This one is for a sweet little girl I know who is turning 9 today...
This is a Matryoshka Angel. It's Scrapsidaisy's 4th birthday this month, so I thought the cow print would make a perfect little gift angel to celebrate. The orange and blue are the shop colours (or close enough to it, I'm hoping). 
...which consists of 40 x 1 1/2 inch strips cut from the width of the fabric. This is a Basic Grey Sultry Honey Bun by Moda......yuuuuuuummmmmmm!
...which is 40 x 2 1/2 inch strips cut from the width of the fabric. This is a Jelly Roll of Eva by Basic Grey.......again, yuuuuuuummmmmmm!
...which is 40 x 10 inch squares, in this case Urban Couture by Basic Grey.
Oh my. Basic Grey released the Figgy Pudding papercarfting line a couple of years ago, and I think I used every sheet in the range at least twice over...I made LOs, taught classes, created cards and generally just loved it to death :) You can imagine my reaction when I saw the fabric. Oh my. If anyone has any tips on how NOT to buy this , please let me know.
This piece of paper combines everything I'm loving at the moment...polkadots, red and green and big white flowers...it's called Oilcloth. The quote/saying comes from the book "She"...I'm not sure who wrote it, but I love the message. It's been written on a scrap of paper floating around my desk for months.
I've used lots of leftover alphas from various manufacturers. The LO was inspired by a recent one by Stephanie Howell, a US scrapper whose work I love.
Finding a scrappable photo of myself was a challenge in itself...thank goodness for Photoshop! This one was taken in 1973, and is my sister and I at Hawks Nest NSW.
The new range by Jenni Bowlin Studios is what got me motivated...it arrived at 
These are the questions I was pondering as I wound some new threads onto their little cardboard spools this afternoon....and don't say it....I know what you're thinking LOL. I'm a little bit anal about my cottons :)
Now, to find some stitching time to finish off that last little block :)
I've been spending some time over the last couple of days drooling over the Pottery Barn Kids website....dreaming of how much fun it will be to decorate my kids rooms. Again :)
And all the time I'm thinking, although my husband has probably never heard of Pottery Barn, that he should be very grateful that they don't have a store in Australia. Seriously. This is the sort of thing that could send us bankrupt. 
...I pulled those gold leaves from way back in my stash, and love the texture of them. The journal block is by Making Memories.
This is not quite as bright as it looks here-I used auto colour correction in Photoshop, and this was the result...reminds me of someone who has just got new false teeth LOL...all bright and sparkly white :)
Some older Basic Grey paper on this one, and a mixture of stamps and inks.
And another artificially enhanced one :) The colours were really dark when I took the photos, just in case you were wondering why I have given these cards a mini-makeover.
...divine! I am such a sucker for cute :)
Her style is so very distinctive and classy. I love the way she uses decorative pins, especially on these butterflies (I've Cuttlebugged mine for some texture).
The paper is by Creative Imaginations and American Crafts, stamps are Technique Tuesday by Ali Edwards, and those beautiful pins are from the new Wedding Collection from Making Memories...expect to see those a lot on coming LOs! I used vellum for the first time in years, and machine stitched a little too. Not my usual style, but lots of fun to do!
...the end is getting near :)
These are the ice skating photos from back in January...I've blurred the photos of some of the kids, but you get the idea :) The letters and snowflakes are cut with the MM Slice, and I've added some Kindyglitz to the snowflakes to make them sparkle.
Papers are MM Paperie, American Crafts Sixth Avenue and October Afternoon Night Light...I love the challenge of mixing papers from different manufacturers. I've scraplifted the photo placement from a LO by Allison Davis in the May 2009 issue of Creating Keepsakes.
And they are yummy!
(and they were yummy too! ) and to meet these lovely girls for lunch...
It's a new month, and so I've posed some more challenges over at Scrapsidaisy to keep everyone busy. Confession time...I had this LO on my desk when I was thinking of the challenges, so have a little headstart.
Challenge 1: Use a 12 x 12 diecut on your LO ...tick
Challenge 2: Create a LO with at least 5 photos...tick
Challenge 3: Create a LO with a photo of yourself as a child.
Challenge 4: Scraplift a LO of one of your favourite scrapbookers (and make sure you give credit)
Challenge 5: Use your favourite ink on a LO and tell us what it is.
ok...so I cheated! Here are some detail shots...
I've used a Crate Paper diecut from the Lillian range (available at Scrapsidaisy)
I love those cute little ducks!
Do I jinx myself and say it might even be finished for Christmas this year? No...had better not :)
It's probably the most crooked photo I've ever taken , but hey, I'm in a bit of a hurry. It's a long weekend here in WA today, but that doesn't mean my darling son gets off trampoline training...no such luck. 
I stamped on one colour paper , cut out, and adhered onto another colour paper to give it a bit more "POP". Love those bright colours!
