More Bo Bunny items and some photos!

First off I have a couple more Bo Bunny projects to share!  The first is a card using Cambridge, I am still quite new to this card making but I am getting there :)

 

Supplies:
Coordinating Double Dot - Honey Mustard Dot
Cambridge Victory
Note Worthy Cambridge
Cardstock Stickers - Rock Star
Cambridge 12x12 Chipboard
Cambrige Clearly Stamps

Other Supplies:
Embossing powder

Next we had to do a two page layout and I used Olivia which just went perfectly with my photos!  These are photos of me and one of my best Friends Taryn, we have been friends since standard 5 so for about 20 years!  These photos were taken 2 years ago about 2 months before she died very unexpectedly.  I had a hard time coming to terms with her death which I think is why it took me so long to scrap these photos but now that I have I think it has helped me loads even with the crying involved!  Taryn was 31, a school teacher and a wonderful person.  I have so many good memories of her, we always had loads of fun together! :)

I painted and inked my chipboard letters to match my papers and then used rub-ons to help co-ordinate them with my layout.

I used the chocolate ruffle wrap and iCandy brads to make these yummy flowers!


Supplies:
Coordinating Double Dot - Deep Sea Dot
Olivia Cameo Die Cut
Olivia
Olivia Honeydew
Olivia Noteworthy
Olivia 12x12 Chipboard
Olivia Chocolate Ruffle Wrap
Olivia iCandy Brads
Olivia Rub-ons
Glitter Olivia iCandy Chipboard
Olivia 12x12 Combo Sticker
A Mothers Love Cardstock Stickers

Others:
Chipboard letters and heart
Fiskars Scalloped Sentiment Border Punch
ADORNit letter stickers

Lol still not sorted through all my photos but as these are on my camera card at the moment thought I would put them up.  I usually try to avoid being in front of the camera but decided a little while ago that I need to allow more photos of myself because I have thousands of photos from our life but going through them it is almost like I am not in it because I am never in any of the photos and I want my kids to be able to look back and remember all of us!  So I am really happy to have these because I have hardly any photos of me and Paul and of me and my sisters!  I have some more with my other sister and my mom but they are on the other cards that I have not sorted yet!  These are from when we went out to supper one night it was a really fab restaurant, the food was amazing and the servings were huge!!

My messy hair is because we spent the whole day at Wet & Wild at Usahka, where we had such a ball that I didn't even get to take any photos!!!  That is a first, but the camera was locked away in a locker and we were having too much fun to stop and go and get it out.  We even ended up leaving late because we didn't want to leave so we had to rush home, get changed and charge out to meet everyone else for supper (no time to do anything like fix your hair ;) ).  Definitely have to do that next time, I felt like a kid again! 

This is my younger sister Tamlyn and her husband Jaques, shame she had surgery on her gum the day before and her top lip was still all swollen and couldn't move properly here but she is such a good sport that she still came with us to Wet & Wild and then out to supper :)

This is my elder sister Trish and her friend Barbara.  And finally I will leave you with a photo of the sunset from our balcony in Umhlanga Rocks :)

TFL!

Bo Bunny Indulgence - Twilight

We had to do a layout for Bo Bunny about a secret indulgence so of course I had to choose Twilight as mine!  Not really a secret indulgence as everyone knows I LOVE Twilight but it is definitely an indulgence to me!  I did my layout using the scrummy Cambridge collection :)

I love the effect of punching shapes out of paper and then putting them against the same paper, it also looks fab with card stock!

 

Supplies:
Cambridge Post
Cambridge Crest
Cambridge 12x12 Chipboard
Cambridge iCandy Brads
Olivia Cream Gardenia
Double Dot Almond Ribbon
Chunky Charms Licorice Swirls & Brackets
Other Supplies:
EK Success Edger Punch - Scroll & Dots
Ranger Liquid pearls - White Opal


Well things have just been crazy busy since we got back and I still haven't had time to go through my photos so none of those to go up yet!  My kids have also added new activities to their list and although some have fallen away with the ones they have added we now have something on everyday except Sunday and some days have 2 activities!!  I seem to hardly ever be home anymore, think I need to get myself a Chauffeurs outfit! ;)  Tfl!

Back Home and Bo Bunny Audition Pieces!

Hi!  Well we are back from our holiday and I am so sad to be home because I am already missing my family but am also so excited to be home because I will soon get to play with loads of gorgeous Bo Bunny products!!  I can't wait to start but will just have to wait a couple of days to get my box from my sister in law where I had it delivered while we were away!

In the meantime I thought I would share my Bo Bunny audition pieces. :)  We had to do 2 layouts, 2 cards and then a project of our choice.

My first layout was done using the stunning Mama-razzi collection, I really adore this collection!

My second layout was with the wonderfully happy making Flower Child line. :)

My two cards were done with the Sophie and Paradise collections.

And for my final project I chose to do a chipboard and acrylic mini book using the Paradise collection.  This is another collection I adore as it really has the most amazing beachy feel to it!

Well I have 3 2GB cards full of photos to sort through but once I am done I will put a few photos up from our holiday!

Tfl!

OMG!! I can't believe it!!!

Look at this.....

Seriously if we could have 300 Design Team members, we would.

The talent that is out there blows our minds.

We were so excited to see projects from 22 different countries!!!

The entire office has been pouring over audition e-mails and images.

We've heard things like...

"Come look at this one..."

"did you see that one?"

"I said it before, but this really is my favorite."

"Can she come work here?"



You guys did not make this an easy task for us!



Before we announce our new Design Team....



We want to thank our past Design Team members that will

no longer be with us. They have been amazing to work with,

and they will be missed. Please keep in touch and play and post

on the blog and facebook. We have been so inspired by you all!

Thank You!!!





Alrighty.....



Here we go.....



Without further ado.....



In no particular order......



Our returning team members:

Juliana Michaels

Patti Milazzo

Carole Janson

Shanna Vineyard



Our new USA team members:

Becky Williams

Robbie Herring

Debbie Sherman

Sarah Eclavea

Frances Sylvia



Our new members from around the world:

Mireille Divjak - Netherlands

Jolanda - Netherlands

Irene Tan - Malaysia

Tomoko Takahashi - Japan

Luzma Bruna - Chile

Malin Wiggur - Sweden

Agnieska Piskorz - Poland

Christiane Miller - Germany

Kathleen Glossop - Australia

Michele Beck - France

Celi Mara - Brazil

Carin McDonough - UK

Samantha Wright - South Africa

Janis Medina - Philippines

Tara Orr - Canada

Gabrielle Pollacco - Canada





We want to send out a GIANT congrats to all our new Design Team.

We can't wait to see what the next year brings!

 
I am still in total shock!!  I really didn't expect to be chosen I mean this is BO BUNNY but thought I would never know unless I tried and I am so glad I did!  Do you see the amazing designers on that list!  I am so honoured to be working with them and oh my gosh I can't wait to get some more Bo Bunny yumminess to play with, their new lines are just AMAZING!  I actually read through that a couple of times and just didn't see my name at all lol, then I had to refresh the page a couple of times to make sure it didn't disappear!  
Nobody pinch me because I don't want to wake up! ;)

Holiday!

Just a quick post today because I leave this afternoon for our holiday to South Africa! 

I am very excited because we only go every second year so although I have seen my parents twice in the last year because they have come over here, it has been 2 years since I have seen my sisters!  I am not however looking forward to the flight!  Such a long flight with 2 young kids is a bit of a nightmare.

Anyway I will leave you with this...If you go over to Tracie's blog Life and Times of a 12x12 addict  she is having some fab giveaways :)

I am not sure if I will manage any blog posts while I am away or get to read any of the wonderful blogs I follow as my moms Internet can be a bit up and down but I will try and catch up as much as possible once I am back :).  Four weeks of no blog reading :o!!  I will miss browsing every ones blogs!

Sketchy Thursdays

This was the sketch for this weeks Sketchy Thursdays challenge.

And here is my layout for the challenge.  I don't know if it looks all that much like the sketch in the end!

I used A piece of Reminisce Genuine Boy paper that I bought ages ago and just have never got around to using it.  It was just one of those pieces of paper I was saving for the right photo so I am glad I have finally used it!  Here are some close ups.

I cut some shapes out of acetate and then outlined them in black really like the effect!

I used Memories Mists to colour the chipboard again and then inked the edges.  I really like using the mists for the chipboard it is so much quicker than painting them or covering them in paper, I think I need to get myself a few more colours! 

It is still raining, so far that is every day of the school holidays so far!  Luckily they still play football even when it rains here because the boys have been at football school a couple of days this week.  I am just about to go and play some put-put on the Wii with them!  Tfl!

A Wonderful Day!

Well I am having a really good day today!  Firstly I went and watched Eclipse for the second time this morning, what a way to start the day off!

Secondly I have just seen that I have won the brand new totally gorgeous Whoo-ligans range from Bo Bunny!  I have been having to keep tissues handy to wipe the drool off my keyboard recently after ogling all of the gorgeous new ranges they have been showing us and now I get to have and stroke one of them for myself!  I am so excited!  Doing the happy dance!!! :)

Thirdly!!! My friend Lisa phoned me earlier to ask if I had checked my blog updates today because my lovely friend Karen from Krafty Karen's Fantastic Place has given me a blog award!

So thank you Karen, you are an angel! :)

The rules of the award are that I have to thank the person who gave it to me, tell you 7 things about myself and pass it on to 5 other people.

Who would have thought it could be so hard to think of 7 random things about myself!

1. Ok probably pretty obvious especially to anyone that knows me but I am a Twilight fanatic!  I have read the books 6 or 7 times now ( I am starting to loose count lol), I own hardback copies of all of them as well as the movies and all of the soundtracks amongst other Twilight paraphernalia!  33 going on 13! :)

2. I am also a big music lover and can't make it through the day without music!  That is probably what first attracted me to my husband as when I met him he was playing in a band and we would always go and watch them because they were so good!

3. Something I like to eat which most people are horrified by is toast with peanut butter, mashed banana, syrup and cheese on!  I craved it often when I was pregnant!

4.  I am seriously scared of heights I even have problems with it in games!  My kids love to put the high tracks on when we play Mario cart on the Wii because I close my eyes and scream!

5.  I am a control freak and the messiest neat freak I have ever come across!  I am also married to a control freak so we both KNOW we can do everything better than the other one so...... that can be very funny sometimes!

6.  Me and my husband had been dating less than 3 months when he proposed and I was only 20 when we got married so my parents had to sign a consent form!  We have now been married over 13 years!

7.  I am a massive softie and cry in most movies/TV programmes even when its happy!  Me and the kids watched the first Nanny McPhee yesterday and I cried at the end of that! (again)


Well I really had a hard time trying to choose only 5 people to pass the award on to but eventually managed to narrow it down to 6 so I am just going to give it to all of them!  (I always have to be different!)

1.  Julie - Life with the Tucker and Wolek clan  for her lovely work and being a ray of sunshine and always brightening everyone's day!

2.  Debbie - Country Heart and Home for such a varied blog full of yummy things, and she is superwoman and has the cutest kids out!

3.  Crystal - Crystal's Crafty Creations for her super cute cards and for being amazingly sweet!

4.  Lady Grace - LG's Scrapbook World for her seriously gorgeous work which always makes me want to go and scrapbook!

5. Samantha - Me and the Little Rascals for her beautiful work and the gorgeous things she makes for her shop!

6.  Stephanie - Just me My Soldier and our 2 little Chicks for her beautiful work and her even more beautiful writing which brings lots of lumps to my throat!

Thanks for visiting and I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! :)

Sketchy Thursdays!

This was the sketch for the Sketchy Thursdays challenge this week.  I love doing the Sketchy Thursdays challenge but have not got around to it for a while so was determined to do this one!

I enjoyed doing this one because I just kept it really really simple so it was pretty quick to do!  Sorry about the dreadful photo but it is dismal here and this had to be uploaded by tonight!  I think it might just be to simple for me and might end up bugging me too much and then I will add things to later, we'll see! Oh it is also all straight in person I promise, even though a few things appear to be skew in the photo!

I used Fancy Pants Floral Chic paper and Banana Frog Swirls and Butterflies stamps to make the little orange butterflies from shrink plastic.  I had to add stitching of course so besides the waves done on the machine I also hand stitched the title.

Alas I think I need a new sewing machine as mine is just stitching terribly as you can see in the photo.  The one I am using was my grans machine that she gave to me and if probably older than me so I don't really want to get rid of it but it really is not stitching very well.   Then again knowing me I won't get rid of it anyway even if I get a new one!

Four days into the summer holidays and I think I am still sane, even though it has rained every one of those 4 days!  We will see if I am still sane by this time next week!  Tfl!