Blossom Designs

Just For You

My brother who has been living in Canada has been home visiting for nearly a month now and while I have caught up with him, I have been spending more time at my parents house (where Michael and his girlfriend, Laura are staying).  They are flying back to Canada on Tuesday for another year, then they will be back home for good.  YAY.  As I know I have been quiet on the blogging front, I thought I'd better explain why! :-)

I have a couple of projects left to show you from the training day.

Cute, isn't it?!  The butterflies are from the 'Beautiful Butterflies' bigz dies and then embossed with the 'Petals-a-Plenty' textured embossing folder. 


A close up of the embossed butterflies with some shimmer paint.

Here is the other project - a 6" x 6" scrapbook page.

More embossing and butterflies!! LOL

 

So, this month saw the last of my Stamp-a-Stack classes for the year.  I have been busy making gifts for my ladies and I will show you them soon.  We are heading to QLD next week for Oliver's birthday so I'm hoping to get some posts scheduled while we are away.

Happy Stamping,

 

Just For You

Another project from the training day.......

Using the 'just believe' stamp set and the shimmer paint too!

You can see the shimmer paint used on the flowers.

The training day goes for a few hours and you can attend the afternoon session or evening.  While we make projects, Jayne also has some business tips and other useful information.  I love to attend, not only to make things but to catch up with my fellow demonstrators, plus it is a few hours of ME time!  If you would like to be apart of a great group of people, all you have to do is join my team.  Simple! ;-)  Contact me if you would like more information.

Happy Stamping,
 
 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas

A few months ago, I attended a training day organised by my upline Jayne Mercer.  It has taken me this long to photograph our projects!  Oh my!

A new product in the Idea Book & Catalogue is the 'shimmer paint' (pg. 143).  It is gorgeous!  You can see it being used on the project above.  See the bauble shimmer?!

You can see the shimmer better in this photo.  It is the first time I have used the shimmer paint and while it can be a bit messy, the end result is beautiful.

We made 4 projects this particular day so I will be back with more to show you.

On a personal note.....I thought I would share a photo of the kiddies.

This was taken this morning.  Oliver was not very well so was resting on his couch and Emily has taken to squishing in next to him.  LOL.  For her birthday, she got her own 'Tinkerbell' couch so she is enjoying her own freedom (or at least Oliver is!).  Nothing else will keep Em quiet but watching Tinkerbell.  Her face lights up if she see's Tinkerbell out at the shops.....it is funny to see.  Oliver will watch just about any movie anyway and he likes Tinkerbell too.

Happy Stamping,

 

P.S. - have a great Halloween tomorrow.  Oliver is excited. LOL
 

 

 

 

 

Christmas SAS

Wouldn't you know it......I typed this post 2 days ago and as I clicked on 'publish', it froze.  Only this tab froze.  I could still work on my other tabs so I left it for a while and came back to it, but it was still frozen......and no, I didn't save it.....so guess what?  Yep, I lost it.  Here's hoping I don't lose this one.

Anyway, I don't think I showed you the card my ladies made at last month's Christmas Stamp-a-stack class.

The medallion stamp is a big stamp.  I didn't like it at first but it is really growing on me more and more.  This card has no layers, just stamping and of course, some bling using dazzling diamonds.  LOL.
 

You can see the 'bling' better in this photo.  The quote is from the hostess set, "Occasional Quotes", level 3.

My trip to my parent's house yesterday was successful as I found my trimmer and ALL of my stamping stuff (phew!) as I had a class last night that I needed to prepare for.  So, I was in a mad rush cutting out my card stock yesterday afternoon.  Miss M had a great day with her nanny and poppy too.

Happy Stamping,

 

Thanks So Much

These cards I made for all the Kindergarten teachers plus the ladies in the office at Oliver's previous school.  The three teachers also received a gift but I forgot to photograph them! Ooops. LOL

I wanted to use the new daffodil delight cardstock.  It is such a lovely yellow.  Not too bright, not too dull.

Happy Stamping,

 

 
 
 

Dressing Up Christmas

Dates: 16 October-30 November 2010

Promotion Details
During the Christmas season, you can earn exclusive Stampin' Up! ribbon in two different ways:

• Purchase a gift-giving bundle and receive one FREE spool of ribbon.
• Host a $550 workshop and receive a FREE spool of ribbon.

Choose from these bundles:

Description	Wood-Mount Item	Wood-Mount Price	Clear-Mount Item	Clear-Mount Price
Gifted Bundle Gifted Set and Jolly Holiday Designer Series Paper	124041	$66.90	124042	$56.90
Welcome Christmas Bundle Welcome Christmas Set and Christmas Cocoa Specialty Designer Series Paper	124045	$69.90	124046	$59.90
Season of Joy Bundle Season of Joy Set and So Swirly Stampin' Around Wheel	124043	$67.90	---	---
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Riding Hood Red 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon	113099	$19.95
Real Red 3/4" Polka-Dot Grosgrain Ribbon	115608	$19.95

Contact me to place your order.

Happy Stamping,

Wedding Card

Oliver's former teacher was getting married during the school holidays so on his last day, we wanted to give her a card.  Here it is.

I used the "love letter" DSP and the retired 'together forever' stamp set. 

Look at that bling!  LOL.  I love that you can now buy flat-back rhinestones.  You get 150 pieces and each rhinestone has adhesive on the back so it is easy to adhere to your projects.  Pretty good for $9.50.

Happy Stamping,

 

 

 

Emily Turns 1

Oh my......look, my gorgeous, beautiful baby girl turned 1 !!  Happy Birthday Miss M!  Mwah.

What an amazing year it has been.

Here is Emily with her butterfly cake I made (with help from Sarah - thanks Sarah!).

.....and here is the result of Emily eating her cake (or the icing!!)  ROFLOL.  She had a great time at her party, as did all the other kids.

Awww, she is such a happy little girl and her smile is so warming.  I LOVE IT!  She smiles just about all of the time she is awake.  She LOVES her brother too and her face light's up when she see's him (bless).  Her big brother loves her back! 

The past few weeks have been very busy indeed!  While we are still unpacking, I have found SOME of my stamping stuff but I think a lot of it is at my parent's house (we had to store boxes there until we can go through them). I cannot find my paper trimmer so I'm assuming it is at my parent's house (fingers crossed!)  LOL.

We now have our internet up and running but I haven't been on the computer much as I wanted to be around for Oliver this week as he started his new school.  Day 1 didn't go so well, he shouted at is teacher!  Day 2.....he was throwing up so he ended up staying home and today, seemed to be a good day for him.  His attitude changed as well this afternoon when he got home and he even ate a sausage for dinner - that is a BIG thing for him!

It is now past my bedtime, so I'm going to call it a night.

Happy Stamping,

Kylie
 

Moving

I have limited internet access at the moment as we moved last weekend and our phone/internet won't be connected until the 11th.  We are also busy unpacking!!  Oh joy!  LOL

I hope to be back posting soon.

Happy Stamping,

Kylie xxx

......But Wait, There's More!

By Dani Fender.  How gorgeous is this card from Dani!

By Jayne Mercer

By Joanna Wassens

I've just realised that I haven't taken a photo of my swap card!  Ooops.  LOL

I am busy packing this week and was wondering where to start!!  LOL.  I've gone through the kids wardrobes and packed away all the clothes that they have outgrown.  A few less clothes to take with us!!  Wish me luck!  LOL

Happy Stamping,

  
    Kylie xxx

Some More Cards

Some more fab cards from the weekend away.

By Suzy Gates.  Suzy has used 5 stamp sets in this card!  Looks great doesn't it.

By TBC.

 
By Joanna Wassens  {thanks Dani for clarifying for me}....this card is from Merryl Blacker.

We had a meeting with Oliver's new school principal today.  All went well and we went to his new class room and met the kids.  Now to get his new uniform and we are ready for his term 4 start.  Phew!

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie  xxx 

Good News

After what feels like months of looking at houses, we finally found one!  We move 2 days before Emily's 1st birthday at the end of this month!!  What timing hey?!  LOL.

Also, we got Oliver into a new school for term 4.  Phew!  This was really starting to worry me the most.  I wanted Oliver to get to know his classmates so when he starts year 1 next year, he wouldn't be the 'new' kid but would just slip in because he already knew the kids in his year.  Does that makes sense? 

So now, I guess the fun begins - packing!  LOL.

Be back with more cards from the INKlings weekend away.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie  xxx

A Few Cards To Show

I wanted to show you some of the cards made/swapped at the weekend away.  I have put who designed each card.

Here are a few of them.......

By Nicky Adamson

By Kari Hughes

By Ryn Gibbs

I cannot remember who designed this card but I will find out.  ETA: Fiona Poirier designed this fab card.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie
 
 

 

Happy Father's Day

This is one of the cards I made at the weekend away for my dad for Father's Day (1st Sunday in September).  No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't get a good photo - sorry.

At the weekend away, there was a 'stamp library' where we had just about every stamp in the catalogue available to use over the 2 days.  This particular set I used for the card, I don't actually own and one I don't think I will own.  I was wondering what stamp set to use and spotted this one - thought I would give it a go.  :-)  It is just not really my kind of stamp.  Mind you, I have seen some great cards using the set.  LOL

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie  xxx
 

A Great Time

After eventually finding my camera cable, I have finally copied all the photos across to my laptop.  Phew!

A couple of weekends ago now, I attended the INKlings weekend away.  I roomed with Nicky and after having a stressful week, she left little gifts on my bed Friday and Saturday (she must have stuck back to the room at some point without me realising!!) night - THANK YOU Nicky, it was just what I needed to make me smile!

Here are some of the girls in action!

 
  
 

Here are a few of the cards made for the colour and sketch challenges.  Don't you just love Mr & Mrs Potato Head!!  LOL

I've got lots of other cards to show you, so I will schedule some post's over the next month just in case I don't get a chance to stamp while we are moving.  We are still looking but have applied for a townhouse close to Rob's work.  Hopeful we will have some good news this week. Finger's crossed.

If you would like to join me for next year's weekend away, all you have to do is become a demonstrator like me.  See my post HERE about joining and you will get the in colours for FREE.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie xxx
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

Join In....with me!

 
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Signing up is easy and in no time at all, you'll be a demonstrator.  First of all you will need to get a ABN (Australian Business Number), click HEREto apply.  Once you have your ABN, go to my Stampin' Up! website HERE. You will need my recruitingpassword "BlossomDesigns" and away you go!

Did you know that after you become a demonstrator, you will receive a 30% discount on your first $300 order which needs to be placed with 45 days of joining.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie xxx

2010 - 2011 Idea Book & Catalogue Is HERE

WOW, is all I can say!  I just LOVE the new IB&C and I'm sure you will too.

There are lots of new stamps, punches, designer series paper, ribbons, brads and more!!  I have already placed my first (of many) orders!  LOL

If you would like a copy of the IB&C sent to you for $15 or pick up from me for $10, please contact me.

Happy Stamping,

  Kylie xxx

Decisions

Wow, I AM BAD aren't I?

It has been far toooo long since my last post!  Time has gotten away from me.

We have been making some decisions and we have decided to move closer to where my husband works.  Oliver is having issues again at school which helped our decision so at the start of term 4, he will be in a new school.  So we now have a matter of weeks to find somewhere to live.  *gasp*  Oliver is excited about meeting new friends so that's good.

At the moment I have so many things going on in my head - what do first!  Oh the joy's of moving.  LOL

Last weekend, I attend the INKlings annual weekend away.  Last year was my first time and Miss Emily was only 7 weeks away.  I was a little uncomfortable and really didn't get a lot done so I was really looking forward to this year's - no pregnant belly and a weekend away stamping with some very lovely ladies.  After arriving on Friday night, we got started on making cards.  Woo hoo.  I made lots of cards and once I photograph them, I will show you.

Sorry for my absence.  I promise to be back on track.  *insert embarrassed face*!

Happy Stamping,

  Kylie

Happy Birthday

After my card for last months SAS HERE, I thought I would see how it would look with grey as the base card.

See the scored lines?  I don't mind the grey base - great for male cards.  Will have to make a few to keep hold of for when I need it.  My stack of cards has gone (except for 1 or 2) so I am in GREAT need of some spare ones.

Another shot of the lines.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie
 
 

Christmas SAS

Last month saw the start of my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack classes.

Here is the first card.  I've used Kraft and Pacific Point cardstock.  A bit non-traditional Christmas colours but I really like it.

A close up of the sparkle and rhinestone brad.

The same card but using traditional Christmas colours.  I don't know if you can see in this picture, but I scored 1cm on either side (not the top or bottom).

Here is a better photo to show you the scored lines.

These cards are great if you have a lot to do.  The longest part was the 2-step stamping with the flower stamp from Cottage Garden.  I used the 5 petal flower punch to then punch them out instead of cutting them out (that was a time saver!!). You could get a bunch of these completed in a few hours.  I think I might keep these as MY christmas cards to send out this year.

Boy, the weather has turned cold again here in Sydney. Brrrrrrr.  Over the weekend we had 20 & 22 degrees and we opened all our windows and doors hoping to get rid of any illness that might be lying around ready to get us again (lol).  Since Monday we have had 15 degrees. Brrrrr.  Bring on the warmer weather I say.  :-)

Happy Stamping,

    Kylie
 
 

Last Chance.....

....the "Last Chance" list (formally retiring list) is out!!!

You can view the list HERE.  With the colour renovation, there are a lot of products on this list than ever before.  Also, with the new punch design and products that are being repackaged, there are 8 pages of products for you to look at.  Everything on this list will only be available while stock lasts.

I am looking forward to the new Idea Book & Catalogue which is due out on the 1st September as we have had our current catalogue for 16 months.  If you would like me to send you a copy of the new Idea Book & Catalogue, contact me and I will send one out to you in time for the launch.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie

Happy Birthday!

These are the cards made at my Stamp-a-Stack class earlier this month.

I wanted to show the girls that you can make a card without any layers.  I actually surprised myself with this one.  LOL.  I've always had layers in my cards - I feel naked without layers!!  ;-)

Just to give it a bit of a lift, I've scored each side at 1cm.  You could also use ribbon or maybe some buttons or even rhinestone brads (to name a few accessories).

Here is the other one.  As the first card was pink, I thought I would use more of a 'male' colour for this one.

Happy Stamping,

  Kylie
 
 

From Our House To Yours!

Morning!  A quick post today.

How do you like this card?  Fantastic isn't it!  Well, this is Kari's swap card.

I just had to show it to you.

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie  

Only a few days left!

Two-Step Stampin' Sale

Stampin' Up!'s Two-Step Stampin' sets allow you to quickly and easily take your creativity to the next level. And from 1-31 July, you'll get 20% off select Two-Step Stampin' sets from our current catalogues--no limit, no minimum purchase required!

Choose from any of the stamp sets listed below:

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
116386	39	Loads of Love	$39.95	$31.96
116342	42	Big Bold Birthday**	$53.95	$43.16
115860	78	A Rose Is a Rose**	$66.95	$53.56
116332	86	Playful Petals**	$52.95	$42.36
115770	98	Cheep Talk	$47.95	$38.36
115946	115	Wonderful Favourites	$39.95	$31.96
119187	14*	Tiny Tags (wood-mount)	$38.95	$31.16
118592	14*	Tiny Tags (clear-mount)	$28.95	$23.16
119163	31*	Cottage Garden (wood-mount	$32.95	$26.36
120003	31*	Cottage Garden (clear-mount)	$24.95	$19.96

*From 2010 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue

**Retiring stamp sets!

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You're On My Mind

Well, I didn't expect to be quiet for this long - sorry!  The past month has been a bad time in terms of illness in our house.  I haven't been to my fitness class either and boy, is it going to hurt when I return on Wednesday!  LOL.  Emily's bronchitis is much better but Oliver now has an ear infection!

Anyway, onto a card!

My wonderful friend Kari sent me this card (look, it's pink!!) for swapping her cards at the INKlings training day.  She's so sweet.  Kari lives in SA, so obviously couldn't make it but I was more than happy to help.

Look at that bling!!!  LOL.  I do love this stamp set (Upsy Daisy).  Did I mention the card is 'pink'?!  ROFLOL

Thanks Kari for such a beautiful card!  Mwah!

I bought myself a new toy - a light tent.  I just need to buy a 'daylight' light bulb.  Hopefully, this will mean I can take photographs of my projects at any time of the day or night.  I'l take a photo of it so you know what I am talking about. 

Happy Stamping,

   Kylie
 

Quiet Time

It is school holiday time here in Sydney.  Actually today is the last day - school tomorrow!!  I have enjoyed having Oliver home this holiday (unlike last holiday where he had a big attitude! grrrr).  Unfortunately, both Oliver and I have been ill.  Boo hoo. 

In the early hours (3am) of Tuesday morning, Oliver came into our bedroom.  He slept beside me for a short time before getting up to vomit!  Poor thing.  He had two good chucks before there was no more but then he started vomiting from the other end - Ewwww!  It seemed to be a 24hr thing, thank goodness.  Friday came and we usually have "movie night", but we had "movie afternoon" instead (because of the lack of sleep we all had).  I wasn't feeling all that great and by 9:30pm, I was in bed.  I was back up again by about midnight - can you guess why?  Yup!  It was my turn to get Oliver's bug.  I think by about 3am I was done!  LOL

So this week hasn't been a good week for stamping.  I did have my SAS class on Tuesday night but haven't managed to photograph the cards yet. Hopefully the sun will be out tomorrow morning and I can do it then.

I hope your weekend is going well.

Happy Stamping,

  Kylie

 

It is Blog Hop Time!!

 

Welcome to The INKlings’ Team’s Christmas in July blog hop. You may have arrived here from Jayne Mercer's blog or just be visiting my blog, whichever way once you’ve checked out my creations you can continue the hop through the link at the end of this post to the next team member.  
 
How quick is this year going!  Have you started to think about your Christmas cards and projects yet?  The INKlings team has and we thought that this month was the perfect time to host a Christmas in July blog hop.  You'll find lots of great ideas provided by 19 team members’ fantastic blogs.  
 
Want to win some Blog Candy? Simply leave a comment on each blog and then email Christie Wallace HERE and let her know you’ve done so and you’ll be in the running for a fantastic prize of 17 handmade cards plus other goodies.  
 
Sorry Blog Candy prize not available to SU! demonstrators but you're more than welcome to leave us a comment! 
 

Now, onto my projects!!  :-)

 

My first project is a desk calendar. Luckily, I still had some calendars left over.  I knew what type of card I was going to make for the blog hop but I didn't know what else I was going to make.  I have seen a few blogs show the desk calendar and went to find a tutorial for it.  Click HERE for the tutorial.

 

 

A sneak peak at what is inside!!  LOL.  I used the trio punch for the red flower behind the rhinestone brad.

 

 

Oh look, some gift tags ready to use.  You could easily make thousands of these.  Just stamp and punch using the small tag punch.

 

 

Onto my card.  This card is the 'joy fold card' I found on SCS.  I thought it looked interesting so I wanted to give it a go myself.

 

 

I stamped my image (Lovely As A Tree) using SU! whisper white craft stampin' pad.  As you can see, it is not as white as the desk calendar image.  I didn't use white embossing powder on the card and now wish I had.  Oh well.  My original plan was to use dazzling diamonds but I was too lazy to find it (I think it is still in the dinning room after my last class).  I then got carried away with making the desk calendar that the crystal effects (can you see it shinning away on the image?) had practically dried.

 

Here is the card opened.

Well that’s all from me.  Next stop on the INKlings’ Team Blog Hop is Kari Hughes.  Have fun and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog to win some great Blog Candy.

 

Happy Stamping,

    Kylie

In case you missed any blogs, here is the full list.  Enjoy!

Christie Wallace http://www.christiescreativecorner.blogspot.com 
Dani Holland http://daniholland.wordpress.com/  
Carol Dunstan http://inkantations-and-inkarnations.blogspot.com/ 
Michelle Dyson http://www.stampinkpaper.blogspot.com  
Jayne Mercer http://www.jaynemercer.com/blogs    
Kylie Swain  http://kraftykylie.typepad.com/blossom_designs/ 
Kari Hughes http://www.karigail.wordpress.com 
Dani Fender http://danifender.blogspot.com 
Beth Stewart http://www.elisabethstewart.com/bethinking/ 
Nicky Adamson  http://www.nickyadamson.blogspot.com 
Clare McIllhatton  http://www.crafty-cow.com 
Amy Anderson http://amyandersonsblog.blogspot.com 
Fiona Brown http://www.fionajanestamping.blogspot.com 
Michelle Frost-Stevenson http://www.stampinground.wordpress.com 
Fiona Poirier http://fionapoirier.blogspot.com/ 
Divya Rao - http://www.creadivya.blogspot.com/ 
Rachel Jackson http://havefunstamping.blogspot.com/

Supplies
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Cottage Garden.
Ink: Whisper White Craft Pad, Chocolate Chip
Paper: Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Holiday Treasure DSP .
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Scallop Oval Punch, Extra-large Two-Step Bird Punch, Circle Ice Rhinestone Brad, Scallop Edge Punch, Trio Flower Punch, Word Window Punch, Small Tag Punch, Linen Thread, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, White Embossing Powder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Crystal Effects, Crafter's Tool Kit.

20% Off Two-Step

Apologies for being quiet, I have been unwell and not quite feeling up to stamping.  Oliver is now on school holidays so I hope to be able to get out and do things with him too.

Here is this month's special from Stampin' Up!

The wonderful two-step stamp sets are a great way to add that extra touch to your cards or scrapbook pages.  Stampin' Up!'s Two-Step Stampin' sets allow you to quickly and easily take your creativity to the next level. And from 1-31 July, you'll get 20% off select Two-Step Stampin' sets from our current catalogues!

Choose from any of the stamp sets listed below:

Item	Page	Description	Regular Price	Sale Price
116386	39	Loads of Love	$39.95	$31.96
116342	42	Big Bold Birthday**	$53.95	$43.16
115860	78	A Rose Is a Rose**	$66.95	$53.56
116332	86	Playful Petals**	$52.95	$42.36
115770	98	Cheep Talk	$47.95	$38.36
115946	115	Wonderful Favourites	$39.95	$31.96
119187	14*	Tiny Tags (wood-mount)	$38.95	$31.16
118592	14*	Tiny Tags (clear-mount)	$28.95	$23.16
119163	31*	Cottage Garden (wood-mount	$32.95	$26.36
120003	31*	Cottage Garden (clear-mount)	$24.95	$19.96

*From 2010 Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue

**Retiring stamp sets!

Contact me to place your order.

Happy Stamping,

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P.S. - The INKlings had their re-sheduled training day last Sunday and I have some great projects to show you but the weather is not very good here in Sydney so I haven't been able to photograph anything.  Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.

**Come back on Thursday 6th July for the INKlings Christmas in July Blog Hop starting at 7:30pm (AEST).  You can win some blog candy!**

6x6 Swap

Better late than never.......I'm sorry I forgot to post this.

My page is simple as you can see.  Thought I'd start off easy.  The theme of this swap was "Home".  I actually don't have a lot of photos of our home but I did come across the above picture of when we moved.  See all the boxes stacked up against the window!!  We lived in a 3 storey townhouse and this was only on day 1 of packing.

I used the Vintage Vogue stamp set.  I stamped the floral stamp in versamark and added it to each side of the photo.

This is showing you the exclusive Stampin' Up! alphabet set "Timeless Type Junior Alphabet".  I have used this set a few times now on my projects.  It is so easy to cut out the letters using the bigshot die cutting machine (no scissors required here!!).

Happy Stamping,
 
 

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Look what I've done!!

LOL.....I am so proud of myself!  Truly I am.  For those of you that are a regular visitor to my blog, will know that I don't scrapbook.  I have done some pages in the past (a long time ago) with the latest being the 6x6 swap I was involved in a few weeks ago.  Oh my, I haven't posted about that swap yet (naughty me!).  Will do.

Ok, so it is not finished......just need to add the journaling at the top.  Bit nervous about that as I don't want to stuff it up and ruin the whole page.  :-)

What do you think????  I suddenly had the urge to scrapbook last week when I was going over photos of when Emily was born and came across this one.  I just stared at it for a long time, looking at Oliver's beautiful smile.  I then thought, I want to scrapbook this photo and straight away came up with "precious moment" as my title.  To me this is a very precious moment.....Oliver showing his love through his smile while holding his brand new sister in his arms.

Oliver is such a beautiful child - I don't mean cute or good looking but beautiful on the inside (although I could argue that fact lately!!).  He is smart, but cheeky.  Keeps people laughing and entertained and doesn't stop talking!!  LOL.  He is also very sensitive and gets upset when he thinks he has hurt Emily (most of the time accidently).  Thank goodness, we seem to have turned a corner with his behaviour at school.  He hasn't had a stop sign for a week now!  LOL.  There is one child who he has issues with at school and as the kids were going to their assembly on Monday morning, this 'said child' kicked Oliver in the leg for no real reason - I did see this but couldn't get to Oliver quick enough before he was kicked.  Argh!  I spoke to his teacher about it.  I am hoping that this issue won't go on for the rest of the year.  While the kids have been told to say "stop, I don't like it", I also won't tell Oliver that he is not allowed to stand up for himself.  If that means getting a stop sign, so be it.  Oh, the joys of school! LOL

In many ways, Emily is much the same as Oliver.  She is now days away from turning 9 months old and as of Tuesday this week, she officially started crawling!!  Look out!  She also has a beautiful smile and will even smile after only having a cat nap....I'm also smiling because I know that her next nap will be a very LONG one!!  LOL

I've use the big flower in the pretties kit with the clear rhinestone.  I sponged the edges with my dauber using the Rich Razzleberry ink.

I again used the flowers from the Pretties kit and coloured 3 of them with the dauber and Rich Razzleberry ink.  To get a more intense colour, you can press the flowers straight onto the ink pad or use your re-inker to colour the flowers.  Another way is to use your aqua painter as well.  So many different techniques.  It all depends on the colour you want.

You also must know that I like a bit of 'bling'!  LOL.  So, naturally there is some glitter on the page too.  I used my 2-way glue pen on the white swirly bits of the dsp and went to town!! ha ha.  I first had the title going horizontally across the page, then thought it would look better going around the circles.

Of course, I couldn't go by without a close up of that smile!  :-)

I have had poor Oliver home from school for three days now with a viral infection.  I'm not feeling so crash hot myself.  Quiet time and bed is where you find me over the weekend!!

Happy stamping,
 
 

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