Blossom Designs

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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Hold Onto Your Hats......

.........I've been scrapbooking - well, 1 page!  LOL.  It is a start.

I made this for my mum for her birthday.  For some strange reason, I have been itching to do a page.  Those of you who are regular readers of my blog, will know that I am not a scrapbooker at all! Yes, I have done 3 pages previously (which were ruined in our move) and I haven't done any since.  I think I was too devastated to start again.  As you can see, the in-colours match my son's bedding perfectly.  Yes, he is actually asleep in this photo.  LOL.  I have found him sleeping in all sorts of positions over his 4 years (even on the floor!) so when I saw this, I got hubby to grab his camera.

I used my stickles again for the large stars and I don't think you can see very well in these photo's but I have used my paper crimper on the whisper white cardstock after running my stars jumbo wheel on it.

I've had fun using the in-colour ribbons and the new 'buttons' from the catalogue.  The small stars on the pacific point 12" x 12" cardstock have crystal effects on them, which makes them look darker than what they were originally.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my scrapbook page.

Happy Stamping,

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Supplies
Stamps: Nursery Necessities, Classic Stars Jumbo Wheel.
Ink: Pacific Point.
Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze Patterns DSP.
Accessories: 5/8" Pacific Point Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, 5/8" Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Clips Assortment, Buttons Bouquet, Crystal Effects, Paper Crimper, Linen Thread, Stickles.

Look What I did!

Oh yes, it is a scrapbook page!!  WOW!

My friend Nicole set up a group on Facebook to do scrapbook pages.  Nicole asked her friends who would be interested in joining and I straight away put my hand up.  I love making cards but I also wanted to start scrapbooking all the photos we have of Oliver - ok, so maybe not ALLof them (there are too many to count!) but also of our wedding and my family.  This group would be a great opportunity for me to learn more about scrapbooking as well.  If you have been following my blog, you will know that I am not a scrapper at all.  I think I have only ever done 2 pages HERE & HERE. 

This month see's the start of the group with the challenges being monthly - be that a sketch, theme or colour. 

October's challenge is a sketch.  Yes I know that there are supposed to be 4 small photos along the bottom but I couldn't print them any smaller on the pc without needing a magnifying glass to see them!  LOL  So, I only have 3.  I don't think the girls in the group will mind.

I thought I would start on my wedding photos - yes that is me (back when I was blonde).  I wanted todo a page with my two bridesmaids and to keep with 'the girls' theme, I thought having the main  photo with my mum was a great idea.

Here is the sketch.

I challenge you to give it a go!  Upload your page to your blog or a forum that is accessible to all and link your page in the comments.  Simple.

I would love to see what you come up with.

Happy Stamping,

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P.S. - The house repairs are coming along nicely except the roof repairs!  Hasn't been the greatest of weather so we are getting on with the inside of the house (replacing tiles etc) and hoping for a couple of sunny days to finish off the roof.  The house just needs a bit of a make-over!  We have had to extend our stay so we will now leave in two weeks from this coming Monday!  It is getting very cold over here now so I'm really looking forward to the lovely Sydney warm weather to thaw me out!  LOL

Challenge Time

As I said in my previous post, Kari set the challenges this month for our cyberstamp night yesterday.

The next challenge I completed was the sketch challenge - this was #3 challenge!  #2 is still a little daunting!  You'll see why when I tell you the colours! Ballet Blue, Soft Sky, Not Quite navy, Pink Passion, & Really Rust!!  OMG.  Anyway, the sketch Kari chose was from the lovely Lauren Meader.  We could make a card or scrapbook page - look what I chose!!  Yes, I made a scrapbook page.

This is only my second page I've ever made and decided to go with Pooh & Tigger photo with my little boy, Oliver.  The other page I made you can see HERE.  It too is from our holiday to Disney World.  I will eventually get all the pages done from our holiday!!  LOL

Oliver loves his Pooh Bear & Tigger.  The yellow 'Disney' paper came with the kit I bought while at Disney World so I wanted to match a photo with it and Pooh was the closest character I could get.  I used Only Orange cardstock along with Real Red.  This could be the first time I have used Only Orange.

I am really pleased with how this turned out.

Here is a close up of all three characters!  LOL

I look at this photo of Oliver and see how he has changed.  His little 'baby' face is growing up but he still pulls that same face - I hope that never goes away.

Happy Stamping,

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Supplies
Stamps: One of A Kind.
Inks: Real Red, Only Orange.
Paper: Only Orange, Real Red, Whisper White.
Accessories:Orange Rhinestone Brads, Dazzling Diamonds, Boho Blossom Punch.

Oh My! A Scrapbook Page!

OK, so how did I do??  Any tips you want to give me??
So yes, I have finished my first ever scrapbook page!! I am proud of myself for doing it.  LOL  Anyway, this is my sweet (but not today!) little boy, Oliver.  The photos are on a film strip (black cardstock) but I don't know if this comes out clear enough for you to see.

You should be able to see the filmstrip I made with the spiral punch.  I cut the cardstock 3/8" wider on each side and then used the punch before adhering the photos.

I also used my glitter gel pen on the stars and on Tinkerbell's wings.

Everything you see on this page (apart from the glitter and photos) I bought while at Disney World.  It was a scrapbook kit which says you can make 6-8 pages.  I also bought a lovely album so I'd better get on with making some more pages!!  I must say we had an absolute ball there and to see Oliver's face light up when he saw any of the Disney characters was even better.  We have a few of those moments on camera, so I will have to do those one's next because those photos are priceless.

Happy Crafting,

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