tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64805224991870306152024-03-13T23:32:21.027+13:00Pickles PatchSonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.comBlogger523125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-38183837902218755532014-04-21T20:53:00.001+12:002014-04-21T20:53:58.588+12:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Next month I head away on a big adventure with my good friend Annemarie,its her adventure really ,she has been dreaming of this for years. Where do I come into the picture? Well it was a crazy idea that popped into my head one sunny afternoon last year,after id joined Annemarie on a Garden Walk and then a drink or two at the Glenavey Hotel on our way home. Think Annemarie said "you should come with me"and I maybe said ..."why not, perhaps I will"..and now here I am. I have a brand new pack, sleeping bag, tramping boots and half the clothing stock from the Katmandu store in Christchurch ..more than im ever going to be able to fit into that nice new pack (told you Hannah, Aimee ,Debbie and Andrew that I needed a much bigger one). Anyway on the 17th of next month I set off for Peru for a whole month. So I hope to share some of my adventure on my blog as I go, so my friends and family can,in a small way, share my adventure to. How do I feel...terrified at the moment and worried about everything from the plane going down to forgetting to take my roll of tiolet paper and bag of soap ends. So let the count down begin...</div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-73629008618650774512014-04-21T20:28:00.001+12:002014-04-21T20:28:38.165+12:00<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Testing</div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-27556223858813997802014-02-25T22:07:00.001+13:002014-02-25T22:08:16.689+13:00Altered Mouse Traps<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Goodness me, its been ages since I've crafted or blogged. My first creative project this year....MOUSE TRAPS !!</div>
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These were made for a Swap over on our NZ Paper Chase Facebook page.</div>
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<br />Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-44579405848159063122014-01-08T18:18:00.000+13:002014-01-08T18:20:34.052+13:00Im backHere I am back after a very long time out from Blogger. Soon I will post a photo walk through of the highlights of 2014year and let you know about my upcoming adventure in 2014. <br />
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On March 29th I had a wonderful, wonderful time in Dunedin. Andrew and I went to Dunedin the day before, booked into a motel and the next morning it was up with the sparrows to get to Scrapbook Paradise to a class with the very talented and creative <a href="http://tworzysko.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank"> Finnabair</a>, who comes all the way from Poland. The best part about my day was getting to meet my scrapbook idol Donna O Leary and some of my on line scrap friends, whom id never met before. A definite high light of 2013 for me.</div>
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Here is the beautiful Donna hard at work...how exciting, I got to sit next to her :-) Beverley (in the blue top) has been a long time Facebook friend and another incredibly talented lady, so I was very excited to meet her for real as well. </div>
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Elena, in the background, owner of Scrapbook Paradise is so lovely, I'm looking forward to getting back to the shop to visit her...and all of the goodies that dwell within Scrapbook Paradise. Finnabair is showing us the next move!</div>
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And this is my journal...The front...</div>
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This months sketch challenge is up over at <a href="http://nzpaperchase.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/april-challenge.html" target="_blank">NZ Paper Chase</a>, do pop over for a look and feel free to join in</div>
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Hers is my sample page,it didn't end up quite as Id envisioned it would, but my pages never do! </div>
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Part of this months challenges involves adding a piece of decorated chipboard. I used a mask and gel medium to add texture then a coating of Glimmer Glam to add a little sparkle.</div>
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Hi there. I'm back!!! I'm not even sure where I've been, just busy with the craziness of life I guess. I'm still scrapping, mainly for NZ Paper Chase, but after three terms I thought it was time I moved on because my work must be getting very boring for people! However I'm still running the blog and Face book page and helping out to full the odd gap in the magazine.</div>
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NZ Paper Chase now has a new blog, I know, because Ive just finished putting it together! Please pop over and have a look and if you leave us a comment you will go into the draw for a crafty prize. You can find our blog <a href="http://nzpaperchase.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-69604984404081822982012-08-14T22:44:00.000+12:002012-08-14T22:58:36.565+12:00A whole heap of nothing much!My blogging is patchy this year. Other things seem to soak up my spare time. Garage business is just busy enough and I tend to spend the better part of my afternoons down there doing ...well, not much of anything really..just cleaning up, answering the phone...mopping the floor..sweeping the floor, stoaking the fire, burning the rubbish...LOL, not much of anything! But a <b>whole heap</b> of 'nothing much'.<br />
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I have branched out and taken up ladies golf at Tokaraki. I had a small taste of golf earlier this year and had fun, but didn't think about taking it any further, until recently I decided I needed to do something other than house work, garage work and scapbooking...so away I headed. I enjoyed my first day, played with the lovely, patient and very kind Yvonne Duff. And goodness me those golf ladies must be super fit, I mean some of them were almost double my age and I bet they didn't hurt as much as I did at the end of the day!!<br />
Camden was home at the weekend and kindly gave me a game at Kurow Golf course. Tokaraki was, and still is, closed due to the ground being so sodden.<br />
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Camden and Abby brought my wee dog Millie home for the weekend. They have her in Mosgiel these days, she is on a strict diet,and loosing quite a bit of weight. Millie was <b>double</b> her ideal weight..whoops, how did that happen?! I miss Millie and it was so nice to have her home again for a short stay.<br />
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Last week I was super busy as I had my NZ paper Chase work to get done, in amongst everything else. I have been going to share these photo for a wee while now. They are the pages I scrapped at the last Embellish It Crop day in Oamaru. My memory card crashed, right in the middle of photographing my Paper Chase work,and the photos of my pages were on it, so today, between showers of rain I managed to re photograph them...here they are.<br />
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Thanks for popping by. if you have loads of rain, like we do in Duntroon, I do hope you manage to stay dry. take care out there.And if you want something to full in a wet afternoon...or a dry one, do check out our latest challenge over at <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/" target="_blank">NZ Paper Chase</a>. xx</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">As promised ...here are the Smash Book pages I received from NZ's Paper Chase Smash Book page swap.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Which meant I asked that all of the players designed a page around something that was a 'favorite' to them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Check these out, they are all delightful!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Jonnece has created a page show casing her favorite time of the year! I love the warm antique colours, the the whole page makes me smile.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Donna has a whole heap of favorite things and has managed to add them all, right down to the tiny bit of stitching on her page, anyone who knows Donna will also know that the stitching is her trade mark! I can always find some thing new each time I look at these pages. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Maggie has used a soft colour combo on her pages and added gorgeous textures, so these pages not only look awesome they are also very touche, feel'ie! Love the images and the embellishments Maggie.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Jean, like Donna has many 'favorites' and I enjoyed getting to know more about Jean from what she has told me on her pages. I love the collage style and all of the 'eye candy' here! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> Angela has used her favorite technique, Paint Embossing, and she has me hooked on this technique, Angela told me she'd love this as wall paper and so would I...hmmmm!!! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Ngaere's page is so full of crafty favorites that I have to show you more than one photo! Ngaeres favorite craft goodies include anything that can be recycled. Ngaere is the Queen of recycling I'm sure! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> One of Ngaeres favorite images are wolves.</span> </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> These pages have heaps of hidden journalling pockets and tabs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"> I was extra lucky to receive these goodies,made by Ngaere as a gift for hosting the swap. I have already used some of the home made paper on my scrapbook pages. Will show you those tomorrow.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Ngaere made each one of us a Junk Journal...so cool! I'm looking forward to a bit of spare time to decorate mine. </span></div>
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The rest of the pages can be viewed at NZ Paper Chase's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10151102673985407&type=1" target="_blank">Facebook Page </a></div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-61088664999615094402012-07-23T22:54:00.001+12:002012-07-23T22:54:05.304+12:00Lifehouse - You And Me<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ac3HkriqdGQ?fs=1" width="480"></iframe>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-24189158596291062762012-07-23T22:26:00.005+12:002012-07-24T22:35:49.290+12:00Smashing Fun!On Saturday 21st/ July I had 'time out' and escaped to Oamaru, with Kathy Grey, where we spent a day Scrap Booking in Oamaru with the lovely <a href="http://www.embellishit.co.nz/" target="_blank">Joanne</a> from Embellish It, in Timaru. I did however forget to pack my mojo amongst my scrapping supplies. All was not lost however, I managed to get three pages on the go and tonight I have finished them, so hope to get them onto my blog over the next couple of days. In the mean time I am going to share the pages I created for our <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/" target="_blank">NZ Paper Chase Smash Book Swap</a>.<br />
In return for my pages I received amazing works of art back from all of the talented ladies who took part in the challenge.<br />
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My Vintage page, made for <a href="http://maggiesdoodads.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Maggie</a></div>
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I have embossed on Perspex and used it to frame a vintage image. This technique is one handed down to me from my dear scrapping buddy <a href="http://4carol.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Carol Noake's</a> </div>
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My next page was created for <a href="http://midnightscrapper.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Donna O Leary</a>. Donna's theme was 'All things Tim'</div>
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I have created a tiny 'Tim book' and attached it to one of the journal pages.</div>
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...and Tim Holtz dies.</div>
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Tanya's theme was 'Random'.I know Tanya loves paint and bright colours, so tried to include both on the pages I created for her. Have also included tags and a pocket using an envelope for Tanya to journal on.</div>
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Found out after completing this page that Tanya is not a huge fan of 'bulky'..sorry Tanya!! I'm a big fan of bulk...just in case you cannot tell!! </div>
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Nature, was <a href="http://knightangela69.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Angela Knight's</a> chosen theme. I loved creating Angela's pages. I chose to cover the pages with a serviette before adding top layers. </div>
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For fun I collected seeds from my herbs in the garden for Angela to plant, and lavender which I secured in a fabric bag, so my page will even have the smell of 'nature'. </div>
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This little bird is cut from the same serviette that I used on the base.</div>
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Jean's 'Random' page is next. Again I have pockets that hold journaling tags.</div>
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Quotes to Live By. Jonnece's pages .</div>
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Again I have hidden pages for journal ling and quotes </div>
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Almost all of the embellishments on my pages are recycled items. I endeavored to make a 'kind of flower' from an old broken zip along with flowers from rolled and dyed newspaper. </div>
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Oddments of ribbon and pages from old books come in very handy.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Using an envelope stuffed with card and magnets, I made a secrete </span>Heidi<span style="background-color: white;"> hole for </span>journalling<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></div>
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This 'cog' is not a chipboard one, its a real life one that I rescued from the bin at the garage,<br />
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<br />Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-64488443362085340682012-07-22T22:13:00.003+12:002012-07-22T22:14:40.218+12:00Sizzling Hot Give Away<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 18px;">The famous Ingvild Bolme has a new blog design and is having a give away to celebrate...dont miss out!! Pop over to </span><a href="http://www.ingvildbolme.com/">http://www.ingvildbolme.com/</a> to find out how to be in with a change to win... my fingers are crossed for the goodies!!Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-37003576832494487962012-06-24T22:28:00.000+12:002012-06-24T22:46:11.696+12:00Catch UpMy blog posts are few and far between this year! Just can't seem to get into any sort of routine at all. The days whizz by in a blur, does time go faster as one gets older I wonder??<br />
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Duntroon Garage is now doing warrants ...yay to our mechanic David who pasted the tough test. We also now sell Pies, chips and drinks, due to the fact that Duntroon's pub has closed and our Flying Pig Cafe has shut doors for the winter. People kept coming in asking where they could buy food, it was getting embarrassing having to tell people "sorry no where in this town, but have a biscuit to tide you over". LOL, no lies, we did offer people biscuits, some people looked really hungry and in need of food.<br />
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On Friday we took Aimee and her partner Jermaine to Christchurch and at 6 am Saturday morning they left NZ for the bright lights of Brisbane. Hope they have a wonderful 12 days.In the mean time I am "Rat Sitting"...hmmmmm, not enjoying Dyni's company too much, at the moment he is running around my craft room, but his visit will be brief, soon hes going back to his cage!! (Sorry Aimee)<br />
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On the craft front things are kind of slow. I have been working on a painting of an old truck, and I'm knitting a scarf, apart from that Ive done nothing since the Embellish Its scrap crop day in Oamaru, but maybe, just maybe I will get onto some scrappy project latter this week. Time will tell!<br />
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Just for fun thought Id post this photos, acquired latterly from an old friend. I once lived in this sack, back in 1984...lol, it doesn't look much better than Aimee's horrid flat on Hyde St in <span style="background-color: white;">Dunedin! </span><br />
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These are two of the pages I worked on at <a href="http://www.embellishit.co.nz/" target="_blank">EmbellishIt's</a> Crop day in oamaru</div>
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The denim flowers were made by simply rolling a strip of fabric and sewing as I rolled. </div>
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I pinched these photo's of Aimee and her beloved off her facebook page! </div>
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I have kept this page super simple and it was very quick to throw together...definatley a 'no Fuss' Page!</div>
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Thanks for popping by and do be sure to check out this months Challenge over at <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/" target="_blank">NZ Paper Chase</a>, you have until mid-night on the 30th of June to get your entry in, the prize this month is a mini Bo-Bunny Album...check out the details <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/2012/05/check-out-may-and-our-challenge-for-june.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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<br />Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-49792747709582608042012-06-12T22:12:00.004+12:002012-06-24T19:21:12.542+12:00One day in JuneI had a great day scrapping all day Saturday.<br />
Embellish It had a crop day in Oamaru and this time I managed to get along. Special thanks to Camden who come to look after Andrew for the day.<br />
Kathy from Duntroon come with me, we headed off bright and early (for a Saturday) at 9am and scrapped until 6pm...wow, one would think I would have got more done than I did, but I was pretty stocked to almost finish three pages, and I managed to accumulate a nice little stash of scrapping goodies as well.<br />
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This page is one I wanted to do for a challenge over at <a href="http://another-freaking-scrappy-challenge.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge.</a> I saw this challenge via <a href="http://midnightscrapper.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Donna O'Learys blog</a> and because I have not scrapped any of our wedding photos (except for one digital page a few years ago) I thought it would be a fun challenge to take on, and something a little different. I should mention that I hate scrapping me !!<br />
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Anyway, here is my completed page. I added more to it on Monday and even more again today...yes, I'm an 'over doer' I know! </div>
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The flower on the right is one I brought on Saturday. I also brought some Martha Stewart Paper Clay goodie's and I made the paper clay flower and the word 'April ' using it. The flower on the left is one I created from petals I found in my stash at home.</div>
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Yesterday I added this ring that dear Andrew welded for me many years ago. He did eventually buy me a real engagement ring, but this one holds special memories.</div>
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Today I added this tiny Ingvild Bolme Frame, and another tiny photo, along with some roses and a bit more ribbon, held in place with brads. Now I'm happy with this page and will leave it alone.. I think! </div>
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Recently I have been busy with a Smash Book Page swap and as I'm chief organiser all of the scrummy pages are coming back to me before I send them on their way.<br />
Below is a wee peek at some of my pages...cannot post them all yet until they are back with their owners.<br />
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Each Player choose their own theme, and this presented a challenge of its own, each page had to be different, so thinking cap was on over drive for this challenge! I'm still waiting for a few More pages to come in, before I send all of the Smash Book pages off to their new home.<br />
Will show you some of my favorites then.<br />
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I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend. Mine was nice.<br />
On Saturday evening we went out to Tea at Pasquale's Winery near Kurow. The French cheif is a marvel, she makes the most scrumptious food, I will be going back!<br />
On Sunday evening we went to The Waitaki Hotel, yes, for tea once again. This time our old friend Dave (owner of the Hotel) cooked me up yummy oyster's, chips and salad, delish!!<br />
So I have not had to cook much all weekend...its kind of been a little like a 'holiday at home'.<br />
Tomorrow Its back to work and tomorrow afternoon Im tring something new...will let you know how it goes!!Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-18333692784929379122012-06-03T16:14:00.000+12:002012-06-03T16:14:17.221+12:00Back In Blogger LandTold you I'd be back, just a day or two late.What have I been doing these past few months?? Good question really, guess Ive been going through life one day at a time and contemplating where I'm at and where I want to be with it all!! LOL, as yet I don't have any answers and have just decided the best solution is to 'Let life surprise me',things turn out just the way they are meant to be so stop sweating the 'small stuff' and just wait and see where this adventure, called life, takes me!<br />
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I'm still crafting and today I'm having a major reshuffle in my craft space, like my life, its kind of over crowed with old 'junk' that needs throwing away, I need more space!<br />
NZ Paper Chase still takes up a good chunk of my time, between the Blog, Face book, Challenges and Magazine work I do not have trouble filling in my spare time, of which I would like more, but wouldn't we all. I'm hoping over winter to get back into painting, its been a while. I have one on the go, started it some time ago but have been lacking in enthusiasm and inspiration to get it finished, so hence another good reason to have a declutter...to make space on my desk for paints.<br />
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Check Out our June Challenge over at <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/2012/05/check-out-may-and-our-challenge-for-june.html" target="_blank">NZ Paper Chase </a><br />
This months inspiration comes in the form of a photo that I borrowed off someones Face Book page (cannot remember's who's now).<br />
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Here is the example page I created, a little different to my usual style.<br />
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Pop over to the <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/" target="_blank">Blog</a> and check out the details and the prize. Hope to see you there.Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-24308942674291489542012-05-31T22:39:00.002+12:002012-05-31T22:39:43.040+12:00Wow! May is about gone already. My blogging efforts appear to have gone out the window. Slow down world i want to get off!! Back tomorrow.Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-53241932241745927752012-04-27T23:15:00.000+12:002012-04-27T23:15:02.189+12:00Just popping in to let you know that you still have until Monday 30th of April to take part in our scrapbook challenge over at<a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/2012/04/my-entry.html" target="_blank"> NZ Paper Chase.</a> pop over to the blog and check out the April Album (top right hand corner) to see the wonderful entries we have received so far!<br />
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Below is our sketch, designed by the talented Beverly Warwick<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enough of my mess, here are the three tags I created, hard to believe I was still up at 2am har, but I did a lot of 'playing' with Tim's ideas in between the video clips and my tags. I had to improvise just a little here and there, like I don't own any 'Texture fade's' (yet) so had to use an embossing Flower Boarder instead, but I still quite like the effect I've achieved</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now ...to clear a space and get tea sorted early so Im ready for the next class. Thanks for looking </div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-41442144281794402212012-03-21T19:41:00.001+13:002012-03-21T19:42:16.015+13:00Ten Days with Tim<div style="text-align: center;">I'm having a ball with inks and stamps at the moment. I signed up for <span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://timholtz.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/03/creative-progress.html" target="_blank">Tim Holtz Creative Chemistry</a> </span>online classes. This Class runs for 10 days, and it's all about learning cool, fun and new techniques Check out my results from day 2.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now I'm off for my date with Tim... (LOL, I wish!) Anyway, off to take part in Day Three's lesson. </div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-54931184798426465382012-03-09T23:51:00.003+13:002012-03-15T21:36:21.167+13:00Happy Mail<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've been scrapped by the lovely <a href="http://danice2008.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Danice Hamilton</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take a look at the awesome page she has created just for me </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzUeIMpHljk/T1h2Fsn3n-I/AAAAAAAAFLk/dP9w9aCC-qk/s1600/Danice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qzUeIMpHljk/T1h2Fsn3n-I/AAAAAAAAFLk/dP9w9aCC-qk/s320/Danice.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You maybe cannot read the words around the edges of the patterned paper, but they are so lovely and brought a tear to me eye, so I will share them with you... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Dear Sonya You have added so much kindness and encouragement, not only to me but to so many other paper crafter's in NZ. I want to say that your dedication and generosity have made a big difference in NZ's scrapping community. Thank you from Danice</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Orrr Thankyou so much Danice...you are a honey xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love all of the detail Danice has added to this page</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thank you Danice and Thank you <a href="http://4carol.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Carol Noakes</a> for organising this fun swap.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-76202314213492283532012-03-06T22:07:00.001+13:002012-03-06T22:11:44.900+13:00She ...has been canvased!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Recently my good friend <a href="http://4carol.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Carol</a> organised a very cool photo swap...lol, I hate photos of me but this swap sounded like too much fun to miss out on. I was sent Brenda's photo, which was to be put onto a canvas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the canvas I completed for Brenda.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I cut this bird and flowers from patterned paper.The clock is an Antique Mirror from Prima</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I combined a hand crocheted flower ( I had to whip this one up especially for the job, because I knew it had to be red) with paper flowers, leaves, lace and tiny pearls to add texture.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Danice is creating with my photo...looking forward to receiving it in the post soon, and will share here when it arrives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our completed projects are being posted on Birds Of A Feather, as they are returned to their owners, so Click HERE<a href="http://challengejournal.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/photo-swap-1-completed.html" target="_blank">http://challengejournal.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/photo-swap-1-completed.html</a> to go and check them out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you <a href="http://4carol.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">Carol</a> for organising this fun swap!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-27795336323077279682012-03-02T22:04:00.001+13:002012-03-02T22:10:04.242+13:00New Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hard to believe we are up to the <b>March Sketch Challenge</b> over at <b>NZ Paper Chase</b> already! Is it just me getting old, or are the years really getting shorter?!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway <a href="http://angelstimestwo.wordpress.com/author/angelstimestwo/">Tanya Watson </a>created this cool sketch for us. You can find details of the challenge and examples and..photos of the prize that's up for grabs <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/2012/03/new-challenge.html">HERE</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N0UwV3kRVhQ/T1CKitslqJI/AAAAAAAAFKs/qKPfz5o5LZc/s1600/Sketch+by+Tanya.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N0UwV3kRVhQ/T1CKitslqJI/AAAAAAAAFKs/qKPfz5o5LZc/s320/Sketch+by+Tanya.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is my take on Tanya's sketch.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The challenge within this sketch challenge is to use paint, or ink on your background paper, or card. I decided to use a bit of both.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> White paint over card makes for a lovely stamping surface.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Hope you can join us this month over at <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/"><b><span style="font-size: large;">NZ Paper Chase</span></b>.</a></div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-35333550866590457852012-02-29T00:03:00.000+13:002012-02-29T00:03:24.030+13:00Must see blogs!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check out these beautiful and extreamly talented ladies. They are the new Elite Team for</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/">NZ Paper Chase</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--LKYon9g3uA/T0yv85tHeCI/AAAAAAAAFKM/Cev9DwaBM40/s1600/Maggie+A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--LKYon9g3uA/T0yv85tHeCI/AAAAAAAAFKM/Cev9DwaBM40/s320/Maggie+A.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://maggiesdoodads.blogspot.co.nz/">Maggie</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZY8SQKnKn88/T0ywru-cGOI/AAAAAAAAFKc/b1Ga4tZ94qY/s1600/Angela.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZY8SQKnKn88/T0ywru-cGOI/AAAAAAAAFKc/b1Ga4tZ94qY/s320/Angela.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://knightangela69.blogspot.co.nz/">Angela</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_kAEwLKQJs/T0yw1AY4WOI/AAAAAAAAFKk/PcaNbD_32Xc/s1600/Lynne+h.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o_kAEwLKQJs/T0yw1AY4WOI/AAAAAAAAFKk/PcaNbD_32Xc/s320/Lynne+h.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://lynne1.wordpress.com/">Lynne</a></div>Sonyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03044612070497504355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480522499187030615.post-31706163711958762762012-02-28T22:46:00.002+13:002012-02-28T23:13:22.618+13:00Chill'in over a bit of scrapp'in<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't fall over with shock...but, here I am with a blog post, goodness me the year to date has been packed full of 'stuff', some good stuff and some stuff that has had me struggling to stay afloat some days! Such is life I guess. Life on the scrapping front is slow for me, but I could not help but be inspired by our February sketch challenge over at <a href="http://paperchase.typepad.com/nzpaperchasemy_weblog/">NZ Paper Chase</a>. Thanks <a href="http://midnightscrapper.wordpress.com/">Donna O'Leary</a> for the inspiration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> Donna's Challenge was to create texture on your page using embossing powder, or similar. This is what I did..<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I took one stencil...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> One swipe of Impasto Paste....</div><div style="text-align: center;">Which I applied to my stencil</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Simply and carefully I lifted my stencil and was left with lovely raised leaf outlines on my page.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I cut a simple mask from scrap paper and sprayed my leaves with glimmer mist.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> I loved Donna's stitches, so added some to my page.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> And, I went a little over the top with the Impasto Paste and added a few swirls and a couple of butterfly's.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This flag idea is Donna's again, so I 'borrowed' that as well (Thanks Donna)</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have a top and bottom layer to my flags, both have been stitched together and because this made the flags reasonably firm I decided to roll the points up slightly to create a little more texture.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And take a look'ie here at Donna's page, beautiful isn't it! Check out this girls blog <a href="http://midnightscrapper.wordpress.com/">HERE</a></div><br />
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