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I guess thats secret number two revealed. I'm all smiles!!!

Check out these superstar pages! ... and freebie no.4

These are just some of the pages that stood out to me using the last freebie 'I live for'. (click on the user name for full list of credits)

By teeleedee- Stunning composition. I love her stitching, it really helps stabilize the page. And the frayed piece of fabric, which adds texture.


By Amanda1201- Her blending is flawless! and her typograpgy is great!

By nicleblanc- perfect black n white photo that adds to the unity of the page. Black n White photos are great with neutral colour schemes, it helps to soften the page. I love her creativeness with the extraction too.


By Chey- Great example of white space! Is'nt that photo, just precious!


By Keela - I love how the journaling is com-posited over the photo's white space. Yes even photos have white space!


By debsterchen - Too cool! This is a very striking layout. One because the composition is well balanced and she has used texture and the principle of dominance to add drama.


By Applechick-  I absolutely love they way she tore the paper down the side like that. You'd think that it would create a disjointed look, but by adding staples and 'tucking' the photo behind the paper. She has created depth and stability. Bravo!


By brittanylane - I love the subtle blending of paper here. Gorgeousness!


By ThereseRydstrom- This is a great example of a well balanced layout. The trick to balancing a layout is to almost visualize a scale. If its heavy with images or elements on the right, balance it with a few items somewhere on the left. Like the title here.


By star74- stunning white space layout! another great way to add warmth to a WS layout, is to add paper with texture. It helps to create more visual interest and more dimension.


By BettyJoR - Is'nt her cat stunning? I really like the splash of yellow behind her cat. Don't be afraid to add colour to a layout that is mostly neutral. It can really compliment the colour scheme. Play around with it!
 

Thank you every one for using the supplies so beautifully, there were more I could have added! I have been blow en away by all the pages and ALL the comments! Thanks!
Heres a page I did a few days a go. Does'nt my girl look like a doll!
 
CREDITS: bg paper from thankful mini kit; stitching by Kate Hadfield; everything else from Freebi no.4 - Your Heart.
Heres the preview for this weeks Freebie
Your Heart

And here's your download link!

I'm thinking about going and getting a flat iron plate today! To make Roti's in. I'm ashamed to admit this, but I have'nt made one in 4ish years! I know I'm not a very good Indian! I make curries though, at least once a week. But I don't have the time to make Roti's from scratch. I should start, because Noah and Jacinda loves them, & I think I should stop depriving my husband! LOL! I hope I can still make them round.. we'll see.

Catch ya all later! Enjoy using my freebie, and please link me to your layouts, I love to see them :)

HUGS!

Third Freebie!!

Yay! This ones called 'I Live For'  Heres a page I did using the freebie. The paper is actually from a kit I am working on at the moment called 'Pieces of me'

I hope I am giving you guys a good idea of what to expect soon. I haven't forgotten about telling you guys, where I'm selling. I'm just getting myself organized. Once things are ready I will reveal secret number two. Now secret number three is not a new baby. Although I have to deliver something this year in order for you all to purchase it. And it has everything to do with Digital Scarpbooking!!! OK I'm zipping my lips now! Heehee :)
Thank you for the wonderful comments I received. I wish I could give replies to every single one of them.
I really enjoyed seeing everyones take on the 'Today I am thankful' kit. A few of them really touched me. Here are some that caught my eye -  (please click on user name for the list of full credits)
By Shannamay - Love the textures here and her font choice!

by  ThereseRydstrom - she has created another beauty! I love the 'I heart this' word art. and her white space
 
By BettyJoR   - Simply stunning! love the spray of blue!
 
By heathert   -  I love her subject choice and the way she com-posited her objects.

By nicleblanc  -  SO much energy on this layout, love it!

By Crissy   -  This layout has lots of harmony! The flowers seen in the photo are repeated in the paper and embellishments. And the composition... stunning!
 
I could keep listing the many beautiful pages posted using the mini kit. But I'll be here all day! Typepads 'new' compose editor is giving me headaches - it sucks! I might change my address soon. Last week it put weird question marks next to a few words. Sorry about that guys, I've fixed it up now.
Here is the preview for this weeks Freebie

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                                 enjoy!...

Are you ready for your second freebie?

First take a look at these great layouts. They all have one thing in common. The creators have used my freebie kit! I'm so pleased to see it used with style! Great work ladies!
By teeleedee I love her creative idea with the leaves.

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By tnkbuzan- A nicely balanced layout with lots of visual interest.

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By phfphd- I love the 'downunder' art. Her card was so thoughtful!

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By ThereseRydstrom - wonderful composition! she made the perfect paper choice on the side there.

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By heathert - simply stunning! The brown & glassy elements work so well with the sky blue shown in the photo.

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By debsterchen -I love everything this chick has done here! Her composition, A+!
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By SHAUI - Another A+ on composition! And that photo... too cute!

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By pandora - Dreamy, was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this. I love how the flower has been extracted then repeated to give the page more harmony.

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By sbaird - The wordart looks great enlarged to make a title below the journaling and photo. I think it helps anchor the page.

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By nensike- I was wondering if anyone would do a layout using the composition in the kit preview! I really love how the original wordart was inspired to create something more unique for the page, so cool!

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I hope these pages have inspired you as much as they have inspired me.
Here is the 2nd freebie. I am continuing on with the 'thankfulness' theme. I guess because I have a lot to be thankful for. Like this brand new day. :) Think of something you are thankful for today, something you don't usually think about. But if it were taken away, it would have an effect on you. I encourage you to create a page about it. No pressure! ...Of course! ...just an idea!

here's your download link for the freebie - Today I am thankful - mini kit

... a-hem‏!

..here's the corrected version of the receive wordart.

E noho ra! ...thats bye in NZ/Maori  =)

oops!

a spelling mistake! in the freebie kit! ....SHAME! someone just pointed it out.... thank you!...you know who your are. This is so typical of me. Oh well, at least you know I'm not actually good at everything!! Like some one said the other night. LOL! Oh what a humbling experience!
I'm going to change this tonight. Sorry guys! I guess I just got really excited, I didn't bother to check my spelling! I do this a lot. I promise I wont let this happen again. Many many apologies!

My Three Secrets

...sounds like the title for some craaaazee thriller movie. Well its not. I actually do have 3 secrets I am dying to share with you all!!! Below is a clue for one of them.
This layout
 
and here's the kit I used. :)
 
Its my first freebie mini kit!!!! Yep, I'm doing the digi designer thing! and you all can have this kit as a thank you gift for the support and comments I have received lately. I hope you all like it :o Let me know OK.
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 So, where am I selling you ask? That is secret number 2, and you'll have to wait a while before that is revealed! hah! this is so fun! In the mean time please enjoy my weekly freebies

A few people have asked me how I manage to do all that I do. Believe me I am no time management expert. But watching no TV. And putting house work, somewhere down the bottom of the priority list helps! At the moment my house work is shocking!!!! I have to compromise something right. Anyway its only for a short season, until my little projects have successfully launched.

Thanks again guys, for all the encouraging comments, have a productive and creative week!

Saying goodbye…

… to my CT’s Its hasn’t been easy but I had no choice. The deadlines for my creative projects are fast approaching. I have no time left to play. L I was part of Designer Digitals and Catscrap creative teams, I have meet some amazing artist. I am so thankful for having the opportunity to work with the worlds best!

I still can’t reveal my projects. Yes there are a few surprises I have to share with you all. Which will be slowly revealed at a later date. I will however, give you a small clue in my next post… I promise!

Today I want to share about my sons birthday party. Its was GREAT!! The day was a success and my baking was too! I was so nervous about how my cake and cookies would turn out. I have had BAD experiences with baking in the past. Just ask my siblings! I feed them green tarts and chocolate cake, that you could use as florist foam!

I was stoked! I used a Martha Stewart’s recipes. So easy to use! Noah and I had so much fun with the cookies. So pleased with how the colours turned out! To me that was the fun bit, mixing the colours! The key to get those soft colours is to use teeny tiny weeny amounts at a time. Like lady bug size drop!

On the actual day of the party, Noah kept asking me ‘Mum, when are my friends going to come? When’s Uncle going to come? When this, when that!’ So I showed him the clock and described the different hands. And said when the short hand reaches 2, that’s when people will come. At that point it was only 10 in the morn. It worked though! He stopped asking me the ‘when‘ questions . Instead he looked at the clock every hour or so. Make a note of that!

Did you know that when Noah was born, he was born with a true knot? The doctor explained to me, that still born babies are born with this. I thanked God. His hand was definitely there protecting our baby. The first thing my husband thought when he popped out was ‘whooooa he’s big’ (and he was almost 10 pounds!!!!!) And I was a size 10, shortie back then! The first thing I thought was ‘whooooa he’s so WHITE!!’ I will never forget that day when he was placed in my arms. Here’s a few pictures of him, not even a day old.


  And here’s some pictures of the birthday…

Thanks Martha! for the sale boat recipe!
I know its a bit rough looking but I was going more for the Nigella touch! 


Another Martha Stewart Idea... those hanging pom poms. Really easy to make!

Can I have another whale bikee mum?!

potatoe pompoms and fish nuggets

Sugar rush + presents!

How does this thing work....LOL! she's so cute!
 
  
  Almost forgot! I uploaded some shots of my first ever scrapbooks!
When I was at high school, I actually kept friendship books, which you would actually call scrapbooks. I wish I still had them. Its interesting though to see how I’ve always been into recording things this way

Back soon with some goodies!

I'm busy... not much new! Here are my latest layouts, for you to have a look at.

SPECIAL PICTURE

CREDITS:
LaurieAnn HGD PJ Cardstock Naturals; Mossa‘s Cinnamon Love Papers; Amanda Rockwell‘s -Spot paper and green bow from Calm Jungle Kit; Something Blue Studios Worn Photo Overlays; JofiaDevoe‘s -Snow flake and swirls from Winter cool kit; Catrine’s buttons from Traces kit; fonts: tahoma and cj Jacqui. My distress tools.

SWEET LOVE

SUPPLIES: 100% Designer Digitals
Lynn Grieveson's papers from Pocketful of Petal kit, flower from her Cherie Kit;
Katie Pertiet's paper from Naturally Krafty pk (desaturated) and bow from zoo keepers kit
; Mindy Terasawa's Karissa floral brushes (stamped all over white paper)
Pattie Knox's Silver Jump Ring from Dog Gone Kit
My striped paper, heart border and distress brushes
fonts - ck parisfal, tahoma and impact

JUST ME

CREDTIS:
Owl paper from Jesse Edward’s Retrophide pk
Black foilage brush from Mindy Terasawa’s Karissa Floral Brush Set
Big Purple flowers from Jofia Devoe’s flower mania pk
Heart rubon from Rob n Bob studios
Blue button from Joana Carvhalo & Lauren Reid’s Tranquil Escape kit, and
Joana Carvhalo’s heart from stapled things pk
Little pink flower from Mossa’s Just my pack
Acrylic circle tag from Pattie Knox’s Absolutely Acryic
TabsNTags, and staples from Staple its pk
Tattered template No1 by Anna Aspnes
Computer image from Ida’s Activity calendar pk
Sewn circle by Kate Hadfield’s from her Hand sewn circle pk
TITLE & JOURNALING brush by Ali Edward’s
Worn Photo Overlays by Something Blue Studios
fonts - ck Jaqui and Letter Gothic 

The paint brush above is from one of my favourite designers - Jofia Devoe's The Artist Workshop Kit.
OK, I have to get back to the business! Sons birthday tomorrow so I have a lot to do!
Will be back soon with some news!

Check me out!

...on the ideabooks4you blog! This weeks challenge is a fun one! hope to see some layouts posted at the DD ideaboosk4you gallery.

Have a creative week people! I will be back soon!