Happy New Year!!!

I would like to wish everyone a 

Happy New Year!

I hope all your new year resolutions come true.

I was going to post my favourite 12 layouts for 2012 but I will not....

so once again have a wonderful night celebrating the old year out and the new in.

I for one will not be staying up tonight to see the new year in :( 

as I have an early start at work in the morning.

So Good-bye for 2012

See you in 2013!

Scrap The Girls Blog Hop Winner

I would like to thanks all you lovely ladies that have joined in with the blog hop at Scrap the Girls. A big thanks you to all the new followers and to all the lovely comments... :)
So now who has won my RAK...I put all the names in a hat and the lucky winner is...
Drum roll please....

Judith

Congrats!
Please contact me at marisa1961@tpg.com.au with your postal address so I can post out your RAK.
Also don't forget to check out Scrap the Girls Blog for the overall winner later this week and do take part in the birthday celebration challenges :)

Scrap the Girls Blog Hop

Has part of Scrap the Girls 4th Birthday celebrations there is a blog hop which finishes on Friday 14th.

So let get the rules out of the way first...
1. Follow Scrap the Girls blog and register here to join the blog hop.
2. Become a follower of my blog.
3. Leave a comment on this post.
4. Visit all the other CT members blogs and do the same there.
5. Find the bold word highlighted in each of CT blog and work out the question, then answer the question and post your answer on Scrap the Girls blog at this post.

 Now each CT member is donating an RAK so it is important to comment on all the relevant blog posts of each CT members blogs.  Plus there is a prize from Scrap the Girls for an overall winner.

This is what I have put together for one lucky winner commenting here on my blog...

So here are all the CT members links to their blogs [just click on their names to go to there blog]

Kim Price 

Leonie Neal-Dawson

Fiona Johnstone

Donna White

Jodie Armitage

Charmane Koch

Chiqui Gutierrez

Karen Hansson

Marisa ....you are here

Marelize Frisby 

So for  your chance to win some fantastic goodies make sure you comment on every ones blogs. Plus don't forget to get your entries in for this months challenge, creating a page using a list. So looking forward to seeing some awesome pages :)

Another Page WooHoo!!!

I have created another page to share with you all :)
I cant believe that I have my mojo back now right when life starts to get very hectic with Christmas just around the corner.
Well anyway here is my page, this one is for White with 1 challenge.
For the December challenge you are to create a page using...
White + Red + Christmas Photo
I had lots of fun only using the colour red on my page and here it is...

a couple of close ups to show same of the detail...

The Chrissy tree is  stamp I found in my stash that I forgot I had, lol... my way too large scrapping stash has so much that I quiet often forget what I have.
So that is my scrapping I have to share with you today ♥

What A Shock!!!

I have scrapped another page this month... :)
This one is for Kraft It Up December challenge, the criteria is to scrap about what YOU want for Christmas.
I had a bit of a think about this and decided that all I wanted for Christmas is to have my family around me.

I will be working Christmas day this year :( [well actually I worked last year as well]
but I am hoping to have some time with my family later in the day.
Here are some close ups of my layout.

Thanks for stopping by ♥

Another Awesome Challenge

Has been set for this month challenge at Scrap The Girls.
So what is the challenge....well it is am easy one!
All you have to do is create a layout using a LIST.
Too simple right!
Here is my page for some inspiration.

I found this old Heidi Swapp clock face in my stash and just had to use it as I wanted my layout to depict time and the things I still have to do before Christmas which are listed on my list.
Now this is birthday month at Scrap the Girls yeah!!!
Yep STG is 4 this month.
So do stay tuned for upcoming extra challenges. We also have an upcoming blog hop, go to STG and all the details for this are listed. Would love to see you all join in on the fun :)

I Have Scrapped!!!

I finally got some creative mojo flowing and scrapped a page for this months challenge at Scrap The Boys.
Having to use this colour swatch 

to create a boy page was interesting and what I needed to get back into scrapping.
So anyway here is my page...

I went for a smaller size [A4] page then I am use to doing has I did cut down my photo so only my oldest son Martin was in it. Used up some of those odd bits and pieces that I had floating around for ages, feels good to use them up finally :)
Thanks for stopping by, I do appreciate all your lovely comments ♥

My Creativeness Has Vanished

I am at a total creative standstill at present :(
Have only created one page this month but even that I can't share with you at this time.
So what do I do to get back into creating?
I do have lots of ideas floating around in my head but when I go to my scrapping desk they all seem to go out the window and i sit there pushing thing around wondering what I am doing.
I have been under a lot of stress with things that have been happening at home and I think this has a lot to do with me not being able to create.
So I am hoping once I get my personal life all sorted I will be back in there creating again, well I hope so anyway!
So now everyone don't forget to get your entries in for the November Scrap The Girls challenge,
create a page using these colours...

teal

orange

and white 

Just love this combo together!

Who Loves Orange and Teal Together?

That is this month's challenge at Scrap The Girls. Do check out the site to see all the awesome samples from the CT team. So it is an easy challenge this month, you just have to use orange and teal, white is allowed of course. So what do you think of my page...

I went with brighter shades of orange and teal here. It was surprising how much I had in my stash that was orange...lol, but nt much teal at all.
 A few close ups...

Now there are some awesome prizes up for grabs again this month so do join in on the fun ♥

Misting

This month's challenge at Kraft It Up is to using misting.

Used a lovely stencil from Prima with my misting and lots of lovely bits and pieces I had floating around. Summah was 3 in this photo, all those lovely curls are gone now. I thought I would use some normal sewing thread, I have seen other use it so I decide to give it a go. Interesting effect.
A few close up for you all...

Thanks for stoppin by :)

How Can...

I get any scrapping done when my grand daughter Mia who is 20 months old takes over my desk...how cute is she!

Look at those chubby legs, adorable!!!
Summah is growing into a beautiful girl, she is missing her 2 front teeth due to an accident at a friends birthday party the other week.

I really need to get more photos of both my beautiful grand daughters before they grow up, time seems to moving too fast!

White, Yellow & Stars

Those are the criteria to use this month's over at 'White With One' challenge.
So this is what I came up with...

My photo was taken way back in the 60's, that is me second from the left looking at my mum. Yep I am wearing a hat while swimming, mum made us all wear hat no matter what the weather, lol.
Found these gorgeous Basic Grey rubons in my stash that were yellow and black which were perfect. The sheet had these cute ladybugs as well.

Just loved the white/yellow combo with the black/white photo.

So glad I have been able to get my mojo back again even I am bit on the slow side scrapping, took me a few days to get my groove on to finish this page.
Thanks for stopping by ♥

So It Is The Beginning Of The Month Again

So yep you guessed it :)
The next challenge has been posted at Scrap The Girls.
For this month Mal has set a recipe challenge so you have to create a layout using
Flowers
2 different alphas
staples
and more than 1 photo
what a lovely combination to use on a layout so here is CT my page.

Isn't my youngest grand daughter Mia cute...too cute for words!
Would love to see your creations so come along and join in on the fun, plus you have the chance to some fantastic prizes.
 

The Story Of This Photo

Story is the word at 'Bird is the Word'.
I thought this was a great word to use with a photo of our 25th wedding anniversary.

This photo was taken a few years ago...yep our 30th is fast approaching. I used up some of an old October Afternoon kit which is still one of my favourites. My hubby is always being silly and hates getting his photo taken, so getting a decent photo of him is a rare treat.
Thanks for stopping by :)   

Scrap Friends Birthday Candy Giveaway

Scrap Friends is have an awesome candy giveaway to celebrate it's first birthday in October. Look at these, just fantastic...

It closes on 3rd October, so to be in with a chance to win you just have to share on your blog/facebook/twitter/social network Scrap Friends blog link and become a follower. Then don't forget to use Mr Linky on their blog to link to your blog. Winners will be announced on the 5th October.
Plus on Oct 3rd - Oct 4th there will be a huge birthday sale!