Just coasting

Hello, hello! Nice to see you ;)

It's been awhile so let's cut straight to the scrappy shares - this month's sketches over at Wicked Princesses. The sketch challenge has had a makeover (it's looking hot, hot, hot!) and is now called Sketches +

So sketch #1 required the Sketch + stitching + love

Sketch#2 + paint (to be honest I forgot about the paint so I sprayed some on at the end - think it worked ok :) )

Sketch #3 + twine

Life has been busy, the kids finally went back to school and Rob and I went back to work and the days have flown by. But I'm off to the Hunter Valley next weekend for Jules' Shut Up and Scrap Retreat - I can't wait!

Oh, and have you all marked the next Vintage Blossoms release date on your calendar? It's on Monday, 20th February. You can check out all the sneaks on the Blossoms Blog or on the Vintage Blossoms facebook page. I think my favourites are these:

 or maybe these...

Happy scrapping :)

Sweet Summer Days

Hello! There is something magical about waking up on a hot Summer's day. Maybe it's the cool air and the clear blue sky, perhaps it's the hint of the scorching heat yet to come. I don't know what it is but I love it! Makes me feel glad to be alive, makes me think that the day could hold all sorts of wonderful promises, a day to be savoured...

Today was such a day, finally at the end of the long Summer holidays we got a little bit more Summer! Here's how  the day looked when the dog and I were out walking. Just perfect!

Anyway in scrappy news here are a couple of LOs I did for the Challenge Heaven cybercrop. This one was for Leah's challenge - something new (but no people).

This one was for Donna's puzzle challenge - a journalling block, a ribbon, a flower and stitching. A huge thanks to Kate and Helen for the fab embellies on the right of the photo :)

These last two are for Challenge Heaven's February challenges. This is one is Bek's obsession challenge - Angus and his cousins meeting Deano from Bondi Rescue (he is obsessed with that show!).

And this one is for Leah's make up challenge. Zoe and her friends dressed as goths on their way to the theatre restaurant during Yr 9 Band Tour. One of Leah's requirements was misting so I decided to go patterned paper free - not really sure about the end result... what do you think? The photos are funny though!

I hope you've had a fabulous day, thanks for stopping by :)