{Southern Girls DT} Card - happy birthday wishes

Hello!

There's a new challenge up over at Southern Girls: DOTS AND SPOTS.

I'm not a huge fan of spotty paper, so when I saw what the challenge was I had to give it some thought.  I decided to stretch the concept further and use dotted outlines around my sentiment and image (which is totally cute by the way, and from All Dressed Up - one of our sponsors this month) and then I added some extra spots to this little darling's dress (the bodice is already spotty).  I continued the round theme with a button and round flowers.

Thanks for popping in to visit me today, and I hope you will play along with the challenge!

Love,
OMM
xox

Spiegelmom Scraps + Southern Girls Blog Hop!

Happy NSD all!  We are totally excited that you’ve joined us this weekend for this extra special blog hop.  SpiegelMom Scraps and the Southern Girls Challenge Blog owners and Design Teams have united and are aspiring to inspire YOU!  This hop has such wide variety of paper crafting styles and media being used that it’s sure to knock your socks off.   Our blog hop is hosted by the lovely Jody Spiegelhoff who owns SpiegelMom Scraps! and Louise of the Southern Girls Challenge Blog.   

Our hop today is all about the scrappin'!  If you jump over to the event page on Facebook, there are challenges going over this weekend - one of which is a layout sketch:

 

I based my layout on this sketch, using only two photos and rectangular embellies as the other two squares. Love those layers, and all the inking gives this layout featuring my gorgeous Nanna just the right vintage feel!  The shiny gold elements of the layout didn't really come out in this photo, but in real life they add an elegant touch to this very special project.

 

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I hope you will play along with our awesome National Scrapbooking Day weekend of fun, creating and prizes including prizes from our sub sponsor Auzz Trinkets & Crafts.

Thanks to Neha at Auzz Trinkets & Crafts for sending me some lovely Sospero Transparente flowers to play with!! You can see them on this layout, they were such fun to make!

Come and join in the fun - Sign up at https://www.facebook.com/events/352855381575724/

And you can use this special discount code in the Spiegelmom Scraps store to select some goodies to play with.....

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If you're following the blog hop, you should have come here from Kat's blog - wasn't her layout fabulous? And next you will be off to visit Lou.  

I’d love for you to follow my blog using BlogLovin’ or you can also connect with me in other social media venues by using the icons to the right, such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter! Happy NSD all! 

Here’s your line up!

SpiegelMom Scraps!

Dawn Turley

Julie Blakeman

Karen Oliver

Kat Benjamin

Lauren Colless <you are here>

Louise Forsyth

Lyne Blodgett

Neha Aggarwal

Sarah Nancarrow

Wendy Nicola Jackson

Brenda Morgan

Shell Becker

Alicia Borowski

Laura Rumble

Jennifer Dykstra

Rachelle Olaridge

Jennifer Shamblin

Charity Feit

Thanks for calling by to say hello!  I can't wait to see all your entries into our fun NSD event!

Love,
OMM
xox

(Inter)National Scrapbooking Day Weekend Extravaganza!

Southern Girls Challenge and SpiegelMom Scraps are teaming up to bring you a full on, awesome National Scrapbooking Day Weekend of fun, creating and prizes including prizes from our sub sponsor Auzz Trinkets & Crafts

Come and join in the fun - Sign up at https://www.facebook.com/events/352855381575724/

And you can use this special discount code in the Spiegelmom Scraps store to select some goodies to play with.....

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We Are looking forward to this joint awesomeness and hope you will all come and join us!!! I've seen some of the DT projects and you will definitely be inspired!!

{Southern Girls DT} Card - here's a sign... that I love you!

Hi crafters!

When I was still at school, on a whim I did a sign language course - I don't remember a lot of it (a little like those 7 years of Japanese I did! All gone!) but I do remember a few key phrases, and I can still rock parts of "My Heart Will Go On" (Celine Dion) with my hands... which was the #1 song at the time (yes, it was THAT long ago).  Maybe it was a sign (excuse the pun) of things to come, when I would have my own deaf child.  We don't use sign language - we've focused on speech and listening with hearing aids and Cochlear Implants - but it has been so helpful to know a few for those times when the background noise is just so overwhelming and The Boy just can't hear anything.  A few key ones for us have been "OK?", "toilet", "I love you", "look", "show me", "thank you" and "can you see?" - especially useful when there are tall people in front of us at a show, church or display.

So when I saw that Kraftin' Kimmie had Tara - who signs - I just had to have her.  Isn't she divine? She was a lot of fun to colour too, I'll have to revisit her dress when I come to the clothing class over at Kit and Clowder! 

Card recipe:
Cardstock: white, purple
Paper: Kaszazz
Stamp: Tara (including sentiment) (Kraftin' Kimmie)
Colouring medium: copics
Other: hexagon embossing folder, gold heart brads, purple pearl paint

Challenges:
Kraftin' Kimmie: sketch (April) + twine (#276)

 

Card - just because I love you

Hello! Welcome to my corner of the blogosphere!

I applied for the last Tiddly Inks DT call (there's another one on now) and was so excited to be chosen as a runner up.  The lovely Christy asked all of the runners up to take part in a blog hop which has finally rolled around for today! Be sure to hop over to the Tiddly Inks blog to check out the amazing projects created by some very talented ladies :)

Here is my share today, featuring Wryn - Smart Cookie:

 

 

Isn't she adorable? And she comes with some really cute sentiments!

Card recipe:

Cardstock/paper: Crate Paper 'Craft Market' - Handmade Patterned Paper, Crate Paper 'Craft Market' - Project Glittered Double Sided Speciality Paper, white cardstock, pink cardstock

Stamps: Wryn - Smart Cookie (Tiddly Inks), Petite Petals (SU!)

Colouring mediium: Copics

Ink: Strawberry Slush (SU!)

Other: Crate Paper 'Craft Market' Ephemera Pack, pink doily

Challenges:

Besides the hop, I would also like to enter the following challenges:

Sister Act: #102 ATG

Pile It On: #65 April Showers Bring Flowers

Ooh La La: #178 At least 5 layers

Tiddly Inks: #155 Spring's in

Thanks for swinging by today! 

Love, 

OMM xox

Card - 100% organic awesome

** NOTE: If you're looking for my DT post for Southern Girls, please scroll down or click here. **

Happy April Fools Day!

Did you play a prank, or were you pranked? I read a fun article this morning on the top 10 pranks that fooled nations - I did have a bit of a chuckle about some of those!

I have finally had a chance to get my Copics and stamps back out, and I'm so pleased to see that my colouring is improving.  I am STILL working through the hair and skin class over at Kit and Clowder, but I am going to work on that over the next few weeks and hopefully get it finished.  I'm keen to move onto the clothing class but my OCD wants me to finish one before I start the next *grin* - I wish that extended to actual craft projects! HAHA!

Today I have a fun boy's card for you featuring Hipster Kody from Some Odd Girl.  I have coloured him before, but this is the first time he's actually made it to a finished card!  The sentiment is also from this set.

Card recipe:
Stamp set: Hipster Kody (Some Odd Girl)
Colouring medium: Copics
Cardstock/paper: Old Olive (SU!), patterned paper and circles (Kaszazz), offcut of blue
Other: distressing tool, twine, Not Quite Navy pen (SU!), circle collection dies (SU!)

Challenges:
Sister Act: ATG #99
Craft Your Passion: ATG #255
Some Odd Girl: Linky party

Thanks for swinging by my blog today!

Love,
OMM xox

{Southern Girls DT} Layout - Moments in my arms

Hello hello!

Today I am sharing my very first DT project for Southern Girls Challenge.  The challenge this fortnight is ...

DIES AND PUNCHES

Which of course, are my favourite things ever!  I've loved punches since I used a Santa shaped one in primary school for a craft activity... I'm not going to admit how many years ago THAT was though :) (let's just say in the 90s).

This layout features The Boy and I, while he was getting over the trauma of general anesthetic used so he could have an MRI.  He woke up screaming, and didn't stop for a good 45 minutes, and then we had to sit in this position for another 90 minutes wrapped in the first quilt I ever made, until he recovered enough that we could go home.  Poor little mite!  Instead of focusing on the MRI though, which I have scrapped on a previous occasion, I've focused the layout on the two of us (plus Stinky Bear!) in a comforting and loving moment, captured on film by The Man. 

Layout recipe:
Cardstock, paper, embellishments: February Main Cake Kit from A Piece of Cake Designs
Dies: Block Words (Kaisercraft), A Gilded Life lace (Spellbinders)
Journalling: Chocolate Chip pen (SU!)

Come on over and join in the fun, just use your favourite dies and punches to create a layout, card or other project and link it up!

Have a creative day!

Love,
OMM xox