Want to Win Some Chipboard???

Then make sure you have a go at the A2Z Scraplets November Sketch!!!


You could win one of 3 fabulous chipboard prize packs, just by giving it a go. So what are you waiting for? Head on over to the A2Z Scraplets Blog for all the details :)

Imaginisce Does It AGAIN!!!

Imaginisce has brought out another 2 tools for scrapbooking that you will just have to have!!


First up is the I-bond cordless glue gun, which is perfect for putting together the Roly Rosies...


And next is my fave, the d-stress creative paper edger!! It's a hand held, battery operated sanding tool!!!!



To hear more about these fabulous new tools, and better still, for your chance to WIN ONE, head on over to the Imaginisce Blog :)

A Big Catch Up...

Well, helloooo there!! I've been M.I.A. for a while because my computer decided to play up, but it's now back to being its good old self again. Yay! Gosh, it's amazing how much I miss it when it doesn't work!! My house sure is clean at the moment though, so I guess it wasn't such a bad thing, lol. I have sooo many of your blogs to catch up on, so I'm planning on having a big blog surf tonight once the kids go to bed. Got a tonne of emails to read too!

So, what else have I been up to in the last week or so, other than cleaning my house? Well, we went to the Jacaranda Festival...


Em loves her scary rides, so she was in heaven...


Then lots of fun trick or treating...




Poor Jack, he dove into the shallow end of the pool and came up screaming. Omg, my heart stopped when it happened, but it could have been a lot worse. There go those photos I was planning to get done before Christmas though...


He cheered up when I let him make caramel truffles for a school project...


We have been going here every day after school...



And of course, I hear about Christmas constantly. Emily is planning to cover the tree with toilet roll decorations. Nice.


And here is last Friday's mini prize winner, picked by random...


Congrats to Sandy Davis, lucky comment number 35!! Email me your address and I'll get your mini prize out to you!

Dont forget, if you haven't entered my giveaway yet, you still have time. Go HERE to enter :)

Be back tomorrow with some scrappy shares. See you then!!

Echo Park and Imaginisce

These two brands go together sooo well! Echo Park has only been around for a little while, but already it's one of my favourites. Team it with some fabulous Imaginisce tools, and you've got a match made in heaven! And you could win an Imaginisce I-Rock, I-Top and some yummy Echo Park products, just by heading over to the Imaginisce Blog to see what the design team have created by combining these two awesome brands. Here's my layout...


I used the Life Is Good range to scrap this cute photo of my niece Natasha. The I-Top brads made perfect flower centres. I just love that tool!


And did you notice that I used the I-Rock to bling up the centre of this flower...?


And some more I-Top goodness. I covered the brads with some glossy accents to give them a nice "finished off" look...


Now don't forget to pop on over to the Imaginisce Blog to see how you can win some awesome Imaginisce and Echo Park goodies. Good Luck!

Imaginisce November Sketch

Oh my goodness. I just scraped in with this one! I was planning to be back from our weekend away last night, but I didn't end up coming home until a couple of hours ago. Just enough time to finish this layout for the Imaginisce November sketch (by Melinda Spinks!)



I just had to use the new Enchanted range, it is soooo cute. I have lots more projects on the go at the moment, using this range, so keep your eye out for those soon :)

Make sure you head over to the Imaginisce Blog, where you'll find links to the other dt girls layouts, and don't forget that if you give the sketch a go, and link it up to the Imaginisce blog, you could win a fabulous prize.

And speaking of prizes...


Have you got your entry in yet for MY BIGGEST GIVEAWAY EVER??? Go HERE for more details on how you can win a huge stash of Imaginisce goodies :)

Friday Prize Winner!!

Okay, the winner of mini prize number 2 is comment number 16...

Sue said...
I too, am already a follower of both blogs, so have just posted on my blog. AWESOME prize Sam, thanks so much for the chance to win! XXX

http://soupie75.blogspot.com/2010/10/sams-massive-giveaway.html

Congrats Sue!! Just email me your address and I'll get your prize out to you :)

There are still 4 more mini prizes up for grabs, as well as the major prize of a huge paper and embellishment pack, so if you haven't already, make sure you get your entry in HERE!

Get Picky Challenge Layout

Well, I just remembered this morning that there was a challenge that I really wanted to do this month, so I quickly whipped out some photos, and some new Imaginisce Enchanted goodies, and came up with this...


I used the new Roly Rosies and Pop up Posies, to make some super quick and easy flowers...


I'm sure a lot of you can guess what challenge this was for. Yep...it is the first Get Picky challenge. Here's the sketch I used...


Well, hopefully I wont leave it til the last minute next time!! Well, that's all from me for now. I have sooo much to do before I pick up the kids from school. Where does the time go?

Oh and before I do go, make sure you've got your entries in for My Biggest Giveaway Ever, as I will be drawing prize number 2 tomorrow :) Go HERE to enter.

Layouts and a Card!

Good mooooorning! Monday again! I just got home from the school run, so I have a nice, quiet house for the next 6 or so hours :) :) I've got quite a few shares for today, first up are these layouts using some new release A2Z Scraplets...


This was the ONLY photo I had of one of the kids near a campfire!! I have scrapped every other campfire photo, so this one had to do, lol. Here are a few close ups (yes, these were the sneaks from a couple of weeks ago :))...




This next one was a "no frills" super quicky...


And this next one here...well...I was trying a different look, with no patterned paper, and just a splatter of paint. Very minimalist for me, but it was fun to try something different...


And now a card! A while back my favourite scrapping mag Scrapbooking Memories asked me to do some cards for their latest issue. Of course I said yes, but I was thinking "YIKES!" The theme for that I had to use for these cards was "chin up"/"stay strong" as it was for the "Pink" issue. I really struggle with making cards, but here's one of the cards (the one I liked better) that is featured in the mag. (If you want to see the other one...well you'll just have to check out SBM!)


Well, I'd better get my butt off this computer, and get started on everything I have to do today. Hope you have a great week!

I'm Excited!!

Why? Because I've finally worked out how to get the random number thingy to show on my blog!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, so I'm probably the last person in the world to work that out, but I'm not very computer savvy, so that's a big achievement for me, lol.

So anyway, here is the first winner of MY BIGGEST GIVEAWAY EVER!!


And comment number 44 was left by TR! Congrats TR, just email me your address and I'll get your mini prize pack out to you asap :)

Now, there are still 5 more mini prize packs to be won, as well as the major prize of a huge stash of Imaginisce papers and embellies, so make sure you have your entry in HERE to be in the running.

Hope you're having a great weekend!!

Blog Whisper Layout!

Woohoo, it's Friday!! I'm just popping in quickly to share this layout that was for a blog whisper, started by Bridgette Hatton. This is the first time I've ever done a whisper, and it was so much fun! I have to admit though, that I was kinda stumped when I got the layout to base mine on!! But I ended up with this...





To see the next layout for the whisper, head over to Rach's blog HERE.

Well, I'd better get out of here, I have my shop update tonight and I have a million things to do!!! If you are after some of embellies from Purple Pumpkin, make sure you head over to the Purple Pumpkin Blog at 7.30pm. I have loads of new kits, mini kits and buttons all ready to go!



Also just a reminder...if you haven't got your entry in for My Biggest Giveaway Ever, make sure you get it in tonight, cos I will be announcing the first Friday winner tonight!!! Go HERE to enter.

Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Crazy Amounts of Scrapping...

But nothing much to show just yet! A couple of weeks ago I was on top of all my scrappy committments, and then bam! I got a heap of new things to do all at once! Can't complain though, I love scrapping under pressure :) I think it actually makes me do a better job, lol.


This little sneak is one of a few things I've just finished off for a certain magazine. And I've just finished off another 2 layouts for another mag too. I'm dying to share, but you'll just have to wait :)

We haven't been up to much else lately. The kids were sick over the weekend, and were off school today with it too. Just a fluey thing again, but poor Jack has been pretty unwell with asthma. I was starting to think he might be growing out of it, but he's really needed the nebuliser over the last few days. I hate seeing him like that, and I really hope it is something he does grow out of. I'm really annoyed too, because I'm starting to get the sore throat and headache thing now. I really hope I wake up tomorrow NOT sick. I don't have time to be sick! The Purple Pumpkin update is on Friday, so I have lots to do so I'm ready for it.

Also on Friday, I will be drawing the first winner for my giveaway!! I will pop up a pic of this weeks prize in the next day or 2, so make sure you have got your entry in. Just check out the next post for all the details.

Well, I'd better drag myself away from the computer, and get back to work! Hope you have a great week :)

My Biggest Giveaway EVER!!!

Well, I've got an awesome stash together here, and I think whoever wins this is going to be one happy lady indeed!! There's a bit of everything here, plenty to create loads of projects with. This big prize pack is full of lots of Imaginisce goodies, including 22 double sided patterned papers, 4 packs of rub ons, 2 packs of glass stickers, a stamp, bling, flowers and sticker stackers. Here's a bit of a closer look...






Yes - the winner will get ALL THAT!!!

To enter this giveaway you just need to do 3 things - be a follower of this blog and the Imaginisce blog, post about this giveaway on your own blog, with a link back to here, and then leave me a comment.

I'll also be giving away mini prize packs every Friday, so the sooner you get your entry in, the more chances you'll have of winning. This competition closes on the 30th November, so there will be 6 mini prizes and 1 main prize.

Good Luck!!!

Harrison's Story

A few weeks ago, a close friend of mine, Melanie, lost her little boy. His name was Harrison. His funeral was one of the saddest, most heartbreaking things, and I will never forget it. The sight of that tiny coffin, and the absolute grief of the family and everyone there is something that will stay with me forever. I will never forget the look of pure grief on the face of Mel's husband, as he carried the coffin containing his son, out to the hearse. I can't even begin to imagine what it must be like to lose a child. I don't even like to think about it.

Harrison was on this earth for such a short time, but he will never be forgotten. Mel has a blog for Harrison, that was to document his fight for life. Although he lost that fight, Mel is continuing Harrisons blog, to keep his memory alive, and to maybe even reach out to others who have gone throught the same thing.

I would appreciate it so much, if all my friends out there in blog land, could stop by Harrison's blog and read his story, and maybe offer some words of support to Mel. It would mean so much.

Ready and Waiting...

Can you tell she's ready for Halloween? Emily has been counting down the days for months!! She's got her new little witch costume all ready and waiting, along with those cute little glasses with the witchy nose. And you should have seen her eyes light up while I was making that cute hair accessory. Yep, I made it with my I-Top!!


See that brad in the centre there? It's a new Twist Daddie. The back of these is like a little screw...


And after you've made the Twist Daddie, you can slide a few flowers onto one of these, screw the Twist Daddie on top and...



Voila! You have a cute little headband! That glittery flower is one of the Pop up Posies, another new product from Imaginisce. I just covered it with mod podge and a bit of glitter, because my girl likes things sparkly :) And all the flowers you see on there are from Imaginisce too. They come in the cutest little cupcake or mini handbag packaging, with fabulous co-ordinating colours. (You can check them out HERE)


The best thing about these is that you can keep changing it to match whatever you want. Just twist it off, change the flowers, pop on a different twist daddie, and you've got a whole new accessory. Emily has already told me all sorts of different colour combinations that she wants, so I'd better get busy, lol. And this is just the start of it. In this range there are also hairclips, and snap bobby pins and snap rings!!

Oh, and I nearly forgot...Imaginisce is having an AWESOME giveaway! You could win one of 3 Cricut Gypsy's!!! Head over to the Imaginisce Blog to check it out!

Well, I've got a class to teach today, so I'd better go and sort out some instructions. Hope you have a great day!!