Hello from Hollywood - CHA

Yep, Mandy and I are alive - and having a ball.

CHA is amazing - I have met soooooo many beautiful people I have admired for years, especially my fellow DT members Diane of Capadia Designs and Enfys of Going Buggy......

We are all soooooo tired, and there are still 2 days to go......

I will upload photo's when I get back to Australia - but in the meantime Diane and Enfys are updating daily - so you can hop over to their blogs to get updates and some photo's of the first three days......

Hugs

Jane x

Too Darn Adorable

A very quick post....

I leave for the airport in just over an hour - via Brisbane, then on to Los Angeles.... wheeeeeee!!

This is my interpretation of the latest sketch over at Stuck On U Sketches - my favourite sketch site.....

The sketch by Patti Hutch.....



I changed the orientation of the photo's, because my sizes didn't fit, but it's close enough....LOL



I have used another of my Lime Tart Kits - this one is the March 2010 A La Tarte Kit...



Photo's are of course adorable Granddaughter # 1....



The papers are Fancy Pants "Vintage Valentine".....





That's me, maybe for a few days....

Will try to post from America with some photo's from CHA and Los Angeles.....

Meeting Mandy at the airport shortly....

And Diane and Enfys will arrive in LA in the next day or so......

Hugs for now

Jane xx

Sketches In Thyme #33

I'm off to Los Angeles for CHA tomorrow - so just enough time to do a couple of challenge layouts....

This one is for the current sketch challenge over at Sketches In Thyme.....

The sketch by Karen Gerber over at Sketchabilities....



I have used my Lime Tart January 2010 (yes, 2010) Full Tart Kit.....



The papers are Bo Bunny "Gypsy" Collection....
Cardstock is Bazzill.....



The title (Dubai) is Scenic Route "Quincy" Alphabet Stickers.....
The bling is Basic Grey "Designer Rhinestones"....



Nestabilities to cut the circles....
Trim in the kit....
VersaColor 'Pinecone' inkpad.....



Photo is from our first holiday to Dubai in 2007 - the Burj Al Arab taken from a boat trip on the creek at the Old Souk.....



One more post tomorrow before I leave....

Hugs for now

Jane xx

Ornamental Iron Layout

Here I am this post with my latest DT project for Mandy over at Scrappy Go Lucky....




This layout uses the fantastic Ornamental Iron cartridge with my Cricut.....
















For all the details head over to the Scrappy Go Lucky blog....

Now for a call out to all my bloggy friends out there on the Net - are any of you going to CHA?
It would be wonderful to meet up with you if you are there....
Mandy and I are going with Diane of Capadia Designs and Enfys of Going Buggy, both fellow DT members at Scrappy Go Lucky - I can't wait to meet them in person....

Let me know if you will be there and we'll try and arrange to meet up, how wonderful would that be....

Hugs

Jane xx

SOUS Challenge

This is my interpretation of the latest sketch over at Stuck On U Sketches....

Maybe not my favourite layout, but I sure do love the colours.....


I have used one of my Lime Tart kits - the February 2010 A La Tarte Kit....


The papers are Rose Moka "Pique-Nique" Collection.....


The flowers in the kit are Maya Road Velvet Blossoms "Fire".....

The pink ribbon was in the kit.....


The title alphabet is Doodlebug Designs - Loopy Lou Alpha "Limeade".....


The Bingo Card 'FIRST' is Jenni Bowlin "Mini Birthday" set.....

I have added the Sizzix Sizzlets leaf branch and the image of the little girls is cut from Cricut "A Child's Year" at 2.5 inches......


The beautiful photograph is DGDs 1 & 3 in their first matching outfits - too cute.....

Photo taken 18th October 2009.....

Not long til Winter CHA.......

Hugs

Jane xx

First Layout 2011

Hello everyone, boy did I have fun with the gold embossing powder on this layout, my first for 2011.....



My three gorgeous granddaughters on 31st October last year, while we were home in Scotland....



Papers are by Little Yellow Bicycle - Decorative Edge Cardstock and

Jillibean Soup - Monster Stew Collection "Bunch of Monsters".....



The chipboard embellishments are - Candleabra by Dusty Attic which I have used Radiant Rain Luminartes 'bronze' on the base and then Inkssentials Crackle Accents, with amazing results, gold embossing powder on the candles and Ranger Distress Stickles 'Spiced Marmalade' as the flames.....

Ornate Hanging Clock by Twiddleybitz, which I flipped to the reverse (the clock numbers and hands are embossed on the other side). I used Radiant Rain Luminarte 'bronze' and then a Pink Paislee stamp using black embossing powder.....



Flowers are by Lulu.....



The largest flower centre by Prima - Monarch Maple.....



The small rhinestones are by Kaiser.....



The gold embossed witch and journaling block are stamps by Making Memories.....



The title "All Hallow's Eve" is a stamp by Pink Paislee, also gold embossed....

I had great fun with this layout, reminds me how gorgeous embossing is.....


While I'm here, I just had to show you this beautiful prize I won recently over at the Zva Creative Blog Hop......

The Blog Hop was in November, but I only received the pack a few days ago - Christmas mail!!!!





Thanks ZVA - love them......

Hugs

Jane xx

DAD....

Hi everybody, thanks for dropping in again.....

This is a new layout based on an old sketch.....

I was recently guest designer over at SOUS, and much as I loved the layout I made for that challenge, I wasn't really over the moon about it - I'm still convinced it looks like a tea tray - check HERE and give me your opinion......LOL

So, I have done the same sketch again, but different.....

My Dad......



The photo's were taken in 2007 when Dad was last here in Australia on holiday.....



I have used the Lime Tart A La Tarte Kit from April 2010......



The papers are by Scribble Scrabble - Sweet Shoppe Collection.....







Here is the sketch.....



I am back in my scrap room, working on a beautiful photograph of my three granddaughters from Hallowe'en 2010 in Scotland, will hopefully get that finished tonight.....

And then I can get started on the new sketch over at SOUS......

Tomorrow morning I'm off out on a camera course to learn about my new Canon 500D SLR, around the beautiful city of Fremantle, so an early start in the morning - at least it isn't cold here - temp tomorrow is to be 37 degrees - yippee - LOVE Australia.....

Hope it isn't tooooooo cold where you are.....

Hugs

Jane xx

2010 Top Ten

Welcome into 2011 everyone - here's to another great year of scrapping fun.....

Before I start on a new year of projects I would like to showcase a few of my favourites from last year....

My Top Ten of 2010.....

This was the very first layout I made in 2010......

The next nine are in no particular order.....



















Now, if you can count - that was ten....

But I wanted to give this one an honourable mention - particularly because I love the photo....



Now, to get back into my Scraproom.....

And, only 20 days until I go to Los Angeles for Winter CHA with Mandy from Scrappy Go Lucky.....

How lucky am I......

Hugs

Jane xx