It's a big one!

My post that is!!  I hope you are all having a great week, I have lots to share today:) 

My first layout is for my Shimmerz post this week.  I absolutely had a ball making this.......the colours turned out amazing, gosh I love colour!!!  My 3 little men and their little feet, I used a b/w photo so I could go crazy with the colour without it clashing with the photo! 

Here are the Shimmerz products used to create the layout -

Vibez in Before Dawn

Coloringz in Mandarin Mai Tai, Lime In da Coconut and Heidi Ho Blue

Shimmerz in Key Lime and Marigold.

"Little Feet"

Splatter some Shimmerz on your picture, it's fun and I love the way it dries:)

Blending the colours into each other to make even more gorgeous colour!  Just spray on top of each other.......

Prima's mid release Doodle Deux is sooooo awesome!!  I love it, love the different colour combo and all the cut out pieces:)  It's a very cute, whimsical line.  Here is what I created using it.....how great does my picture match the colour scheme, I just had to throw in my usual aqua:)

"Cutie Pirates"

Just love a banner!!!!  Layered of course! 

My next layout features more of the My Minds Eye range Follow your Heart.  I also used more gorgeous Scrapmatts chipboards, the Penny Farthing, the Lamp posts and my title word. 

"Moments"

If you haven't noticed I am very much addicted to washi tape atm!!!! LOVE it!!

 I created this card aswell using Scrapmatts chipboards in Nautical designs and the Leaf Spray.

My last card today I created using the Sunday Picnic line from Webster's, I am yet to do a layout with this range.........hopefully soon I will get to:)

I hope you enjoyed all of my craftiness today.  I was going to share some news with you all but I will wait until the weekend when it gets announced on their blog:):):):) 

I would just like to share a few photos from our little Easter Break down at Elliott Heads.  This picture means the world to me.......Kobi hasn't been a fan of the beach, he would scream at the sight and sound of a tiny wave and this weekend he was a total different child!!!  He splashed and jumped in, he laughed......it made me smile from ear to ear!!!  So proud of him!

Ummm, my attempt of a nice picture of the 3 of them.......it's always just one child not wanting to cooperate, this time it was Mason!  Hehe love it anyways!

Coop's totally in his own little world, how cool is the old weathered fence!

By this stage Mason was happy enough to sit and pull cute faces at me.......Kobi's turn to not want photos...lol!!! 

Easter Sunday rolled around and the bunny was a little too generous this year......Mase pretty stoked with his first taste of chocolate!!!!

The boys finding all the eggs we had hidden for them.  We even did a second egg hunt, Coop's wanted us to hide all the eggs he had already received.........gotta love them, it's just so much fun finding them again!!

And lastly another of bubs.  He is over 10 months now and his first birthday is fast approaching.  Is that hard to believe or what????  He has got 4 toothy pegs and cruises around on everything....quickest crawler we've had!!!  He puts everything in his mouth......ick!!!!  So this mummy is busy busy:)

Wow, this seems a long post......I'm sure it's not so bad, just took me forever to write it up in between tending to the kidlets, they are all tucked up in bed now and Tim is out for a work dinner so I might go get a little creative.  Oh yeah, did you notice my blog change......I struggled to find something that didn't clash with every creation I make!!! 

Thanks so much for your visit, hugs to you all, back again soon xo

Prima catch up:)

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter.  We had a lovely little trip away and the Easter Bunny spoilt us!  Just thought I would pop by with some new Prima projects that have been shared on the blog already.  The first one is an altered shadow box.  I used an old Prima tin I had laying around and embellished my little heart out!!  I added the little resin shutters to the side to make it look like a window sill, how cute:)

Look at the super cute nest in there:)



Next up is the Build A Page for April.  Here is the sketch:)



And here is my take on the sketch.  I used the Doodle Deux collection which is soon to be released.....it's such a fun, bright line:)

"So Lucky To Have You"



A closeup of my hot air balloon and doodly clouds:)



The new My Prima Place has just been released at the start of April.  Have you got your copy yet??  Contact sherry@primamarketing.com for more information.  A little birdie tells me I have a Step x Step tutorial in here:):)  So excited to be part of this!



Plus here's a sneaky......



Okay, that's me done for tonight.  Thanks so much for popping in and a big hello to my new followers......wowsers over 400 now!!!

Hugs to you all xo

Hello Sunshine:)

Happy weekend everyone, hope you are enjoying it!!  We have officially started school holidays for the Easter break and we have 2 weeks off.  Yay, fun times over the next couple of weeks for us with a trip away:) 

Just wanted to share some more layouts with you. The first one is using the new Shimmerz Spring set.  Oh my I fell in love with this when I saw it, how perfect is it with the American Crafts Neopolitan range.  SO so much fun!

"Hello Sunshine"

Some closeups.  Heidi Ho Blue is my new fave Shimmerz colour.....I LOVE!!!!



Here is the set and you can purchase it here.  It is definately a must have set!!!!



My second layout today is using the My Minds Eye Follow Your Heart "Be Amazing" collection.  Loving the kites again:)

"My Big Boy"



Closies: I have been waiting forever to use this Prima Metal Bike.  It's just perfect here!!!



My kites, layered, distressed and folded up:)



I am not sure if you have realised but a month or so ago I stepped down from the design team at The Color Room.  It is a wonderful place over there but just thought it was time to move on.  I now have some new ventures but I can't share them with you just yet;)  So stay tuned in the coming months!!

Thanks so much for dropping by today, I have a couple of sick little boys atm.....nothing too bad just the start of the icky cold/flu/asthma season for us.  So off for some snuggles.

Take care.

xoxo



Prima and Pan Pastels

Just stopping by with a Prima share.  This layout is created using Pan Pastels.  I have applied a a small amount of Gesso to the background and the rest of the colour you see is created with Pan Pastels.  I have used the colours Turquoise, Bright Yellow Green, Black and Turquoise Tint.  I also created with the Sun Kiss Collection.

"Love Summer"

Just some closeups:



Thankyou for visting today, have a wonderful week!

xo

Canvas piece + tutorial

Hello, I want to share a canvas today that I made with Shimmerz, Scrapmatts chipboards and of course a touch of Prima!!  This piece was a really quick one for me and just a nice size of 12 x 12 inch:) It's definately one for the wall!

Here are the Shimmerz colours I used:

Coloringz in Lime in Da Coconut and Mama Sings the Blues

Blingz in Ginchy Green

Pearlz in Blue By U and Powder Puff

Vibez in Hermit the Frog, Jeni B Bleu and Before Dawn

 

and the Scrapmatts:

CB1077 Bird Cages 03

 CB5089 Ferns 02

CB1134 Assorted Words 01

 

 

Live, Life, Love

I also want to share with you my process of creating this piece.

1.  Firstly I applied Gesso to the whole background using an hold piece of cardboard.  Not being particular I changed up the direction of the cardboard strokes aswell.  Allow some sections to be thicker too.  I then tore a square piece of Calico material about 15 cm long.  Ripping the calico gives the edges a nice shabby look.  I applied Gesso to the Calico.  Now the fun begins with misting.  I started from the top section and worked my way down allowing the Shimmerz to run down the canvas.



2. I added another 2 pieces of Calico to the top right hand corner and the bottom section of the canvas.  I also applied more Shimmerz and blended the colours together by letting them run into each other.



3.  I now started to apply my embellishments.  Starting with the Ferns I applied a white dabber to them to take away the craft look.  I didn't do this to thick, just a subtle undercoat for my next layers of Shimmerz.  I adhered them to the canvas overlaping each other.



4. Adding to the cluster I placed my Prima flowers and Metal Birdcage into position.



5.  Using tiny foam pieces I applied the Scrapmatts birdcages, layering them over the other embellishments.  I placed the words down the canvas too and added Shimmerz Pearlz to highlight.



6.  I added Prima paper butterflies all over the top of the canvas (and the bottom) giving them direction so it looked like they were jumping out of the centre cluster.  I misted some more and highlighted all of the flowers with Gesso.  Using a paintbrush I brushed along the edges of the flowers and dabbed Pearlz to give extra colour and shine.  Using Blingz and Pearlz in Grinchy Green and Blue By U I coloured in the tips of the fern leaves.  I wanted it to look more blended so  I added some more Pearlz in white to wash out some of the colour.

Here is a closeup of the ferns and flowers.

There you have it, a pretty piece for the wall:)

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial to day, go on, go get messy!!!

Hugs xo

Happy Thursday!!!

Wow, why does every day seem to be going faster and faster.  Every week I hear myself saying to Cooper only 1 more day of school left and then it's the weekend and it feels like it was yesterday I said the same thing!!!  Is it just me or time going really fast these days??  I don't remember it going this quick a few years back (I guess I didn't have 3 kids back then either).......  It's only a few weeks and the Easter Bunny will be here!  I feel like I'm still getting over Christmas.....anyways I'm here with some shares so lets get to it!

First up is another Scrapmatts layout.  I have used the following chipboards here:  CB1085 Keys Cb1012 Penny Farthing and CB6071 Assorted Words.  So I am addicted to these colours atm.....sorry if they are boring you!!!  But mixing up the Prima and My Minds Eye worked so well:)

"My Precious Little Boy"

Some closeups:

I applied Gesso to the chipboards and then used a Gold Dabber and some Shimmerz products:)

Here is a new layout for Prima.  I actually based it on this months BAP.  This month Pan Pastel is also being featured on the blog.  I have never used these pastel's before, they were surprisingly easy to work with, the applicators are great to use aswell!  Here I have used the colours Neutral Grey Shade, Turquoise tint and Titanium White to highlight some areas.

"Almost 5"

Some closeups:

Lots of gorgeous Prima goodies here......and look, shock horror, only 1 flower!!!  I still managed to fill the page with buttons, SIIC and trinkets.  The papers used here are from the Alla Prima and Printery collections with a smidgen of Nature Garden in the banner.

Have you seen this new Spring set from Shimmerz.  I can tell you I have just received this and OMG Heidi Ho Blue Coloringz in so so awesome, more turquoise than the picture shows up........definately a must get set, it's gorgeous!!!

Find it here :):):)  I can't wait to play with it!

 

Look what else Shimmerz is offering FREE!!!!!!!! 

Cooper had his first footy training session today!  It went very well, we thought he might of been to shy to get amongst it but Dad said he did very very well!!  Can't wait to see him play his first game in May, so so cute.....until he gets tackled and I will be a mess....lol!!!!!  So my big boy turned 5! Here are some pics from his party. He had such a ball catching up with his friends he doesn't see so often anymore:):)

He is the biggest cake fan I know!!!

My baby is 9 months now.....starting to think about his 1st birthday....crazy huh???

My bat boys

Cake time!

Baby blue eyes...love those 2 front teeth:)

Thanks for visiting friends, I am off to get creative.

Hugs xo