Scarlet in January 2012

I had so much fun last night creating the January page for Scarlet's first year calendar:

I picked up some of the yummy new Basic Grey range and mixed it in with some Charms Creations - aren't they fun!! They are having their next sale on Friday, so you should really go check them out!! If you do, you have a chance to win a great prize pack!! I know i'll be there :D

2012: Complete

Happy new year fellow bloggers!!! I have been inspired by Ali Edwards and Felicity Wilson this year to join in with the one little word challenge this year. I took my time coming up with my word, but in the end i have come up with:

Complete

What does the word 'complete' mean for me and why did i choose it?

I want to feel complete in my everyday life, and most of the time i do - but i want to feel this everyday, making a conscious effort to do so. 

I want the life and world of my little ones to feel complete. I want them to feel secure and not longing for anything.

Creatively, i chose this word is because i am a real 'starter' - not a 'finisher'. I want to change this in 2012, starting with digging out all of the half finished projects i have in my craft cupboard and completing them!!! 

Quilts that have not yet been quilted!!

I also have a little 'bet' going with a good knitting friend of mine - to not buy any wool in 2012. Both of us want to start culling our stash, so the aim is to not purchase anything, and use what we've got - and even swap what we have so we can do projects we want to do, if we don't have exactly what we want in our stash!! The first person to cave on our little deal has to buy the other a really expensive, gorgeous skein of sock yarn :D Won't be me (i hope!!!)

What would make 2012 complete for you?

Dizzy December

Well, I don't know what your December has been like, but mine has been MAD!!! Suffice to say, i haven't blogged in over a month - oops!!! Have you been doing a December Daily album? I have - and it's getting pretty fat - i think i'm going to have to find some bigger rings!!! Here's a few images from it:

I'm a little behind, but it's looking pretty good i think!! I've kinda followed the Ali Edwards model this year - I've been using the transparencies/paper doilies between each plain page. I've just been journalling our everyday happenings, though i have tended to focus on one or two events from the day, which is usually what i have a photo of :)

I've been involved in a comp over at Wicked Princesses - Scrap School, where a new technique was posted twice a week. Most of the techniques i'd tried before, but a couple were either new or i hadn't done them in a while. Since there was no limit on page size, i did a few pages for Scarlet's 1st year calendar, which is a 10x10 Making Memories calendar album. Here's what i've done so far:









You might have noticed this popping up a bit on my blog recently:



I've been getting lots of pages accepted for publication recently, and it's been so wonderful!! I even got an 'honourable mention' in the Scrapbooking Memories Masters edition this month!! So exciting :D

Well, i doubt i'll be back on here this year, so i want to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!! Thanks so much for following my creative adventures this year, and i can't wait to share more with you in 2012!!

A couple more shares

Well, i actually managed to get 2 more LO's done before my trip tomorrow! The 3rd and 4th scrap class for the Wicked Princesses Scrap School comp are due on Monday and Wednesday, so i thought i'd better get them done before i head off!!

The 3rd challenge was to scrap in 'shabby chic' - something i've never done before, and i am so glad i had the chance!! I also drew on inspiration from the once upon a sketch blog - challenge was to journal about what it means to be a woman and i chose to focus on being a mum:

I just love this LO - it's so different to anything i've ever done before and i think i might just have to give this style another go!!!

The 4th challenge was to use acetate. I found a fabulous 12x12 sheet of acetate with gorgeous prints on it - from Fancy Pants, and this is what i came up with:

I've put it on a white background to photograph it, but i plan to punch holes in it with my crop-a-dile and put it straight in my album (not in a sleeve), scrapping directly onto the back another page :D Hopefully it will look really great!! I'll let you know when i've done this page so you can see how it turns out!

Too long between scraps!

It's been too long between scraps lately! Life has just been too busy to allow it - plus, i've been a bit sick with terrible sinus issues - especially bad headaches! I had one night where it was so bad that every time i moved my head i had shooting pain through my head, neck and back - excruciating!!!

Anyway, i've managed 2 LO's in the last week. The first is for the Scrap The Girls November challenge which was to use primarily pink, polkadots and multiple photos. I mixed it up a bit with an old Heidi Swapp invisibles sheet and some Tim Holtz distress ink "Lipstick" - what a great colour!!!

 

The PP i've used is a Pink Paisley paper, and i've used some of my Olive Roses embellies too!

 

I've also been playing along at the Wicked Princesses scrap school comp! Here's my first LO, using a recent WP kit containing Jillibean Soup papers:

 

 

I used the same kit for my second LO - quite different isn't it!! I've used the base card stock, PP and some stickers. Most of the rest was from a My Vintage Blossoms kit i got at a recent release:

Well, i'm off to Sydney on Saturday so i'm not sure if i'll get a chance to scrap between now and then. Otherwise, i'll be offline for a week (probably)!! I'm really looking forward to catching up with my family, though a little anxious about flying on my own with 2 kids!!!

Have you entered yet?

Have you entered the Purple Pumpkin give-away yet? It's pretty massive!!! There is a $50, $25, $15 and $10 voucher up for grabs to spend at their next sale - 18th November - and this is the last one of the year!!!

This is some of the great stuff they had for sale at the October sale:

It's pretty wicked isn't it!!! I just love using their bright embellies to dress up a page!! Head on over to their blog now to find out how you can enter this great giveaway!!!

Not happy Jan...

You know how sometimes you do a layout and it's just not working for you? Well, this is one of those. I'm not quite sure what to do with it. It's based on the October Purple Pumpkin sketch, and i'll submit it anyway, but it's definitely not finished. Never mind, here it is:

I'm struggling tonight to come to terms with the fact that tomorrow is 1st November - Scarlet was 3 months old on the weekend - where has this year gone? I'm quite happy to say that i've done a lot of the things i've set out to do this year and more - and most importantly, i'm enjoying everyday life with my 2 kiddies! Praise God!!