December 15th Stuck Sketch

My layout for the latest Stuck Sketch was revealed on the blog yesterday.  Here's the sketch...

In the christmas spirit again, my latest layout for Stuck Sketches is a festive one using the SOLD OUT November Christmas Sampler Kit which I am just LOVING!

This is my wonderful hubby with our baby girl on Christmas Day last year, most years it seems that we go through the xmas season with a million photos of the kids and none of us...so I made a point of getting some of us with the kids last year :)

And a closeup of their gorgeous faces *love love love* together with my paint dauber background and my title using the bright & happy gold Thickers, which are still in stock at Savvy.

Make sure you upload your take to the Stuck blog before the end of December for your chance to win!

1st December Stuck Sketch

Its nearly time for my second layout for December to be released over at Stuck Sketches so I thought I better blog the first! 

The 1st December sketch looks like this...

And being December, I thought I'd scrap a Christmas layout.  This is using last years's bright xmas kit we released at Savvy and photos of my kids spreading 'Reindeer Food' over the front lawn.

 

The 'Magic Reindeer Food' was given to us by a neighbour on Xmas Eve, the label on the packaging said -

 

'Sprinkle on your lawn at night,

the moon will make it sparkle bright,

when Santa's Reindeer fly and roam,

this will guide them to your home'

 

The kids just loved it!

 

Here's a closeup of my journalling and my title, along with a couple of handmade spiral flowers...

Another spiral flower with a pin through it, and some pleated fabric tape...

Make sure you upload your take over on the Stuck blog before the end of December for your chance to win!

Who wants $40 to spend with FREE POST at Savvy?

All you need to do is enter our BIG Savvy Sketch Challenge and you have a chance to win!  $40 on ANYTHING in the store, with free post as well...why wouldn't you enter?!

This month Kerryn chose this layout from the Scrapbook Savvy Gallery by Monique...

 

And she turned it into this sketch... 

 

All four of us on the Design Team at Savvy then take turns to reveal our pages on the 1st, 5th, 10th and 15th of the month. I was lucky last!

 

Here's my take using the SOLD OUT Savvy Xmas Sampler Kit which was released in November.  My layout is called Smurf Style Dance-Off featuring Cooper & Georgia on Christmas Day last year rocking out to their Smurf Dance Party game on the Wii.  This was so much fun and we had all the family taking turns!

 

A closeup of my title and journalling.  You can still get these gorgeous sparkly Thickers in the store and they are 30% off along with the rest of the store until midnight THIS THURSDAY!  

 

And the gorgeous Studio Calico wood veneer trees from the kit, these are just so tiny and cute, love them! 

 

Make sure you upload your take to the Scrapbook Savvy gallery before midnight on 31st December 2012 for your chance to win!!

Last few days to get UN-STUCK?!

Its nearly the end of the month, and that means your deadline is nearly up for your Stuck Sketches submissions.  Make sure you upload to the blog before midnight Friday night for your chance to win!

In case you haven't seen them, here are the November sketches and my take on both...you still have time!

November 1st Sketch...

Party Girls using leftovers from the She's Savvy Retreat Kit 2012, a layout of my Georgia in her VLDA 6/U Performers Troupe earlier this year.

And a closeup of my little cluster include some washi tape flowers.

November 15th Sketch...

Girl Cousins, again using leftovers from the She's Savvy Retreat Kit 2012, a photo of my girls with my beautiful nieces Chloe & Molly on Christmas Day 2011.

I would take any excuse to scrap right now if I could....so why don't you go and get a layout done for me?! 

BIG Savvy Sketch Challenge for November

As you know, we are only having ONE monthly challenge from now on, it is the BIG Savvy sketch with a Twist. This fabulous challenge has a MASSIVE $40 Scrapbook Savvy store voucher with free post!

You would be seriously crazy not to give it a go!
This month Tara picked a layout of Malinda's from the gallery to base this sketch on:

 And my take, using some leftovers from our Retreat He's Savvy Kit:

 

A closeup of my paintwork background and title which is sitting over a mixture of washi tape strips.

 

And the other side of the photo, which has some circle embellies and some more paintwork.

Make sure you upload your take by the end of November to the relevant gallery folder here for your chance to win this super awesome prize!!!

October She's Savvy Kit - NOW SOLD OUT!

I was lucky enough to secure myself one of these gorgeous kits before they went on sale tonight and subsequently SOLD OUT.  This has to be one of my fave Savvy kits ever!

The October She's Savvy Kit looked like this...

So far I have managed four layouts and still have enough left for a fifth, not bad for $30 right?  There is nearly $35 worth of product in the kit, so great value.

My first layout is called 'Sweet Little Pussycat' and is a photo of Georgia in her 'Josie & The Pussycats' costume for last years VLDA concert.

A closeup of some of my circles, part of my title and a scatter of sequins & buttons...

And one of the Prima flowers with the ZVA flourish from the kit...

My next layout is called 'Today We Celebrate Her' and features me & my baby girl after her 3rd birthday party.  This layout is also my example for my Recipe Challenge for the October Cybercrop happening right now in the Scrapbook Savvy Forum.

A closeup of my cluster including a gorgeous Prima flower, a sequin & button scatter, part of my title and my strip journalling.

Another closeup, this time of the awesome Pink Paislee Artisan heart embellishment and Zva flourish from the kit.

My third layout is my favourite so far with this kit.  It is called 'The Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes' and is a photo of my Georgia girl taken by my friend Lauren at Red Door Photography.  I absolutely loved using this awesome Crafters Workshop Template to create my background with texture paste, a technique I'm just using over and over at the moment.

 

And my final layout so far, 'All Kids Love Presents' of Little Miss Bronte just before xmas 2010.  She was so little here!

This kit is now SOLD OUT on the first night of release!  Stay tuned for the next Savvy Kit coming in November.

Charlee Turns 6 :)

I had the bestest fun at the Scrapbooking Delight's long weekend crop on Saturday!  Love the company of the girls, the chats, the laughs and the just relaxed feeling I get there....different to scrapping at home where there is always something else I should be doing!

I managed two pages for a 'secret squirrel' projects before doing this layout 'just because' of Georgia's little dancing friend Charlee at her birthday party last year.

I just loved this Cakewalk range from October Afternoon, it is all sold out in the Savvy store now except for one lonely paper that is in the clearance section.

Spending time at the crop watching Sue experiment with mists & sprays got me all inspired!  I had so much fun creating this background using three different mists (Hueys, Glimmer Mist & Dylusionals) over the top of a Crafters Workshop template.

I can't wait to experiment again soon...I think I need MORE templates in my personal stash, they are just too fun!

Hope you've had a chance to scrap over the long weekend, I'm planning on doing a bit more now!  Don't forget to head over to the Savvy forum for some awesome cybercrop challenges, you have until midnight Thursday to get your layouts done!