First things first ...

... I just need to say Happy Birthday to my DH for yesterday ... and before you ask, no I didn't forget, I was just soooooo busy yesterday that I didn't get a chance to post here! Happy birthday honey!!!



OK, so what else is happening in my world? Well, having spent all yesterday morning baking, DH & I then spent all yesterday afternoon choosing where to go on our holiday this year! You'd be very proud of me because not only did we decide, we actually booked it ... yippee! And guess what? To make things even better, we get to celebrate my birthday when we're on holiday!!!

On the digi-scrapping front, my good friends Sue (Sue Cummings Designs) & Kaylea (kaytebug) have team up again to bring us the latest kit in their Project 12 series ... it's called Extraordinary {Love} and it'll be released in Sue's shoppe at oscraps later today. But hang on ... before you head off to the store, check out Sue's blog for a very special offer, you'll need to be quick though, as this offer is only available until 1st February 2010.



Wanna see a quick preview LO created with this fabulous kit? Here you go ... tee-hee!!!


Have a great day everyone!

Is it my imagination ...

... or are the days getting ever-so-slightly longer??? I don't notice it so much in the mornings, but the afternoon sun is definitely lasting longer and I'm sure I saw the tender green shoots of daffodils desperately trying to poke through the winter weeds in my garden!

Many of the designers are working on spring inspired kits. Here's just a small selection of my personal favourites:

52 Inspirations {2010}, Bonus No.1 by Sue Cummings (available at here @ oscraps.com)


A New Leaf by Paislee Press & Audacious Designs (available at here @ oscraps.com)



Missing Spring by Ange Designs (available here at Two Little Pixels)



Anyhoo, how was your week? I haven't really been up to much lately, but I have been able to get quite a few LO's done. I'm not gonna bore you with all of them, but here's a selection of my favourites.

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Oh and before I forget, Happy Burns Night to all my friends and family "north of the border" and in case I don't get a chance to post again tomorrow, I just want to wish all my friends "down under" a happy Australia Day for tomorrow.

What better way ...

... to celebrate the launch of Leiko Beck Designs' latest template "Simple Template No.V" than by hosting a blog give-away!!! Head of over to Leiko's blog for details on how you can get your hands on this gorgeous template for FREE! But hurry, this is a limited time only offer that expires on 24 January 2010.

Go on ... what are you waiting for? Oh, you'd like to see a preview? Well as you asked so nicely. LOL!

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Who'd want to follow me ...

... that's exactly what I asked myself when I first started this blog, and "nobody" was the resounding answer from the voices in my head. Well, "Hah!" is all I have to say to those voices because look ... I have followers!!! How sweet of you guys. Love ya!!!

New adventures ...

... the "thing" I hinted at on Tuesday is now official, so I can go ahead and tell everyone. I've been walking on air since it happened, sitting on cloud 9, grinning like the Cheshire Cat, just sooooooo excited. "About what?" you ask ... well ... I've been invited to join Leiko Beck's team of amazing scrap artists!!!

Of course I accepted without hesitation, who wouldn't?!?! Leiko's designs are just gorgeous. There's always the unique colour combo, the strikingly bold pattern papers, the quirky doodled elements and of course the stylish wordart. Her latest "hello, good-bye" kit is a perfect example of what I'm talking about ...


You find Leiko's designs here at her oscraps shoppe. You'll also find oodles of fabulous inspiration from her creative team and other scrappers at her gallery.

I feel very privileged to have been invited to join Leiko's team and I can't wait to get creating using her designs.

Thank you for giving me this opportunity Leiko!

Just wanted to share ...

... a couple of layouts I created today. Sometimes you just get lucky ... with the LO below, all I did was blend the photo with a textured paper, then added some wordart. Simple. Thank you Mother Nature.

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And I was "chuffed to bits" when I saw that my next LO had made it onto Gallery Standouts today!!! Thanks Amy ... you've made my day and now I can't stop grinning :-)

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Life is good ...

... every now & then you have a day that starts out well and stays that way all day. For me, today was one of those days. I can't go into detail yet ... but lets just say, life threw me a "little tidbit" and I've grabbed it with both hands.