hop hop hop! 12 days of Christmas with PaperHaus!

(apologies folks if you're seeing this late, some issues with the scheduling)

Hi all,

Christmas is early this year!

If you have been following the news on the PaperHaus magazine and our Facebook page, you'll know that there's a huge giveaway starting December 1st. And I mean HUGE!!

Just a glance at the prizes that are lined up:

12 Days of Christmas Giveaways

December 1: Prima

December 2: Viva LasVegaStamps! "Plate 890" Wood Mounted Stamps

December 3: Eclectic Paperie "Complete eKit mini album"

December 4: Scraps of Darkness "kit"

December 5: Pink Paislee "City Sidewalks"

December 6: Gauche Alchemy "Holiday Washi Tapes"

December 7: UmWow Studio "3 Month Subscription"

December 8: Scraps of Elegance "kit"

December 9: Scrapbook Circle "kit"

December 10: Paper Issues "Santa Baby" kit

December 11: Haus Of W

December 12: Gauche Alchemy "DT Box"

Looks awesome, don't they?

Here's the line up for the blog hop:

Paper Haus blog

Trina

Me! - that's where

you are now

Vivian

Emilia

Sara

Candice

Lisa

Shamu

Marilyn

Lynn

Linda

Katarina

Julianne

and back on to the Paper Haus blog!

Here's a little L.O.V.E. to go along with the hop:

Using some splashes and tea stains, as well as stamping and embossing, I created this layout of the Mr. and me using our favourite wedding photo. Just the perfect keepsake for Valentine's Day!

Just remember to leave a comment as you hop along, and a winner will be picked each day. All the best people, and have loads of fun!

cheers,

who loves a give-away?!

Hi all!

I know it's been awhile since my last post - the work in office is sort of piling up (crime doesn't take vacations) and every day is a mad rush the moment I get home. But the boring stuff aside, now for some really awesome news!

The Paper Hause is having a major event and giveaway!! *yaysss*

Known as the "12 Days of Christmas", there will be a blog hop starting 1 Dec, with fantastic giveaways every single day!

For more details to come, just watch this space!

cheers!

the back-to-work scrap

It's my last weekend as a stay-home mum, and from next Monday onwards I'll be a working mum of two trying to balance my roles as an analyst, dairy farm (I'm still nursing No. 2), playmate, terrorizer and tear-wiper to No. 1, domestic maid to DH, church musician and still find the time to take my photos and scrap them. *phew* that's a handful!

So, to "celebrate" my going back to work, I created the following layout. It's a photo of DH and Ilias that I've always wanted to take, and there was such a sense of achievement as I finished the editing and all.

The papers from Fancy Pants' Hopscotch are so lovely! Even though it seemed to be made for a girl, I just love the distressed co-ordinating papers they have, with so much room for embellishments and just doing fun things with. I was surprised how the orange matched the desaturated tones of my photo so well.

This layout differed from the others in that, I used very little mediums and kept it very clean with lots of resting space. Initially I didn't go too crazy over the embellishments, in fact I was stuck at it for a while with only two sparse clusters in diagonal corners. As you can see, I went ballistics with the flowers and bling!

Some close-ups:

Love, love, love the shabby chic resins from Ingvild Bolme!

As usual, a sucker for Prima flowers. Can't get enough of those!

I'm currently working on a little surprise project for my DT assignment, and the inspiration came while I was in the toilet (yes, you heard right!). Keep your eyes peeled for more news in November!

ciao,