Prima Nature's Garden

Scottie Crafts has closed its Albany store and is gearing up to open its new store! There will be so much Prima goodness on the shelves, including these Nature's Garden papers, flowers, wooden buttons, tickets and banners, chipboard and more! Check their blog to find out details of the new store opening.

Check out my last layout to see the cool wooden banner and clock.
I am putting this layout into this fortnights Southern Girls Challenge, which is 'So Distressed'. I have distressed and ripped edges, used ink, paint and gold rub-ons to distress embellishments.
Cheers,
Sue

Yummy Prima

I had so much fun at CHA with Adrienne! Long hours, lots of laughs, colossal meals, shopping and inspiration, inspiration, inspiration!!
No doubt when Scotties open their new store at 4a ........................, Adrienne will have up a photo I took of her and the wonderful Tim Holtz!
In store, also, there is bound to be masses of beauitful new Prima from CHA, just like the gorgeous stuff I have used on this layout below!

My handsome son!! Dont you love it when they have to get dressed up?!!

Have a great weekend,

Sue x

Wedding LO #.....?

I am loving having these wedding photos! There are so many I want to scrap!!
I have again incorporated 3 challenges. There are so many great ideas for challenges out there at the moment.
 I have started with a great sketch from Another Freakin Scrappy Challenge,
 incorporated the awesome challenge to use rosettes, from The Paper Variety,
and decided that the circle bacground, rosettes, letters and ribbon flowers, might be enough of one shape for Eleni's challenge at Get Creative, to use one shape as a focus.

The 4 small rosettes are TH mini rosettes (title) and the large rosette is cut from the Ribbons and Rosettes cricut cartridge, using one of the 1" by 11" border strips, scoring and folding it. I cut it in white and then inked with blue and stamped a design with brown. There are some very cool designs on this cart.

The background is cut from the Damask Decor cart. I used the Cricut pens, first, to get an outline and then put the blade back in and cut. Saves inking edges!

I am lucky enough to be off to CHA this Friday, so this might be my last layout for a couple of weeks.

Cheers,

Sue

Card using a tag

If you enjoy doing challenges or want to get inspired then a visit to Get Creative will be just what you need! They have so many different challenges going on that there will sure be something that gets you going!
This card is for Channa's challenge -to create a card with a tag as the main feature and including lace or fabric. I love tags and vintage, so I loved this theme!

If you would like to see my tutorial for making the ribbon flower, check it out here.

Summer may be coming! We have just had our second day without rain!

Cheers,

Sue x

Dream

I thought it would be fun to do a layout combining the requirements of more than one challenge. This gorgeous girl is my new daughter-in-law!

I am putting this LO into these challenges:
The Paper Variety; Black/White with a kiss of colour (mauve)
Southern Girls; Sparkle (all the rhinesones on the lacy punch strips dont show well on the photo!)
Get Creative: Irini 's Challenge; List 12 elements on your LO - so here goes!
1. Prima Crystals 
2. Pink Paislee Mistable Journal tag
3. Glitz Designs Glitzer (word 'Dream')
4. Handmade flower
5. Hand dyed seambinding
6. Heart trinket
7. Kaisercraft rub-on (wee scallop frame)
8. Kaisercraft rhinestones (on punched lace strips behind photo)
9. Purple vellum (photo mat)
10. Basic Grey paper (background)
11. Echo Park paper (lacy punched strip)
12. Autumn Leaves stamp (flourish)

I must say that crappy weather makes great scrappy weather!! New Zealand has not been smiled on by the sun much this summer!
Cheers,
Sue x

Love is...

Lloyd and Jodie were over from Sydney for a short wonderful visit and came with the CD of photographers photos!! So.... another spate of wedding layouts coming up!!
The scraplift challenge of Trina McClunes beautiful layout over at Challenge Me Happy was perfect for a wedding layout. Thanks girls!!

Off to print more of these gorgeous pics!!

Sue x

Christmas mini album

These photos were from our 2010 family get-together and I meant to have this done for our Ellis family Christmas this year, but I didnt quite make it! Every year my 2 brothers and I and all our kids and partners get-together the week before Christmas. Last year we only had 2 of the nine cousins, missing.
We started this tradition about 30 years ago and it is one of my most favourite days of the year! Christmas 2010 I added the years and months together that the 3 of us (Rick, Chris and I) have been married. 100!! Pretty impressive these days I reckon!

These wet, humid summer days have been perfect for scrapbooking! Which is fine for me, but not so much fun for Jeff and Aimee who have gone over to Kawau Island with 6 other friends for a few days! I just hope it clears after New Year, so they have a safe journey back!

Have a fun and safe New Year everyone!

Sue x