A weekend with " Week 25 Project Life"

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Well it has been a while between Project Life posts, and a while since I have sat down to play some catchup!! 

It was awesome to finally get back into my PL album.. 

I forgot how much I missed it so am keen over my winter school holidays to try and madly to some catch up!! 

So for this week's spread I decided to use the newer Confetti Core Kit which I just adore for its bright colours!! 

I teamed the kit with bits off my desk.. Jillibean yellow alpha stickers, Studio Calico wood veneer heart shapes and Twine+Ink yellow stars.. 

 I forgot how satisfying it is to complete a full week of my Project Life.. and I miss how the kids instanly hover over me to see the photos that I have scrapped.. 

I also had two extra inserts for this week.. I can never part with any photos.. So my albums always become insanely thick ..

Well thanks so much for stopping by today,., 

Till next time 

Much love 

Bernii xx

A weekend with " Mates XoXo" DT layout for Couture Creations.

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Today I wanted to share with you my Couture Creations Design Team work  that was just featured in their Creative Inspiration magazine. ( Issue 9). It features the brand new Australiana Collection which have just hit the shelves hot off the manufacturing press at the Scrapbooking expo. 

I used a couple of the new dies to complete this layout, including the Eucalyptus and Gum Leaves Die, teamed with the Gugubarra/Kookaburra die. 

To add a little shimmer to the page , I used some of my American Crafts WOW! glitter in Sunflower- to add to the bottom of the gumnuts..

I had some leftover gum leaves , so decided to add a card to the mix and created this little cluster. 

Well thanks so much for stopping by today and please go and check out the Couture Creations site for all their new die releases :) 

Till next time 

Much love 

Bernii xx

A weekend "1st Photo Shoot" DT layout for BoBunny.

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Welcome to Monday my loves!! 

We are now officially in the second half of the year.. as much as I would like to celebrate this mark on the calendar, I am instead left wondering where the heck the time has gone!! ha ha .. Andddd it means that I am now on the slippery slope towards Christmas .. yikes!! I am not ready to think about that yet.. really I am not! 

So in the mean time let me show you my latest BoBunny design team layout that I created for their blog last week. I was asked to create a Misc Me spread using their brand new Penny Emporium collection. 

 This particular collection does not come with its own Misc Me cards, but some of the papers within the collection are perfect to cut apart to be used for your pocket pages. 

 I just love pocket scrapping especially when I have random leftover photos from an event -  but those photos are not enough for a stand alone layout, or you might have just a few too many to make a single or double page layout. That is exactly what I had going on with these photos - I had too little for a traditional 2 page layout. This is where the Misc Me is perfect for those odd number of photos. 

To grunge up the layout a little I used my soft sandpaper to rough up the edges, then with watered down white paint I "whitewashed" the edges- and then finally went around the edges with some walnut stain ink. 

 I also used the fun new Borders Stickable Stencils with the gold glitter paste, in random places to add some more sparkle. This matched beautifully with the gold/copper accents that are found in the Penny Emporium chipboard pieces. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have found some inspiration here today :) 

Till next time 

Much love 

Bernii xx

BoBunny Supplies: 

Patterned Paper: Portraiture, Copper Tiles , Captured / Penny Emporium.  

Noteworthy:  Penny Emporium

Combo Stickers:  Penny Emporium

Layered Chipboard:  Penny Emporium

Brads:  Penny Emporium

Glitter Paste: Gold. 

Alpha Stickers: Double Dot aqua stickers. 

Stickable Stencils: Borders. 

Pearlescents: Island Aqua. 

Kraft Wood: Keys and Butteflies. 

Misc Me page protectors: 12 x 12 page Protector variety pack. 

A weekend with " Hello" Design Team work for Couture Creations.

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Hello and welcome . 

I am just popping in this morning to share with you a simple card that I whipped up in a jiffy for the Couture Creations blog .I based this card on both of the paper releases from Couture Creations  Vintage Rose Garden  and Hearts Ease .

Let me show you how in a few simple steps this card can be made. 

I firstly used the new white flower Cottage Pollen Flower with my Heidi Swapp colour shine in Coral. It is such a pretty colour and that is what I based the rest of the card around. 

I then decided to team the Fleur- de Frame nesting die with the Pansy Tags patterned paper from the Hearts Ease collection - Pansy Tags. But I liked the softer look of the B side and thought it would match perfectly with the Vintage Rose Garden collection. 

I then used the die piece as a guide to how wide I would create the card. Using my Couture Creations trimmer it was easy to measure out the length of the card and score in the fold . 

Then using the awesome precision glue pen I was able to neatly adhere down the die , even on the fine and intricate parts of the die cut. 

Then to add a little shimmer and sparkle to the card I outlined the die cut with some of the Crystalina glitter glue from the Glitzin' Glamour range.

I then rummaged through my stash and added some twine and muslin to help create the soft and feminine look. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today . 

Couture Creations Products Used:

Vintage Rose Collection. 12 x 12 paper - Carte Postale #C0723983

Hearts Ease Collection. 12 x 12 paper- Pansy Tags. #C0724193

Fleur- De Frame - Nesting Die #C0723050

Cottage Pollen Flowers # C0724295

Glitzin' Glamour - Crystalina #C0721971

Gem Stones- Sparkling Champagne # C0721988

Turbo Precision Glue Pen #C0724389

Paper Trimmer #C0723973

A weekend with " Bella Buzz" newsletter feature

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Welcome, Welcome....

Today I am featured in the Bella Buzz June newsletter :) 

I was so excited when Laura dropped me an email.. as I just LOVE Bella Blvd and all their right products.. they totally make my heart skip a little beat..

If you would like to check it out directly you can see via this link HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today..

Much love 

Bernii xx

a weekend with " Heidi Swapp Mini"

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Well a few weeks ago I decided to grab some of the new Heidi Swapp wanderlust goodies,. To be honest I really was trying to stay away from this collection, as I have SOOOOOO much Heidi Swapp stuff here already and am really wanting to use what I have here on hand! But not to long ago I had a photo shoot with my children and wanted to created a special album that held most of those photos from that day. 

So let me know show you what I created with this gorgeous album and a few pieces from the collection :) 

♥ Grab a cuppa as this is photo heavy ♥ 

I also added in elements from my Heidi Swapp mini PL kits.. I simply choose some cards, added on the hole punch and clipped in the cards as is..

I LOVE the new dies that Heidi Swapp has released!! They cut beautifully and especially when they are teamed with gold foil cardstock.. totally a match made in heaven!!

I loved that I was able to pull this mini album super fast by using most of the matching Heidi Swapp embellishments!! It  just took out so much for the guess work - and gets these bigger project done and dusted fast! 

Thank you also to Prue from Lucia Photography for the awesome photos that she captured of myself and the children! I total adore them ♥ 

Well thanks so much for stopping by today!

Till next time

Much love 

Bernii xx

A weekend with " Art- Canvas"

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Well this last Saturday night I managed to catch the very last class that Nat May was teaching here in queensland before she was to fly out and head back home. Mandie from the The Scrap Cottage hosted Nat and her class and I managed to sneak in last minute into the canvas class! I love trying out different things - especially when they are a little or a lot out of my comfort zone. This one was half way for me ! So I was totally up for giving it a go!! 

Nat was using the gorgeous Dina Wakley acrylic paints, and oh my Lordy they spoke to my unknown mixed media heart lol.. They are so bright and vibrant and just " gel " together beautifully on the canvas!! 

I ended up getting right into it and enjoyed the process so much!! I am already thinking ahead to what I could create over the winter school holidays :) 

The canvas turned out awesome and I love what Nat had us create!! The look of the paint brushes in the middle was such a cool idea! Then as a wandered through Mandie's shop, I spotted some gorgeous new Prima flowers in purple and orange! it got me thinking - and right away I thought I would " frou frou" up my canvas ..

So on the way home from class, I grabbed a bottle of wine, stoked the fire when I got home and settled in to adding some more to my finished layout. .. What resulted was somewhat of a flower fetish on my canvas.lol.. BUT I love it !! and it feels more like me now!! 

I have been hoarding onto the yellow stem / cluster of yellow flowers ( on the right) for a few years, and never had the heart to destash it! So I was super super happy that I could find a home for it on this canvas. I added in the orange Prima flower and then thought the cut file leaves that I grabbed from i heart studio just matched so well .

I just wanted to say THANK YOU again to Nat May for showing and introducing me to this other world in scrapbooking. She made me feel totally inspired and her passion shows through in her teaching!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Much love 

Bernii xx