Online Chat and Two Masters Entries

Hi everyone, I just wanted to say a big thanks to all your lovely comments relating to Craft and Quilt that really meant a lot, and I can't wait to meet as many online friends as possible.

Well my very first Chat Room for Scrapping Angels, is happening tomorrow Wednesday the 28th of February at 7.00 Day Light Savings. So please come and say hello, and let me know what you thought of the kit, it will be lovely to hear how you went, and don't forget to check out the next lot of kits available in March, and the next Scrapping Angel Design Team Member.

Not much else to say, this is just a very quick post. I promise to post each layout individually that I did for Scrapping Angels in my next post.

I will leave you with two of my Entries for Scrapbooking Memories Master, my Monogram, and my double layout, I loved creating these, and I loved all the flowers, very busy I know, but I love just love it, the double layout is very special as it is of my mother.

Oh BTW, don't forget to check out the How Dare You site this week, you can win a yummy prize from Buzz and Bloom and the challenge this time around is Asian Influences, so have fun with this challenge, I will be putting mine up very soon, but some other ladies already have theirs up on the site, and they are amazing, so just go and have a little look !!

have fun everyone.

Best Wishes Always Carole.

Craft and Quilt Fair and Scrapgenie UK Excitment .....

Hey everyone, I have posted all the prizes off to everyone so when you see the postie come past just dive on him, because he should be heading your way very soon !!

Also I have to mention about my gorgeous Banner made for me by the lovely Sandra Gerdes, she did this one for me on the weekend, and I was going to put it up in a couple of months, but I couldn't wait, she has done an excellent job I just love it to bits, I just had to put it on my blog now...... thanks so much Sandra, it really is just so gorgeous.

Well, I know here I go again, but I have two exciting bits of news to tell you about. The first is....... I know I always seem to be doing this, but honestly, this is very exciting. Judy Newman from CRAFT AND QUILT FAIR has asked me to be a Guest Designer for them at their shows around Australia and New Zealand. My first actual events are in April at the Gold Coast 12-15, and Townsville 19-22 so if any of you live around these areas, and you happen to be passing, please come and say hello it would be lovely to meet you. I have alot more venues, to go to, I will let you know as the time gets nearer, I also hopefully will be in PERTH May 23-27, so this is absolutely unreal, so please come out and say hello. I will have a display booth just for me with all my bits and pieces for everyone to have a look at, and I will also have a couple of little demonstrations set up, so I am so looking forward to this, so 2007 is going to be very busy, but a very good busy if that makes any sense.

OK, onto a layout, I have a layout in this months Scrapbooking Creations in their how to do this section. I created this layout with Sassa fras pattern paper and lots of glitter. It is a photo of my DD Sarah being silly and I just loved the photo.

OK the second bit of news is amazing because it involves the Scrapgenie Team in the UK the lovely Becks, and all the DT, which I am lucky to be apart of. Now it is all pretty hush, hush at the moment, because I don't know a lot myself, but what I can tell you is ......................

MAY 2008 in the UK is the biggest thing since Christmas!!! lets put it this way, Hi everyone in the UK, I am hopefully packing my bags and coming over for this excellent event...... it is going to be Bigger Than BEN HUR !! and I am so excited about it, can't wait to let you know more........ very soon !!

Well now all the excitment has been lifted, I hope everyone has a great week.

Best Wishes Always Carole xx

Hi Everyone, the Winner Is ...............

A big thanks to everyone that visits my blog, I can't believe how many comments I received, and from all over the world, the internet is a wonderful thing, it really makes my day.

OK.......... I have got my DD to do the deed, but because I had such an unreal response to this giveaway, I decided to add THREE RAK's as well, so my DD picked out FOUR people, the first person, being the winner of the MM items, and the winner is........drum role please............. Leisa (Blog name Aussieopian Family) I hope you like the goodies Leisa, and congratulations.

Now for the RAK's, and they are, Nancy Jones from America, Maisy Mary's Findings from Singapore and Julie from Perth, I hope you love these three RAK's I have put together for you, so if you all send me your postal addresses, I will make sure I send them all off to you by the end of this week, my email address is edit@aanet.com.au and don't forget to share what you create with the goodies, would love to see your creations, and a big thankyou again to everyone that visits my blog, it really is lovely of you all, and I really appreciate all your lovely comments and the inspiration you all give me.

I suppose I should share a layout or two LOL !! well I have been busy scrapping for the HOW DARE YOU site it is all about what is your Legacy, so go and check out the How Dare You site with all the wonderful layouts you won't be disappointed. Well to me naturally it is my darling children, so this is the layout I came up with, I love this photo of my children together Chaise was only 4 months old here, he is now 16 mths it goes so very quickly, and Sarah just adores him.
OK next is a layout I did for..... Scrapbook City for their DT, I used the Martini Range of papers and rub-ons just so gorgeous and very bright and funky, I also used Prima flowers.


I also wanted to add that I have just started having ago at the Dares on the Daring Card Makers Site it is such a lot of fun, and I just needed to do something other than Scrapbooking pages, so I have a card to show. This is an excellent site, so if you like just go and pop over and check it out. Well that is it from me, I hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Best Wishes Always
Carole x

Valentines Goodies to give away.

Hi everyone, now I know a lot of people visit my blog some say hi, and some just like to come and see what I am up to. But I would love it if you would all like to say hi, and introduce yourselves.

I have some items in the above photo I would love to give someone, they are Making Memories pattern papers and a few othe items, like ribbons, frames, twill etc., all you have to do is just say hi by Wednesday the 14th which just happens to be VALENTINE'S DAY. I will then get my DD to put all your names in a bowl and pull out the lucky winner. I hope you all have ago, once I have the name I will put it up onto my blog, and then get you to give me your details by emailing me at this address edit@aanet.com.au so I can post it out to you. It doesn't matter where you live I will send it to you.

Onto other lovely things now, the lovely Sandra Gerdes sent me these gorgeous button in the mail, they are big bright and beautiful I just love them all, and can't wait to use them, thankyou so very much Sandra, I was just so thrilled to receive them.

And I just thought I would share the layouts in a little more detail for the Scrapping Angels kit. These kits come with all the instructions and lots of ideas so I no you will have a ball putting the layouts together. This kit is the Deluxe Kit, and if you go and check out the site you can see exactly what is inside this particular kit, as well as many more kit ideas. Happy scrapping.

Best Wishes

Carole x

New Banner By "Sandra Gerdes"

My unreal banner that you now see on my blog was created by the lovely Sandra Gerdes thankyou so very much Sandra I just love it !! you are such a clever chicky, and so talented, go and check Sandra's blog out it is just stunning. Sandra is also a 2006 Scrapbooking Master.

I have been doing a couple of CJ, I just thought I would share with you, this is the first, I did this with Carol, Leanne and Jolene Pienaar, and many more ladies, and I had a lot of fun, I have finally finished it and posting it today, so here is some of the things I did. We had to create tins and in the tins we all had our own theme, these three themes I am about to show you are, Recipe, Colour and Mother's words, I just loved doing these. The tiny little photo on the tag is my DD Sarah and me.

The next Swap was a Tile Swap, organised by Tammy James, thankyou so much for organising this Tammy it was so different and so enjoyable, we all had different themes again, some had pretty some had heritage etc., so each tile is different and will be posted to each individual participant. The four in the middle are my theme Pretty and Flowery which I will create once I have my tiles sent to me. Very intricate but heaps of fun. I also have to paint and do finishing touches to the background so I will show it to you again when I have completed it.

Also I have a project - chipboard Mini Heart Book in this months Scrapbooking Memories, I thought I would share a few more photos of this, SM supplied the Maya Roads Chipboard Heart book and the Chipboard hearts and paisley and also ribbon. I have photos everywhere today, just a little bit to share LOL !!

I hope you have a wonderful week.

Best Wishes Carole x

Computer Problems

I can finally blog again, I have not had my computer for more than two weeks now, and it has been terrible, not being able to blog, read emails, I didn't realise how much I depended on my computer, but it is back now and I am up and running, so I will be able to blog again, and say hi.

Well, even though my computer has been down, I have been pretty busy, which is the way I like it..... plenty happening on the home front and Scrapping.

I have my first kit up on Scrapping Angels, all very exciting for me, I have a couple of Sneak Peeks of some of the things I have created, but more Sneak Peeks on the Scrapping Angels Website, so if you get a chance go and have a peek at the February kit, it has instructions on how to do all the layouts and I will be in the Chatroom on the 28th February to talk about how I put the kit and the layouts together and answer any questions relating to the kit, at 7.00pm EST. So if you like pretty, and vibrant go and check it out, lots of different ideas and heaps of fun to create.

Also, on the Scrapping front I did a layout using the January Calendar Kit from Scrapping Angels, it is a photo of my darling son Chaise, and the look he gave for this photo is just amazing, I love the way this layout turned out, so it is now in my scrapping room as my calendar for the year.
I have plenty more layouts to share, but I have to download them onto this computer, so I will get myself organised and show you what I have been up to over the next couple of weeks.

Have a great week everyone.
Best Wishes Carole x