and a rooty toot toot!

Yep toot toot! A layout I did of Sky is gonna be in Scrapstreets July E-zine. I didn't even submit for it, got solicited through their gallery! I only uploaded the layout yesterday too!

Also for some reason a troll on 2peas saw fit to btt some year old threads today. Freaky thing was one was mine! Now I kinda feel bad cos people are posting to it, but I also feel kinda validated in a sense. Weird.

Have I "arrived"?

Oh and don't forget the online crop at treasures starting this Thursday! Lots of prizes, challenges, and fun games!

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Creative Monday

Just a quick update to share some of my creations from today. Been a productive day really! Got 3 layouts done, and done lots of errands/chores.
First layout is for the SS inspirations call:

This one is for a competition entry, don't care if I win I love it :)
I also worked on the Rhonna Farrer 21 day challenge (round 4). Doing small 6x6 pages. Probably update when I have a few pages to upload.

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Sunday Scribblings #11 - Mystery

This weeks prompt is "Mystery". As per usual I read this and a million and one things jumped into my brain:

Who? What? Why? Where? When? How? huh?

For me the biggest mystery is LIFE.

Why are we here? What's life all about?

{insert Monty Pythons "meaning of life" song here! *chuckle}

Ok seriously though. Why? I mean there has to be some purpose otherwise what's the point? Why bother? I can get quite deep on occassion. No, really! The biggest question about life is what happens next? Is it pearly gates (or fiery damnation)? or do we get to go round again? or something else? Are we destined to end up as ghosts? Energy?

The human brain is so complex what DOES happen to it? Its the essence of US that makes it tick. Does that simply cease to be? Does it "go" - "somewhere"?

Its this that really makes me wonder about the validity of reincarnation. It does make total sense in lots of ways. Talk to me about seeing the light at the end of a tunnel? yeah maybe its a birth canal? and the shadowy figures you percieve as relatives? yeah maybe they are! just NEW relatives! or maybe old relatives renewed? hmmmm?

The whole human brain is so complex and still large parts of it are a complete mystery to us, so what's to say what IS and ISN'T possible for it? (I started off on a psychology tanget here but went back and deleted it - totally went off topic!) I mean we all go about our lives, childhood, teens, adults, old age and then ......? Is that it?

So for me LIFE is the biggest mystery. Why? because no-one can answer with absolute 100% proof as to what the heck the point is! And why we're here. Or even where we came from! Sorry I don't beleive in the Adam and Eve fairytale. But then there are so many missing evolution links! Maybe its the aliens? Yes I said it! Aliens! Maybe the aliens know?

Because lets face it - to quote another Monty Python song

"pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space,

cos there's bugger all down here on Earth!"

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GDT for SWG

scrapping with grace this month. Here are my two layouts so far using the chatterbox papers etc.
Blue Eyed Babe:
Great Grandma:

I've also added a link to the altered blog. Challenges posted every 10th of the month. Hopefully I'll remember ;)

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Studio Friday - favorite art supplies

This weeks Studio Friday is "favourite art supplies". I chose everything! lol! Ok not EVERYTHING but lets explain the photo's. Top left is my latest BIG supply! My craft robo :) on the right is my pc (for journalling, photo editing and digital scrapbooking - and message boards/email) and the bottom left is my table with current supplies on it (and the chair!). Usually I'm influence by what I'm currently using, or working on, so that's usually my favourite.

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Scrapologie June kit - Chateau & Palazzo

Junes scrapologie kit is here!!! - As always sharing a pic and info cos the kits ROCK! Ranjini puts together AMAZING kits! Its officially been 6 months that I've been getting this kit now. Started in January so now I have to decide to carry on or not. I'm thinking yes! Cos July's looks AWESOME!

Chateau and Palazzo. Kit Contents:All cardstock and patterned paper are 12" x 12"

Bazzill Cardstock:

1 sheet Bazzill Lily White

1 sheet Bazzill Cream Puff

1 sheet Bazzill Saguaro

1 sheet Bubble Blue

1 sheet Bazzill scalloped-edge cardstock in brown

Chatterbox Decorative Cardstock (double-sided), Chateau Collection:

1 sheet Chocolate Tapestry

1 sheet Olive Persian Flower

Double-sided Patterned Paper:

1 sheet Chatterbox Chateau Bias Plaid

1 sheet Chatterbox Chateau Persian Floral

1 sheet Chatterbox Chateau Sky Floral Quilt

1 sheet Chatterbox Chateau Meadowlark

1 sheet Scenic Route Charlotte Lewis Street Floral Brown

Single-sided Patterned Paper

1 sheet Paper Salon Palazzo Arches

1 sheet Paper Salon Palazzo Plates Multi

1 sheet Paper Salon Palazzo Blue Windows

1 sheet Paper Salon Palazzo Harlequin Multi

Embellishments:

1 package Making Memories Velvet Alpha Stickers in Chocolate

1 sheet Seven Gypsies Lettres Rubbings, Librarie

1 Making Memories Boho Chic Round Brocade Frame in Chocolate

1 Prima 4" hemp flower in natural or green, our choice

1 package Daisy D's Metal photo corners in lime green

1 Seven Gypsies shoe buckle

Approximately 20 crystal brads from Making Memories, assorted sizes

Trim:

1 yard May Arts grosgrain ribbon, green polka dots on cream

1 yard May Arts ribbon, chocolate velvet

1 yard May Arts ribbon, sky blue mesh

Just for Fun:

Three vintage French vocabulary cards

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Smashing!

This morning was smashing! Literally! I accidentally knocked a beer bottle out of the fridge when I reached for the OJ this morning! Smashed all over the floor! So the kitchen smells like a brewery now!

Other smashing news: Got my GDT kit from scrappingwithgrace. Lots of chatterbox papers! Yum! So I'll be playing with these goodies this week:

I have to do 2 layouts as my GDT responsibilities and host a challenge later in the month. Looking forward to working with these papers!

More smashing news! I got my competition DCWV goodies from createmykeepsakes! Remember last week I won the fathers day card contest? Well my goodie pack arrived this morning! Awesome stuff!

I've been organising all my digital files on my pc, hopefully things will be easier to find now! Been doing a fair bit of digi scrapping recently. The design team position at TreasuresToScrap has been good cos I've started doing more digi and I got to use some awesome sponsor kits! This one I did for fun! I'll upload more digital layouts on the 7th.

Layout credits: Shabby princess: Background paper - teaparty kit; ribbon - teaparty kit; stitching - spring breeze; brown overlay - shabby smiles; This one was done as the Monthly digi sketch challenge at Treasurestoscrap. All elements are shabby princess. I've been using lots of older photo's lately. Ones I've scanned in from my Mums photo collection. This layouts main photo is 4 generations of women. Me (the baby!), my mum (left), my gran(top right), and my great gran (holding me - bottom right).

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