21 Renfrew Street

I found this great photo of the first house I lived in, my Dad built it straight after the war when size and material restrictions were still in place. So many memories of that place (both good and bad!) Sleepin in Mum and Dads room when I was sick, finding Santa presents under the bed in the spare room (oops) the toilet that the night cart used to pick up out in the outdoor wash house, and the yummy gooseberries growing out the back.

This page was also from the May kit from The Paper Teapot, along with a cut file from the Hip Kit which I coloured with Artist Inks from Colourblast Australia.

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Just a quick page with my gorgeous little niece Leah 💖

 This was my 3rd layout from the May kit from The Paper Teapot, using lots of Pink Paislee and Bella Blvd, with a Cocoa Vanilla cut file.

Stay Magical

My brother and his wife are pretty much game to try anything  - these were their outfits for the June 2016 World Cup Darts in Auckland.

This page was a partial scraplift (ashersmiles.com), I loved that the paper was torn into strips and reassembled and sewn. I used Pink Paislee paper, journal cards, rub ons and stickers, Bella Blvd diecuts, Neat and Tangled sequins, and Dear Lizzy glitter die cuts - all from the May kit from The Paper Teapot. 

I also used gesso, Ranger ink and Colourblast paste on the background.

Cheers Ears!

Its great to catch up with old friends, especially after they move away 💗 (Miss you Lisa!)

We caught up in Albany along with Shiloh, Jenna and Connor, yummy mexican food and margaritas 🍸🍸🍸

This page is from The Paper Teapot May 18 kit - OMG, so many cool things! The instructions for this page are included if you buy it - just the main kit needed, but so many more things if you include the embellie kit too... (get it here)

Friends and Brothers

I don't do boy pages that often, but here's one of my great-nephews while out for a nature walk. 

 Here are a couple of close ups...

 

Here's the sketch challenge 

From the left sketch I used the flags and the general layout (although it did mutate a bit 😆😆😆), and from the second sketch I used the circles and stars in the background.
I used dotty washi tape, but in case it doesn't count I also used enamel dots as I think I have around a million 😉

I luurrve this flair from Accent Scrapbooking too! And of course the Charm Creation Arrow is pretty awesome 💖
I also used the February boy kit from The Paper Teapot for all the great Pinkfresh, Tim Holtz and Cocoa Vanilla awesomeness 😁
Make sure to have fun with it! 

Love U2

These girls have been friends since babies, and while I had lots of photos of them when they were little, it's harder to get them now.

This page uses the March kit from The Paper Teapot, which is jam packed with great papers and embellies💖

I used Colourblast shimmer cubes to ombre colour the word, and also flick a few little spatters. I didn't want to go overboard with paint on this one.

There's a great mix of Cocoa Vanilla, Pinkfresh and American Crafts to satisfy all tastes 😍Get yours now!

Some of the little details....

 

 

And here's the  full page! 

I just 💗💗💗 that sketchy flower paper!

 

Go grab yourself a kit now!

Chase the Wind

Sailing on Lake Taupo- check ✔

A beautiful day for a trip out to the Maori carvings, great host for the trip too ⛵⛵⛵

 

This is the second page from The Paper Teapot February kit - I love this paper, I just added a cut file and some cute little wood veneer sailboats that I embossed.

Sweet Summer Days

I love this photo of Shiloh and one of her bffs💕

This page is from the new kits from The Paper Teapot, lots of yummy stuff in there! 

 

This is paper from the Pink Paislee Summer Lights part of the kit, with Echo Park stickers (LOTS of them!!), a Pinkfresh dyed tag, Some gorgeous ombre Thickers and Cocoa Vanilla puffy stickers.

Loved putting this one together - just couldn't stop adding things!!!

Look at the Stars....

...Look how they shine for you

A beautiful photo of Shiloh before her first formal 💗

 I made this page to teach for The Paper Teapot, using lots of fun techniques, including Distress Oxides, Colourblast colour paste, Scrapiniec embossed, Carabelle stamped stars coloured with Shimmer cubes and heaps more. No one had clean hands when we were finished!!

Margarita-ville

Joanna and I found the yummiest Margaritas at a Mexican restaurant on the South Bank in Brisbane. They had every flavour under the sun, and we "tried" to sample them all, but we would have had to crawl back to the apartment after lol!

I made this DT page for The Paper Teapot monthly challenge, which was to scrap about food or drink. What a hard challenge lol. 

I used Distress Oxides on the background with Colourblast paste, and mostly Bella Blvd paper and embellies. I do love the hex cut filefrom Paper Issues, and of course I had to add a charm emoji 😍

Uniquely You

Just a quick layout that I made at a recent retreat, from a kit by Helen Munro - fellow DT member at The Paper Teapot.

 

It came together so quickly and is just lovely 💖

Thanks Helen!

Lovely

Just a quick share today of my layout for The Paper Teapot's September challenge  - to use a handmade embellishment and scraps.

Love my little Niece and her adorable pupper 💓

I made the star using felt, tulle, chambray and a button.

Fearless

Another page of my Fearless daughter - at least she seems so to me sometimes!

I was inspired by the patterned paper to re-create it with masking fluid and inks which I think worked really well.What do you think?

Ice Bar

Man I loved this place! 

Absolutely everything was made of ice, including the tables, chairs and the glasses we drank our cocktails from 😁🍹

A bit of a different page for me - no mixed media AT ALL! (I made up for it later lol)

This is for the August Tic Tac Toe board...

I chose the bottom row - Emoji, Brads (more emojis) and Washi Tape.

Hope you like it!

Nut jobs

Love this - I was trying to get a photo of the fern leaf in the Queenstown botanical gardens, and as I pressed the shutter these 3 nutjobs jumped out 😁

The page was for The Paper Teapot July challenge, which was 54321 - 

5 patterned papers

4 enamel dots or Nuvo drops

3 Mixed Media or embellishment clusters

2 words

1 stamp

Beautiful

Just a photo I loved of Shiloh 💓

 

This was for the Scrap Our Stash July sketch challenge - 

 

The word for the month was "Fireworks", and I have used

F - Flowers
I - Ink
R - Ranger
E - Embossing powder
W - White, Wood veneer
O - Organza ribbon
R - Rhinestones
K - Kaisercraft
S - Staples

 

One in a Million

It's pretty darn hard to get a photo of my nephew Cohen, but it's worth persisting, because he's pretty darn cute!

 

This is for the Scrap Our Stash July Tic Tac Toe board, I was obviously influenced by Stars in the centre, but the line I actually used was the left hand column - Number, chipboard, Striped paper.

Here's the board...

 

Gotta Laugh

Bre has gotten to be good mates with Coopah - partly because she lives so close to us  - but also because they have a lot in common. Coopah came up to Auckland with Bre to see Panic at the Disco, and she wasn't even going to see Guns n Roses with us but we convinced her it was the right thing to do 😆 This photo was at Bethells Beach - a great wee spot 💗

The page is for the Scrap Our Stash sketch challenge...

And the stash word to be used  is "Mother ".

I chose

M-My Minds Eye (the enamel dots and glasses)

O-Orange

T-Tissue, thread

H-Heart

E-Enamel Dots, Ephemera

R-Rubber Banner

This is all from the Cocoa Vanilla Wild at Heart range - available here. 

Be Impossible to Forget

My Hundredth post!!!

Well really - who could forget these characters??

And how many times would you get invited to a "Psychedelic Porn Party" ???

(My advice is don't google it to work out what to wear 😉)

Thanks to Simone for a great night, wonderful "slushies" and letting Dean And Wendy tag along with us so we wouldn't feel weird!

This page was done for The Paper Teapot May challenge, which was to be inspired by this photo

 And I used Bella Blvd Make our Mark collection available here, a Cuts2luv flair, and The Cut Shoppe cut file.

Have a go at this one - there's lots to inspire from this photo!

Watch Out World!

Shiloh was so relieved to pass stage one  - she now has her learner's license 😁

This page was made with The Paper Teapot April Scrapbook kit - available here, all I added was an emoji charm, and a wooden arrow.

 

I love this technique using embossing powder on texture paste - it all puffs up and gives it even more texture! 😁