Playgroup days ( or daze ! )

Couldnt resist trying out a retro layout

with these Victoria's Street papers from Nikki Sivils,Scrapbooker.

DD looking a little dazed here I have to say ! lol .

This playgroup was the first ever she attended before 2 yrs'old

& an absolutely fab all round experience -

it was first of all held in my neighbour's house

which is so comfortable , inside & out ,

with great garden space & all.

I thought this paper line is great to help

recapture those days at Aunty Jane's house.

Sketch by Lana , Cister's Stylish sketches

Twisted Sketches #4 - Berry Precious

What fun !!!

This layout is LOTD over at CMK , 5th July!

woohoo !

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This week's twist is to use at least 1 Transparency - it can be any sort of see through embellishment.

& there's a great sketch to use as well by Anam .

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CHA Summer '09 releases are already upon us

& this week Nikki Sivils,Scrapbooker

Sweet as Cherry Pie & Victoria's Secret lines

have landed .

But only the papers & clear stamps -

they do have some very cute & different embellies

that did not arrive at this time

I misted 4 colors of Glimmer Mist within the frame of the die cut

using a curly KI Lace cardstock as a mask.

I am loving the new Lemon Meringue , Cherry Limeade GMs !

Also used Khaki & Seafoam .

My transparency is over the photo of DS - by MAMBI .

I also tried out pinching the scallops at their centers a la Jen Matott

& then I lifted them up so that more

of the background paper behind the diecut can be seen.

I added some Prima Parlor Petals for the circles on the sketch.

Here's what Prima says about these flowers !

Inspired by a child's imagination, these whimsical Parlor Petals are sure to capture your heart.

Made of a soft solid fabric with designer fabric centers and a touch of frosting along the petals edges.

I didnt realise all that especially the whimsical & child's imagination part - so it's all good !

Scrapping the Music Challenge #92 - Beautiful Sunday

You have to sing out the title

""oh,my,my,my"

for some retro fun! lol

BG Lemonade pps & chipboard

Prima packaging for journaling spot

(I just find most journaling spots too big in general !

So this Prima packaging in green I LOVEE - just cut to size to fit anywhere ! )

Sketch by Julie Bonner

ICS #23

Trying out my new findings at one go :

BG Lemonade pps, sticker& diecut ;

Prima trellis rose ,

Martha Stewart simple scallop border punch

Kaiser Rhinestones

You can check out this week's sketch here .

Bon appetit

So many ideas going on here by the time

I pieced each part up one by one,

not fully explored .

Still I like how it turned out.

JB , Cosmo Cricket & October Afternoon mix.

Love the Bubblegum GM color as well.

So much cherry ideas going around these days I just had to give it a try as well -

I punched out several circles of cherries from the OA paper

For always

Really liked how this cardstock as background turned out :

First I distressed the edges of the

Core'dinations cardstock from the Chocolate Box range-

some of the Green core comes thru'

& then I ran my scissor edges randomly down each of the four sides.

Finally I picked out a SEI Petticoat diecut and misted Snow ANgel GM over it .

Loved the soft bling effect ! totally fun !

Give it a go if you haven't been misting over diecuts over cardstock !

Simply extends the life of the die cut beyond one use for sure .

I also loved the mix of Dove of the East Paris Vintage pp, Some G45 Transatlantique & handcut some flocked scrolls from a GCD Studio cardstock !

The rub ons are Prima's Flirty Little Secrets range.

using Sketch 40 , Little Shop of Sketches

what does the title read to you ?

Created with Mix It Up Challenge #23

Sketch by Juliana

Using BG Lemonade & new CHA Summer 2009 Primas

Journaling reads :

Be patient with everyone, but above all with thyself.

Do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.

St. Francis de Sales

Made the Lily Bee blog this week !

This layout made it to the Friday Faves !

Can't wait to see what Lily Bee will have this CHA Summer !

MY CHA Summer releases have been used up fast & furious already ! lol !

In a major first, I have almost used up my entire collection pack of BG Junebug !

I think I did 11 layouts with that pack ! woot !

I literally put every scrap to good use!

For this layout I used Raisin color wash &

misted it over a BG Doiley ( die cut )

unto a cardstock.

I have to say this BG Junebug is more versatile than I expected !

Great for both kids & adult, masculine layouts !

also retro pics are easily scrapped with this line !

I just might go get more if I can't

wait for other new papers to be released ! '

& one thing I've just learnt - it's always worth waiting to scrap older pics -

they really just are easier to scrap with the very LATEST papers ! ack !