More From Anthea's Retreat Class

Last night at crop I finally had a chance to do the second class layout from Anthea's Retreat Class using Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage. Lots of fussy cutting involved but totally fun & totally worth it! I changed mine a little and used five smaller photos instead of three, using photos from our recent pyjama road trip to Scraploot!



There was a little bit of kit product leftover so I got creative and managed to get a THIRD layout from this class kit, all I added was another piece of white cardstock and one of my brand new Purple Pumpkin flowers. I tried to stick to the same style and techniques I learnt in the class, and I think Anthea would be proud of my effort! :)



There are still a few of these gorgeous class kits left in the Scrapbook Savvy store, a very reasonable class at only $35 for two step by step layouts. Get yours now!

My hubby & I are off to Berry for a night away today, so looking forward to 24 hours of peace & quiet! Thanks so much for my friend Sam and my Mum for helping me out with the kids, we're so lucky to have such an awesome support network around us. Hope your weekend is awesome, mine will be! :)

Kreativ Blogging & He's Savvy Reveal

Thank you to my dear friend Ez for passing on this blogger award to me. Mwah!



As with most bloggers awards, there are a few rules:
1. Copy the award to your blog
2. Insert a link to the person who nominated you
3. Share seven things about yourself that you haven’t told us before
4. Nominate other bloggers for the award – share the love
5. Link to their blogs
6. Tell the nominees about their award

Alrighty, seven things I haven't told you, let me think....

1. I have two golden labradors, Kiara & Kobe, and our boy Kobe lost one of his eyes at nine months old to a tumour.
2. My mum is one of 11 children, so I have a ton of relatives all over place, half of which I wouldn't know if I tripped over them.
3. I have been applying for jobs for a little while, with no success....and I have to admit I kind of don't WANT to go back to 'real work'.
4. My favourite band of all time is Live and I've seen them in concert numerous times, and the song Throwing Copper came on the radio in the hospital while I was in full labour with Bronte, freaky.
5. At the moment I feel very jealous of my big sister. She seems so totally in control at the moment, which I totally am not feeling right now!
6. My paperwork for Savvy is out of control. Big time.
7. I wear my hair up most days, pure laziness really.

So there you have it, a few random facts about me. :)

I would like to pass this onto the following bloggers:

1. Alicia
2. Sara
3. Tess
4. Crystal

And now, even thought its totally sold out, I thought I'd share the rest of my pages from this month's He's Savvy kit. I have already done the one I showed for the kit challenge, and here's another four...so five layouts in total so far and could easily get another couple if I add some cardstock. Great value for money at $45, don't you think?

A couple of really big photos, love how they fill up most of the page.


Totally inspired by a layout San did at crop last Friday night, thanks for the idea with the circle chip San!


Sketch #54 at Inspired Blueprints, perfect for this photo of my boy taken by my beautiful friend Lauren at Red Door Photography.


And my babies and their cousins on Xmas Day last year, love this photo (even if Sid is looking like he'd rather be ANYWHERE else).


If you're sad that you missed out on this gorgeous He's Savvy kit and are looking for some boy scrapping goodness yourself...make sure you head over and subscribe to our He's Savvy Kit to be guaranteed a gorgeous package of boy scrappy goodness in your mailbox at the beginning of each month.

Alright, thats it from me today, hope you're having a good week. :)

More She's Savvy By Sar!

I have managed two more pages and my September She's Savvy kit is well and truly used up! I have a few little embellies and a couple of strips left and not much alpha at all. BUT five pages all up, and all of them featuring loads of product.

This is the Scrapbook Savvy Sketch for this month, LOVED all the layering, thanks Anthea!



And this was my last page, so pretty much used whatever paper I had left, and used the My Minds Eye playing cards for the title...which happened to just fit my page perfectly! Love it when that happens.


Don't forget to grab one before they're all gone, I promise you'll love it!

A very relaxing Fathers Day happening here, our plans of going to the local football grand final were cancelled due to the gale force winds experienced throughout the Illawarra overnight and this morning. We were awoken by Cooper yelling 'the trampoline is upside down, quick!' and raced outside in our pj's to tie it down and rescue all my handmade quilts off the line, thank goodness they didn't go flying across the valley! We visited my dad this morning and have spent the rest of the day together just watching movies and hanging out.

Here's my babies with their Daddy...


And then with my Daddy...


And me with my Dad, wish I could've spent more time with him today...


Hope you're having a good day with your husbands, dad & grandads, and that you get to spend this special day together as a family. xoxoxo

She's Savvy September Reveal

I've now had time to play with the new She's Savvy Kit, and I just love it! So pretty and so many cute bits to go with it. This kit is based around the brand new My Minds Eye Alphabet Soup girly range, which is just perfect for all those little girl pages we have to do (and omg, I have a LOT!). The handmade embellishment pack from Purple Pumpkin is just gorgeous too, my new love.

Here's what I've managed so far:





There are still some of these beautiful kits available in the store, head over and grab yours today!

SCRAPBOOKING DELIGHTS SALE - DON'T MISS OUT!

Don't forget local Wollongong girls, Scrapbooking Delights has 20% OFF STOREWIDE (including NEW stock!). Sale ends Saturday 4 September 2010 so head in between 9.30am and 2.30pm and grab some awesome bargains.

Here's a page I did last weekend using American Crafts Dear Lizzy, some of which is still available at Delights.


I went to another awesome crop with San & the girls at Delights tonight, always love going there and borrowing (or maybe stealing!) San's mojo and ideas. I did learn one very important thing at crop tonight though...wearing slippers to crop is NOT such a good idea...especially when its raining when we finish and I end up with wet feet!

I did manage three pages tonight from the latest Savvy Kits, so I'll photograph and share those in the morning!!

Till then! Mwah and thanks for visiting!

September Savvy Kit Challenge

Another month, another set of Savvy kits, another kit challenge from me for all of our wonderful kit customers!!

Pretty soon you will start receiving your kits, or some of you might be lucky enough to have yours already.

I have created my challenge page from the gorgeous He's Savvy kit which is now sold out. The new Basic Grey Wander range is just perfect for boys, my new fave!


The criteria for your page is as follows:

- BIG bow
- 2 x photos of different sizes (you can use the same size and trim one)
- Split title(on two different sections of your page, can be the same alpha)

This is the competition to enter for your chance to win one month as the Guest Designer for Scrapbook Savvy, your own FREE We're Savvy kit to play with as well as a generous discount for the month of your term.

REMEMBER that you must purchase a current September kit to be able to enter this challenge. There are still She's Savvy and We're Savvy kits available so head on over and grab yourself one if you'd like to play along.

Enter your page into the relevant gallery by the 25TH OF SEPTEMBER for your chance to win!

1st of the month means....

...amongst other things like Scrapbook Savvy Kits for September being relaesed (and some selling out!), new challenges in the forum and thats its now Spring! Oh, my point....there is a new Stuck sketch released today! A fun one, a gorgeous one, an inspiring one as per usual too. :)

Here's the sketch for September 1st:


And my take, another flashback to a time when my 6yo boy wasn't quite so big.


Its very late on the first day of the month and I've been madly getting kits finalised, packed and into boxes ready to ship to my wonderful customers. I have just about had it for today though, and expect to be just as busy tomorrow....so best be bedtime for little old me. Nighty night!