Week 12 already?

Hi and thanks for visiting.

Week 12 was an interesting week for me on a personal level as I started a new contract at work - that's the joy and the challenge of contracting......change can be quite frequent.  I used some wood veneer birds - think these were Tweet from Studio Calico on my title and another flair from A Piece of Cake Designs on a filler card.  As I wanted to stick to a palette of fawn and lemon I made a journal card using a Stamp from Technique Tuesday - the Good Day set from Ali Edwards.

The left hand side is fairly simple.  Photos of everyday life, some Seafoam journal cards and some homemade journal cards using, again, Technique Tuesday stamps.  The arrow one is from the Beautiful set by Ali Edwards and the round one as above.  Used orange card stock just to give a bit of pop to the page. 

 And here they are together.........a real snapshot of our life this week.

So that's what week 11 looks like.  Remember to leave a comment and get an entry into my "blog revamp giveaway".  Details of some of the giveaways will be announced soon.

Amanda

The heat continues in Week 11....

It's catch up time with my blog posts.......thanks for taking a look at Week 11.

There was a lot of colour in my photos this week, so I used items from a number of kits and places.  My title card has a flair from http://www.apieceofcakedesigns.com.au and then I used some BH Seafoam journal cards together with an insert card from a Pebbles range of journalling cards (apologies, cannot remember which range).

The right hand side was more Seafoam with an Amy Tangerine layered camera embellishment and another filler card from Pebbles.  Love that this week has a photo from the Project Life Australia and New Zealand Victorian catch up.

And here is what the week looks like together.  When it's side by side you can see that I stuck mostly to the aqua and orange colours to try and give it a bit of uniformity.

To be in the running to receive a giveaway to celebrate my revamped blog just leave a comment under this post (and any future posts up to the 21st May) and to be in a special draw just start following my blog.
Thanks for visiting,
Amanda

Revamped Blog Competition

Hi, and thanks for visiting.

About a month ago I started the Jessica Sprague "Bloom your blog" course to learn how to make some changes and give my blog a fresh new look.......cause we all need a makeover now and again.

While I learnt how to do some things, there were other changes I wanted to make that weren't covered in the course.  Step in a friend of ours - Duane from QuikTek Solutions (www.quiktek.com.au) - and my updated blog is now ready to share.

So what do you think?  Do you like the design?  The colours? I'm interested in your thoughts.

While I've been having the changes made bogging of my Project Life has, of course, taken a back seat. But I have all the photos ready for a few weeks and will start creating the posts later today.

To celebrate the new look I will be having a number of giveaways.  These will range from gift vouchers for a few of my favourite suppliers, to embellishment packs based around what i am using this year in my project life.
How do you win? Leave a comment on any one of my blog posts from this one through to the 21st May and you will go into the draw.  Start following this blog and you will go into the draw....plus you will go into a special draw only for those people who follow me.

No other rules........and I will post the giveaways at my expense.......to wherever you are.

Hope you like my new look, and enjoy the upcoming posts.
Amanda

Studio Calico Week 10

There has been a lot of talk about the Studio Calico Project Life kits - whether they are worth the money, why there is such a big queue, the ridiculous prices people are paying for them on ebay etc.
I didn't order or waitlist for these kits -  think I have enough supplies to last me a LONG time - but.....one of the FB girls posted that she had the January and February kits and was going digital so wanted to sell them.  Timing was on my side and I purchased them.  Week 10 I decided I would use some of the February kit as follows:
Left hand side - Flair button on title (together with a doilie from a doilie swap in the PL group), filler cards and combination of a 4x6 (reverse) and journal card.

Continued on the right hand side - love the wood veneer filler card, which I also added washi and flair button from the kit to.

So....what do I think of the kit?  Well, I still have a lot to use - the kit is designed to be enough for a whole month - and while I like most of the contents, I can't say that I think it's good value.  It is nice to have some different items though.

As you can see, I bought a MacBook in Week 10 - next step is to learn how to use PSE11 so I can add 'stuff' to my photos and be a bit more creative......will see in coming weeks if that is the case.

The two page spread looks like this:

Thanks for visiting,
Amanda

Busy busy Week 9

Hi again,
Week 9 had lots going on - for all of us.
My left hand page was brightened with a Black 'Sparkle' from Kaisercraft added to the title page....starting to struggle to make the title pages different from each other now.
This time of year the mornings start to be a struggle....as seen by the fact that when we got into the car Monday morning the sky was still dark and the moon shone brightly!
The 'Capture the Moment' filler card was made by Julie Hughes and received as part of a card swap on the PL Australia/NZ FB page.  Thanks Julie!  

Another great wood veneer starts the right hand page, together with my first attempt at a "collage" - I loved all the action shots of Patrick practicing his tennis and this was the easiest way to include a few of them.

The Papercraft Expo was on in Melbourne and I went and picked up my special order from Craft House as well as some more wood veneers (!) and some Technique Tuesday stamps (which I still have to use).  It was great to meet David and Mary and also Michelle Stokes - a fellow member of the Australia/NZ PL FB group. 
I had some extra photos from the Expo so used a 'Flip It' envelope. My only whinge is that you can see the taped section on the reverse side.

Here is the week together.

Thanks for looking at my pages,
Amanda

And here's Week 8

Hi, and thanks for visiting.
Week 8 crept up very quickly.  Hubby and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary and I was surprised by a delivery of yellow roses - my absolute favourites.....so of course a photo was required and the card made it onto the left hand side too (but don't ask what brand the potty people are on the card - I bought them at a garage sale and thats as much as I know).
The 'TODAY' card is from the Echo Park Photo Freedom - Volume 1 range (I did have another card in till I got this range in week 10 and decided a swap was in order).
The 'neat' filler card was another I bought from Cath Dean - they just go so easily with the Seafoam kit.
And, of course, there are more wood veneers and another flair - and again this is a design from Greatest View on Etsy.

The right hand side is pretty simple - some surprise photos of the boys enjoying themselves, the "lion" that was at our local town centre, and another beautiful sunset. At this time of year they are pretty spectacular and constantly changing in colour and intensity. 

Here is the full week spread:

Happy scrapping,
Amanda

Loving Week 7

Yes, Valentine's Day in week 7 and love was all around.
I had bought some wood veneers in week 6, along with some handmade filler cards and just had to include some of each in my Week 7 layout.
The wood veneers are by Studio Calico although I bought them from a couple of Australian online stores and via a FB sale site.  As with  lot of PL supplies, you see other people using them and just can't help but want to use them yourself!
So....the left hand side....still happy with the approach to my title card.  The "Swell" filler card I bought from another member of the PL Australia/NZ group - thanks Cath Dean!
I also made my own filler card for Valentines Day......using a couple of different washi tapes and heart punches (cant remember the large heart brand but the white and red hearts are using a Stampin Up heart punch) and a lovely flair from Greatest View -  a great little shop on Etsy.

The right hand side really focused on our weekend fun - hot days means time in the pool to cool off.....and an opportunity to use another wood veneer or two...or more!

Although it wasn't intentional, i love that this week started with a sunrise and ended with a sunset.  Love the colour they add to the pages.  Here are the two pages together:

Thanks for looking at this weeks pages.

Happy scrapping,
Amanda