So excited!!!

Hey girls, Yes I am up late!! I have had so much exciting news this past month, tonight being the top it all off night. Now I am so hyped up I can't sleep. And no I can't say what any of these exciting things are. DOH! Bursting at the seams here!

Just a reminder that voting has kicked off over at Once Upon A Sketch. You have until 12pm Friday night Australia time to get your votes in. And OK yes I'm playing along (as always). So many gorgeous entries, having trouble deciding who gets my vote!

Hope you all have an awesome weekend. I hope to get some new layouts done over the weekend and back here with something to show.

xox

Bird Is The Word September 25th Challenge

Another great challenge has just gone up over at Bird Is The Word this month. The challenge is to use 'You & Me' in either your title or journalling. I've used my new favourite range again, Glitz Design Vintage Blue. Can't seem to get enough lol! I love scrapping photos of myself and my DS as I really don't have that many. It has always been me behind the camera. According to Mitchell, now 14, having a photo taken with your mum is "gay". For a teenage boy this seems to be the worst thing that can ever happen to you. I've told him I would still love him if he was, though it hasn't helped my plight to try and get some happy snaps with him haha. BOYS!!

Stuff To Scrap September Challenge

Wow everyone seems to have been so busy doing challenges despite it being the end of the month. I have lots of blogs to catch up on! I've been offline the past 5 days after pulling a muscle in my shoulder. You know you are really unfit when your morning stretch puts you out of action for nearly a week lol!

So thought I would try and squeeze one more challenge in this month and have decided to have a go at the gorgeous sketch challenge by Rach over at Stuff To Scrap. As well as to use the sketch, you need to add stitching, chipboard ( Stuff 2 Scrap if you have it) and a butterfly/butterflies. I have hand stitched the star on my title, added a chipboard bracket and used my Martha Stewart punch to add some little butterflies. I've followed the sketch pretty much as is but had to move the title as it wasn't working in the corner ( Hope this ok?). This LO is a VERY different style than I normally do, I have been experimenting a lot this month trying to find what my little scrapping 'niche' may be. What do you think? Does it suit me? The jury is still out for me....

Also this week I got a little guest designer spot at Imaginarium Designs. You can check it out HERE.... and you have to check out some of the other gorgeous LO's displayed there, just amazing!

A2Z Scraplets September Challenge

My first time playing along with A2Z scraplets this month. The challenge is to use a sketch as well as A2Z chipboard if you have it. Unfortunately I used the last of mine a few layouts ago, one of their gorgeous swirly corner pieces, nevermind! So this photo is of my step DS, Tyler, who played guitar at our wedding along with a violinist. They both did such a beautiful job!

My Creative Sketches September Challenge

Over the weekend I had have lots of fun creating a layout for a new challenge blog called, My Creative Sketches. I tried experimenting with my papers with this one, and came with up some cute braided paper trims and matched those with some braided twine trim. It has been created using the new Alla-Prima range from Prima which I wasn't too sure if I liked it when it first arrived in the mail. But now that I have had a play with it, I am completely sold on it!

Once Upon A Sketch September 15th Challenge

Can never resist the awesome challenges over at OUAS. This month being no exception with a little quirky twist to the competition. As well as another fabulous sketch to work with and some journalling criteria, this month judging is up to the blog followers. This could be really interesting to see what type of layout everyone out there in blog land love! So here is my submission. Voting is all day on the 30th, if you like what I've created, it would be great if you could swing by OUAS and drop a vote my way =)

98% of the products used are from the new Pixie Glen range from Prima. I took a bit of a risk by using a soft palette. I know in photos the colors look more muted and on screen it doesn't pop as much as some of the darker colors I have used before. I'm really happy with how it came out though =)

My Mind's Eye September Challenge

Well ladies, I think I have had the most boring week in history. The economic downturn is not so slowly pushing my business of 9 years down the gurgler and I have been rattling around the house all week going out of my mind. I have always worked and don't know how to NOT work. So next time your at Coles doing your grocery shopping, make sure you take a good look at the check out chick as it could be me!

On the plus side, heaps of time to scrap! DH felt sorry for me ( God bless him!) and through $100 my way for some new goodies to keep me out of his hair and stop my whining lol. In among my new buys I purchased the fabulous new MME Lost & Found 2 Rosy & Sunshine ranges. SO stunning!!! The perfect opportunity to have a go at playing along with the MME challenge this month I say. The challenge is to use a sketch and the following in your title..."Back To ______". So here is my entry....

MME products used:

Lost & Found 2

Rosy - Ordinary Dream Paper

Rosy - Love Stamped Paper

Rosy - Ordinary Adventure Paper

Sunshine - Memory Blossom Paper

Sunshine - Lovely Sewing Paper

Sunshine - Sunshine Music Paper

Rosy - Love Layered Chipboard Stickers

Sunshine - Memories Layered Chipboard Stickers

Laundry Line - Rub On Alphas