A Little birdie told me

that it is Helmar 450 Quick dry week!! So combining two jobs on one project I created this birdcage for Twiddleybitz's gallery and show display stock using both Helmar 450 and their Acid free glue too!! For more close ups pop over to Helmar

I also created this canvas for a 90th birthday present - at Escape 2 Create retreat I did Kate Mason's mixed media class using paper napkins, canvas, gel medium and paper! So using what I learnt made this canvas - Chipboard branch and butterfly were stuck down with Helmar 450!!

Happy scrapping :)

First post for Helmar YAY!!!!!!!!!

My first post for Helmar has just gone live after trying to work out typepad etc :) Well you all know me and computers!!!!! But I got it right YAY for me ...

So based upon this months Sketch Challenge with Helmar you will have to pop over to their blog to see what I came up with.... sshhhh here is a sneaky peak just to wet your appetite!

Helmar goodness

Whilst away in Binningup a couple of weeks ago I received a phone call with some exciting news.... Would I like to be part of the Helmar Design Team? Would I - of course I would rofl!!!!!!! I have used their products for years and love how it just simply is guaranteed to work every single time. I use it by the bucket load!!! It had been a very busy couple of days with a house full of kids and most of them had just left which meant I actually heard my phone and got the chance to speak to the lovely Erika Taylor! Yes I was # 18 - the one who was going to celebrate with some bubbles - sound like me??? :P So now it is official I can yell it from the rooftops - so excited to be part of this team and the wonderful creativity it has :) Thankyou!

Copied from HELMAR:

The New Helmar Design Team consists of 19 full time designers, 5 guest artists, and 1 sketch artist. I'm so honored and humbled to present to you the Helmar Design Team!!!
Jamie Cripps
Jennifer Evans
Martha Richardson
Julie Tucker-Wolek
Cheryl Boglioli
Grace Lauer
Susan Weckesser
Carisa Zglobicki
Cindy Royal
JJ Sobey
Vicky Alberto
Melanie Forbes <------ Me Me Me!!!!!!!!!! rofl :)
Rae Cooper
Michelle Wallace
Amy Lynne Lassiter
LIz Chidester
Jen Erickson
Beck Beattie
Sandie Edwards
Lydell Quin- Our Helmar Challenge and Sketch Artist
Erin Morehouse - Our May Guest Designer
Lisa Wilkinson - Our June Guest Designer
Katie Nolan-Denhan - Our July Guest Designer
Kate Vickers -Our August Guest Designer
Cheryl Walker - Our September Guest Designer
Erika Taylor- Design Team Coordinator
Also Jessica Morales will be doing some amazing videos for us on a regular basis and we wanted to give her a shout out too.
Also just back from simply the BEST retreat Australia wide - no doubt about it - ask every single person there and they will say the same thing - Escape 2 Create simply rocks!!!!!!!

Still need to unpack and catch up and everything else that is involved in going away for a few days so will be back soonish with photo's to share :)

So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good night......

It is time to say farewell to my time with the wonderful Graphic 45 and the design team...

I have thoroughly loved every minute of being on this superb world class team and wish to thank them for this wonderful opportunity over the last year. To my fellow 2011 teammates - you inspired me endlessly :)

But as one door closes another opens.... Keep watching this space....

Happy scrapping all and thankyou for your wonderful support and comments over the last year

Esme Layout

Inspired by one of my fellow Twiddleybitz DT Geraldine after seeing her mosaic style LO I had to try it on this precious photo of my Pop's sister who passed away last year. Yes I inked every edge of every piece of 0.5inch square!! And that bit took the longest - 3 hours rofl!! Beautiful rusting powder on the Twiddleybitz frame and some flowers and Homemade bunting finished it off :)

The last 3 items shown in my last 3 posts have been the 3 projects I created to reapply for the G45 DT - Sadly they weren't good enough for another year but I do hope you have enjoyed them and have been inspired by them. Happy scrapping :)

Bev's Trinket box :)

Quick one today - the girls and I am going to be doing some sorting out..... of socks and the cupboard in the bathroom and the shoe pile!!

Anyway - the latest releases by G45 are simply some of their best! Love love love the new Kraft Reflections and thought it suited a dear friend of mine to a T!! So using the TBZ trinket box I created this just for her :)

Have a great weekend :)

Altered Art house

I have had this plywood house for a couple of years just waiting for the right papers to dress it up and voila - along came Graphic 45 with Olde Curiosity Shoppe. I love the eccentricity of these papers and find it works perfectly with my style of work!

Once again - I use black gesso to coat the house prior to covering with paper and modpodge and then adding all those final bits and pieces :) Enjoy

Life as always has been extremely busy over the last month - we have had end of school term 1, Easter, Chionia and Gary's birthday, nieces engagement, nephews birthday, SIL birthday and .......lol lost track - still have Jess's birthday, sisters and nieces birthdays to go this month before taking off for a few days to SA to meet up with the best bunch of scrappers :) Can't wait!!!!!

Anyway - Chionia had her birthday at the Great Escape at Hillarys and seeing we haven't had rain really here in Perth for months what does it decide to do the day of her party but rain!!! Oh well the sun came out to play after a little while :) Also have been very inspired by another friend of mine who makes the most beautiful cakes and lolly bars - as I have said if she lived over here and not in Sydney then she would have done the girls cakes!! Lolly bags full of fun stuff and not too much sugary crap - just a pity people don't rsvp as I ended up having a few spare.....

My first attempt at fondant ganache and all that!! Not bad - actually had fun playing and learning whilst sticking etc!! :P and cake pops rofl!! Next time will be smaller but very yummy!! (recycled cake from water party to family do :) removed pink and added red rofl!!) Also went with a red and white theme - after looking on line decided I could make the Martha Stewart pompoms which are really easy and mum made the beautiful bunting :)

BFF

Don't you just love it when a LO just happens to fall together infront of you and you love it - well this is one of those!!! January had a few busy busy days in getting projects done for the Graphic 45 design briefs and towards the end of it I so wanted to do a LO using Olde Curiosity Shoppe (can you tell this is one of my new FAVOURITE ranges ;) ) and I grabbed my photo and as I wanted to make it "pop" on the page I used black cardstock for my background sheet. Then the rest of it was created by tucking in bits of scraps pieces I had leftover on my desk - TRUE!!!!! Cut out a couple of the tags, add a peacock feather (no idea why I have one of these in my stash :P ) and VOILA :) Sometimes it is so good NOT TO THINK - just stick and place (although I never stick anything down till I am happy as when I am sticking down I then use a lot of 3D foam tape to give it a lot of dimension :) )

I also had another LO earlier this week up on the G45 blog showcasing ABC Primer - another stunning range of papers that is simply PERFECT for those school photo's!! You will find a lot of my LO's are interactive and last year Scrapbook Creations Magazine asked me to write an article on Interactive LO's - it is now out and on the shop shelves if you are interested but this is one of the LO's I have used to demonstrate how easy it is to go that one step further and create a bit of interest in the LO - movable scissors :) and envelopes discretely placed behind matted photo's are perfect for this!! Hope you enjoy

Steampunking Paint caddy :)

I just LOVE steampunk so when I got hold of these papers (lol or should say got hold of heaps of these papers!) I wanted to transform my paint caddy I picked up a few years ago with them. I love altering things and 3 of my staple products are Graphic 45, Modpodge matt and Gesso (black and or white!) - I have done up a tutorial for the G45 blog so if you wish to learn how to transform an item into something magical have a read here...

Otherwise here is some eyecandy for you all :)

Have a great weekend (it is Friday here - we are always ahead of you guys in the rest of the world :P )