Sunday, November 27, 2011

BIGGLES dude

Hi everyone,

I hope you've enjoyed your weekend, although it was a bit short, mine's been great...unfortunatly no scrapping -  no, not even for the comp :( -  but I do have another LO to share - that I created in class over at My2Angels on 16th November - after all what else is one to do on one's day off? LOL
  Oh yes another with a corrugated cardboard base and loads distressing, and using predominantly Tim Holtz' products (available from  My2Angels of course).

The photo was taken in September 2009  and the Tiger Month flight on the Gold Coast was a birthday present for "Biggles'" (left) aka DH; aka Ian) birthday.   We had a fabulous day out and of course DH (aka Biggles) was delighted with the present :)  There are some closies below as usual :)

Well, have a great week ahead, the gallery over at Scrap Lounge (where I've entered the comp) is looking fabulous, so I'd recommend you go off and have a wee looksie :)







Sunday, November 20, 2011

Less than ONE HOUR old


I know I’ve been really slack and not sharing with you lately, as I’ve decided to participate in the “12 days of Christmas” competition taking place over at the Scrap Lounge…the challenges are awesome, but of course time consuming. I’m not able to share them with you until after the comp has closed on 5th December, so until then, I thought I might share some that I’ve been creating in class J

Today is the LO I did at my2Angels a few weeks ago.  The photo is of my grandson Levi, taken only minutes after his home birth in Army Bay, New Zealand.  The background is made of corrugated cardboard from an empty pizza box (believe it or not!) and covered with some beautiful Glitz pps, along with Tim Holtz distressing inks, and gorgeous my2angels’ charms.
There are some closies below as usual J


Thanks so much for dropping by – wishing you a happy week ahead {hugs’n’hearts} Mazz xxx




Sunday, November 13, 2011

always my STAR



This LO is certainly very different to the way it started out…when I first looks at the colour chart for colours to go with the (Australian)  green & gold  colours, I was searching everywhere for blue & red-violet LOL - coz those the split complimentary colours---believe it or not!

Anyways, this is a photo taken almost 20 years ago (1992) when my older son played rugby league for Chipping Norton (part of Canterbury Bulldogs junior league) in NSW J You can see he was a very proud player, and I have to say he was a very talented young player with huge potential – he even received an invitation to a New Zealand Warriors sports camp - for potential warriers :)…Now he has his own family including a son, I think he’s considering playing again one day !! …isn’t it interesting how life’s priorities change (for the better of course?

As usual you can see some closies below :)

I’m submitting this LO for the following challenges:
·         The Box’s challenge#20 : 1 photo, 3 different patterned papers, 1 or more cardstock , stitching, punching, a quote or medium length journaling, embellishments
  • Scrap the Boys November challenge: Scrap the boys in their colour/s of sports that they love
  • Scrap Lounge November sketch : (turned on its side) Scrap Lounge is a new cyber place for me. I’ve met a couple of their design team IRL so thought I’d have a peek and so far I LOVE what I’ve seen. I’ve also put my name down for their “2012 12 days of Christmas competition” so I’m planning on entering that, just for fun from the 18th November – why don’t you have a go too?

Supplies I’ve used:
Cardstock: Kraft and a tiny piece of white Bazzill
Pps: S.E.I (x1) and Tim Holtz Distressables (x2)
C/Board: A-Z (STAR title and stars)
Tim Holtz: fence die & tags Cuttlebug (embossed green sun)
My2Angels Boots and sweatshirt charms
EK success punch
Gel pen (faux stitching)
My Minds Eye: quote and die cut
Tim Holtz:  Distress Inks: frayed burlap and pine needles; distress stains: antique linen & vintage photo; Distress powder (vintage photo); Crackle Paint (clear rock candy & white picket fence);
Other, unknown: Corrugated cardboard, fibre, Silver Star button, beaded tree
    
I’ve had a huge amount of fun creating this LO and gathering all the bits’n’pieces – it was quite a challenge to start with,  but seems I was on a roll once I started…well, Monday tomorrow so …..Have a great week everybody.{hugs} Mazz xxx








Saturday, November 12, 2011

Light at the end of the Tunnel




This LO was totally inspired by the song “The World’s Greatest” by R Kelly – which happens to be one of the monthly song titles over at Scrap that Song.

Apart from the symbolism of the words of the song (e.g. coming into a great space, after being in a bad one; having God to show hope and light after the dark; the sunshine after the rain) thesephotos were taken on a weekend walk with our friends at the Karangahake gorge historic walkway in New Zealand. Oh and about 4 years before I started scrapbooking :)  I remember it was a spectacular sunny day, not a difficult walk, loads of interesting history along the way and eating at a yummy cafĂ© at the end J  Of course when I remembered the words in the song “I saw the light at the end of the tunnel” I just knew it was time to scrap these J The pps are MME (Quite Contrary collection)

I then thought I’d link this up with this fortnight’s “Can you hear the music?” Challenge over at Southern Girls’ Challenge

I’ve based the LO design on this months fabulous sketch challenge over at Purple Pumpkin and what do you know – that has 3 photos too, so I reckon this is definitely meant to be J
The criteria for this month’s Mad About Scrapping’s RAK challenge on Facebook.  Is to use 3 stamps anywhere on the LO. I’ve used Kaiser flower stamps around the border and the frames around the photos as well as Karen Foster snap stamps for the title letters.

Last but by no means least!!! I’m submitting this LO for Scrapping Outback’s first ever blog challenge. It’s called “own stash” so I’ve used all my own stash and not purchased anything ‘especially for this LO” - of course it was purchased at one time or other LOL – the criteria only being to use “1 or more pieces of chipboard; paint and/or ink” I’ve used Jo Sonia’s paint – having to mix loads of yellow with a little green, on the photos so that I could highlight the tunnel.

Once again I wasn’t able to resist the little Kiwi and the paua shell J Thanks to Geli for the idea of the My2Angels twine around the edges J Other stash I’ve used are: duck pin and covered button (Eye Candy Magic); silver fern, tuatara and owl charms (My2Angels);  chipboard cogs (WOW); inks,  blue owl button (Purple Pumpkin) ;metal flying bird,  Rock Candy crackle (Tim Holtz); Felt tree (Rainbow Splendour); felt sun (Charm’s Creations)

Well that wraps up for another day….I hope you’re having a great weekend xMAzzx






Wednesday, November 9, 2011

2 shares from a bad bad blogger ...


"Enjoy the Moments that make you Smile"
Hi all, I know I've been very bad, but while DH is away for work I thought I'd share these 2 Lo's that I created recently at a class at Scrapping Outback with Rachelle Minett,  What a fabulous time and a huge laugh we always have at our Saturday classes at Mt Cotton.  For the masking tecnique, we used a circle Heidi Swapp mask and Dusty Attic chippies.

The first LO (above) is of the beginning of a day of adventure in April 2000 when DH (aka Biggles) proposed to me....we were headed out to a fancy dress tea party...little did I know that just about an hour later we would be flying across Auckland in a 1932 De Havilland Dragon - bi-plane and my then fiance bending down on his knee proposing. (he he he)  the rest is history as they say LOL  - more close-ups below :)

"MATES"
The second LO is of my DS and his friend on their first day of high school in 2004.  The pps are Fancy Pants (To the Moon range) - quite a simple, yet very effective us of scissors, with stamping and lots of Glossy Accents :)

As you can tell I hardly have any time for scrapping at the moment, but you'll be pleased to know I'm in love with my new job and enjoying the 'honeymoon' LOL....Keep well all ... {hugs and hearts as always Mazz xxx} Kiss









Saturday, November 5, 2011

New Challenge ...

You NEED to go and look at the current challenge HERE on the Scrapping Outback Blog.... THIS is a pic of what you can win......designed by MASTER Rachelle Minett and I just love it...yes I'll be entering coz I want to win it LOL  The best thing about this challenge is you can USE YOUR OWN STASH he he he so please go to SO BLOG now...

 

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

HUGE Purple Pumpkin GIVEAWAY!

YAY!!!! I'm now in my third week at my new job!!! I love it!! only 'challenge' is travelling an hour to and from work, so it means I'm away from home for long days - and of course no scrapping :( except for weekends - so I've been a really bad blogger as well... hopefully over the next weekend I will create again so I can upload...meantime.....YOU should see the Purple Pumpkin HUGE GIVEAWAY, with not one, not two, but FOUR PRIZES up for grabs! First prize will be a $50 VOUCHER to spend at our END OF YEAR SALE on the 18th of November. Second prize will be a $25 voucher, third prize will be a $15 voucher, and fourth prize will be a $10 voucher.
Here's a photo of just SOME of their delicious embellies
All you have to do is go to this link: http://purplepumpkincrafts.blogspot.com/2011/11/huge-purple-pumpkin-giveaway.html  to find out how !!   happy scrapping all {Hearts and Hugs} Mazz xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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