I just loved this little pose in our first ever school photo. It is however OBVIOUS this photographer (nor his wife, aunt, cousin, mom or any relative!!!!!) does not scrapbook!! The vivid green background and multicoloured framed is every scrapbooker's worst nightmare. I didn't want to photoshop the background as this is the authentic version - the real first photo :). I must admit the Kaisercraft paper picks up the colours from the photo and in the end the white in the background paper neutralises the vivid green (a little bit, at least!!).

Try and scrap your seriously colourful photos - in the end it is the memory we want to keep forever!!

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Merci

I am in awe of the new Delish range! It is just too gorgeous:)-- (this is the drool face!!). The silver merci frame is actually a blank frame form the Delish range. I fitted a piece of patterned paper inside to which I added the Merci rub-on (also from the Delish range) and covered it with dimensional glaze. This way you can create a mine frame in any colour or with any saying that matches your paper or occasion!

Now I just have to find someone French to say thank you too:)

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Yesterday my little one decided we will be makers today...... (a bit of hesitation as I didn't really understand what being a maker entailed!!) Well, we started of making crumpets for breakfast and we "made" our way to the wildlife sanctuary, we "made" a stop at Wimpy for lunch (which was an ice cream and a Cream Soda!!!) and we ended the day making some yummy biscuits. These were then made up in 12 packets (I got firm instructions who were to receive a packet this week) to say "I love You" to the people that means a lot to her. One for her teacher, teacher's assistant, Music teacher, Ballet teacher, English teacher (since she is in an Afrikaans class in junior Pre-primary they get and English teacher to teach them songs and rhymes on a Tuesday!), playball teacher, computer teacher, aftercare teachers and ouma, oupa and Aunt!!!

I made up the bags with flowers and ribbon and even a little gem! The tags were a whole lot of fun. I used my Spellbinder Nestabilities (NEVER used them before!!) and it was absolutely magnificent! One swoosh through the CuttleBug and voila! Definitely worth investing in........mmmmmmmmmmm:) A few ink strokes and the cutest stamp and they were ready to be sent off to school. Pretty, even if I have to say so myself!!

Only one problem ............. did you see the massive range in the Nestabilities...........

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Holiday Madness!!

I must admit - if I EVER saw a real Lindt chocolate bunny this size, this is EXACTLY the hug it would get from me!!!! :) My little one LOVES the normal size Lindt bunnies and this was just too much for her chocoholic heart to handle!! (.... and yes, I did buy her a little one to make up for the devastation when realising this is not really chocolate and no, she can't take it home!!)

I hope you had a wonderful and blessed Easter! We had a lovely holiday with no computer, no internet and.......you guessed it - no posts. So now, I'm a BB (bad blogger;)..again!

My parents always said after arriving home from a holiday : "Oh, it's sooooo good to be home!". I always thought it was a crazy thing to say - who didn't enjoy holiday!! I must be getting old - those where my exact words when we arrived back at home sweet home.

To top it all I enjoyed the last overnight of the holiday in hospital with UTI (urinary tract infection for the non-medical bloggers:) and must admit I'm still not 100%. The experience made me sooo grateful - it was the first time in my life I had an IV and apart from childbirth it was my first time ever in hospital!! I realised how much I had to be thankful for - the Lord blessed me with such amazing EVERYTHING! Anyhow......

I have a few lovely projects I completed just before the holiday and will post them pretty soon ........... I hope :)

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Greener than green

This layout is a combination of a whole lot of ranges!! (and the photo is a bit left wing low!!). The star diecut paper is from the MM Animal Crackers range, the frame is Fabscraps, the script paper is from the 7G range! A lot of little extras added to create and interesting page as the photo is definitely not an award winner - it is the memory that plays with my heart strings!!

The lace flower in the middle is my own creation and I then added rub-on corners, glitter and chipboard letters, sparkly brad flowers and a rub-on to the frame! Photo turns complete the look of this layout (guess this isn't REALLY what they meant when they said GO GREEN!!!)

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Prima Wedding

I fell in love with the Prima Lily the moment I saw it!! Combined with the Prima pearl swirls and the lacey photo border it looks perfect with my mom's wedding photo! I love how the lace also leads the eye to the lace detail in the dress and the pearls go perfectly with the little pearl earrings! A little lace ribbon and freehand cut birdie completes the look. The layout was so perfect, I just had to scraplift the idea!

Looking at the photo - I can still see the same love in her eyes today when she looks at dad! Isn't that amazing! Absolute contentment, happiness and fulfilment!
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Storage Galore!

What a stunning project!! I completed the storage drawer by Kaisercraft with 7Gypsies paper and I think it is gorgeous - even if I have to say so myself! This will actually be my new jewellery box on top of my dresser (no - I do not live in the wild outdoors - BAD lighting indoors :) It is a bit fiddly but once you get the hang of it, it goes fairly quick. Lovely project to do with friends as you can chat and laugh (and eat sublime home-made milk tart - what good friends I have!!) as you cover box after box after box. The bookplates are also 7Gypsies and add a bit of glamour to the project. It is also nice and sturdy........

and fairly childproof :)

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