Last challenges for Feb

A Circle Journal I am taking part in through the local scrap store, can't show you the rest just yet forgot to take the pics again. I choose to do photo's from the past so wanted vintage style photo's and pages..... show you all later when it is returned to me..... The first CJ I have is on travel, or vacations finding that a bit difficult as haven't gone anywhere very exciting and most photo's are on the computer in fix it shop.A very Relaxed Puss I took the photo on Thursday night he never moved even when DH got into the bed.....

Skye's challenge from Debs creations website....... had to use the colours set out which are the ones in my LO and have no flowers and heart embellishment somewhere and Journalling about the thing or person in the Photo..... I choose puss as had the photo printed up for ages and we love him, he usually comes in of a night but he stayed out all night one day last week, we searched for him for ages as he usually comes meowing at the door in the morning or at some stage but we never found him till about 3 in the afternoon when going to pick up the kids from school we thought he got run over.......

Scraplift challenge from uproars monthly scraplift challenge....

Confession time

I have a new addiction..........stamps Magnolia and Tilda more so........

but also

Bizzy Becs stamps too.

Tilda isn't she so adorable I just had to make some cards I coloured some in with watercolour pencils.

some with the radiant raindaubers but painted on with a small brush..

also used chalks painted on with water and brush but they may need sealing as chalk comes off still.

even done a little bit with a gel pen too........

I've even included her in scrapping but can't show you as it's in a cj and stupid me forgot to take a pic before I posted it off today....... couldn't show and tell anyway as the owners don't want to see it until its finished still have a round or two to go before my cj returns home.

cybercrop LO's

This wasn't a cybercrop challenge but one from Debs. Vix's monthly challenge was to use 3 pp and a pick a movie title and minimum of 3 embellishments... so all I could come up with is the movie "I am Sam". I used basic grey granola pp's.Kylie's blind challenge
This is the example of the blind challenge I had to set...

Lisa's blind challenge

and stars blind challenge.

Newer LO's

Here are a couple of LO's I done yesterday, my niece when she had her face painted but my sister forgot her camera so by the time that got to a camera half the butterfly was gone..... my niece and nephew .........

Done these 2 last week some time....... they are the white with 1 challenge....... done it twice forgot the eyelets or brads on the first one but I really liked this picture Jessica took when she went for a drive with her pop when it snowed back in August..... so wanted to scrap it was going to write wonderland and as usual had all letters but the last d so had to put winter wonder.......
I have glitzed the ice up the top and also on the photo so it looks like glistening snow but probably can't pick it up on the photo...


This was the first go when forgot the eyelets......


I did submit these 2 at SBM as they were after winter LO's and can't get much more winter than these 2
I thought........ but them familiar Dear John letters still come in..... Oh well!!!!!!! maybe one day they might like something I send in..... not that I've tried too often I ocasionally send one in....

That's all for now I have one sitting ready on the table just have to stick things down and add 3 embellishments as it is for a challenge.

More LO's I promised.

I done these LO's back in Jan but forgot to put on blog so do it now... I done this for my DT LO this month as I'm the guest DT this month. I've used cheapy pp from kmart the skull one and the cricut and cricut paper to cut out the title from stone script cartridge and also used bling and sizzix flourish, coredination cardstock...Another DT LO using the cricut for the school tag and cars , I also stamped the border and used K&Co pp and decided to rid myself of the few letters left on carolee's alphabet sheets....
Scraphappy Kat was kind enough to send me a challenge pack last month and I loved the papers and used most of it up and created 3 LO's with it.....

Me and Pauly sitting on the car way back when..........

I'm still here.....

I'm still here didn't go anywhere just been a lazy blogger now I got a heap of Layouts and challenges to show you all......

This is Lexie's challenge from Deb's forum this was pretty easy challenge we could do any thing only it had to be on a 6x12 LO which is a first for me usually only do 12x12. My DD and 2 nieces acting like the 3 wise monkeys.... I ran out of ssss again so have to add that later when buy some. I used BG pp and cute monkey die cuts. Now for something totally different and my first attempt at these little fellows look below........

................Keep going..............

try not to laugh too hard but here is Pauly and me as poppets...........
This was another challenge from over at Debs for the master blaster comp that is running you can still all join in as the first entry has to be in by the end of the month.....

With a bit of help from google and the computa I made my poppets and will put up Pauly's too to show you they are fun to make after you start them it was like dressing a paper doll... and you can even make yourself skinny...... Ha ha ha!!!!!

This one is a Sketch challenge from Debs...

Still got more Layouts to show you........ I've been busy, scrappin that is........ will put them up tommorrow though.

Comparing pics

Taken today 13th feb on clear but cold and windy day.Taken on the 8th when the fires were around.

Taken today 13th Feb

Taken on the 8th Feb when all the fires were about.

Victoria is still not safe as fires are still burning and cfa and volunteers still working hard to keep them under control..

RSS cybercrop challenges

This is Rachel's challenge and she provided us with a picture to get inspiration from it was yummy cupcakes with lots of pinks, reds and white with flowers, dots and nicely decorated..

I got 6 out of 9 challenges done, we had till wed to get them up into the gallery.

This one is Shell's challenge. I have used Inique Boutique pp and bazzil also IB chipboard flowers and a zig pen to colour them in also a bit of glitz and thickers.. This was LizW challenge to make a card with a sketch that was provided. and had to be in brown blue and red with buttons and ribbon..

This is Nat's challenge another sketch one.. I used bazzil, and basic grey pp and stickers, prima flowers and foot print stickers, thickers.

This is Janine's challenge to use red, black and white in a layout and the word Love had to be used in it. I have used kaiser and sasslass pp and a bit of stamping and flowers, thickers and other alpha stickers.

This is Tracey's challenge to make a corny valentines card.

smoke has cleared

The smoke has now cleared and it's raining at the moment and has really cooled off.... In NSW. Hopefully Victoria are getting some of this weathers too.

My other two sisters in Victoria Pauly and Jacqui had a bit of a scare yesterday when a grass fire broke out only 5K's out of town yesterday but the fireman quickly got it under control so all was fine, still scary though to have them so close and being virtually in the middle of the other fires around the district... They are only about 40 mins from Yea which has been featured a lot on the TV. Especially when seeing all the devastation and burned out cars and the fatality rate any fire so close would be terrifying, and how the people had no time as the fire was on them so quick. I lived down that way for a while too before moving back to my home town..

The kids are have a mufti (no uniform day) tommorrow and have to take a gold coin donation for the fire appeal and we also have a local man taking a truck down with donated clothes, toys and household items, etc so I have been going through Sams things and the 2 older ones can gather their bags full from out of their room when they get home, also have to gather what I can from my and DH stuff to donate as well..... It's hard to imagine if you had to start all over again and be left with nothing with so many houses lost that is a lot of displaced people...

What my sister can see from her verandah

My sister emailed me some pictures of what she can see of the fires as they are in towns surrounding where she lives. I have 2 sisters in this town.

This one was taken at 7.55pm last night(7th) and very smoky then can't see the pap's (surrounding mountains). This one was taken this morning (8th) at about 10am smoke looks very thick and yellow and it reminded her of a couple of years ago when they had major bush fires raging in surrounding towns then.
It is a very sad day for Victoria and Australia as there has been a great loss of life and watching all the news broadcasts it is just heartbreaking.... and think of all the hard working firefighters trying to tame the wild beast which is still burning....

Fires in Vic what we can see

This is what we can see from our front verandah.... Lot of smoke again this is facing the hills towards victoria ... We live about 2 hours from the vic border probably about 4 hrs away from some of the closest fires and have had winds blowing the smoke in our direction, there have also been a few fires and hot spots over the mountains near Tumut but are under control last I read on the website..

The sun hiding behind the clouds directly behind our house... It's a very eerie feeling outside. I just heard a few sprinkles of rain out on the roof.. so hope it is going to cool things down a bit especially for all the brave men out there battling the fires...

DT LO and Wipeout #5

3 cards I made at Tuesday crop night. Wipeout challenge theme Way back when, had to be a 12x12 shaped LO and Orange somewhere and a stamp made from a household item the check stuff which I also used on the LO......... I have used Pink paislee, fancy pants pp, grungeboard, black embellies from a swap(just loved the little birdy), ink.
A layout I done using my DT pack from Dee at Uproar2scrapmore I have used the cricut and pads to cut out the title and pumpkin, also used kaisercraft pp, grungeboard, ricrac, bling, kindy glitz (white) and stamp, also bg letters...

photo tagged again

Lisa challenged me again so as I've already done it once I'll choose 5th from 5th file...... don't know what I gonna find this time.......will see in a sec..............

well that wasn't so bad it is my sisters dog Chad when we babysat him in 07...... I won't pass it on as everyone has had it a couple of times now.......

new challenges

Wipe out challenge #4 a birthday themed LO with either pink or blue (not both) with buttons and staples.... I used BG pp, coredinations cs, a birthday card, bling, stamping, mesh ribbon, stamping.......... the card opens up....Thought it would be something different for a birthday LO, you could do one for xmas as well. great way to hide journalling or add multipics......

Quote Challenge from RSS the quote " Happy are the hearts that love you", other requirements were an owl and handcutting. Close up of the owl.

I used coredinations cs in my fav colour..... K&Co pp, pink paislee pp, bg alpha, cc alpha stickers, prima, bella and gt flowers, bling, glitz, sizzix owl and other bits..............