Lets Get Shabby Challenge #30..................A List

Lets Get Shabby's new challenge is up and running, AND you have until January 20th. to complete it !! ( we know how crazy it gets  this time of the year, so we've given you an extra month ).Speaking of crazy I have started making lists........lists of gifts to buy or make, lists of chores to do, lists of social engagements and activities coming up,lists of holiday and party food I need to stock up on or make etc. So, the Lets Get Shabby Challenge involves a "list" . Check it out here, and the other inspirational work created by the DT.

Bells and snowflake buttons.

Melissa Frances papers and heart and Prima Shabby Chic flying geese.

Embossed and inked dove, wreath made from a bit of left over Prima berry twig, Tim Holtz metal number,Imaginarium frame.

Thanks so much for visiting today, hope you're all having a great weekend.

November 123 Challenge....& Something's Happened To Me...................

What is happening to me..........have I gone "minimalist" ? Me ??

Me, who loves "product" ? Me, who can't seem to get enough "stuff" on a page ? Of course you can always find room for more....just one more flower,one more tag, one more resin embilishment. I have been a scrapbook manufacturers dream; my local SB store loves me, I know you do Jane........until now.

This project and my previous one for the Color Room have virtually NO EMBELISHMENTS and I have used very little "scrapbook" product at all. The thrifty and oh so talented Louise Nelson would be so proud of me........I have recycled stuff that has already been used and made do with what I have found in the kitchen drawer. I know none of this is new, but for me, who prides herself on having a bountiful stash and loves to use it all, this is a worry.

Todays project has been done for the November 123 Challenge.

Colour= Grey

Word= Please

Technique= Unusual Stamping

                           

                           

I have stamped onto chiffon,alfoil,Glad Bake,and stamped "into" texture paste ( I love doing this and have used this technique a lot lately )as well as stamping directly onto cardstock over paint.

The word "please"..........it was so hard for me to come up with a use ( other than the obvious )for this word ( who would have thought ? ) until my daughter gave me the "look"..........you know the one when you go on about something for far too long and they just look at you, roll their eyes and go 'whatever". The journalling, stamped onto Glad Bake with Stazon says,  

     "Oh please !! Don't give me that look"

Glad Bake, being silicon,does not accept glue or double sided tape very well, so I have just tied it on with thread.  

                           

This project was a lot of fun to do ( and so cheap )

Thanks for dropping by.

Back in the Color Room...............

Playing in the Color Room again this week. Feels good to have the paints, scissors and glue out again after a bit of a break.

Sometimes our children forget their manners, including my usually sweet girls. Sophie is "flicking the bird" not at anyone in particular ( well, maybe at me, for having the camera in her face yet again ) but it's all in fun.

I have used red velvet as my background under the photo ( Sophie's headband is red velvet ), glimmer mist, texture paste, foam stamps,machine stitching, cut up an old birthday card and wrapping paper and stamped onto a Tim Holtz film strip with Stazon.

Thanks so much for dropping by and hope you all have a great week.

Color Room Challenge #82

Another beautiful palette in the Color Room this week....I couldn't resist.

Thanks so much for dropping by, and if you have left a comment I really, really appreciate it. A big week for me creatively.......on Thursday I am doing a class with Ingvild Bolme, so excited, and then head off to Melbourne to see my daughter and her second year dance production and her first ever choreographed piece she has done by herself....I am both excited and nervous for her. Hope you all have a great week creatively, whatever you might be doing. xx

Beautiful Christmas Papers...............

Meg, from Meg's Garden, sent me a box full of Christmas goodness........exquisite papers, both 12'x12" and 6"x6", vintage Christmas collage sheets, ribbon, bells, fabulous German Scrap ( the gold Italian flourish is my favourite thing at the moment) holly leaves, lace and the most beautiful jewelled pins. You can visit Meg's online shop for all these things and more.

Chocolate Box........

Christmas Posy Box....

Shabby Box.....

Used Meg's Garden Christmas Stripe 12"x12" paper, gessoed then sanded it. Added some German Scrap, painted gold Christmas bells and an image from Meg's Garden Vintage Christmas Collage Sheet #2.

Lets Get Shabby Challenge #29.........One And One Only !

Challenge #29 at Lets Get Shabby is to create something in ONE colour.........a monochromatic colour scheme. No other colours allowed to sneak in any where. The exception is a photo or in place of a photo a picture or main element. My butterflies are my main element. It's hard to do, and I failed at my first attempt, but it's a wonderful challenge. Check out the Lets Get Shabby blog for all the details you need to know and be inspired by the clever and beautiful examples done by the DT girls. 

I chose pink not because it's my favourite colour but because it's Pink October, Breast Cancer awareness month. My butterflies are from the beautiful Kaisercraft Bonjour range and even though they appear to have grey on them, its really a pinkish, metallic foil, and was difficult to photograph as the shiny bits appear grey. I would love for you all to have a go at creating something in just one colour, its great discipline and pushes your creative inventiveness.

Its On Its Way..................

We all know it's just around the corner. Are you in the mood for a little Christmas shopping? Meg, from Megs Garden has some really, really beautiful Christmas paper in her shop. If you are looking for something a little bit different and some lovely, whimsical, vintage images, Meg has a great selection. Visit here for Megs online shop, and while you are there you can also get to her blog and see the beautiful Christmas projects created by DT girls Adriana and Denise. I have been playing with some goodies Meg sent me too, and will post soon.

The Color Room #80......

Played in The Color Room today. Could not resist creating with these beautiful shades.

I used Prima stencils and Prima stamps.......

Found these sparkly little gems in a craft shop. They are called "flats" and they're made by Dress It Up.......nice flat back so easy to attach.

Tea and Jelly Cakes...........

The warm spring weather lately has made me think of Jelly Cakes and the near by Mount Compass bakery make fresh Jelly Cakes every Friday, so I bought some to have with my tea.

A Jelly Cake is basically little sponge cakes, dipped into half set, thickish ( consistency of egg white ) jelly and then filled with cream. When making them, the jelly of choice to use is Aeroplane Jelly, and just like Vegemite and Tim Tams, Aeroplane Jelly is an Australian icon.

It was first made by Adolphus Herbert Frederick Norman Appleroth, known as Bert Appleroth, in Sydneyin 1917. He made jelly crystals using gelatine and sugar in his bath tub. He first sold these jelly crystals door to door using his tram route to transport him around Sydney as he was a tram conductor. A company was formed in 1926 and as planes were considered new and exciting at that time and Appleroth was an aviation fanatic, he named the brand, Aeroplane Jelly.

         Over 19 million packets of Aeroplane Jelly are sold each year.

         Regular Raspberry flavour is the top seller.

         In 1953 the first low calorie jelly was made.

         In 1988, in honour of the Australian Bicentenary, jelly was made in special Australian flavours like, Lilly Pilly, Quandong and Midjinberry. These were phased out by 1992.

As a kid growing up in Australia in the 60's and 70's we all knew the words to the Aeroplane Jelly song....ah sweet memories.

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To visit the other ladies for tea, visit Kimmies blog, Art In Red Wagons here.