Sunday 30 December 2012

Scrapbook Savvy December DT Reveal

This month over at Scrapbook Savvy I was very fortunate to receive the now SOLD OUT We're Savvy kit.
It was a neutral kit with a mixture of papers from Studio Calico, October Afternoon and Basic Grey. They were well co-ordinated which made it fun and easy to put pages together.

Here is what I did:

Just being goofy

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Working the camera

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2 very happy girls

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Happy 11th Birthday

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That's all for today and probably for the year. It has been a fabulous year, creatively and personally, but as always, I am looking forward to 2013. Thank you to all of my visitors over the year and best wishes to all for the New Year.

Monday 24 December 2012

WOW December Challenge

We have a fabulous colour challenge this month over on the WOW Blog

Create a layout, card or off-the-page project using this fabulous colour scheme. The challenge...include a colour of your choice, and a piece of WOW!



The DT girls choose a variety of different colours for their 'one colour of choice' and you can see plenty of WOW chipboard, check out their pages here

I choose to use orange with Black, Teal and Kraft as it went so perfectly with the gorgeous photo of my niece.

I have used the small Halloween Arched Fence

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and the Loopy Circle Frame

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Little Miss 2

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Savvy December Cybercrop

We started our Cybercrop on Friday night over at Scrapbook Savvy Forum and the really awesome part is you have until Midnight Monday 31st December to play along and upload your pages to the Gallery

There are four easy and inspiring challenge to complete:

Sar's Colour Challenge



Tara's Recipe Challenge

*a black and white photo
*twine
*handwritten journaling and/or doodling
*circles
along with anything else you like!


Sara's 'Everyday Moment' Challenge

and then there is mine,

Kerryn's Sketch Challenge

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Is This Right?

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Hopefully you can find some time over the next few days to get your scrap on and remember our monthly Big Savvy Sketch Challenge with a Twist with an awesome prize of a $40 Savvy Voucher is also due by December 31st.



Friday 21 December 2012

Join the Savvy Cybercrop for your FREE KIT!!


Are you so caught up in the xmas festivities that your layout count for December is suffering?!  



If so, join us in the Scrapbook Savvy forum at 8pm TONIGHT for the reveal of our four Design Team Challenges to get you scrapping...and with an extended deadline of midnight 31 December 2012 you will have plenty of time over the xmas break to join in.

You can also join us on our Facebook Event here.

We will be releasing our December We're Savvy Kit tonight, with very limited numbers once again after our subscriber kits have been sent out.  Stay tuned for pics of the kit after release.

As my Christmas present to my Savvy customers - ANYONE that gets ALL FOUR CHALLENGES done and uploaded to the Scrapbook Savvy Gallery before the deadline will receive with their next order a FREE MINI SAVVY KIT
*You must have all your layouts done in time, uploaded to the gallery, and then place an order through the store for over $25 and leave a comment asking for your FREE MINI KIT*

See you tonight!

Special New Release @ WOW

Have you seen it yet?

It is Brilliant!!!

WORDS OR WHATEVER have created an awesome MDF box to carry 12x12 papers or of course your stash of AltaMATZ with a storage tray on top to hold some of your tools, your collection of mist or maybe some of you favourite embellies.

The box comes with easy to follow instructions, it can be painted first and then assembled or you can do what I did, stick it all together and then paint or cover it.

I have used some an old book pages that were torn into smaller pieces and applied to the box using 'Sparkle' Mod Podge. Once the box was dry, I have inked all of the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink and painted the bigger edges with black paint. I have used ribbon, lace and string to decorate the top part of the box and then made a feature on the front of the box.

It is now filled with my complete collection of masks and the top tray holds some of my favourite mists/paints. Think I might add a few inks as well!
It is fantastic to have them all together.

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Check out the WOW blog to see what the other DT members have done.

The BOX will be listed on the website shortly, stay tuned.

Saturday 15 December 2012

WOW December New Releases


This week over on the WOW blog it is "New Release" week and the design team have posted some gorgeous examples that showcase some of those new pieces.

My first page is about a fun family night spent at the Adelaide Showgrounds watching the Monster Trucks, which Harrison thoroughly enjoyed. It was created using 2 of the newly released AltaMATZ's.

The background was created using the 12x12 Checkerplate 1 AltaMATZ. 
Originally, I was using it to stencil a sheet of kraft cardstock with black and brown mists. 
When I removed the AltaMATZ from the cardstock, I realized there was an excess of mist sitting on there, so rather than waste it, I grabbed another sheet of cardstock and stamped the AltaMATZ down. 
Once it was dry, I found myself loving that effect and decided to use it and keep the other cardstock for another day. 

The 6x6 Bamboo AltaMATZ was sprayed using green mist onto kraft cardstock. 
It was then cut out to be used as grass for my page.

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I have also used Cog Corners and Detailed Cogs to embellish the page.
These chipboard pieces have been covered using Walnut Ink Crystals. I have dried them using a heat gun and then coloured them with layers of metallic inks.

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Monster Trucks 2012

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My next page features a gorgeous photo of my son taken at a look-out in Brisbane. 
I can't believe how grown up he looks here.

The newly released chipboard piece showcased here is the awesome Cog Heart.
I have used bronze, black, silver and gold embossing powders and a heat gun to create the finished look.
The Lowercase Classic Alphabet used for the title has been inked and then outlined with a gel pen.

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You hold the key to my heart

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My final page was created for a bit of Halloween fun and it captures highlights of our night out.
I've used custom cut ebony chipboard pieces, Skulls 2 and Bats
They have been rubbed with different colours of Metallic Rub to give them some highlights and then coated with Glossy Accents

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Trick or Treat

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Thanks for visiting my blog, I hope you have been inspired.



Friday 14 December 2012

30%off Sale @ Scrapbook Savvy


   


No exclusions, EVERYTHING on sale including kits and already reduced items in our clearance section.

No coupons or vouchers during sale period. No free post.

Ends midnight Thursday 20 December.
  

Stock up now on all the essentials like adhesive & cardstock...


Or check out the newer stock including.....
  
  
  
  
  
Local girl don't forget you get FREE DELIVERY on all orders over $25!

Monday 3 December 2012

Savvy December BIG Sketch Challenge

It was my turn this month, to host the Scrapbook Savvy BIG sketch with a twist over on the forum.

Remember we now only have the ONE monthly challenge.


A DT member choses a member's page from the gallery and then creates a sketch based on that page. 

It is pretty simple and to make it exciting, it has a MASSIVE $40 store voucher with free post as the prize! 
Who wouldn't want to have a go?

As soon as I spotted this page in the gallery, I had it ear-marked for my sketch. 

I just had to keep my fingers crossed that it wasn't picked as last month's sketch or removed for publication.  

So thanks to this awesome page created by Monique aka Niq16, I have created a sketch for you to use for December.


Enjoying The Good Life


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My Sketch

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Monique, I had so much fun creating this page. Thank you for your amazing inspiration, I hope I have done your page some justice.

Spooks are out tonight


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Tara, Sar and Sara will add their samples to the forum between now and December 15th, so don't forget to check back in to see them all!

Entries for this challenge are to be uploaded into the correct gallery folder by midnight December 31st to be in the running to win the $40 voucher! 

Please create your layout specifically for this challenge, and this challenge only!

Thanks for visiting my blog