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My right hand helper at home asked me to cover her Bible to last a bit longer and to make the plain black cover a bit more interesting. In her words she knows I can do this as I have all the pretty scrapbooking goodies in my scrap space! I've many times seen her looking at my newest creations and she always comments on how lovely they are (I often think she must think I'm insane buying all this paper:).

This was a challenge as the book had a shiny plastic "shrinkwrapped" onto the cover and no glue would stick to it!! In the end I removed the first three layers of the cover and had a blank piece to work with. The Bible also travels in her handbag so I couldn't add any bulky embellishments!!

This is the end result - the photo isn't to great as it was raining and she wanted to take it home and not wait for me to photograph it properly:). I covered it with sticky plastic all way round as she goes to church three times a week - it'll just last a little longer!

I created a bookmark with the left-overs and she was absolutely thrilled!! She says the little children crawl between the church benches to play with the beads hanging from the bible when she uses the bookmark:)

I'll post some of the goodies we scrapped at Spier in the next few weeks - just have to get them finished first:)

Happy scrappin'

Just a little note....

The Burlesque range from Fabscraps is stunning to work with. It has a booklet with flowers pre-cut!!! Simply press out and roll for stunning matching flowers!! The flowers on these notepads are from the flower booklet - same design spiral flower - just folded differently!

Creating notepads is a fun way to create a little gift and by adding matching paper to the inside of a transparent pen you co-ordinate the gift into something special!

All my cards I created for the Fabscraps Burlesque range are also featured on the Fabscraps website for the USA launch of their paper ranges. Hop over here and have a look! I've designed some more goodies for them but shhhhhhhhhhhh - that is still a secret;)

I'm off to Spier for the Scrapbook Convention this weekend - will most likely need a week holiday to recuperate:)

Happy scrappin'

Crepe Creations

Crepe seems to be the next hot item! This card design is very effective and yet easy to accomplish. It is one I designed for my Burlesque class we had on Woman's Day.

To create the strip add double sided tape to your card where you would like the crepe strip. Ruffle and stick the crepe down as you go. (You can also sew in the centre of the crepe strip and wrinkle it together at one end). For the "flower" effect fold crepe paper in half and on folded side cut strips. Add double sided tape to back of paper (I've used the pink cut-out) and stick crepe paper round and round - almost like making a rosette!

The pink strip is one of the beautiful strip border punches from EK Success - love the swirly bits!

Add some bling and VOILA!

Happy scrappin'

Happy Birthday Fairy Princess!

My little one is turning 6 (SIX!!!!!!) on Friday - totally unbelievable and even a little bit sad:) Where did the time go??

I created this spinner card for her bday - when you move the card from side to side the cupcake spins round and round - very funky!! (my apologies for photo quality - at 2am it was a bit dark outside for photographs and I had to do it in secret!)

I think the butterflies are just to gorgeous - I've seen it done in brown paper with multicolor butterflies (for adult gifts) and it looked awesome! I thought it a nice effect for her and I'm sure the butterflies will fascinate her.

Isn't this the most gorgeous die-cut tag?? All I had to add was a tink picture and some bling and I know she'll love it! (she can even use it to scrap her pages about her bday:).

As we have grandparents and friends the rest of the week (not to mention the 45 cupcakes I'm baking tomorrow!) my next post will only be next week - sjoe, I can't wait! - it's soooo much fun turning 6:)

Happy scrappin'

Lost and Found

I absolutely just fell in love with the MME Lost and Found ranges (one and two!!). I literally JUST finished this LO - as a matter of fact the glue is still wet:), but I just had to post it!
The little bits of glitter on the page is just so awesome (not so bright on the photo thought:) and adds that luxurious feel to the page. I matted the LO on brown and Racy Raspberry (always sounds so delish!!) to create a frame. The Prima ribbon with the bling I just had to have and I like the dimension it adds to the LO. The quote is a Kaisercraft rub-on I cut into strips to fit in my title box - works like a charm;). The Prima ribbon packaging was the perfect colour match to the LO and I added the edged strip to the photo on the right - really "green" on the recycling front:)

The layered flowers are my own creation (funky isn't it:) - use different sizes scallop punches to create a layered flower. I used two of each size and 5 nestable punches. Punch the scallops from antique book pages (literally old second hand antique books!), distress and ink each scallop shape and layer. I used my Big Bite to punch two holes in the centre but a piercer will also do the trick. Spritz with Glimmer Mist and add a button to the centre with some twine. Group with some other flowers and leaves to create a cluster corner on the page!

Hope you love the colours and textures as much as I did:)

Happy scrappin'

Band Hero

Ooooh, what fun times!! My hubby got Band Hero for his Bday and I have calluses on places I didn't even know I had places:). We play for ages (as if we have to play games!!) - only problem is we play when all else is done and dusted which means for a whole week we went to bed around 2am and got up at 6am again for work!! Totally wasted!!

This is hubby, friend and little princess in the GROOVE!! Just had to post the photos - will do the LO later!

Although she is only 5 she is our drummer girl!! Dad is on the guitar, mom has the microphone (and no, I cannot really sing!!) and she is on the drums...........and she hits EVERY beat! It is amazing, she does it on easy and even hits the colours on the correct beat! (on beginner it is just a bar and you can hit any drum! - no, not her - easy mode!!). Even caught her singing "do you really want to hurt me" and "pretty woman" for a few days afterwards:)

I havn't had this much fun in years!!!!!!!! If you're up for a gig - drop in, I promise you'll have an awesome time!!

Happy scrappin'

Circle Fun

Don't you just love playing with new techniques? These quirky circles adds such a lovely dimensional effect to your projects!

Punch three circles from different designs (mine are 1 1/4") and fold in half. Adhere together and add to page as desired. Add Thank You stamp to stamped banner and some faux stitching to frame the card. The 3D circles creates a lovely border on a page as well and you can use any design that is symmetrical - even butterflies ................mmmmmmmmmmmm................ gives me an idea ...........................I'm off - will post LO later:)

Happy scrappin'