New Laptop

Wow so after all his time I finlly have a new laptop so I am back,what can I say except gee I have missed you  all.

So much has been going on.

 Queenstown

 Mirror lakes

 Milford sound

Mirror lakes

My son graduated into  the Royal Australian Navy

Sorry girls I've been such a bad blogger..Well since my trip to NZ,which was wonderful by the way,my son graduated into the Navy and we went to his graduation  in Melbourne before arriving home.Well I was home about a week and started a new Job so I have been pretty busy..I have had time to do an Art doll for a swap I am in on Facebook -Artistic Journey dolls with Linda Baldock. so i thought i would share her with you.She will be posted off to USA this week.Thanks for stopping by,i'll try to be a little more regular with my posts from now on.

OFF TO NZ

Sorry girls I have been a really bad blogger lately,life has just been so hectic.I am off to New zealanfd with my daughter tomorrow for a 2 week holiday but upon my return I promise to get right back into it,with renewwed passion after seeing my son also on his navy graduation on the 1st april..Promise i'll have lots of pics to show off but until then,stay safe and happy and will catch you all soonxxxx

Scrap with V sale on now

Scrap with V is having a fantastic sale,make sure you all pop over to check it out,I couldn't walk past all of the delicious prima flowers instore and bling flourishes,You can find them all HERE

The nextScrap With V cyber crop

The girls have put together some fabulous challenges for you ,hope to see you all there.

Scrap with V Feb sketch

 Well here it is girls ,the new Feb sketch for Scrap with V and my Dt example..The sketch was designed by Ann Lavin and I just loved it Ann as I always tend to go beyond sketches when I start to play but this one actually allowed me the room to do that hehe.The photo is one I took just after xmas of my  friend Karina's niece and the pp is Glitz it -love nest- damask.I've used my own b2creations flower and kaisersercraft paper blooms,creative imagions swatch book narratives rubons.Wekll i hope you can all join in with the challenge and thanks for stopping by!

Oh one more thing,we recently had a Scrapwithv bloghop and I hadn't announced my winner for that.....
-the winner is Ann.Congratulations Ann,you'll be recieving some of my B2creations Flowers in the post shortly!

Thankyou

Just wanted to say a big thankyou to everyone for their well wishes.After a good nights sleep I decided to alter my previous blog just for security reasons and cos you just never know who is looking.

Family update and some off the page

Sorry i've not blogged this week,life has been a little hectic preparing for David's going away.He has now left and will be  a few weeks before his graduation.

 Here's a little something i've been working on for the The Craft Stand using twiddleybitz.The tree has little flowers on it like peach blossoms , I added since the photo.   

 

Scrap With V Blog Hop

Happy New Year and welcome to first ScrapwithV blog hop and welcome to my blog.

You should have arrived on my blog from Winnie Chai's blog If that is not where you have come from then please join us at Scrap With V to start the hop from the beginning ,so you don't miss a thing.You must be a follower of Scrapwith V ,visit all the blogs.follow and leave comment s to go in the draw for one of the random prize draws.Don't forget we want to see a layout done especially for the theme-New Beginnings, put it on your blog and link it to the comments in the Scrap with V post and go into the Grand Prize Draw!

.There will also be a small rak prize of B2 creations flowers  drawn from the comments left on my blog here Thanks for visitiong and joining in the fun.

Here is the layout I did for the New Beginnings Theme..It's a layout of My niece Charli when she was born..These Yummy papers are availble at the Scrapwith V store. I was going to pop up some more layouts to show you but am having trouble with my blogger photo uploader..

Anyway,the next stop on the hop is  Irit Shalom Thankyou so much for Stopping by.

sparklers

Just a little New years Joy to share..My little man with a sparkler he recieved in his stocking.He was having the time of his life and i just enjoyed being part of the magic! I think that second last one looks like a fairy dancing..Might have to have a play with that one.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! To start things off there is a wonderful new Sketch up at ScrapwithV hope you can join in.Here is the sketch and also my take on it.I really enjoyed this one and it is so suited to a girl or boy layout.Make sure you checkout what the rest of the DT girls have come up with.,so inspiring!

I'm not much of a  party goer so I spent last night watching videos.I did however see the New year in.Hope you all had a wonderful evening and look forward to sharing  this next one with you all.

Merry Christmas to you all!

Don't be late with your ScrapwithV cybercrop entires!

Just a Reminder girls to get your entries in for the ScrapwithV Cyber crop that was on last Friday.There were some wonderful Challenges including this fantastic Sketch by Natalie Hearn.My entry is below.

It's been a mad week for me starting with being late for the cyber chat due to unexpected visitors and overnight guests.Xmas parties and also Britt flew off to Bali tonight so of course the day was spent getting her ready for her jetset holiday.Lucky thing!  I plan to spend tomorrow happy scrapping finishing off some of those wonderful challenges i've not yet managed to start.Oh make sure you check out my Card challenge for the cyber crop also,I'm hoping to move you away from the normal xmas colours and a little out of your comfort zones.Here is my example.

ART CARD

I had a bit of a play with my painting this evening.I printed it and then handpieced the first card together using that wonderful theatre background from Cemerony Share-Thanks Julie!Then I thought hmm it needs a bit more so I uploaded it to picnik. added a few stickers and effects and Voila!Love the outcome..The title be inspired comes from me wanting to try anything and everything at the moment.I just can't get enough ART . Thanks for stopping by girls,I have been creating a few xmas cards will upload when I have a little more time

ScrapwithV December Sketch

The December sketch for ScrapwithV is now up and here is my example..It was a wonderful sketch and so easy to follow.Hope a few of you can join in this month.Come have a look at the blog and checkout the wonderful inspirations from the rest of the girls

One for the Twilight fans

Another quick sketch,possibly my next canvas-ROBERT PATTINSON-edward-TWILIGHT.!The theme this week at Illustration Friday is Sneaky so I thought I might enter him

It's cyber crop time

So make sure you come join us HERE promise we'll have some fabulous challenges for you.

It's Finished

She's Finished,OMG I can't believe it!I am so happy I sat up until 2 last night finishing her off.Hmm photographing was the hard part..I wanted you to see the background with the netting and texture paste it turned out great..I painted it deep pink and black all mottled and the dress is a really deep green shadowing to black..But it was very difficult showing the colours in a photograph AnywayI wanted to thank you all for encouraging me to give it a go again,I am very pleased with myself today!

WORK IN PROGRESS

Ok I have started Hmm might take me awhile .She is only on a 9'x12' canvas but this is a huge deal for me.She is the first painting I have done since first year in highschool,when I did ART.I've done my little atc but that has mostly been painting over an image where this is my own handrawn image.I"m sure it won't look like Deborah Harry by the time  I have finished but at least I am finding my wings. 

Debbie Harry Sketch

Not much to share..I had been working on a xmas canvas for The Craft Stand during the week but in my rush to get it to the shop I forgot to photograph it.Sorry girls.The Perth girls can see it instore .Last week in the Sunday times STM was a gorgeous pic of DEBBIE HARRY.I couldn't resist she was always my childhood Idol so I had to have a go at sketching her.I've drawn it on canvas,might even give painting a try.Can't promise i'll share though I'm really not very good at painting,drawing is much more my thing.