We seem to be getting caught up in the frenzy of it all, even though I tend to think it should be left to the Americans :) While we don't plan to go trick-or-treating, we have stocked up on lollies, just in case, and certain little ones around here are thinking they might get dressed up, just to answer the door...hmmmmm.
I've cut the newsprint butterflies using the MM Slice, and the coloured ones are from the diecut sheet from the paper collection :) I've hand drawn the detail on them, and the border is machine stitched. Alphas are American Crafts Thickers (just for a change LOL).
...a very dangerous place for fabric lovers in Mosman Park. And while I was supposed to be "just along for the ride" while Evana fed her new addiction, my heart almost stopped when I found the haberdashery section.
It's just like my old thimble...but better! Metal, not plastic! Expensive, but so so necessary when blanket stitching. YIPPPEEEEE!!!
Amy Butler's brand new fabric line...Love. What an appropriate name...it is TO DIE FOR delicious, and I have just the thing that I'm going to make with it :) 
...oh dear.
Challenges can give you direction as far as creating a LO, which can be a good thing when you haven't created a page in a while...like me :) The letter "t" criteria has had me stumped for a while, till I came across these photos of Lydia...how cute is she? Love the little fist clenched in excitement.
I've stitched around the outside with green thread,
It has 30 sheets, 15 of which are transparencies....such fun to work with!
You really don't need to add much to the journaling sheets to achieve a classy Christmas card, and once you have your design, you can make another 4 the same...a great head start to your hand made Christmas cards!
I've added some bling, some MM Poinsettias, a touch of ribbon here and there...but really, the journal pad does all the work!
An underwater scene featuring Cuttlebugged sea creatures and pieced water background, hand coloured sand and finished with decorative scissor edging....beautiful.
...and since Miss Merryn was making enough mess for both of us, I just used it :)
...and more punching and Prima flowers! Now to go and clean up...hope you are having a great day!
...especially when I can use some fabrics from my recently rediscovered fabric stash!
While this little project had a few little hiccups...like the other night when I sewed the frill inside out which I'm blaming on my poor lighting situation hahaha...it came together nicely in the end. I used Janelle Wind's Thelma's Day Out pattern for this bag, and the cute birdy print fabric that the postie brought for me in the school holidays. The other fabrics are from Stash Number 2....the fabrics that have lived in the garage for far too long! Lots of treasures to be found in those boxes :)
...and how quickly my day times with this little girl are disappearing. School is looming, and days spent cooking and crafting with my little helper are all the more precious. Sob sob...I hate it when they go to school.
Using up some of my favourite bits and bobs from various Making Memories lines...Noteworthy and Paperie on this one.
Paperie and Kand Co, with a lovely Melissa Frances stamp.
The Design Team have been working on making invitations this month, and playing with some of the gorgeous A4 papers by Christina Re....so elegant.
The possibilities are endless!
Just thought you might like some sneak peeks :)
by the very lovely Jenni . In accepting it, I have to tell you 7 things about me that you might not know. Here goes...
...complete with little helpers who only stuck around long enough to lick the beaters :) I did my usual marathon cooking thing...you know, where I keep cooking until I run out of something vital (today it was butter and custard powder LOL) and then popped these in the oven..
Blueberry muffins...yuuuum. I then realised how quiet it was (very unusual in our house) and went with my camera to investigate.
I found my husband knee deep in tadpole-infested waters...eeeeewwwwww....cleaning the water feature.
Miss M was quietly reading on the lounge.
Miss L had sneaked some pattycake pans and was creating an alien face :)
...and Master R had dug out a long forgotten electronic game and was playing quietly in his bedroom. So I disturbed their quiet activities with the call of "AFTERNOON TEA!!!!", and that was the end of that!
These photos are part of a series I took back in February...you may remember that I have scrapped a few of them already. Merryn has begged me each year to get up on stage when we've been to Lydia's dance concerts...just a little snippet that I wanted to record, which deserved a page all on it's own :)
I've used no patterned paper on this LO, just some cardstock and a couple of Basic Grey Lemonade Chip Stickers and some alphas...simplicity! I even dug into my MM Heidi rub-ons again...they would have to be my "all-time, most used" scrapping product...I've been using them for years, and am getting very low on "e"s!
Smiling faces make me happy :)
...I have a sweet little project in mind, although it may have to wait until school goes back next week ;)
Paper, words, photos and minimal embellishments....just the way I like it.
I've used paper from Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday, and the embellishments are from the Ready-Set-Chip chipboard sheet from their Snorkel Collection. The journaling is not quite finished, but I can't remember what beach we were at LOL (I'm hoping my husband can help me out with this when I chat to him tomorrow)