A weekend with " Happy" DT layout for Couture Creations.

Heloooooooo...

Well I am back share with you another Couture Creations design team layout that I created for CHA earlier this year. I was asked to play with their new Floral Layers metal dies and their Vintage Rose paper collection. Of course I had to say yes and right away knew I had to make a wreath style layout..yet again .. :) I DO LOVE making the wreath layouts..

I created this layout back in December last year and I still am in love with it as much as I was when I made it. 

I made a ton of layered flowers with foam dots in the middle of each layer. 

To help unify all the flowers in the  one layout I created a watercolour background to help pull in both the left and right hand sides of the layout. 

I also added in some black ink splatters which I just love..the contrast with the soft pastel colours just seems to work so well. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today ... 

Till next time 

Much love 

Bernii xx

A weekend with " Feb - Planner pages"

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Well I thought I would start to share some of my Heidi Swapp planner pages with you here on the blog. I am behind in my planner and I am ok with that. I didn't receive the planner till 6 months after I ordered it and then by the time I was able to sit down an play properly was almost another 4 months after that. 

So right now I have been busily "catching up" with adding in photos and journaling. My planner as such has become a mini Project Life album instead for me this year as I knew heading back to work full time this year would see more of my scrapbooking time taken away. 

So this planner is also more of Project Life album for me . My feelings for the day and I what I got up to - with bits and pieces of my children thrown in. I am still scrapbooking plenty of layouts of my children so they are certainly not missing out this year. Because this is a planner for me I am making the effort to throw myself in front of the camera more. So more selfies in both the glamorous and not so glamorous parts of my life.

So let me show you my Feburary planner pages :) 

I had some left over photos that I did not want to part with so I just added them all to the last page of the planner. 

I am loving how the planner is all coming together.. my only problem that I am having is that I will need another 2 or 3 planner binders to finish the year off. I LOVE to add embellishments and that is adding to the thickness of the planner. But I am ok with that as I love the lumpy bumpy feel of the pages within. 

Well thanks so much for stopping by today and I will be back soon with my March pages to share with you :)

Till next time 

Much love 

Bernii xx

A weekend with " Document December" mini album.

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Well Christmas is fast approaching this year again so I thought I would share with you the last of my December Daily album from  2014, which I have managed to finish slowly over the last few months.  This was made with Document December kit which was made by the super talented Michelle from The Stamp Spot. I LOVE all the gold elements and am SUPER HAPPY how it turned out only using the black and white photos. 

I have a couple of earlier pieces from my album if you would like to take a look at it HERE and HERE.

And here is the rest of the album.. enjoy :) 

 I am super lucky to be joining Michelle and the team again over at The Stamp Spot for this years Document December, and I have seen the kits coming this year and they are divine..

Thanks so much for stopping by.. 

Till next time

Much love 

Bernii xx 

A weekend with " Couture Creations Cards"

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Well I have some Couture Creations Design Team work from a few months ago when I was still apart of their amazing team..

These cards were made using their Floral Layer Dies collection and were featured in the Couture Creations 2015 catalouge . You can check that out HERE. 

I just LOVE flowers, and even more so when I can create my own! When I first got to play with these brand new dies back in early December last year I was so excited to get creating right away.. I managed to whip out these two cards thevery day I got them..I love working with inspiring product.. 

This first card was made with the Clavelina Layers #C0724161

The next card was made with using the Aster die #C0724159

Thanks much for stopping by and if you love flower dies you really need to get your hands on this collection.. So many gorgeous flowers and combinations. 

Till next time 

Much Love 

Bernii xx

A weekend with " You are beautiful" layout

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  Well I have been on a little scrapbooking hiatus. 

I have had so much happening in my personal life right now. Somethings and events that have totally thrown me for six.

So it has had me thinking A LOT about the priorities in my life, along with my scrapbooking.

 When I started scrapbooking I started because I wanted to capture and remember the special moments in my daughter's life. But then I very quickly became addicted to the dark side of scrapbooking.. lol.. I KNOW you all KNOW what I am talking about!! The brand new releases that seemed to be bigger and better than the last, and then within those releases all the new products that I just HAD TO HAVE and in every which colour way.  Before I knew it I wasn't scrapbooking instead I became a collector of scrapbooking product. This went on for a long time. But then about few years ago I decided to jump back in as I had a renewed love and passion for this awesome hobby! I have managed to find a group of ladies that are " my people" who encourage me and in both my scrapbooking and my personal life.

I have been so incredibly lucky also in my "Scrapbooking Career" so to speak.. I have been privileged to work for companies that I adore as a designer, have taught ladies that share the same passion and have also become a Scrapbooking Memories Magazine Master back in 2013.That for sure was a HUGE highlight for me!!

But like somethings in life we can take on to much and need to find ways to peel it back  a little. Somehow scrapbooking has become that for me. So I stopped blogging, stopped scrapbooking, stopped teaching ,jumped off social media and gave up a couple of my design team commitments. 

So I have now had a few months off and I can honestly say that my approach to this craft that I love so much has changed.

I am back to scrapbooking and creating because I want to - not because I have to!! 

I am just free to create and play.. 

I also now am only designing for the amazing company that is BoBunny.. My scrapy home for almost three years!! 

So with all that said, I would love to share with you today a BoBunny layout I made with the gorgeous Enchanted Harvest collection . As soon as laid eyes on the Enchanted Harvest Butterflies paper,I knew instantly I wanted to fussy cut the butterflies out. 

I also used the "Rough it up" stamp from BoBunny to help create the background. I stamped first and then with some water colour I went over the top of the stamped images to blend them in some more. 

 I love this collection and cant wait to show you what else I have made from this stunning collection.. 

Thanks so much for stopping by 

Till next time 

Much love 

Bernii xx