend itself to another page and so I left it as a one page LO.

Well TA DA here it is!!!!

Loved the sketch and decided to scrap "ME" for a change. The flowers are all hand made (my new favourite thing to do). I am looking forward to my term on the DT at Lets Scrap . Why not stop over there and see what the rest of the new DT came up with. Enjoy the rest of your day.

Thanks for looking

Lotsa love
Bev

Ready for the Week Ahead

2010-10-31T21:22:00.000+02:00

Deb over at Soul Scrappers set a lovely challenge to use black and white photos and a "zip code". I had just completed a LO with those exact requirements using a sketch from Sassy lil' Sketches and so I have used the same LO for both challenges.

What a lovely weekend we have had. Spent the weekend with my niece in Lydenburg. We had a relaxing weekend and our rugby team won! What more could a girl want??? I need to share some photos with you of the hailstorm that we got caught in this afternoon on our way home from Lydenburg. We were so lucky because we drove up to the petrol station to fill the car and then the hail started bucketing down. We would have had to pull off the road if we had not gone into the Petrol Garage. Take a look at these.

It was real scary, but thank goodness we were safe and sound.

Have a good week and a good start to November. Thanks for visiting and please leave a comment so that I know you have passed by!!

Lotsa love

Bev

What a beautiful View

2010-10-30T11:31:00.000+02:00

I am doing this post from the verandah at my niece's house in Lydenburg. The view is amazing and it just reminds me what a beautiful country we live in.

I saw this lovely sketch at Sassy Lil' Sketches .

I loved the sketch and created this LO using photos of me when I was eight months old.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Lotsa love

Bev

Some more LO'S I've completed

2010-10-29T08:16:00.000+02:00

Had some real fun scrapping time the past few days. I managed to eventually complete a LO of Dorian's birthday which happened in August!!! I used this weeks sketch from Cheri at Lets Scrap again. This is the LO.

The party was at Barefoot Days and the children had so much fun. The ran around and played games the whole afternoon.

My next project was this weeks DT Challenge at Lets Scrap. Karien set a really sweet challenge. We had to create a shaped card. I know so many people who are having babies at the moment so decided to make a baby shower gift tag.

My last project for today was a sketch challenge over at Soul Scrappers. Here is the sketch.

This is my take on the sketch.

Another LO done from Dorian's birthday photos.

We are off to Lydenburg for the weekend to visit Claire and Morne. Have a great weekend everyone.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Comments are welcome and if you are not already a follower I would love for you to become one.

Lotsa love

Bev

The New Sketch Reveal at Lets Scrap

2010-10-28T08:45:00.000+02:00

Well it's that time of the week again when we get a new sketch from Cheri at Lets Scrap. This weeks sketch is so versatile, and has space for loads of photos or better still a CD envelope to hold all the photos of an event.

Here is the LO that I created using the sketch. I decided to do a wedding page using photos of my nephew and his beautiful bride. Thank you Kyran and Nicole for being such a good looking couple. The photos after all are always the most important part of any scrapping LO.

Here are some close ups of the LO.

Flowers are from Prima. Paper is water distressed and butterfly cut with Slice machine.

I used white lace and coloured it with Glimmer Mist. I then glued some pearls to the top of the lace.

Thank you for visiting. Have a good day. If you have the time, comments are always appreciated!

HAPPY MONDAY

2010-10-25T12:23:00.000+02:00

Last Monday in October. How scary is that. This year has flown by. Just back from the laziest weekend I have had in a very long time. We went camping for the weekend and it was so hot 36 degrees C at 10 in the morning (97 deg F) that we literally just vegged out in the shade the whole of Saturday. We laughed a lot (good for the soul), we ate a lot, and we enjoyed some white wine! Today it is back to reality and thank goodness, cooler weather.

Last Wednesday Lets Scrap revealed their once a month card sketch. Here are my two cards that I have created.

Anniversary Card

Birthday Card

Hope you have a great week. Thank you for the visit. If you are not yet a follower, it would be a pleasure to welcome you as one!

My Layout for Megan's Challenge on Lets Scrap

2010-10-21T14:09:00.000+02:00

The Design Team challenge over at Lets Scrap this week was set by Megan. Here is my layout for the challenge. Photos were taken on our holiday this year in May. We had a great time. Visited the Cultural village ~ fascinating to listen to all the customs and beliefs of the Shangaan tribe.

I have managed to produce the most amazing roses this spring. Tried to take some pics so I could show them off. Not sure if the pics do them any justice but here they are anyway.

The bush is full and it looks beautiful.

We are off to the bush tomorrow. We are going camping with some good friends. I can't wait just to relax and have the night sounds and starry skies that normally accompany a bush visit. As normal I will end up taking loads of photos and put myself under more pressure to get them all scrapped. I guess that is a good kind of pressure to be under.

Enjoy your weekend and thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.

EXCITEMENT IN THE McDONALD HOUSE

2010-10-19T10:19:00.000+02:00

Just had to share this with you. I made the DT at Lets Scrap. Received an e-mail yesterday to confirm that I was now a member of the new DT. Our term runs November through January and I am so excited to get started. The girls over at Lets Scrap are great. The sketches and challenges are awesome and there is always a friendly word from someone. Can't wait to post my first DT challenge.

Have a great day!!

2010-10-17T11:59:00.000+02:00

This is the latest Lets Scrap sketch. I absolutely love this sketch and know that I will definitely use it again. Cheri has an amazing ability to just keep on coming up with these stunning sketches.

This is my LO based on the sketch. The photos are Claudia playing in muddy water. This is when she is happiest.

I love the way this LO has turned out. This is my first attempt at a banner and I am proud of myself for getting it to look Like I know what I'm doing ......Heehee.

We took Claudia on a picnic yesterday. We had so much fun, but my word two year olds are HIGH MAINTENANCE. The funniest is everytime she doesn't get what she wants she says "I'm tired". The minute you say OK fine lie down on the blanket and have a snooze she decides she is fine. Here are a few pics of her at "her" picnic.

Going for a walk in search of a duck.

Having a hissy fit because she could not get her own way!

Trying to catch butterflies!

Having a quiet moment by herself.

I am going to spend the rest of my day scrapping and relaxing, preparing for work tomorrow. Hope you have a peaceful day and thanks for having a look.

Have a blessed week.

At Last I Can Scrap for a While

2010-10-12T19:01:00.000+02:00

These last few weeks have been hectic. I managed to find a temp job and I did not realise what a huge adjustment working full day would be. Anyway I was very blessed and it lasted for four weeks. I am now back at home full day, but if something else comes along I will definitely jump at it.

I am so excited because I was the lucky winner of the draw over at Brittannahlee Stamp and Scrap. Thank you so much guys!!

Don't forget that Lets Scrap DT call closes on 17th October. Go on over and have a look at the sketch. It is a really cool sketch.

This is my LO for Cheri's Sketch at Lets Scrap. These are some more pics of our weekend away at Mabalingwe. All the tiny visitors we had. The poor little bush pig got chased away with the broom.

This LO was also done for Colorful Creations. This one was done for the Girls, Girls, Girls group. LO had to be about one of your favourite girls and had to have the word "girl" in the title. This is my niece Claire's daughter, Meegan. She is a real cutie. This photo was taken when she was about two months old.

I scrapped this LO for a challenge over at Colorful Creations. It was for the Boys, Boys, Boys Group. Layout is not allowed to have any girls in it and this one had to have at least ten buttons and a chipboard piece. Dorian used to love acting for the camera. Now I have to bribe him to get a few pix.

Enjoy your week and thank you for visiting.

Giveaway at Brittannahlee Stamp and Scrap

2010-10-04T21:27:00.000+02:00

In honor of their new website Brittannahlee are giving away a lovely paper and embellishment pack. Why not go over and have a look at the new Brittannahlee website, leave a comment and a link from your blog back to them and you will receive some entries into their lucky draw.

ANOTHER WEEKEND COMES TO AN END!!

2010-10-03T18:19:00.000+02:00

My very first bit of news today is that I managed to get another LO published. I sent this LO into Scrap Affairs because they were lookng for Heritage Layouts. I am so happy to have been published. Just a bit sad that my mom is not here to share the excitement with me.

This was my take on Cheri's sketch 9-29-10 at Lets Scrap. Every Wednesday Cheri Releases a new sketch and it is always amazing to see all the different LO's that are based on the same sketch.

I could not resist these photos of Meegan and so this LO was done just for fun!!!. Meegan is my niece Caire's daughter. She is so cute and Claire always manages to get such amazing pics of her.

I doubled up on this Layout and used it to enter two challengs. The first challenge was Brenda's challenge at Lets Scrap. We had to make use of Glimmer mist somewhere on our LO. I have never used Glimmer Mist before and so I learned something new. The other challenge was Tackle me Tuesday at Colorful Creations.

Thanks for stopping by and having a look at what I have created. Hope you have an amazing week.

NEW CHALLENGE OVER AT LETS SCRAP

2010-09-30T12:06:00.000+02:00

What a cool surprise I got yesterday. My name had been drawn to win the scrappy goodies over at Lets Scrap for the weekly challenge. You must go on over to Lets Scrap and take a look at the fun sketches that Cheri posts. The new Wednesday sketch is a must do. Challenge number 9-29-10. Here is a pic of the sketch. Hope you try it.

Enjoy the rest of the week!!

A GOOD WAY TO START THE NEW WEEK.

2010-09-27T19:26:00.000+02:00

I had a nice surprise this afternoon when I got home from work. My LO with the photo of Allyssa wearing the white hat was chosen as the PICK OF THE WEEK at Colorful Creations. I must say that it would be very hard for anyone to resist that gorgeous face ~ so I need to say thanks to the little cutey pie!

I loved the Julie Bonner sketch at Lets Scrap and so decided to use it for our picnic page. Used some nice bright, summery feeling paper and punched loads of little flowers. Made my photos into a collage which meant that I could get a lot more photos onto the page. I did enjoy doing this page.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Have a good week!!!!

I Received a One Lovely Blog Award

2010-09-27T19:24:00.000+02:00

I got a wonderful surprise a couple of days ago. Betty Anne from http://letsgetscraphappy.blogspot.com/ gave me the One Lovely Blog Award. Thank you so much Betty Anne, it means a lot to me that you would pick my blog for the award.

You are to pick blogs you follow that you think deserve this award. I follow a lot of beautiful blogs and had quite a hard time picking. Please take a moment to visit these wonderful ladies, I know you won't be sorry that you did.

PD http://granddivascrappyplace.blogspot.com

Racquel http://mouseyface.blogspot.com

Jackie http://mybasketofscraps.blogspot.com

Deb http://debhorstreaterofsendablesentiments.blogspot.com

Rene' http://stampinginsunnysa.blogspot.com

Cathy http://whatsupwithcathy.blogspot.com

Until I have more layouts or exciting bits to tell you, that's it from me. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Chilling After a lovely Long Weekend

2010-09-26T17:54:00.000+02:00

What a lazy Sunday. I have had a lovely weekend. Visited friends on Friday (it was a public holiday in S.A.) and then went out for a picnic on Saturday. We went to the Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens. They are beautiful and well worth a visit. Anyway, lets have a look at some of the layouts that I have been busy creating over the last few days.

This first LO I'm posting today is the latest sketch from Cheri at Lets Scrap. We went away for a few days to Mabalingwe Nature Reserve. We sat for ages watching this little family of monkeys playing near our cottage patio. They were quite sweet, but also really naughty. They darted into the cottage next door and stole all their fruit.

This layout was done using the Tackle Me Tuesday sketch at Colorful Creations. I used the same photograph twice on the Layout, the first one is at normal settings and the second one has been enhanced. I think the layout is really pretty. Dorian and his little friend from school, at his birthday party.

This month we had a Julie Bonner sketch to do over at Lets Scrap. The prize is a whole load of Jillibean Goodies. I did a Lay Out called Simon Says. The photos were taken before Dorian's birthday party. They are so cute because Claudia is copying everything that Dorian is doing.

Don't you think this is just the sweetest little face. This is my nephew Kyran's little daughter Allyssa. LO was done for a challenge over at Colorful Creations. Only girls allowed and 90% of embellishments had to be flowers. Had a lot of fun doing this one.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog and have a blessed week.

WHAT AN UPSIDE DOWN WEEK!!

2010-09-17T17:15:00.000+02:00

After trying unsuccessfully for a while to find employment I had kind of given up! I was told "you are too old", "too much experience for this position" and a whole range of other excuses. The harsh reality is that there are so many people who are unemployed that for every vacancy they probably receive three or four hundred cv's and so it is just difficult to find anything. Well that is until I received a phone call from my friend on Wednesday. She said "would you like to do a temp assignment in Wadeville?" I said yes and started work on Thursday!! It is only temporary, but it gives me a start back in the job market after a five year period of no work! How awesome is that.

Of course the whole routine in our home has had to change and my scrapping time has been cut to a few hours when I get home, but hey working means more money to scrap....Heehee!!

Have finished two gorgeous LO's and will be posting them tomorrow. Still need to photograph them. Until then enjoy your weekend. Have fun, no matter what it is you choose to do.

CUTE LAYOUTS FOR THE START OF THE WEEK

2010-09-13T16:19:00.000+02:00

I had a good start to the week. My layout "Precious Kids" was chosen as the Pick of the Week over at Colorful Creations. Thank you to all the folk over at Colorful Creations!

The Design Team Challenge at Lets Scrap on Friday was to do a Grandparent page in honor of Grandparents Day On Sunday. I chose to do these photos of my mom with her grandchildren and her great grandchildren. While busy with the layout I realised that these are the only photos I have where all the grandchildren and great grandchildren are together with Gran. So they are actually quite special photos!

I have loved these photos since I saw them. Linda gave me a set of them last week and I knew that they would fit Cheri's sketch beautifully. The sketch was the Lets Scrap sketch

8-9-10. Claudia and Dean play so nicely together. When Claudia sees photos of Dean she goes "Deany, Deany". Kerry says these photos are definitely 21 st Birthday story photos.

Thank you for visiting. Enjoy your week and if you have the time, please visit again.

Lazy Day

2010-09-11T22:27:00.000+02:00

I have had a lovely day today. Went out early this morning to do the shopping, came home, scrapped for a while and then had friends over for a delicious curry dinner. I love to cook~the reason why I constantly have to watch my weight..LOL. I decided this morning to make a beef curry, so when we got back from shopping I got the curry going on the stove. Friends arrived at about five thirty, we had a glass of wine and then enjoyed a really great meal together.

I absolutely love this LO. COLORFUL CREATIONS sketch #2 challenge. Loved the sketch. I turned it on its side and used these lovely Crate papers that my brother bought for me in Australia. Photo is my daughter Kerry.

Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate you taking the time to visit my blog!!

A Whole Lot of Scrapping

2010-09-11T08:40:00.000+02:00

How nice to wake up this morning and have electricity. Yesterday we were without electricity the whole day. It came back on at 16H30. Imagine a whole day without your computer, radio, Slice machine...need I go on!!! Roulien's challenge on Lets Scrap last Friday was to do a LO of Summer Holiday photos, using a Let's Scrap sketch. I struggled with this a bit. My mojo went M.I.A. Nebertheless, I finally finished it and here is the finished product. LO is called "Down by the River". Photos are from our December holiday last year when we were all together at Sundays River.

Finally I got to photograph the pride of my life at the moment. My sweet peas that I have managed to grow. The COLORFUL CREATIONS challenge was to use the words "If I...." in the title or journalling. My title is "If I .....Plant the seeds spring will be beautiful" I enjoyed this LO. Had to think really hard about what to do and how to do the title.

The photos for the last LO today have been in my box of things to do and I just did not know what to do with them. Enter COLORFUL CREATIONS. Challenge ~ World changers. Straight away I knew my photos were at last going to be scrapped. Proves everything comes to those who wait.!!!! The bigger of the two photos is Nelson Mandela's statue in Mandela Square in Sandton. Took Dorian on the Gautrain and could not help myself acting like a tourist ~ just had to snap a photo of the statue. Second photo is when THE GREAT MAN made a surprise appearance at the 2010 football world cup final. Warrick (my son) was at the final and managed to take the photo when Mr Mandela came out on the field.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Have a fun filled weekend, enjoy whatever it is you have planned!!! To all my South African scrapping friends attending the convention ENJOY!!!!!!

More news from Wednesday

2010-09-08T08:36:00.000+02:00

My week started off really well when this LO was drawn as the winner for RAK over at SKETCHES4ALL. This was Brenda's challenge and had to be done with autumn colors and she needed us to use at least one flower. I was really brave and made my flower!! How clever am I..LOL. These are photos from my Daughter, Kerry's graduation day. A "proud mom" day indeed. Thank you for visiting my blog. I appreciate it. Have a wonderful day.

Another really cool challenge from COLORFUL CREATIONS. What usually happens is we are given a color scheme to work with. This time around we were allowed to choose our own color scheme. I don't often have photos with Dorian and I together and so these photos just had to be scrapped!! I love the way this LO has turned out.

COLORFUL CREATIONS CHALLENGES

2010-09-08T08:23:00.000+02:00

Morning everyone. It feels as if summer has arrived in Johannesburg. We have had amazing weather the last week. This challenge was a really fun one over at COLORFUL CREATIONS. It was a "lucky dip" and my LO had to have stictching somewhere on it. I love this photo of Claudia (my grand daughter) and that always makes it easier to do a lovely LO. Hope yoou enjoyed viewing it as much as I enjoyed doing it!!

TIME TO RELAX

2010-09-05T19:18:00.000+02:00

What a hectic few days I have had. It is so good to sit down at the computer and see what everyone has been up to. My dear friends celebrated their forty fifth wedding anniversay this weekend and we spent a really special time with them yesterday. My daughter ended up in hospital on Thursday afternoon and had her appendix removed on Friday. Thankfully she came home today and is now recovering. Today when I went onto Lets Scrap I had such a lovely surprise. They have a new section on their site called EYE CANDY, and my layout "little MISS" was selected by the design team to be the first "eye candy". The "precious kids" layout was for the sketch challenge over at COLOURFUL CREATIONS.

I loved the Lets Scrap sketch 9-1-10. I have had these photos of Dorian for two and a half years and Cheri's sketch was just right for the photos. Anyway, I think it is time to switch off and get myself ready to watch tonights TV movie. Thank you for stopping by.

SPRING DAY

2010-09-01T09:01:00.000+02:00

Hi Everyone. Well today is officially Spring Day in South Africa, and my word, what a beautiful day. I am so proud of myself. For the first time ever I have managed to grow sweet peas and our little house is filled with vases of beautiful smelling sweet peas! Shows we are never to old to learn something new. This is the LO I have submitted at Lets Scrap for challenge 65. It was a fun challenge. Requirements were: use yellow, cut your photo in four, and LO must have a butterfly on it. Visit Lets Scrap and have a look at the fun challenges every week. Thanks for visiting. Have a lovely day!

SPRING IS HERE!!

2010-08-30T17:18:00.000+02:00

It's a new week and it certainly feels as though spring is in the air. I'm not going to be that easily fooled though, as we have had snow in Johannesburg in September before. But for the time being I will just carry on enjoying the beautiful weather. My husband and I and two very special friends were away in the bush this weekend. We had a wonderful time, just relaxing! The layout "little MISS" is my entry on Lets Scrap for the sketch challenge

8-25-10. The photographs of my granddaughter were taken in our garden two weeks ago. She was playing "mom mom" and then played "Simon says". Thanks for stopping by to have a look and have a lovely week!

Sketchy Thursday Sketch 8.26

2010-08-27T17:44:00.000+02:00

I am heading off to the bush tomorrow for a couple of days and so I thought I would load my LO for Sketchy Thursday sketch 8.26 before I went. I have decided that I quite enjoy doing vintage LO's and so I did this LO of my grandparents. Unfortunately, I never knew them that well as they all passed on when I was still very young. The good thing is that I do have some recollection and so these photos have become very special! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks for visiting!

Vintage LO with hidden Journalling

2010-08-26T17:15:00.000+02:00

This is my layout for Betty Anne's challenge on Lets Scrap due tomorrow. We had to do a vintage LO with hidden journalling. I have photos from my late mom, which I scanned and printed. My journalling is folded into the small envelopes at the bottom of the left page. I have decided that I quite enjoy doing vintage LO's and I am going to start a heritage album!!

Cherie's weekly sketch, which came out yesterday on Lets Scrap is a really cool sketch if you enjoy putting loads of photos on your LO. There is space for 20 photos. Go onto Lets Scrap and have a look at what the DT came up with!!

TWO OF MY BIGGEST SOURCES OF INSPIRATION

2010-08-24T13:33:00.000+02:00

Two of my biggest sources of inspiration just have to be my grandchildren. Its really weird but no matter how awful your paper and embellishments are your LO's are still gorgeous because the kids are so cute. You never land up with a LO that you think is awful. Thanks for stopping by to have a look. Have a happy day!!!

Blog Candy from Brenda

2010-08-23T13:58:00.000+02:00

Blog Candy!

Life is good, don't you think? Ups and downs - all of it - and still life is good! Because I am feeling particularly blessed, I decided that it was time for some blog candy. I love the idea of passing on the blessing!!

Cosmo Cricket Jack's World - sticker sheet, 2 journaling sheets, 2 journal tags, and 9 pieces of matching printed paper

CTMH Clover Meadow - 12 sheets

Fancy Pants Mixed Media 8x8 album

Rolodex for altering

Inkadinkado School stamp set

Me & My Big Ideas Smile chipboard sticker

Colorbok Cute chipboard letters

Creative Imaginations school rub-ons

K & Company Rough and Tumble grand adhesions

Slick Writer pen

Primary colored safety pins

CTMH chipboard - swirls, brackets, square frames, round frames

4 yards red ribbon

Bag of diecuts from the Slice Fall/Back to School card

Big bag of brads, eyelets (couple hundred or so various colors and sizes), bookplates, and buttons

This blog candy that I'd like to share is valued at over $75. I think the lucky winner will love it!! I'll be choosing the winner on Wednesday, September 1st. I bet you are wondering what you have to do to win.

You either need to be a follower or become a follower. I love new followers because it brings me over to your blog!!

Spread the word on your blog. Post a picture on the sidebar or create a post - however you want to spread the word!

If you don't have a blog, post this news of this blog candy on your facebook page!

Finally come back and comment on this post to let me know that you are a new follower and/or spreading the word. I'll leave a picture of this candy on my sidebar so that you can easily come back to this post!

Easy, peasy! Follow, spread the word, and comment!

I am really looking forward to giving this box of goodies away. I've already got it packed in the box, so it will be ready to head out the minute I draw the winner on September 1st!! Good luck - and remember, life is very, very good!!

Pop over to Brenda http:www.roseblossomlegacies.blogspot.com

Sketchy Thursdays Card Sketch

2010-08-23T13:46:00.000+02:00

I am awful at card making, but a lot of challenges are for cards, so if you can't beat them you join them.This is the card I made for Sketchy Thursdays Challenge 8.19. I guess the more cards I make the better I'll get at it!!!

Sketchy Thursdays 8.19 sketch challenge.

A NEW WEEK

2010-08-23T08:20:00.000+02:00

Good morning. Happy Monday morning and hope you have a good week. On the Lets Scrap page we are given the most amazing sketches and it's up to us to interpret the sketch any which way. The recent sketch was one that I thought would be great to do a vintage LO with. This is my interpretation of the sketch. The photos are of my parents wedding in 1957. The LO was very well received by all at Lets Scrap. Hope you like it!

2010-08-22T21:40:00.000+02:00

Hi everyone. Welcome to my blog. This is a new and exciting adventure for me and I hope that you will enjoy my creative journey with me. August has been a really exciting month for me. Both my son and grandson celebrate their birthdays in August and so we have had a lot of fun family time. Added to this, I submitted two layouts to the local scrapping mag called Scrapping & Kie. This was the first time I had ever submitted anything for publication and JOY, they published both. There was a lot of shrieking and shouting going on when we realised that my stuff was actually in a mag, but what a lot of fun!!!!! these are the two pages that were published. Thank you for visiting.