Mystical Creatures Competition

Challenge two for the Mystical Creatures Competition at Mystical Scrapbooks is up - the inspirational creature is the "Brownie". I tell you what it had me stumped too as I don't usually do monochromatic layouts....especially not brown. But I really love how my layout has turned out.

It is a layout of the girls dressed up in vintage clothes and Bronte leaning over to give Paige a kiss on the cheek, which she did all by herself without any prompting.

A few of the finer details. The colours haven't photographed too well as we haven't had any sunshine for about a week now, due to the Cyclone that was meant to develop...it has remained as a tropical low with lots of rain and wind.

Nothing like the last minute.

I love, love, love "My Little Shoebox" products and when I saw the design Team call I remembered my last go at it and the disappointment that I felt when I missed out, so I decided to not try this year. But then the products kept calling my name.....you have to be in it to win it they say....so here I am again.

For the call this year there was only one layout, one card and one project required....UMMM yeah me only do one layout? I have done a few lately with MLS products and I can't decide which is my favourite or best shows what I can do - so I figured I would share them all here. I'll have to narrow it down to just one for the call, which is going to be difficult.

The 2 Of You Make My Heart Sing

This layout was a fun one to create - it was the first time that I have used the MLS 3D flowers and let me tell you it took me all of five minutes to roll my first flower and fall in love with it. The flowers are such fun to make and look great on cards, projects and layout. This photo of Bronte and Paige really warms my heart.

You Light Up Our Lives

This is second layout that I have picked as one of my favourites. I did a bit of fussy cutting with the patterned paper and lanterns and love the effect with the 3D foam under it. Now how could I not use these photos with the Aiko range of papers?

You Bring Sunshine to Our World

You have all seen this one in a previous post - I made it and drew a sketch from it for the cybercrop at Mystical Scrapbooks - but I love how it has turned out - I have mixed and matched from lots of different MLS collections but they all go so nicely together that it works.

Nuts About You

Now for my card, even though I have made a few cards I think that this one is my favourite - I handcut the nuts from some of the MLS papers and glued them together. I think they are really cute.

Notice/Chalk Board

Here is my final submission - My Project; I have made a notice/chalk board. With having just recently moved into a house that is about 50% smaller than our home in Perth I have needed to cut back on space and declutter a little bit. Well in doing so I have become super organised and all my bits and bobs are all together now. I've take a few photos of the notice/chalk board to show the detail and also to show how I am using it.

So wish me luck - I am so happy with my projects and how they have turned out that even if I don't make the cut I have won already.

Cybercrop time at Mystical

The month has gone so quickly at it is cropping time again. This month it is all about using your stash - so come and join us for some fun.

Earlier in the week I put together a sketch and a list of extras to use in the challenge and then sat down and scrapped, this is what I came up with~ A layout about Paige. I love how it has turned and I think that it is my favourite layout of the month so I have double dipped and used it for "This ones a Winner" blog.

It has started

The new and exciting competition has started at Mystical Scrapbooks. It is not too late to join in on the fun.

The inspiration for this challenge comes from the Mystical Creature of the Dragon. I actually did two samples for this challenge as I found the criteria so inspiring. Here is my first layout that I did; it is a layout of my brother Michael and his lovely family. Then I did this layout of my girls about how different they are in looks and personalities. So pop on over to the forum and join in on the fun. I would love to see what you can come up with using the criteria of the Dragon!!!

A new project

This year I am going to do a special year album - one layout for each month - easy for me to keep up with. I discovered the Year.O.Graphy range from Simple Stories and have started with a layout for January. Nothing special happened this month so it is a layout of some special hugs and kisses that the girls are forever sharing. Makes me happy to see them get along so well.

February saw the start of Bronte attending Transition - Big School - so I had to scrap all about that. She isn't too sure if she likes it yet but loves being a "BIG GIRL".

A HUGE New Competition

We are all getting ready for a huge new competition at Mystical Scrapbooks it is going to be great fun and there are some wonderful prizes to be won. So I would love to invite you all over to have a play with us.

You have to be in it to win it so come on and give it a go.

Sisters

I'm still scrapping at Mystical Scrapbooks this weekend and here is another layout I cam up with for Donna's 4321 Challenge. Not the best photo in the world of the layout as it is overcast today, but had to share the layout. I love this photo of the girls. Strange expressions on their faces but it shows the love between them and how close they are.