Happy Birthday My2Angels!!!

This month is birthday month at My2Angels and there is a massive store sale on until 21st August with 10-50% off everything!! (excludes class packs though) check it out HERE! There will be competitions running through the month with prizes up for grabs and to get the ball rolling I was asked by Tracy to create a Sketch for the celebrations.

Here is my take ......

My DS and friends at his 11th Birthday Sleepover!!! A little different but a very fun photo!!

... on this Sketch

Just love the Scrapware mini fences .... here I have fixed a My2Angels tag on it using brads.

... and the monster to fit in with my title!!

The 1st 'e' in cheers has been embossed using the Tim Holtz Embossing Puffs as I ran out of black letters!! 

Shop Products Used: (or similar)

 October Afternoon papers , Farm Fresh Hay Barn and Fly a Kite Fireflies

Core’dinations Cardinal & Kiwi cardstock.

Thickers Jewellery Black

Alpha from my stash (the same font as the Scrapware antique chipboard letters (& mini size) which could be embossed using Zing Black Glitter embossing powder. 

Tim Holtz Black Embossing Puffs (this is really nice!!) Jenni Bowlin Tiny Circle Alphas

Scrapware Border Fence, Monster and Journal Block which I have inked and clear embossed.

My2Angels Laughter tag  & My2Angels Boys Cap Charm.

Sketch Rules:

Create a BIRTHDAY THEMED layout using BOTH of the following criteria:

The MAJORTITY of products must be available from my2angels and you must use my SKETCH. 

You have until the end of the month to upload your sketch into the my2angels Gallery for the chance to win a $20 voucher to spend in the my2angels shop. Please list the my2angels products used when uploading so everyone can see what can be created with our products. **For a bonus $10 voucher, post your entry on your blog and then link your entry by leaving a link in the comments section of my2angels blog post dated 3 August. Remember, link your sketch 'post' and not just your blog. 

That way we can pop over and check out your creations.

So what have you got to lose .... give it a go ... I'm looking forward to checking out all the entries and seeing what you do with my sketch ... for some more inspiration check out all the other DT girls work on the blog ... we also have 3 guest designers joining us this month for the celebrations, my very good blog pal, Melissa together with Keonie & Gilly.

So Good Luck!!! & TFL :)

Wendy x

More Kraft!

I have developed a real liking for this Kraft ... it inks and dry embosses SO well, especially love it for boy pages. For this LO of Sam on the beach at Hillarys I have mixed the Kraft with some BG Basics  .......

The brick embossing is done using the new Tim Holtz Texture Fades which are sooooo cool! 

Want one? Well check them out HERE (My2Angels) but be quick ..... 

Thought I'd share this too ... the birthday card I made for my buddy Corrina earlier this week!

 

I've used some My2Angels charms on here Friends & a very cute Shopping Bag ... 

Scrapbook shopping of course!!! LOL!!!

Oh and a mini toot ..... yesterday I had another of my pages accepted for publication ... yay!!!

TFL .... I will be back real soon with some exciting M2A stuff for August!!!

Wendy x

Sorry to say ...

... these are the last of my black and white LO's for My2Angels for this month!! :(

I have had such a great time with this combo that I am sorry it has to finish!!

BUT don't worry we've got some good stuff happening over at My@Angels in August so watch this space!!!!

LO #1 ... DS #2 just being his ultra cool self ... he definitely is 'My Little Dude'!

Using a pack of Core’dinations all in the family fade to black cardstock  (these packs are awesome value!) I’ve used white, black and grey cardstock together with a blue card from the Aqua Blues pack. I cut up strips of the white, black and blue card which I weaved to create a panel which I then mounted on more black card. As with most of my LO's I start with an idea and then just play and fiddle until the pieces come together (or I change it totally LOL!!). But this one worked out ... I used some Imaginisce To Love Cherish Katherine paper (reverse side) my newly made 'panel' and some extra strips of the cardstocks to ‘frame’ my photo. 

I added little off cuts of the card randomly on the strips and added ‘Chill Out’ and ‘Cool’ from the My2Angels Ribbon to two pieces of card and mounted them on 3D tape. I have also used the small B&B mirrored hearts from the Love & Kisses and 2 buttons and 1 photo corner which I have covered in a white enamel. The title is Rusty Pickle and Jenni Bowlin Circle Alphas.

Such a shame Buzz & Bloom are no more as these mirror hearts are so cool.

LO #2 ... DS #1 - this photo was taken at one of his football games and I got to thinking ... that come rain or shine he plays footy on a Saturday morning! And come rain or shine we go to watch him!! (and love every minute!!) He plays #6 (in fact both of them play #6!!) and they have done for a few years now so I have included that little fact in my title! 

Again I used a Core’dinations All In the Family Fade to Black cardstock pack, white for the background and some black for a side panel. I used Bo Bunny Mama Razzi Aperature (dark side) as a strip down the side and to mount my cut out photo on, together with a strip of left over Websters Lifes Portrait Reflections from last months DT pack. I mounted my photo onto white cardstock and inked the edges in the colours of my LO. 

I punched a border on the Websters paper and have then added my title discreetly on the spots of the paper using Jenni Bowlin Tiny Circles alpha (a new fav of mine and the colour matched perfectly!). I’ve used both a black and a brown of this alpha and added some brackets and a #4 from AC Thickers Jewelry Box black alpha. The brackets I put around the ‘6’ on the Jenni Bowlin Adore Bingo Card. 

To finish I added some Buzz & Bloom clouds, lightly rubbed with white ink, a painted chipboard sun and rain drops cut from some left over Mama Razzi paper. There are no Buzz & Bloom clouds left in stock but Tracy has recently re stocked the Scrapware clouds which are equally as gorgeous! As usual click on any of the product links to take you straight to that item in the My2Angels shop and don't forget to check out the other DT creations on the BLOG! 

Phew .. not posted 2 LO's together in quite some time!!! Hope you like?!

Before I go I just want to wish a Very Happy Birthday to my buddy Corrina, have a great day special lady!!! Love ya heaps!!

Oops .... I nearly forgot I got this very cute blog award from the lovely Sue the other day .. thank you Sue!!

There are some conditions and rules but I am afraid it is way past my bedtime (this post was scheduled!) and I will have to post those and pass it on next time ... I just wanted to say thank very much Sue I was very flattered! xx

TFL ... be back with more soon

Wendy x

Kraft it Up!

I got around to doing the Kraft it Up! challenge this month, criteria was a multi photo LO (4 or more) so I scrapped these gorgeous photos of one of my friends daughters ...remember Miss K well this is her older sister, the gorgeous Miss T .. thanks babe I just love these photos xx

I finally got around to doing a banner on a LO ... love the way it turned out!

and how cute is the mushroom button from MLBOW?!

... and of course another of my fav embellies Scrapware butterflies! Available from the M2A shop HERE!

Thanks for looking and a special thank you so much for all your comments, I really do appreciate each and every one of them ... I'll be back soon with some DT shares real soon ....

take care

Wendy x  

Scrap the boys!

Just a quick post to share a LO I did for Scrap the Boys .... the criteria was to use stamps somewhere on your LO. I used a Kaisercraft stamp, Kraft cardstock & some Pink Paislee papers (yum!) oh and one of my fav embellies .. chippy cogs!!!

A close up of the journalling .....

.... and those gorgeous cogs!!

Thanks for looking .... back again with more soon!

Wendy x

Eleven ... (& 12 goals for Lecca!!)

Now I think I've mentioned how much I am loving this months theme at My2Angels ?!?! LOL!! I could scrap this colour scheme ALL the time! So here is my 2nd LO which I posted a sneaky of in my last post, it is a gorgeous 'black & white' photo of my ‘ELEVEN’ year old and it is using a paper I actually picked and ordered for the other side (black patterned) but I really loved this side with the clocks that I just had to find a way to use it! 

I'm hoping I've done this 'ever-so-slightly-vintage' style justice?!

EDIT: This LO was accepted for publication 29 July 2010 .... YAY!!!
and will be published in Scapbooking Memories VOL 13 No 4 due out in March 2011!
I have left you a little sneaky below though!

I've used Core-dinations Black cardstock and the gorgeous Collage Press Scrooge Marley The Counting House paper, I cut off a strip of the paper and then cut out the clocks. I put strips of red cardstock and some red ribbon down the edges of the paper to match the red around the clocks. Then using 3D tape I put the clocks back on leaving a ‘shadow’ gap. 

The little clock face is something I picked up at a craft fair last year, cute eh?! 

 

I’ve used some Black and Red Mulberry flowers and Black Plaid Brads and partially hidden them behind the clocks together with a Key and Follow your Heart charm.

The gorgeous Scrapware Penny Farthing Bicycle, I sprayed with Raven Glimmer Mist (but coloured the seat red) and then finished it off using Inkssentials Crackle Accent and some Black Pearls. 

My title is a combination of Thickers Black Daiquiri alphas and the Jenni Bowlin Tiny Circle Alphas which I really, love at the moment! (they will be back in stock in the store later this week!)

 Thanks for looking .... will be back with more soon, can't wait to share the rest of this months My2Angels work .... so here are a couple of very tiny sneaks .... and don't forget to check out the blog for all the other DT's gorgeous creations this month .....

Oh and I had the best day yesterday ..... in the morning my eldest son's footy team beat the undefeated top of the ladder team .... great win Cougars!!! and as some of my blogger friends have done before me ... a little shout out to my 'AFL' footy team ....... Lecca you are a legend!! TWELVE!!! goals what a star!!! great win West Coast  

.... now if only we could get OFF the bottom of the ladder!!!   

Till next time .....

Wendy x

Adore ... this boy!

Hi, at my2angels this month our theme is 'Black & White' with a touch of colour, and anyone who visits my blog regularly knows how much I LOVE black, so I am just loving this theme! So, being the school holidays, on Tuesday I spent the day with my buddy Corrina and we scrapped up a M2A storm! We haven't been able to do that in quite a while (Becky Fleck day excluded!) so it was just great to spend some quality 'scrap time' together!!! With lots of chatting and drinking coffee too of course!!! We are so lucky, our kids get on together really well, so we had a pretty uninterrupted day ... it was great! and she wouldn't let me leave until I had finished two LO's .. which I managed to do ...just!!! thanks so much for a great day buddy!! 

So here is my 1st take for the month ... the photo is a couple of years old now, Feb 2008, when he was only 8 going on 9, he was sat in a play tube at Kings Park on an absolutely scorching day .... close to 40 degrees if I remember right!!! and what was I doing? well I had my new camera and was chasing them around for photos!!! LOL!!! Mama Razzi!!!!

You can see the tube better in these photos ....

I've used black cardstock which I doodled around and then machine stitched a 'patchwork' of pp's together and included some green card as my touch of colour! I've also added some my2angels bling and some other goodies from the store. The star is an idea I 'lifted' from Corrina, (her butterfly) cutting up some M2A felt (which is on special this month) and backing it will card to make your own embellies! Love the mirror 'XOX' from Buzz and Bloom on here ... so shiny!!!

All products are listed below ... just click on any link to take you straight to that item in the shop. 

Black Cardstock: Imaginisce Paper: Collage Press Paper: Green Cardstock

Jenni Bowlin Letters: AC Foam Thickers: Carolee's Creations Letters

Jenni Bowlin Bingo Card: Buzz&Bloom Mirror XOX: 

M2A Rhinestone Circles: M2A Star Felt Ribbon: M2A Black Organza Ribbon

Other: Pink Paislee Paper, MLBOW Button & White Gel Pen 

Thanks for loooking ... I'm off to create some more B&W LO's yay  

.... infact here is a sneaky of my next one 

... see you soon

Wendy x

Eclipse, a LO and some cards!

Yay! School holidays and a few days off work!! It has been a long 2nd term (11 weeks) so we are all really in need of a break in routine for a couple of weeks. And to top off a great weekend Corrina, her girls and myself went to 'La Premiere' last night to see 'Eclipse' ... great movie ... a glass of bubbly ... comfy seats and excellent company = a great night out! Although it was a little chilly (no make that a lot chilly!!!)  when we had to walk out into the cold at midnight .... in our record breaking cold snap here in Perth!!! Brrrrrr! 

Anyway ... for the month of July, our theme at my2angels is black & white, however the last LO I did for June (which I am finally getting around to posting!) fits the July theme already! But not to worry, I don't think I am going to find it too hard to do more for this month .... seeing as it is one of my favourite colour combos!!

So here is my last June LO ... Special (girl)! Thanks Miss 'T', I promise I will scrap your gorgeous fairy photos soon! x

Products from the My2Angels shop are:

I've used Websters Papers: Core-dinations cardstock: My2Angels Felt Frame:

Raven Glimmer Mist: Silver Stone Heart Ribbon Slide: Black Mulberry Flower: 

Pink & Clear Rhinestones: Black Daiquiri Thickers Alpha

Others: PP Black Glitter Alpha, Maya Road Pearl Pins

I also made the following cards, one for My2Angels .... 

Products Used: Orange Cardstock: Round Silver Ribbon Slide: Websters Paper:

Sassafras Apple Jack Glitter Stickers

... and one for my very special friends birthday a couple of weeks ago.

I'll be back soon ..... I am determined to get some extra scrapping done in the holidays!!

As always thanks SO much for looking and for your lovely comments .. oh and Happy 4th July to my US readers ... hope you have a great day .....

Wendy x

Scrap the girls!

I know, I know I don't have girls of my own but every girl needs a 'girly' fix! So here is my take on the latest Scrap the Girls Challenge .... Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

It is the gorgeous Miss K again on her recent 6th birthday. She was dressed as a fairy but it was such a chilly day that she had her pretty pink coat on top of her fairy dress!!! Here she is opening some presents on her special day!

I've used some gorgeous Pink Paislee Papers and Bazzill swiss dots and bling cardstock.

I'll be back soon with some more my2angels stuff to show .. and don't forget to check out the blog for the other DT girls gorgeous creations .... tfl

Wendy x

More Websters!

... and more frames, real cute little mini ones!!!  Using more more Webster’s Life’s Portrait papers I made this LO of Corrina and myself busy creating (in our aprons!!) at the awesome ‘Day with Becky Fleck’ we went to at the beginning of May! We had just the best time and Becky (as I think I've said before!) was awesome! 

I've used brown cardstock and then I made two cardstock and paper mats using some ‘Pure Grace’ paper and some slightly different coloured brown cardstock, then machine stitched around the mat edges twice and the photo once.

 In the top left of the cardstock I cut out a ‘photo corner’ shape, which I put paper behind, then stitched around the edges. The flower is a gorgeous my2angles Peach mini gardenia sprayed with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist (although the subtle sparkle doesn’t show up very well in the photo). For the title, I have used White Holly Doodle Alphabet Stickers and Carole’s Creations Tiny Chocolate Alpha Stickers. 

For the word ‘DAY’, I have used some my2angles Petite Silver Frames that I have painted the middles of with cream paint and then used Inkssentials Crackle Accent to give them a vintage feel. I've also used some cream pearls including one in the centre of the gardenia. 

Click on any of the links to take you to that item in the my2angels shop. 

Click on the photos for a closer look!

Thanks, as always, for looking .... enjoy your week and I'll catch you again soon ..

Wendy x

A Christmas LO ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Anyone who follows my blog knows that I am not a 'pretty' scrapper! By that I only mean that I am not a massively fussy scrapper and hence (shock horror!!!) I had never used Websters papers before!!! This month though, Tracy of My2Angels sent us our DT packs, and asked us to focus on frames, and included in the pack some Websters Lifes Portrait Papers together with lots of goodies from the M2A shop to play with. So I flipped over the Reflections paper, from the pack, to match my style better, and made this Christmas LO!! (I know slightly out of season!!!)

I teamed my spotted paper with Core dinations Nightfall cardstock which I sprayed with some Marshmallow Glimmer Mist to give it a starry look. I covered the join with Black Velvet Ric Rac and then used White Ric Rac to make three 'strings' for my Christmas baubles which are my2angels Circle Pendant charms!

I put my photo on top of the my2angels Black Felt Scroll Frame as it was slightly too large to go behind it and sanded the edges to make it stand out a little better. I finished off with a Heart & Moon Frame charm for the date and some Silver Self Adhesive Rhinestone Stars for an added bit of bling.

Love this little frame and these glitter alphas .....

I used a Pink Paislee Glitter chipboard alpha and some of my favourite Carolee's Creations letter stickers for my title. Click on any of the links to take you straight to that item in the M2Ashop! And don't forget to check out the M2A blog for the other Design Team girls creations!

BTW I'd love to know what you think of my 'mini' blog makeover?? I made my nice new header and used one of the new blogger templates which I love as it is much wider than my old one!! Still love the black background though, so it's not really too much of a drastic change! Just a little tweaking!!

Thanks for dropping by ... Sorry I've not had too much to share recently, this cold weather is really playing havoc with my mojo!! lol!! I just want to snuggle up on the sofa at the moment and keep warm!!

Until next time ... Wendy x :) 

Guest Designer

Hi ... well it's Sunday and that means its time for a new sketch over at Creative Scrappers! and I was SO excited when Kristine, the owner,  invited me to be their Guest Designer for sketch #107. Thank you so much Kristine, I love your blog and sketches and I had so much fun with this gorgeous sketch by Aphra. Check it out HERE.

For my take on the sketch I borrowed a very 'delightful' little girl so that I could do a 'pretty' LO with lace and stuff!!!  .. isn't she gorgeous! Thank you Miss K and Happy Birthday for Friday x x 

Just love these BG Cappella pp's!

... I also used Scrapware mini butterflies, pearls, lace and mesh ribbon to cover the chippy heart ...

... and a gorgeous flower I picked up from my LSS SFTH

So don't forget to pop over to CS and have a go at this sketch and check out all the fabulous takes on it by the Design Team ... 

..... thanks as always for looking I really appreciate it .. Wendy :)