Just for Fun....

My husband & I have started the process of decluttering. Very little sentimental stuff kept anymore. So while going through a heap of cards we had kept over the years I found a few I thought I could recycle. So here I have used one of the cards cut up to make a new card. I wanted the quirkiness of the image with some pretty stuff like the flowers and the beautiful Layers of Color Butterfly.....I think it is fun! Hope it inspires you to declutter and reuse, recycle!!

Some challenges this also fits is:
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Recycle
The corrosive Challenge - Funny or Punny
Order of the Opus Glue - Roses or Rosettes

Triplicate Trials Tuesday's Blpg Hop

Hi everyone, thanks for 'hopping' over here and checking out my blog below is the list of blogs to check out and join in with. I am sure you find much to inspire you as you take the journey. I am looking forward to seeing all your creations as well.

Tiffany Call owner of:  http://www.bkfastattiffanys.blogspot.com/http://bkfastattiffanys.blogspot.com/

Marie Otake owner of:  http://www.ethansimprints.blogspot.com

Alberta Futch owner of:  http://www.albertascloset.com/

Natasha owner of:  http://www.craftingwithnatasha.blogspot.com

Caryn Kidwell owner of:  http://www.thescorpiancrafter.blogspot.com/

Kate Blue owner of:  http://www.kateblue.blogspot.com

Debby McGrath owner of:  http://www.debblesdabbles.blogspot.com/ (You are HERE!!)

Lisa Foust owner of:  http://www.islandhoppingfoustcrafts.blogspot.com

Rochelle Washington owner of:  http://twotearsinmybucket.blogspot.com/

Kelly Braund owner of:  http://www.kellystamps.blogspot.com

Janice Coble owner of:  http://www.twin2u2-scrapaddict.blogspot.com

   Tenia Nelson owner of:  http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com/

This is the first of my projects for this challenge, and believe me it was a challenge, especially the colour element of it....RED / YELLOW / ORANGE is not exactly what we think when we think of PEACE!! So I headed over to my local scrapbooking store, Scrap 'n Stuff at Richardson shops & took a while finding a paper I could use, especially one that I felt was my kinda thing and that I could use with this theme, but then found this beautiful Websters paper and built my page on that. I then headed home to look up a scripture verse that talked of peace.....so many to choose from, but settled on Numbers 6:25 & 26. I found a free font download and so used the Angel Wars font which is a little hard to read in the photo, but I really liked it. I used the Tim Holtz Elegant Flourish, (I purchased this through PaperArtsy, best price!!)Stmapin' Up Antique brads in my flowers, (from my usual and wonderful SU supplier and teacher Ann Craig)some pearls and my Layers of color Butterfly stamp, with a bit of wire and pearls. Anyone that knows me knows I cannot resist sponging and this project was no different. I think it all came together pretty well and I am very happy with the result. Now for my 2nd project, something completely different!!
Here are some challenges I entered this 2nd project into:
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Add Flowers
Ellephantastic - Here comes the girls!
Easy Craft Projects - Yellow

So this project is a bit of a stretch with the layout, but I wanted to do a Groovy kind of peace man thing....LOL!!! The image is a KennyK Digi stamp. I was a bit disappointed with my colouring as I did it late at night at my friend Kim's (had to use her copics as I still don't have any!!) so was a bit rushed & my eyes ain't what they used to be!!! The background paper was from a Woolworths glitter pack from ages ago. 

So thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy getting to see all the extra projects on our blogs on the blog hop. Don't forget to leave a comment and go into the draw to win a handmade project from me. The winner will be randomly selected.....nothing technical, just name out of a hat, but with Christmas around the corner, it might come in handy!!
Regards
Debby
Here are some other challenges my projects fitted:
Anything Goes - Shabby Chic / Vintage
Bearly-Mine - Flowers
Creative Card Crew - recipe
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash - Birds, Bugs or Beasts
SweetStamps - Lace
Craft your passion - Flowers
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes
HLSC - Autumn Colors
Hookedoncraft - Spring
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Lace, ricrac, ribbon
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations Ink - Vintage
Woodware USA Clear Stamps - Anything Goes

Graduation!!

My friend Kim, who owns PaperArtsy, an online papercraft store, is now selling copic markers. I had heard how wonderful they were but had not yet tried them. After completing her training to teach she offered us a 4 week starter class, which I gladly joined. It was great fun, and we learned so much (still so much more to learn!!) I am now waiting my tax return to purchase a few to start off with. With over 300 colours it is very hard to choose which ones to start with. On our last night of class we actually stamped up an image and coloured it. I got home and couldn't wait to put it together as a birthday card for my sister-in-law Patria, who is travelling overseas at the moment with her mother. So I photographed it so I could get it in the post asap. Here is my card. I love this image and you can order it from PaperArtsy (she has so many gorgeous stamps to choose from!!)

 Using the blender pen ink onto a face washer then patting the image we get this wonderful textured look of the fur!! How cool is that??

Here are some challenges I have entered this into:

A Gem of a Challenge - Colour challenge

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away - Make your own Flowers

Crafty Calender - Let sleeping bears Lie

Clearly iStamp - Patterned Papers

Delicious Doodles - Fresh & New

Fairy tale Challengeblog - Lace and Flowers

Copic Creations - Pretty in Pink

Cupcake Craftroom - Pink & Green

DYSU - Friendly Critters

PaperPlay - Make your own Flowers

Rainbow Lady's - Embossing

Time Out at Linda's....

Saturday August 20 saw me over at Lovely Linda's for a Vintage Paper Bag Album workshop from 1pm through til 4.30pm with a great bunch of women. Always good fun to be able to sit and focus on creating with everything you need at your fingertip including guidance from my good friend Linda. Of course, afternoon tea supplied & as always the yummiest Pavlova included. I also bought along a Crunchy Cob loaf filled with yummy spinach dip which also went down very well....especially as I had not had time for lunch!! All up a wonderful afternoon and I mostly got the front cover and one double page inside put together. As I have not yet decided whether it will be a photo album or coffee table book of precious words I have not completed those pages yet, but I have a good back ground to work on......only 15 more pages to go!!!!! If you would like a kit to make your own, Linda is selling them so contact her through her website which I have linked to.

We all got different colours and really have made them to our own taste and styles.....it is amazing how different they all turn out. Here is my start, hope it inspires you to perhaps grab a kit and make your own, especially with Christmas just around the corner.

Some challenges I decided to enter this in are:

The Crafty Pad - Distressing and Tearing

Getting Cricky with K Andrew - Winged Things

I Did it Creations - Nature

Quirky Crafts - Flourish & Embossing

Catch The Bug - Warm Colour & Paper Piecing

Children at Play...

A month ago I did the wrong challenge for Triplicate Trials Tuesday, but finally it is here & so I have my card done ahead....yay!!! This is the challenge:

And this is my card:

 I have dry embossed my patterned paper and sponged around it, layer it on red and then onto the crumbcake coloured card. I have used eggplant / purple card as my strip layering it over with some pattern paper which you can see I have torn. The images of the children come from an old card I found and have cut up and layered again onto crumbcake coloured card, distressing around the edge before layering it on a red ribbon only allowing the heart border to show. The flower was left over from a project I did for a friend, and I am sorry to say I do not remember the brand, but it seemed to fit so well with purple tints on cream. For the lettering FUN I have used the retired Stampin' Up Whimsical Alphabet which is still one of my favorites. I hope you like it. Other challenges I have entered it in are:

City Crafter Challenge - Best of Friends

Ladybug Crafts Ink LTL - Favourite stamp

Shopping Our Stash weekly - Red, Ribbon or Roses

The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Mixed Media

Digi Design House - Dry Embossing

Heart Song Inspiriations - Shabby Chic

Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbons

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink - Flowers

Our house finally on the market

Our home is finally on the market.....after 2 months of hard work we are able to relax a bit now. We have done all we can to make this a very presentable family home, now it is in God's hands. I believe He has a buyer for us, He knows the price we need and that we need to sell quickly.

 Our Daughter's Room

 The Main Bedroom

 The Craft Room

 Our Son's Old Room

 Bathroom

 Dinning Room

 The Lounge Room

 The Kitchen

 The Family Room

The link is

http://www.allhomes.com.au/ah/act/sale-residential/26-johnstone-circuit-calwell-canberra/1316798750011

I love Scrapbooking nights at Ann's!!!

With all that we have been doing on the house, plus work there has been little time for creating. The odd card here and there for the DT I am on, plus a few extra it was great to get back to scrapbooking at Ann's, our independent Stampin' Up demonstrator. I hadn't been for so long, then Ann was away in Italy (green!!). Last night there was only 4 of us so lots of room to be spread out and creative. It always amazes me how we can all be given the same layout and come up with pages that look soooooo different. I had some photos of our Goddaughter's Dedication and particularly love this photo of her. I have used SU papers, and that great flower diecut....just love it! Some of the papers I have dry embossed, and I always love to sponge. Not sure if you can see it very well, but I have drawn stitching around the pink square as well as the cream circle. And finally, the finishing touch, a Tim Holtz Elegant Flourish. Hope you enjoy the page and the subject.

Some challenges I have entered into are:

The Crazy Challenge - Embossing
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Stitching
Digi Design House - 3 buttons, 2 papers, ribbon / floss
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Paper Creations Ink - Stitching
The Pink Elephant - Butterfly
Simon Says Stamp & Show - Tim Holtz
Squigglefly - Buttons
Die Cuttin Divas - Garden
Papertake Weekly - Die Cut Flowers

Aint she sweet?

Our baby granddaughter, Alexia (better known as Lexi) is growing up fast. At 4 months old she was already in size 0's!! She is soooooo very long. These photos here were taken last week at home. Mum has gone back to study and so dad had her on his own, so Tam (daughter) & I took the opportunity to pop over for a visit. She was asleep when we got there as you can see in the first photo, with Rosie I think they said her name is, her doll, that Uncle Tris & Aunty Carissa bought her when she was born. The cut little pink jacket was a gift from our dear friends, Denis & Marilyn also when she was born. Luckily for us, she woke up and was chatting to us, laughing and glued to the book I had bought her and read to her.

Jac-inks Challenge #14 Sketch

Well it's challenge time again over at Jac-inks and it's a sketch challenge. I was lucky enough to have received a beautiful pack of scrapbooking/cardmaking stuff for my birthday from my dear friend Keely. I just love the colours in the pack and was inspired straight away with the sketch to use them. I also couldn't resist using my favourite heart stamp, Layers of Color's Fleur Heart. A bit of chalk to that and some pearls and it matches beautifully, (well I think so!! LOL!!!) Dry embossing patterned papers is something my friend Lovely Linda has encouraged me to do and I love it too. So I hope you like my vintage card and you will go and join in the challenge at Jac-inks.