Where in earth has this month, this year, gone??? The new Scrapjacked challenge has been up for a while now, have any of you completed a LO yet? Here is my LO for the month, of the most recent addition to our family, my niece Tanika.

I haven't had too much time for scrapping lately but I have made a start on an album about our trip to the US last year using Destinations by Simple Stories. My biggest challenge has been choosing which photos to use. Thanks to the age of digital photography I managed to amass thousands of photos over the three week period. I am doing an album roughly 15cm x 20mm which I will put together with my new toy, a Zutter binder that I picked up for $45 on sale. I've wanted one of these for ages but the price had always put me off but now it is all mine :)

So what have I been doing with my time you ask, well I have been doing a bit of sewing with some great fabrics that I picked up at resource rescue. Here is a sneak peek.

I'll pop back with more photos soon I promise.
Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

March Scrapjacked Reveal....

It's that time again and the DT have some wonderful LO to share with you, so pop over to Scrap Jacked to check out the challenge for this month to be in the running for some great prizes. And my LO this month? I have gone shabby with this picture of my cutie.

I can't wait to see your take on this months inspiration.

February Scrapjacked

It's that time again, the new challenge is up over at Scrap Jacked. There are some fantastic prizes up for grabs from our wonderfully generous sponsors so come on over and be inspired by our clever design team.
My LO is of our recent trip to Disneyland and the iconic spinning teacups. Every time I look at this photo I want to go back and do it all again! DH has talked about taking the kids for years, but it wasn't on the top of my travel wish list, however after visiting with my family I have to say that I am smitten. It truly is a magical place.

I am behind schedule I know, but we have been enjoying the school holidays. We had some time away at the lake with the girls swimming and skiing the days away and would you believe, a trip to Mt Bulla to see snow at this time of year????
We had fun catching up with family and had friends up for a day of skiing which got off to a terrible start with the boat not starting and the gusting wind and the rain!!! but thankfully everyone stuck it out and we were rewarded with the afternoon sun. I'll be back soon to share some pics.

And now for some scrapping...... If you haven't already checked out Scrap Jacked for this month inspiration then do it now! 
I have had these Kaisercraft papers in my stash for a little while and they seemed perfect for this LO. This is Darcey looking right at home on the stage at the Hollywood Bowl on our whirlwind tour of LA, and something tells me that it won't be her last time in the spotlight. Unfortunately when we were there the season had only just finished so we weren't able to see a show but it was great to see none the less. Our tour guide was wonderfully entertaining and shared a wealth of knowledge as he pointed out one landmark after another.

I will be waiting to see your take on this or one of our other talented design teams layouts, don't keep me waiting too long!

Lisa

December Scrap Jacked.

The Scrap Jacked for December is up and once again these talented ladies have blown me away! There is something for everyone, no matter what your own style is. My LO is another photo from our recent holiday. No trip to San Francisco would be complete without a visit to the famous Lombard st, the crookedest street in the world.

TFL

August already???

This year is flying by so fast! It is time again for a new challenge over at Scrap Jacked and there are some wonderful prizes to be won. I am constantly inspired by the talented ladies on the DT.
For my contribution this month I have gone back in time to a photo taken of me with my Dad at my 5th birthday party.  I could have edited the photo and fixed the colour but the orange hue combined with the outfits we were wearing really remind me of the era it was taken. I have been dusting off my stamps and also playing with my new distressing inks recently and have stamped and distressed all the papers and chipboard for this LO.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will join in this months challenge.

Lisa

July Scrap Jacked

It is that time again.... the July Scrap Jacked challenge it up and waiting to inspire you!
This month we have three wonderful prizes up for grabs, so come on over and check it out.

I have actually been doing some sewing for the first time in ages so I took advantage of my machine being set up to do some stitching on my LO. I used to do this all the time but then my scrapping took over my sewing room and the sewing machine was banished to the cupboard and I was too lazy to get it out every time I wanted a row of stitching.
Pop back later and I'll have some pics of the sewing projects I am working on, mostly UFOs and
refashions.

I have to give credit to Tiff over at Scrap Therapy for this clever idea of printing onto the masking tape, I love this technique.

So who will you jack this month???


Lisa

June Scrap Jacked

Junes challenge is up and all I can say is WOW! And even though I can't win one of the gorgeous prizes, I have been inspired by Julies LO and have made a start on my version. After that I want to Jack Mandy's LO. This is my contribution for this month.

Hope to see you LO's soon.

Lisa

Scrapjacked

Time for a new Scrapjacked challenge and boy are there some wonderfully talented ladies waiting to inspire you.  In my DT layout  I have used gorgeous Prima Botanicals papers, a mix of Prima and some handmade flowers and the ribbon and hatpins are from Tattered Inspirations. I had a heap of pics that didn't really need a whole LO of their own (although a couple did) so I have put them all together as a snap shot of 2010.  Hope you will join in the fun this month, I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Lisa

xxx

April Scrap Jacked

Have you been over to Scrap Jacked this month? There are some awesome prizes up for grabs including a $25 voucher to use at Scrap Therapy. The design team have done it again,  I can't choose just one favourite.
Here is my contribution for April.......

I love this photo of my girls practicing the piano together, it is so nice when they enjoy each others company.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

March

The March challenge is up over at Scrap Jacked, with lots of fantastic layouts to inspire you.
This is mine....of my sweet niece on her first birthday. Congratulations to Sam for her winning entry last month.

I also needed to whip up a couple of cards this week, one for a wedding, which I forgot to photograph! (If you are reading this Rache, do you think you could send me a pic lol) I even used my handmade flowers on it. This one was for my daughter who turned 11 on Friday.  

I have had a crazy couple of weeks, we have been so busy and I am having withdrawals from scrapping. I am determined to get at least one challenge done this week. I will have some great pics to scrap too, the kids are going on a flying trapeze today, we are all soooo excited!

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back soon with some pictures of today's adventure.

xxx

It's that time again

How fast did January fly by??? I blinked and just about missed it.
The bright side of that though is that the February Scrap Jacked is up waiting to inspire you all. Head on over and check it out here and get scrapping.  Congratulations to all of our winners for January, there were so many fabulous entries.
My DT layout for this month includes something I do rather a lot of, hidden journaling. Often I want to tell the whole story of the pic and use lots of photos but it can all get too crowded especially as I do 8 x8 LOs, this way I my photo can still be the focus of the page.  This is also great for journalling that is more personal, that you might not want everyone to see.

I can't wait to see your creations.

Lisa
xxx

One more week..............

to get your entries in over at Scrap Jacked.  We have had such a wonderful response so far but there is still time to get your entries in.

They are to be linked up in the comments section by midnight 31st January to be in the running for a chance at the awesome prizes.
Here is the post for the January Challenge.

 

And look at some the goodies you could win....

 

 and of course, a $25 voucher to spend at

 

And there are still more prizes than all of this so get scrapping!

I am off to scrap with friends tonight so I should have some show and tell for you tomorrow. Happy scrapping!

xxx

Home again, home again.....

Did you all have a lovely Christmas? We did, and then a beautiful week away where the kids swam, skied and knee boarded the days away. I was so proud of my DD getting back behind the boat after getting a bit of a scare skiing last summer, and once she got out there we couldn't get her out of the water. I finally read Mao's last Dancer (great book by the way) and relaxed, well as much as any Mum on a family holiday can relax anyway.

I have been itching to get some scrapping done so today got together with my lovely friend and managed to get a couple more pages done for my December daily album. Loving how this is coming together.
My new years resolution is to make sure that I appear in more family photos instead of always being behind the camera so that my kids don't think I was a figment of their imagination as they grew up lol.

These are a few simple cards I made before Christmas with some scraps I came across while trying to clean up my messy desk and from a RAK I received AGES ago (thanks Belinda).
PS I'm still working on tidying the desk!

And lastly a pic of my gorgeous niece just because she is so darned cute!

Have you been over to Scrap Jacked this month? The January LO's are up waiting to inspire you and there are lots of prizes up for grabs so come on over and play. We have had a fantastic response so far with some wonderful entries from lots of talented artists. Keep 'em coming! This is my DT layout.

xxx

Some exciting news...

I am so excited that I have been invited by Bec to join the new design team over at Scrap Jacked!!! I will be in some fine company and I am sure you find heaps of inspiration.

New challenges start on the 5th of each month and we would love you to come and check it out and play along. All you need to do to be in the running for some great prizes is use one (or more) of the DT's layouts or cards as your inspiration, whether it be the colours, the style or the details and add a link to your own blog in the comments. 

Come back soon to check out who will make up the rest of the DT and don't forget to enter this months challenge too!

Lisa