Round and round......

I had a few of these round Kraft tags left over from Christmas (a few round tags and a whole lot of debt:)) and wanted to use them for gifts during the year.

Amazing what a stamp and a little brown embossing powder can achieve!!
All I need to do now is ZWOOSH - yeah, I don't know if that is a word either:P - them up with funky ribbon ............... maybe some wax string with beads and pearls...............maybe some raffia

...............maybe................... maybe ...........................sorry, I have to go, I have some tags to finish off:)

Happy scrappin'

Delectibly delicious!

I've been baking some more cupcakes and I am really enjoying it! I love the decorating part - playing with all the colours and creating toppers - a lot like scrapbooking:)

This is my double chocolate - it is truly divine (and I dare you to have more than two:))

These I baked for my little girl's class party for her teacher - I wanted to capture the playful feel and excitement of having a party when you're six years old (mind you - I still get that feeling!!!!)

I think I have to scrap a LO with all my cupcake creations......................off to find some "cakey" paper!!

Happy scrappin'

Adventurous Advent:)

You might recall a few posts back I made this beautiful advent calender for my daughter - only it wasn't an advent calender!! We turned it into a earring / jewellery holder:)

My mom fell in love with it and I created this one - also the advent calender from Karen Foster - with more mature colours and prints.
I decided to also cover the back - if you stand it in front of a mirror it looks beautiful from all sides:)

The sides are covered in co-ordinating prints and I love the subtle glitzy effect the glitter paper adds to the project!

Think out of the box when purchasing or using off the page projects - they might have more uses than intended!!

Happy scrappin'

Tag, your it!

Over the weekend I played with plain blank white tags and some beautiful black stamps. I love using newspaper to wrap a gift with a nice coloured ribbon and one of these tags - simple but effective!

The first set is more on the feminine side - just LOVE these birdie stamps! All the stamps are embossed and it adds a little glamour to the tag!

Then I created a set more for the guys - maybe around a bottle of wine or a nice sauce for the BBQ?

The last black and white set I added a smidgen of colour with my Smooch - love the sparkle it adds! These are more for the kiddies gifts................cute, aren't they??

Play with your stamps and off-cuts - a simple rectangle creates a beautiful tag in an instant! use as is or use your corner rounder for a softer effect.

Happy scrappin'

Groovie March...and a little dotty too:)

Hop over to Groovie Covers and join us in the dotty madness of March!! Remember you don't need a blog to participate in the challenge - e-mail your LO and stand a chance to win a lovely RAK:)

This month's cover is really colourful and fun - and the dots made my imagination run WILD!!

I designed my LO using not only the dots as inspiration, but also the colours.

Inspired by the dots I used buttons in all the colours and as I only used plain cardstock I thought it a nice opportunity to freehand doodle on the page ...................yes, freehand - it was totally scary and liberating!!

Get dotty with us and do something a little out of the box:)

Happy scrappin'

Bubbles with Attitude

I was home alone on Saturday, blissfully scrapping the day away (first scrap session at home since November!!!!!), reading mags and napping - felt like holiday!

This photo just grabbed me and I just had to scrap it straight away - the attitude just made me smile and I never imagined a bubble gun can provide so many hours of fun!! Every now and again Oupa and Ouma sends a parcel in the post with goodies and gifts and this bubble gun was surely a winner!!

I just love the Enmarc doilie sets and used it as a photo background on my LO. Little smidgens of green in the paper are highlighted by the grass in the photo and I tied it together with green letters on my sign.

The sign used to be a hanging sign!!!!! - after completing the LO I set it on the floor to dry - as I always do. It was time for a cup of tea and when I returned I found bit of pieces of brown cardstock and pearls all through the room..........what on earth............. our little daschund wanted to play as well (knew scrapping was contagious!!!) and ATE all the embellishments of the page - even a piece of the doilie!! MAMA was not happy but since she was also home alone and neglected to scrapbooking I couldn't be angry too long!

As you know every mistake is an opportunity for an embellishment..........hence no more hanging sign - just sign, a journalling block, lace strip, butterfly and pretty bow disguises the damage - yes, even the hole she tore in the page!! - must admit, I like the new look better:)

Note to self - DO NOT LEAVE LO ON THE FLOOR:) :) - dog will eat;)

Happy scrappin'

Mini Cards

We have so many parties and occasions this time of year that I've decided to play with a few mini-cards. They're super easy to attach to a chocolate or bottle of wine:)

To create the butterfly I used photo corners and brads (we all have stashes of those!!) on a little piece of printed paper - super fast and easy.

The flower cards is simply two circles, snipped into sections and folded this way, that way, this way (double sided print works best) and attached on top of each other with a funky button (we all have stashes of those too:))

The ladybug card is two large circles - top one snipped in half - with a few eyelets for dots:). The head is a small circle with bling eyes and string antennae - super cute (also very cute attached to a straw as a party favour;)

Use those little bitty off-cuts and create min-card creations - it's oodles of fun!

Happy scrappin'