Creative Craft World Birthday Blog Hop

Get excited there will be a week of great projects, prizes and fun go to the Creative Craft World Blog for all the details on the 29th :)

Creative Craft World August Scrapmap

It is that time of the month and we have another great sketch from Sue for the Creative Craft World Scrapmap;

I turned it round a little for my layout and used all the pictures of the rainbow birthday cake I made for my daughter's birthday in May;

I used Webster's Pages Sunday picnic range and mixed some clean and simple and fussy cutting and added some of their great embellies. Pop over to CCW and look at the other great DT examples and have a go at the challenge and give yourself a chance to win a great prize x

A little catch up part two

As well as my scrapping I have been cross stitching again so here are a couple of finishes and a couple of works in progress for you;

They are all charts from Heaven and Earth Designs

TT chart Letter M artwork by Selina Fenech

Tree Frog artwork by Jo Lynch stitched in Dinky Dye Silks

Serengeti Glow artwork by Schim Schimmel

Sea of Roses artwork by Selina Fenech

A little catch up part one

I have been very busy recently as we are moving house again soon so my poor blog has been neglected :(

I have a few different LO's to share with you so am splitting it into 2 posts. Here are the first 2 LO's done for 2 weekly challenges on UKScrappers.

My challenge on Craftymess

Well it is finally my turn to choose the challenge at Craftymess :) I chose to challenge everyone to use paint in their entries and we had some lovely stamps to use from Desmet Designs including my favourite this lovely little beach hut;

I Painted 3 mini canvases with a combination of Dylusions inks and Cosmic shimmer and set them aside to dry. I painted some white card and once dry stamped HOME SWEET HOME on it and cut them out by hand as I wanted an imperfect rustic look. I printed out 4 beach huts, 3 I painted and the final one I cut up to use as templates and then cut roofs and doors and bunting from some of the fab Amy Tangerine Range. Finally everything was stuck down onto the canvases and it now hangs in my home.

I love how it is bright and cheerful and very reflective of my crafting personality, well it certainly doesn't reflect a british summer!

Hugemungous giveaway!

Samantha Hauzer one of the very talented DT members at Purple Pumpkin is having a huge giveaway on her blog. She is in Aus but will post worldwide so get over for a peek at what she has to giveaway now you won't regret it :)

http://justlovescrappin.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/check-it-out-its-huge.html

CCW June scrapmap

Sue has once again come up with a fantastic sketch for June at Creative Craft World;

I chose to use it to make this layout of my eldest when he was only 6 eating an icecream on holiday. I used AC Amy Tangerine papers and stamps with some AC Dear Lizzy ribbons and thickers;

I spent ages trying to figure out a title but my husband and I had just watched a programme about Will Smith and his song kept coming into my head so my subconcious was obviously pointing the way for me :) I used the ribbons to make these little flags;

I love the chevron stamp in the Amy Tan range it is different from the other ones I have and I used it to enhance the sunburst effect; 

Thanks for popping by I hope you like my page and I encourage you to give the sketch a go you could win a great kit :)