Scrapbooking Memories Blog Hop...

Hi Everyone and welcome to the Scrapbooking Memories Blog Hop!!

This will be one of the very last challenges as my term as a Scrapbooking Memories Master comes to an end.  It has been both a challenging and very, very rewarding year.  I can only hope that the new Masters will have the same amount of joy.

Anyway... Back to the blog hop!!  Each of the ten contributors in this hop, will post their projects over the course of the week and we will be keeping you guessing!  Make sure you pop back to the Scrapbooking Memories blog for handy hints and you can always have a guess while you’re at it!  Leave a comment here on this post, if you think you might know what the theme is!

Hopefully you have already visited Jasmine's blog earlier this morning and now I get to share a layout of mine...

"Wanderlust"

products used: cs - Kaisercraft; pp - Echo Park (For the Record 2), October Afternoon; alpha - Echo Park (For the Record2) alpha sheet; other - Echo Park decorative brads & alpha sheet stickers, vellum, sequins, Bella BLVD designer tape (Orange Stripe), washi tape (grey), Tattered Angels glimmermist, Shimmerz mist, washi tape (yellow); tools - sewing machine, typewriter.

This layout was created using my DT Kit from The Scrapbook Store.  I just adore Echo Park and this collection is gorgeous!

My littlest boy loves to travel.  Even if it is just off to the shops to buy some milk!  So can you imagine his delight when the school bus driver let us travel with the kids for one short stop!  LOL!  The driver would of happily have taken us all the way to the school, but then I'm sure my little traveller wouldn't be so happy on the walk home!!  (..between 10 and 15 kms!) *grin*

And now after visiting my blog you have another clue as to what the blog hop theme is all about.  Have you guessed it yet?  Or is it still early days?  Remember to stay with us on the hop this week to discover more clues as you visit some friendly bloggers!  :)  Check in with the team over at the Scrapbooking Memories blog tomorrow morning to see where to journey to next. hint:  It's Sharmaine!! LOL!  You can find her blog here.

 

Happy hopping!  And thanks for visiting..x

ps - I was completely and utterly inspire to create this layout after seeing some beautiful creations by Maggie Holmes.  She is amazing and I thank her for sharing her beautiful work..x

 

Jillibean Introduction...

Hi Everyone!  I am being introduced on the Jillibean Soup Blog today!  If you have come this way via Jillibean, welcome!!  I am happy to have you here.  I am also so excited to share my first project with you but some of you will have seen it before! :)

This layout was created as part of my Scrapbooking Memories Masters 2011-12 submission and was amazingly chosen as the cover layout for the special edition!

"love"

This is the first time I've shared it in full, on the blog.  *grin*  It feels like so very long ago now!  lol!

Thanks for visiting..x
 

She is important...

Hello Friends!  Sorry about the lack of blogging over the weekend.  We have just started two weeks of school holidays here.  The kids have been keeping me busy, organising play dates and other activities.  I need to do something to keep them entertained otherwise we each drive the others crazy!  *grin*  Today we are heading off to the netball courts for a bit of exercise and fun with friends.  :)

Today I am also sharing this layout created for Greatest View.  This was a joyful project for me to work on.  It shares the story of my "Masters" journey.  It was also a timely reminder for me to scrap more about myself.  :)  Yes.  I am very guilty of leaving "me" out of the equation when documenting our family stories..  I think I can honestly count on one hand, the number of layouts I have created, that are about me...  whoops!  Here is number... three or maybe four?

"She is Important"

products used: cs - kaisercraft; pp - Echo Park; Greatest View - zebra print bag, flamingo badges/flairs, pale pink bakers twine, flamingo sequins; other - versacolor ink, mister huey's mist, studio calico stickers, typewriter.

 

 

I've added quite a bit of journaling.. not in the "zebra print bag" but in a file folder on the front of it.  In the bag itself, I've added all my bits and pieces that relate to this journey, including photos of my submission layouts..

 

 

If you would like to see a little more of the details, please visit Greatest View.  And while there don't forget to go into the shop and order yourself some of these beautiful badges/flairs! 

 

Thanks for visiting..x

A little Greatest View sneak..

Hello friends.  I just wanted to share a little sneak of my latest Greatest View project.  *grin*

My lovely friend Gail is producing the most wonderful flair/badges and they are showing up on creations everywhere!  You need to visit the shop >>here<< to see her entire collection. :D  You certainly won't regret it.  *grin*

This is the sunburst/chevron combination I have used on my sneak...  You will see the full reveal next Monday.

Oh and you can pick up that "zebra" print bag from Greatest View too!  Thanks for visiting and happy shopping!  *wink!*

ps - who do you spy in the photo? lol! 

 

Oh. My. Goodness!!!!!!!!!!

Hello friends!  Do you remember a little while ago when I posted about being one of Australia's top ten Scrapbooking Masters? :D Well.... The magazine edition is out and circulating among those who have a subscription or is featured in this issue.  Unfortunately I don't have my copy yet.  And it doesn't go on sale until December 28.

However........................... I did get sent a photo of the cover.  And just let me please repeat.................

OH. MY. GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!

Have a little look at who is on the cover!!!!  It's MEeeeeeeEEeeeeee! (Well, technically it's Tahlia! But it is my layout.)  My first. Ever. Cover!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Can you tell I'm a little bit excited!!!

Thanks for visiting..x

My little secret...

Well it's out.  On facebook at least.  So maybe I should put something up here... You know... this is a time where I should have had something prepared.  Unfortunately I have been waaaay too busy.  Even today!  Among all the craziness I've held onto my little secret for near on three months!  THREE MONTHS!!!  Not even my family know... well hubby did.  He saw the parcels and packages arriving and was a tad curious...

So what is my secret?

I can proudly announce that I am a 2012 Scrapbooking Memories Master!! 

One of ten amazing people throughout Australia!  My nine fellow Master's are so amazing ... well.. I do kind of feel insignificant.  And I am not just saying that! :) I really do wonder at why I was chosen.  I did love my entry but I was in complete turmoil when I sent it off.  Two days before the due date.

Mark told me to do it.  He actually organised it all for me to sit down and finish the job.  Especially when I didn't have the heart to enter it anymore.  He was my rock.  So I thank him for pushing me.

Don't get me wrong.  I am absolutely thrilled.  So thrilled that when I received that phone call from Cassie at Scrapbooking Memories, I cried.  Sorry.  True story.  :)  She may have been a little surprised! hee hee... It has been somewhat of a roller coaster ride.  You see, my Dad had passed away in the middle of all this.  I was so keen to enter for the first time this year (previous years I had had no confidence), that I had two layouts completed right from the very start.  Then we went away on our holiday.  And immediately as we returned home, we got the devastating news about Dad.

So my heart wasn't in it.  At that time.

I don't want to come across as ungrateful.  I am in shock.  Even after three months.  I am however, excited for what the next twelve months will bring.  I am ecstatic to meet new amazing people and learn from them.  I hope I can live up to the honor of being called a Master.  And most of all... I hope I can create some inspiration for you all to enjoy...x

Thanks for visiting.

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Dedicated in loving memory to my Dad....x