I did it

Firstly, I just wish to say a huge thank you to all of you who have sent me emails and messages of encouragement in regards to tring out for the Scrapbookoutlet design team Details are Here
I have given this a go and as a result my orderly serene craft space looks like a bomb shelter!

Next project is a big tidy up!

The down side to tring out for the SBO team means that I have nothing to post on my blog just now, so here are a couple of sneak peeks of my creations...

While I'm not feeling that confident that my work will be good enough for the DT I am able to say that I have had a wonderfully creative week.

Inbetween creating my 'portfolio' I have made my 'arch card ' for Glamourgirl Swaps and I have my thinking cap on for the next swap, which is an art doll created from bits and pieces. Sounds fun doesn't it, if your looking for a swap site without too much pressure check out Glamourgirl swaps HERE

A gift for afar

Quite some time ago the lovely Renate and Wolfgang sent me this treasure trove of marvels, all the way from Erftstadt in Germany. Aren't I Lucky to have found such wonderful friends from so far away. Blogging is wonderful, but how I would love to be able to pop on over to Germany to meet these wonderful people face to face.

Here is the very special card Renate (pronounced Ren-art-a) made especially for me.

I believe my life is richer as well!

...so many lovely crafty goodies that I hardly know where to start!

Another of Renate's handmade wonders, a beautiful tag book fulled with the most beautiful quotes and words

...the back is as delightful as the front.

...and a very special key ring, which is far too precious to attach to my keys!

Thank you both Renate and Wolfgang.

Thanks Crafty Tarts!

Not much to report today. I have been outside mowing lawns and fulling my vege patch with compost and fresh soil. And, of course I did managed to get into my craft room and make a couple of cards for the card swap over at Crafty Tarts.

I must say a big Thank you to Crafty Tarts for the stamps I received for winning the Innovations Scrapping Challenge

Thanks Crafty Tarts!!

Here is the stamp set I received, these will be super handy!

Its been a while!

Hi , its been a while between posts hasn't it! I have been very busy in the craft department but have nothing I can show here I'm afraid. I'm busy putting a portfolio together for the Up2Scrap Design Team Call. LOL....I know!!! I do not pin any hope on being selected, but decided to give this ago anyway, I love to challenge myself. If your interested you can check out the details here 2010 Elite Team call

I have almost finished, just have a party favour to create, and I am thinking about redoing my party bag!! This was another first for me... creating a party bag, and I'm not too sure that Ive pulled it off too well.

Hope your all having a wonderful weekend.

If your stuck for something to do then check out this months challenge over on the Up2scrap blog, it sounds like fun and Vicki has created a gorgeous sample page! There is a very yummy prize up for grabs as well.

This morning in the post I received a prize I won through taking part in one of these challenges, check out the challenge here...and take a look at my awesome prize!!! Lucky me!

Thanks ever so much Up2scrap and Emma, from Stampin up.

Busy busy ...

I know, I haven't blogged ALL week!! I have been super busy.

I don't even have much to show you so, here is a wee peek at the cover of my circle journal. At the moment Sue has my journal and I have Carols, very soon we will be sending our journals on their journey once again.

As many of you know my term on the Scrapbooking By Design design team has come to an end, but I am now designing for Better Scrapbooking. This week I received my first pack of goodies to get working on. That, along with the circle journal, ATC 'rainbow swap' and the competition at Crafty Tarts has kept me very busy.

Also tomorrow night is Aimees school ball, all in all it has been a crazy week!

I have to get my craft work finished next week as on Sunday Andrew and I head back to Burwood Hospital for Andrews 'overhaul'. I am also going to get a little more career training,. Fingers crossed we will not have to stay at the hospital for more than a week... Ive far too much to do in my craft room :-))

The new challenge at Crafty tarts is a hard one, I have been working on an idea this afternoon, and all I have to show for it is one huge mess!!! Now I'm off to clean up as have lots to do before bed, and tomorrow is going to be a long night!!

Gifts going out AND coming in!

Hi again,. Two posts in one day!! Go Me!!

Today, at long last I have finished my 'something' for Carol as promised in an earlier posting, called Handmade by me. Next on my list is the name -qq photoshop tutorials- If this is YOU please are you able to email your address to me so I can send you something soon. :-) Thanks

Now, I received the most delightful gift yesterday from Carol, this totally made my week, take a look....

This is the lid of what I thought was a delightful decorated box... then I opened the lid and it got even better, if that's possible!!...

Thanks ever so much Carol, this took my breath away. You must have spent hours and hours on this! I totally LOVE it!

Well the past few days have zipped by very quickly. Thought it high time I did a quick post.

On the home front first, On Wednesday we went to School to the Investiture Mass to see dear daughter Aimee receive her 'Stars and stripes', she has the honour of being Sports Captain this year at school and is very pleased with herself. Of course we are very proud she was chosen.

On the craft front, i can only say that I seemed to have made more mess than anything else this week! Yesterday I made my card for Card pattern's sketch #2, I cannot show you this one yet, but, if you haven't already,pop over and check out the site and be in for a chance to be guest designer for round 3. There has been a wonderful response so far...but I'm not seeing anyone from N.Z having a go yet!! Come on Kiwis!!!

This was what my room looked like at 1 am this morning!

Last night I was so tired that I turned off my light before cleaning up, not something I usually do! Today I have had a major tidy-up and am feeling all set to launch into my next project, which involves a spoon!

Plenty to do.

Now on my desk this week I have plenty to do! There is my card I need to make for Card Patterns and I have a set of Cat ATC's to make for a swap on at Scrapbooking by Design. Also over at Glamour Girls I have my name down on the altered cutlery swap, now this is a new one on me and sounds like way too much fun to miss out on. I have also sent away my stamped pages for a Stamp Swap at Better Scrapbooking and finished my Design Team work for Scrapbookstudio.
I have some photos to show you of some of my finished work and of a lovely gift I received, but will load them on tomorrow as I have promised myself that I WILL be in bed by mid-night tonight- or there abouts!

Hi ya. Tonight finds me in my craft room- close to the fan (it has been way too hot in Duntroon today!). I am busy tiring to complete my last three puzzle pieces, progress is slow but sure, with just one and a half to go.

I have received a lovely box of scrap goodies from Scrapbook Studio, so am going to be very busy completing my design team work before the end of the month!

I am making myself finish my puzzles before I get back to scrapping!

Now I have just been having a cruise through a few blogs belonging to clever card maker's who have done some wonderful things with the card sketch from Card Patterns. My chances of getting onto this Design team are not looking real good! Anyway thought I would show you my whole card (above).

I have two new faces in my Guest Book! Very cool. Ladies- who are you and do you have blogs that I can have a peek at???

Duntroon Vineyard is born.

Tonight , on my desk ,there is once again a big mess!! No surprises there.

My dad has just had his first ever grape harvest bottled. Very exciting and rather tasty, not that I am a big wine drinker any more. You will need to ask my good friend Robyn about that because I'm saying no more on the topic of wine drinking!

I have been working on a label for his wine for some time now. All of a sudden the wine was bottled and here in my room- looking very naked. Altogether there are 70 bottles- so far we have labels on just 14!! Guess what I am going to be doing for the next few day??

On my desk this week...

I have my design team work on the go. I was so lucky that my dear sister had just sent me this beautiful photo of her daughter with Elmo, taken on their holiday in Australia, when my kit arrived. Perfect timing! My papers contained pinks and Elmo is red- but my page worked out okay just the same. The photo scrapped, will be in the Scrap booking by Design Gallery very soon, keep an eye out for it at the following link ...

http://www.scrapbookingbydesign.co.nz/gallery/

Also on my desk I have my puzzle piece's waiting to be decorated for the Puzzle swap over at Glamour girls

http://www.glamourgirlstamps.co.nz/

I have one only posted away, one almost finished and 7 still to go!

On Wednesday I played at being Santa and sent my goodies away for the Secret Santa swap over at Scrapbook studio

http://www.scrapbookingbydesign.co.nz/jm3/

I had so much fun gathering scrapping treasures to post, the hard part was that the total cost was to be $15, and oh I gathered so much more that I had to keep some myself! How sad!! Had a wee bit of trouble with the choc'y disappearing as well... no it wasn't the children, I hid them in my scrap room! Bad choice!

I took part in my first ever challenge at NZ Dares, see the Layout below titled 'Love Looks This Sweet' and I must have had beginners luck as I was chosen to do the challenge two weeks from now. That was a buzz! Check out the new dare just up today http://www.nzdares.blogspot.com/

I would like to try this one also, another awesome prise is up for grabs. All I need are more hours in my day!

Do be sure to join in my challenge here...http://designteam.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/have-you-taken-the-timeto-think-about-how-you-are-going-to-endyour-2008-scrapbook-album---i-thought-it-might-be-nice-to-en.html The prize is a set of Alcohol Inks and Blending solution and I may just add a little something extra.

Wishing all my readers a safe and happy weekend. xx

Hello there. Thought it was past time for an up-date! I am happy to report that I have finished my Advent calender for Karen. This project really threw me right out of my comfort zone. Always good to push yourself a little I guess. I cannot pop a photo of my somewhat busy and kind of messy calender on yet, have to get it to Karen first.
I do however have photos of my scrap space, taken at 12.30am on Sunday night, well Monday morning really. My long suffering husband insisted on me taking a photo of my mess to pop on my blog!!
Now that I have the calender done its time to get on with the puzzle swap, but I really do want to do a little scrap booking in between pieces as I'm beginning to get withdrawal symptoms I think!!
This afternoon I decided to whip up an ATC for the Quest for a cure challenge, not long after starting I realised it was Thursday- not Wednesday as I had thought. The challenge closed on Wednesday!! However I carried on regardless as it was such a cool idea and it was nice to be doing something other than the calender.

A quick update!

Gosh its been a while since I've popped in to update. Life gets busy doesn't it and it gets so hard sometimes to make time for the things you enjoy doing , the things you HAVE to do kind of take priority!! At the moment I am tring to work out how to make an advent calander for a swap on Glamourgirls. I am also involved in a puzzel swap which will be such fun! I have my puzzel pieces (all nine of them) in the post at last! Two pieces are sitting on my desk awaiting my attention. First I have to get some pages scrapped for the Scrapbook studio. I received a lovely box of the most beautiful papers today, my only concern is that they have to be posted into the Gallery on Saturday- Pressure!! There will be a few night shifts coming up between now and then!
Its my wonderful Hubbys birthday on Saturday, am yet to buy him a presse, a job for Friday!
Catch you all soon, must not linger too long here tonight- lots to do!! Take care.