This one's for fans of my littlest nephew J! :)

This one's for fans of my littlest nephew J! :) A tag album using Gauche Alchemy's Nearly Nekkid kit. :)

We went shopping and J happily posed for me..

He insisted on wearing his brother's Angry Birds shirt.

Err...we got him a matching bag to pose with...*LOL*

Here he is with a pout! :)

Go get your hands on this limited edition Gauche Alchemy Nearly Nekkid kit. There's also a bigger kit called the Bare Nekkid Paper Craft kit. Have the most amazing weekend friends! :)

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A cute jar that lights up...:)

I had so much fun making this cute jar that lights up... for LESSology Challenge #5: Jars of Cuteness! :)

I started off with this plastic jar from the kitchen. It used to store some treats.

And found this cool Bo Bunny papers that was perfect for my jar! :)

And I found some cute monkey ribbon  for the rim of the cover...added some stickers and stickles! :)

Added a flickering light from an old lantern to the lid.

Love that the patterned paper is double-sided and features some planets and stars! So it looks really cool at night.

The nephews have given their stamp of approval and await eagerly for me to add this to their toy collection. :)

P/s: My guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge ends on Friday...I hope you can find time to play along...pretty please?

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A warm penguin! :)

Hello friends! Today's share is a card for Bows and Berries Challenge #13 - Clean and Simple and CAS-ual Fridays. Since the warm penguin is a creature, I'm entering it for the Jingle Belles challenge.

Supplies: Bows and Berries digi, Jillibean patterned papers, Copics, SRM sticker, kraft cardstock, paper piercer.

P/s: Don't forget about my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge....it ends on Friday!:)

*Edited* This card was a fave over at Jingle Belles! :)

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How to use your postage stamps...the Chantal Vandenberg way! :)

My guest today is the fun and fabulous Chantal Vandenberg from Girls Just Wanna Scrapbook. If you love colours and whimsical elements on your projects, you will love Chantal's awesome style! She has a great eye for detail and her creations are graphic and totally eye-catching! She's hosting an awesome challenge using postage stamps with a prize for one lucky winner! :)

Let's enjoy her wonderful creations! :)

 G'day!  My name is Chantal Vandenberg and I live in Adelaide, South Australia, with my husband Jason and my two gorgeous girls, Lucy (8) and Heidi (3).

I began scrapbooking about three years ago as a way to preserve family memories, but now it's that plus a whole lot more!  I really enjoy the whole creative aspect of it - it's so much fun!  I love trying new techniques all the time - usually I just make them up.

A lot of the techniques I do actually come from necessity!  I like to keep my scrapbooking "stash" to a "dull roar" therefore I use up as much as I can by giving it a makeover to suit my style and/or subject!  For example - "yucky" patterned papers have been given the paint-wash treatment (partially watered down acyrlic paint brushed across the page) so you can still see the pattern underneath, but the colours are no longer visible (it's the colours that usually are the dodgy bit lol).  Another example - cardstock that looks a bit worse for wear or even not a nice colour can be coloured "neutral" by covering with old book paper or music paper!  So then this can also be then be misted or painted whatever colour you like... wherever you like!  (The layout "Hello!" in my gallery uses this technique).  Last example - I use alot of packaging on my layouts - sometimes it's not at all obvious, other times it is!  For one of the layouts in my gallery, "Butter Wouldn't Melt" I have used an old almost used-up Echo Park alpha sheet as my background... it looks funky! :D

I'm very fortunate to be on some wonderful design and creative teams, such as Scrapbookit (a Victorian scrapbook store), Stuff 2 Scrap (an Aussie chipboard manufacturer), Purple Pumpkin (the cutest handmade embellies around) and Get Picky (an online multi-photo challenge blog).

I've also been lucky enough to be published on various scrapbooking magazines - which is a real buzz!  Some of the magazines include - Scrapbooking Memories, Scrapbook Creations, Creating Keepsakes Australia, Creativity! (all Australian publications), Somerset Memories (US), EntreArtistes Magazine (French) and Scrapbook Magazine (UK).  The kids get a real thrill out of seeing their layouts in print too!

I enjoy blogging too and you can check it out here at http://girlsjustwannascrapbook.blogspot.com/ if you like! :) Thanks so much to Yvonne for having me!  It's a real honour and a real thrill to of been asked!
I hope you enjoy my challenge & I look forward to seeing all your cool creations here soon!

So my challenge layout is the one called "Time for School".  I have also used the same technique on my layout "Girl's Best Friend" [see slideshow].

So the challenge is... get out your postage stamps!!!  Time to use them on your scrapbooking!

So basically all you do is:

1. Find some postage stamps!  I used lots, but if you don't have lots, a little will do (where you think they will be visible).  For my "Time for School" layout, I looked for stamps with greenish tones in them - but anything will do!
2. Glue them (I used a glue stick - no lumps or bumps!) onto coloured cardstock (I chose green - that's why I looked for stamps with a greenish colour in them)
3. Spray your page with glimmermist!  I used green - this makes the background "less busy".  I then put my paper under a heavy weight for about an hour... optional! :D
4. Scrap on your new funky background!  Yay!  Fun!  :)

Perfect for school-themed layouts... like mine!
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Don't you just love Chantal's funky style? Ready to play along? Please link your creation via Inklinz (located at the end of the post) by Friday November 18, 11.59pm (GMT +8). [This will be the last guest blogger challenge for the year so I hope you can find time to play along.]


As always, please leave a little love for my guest Chantal. 

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So glad to be working with colours! :)

Ahhh..so glad to be working with colours again! :) The vintage photo features my mother and older brother....perfect for my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge. I would love for you to play along! :)

 

I made these spiral flowers from an old piece of demin. And added a row of colourful buttons. 

Inspired by The Studio challenge to create your own background, the sketch at Sketchy Thursdays and the colour inspiration at Get Picky.

Supplies: Maya mists, Crate Paper chipboard, patterned papers and stickers, buttons, denim flowers, twine.

*Edited* This layout was a Sketchy Thursdays fave! :)

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Have a fabulous weekend friends! :)

I generally don't scrap a photo more than once. Unless my printer malfunctioned and printed multiples....*LOL* [This photo of nephew #2 was previously featured on my mixed media canvas.]

I was inspired by the sketch at Creative Scrappers. Have a fabulous weekend friends! :)

Supplies: American Crafts patterned papers and thickers, SRM stickers, brown pen.

P/s: Your Scrapbook Stash is having a fun layout contest and a large photo contest where you can win Studio Calico and Authentique paper packs. Go check it out! :) And I would love for you to play along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

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C is for cute card! :)

I was looking through my scraps and decided to make a cute card using My Little Shoebox papers.:) A little fussy cutting, paper piercing and a googly eye. :) It's a 4x4 card...my current fave card size.

Inspired by the October A-Z challenge at Scrapbookers Anonymous...C is for cute card?? *LOL*

Supplies: Kraft cardstock, My Little Shoebox patterned papers, googly eye, paper piercer.

P/s: I would love for you to play along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

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Layout on a clipboard! :)

So I've been seeing these layouts done on clipboards and wanted to give it a try. :) Perfect for LESSology Challenge #4: Wall Art. The prize for the challenge is a $20 gift certificate to Tradefish Designs. [Have you submitted your entries?]

Supplies (from Your Scrapbook Stash): Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned papers and stickers, May Arts ribbon, The Twinery twine, Bazzill cardstock, Ranger Distress Inks, corrugated cardboard (from packaging), diecut swirl (cut from packaging), wrinkle ribbon, bling

P/s: I would love for you to play along with my guest Debbie's vintage photo challenge! :)

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What is the one thing an overzealous aunt must do when she takes her nephews to school? :)

What is the one thing an overzealous aunt must do when she takes her nephews to school? Take photos in the car of course! *LOL* As always, not very successfully..haha..

Just sharing another layout I did for Your Scrapbook Stash. I was inspired by the sketch at Pagemaps. 

Supplies: Simpe Stories Baby Steps patterend papers and stickers, Maya Road kraft envelope, mist and  chipboard button, The Twinery twine, May Arts ribbon, buttons, burlap, brown pen, twine.

P/s: Come play along with my guest Debbie's Vintage Photo challenge! :)

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8 is a lucky number...for 2 challenge winners! :)

Happy Monday friends! :) I had some fun this weekend playing with Gauche Alchemy's November kit - Nearly Nekkid...it's a really cool kit with neutral colours. :)

I love the textures created on this card with the braille paper, woodgrain punchinella, dress pattern tissue flower [yes I just scrunched up the tissue, put a button on it and called it a bloom! *LOL*] and twine...inspired by Moxie Fab World's textured to perfection challenge. Gotta love a 15 minute card! :)

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A big thank you to those who played along with my guest Piali's block stamping challenge and my guest Erin's faux letterpress challenge! And now for some winners...apparently 8 is a lucky number...

The winner for Piali's block stamping challenge is...

Karen B with this lovely creation....

And the winner for Erin's faux letterpress challenge is

Tejal with this fabulous creation...

Congrats to Karen B and Tejal! :) Please send me an email with your mailing details so that I can get your RAKs sent out to you! :)

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Are you ready for the weekend? :)

 

Hello friends! Are you ready for the weekend? Altogether now...."yes!!!!!" I have this weekend free from baby-sitting! Woohoo! :) I mean my nephews and niece are cute and all but there's a certain amount of stress associated with keeping someone else's kids alive! *LOL*

Just a quick card to share today for Bows and Berries latest colour challenge - brown, yellow, orange, green and kraft. Come play along! :)

Supplies: Bows and Berries digi, Jillibean patterned paper, SRM stickers, Copics, stickles, distress in, wood tag.

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So I did some pro bono chauffeuring...

 

So I did some pro bono chauffeuring last week [in addition to sharing my bed with the nephews] when my brother was away...lots of pickups and drop-offs at unearthly hours...*LOL* but I did manage to get some sweet pictures of my niece S....wish she had more hair though...*LOL*

I was inspired by the sketch at Get Picky. 

Supplies: Simple Stories Baby Steps patterned papers and stickers, Maya Road chipboard buttons, burlap, twine, buttons, ribbon, brown pen.

P/s: Don't forget my guest Erin's faux letterpress challenge ends tomorrow! :)

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