Flex #7, 4 truths and 1 lie...

When I saw Patty's challenge this week (okay last week - actually the week BEFORE that!!) I LOVED it and couldnt wait to do it.

Now it is SOOOOOO late, I just have not had TIME lately. Nath and I came up with the statements on our drive to Sydney over Easter, and I sketched the layout then too (pretty much similar to Patty's)... it just took me ages to get the photos printed (get to the shop)... ahhhh...

All done now and here is the result:
Here are the statements:
1. I have shaved my head three times.
2. I have been awarded a silver medal for International Dragon Boating.
3. I studied dress making & garment production @ Tafe for 3 years.
4. I have been bungy jumping twice.
5. As a child I went to more than 3 (three) different primary schools.

So can you guess, or do you know the lie?? Comment your answer and the first correct response will get a PRIZE... a mystery prize. Life is just so exciting isnt it?!

Love and Blessings...
Bx

Flex #6, unrelated photos can tell a story...

Patty's challenge this week involves unrelated photos... I have two layouts for this challenge.

One I did a while ago photos of both Mikaela and I in similar poses at the approximate same age.

And this one I did specifically for this challenge... a photo of Mikaela and I when she was a baby and a photo of her and I taken in the last year... and a bit of reflecting at how quickly the time passes and how big she is today.

Great challenge Patty!!

I loved it :-)

Bx

Flex #5, Flowers...

Patty's challenge this week is simply FLOWERS... ahhhhh I love flowers !!
So I totally relished doing this layout of my sister and daughter, aunt and niece:
Flowers I used: Prima flowers (12), Heidi Swapp large orange Gerbera (1), Smaller pink and Red one (not sure, but the BEST I have ever used, so thick and nice), a few miscellaneous from kits and some Heidi Swapp Credit Card flowers (girl)... I also used a block (flower, of course) stamp with Versa Mark around the edges and not to forget the Chatterbox floral paper!!

Journalling is taken from emails between my sis and I on 14 March 2007:
Cant wait to {you} have another little baby...
Forget how small they are.. Kaela grew so fast...
Now when I see her I feel like I'm meeting someone new, but oh so familiar!
I look at her & I still see a 1yr old with a tiny fluffy fro, cheeky smile with no teeth & tiny hands stretched out to be picked up!
Then I blink & this little girl is looking at me and telling me about school & her friends & BOYFRIENDS??? LOL !!

Needless to say this brought me to tears... and I knew I had the perfect journalling to accompany the photo I took of them both recently. Katie and her guy Isaac had come to visit for the weekend and Nath, Mikaela and I took them out to Yarralumla Nursery Cafe for brunch, the perfect Sunday morning.

Love this girl so much!
JOY!
Bx

Flex #4, Scraps...

Patty's idea this week is a great one ... use pieces from your scraps {I often challenge myself this, but do NOT always succeed}. SUCH a brilliant idea because all scrappers have a mountian size of scraps!!

This is my layout of my younger sis Katrina and her guy Isaac, cute couple:
I decided to use up all the "cut offs" from trimming my pages to fit into the Creative Memories 12x12 pages. Sew them all together, then create some circlish {nice word!!} design elements to compliment... all taken from my "Off Cuts box"

My "Off cuts box" is a large one... and SO useful, one of the main things I miss when I go to a scrap day... no dipping into the "treasure trove" to find that tiny piece of perfectly complimenting paper to go with a layout.

Anyways ... how adorable is my sister and her guy?? Cute as!

Bx

Flex # 3, Old, New, Sparkly, Blue...

Patty really came up with a great one this week, Old, New, Sparkly and Blue!

THIS one I LOVED... mainly because of the subject... and the challenge fit perfectly with it.

Here is my layout:
My supplies:

Old - the negative frames, M apoxy sticker and square making memories jewel brads... I have had all of these for ages.

New... the large frame around the main photo I picked up from the photographers when I collected these photos.

Sparkly... glitter paint on the large frame, Hiedi Swapp blue jewels, square making memories jewel brads and 3 orange jewels.

Blue... background.

The story behind the layout is that I had cleaned out my make up supplies and given the excess to Mikaela for dress ups. When she saw the BRIGHT pink eye shadow she excitidly exclaimed "Oh Mum, now I can be a rockstar"!! And so that is what we did for a few hours, I did her make-up, Kaela got up on top of the dinning table (so naughty *wink*) and grooved away with her guitar AND we had a rockstar photo shoot too. It was a lot of fun.

Bx

Flex #2, Pick a Letter...

Patty's challenge this week is to pick one letter and create something. Okay - already I feel like I am cheating (eik!) because I *could* flex this challenge SO much more, like use the big foam B Making Memories letter I have in my stash and create something to place in my studio.

However I have decided that all of Patty's challenges will be 12x12's, I am already doing cards and mini-albums and feel that I need to contribute to my family albums...

The letter I selected is "B"... for Baby and Bek ...here is my layout:

Nath is always so supportive of my scrapping {he knows what is good for him *grin*}... he actually thinks this one is pretty plain... Mmm I guess it is in comparrison to the others I did last night. Or maybe it was just because he was watching the cricket and felt he had to say "something".... hahahaaaa.

Love and Peace out...

Bx

Flex #1, Dr. Suess quote...

Yippeee... I found a series of new challenges via Gigi's blog, Patty's Flex your Creative Mind Project (FYCMP). So far there are five exercises up and I have managed to complete ALL of them over this weekend, I will probably get behind from now on *haha*

Here is my take on Exercise 1... Dr.Suess quote:

The quote is:
Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. Dr Seuss

I am TOTALLY addicted to challenges ~ I LOVE THEM~


I find I am even setting myself challenges ... most common one is to get the page done in an hour - and most the time I do.


Peace out...
Bx