A cool give away and some LOs

Wow - you should check out the cool give away over at Sam's blog. Check it out to be in the running to win this.

Also - just wanted to share some more LOs. Firstly, here is one that I did for the May Top50 monthly challenges, had a lot of fun doing this one...it is a LO of all the colours and swatches (or representations of) everything in the new house. I really like how it turned out.

Next is a LO I did with the May kit from my local LSS, Scrapville. This is actually the second LO I have done with this kit and I still have heaps of product left. I love how this LO turned out.

This is a close up of the cool little apple I made....thought I would try something completly original (if it has been done by anyone else I haven't seen it) and I really like how it turned out...and it was so easy to do!

Next is the first challenge for the May CC over at Top50, "Lights, Camera, Action". In this challenge we had to do a LO based on a movie poster of one of our favourite movies and it had to me smaller than 12 x12.

This is the poster I chose - from one of my all time favourite movies "The Slipper and The Rose". As a side note, if you are a romantic soul and don't mind singing and dancing in a movie, then this is the perfect movie for you. It is the story of Cinderella in a way you have never seen before. I recommend you grab a wine and a blanket, turn up the TV loud and be wisked away into a world of make believe. Anyways - I digress.

I was, of course, inspired by the LO of the poster and used it as a kind of sketch, but there are several other elements in the LO that are not quite so obvious. I tried masking around the photo and papers to imitate the look of the flourishes in the poster (OK - you can't really see it, but I tried none-the-less). The title was also inspired by the theme of the movie and the flowers by the title. This was a really quick LO and I really like how it turned out.

Well, that is it for tonight. I will have more to share by the end of the week I hope as the challenges for this months CC at Top50 are awesome - you should go check them out. I have done 1 and really want to get the other 3 done.

Hugs to everyone...MWAH

xox

I am still here....

I am still here, just busy with the house and all......sooooo close now. They are thinking in about 2 weeks we will be finally moving in. *waiting, waiting, waiting*. Firstly a pic from Easter that I took and am yet to scrap. Don't you love it? OK - maybe not - but I think it is adorable.

OK - enough of the over proud Mummy act. I also wanted to show you some stuff I have been doing. You may remember from my last post I was a guest DT at the Top50 site. My second LO in that role was based on the CC 'Reflections'. This was my example LO. I love how it turned out.

This next LO was to use a reflective material in the LO among other things. I used foil on the crown (just in case you hadn't noticed!). I am not overly thrilled with this LO, something is missing - but I don't hate it either.

Next we had to do a heritage based LO. I chose to scrap this photo of my Grandparents wedding. Still trying to work out why they used such a black backround? It makes my Grandfather and his Groomsman seem to disappear - but boy - don't the gals look great?

Unfortuantly - that was all I could manage for the crop, but I did manage to get the monthly challenges done....

This first one we had to use an imperfect photo and use a smaller size in our LO. I like how this turned out.

This next one had a few criteria, and I have met them all. I LOVE how this LO turned out.

These are some little embellies I made for the April Embellishment swap. I think they came up pretty good. The photo in this is a Redant original - one day when I become known for my amazing photography, you can tell everyone you knew me when......

Next are these adorable flowers that I made. How cute huh? If you go to the Top 50 site, you can find the link to how to make them.

I have also just completed a LO for my LSS Scrapville. My LO isn't up yet, but will be soon. I really like how it came together.

Janet, the boss lady over at Scrapville, has some of the most amazing monthly kits, so if you are interested, go and check them out. This months kit is just awesome and I have already created one LO with it (which I can't show right now) and I already have a second LO planned for it!. If you are interested in this months kit, this LO by Melinda can be made with it. Don't you just adore it?

I almost forgot to mention - the Scrapbooking Top 50 is looking for a new DT member here. I know there are a few of you out there who would be perfect for the job, so why not give it a go.


Anyways - better go now...lots of things to do. Hugs to everyone.
Anthea
xox

Guest DT for the month of April

Well - due to the effort that I put into last months CC - I was given the opportunity to be a guest DT member over at Top50. At first I was reluctant; we are meant to be moving in to the new house this month, it is Easter (which is traditionally a very busy time for us) and was I good enough? I got over all of that and decided what the heck - I can only try. I was asked to do 2 LOs for the month, the first was to replace Kathie, while she is on hols and come up with a monthly challenge.

Being Easter, I decided to go with an Easter LO and to make it bright and colourful. If you want to check out the challenge go to here. Also don't forget the check out the challenges set by the lovely Sue and Vicki. It is the first time I have done something like this - so I would love for you all to give it a go.

Here is the LO

It is quite obviously Tori discovering and studying an Easter egg. Even though it was her second Easter, it really was the first where she understood something really cool was happening; and that small red Cadbury egg, from the Easter Bunny himself, was something that she was completely awed by.

The next challenge is part of the April CC, titled 'Reflections', running from the 12th to the 25th of April. If you don't already plan on being there, we would love to see you - there is lots of fun on opening night, lots of great challenges and lots of wonderful prizes.

Take Care everyone

MWAH

xox

Another LO

I did this LO for one of the March challenges over at Top 50. This challenge was set by the lovely Vicki (whos birthday happens to be today - Happy Birthday Vicki) and basically was that we had to try a technique that we had never tried before. I have never tried masking and I have never tried raising a portion of a photo up like this. I really like how this turned out and look forward to trying both techniques again.

Removed for Publication

(I will have to make one of those

little 'removed for publication' boxes for

here

heheheeh)

Have a great day all.

Hugs

Anthea

xox

OK - it has been a while, so I thought that I would upload some pics. This first one is one that I did "Just Because". It had been a while since I had done a LO that wasn't a challenge and I really wanted to scrap these photos.

The next ones are from the Top50 March CC which was all about seasons. I found these challenges to be very challenging, but this is what I came up with....in no specific order. There were of course set criteria that we had to meet, but I wont go into them here....if you are interested head over there to check them out.

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Mystery Challenge

Well, that is it for now. In the process of making 9 little snowmen for the March Embelly Swap - hope everyone that gets one likes them. Have a great day everyone.

MWAH

Anthea

xox

My day with Kathie

Well, if you are one of the Scrapbooking Top 50 gals, or a follower of Kathie's blog, you may know that today we finally got to meet. Kathie was in Benella for the week visiting a friend, so I took the opportunity to go and visit her. I had a great time meeting her and her two lovely daughters. I got tons of photos, but these are some of my favourites in no particular order.....

The kids on the apple.

Tori and Miss Gillian (Tori refusing to do anything but hug Miss Gillian!)

The rocket - see if you can spy the kids.

Kathie and Miss Angela.

Matthew - yep - Master attidude himself.

The gorgeous Kathie.

Tori, NOT posing for the camera despite my pleas.

Miss Angela....

Miss Gillian

Tori, licking the frosting of the babycino plate.

Kathie and Moi (Photo taken by Matthew)

And because Matthew figured out how, a pic taken with the self timer on the camera - balanced quite precariously on the pram......hehe.

Kathie's girls were so well mannered, Tori tried (she is only 2 and half) and Matthew, well he was his typical rambunctious self. By the time we left though, he had settled down a bit and had stopped trying to show off in front of the new girls he was meeting! He tried to tell me he didn't think they were beautiful: yeah right - so why was he trying to impress them so much (very unsuccessfully I might add)?

Kathie, it was lovely meeting you and I truly hope that we can do it again! I might leave Matthew at home though!!!

MWAH

Anthea

xox

Amazing Prize over at Scraphappykat

Now as much as I would love to keep this to myself, to increase my chances of winning, I thought I would continue to spread the Christmas cheer and let you know about the amazing prize up for grabs over at scraphappykat. Kathie and the girls have an EZ Cut machine & Dies up for grabs right now....and ALL you have to do is leave a comment on her blog. How cool is that? Kathie is known for her generosity, but this takes the cake. Pop over and say hello and leave some Christmas cheer. Kathie (and everyone who visits my blog) I wish you all a wonderful and safe Christmas and a year ahead that is filled with joy. May all your dreams and wishes come true.
xox