Helmar January Sketch Challenge

Well I have been very busy crafting up a storm this week but mainly for DT projects that you will all have to wait to see :) But I have just completed a beautiful layout using this gorgeous sketch from the always talented Lydell Quinn over on the Helmar Blog this month.

And here is the layout I created...

And some closeup images.....

Thanks so much for looking! I really enjoyed creating this beautiful layout using the gorgeous Lil Primrose Collection from Kaisercraft.

Also before I go, just a quick note to let you know that The Scrapbooking Haven has a code offering 30% off storewide!!!!!!! We need to clear stock FAST before the CHA orders come rolling in so hurry and grab a bargain over at www.scrapbookinghaven.com.au using code NEWYEAR30

Until next time, happy scrapping!!!

52 Layouts & The Color Room #92

Hi there everyone! Well after my little visit to hospital and having surgery, I have finally found the time to catch up on all my work and get some serious scrapbooking done the past couple of days! Today I wanted to share with you a layout I have created sneakily for 2 different challenges hehehe. I cannot show you anymore just yet as they are DT projects so stay tuned.

So first up here is the layout with some gorgeous closeup shots showing the glitz and glamour of the Tattered Angels paint mediums used.

Now as I said I cheated just a little with this layout and created it for 2 seperate challenges hehehe.

First was for Week 1 in the Scrapbooking Haven 52 Layouts Challenge here

And secondly I have entered it into this weeks Color Pallette here

Don't forget to head on over to www.scrapbookinghaven.ning.com and become member if you aren't already! We are having a fabulous Cyber Crop starting 20th January 2012 and we have 11 amazing challenges with even more amazing prizes up for grabs including sponsored prizes from Manor House Creations, WOW Words or Whatever Chipboard & Boutique Creations!!!! Plus of course fabulous donations from the Scrapbooking Haven! Cannot wait to see you all there!!!

Voucher Giveaways & Storage Solutions

Well hi there! Where have I been I hear you ask? Well I have been in hospital since Christmas :( But I am happy to report that I am now home and on the mend after having my appendix removed after a bout of Appendicitis accompanied by Tonsillitis and a Kidney Infection. LOL yep I don't do things by halves! 

Do the new year was dull and boring for me with very bad food but I do hope that you all had a pleasant New Year and that your year is off to a better start than mine.

On a brighter note, because I was not here to announce the winner of our $50 voucher giveaway, I am extending the offer!!! So go on and view the original post here about the voucher giveaway for your chance to win! You now have until the end of January to enter and all the details on how to enter are on the original post here.

Next up I wanted to share something very dear to my heart, LOL my flower stash hehehe well some of my flower stash!!!! It honestly puts a smile on my face just to sit and look at these I think I may have a bit of a problem especially because I sold off half my stash about 2 months ago LOL.

To have fun with this I have set a mini competition on the Scrapbooking Haven Facebook Page. I want to see how you all store your goodies and it doesn't have to be flowers :) Upload your photos of your uber cool storage to our facebook wall before Midnight on Friday night for your chance to win a $10 voucher YEP ANOTHER VOUCHER giveaway eeekkk.

Also don't forget to head on over and book in for the Cyber Crop from the 20th-22nd January 2012 by clicking here and joining up today!!!! Cannot wait to see you all there

My exciting recent news :)

Hi everyone! Well I have some exciting news to share with you :) I have made it onto 3 new Design Teams for 2012 plus I will be appearing as a Guest Designer in June for a Company but you will just have to wait for that announcement! hehehe

First of all I made it onto the team for A2Z Scraplets!!!!! It is no secret that I simply adore Chipboard so I am going to have soooo much fun with my scraplet goodness!!!! I have already started creating some fabulous items that you will see very very soon! For now you should definately head over and checkout the December Sketch Challenge! It is absolutely fabulous :)

Here is the list of fabulous designers who are also on the team!

• Amy Prior WOO HOO!!!!
• Carolyn Zabel
• Emily Pearce
• Gracie Holzhauser
• Holly Connors
• Irit Shalom
• Monica Burns
• Samantha Bailey
• Sandra Wilkinson
• Tracey Thorne

Next up I got on the Design Team for Cardabilities!!!! YAY I am very excited about this one as I do not make anywhere near enough cards so now I have more reason too! Be sure to checkout the current sketch!!

Here is the list of the fabulous designers who have also made the team :)

Anna Iwanowska - Poland - returning

Carina Lindholm- Sweden

Alexis Easton-Canada

Stephanie Castro-USA

Amy Prior-Austrailia WOO HOO!!!!!!

Brenda Becknell-USA

Guylaine Seyler-Canada

Jolanda van Pareren Netherlands

Stephanie Lee-USA-returning

DeNetra Bates-USA

Anita Mulcahey- USA

Jessica Pascarella-USA-returning

Sylvia Blum-Germany-returning

Agata Blomberg-Poland

Rochelle Washington-USA

And the one that I have had to keep a secret for sooooo long now is................................

WOW! Embossing Powder has the most devine selection of Emboss Powder colours and some fabulous stamps to boot! Suzy West has an amazing Collection and they will be officially releasing this new branch of the company at CHA in January!!!! So excited! For now checkout some sneak peaks that Suzy has posted on Facebook 

I am busy busy making some fabulous creations for CHA with these gorgeous new products that I will reveal after CHA. 

Here is the list of fabulous designers on the team with me

LEADS:

*Tricia Wilson--lead

*Gina Lideros--lead

*Jen Deal--lead

*Angel Bartonico--lead

*Erin Payne--lead

DESIGN MEMBERS:

1.Sesil Cratin, Utah

2. Ilene Tell, Delaware

3. Lara Scott, Utah

4. Amy Sotolongo, California

5. Diana McGraw, California

6. Jeannie DeGruccio, California

7. Jennifer Matott, New York

8. Anne Brown, Texas

9. Sherrie Suttles, Ohio

10. Linda Abadie, Virginia

11. Jamie Cripps, Michigan

12. Jenifer Cowles, idaho

13. Tanisha Long, New Jersey

14. Jan Hennings, Iowa

15. Patti Hamil, Georgia

16. Gini Williams Cagle, North Carolina

17. Tina McDonald, Canada

18. Donna O'Leary, New Zealand

19. Benedicte Raphalen, France

20. Amy Prior, Australia WOO HOO!!!! 

21. Irit Shalom, Israel

22. Jennifer Roach, Canada

23. Erika Taylor, Canada

24. Iris Uy, Philippines

25. Katarina Damm-Blomberg, Finland

26. Birgit Koopsen, Netherlands

Until next time! Happy Scrapping!!!! 

$50 Voucher Blog Giveaway!!!!

Yep that's right!!! The Scrapbooking Haven is giving away a $50 voucher to a lucky reader of this blog!!!! All you have to do to enter is simply become a follower of this blog AND a follower of The Scrapbooking Haven's Design Team blog then leave us a comment below to let us know that you have finished these easy tasks! Simple :) The lucky winner will be announced on New Years Day and will be decided using Random.org.

I have some special announcements to share with you all tomorrow so until then Happy Scrapping!

Cards, Cards & More Cards!

Hi there! I have been very busy lately getting things ready for Christmas, making off the page items for Christmas Presents, Making Christmas Cards, Birthday Cards, oh and running the shop! LOL

So for today I wanted to share you with you some of the cards I made recently.

First off I have 2 Birthday Cards. Both my mother and mother in law have birthdays in December so here is the cards I made for them! I also have my best friend's birthday on Boxing Day as well as my brothers so expect another post soon with more cards for them!

First up is this beautiful card I made for my mother in law using the gorgeous Kaisercraft Miss Nelly range. I have also added some Websters Trim and some Prima Natural Fibres Paper.

Next up is this gorgeous card created for my dear Mum for her Birthday. I have used the gorgeous new Websters Ranges Collection just in store now Winter Fairy Tales. There was lots of fussy cutting on this one! The scalloped circle and flowers is actually off the 12x12 Die Cut from this collection! I have also used the Websters Winter Fairy Tales Trim

Another quick card to show you is this Fathers Day card using the Kaisercraft Hunt & Gather Collection. I have this one set aside ready for next year! LOL

Now onto 1 of the Christmas Cards I have made to date. This one is for my brother. I had originally planned on putting his ITunes Gift Card into a Giant box full of heavy bricks but I decided not to LOL. So here is a card I have made for him.

I have simply used some White Bazzil Cardstock for this card along with some of the gorgeous new Silly Season Collection from Kaisercraft along with a gorgeous Chip Chop Shop Doily and some Kaisercraft Rhinestones! Such a simple card yet stunning if I do say so myself :) 

To put the I Tunes Gift Card I have simply used some of the stickers from the Kaisercraft Silly Season Range :) 

Thanks for looking and be sure to become a follower of my blog as I will be announcing a giveaway promotion TONIGHT!!!!!

Until next time

Happy Scrapping!

Baby Shower Gifts

Today I wanted to share with you all some gorgeous handmade gifts I made a couple of weeks ago for my Sister in law's baby shower. She recently purchased some gorgeous Purple and Green Iron Butterfly motifs to put on her new baby girl's wall, so I wanted to continue on with these colours yet add a hint of pink in there.

First up I made this gorgeous Photo Album for her. My sister in law has tried scrapbooking in the past and it wasn't for her so I thought this lovely photo album would be a great way to get a sort of scrapbook into my new niece's life hehehe. Inside the album is 20 6x4 sleeves empty ready for new baby pics.

 This album was actually purchased second hand and I always had every intention of altering it. Originally the album was Navy Blue so I have used Gesso to cover the album. On the front cover I have applied a second layer of Gesso after placing some Glimmer Mist Screens on top. I then quickly took the screens off and let the album dry overnight. The rest was very simple. A few squirts of Gumdrop and Purple Pansy Glimmer Mist along with some stamping with one of my background stamps and then I began creating my clusters

 I have used lots of different brand flowers on this project including Prima, Kaisercraft, Green Tara, AS4E, Crafty Koala. I actually did not have many green flowers in my stash that were the right shades of green so I have soaked some White flowers in Green ink and water. I didnt have to soak them for long to grab the colour (Paper flowers were quicker than the fabric ones) but I did need to let them dry for a couple of days.

These images really don't do this album justice. The glimmer and texture of this album is incredible and because Mother Nature has mixed up her seasons lately, well good lighting is non existant :S 

Hidden in the midst of this gorgeous cluster of flowers is a beautiful purple butterfly. This is a Kaisercraft Wood Flourish that I have simply glimmer misted with Pop Rocks Glimmer Mist and then coated with Step 1 & Step 2 Crackle Medium from Helmar. The butterfly is actually quite crackled yet again lighting is terrible for this photo and you can hardly tell :( 

The second gift I made for my beautiful new niece is a beautiful large mirror for her bedroom. Her name is still not 100% decided so I thought adding the word "Enchanting" for a princess's room would be perfect!

Now I had originally planned on using Gesso for this mirror so it would match the album but alas, I ran out of Gesso and could not find any local stores with any stock left :S

So my last resort was paint and paper. Now this mirror is huge! Which means that 12x12 paper to cover the whole frame was just not going to cut it as I would have had to use 4 sheets so I decided to do a patchwork quilt style. After lots of measurements and trimming I finally perfected the size of the pieces i was going to use and started adhering. 

After all the pieces were adhered I hand drew some fake stitches along the seams as well as sanding and inking the edges. I then added a thin layer of Gloss Varnish over the top to protect it for years to come from the elements.

Next up I painted this gorgeous Paper Inklings Chipboard word with some Pretty Pink Paint from Kaisercraft. I also hand drew some fake stitching around the edges of the word so it really popped! I adhered this before adding flowers so I knew it was centred.

I have used soooo  many flowers on this I think I went a little crazy hehehe but it turned out so stunning and everyone was talking about it at the shower!

There is again a mix of branded flowers including Prima, Kaisercraft, Green Tara, AS4E & Crafty Koala PLUS I also hand dyed some white flowers green so I had some more green to add.

Another interesting thing I used on this project is some swirls and leaves from the Prima Winter Icicle Branch that I have Glimmer Misted green and then trimmed into smaller pieces to use on the entire project.

Underneath the beautiful cluster of flowers, butterflies, leaves and swirls is a stunning Dusty Attic Chipboard Swirl that is actually only 30cm but I have bent and shaped it to sit along the inside of the mirror perfectly. I simply painted this with Mauve Kaisercraft Paint and then topped it with some Purple Pansy Glimmer Mist for a bit of extra sparkle.

Also hidden amongt the flowers is some beautiful Kaisercraft Sparklets. Just subtle hints of bling sticking out here and there.

Well that's it from me today but don't forget to checkout the Design Team Call over at the Scrapbooking Haven!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!