Scrap'it Designs - Crazy Kinda Love - The Collection

Bree of Scrap'it Designs has released a gorgeous new collection called Crazy Kinda Love, available now at Digital Scrapbooking Studio.

You can get the pieces separately or buy the bundle and save. And for the next week it is on sale with 25% off!!

Here are two LO's I have made with the kit, as well as my new look blog!

This one made with Templatez Vol.5 by NeeNee Designs (retired).

Tuesday Template #28 by Designs by Megan Turnidge.

The Studio designers are also having a fabulous Blog Hop right now...some gorgeous minis that coordinate to give you a beautiful megakit!

Hop over to Scrap'it Designs Blog here.

Thanks for looking!

Quiet Contemplation [reloaded] FREEBIE!!

Bree of Scrap'it Designs has released a fabulous new kit called Quiet Contemplation [reloaded]. It was a mini from some time ago which Bree has revamped and is overflowing with gorgeousness! And the next best part of this news is that it is FREE!!!

To get your hands on this goodness, first go to Scrap'it Designs Facebook page here and download the elements.

Then go to Scrap'it Designs blog here and download the paper pack. While you're on the blog, become a subscriber and leave a comment to go in the draw to win a $5 gift voucher to Bree's store at The Studio. There are five gift certificates to be won!

Here a couple of my LO's with this stunning kit.

Template from Whodunit by Jeanye Labaya Designs.  Faded Daydream photo action by CoffeeShop.
Font is Ellianarelle's Path.

Template from Hoity Toity by Jeanye Labaya Designs.  Creamy Chocolate B&W photo action by CoffeeShop.  Font is Love Ya Like A Sister.

So be sure to stop by, say hello and grab this beautiful kit!

Changes are coming!

Cough...cough...sneeze! Excuse the dust!
Been a while since I've been here again, I think I am the worst blogger in history!
A lot of things happening this year, the main one being my return to uni to complete a Graduate Diploma of Education so that next year I can be a Primary School teacher.  It was quite a bit of getting my head around returning to study, but with the support of my wonderful family, I finished the first semester with flying colours. I have one week left of holidays before I start the next semester of craziness.
On to scrapping news - I have been freelancing this year as I couldn't commit to a minimum number of LOs a month as I've had to put study first.  But my very generous designers have been happy for me to do this so it's been great.
The sad news was the closing of Digiridoo Scraps last week. The 'Roo was my home for the last three years, I was there from it's inception with a number of girls from the old Snap' N Scrap site.
The good news is I will still be creating for Bree of Scrap'it Designs, who will be opening  new store soon.  And the lovely Aly of Truman Studio invited me to join her team, mainly for hybrid. Again, these lovely ladies understand my commitments are are letting me freelance for now. So I get to do what I love, when I can without the pressure.
Aly is at Two Peas in a Bucket and this week I have made a few things.

This LO is made using All About Me Boy and features my two older boys in a display of affection that makes all the arguing less significant!

I also used Pennants Template by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs, available at Scrap Orchard. The font is Rough Typewriter and I used Bittersweet Vintage photo action by Coffee Shop.


My beautiful sister in law had a baby girl two weeks ago. My kids are all completely in love with her already! Here is a LO of her with my daughter, using All About Me Girl by Truman Studio.

I used Third Time is the Charm 5 Template by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs, available at Scrap Orchard. Fonts are Love Ya Like A Sister and Rough Typewriter. Faded Daydream photo action by CoffeeShop.

While I was on a creative roll, I also made this name frame for my new niece.

All digital supplies were from All About Me Girl by Truman Studio. I will be back with a tutorial in the next few days.

I will also be having a blog cleanup and updating a few things, so bear with me while I do some spring cleaning!

Bye for now!

One Little Word for 2012...

My One Little Word for this year is Serenity -  "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference'. 

I made a LO of my word using Vintage Berry by Booland Designs and Gimme Layers Vol.17 Template by Cluster Queen Creations:

This LO is also used for the January Colour Challenge at Digiridoo. Sarah Barber is the challenge sponsor this month, so be sure to come and check out her goodies!

The Design Team have done it again this month with their gorgeous collab Venice Vibes.  It's yours free with any purchase over $10 from the shop.

Here is a LO I did with it inspired by the song Shake It Up by Florence + the Machine.

Litabells Designs has released the fabulous Handmade Home this week at scrap Orchard.  I really love this kit!

Here is a LO I made with it about my Kaiserwood collection:

Thanks for looking!

A new look for the New Year!

I decided it was time for a blog make over in an effort to encourage me to use my blog more!

Still tweaking, but happy with how it's coming together so far!

Digiridoo Scraps Progressive Blog Train

Welcome to the December Progressive Blog Challenge, hosted by Digiridoo Scraps staff members. What is a progressive blog challenge I hear you ask?  Easy! You hop from blog to blog, download a few items from each. At the end of the blog hop, you make a layout using AT LEAST ONE ITEM from each download, post your layout in our Progressive Blog Challenge gallery and win a prize!

The blog hop starts now - 14th December.  You can collect the parts from the 14th -21st December and your layout must be in the gallery no later than the 25th December.

First prize is the gorgeous kit you will have collected on the way! There are some other great prizes up for grabs including a store voucher and coupons.

You are here at A Pene For Your Thoughts.  There are several stops along the way. You should have gotten here from DigiDesigned by Wilma.  Here is my portion for your layout!  Remember, you must use at least one piece from each download in your layout :)

You can download it here.

Next you should be on your way to Designs by Tina. As we are spread out over several time zones, please be patient if you run into a stop that isn't up yet. In case you get lost, you can check in here in the forum for the full blog train list.

Thanks for stopping by and wishing you and yours a happy and safe Christmas!

Welcome to the DRS 2nd Birthday Blog Train!!!

Welcome to the Big Two-Riffic Birthday Blog Train, hosted by Digiridoo Scraps staff members. You are here at stop #4. I hope you're having a great trip. We're having a blast celebrating DRS' 2nd birthday and hope you are having as much fun as we are! There are several stops along the way. You should have gotten here from Sharon. And now that you're here, here is my portion of this two-riffic blog train.  I have made two cards that all you need to do is open, print, cut out and fold!

Download here!

You are now on your way to stop #5, the lovely Jeanette. As we are spread out over several time zones, please be patient if you run into a stop that isn't up yet. In case you get lost, you can check in here for the full blog train list.

Happy travels and happy birthday Digiridoo Scraps!!!

Hybrid Paper Flowers

The Kusudama Ball I made inspired me to want to make other paper flowers, and as my daughter's kinder teacher was leaving I thought it would be a good time to try some!

Here is the finished vase of flowers using Oopsie-Paisley by Scrap'it Designs:

I have written up a tutorial in the Hybrid Happy Forum with all the supplies and instructions on how to make and links to where I found the original tutorials.

Thanks for looking!

June Featured Designers at Digiridoo Scraps!

This month we are featuring two of our gorgeous Designers, Vicki of Dana's Footprint Designs and Jewel of Mad Genius Designs.

I made a couple of hybrid projects using kits by these wonderful designers.

The first is a Kusudama Ball with patterned papers from Bit's of Yesterday by Dana's Footprint Designs.

I used a tutorial at Folding Trees and you can see all the information in the Hybrid Happy Forum at Digiridoo Scraps.

I also made this Hybrid Cuckoo Clock using Adventure 365 February by Mad Genius Designs.  I bought on special at Spotlight for $13!!!  I love a bargain!

For all the information and supply list, please see the Hybrid Happy Forum.

Thanks for looking!

Scrap'it Designs Goodness!

Bree has released a couple of new kits since she has returned to designing, both available at her shop at Digiridoo Scraps.

Summer Serenity:

Here is a LO I made with this gorgeous kit and Strawberries and Cream Template by Valarie Ostrom:

Oopsie-Paisley:

And my LO, (which is also for the June Font Challenge at Digiridoo) and the Artsian Notebook April Template Challenge freebie by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs :

I also made a vase of beautiful paper flowers using this kit for my daughter's kinder teacher who is leaving next week:

I will be posting a tutorial next week on how to make these - there are roses, daisies, carnations, tulips and kusudama flowers.

I also wanted to share some recent LO's I have made with some of Bree's other kits.

Using Blue Horizon and Artisana Set 2 Template by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs:

Using Softest Touch and based on a template from the Eclectic set by Fiddle-Dee-Dee Designs:

Using Heart and Soul, photo mask from Masked Bandits Vol.1, also by Scrap'it Designs.

Template from Templates Set.1 by An Artsy Indaba and Vintage Honey photo action by CoffeeShop:

In the LO above I have used Bree's awesome photo masks from Masked Bandits Vol.1 :

Thanks so much for looking!!

Halfway through the year already!!

Today is the 1st of June!!

So much has been happening and I am so behind in blogging...so I'm going to start fresh with the latest news and post my layouts from previous months over the next couple of weeks.  I have lots of hybrid goodness to share too!

First piece of big news is that my gorgeous friend and designing superstar Brianna Cox of Scrap'it Designs is back!!!  She has some stunning new kits out, so check out her blog with the link above, her store at Digiridoo, and 'like' her on Facebook to be kept up to date with all the news.

Second piece of big news is that Digiridoo Scraps is turning two!!! There are huge celebrations going on including Bingo, Scavenger Hunt, Pass the Parcel game, Speed Scraps (one of which will be hosted by yours truly!), a blog hop, an amazing Birthday Grab Bag yours free with any purchase over $10, and a whole lot more!!  You can check out the Events Forum for all the festivities.

On a personal note, my baby turned one in April...the time went by so quickly! Here is one of my favourite photos of him taken on his first birthday and Naming Day by the beautiful Sharon Dale:

If you still follow my blog, thank you for your patience!  And I am going to make much more of an effort to post regularly, so I hope to see more of you soon!

February Fancies...

Come and join me for the February Font Challenge at Digiridoo Scraps!

The challenge is to use a "blocky" font like Network Vampires (from Dafont) that I used in my LO:

For this LO I used the fabulous CRAZY YOU, the February team collab by our incredible designers at Digiridoo Scraps.  I love seeing what these girls come up with each month, it just keeps getting better!  You can get Crazy You FREE by spending $5 in the shop in the month of February.

You will receive this gorgeous participation prize by Bucket of Butterflies for playing along:

Don't forget to check out the other great challenges on offer this month, including Sarah Barber's Art Journal Challenge,  and Ren's Colour Challenge to name a few.

January Layouts.

Well, January is almost at an end, so I though I should update the LO's I have made for the month.

Using Ancient Solitude by Feli Designs, available at Digiridoo Scraps.

Using Just the Boy by Band Geek Designs, available at Digiridoo Scraps. I also used It's Only Words v.2 Templates by Band Geek Designs.

Using Shabby Forest by Chocolate Geranium Digital Designs, available at Digiridoo Scraps.  Template by Shilo Designs, available at Scrappity-Doo-Dah.

Using P365 : All My Life by by Band Geek Designs, available at Digiridoo Scraps.

Using About Time, the fabulous January Collab by the designers at Digiridoo Scraps.

This uses About Time as well and a template by Pom's Breathing Room.

Using A Sister's Heart by Cindy Ritter, available at Digiridoo Scraps. Template by Shilo Designs, available at Scrappity-Doo-Dah.

Using Boys by by Chocolate Geranium Digital Designs, available at Digiridoo Scraps.

Thanks for looking!!

Pay it Forward - 2011

I saw this on Becky's blog and decided it was a great thing to join in with!

"I promise something handmade to the FIRST 5 people who leave a comment here.

However, to be eligible, you must repost this message, offering something handmade to 5 other people. The rules are that it must be handmade by you, and it must be sent to your 5 giftees sometime in 2011. Ready, set, GO!"

Now I know I don't have many followers, but I'm hoping five of you are up for the challenge!

January Collab Mega Kit from the Digiridoo Team!!

You seriously have to look at the gorgeous January collab the girls have made this month.  It's called About Time and is absolutely stunning!

It can be use free with any purchase of $5 or more in the store.  I have just downloaded it, so watch this space for some layouts!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Yes, it is 2011!!!
I hope you and your family have a fabulous 2011 with lots of love and laughter, family and friends, good health and good times!
To get the ball rolling, I am hosting the Inspiration Challenge at Digiridoo Scraps. You could journal about your hopes for the new year, or reflect on the year gone by...think about time, family, resolutions...I hope this inspires you in someway.

I have used the glorious Ancient Solitude by Feli Designs, who is our Featured Designer this month.

You will receive this fabulous participation prize by the lovely Helen (LittleWelshGirl Designs). Remember that all our participation prizes coordinate, so the more you do the bigger the kit you receive at the end of the month!



There will also be a poll posted in the last week of the month and the most voted LO will be published in our newsletter.

Happy New Year to you and yours, I hope your 2011 will be full of love and laughter, family and friends and may all your paths lead to happiness. Oh, and I hope there are lots of photo opportunities and pages scrapped!!!

Hello and welcome to stop #4 on the Digiridoo Scraps DSD Blog Train!!

Did you enjoy your stop at Anna's blog? I hope that you are enjoying all of the Digital Scrapbooking Day festivities throughout digi-land and that we are adding to your fun.

I have a quick page for you:



You can download it here!

This was made from DRS' new collab, Tranquility. And you get it for free when you spend just $5 in the store (in one purchase)



Your next stop is the lovely Feli, you know she's going to have something beautiful!!

In case you lose your way, here is a list of all the stops:

Tropt {via DRS blog}
Katie
Anna
Pene (you're here now!)
Feli
Helen
Vicki
Wilma
Michelle


If you haven't been to our forum, you should check it out! We have many festivities this weekend! Sales galore (of course), BINGO!!, 5 different speed scraps, and a scavenger hunt! There are prizes on top of prizes this weekend, so make sure to check them out!!

Happy DSD!!

DSD at Digiridoo Scraps!!!!

Digital Scrapbooking Day is here tomorrow!! Come and join in the fun at Digiridoo!!!

Here is a recap of all the sales taking place:

Our November Spotlight Designer: Chocolate Geranium Digital Designs: 40% off, entire month of November
Designs by Angie: 50% off, 1-10 November
Charlie’s Digiscraps: 40% off all CU, entire month of November
Sarah Barber Design: 50% off, 4-8 November
LouCee Creations: 55% off, 4-7 November
Sweet Mesquite Designs: 33% off, 4-8 November
digiDesigns by Denise: 40% off, 4-8 November
Feli Designs: 35% off, 4-8 November
Key of D Designs: 40% off, 6-7 November
Caffeine Created Designs: 50%, 5-14 November
Dana’s Footprint: 40%, 6-8 November
Scrappin’ Addict Designs: 30% on CU, 50% on PU
digidesigned byWilma: 40%, 5-8 November


There will be 5 Speedscraps:

Speed Scrap #1 – Hostess: Kelley (Caffeine Created Designs)
PST: Friday, Nov 5 @ 7pm
CST : Friday, Nov 5 @ 9pm
EST: Friday Nov 5 @ 10pm
Central Europe: Sat @ 3am
Melbourne: Sat Nov 6 @ 1pm

Speed Scrap #2 – Hostess: Pene (That's me!!!!!)
PST: Saturday, Nov 6 @ 3am
CST: Saturday Nov 6 @ 5am
EST: Saturday, Nov 6 @ 6am
Central Europe: Saturday, Nov 6 @ 11am
Melbourne : Sat Nov 6 @ 9pm

Speed Scrap #3 – Hostess: Sarah C (our resident RPatz lover).
PST: Sat Nov 6 @ 1pm
EST: Sat Nov 6 @ 4pm
Central Europe: Sat Nov 6 @ 9pm
Melbourne: Sun Nov 7 @7am
Speed Scrap #4 – Hostess: Michelle
PST: Sun Nov 7 @ 12 pm
EST: Sun Nov 7 @ 3pm
Central Europe: Sun Nov 7 @ 9pm
Melbourne: Mon Nov 8 @ 5am

Speed Scrap #5 – Hostess: Michelle
PST: Sun Nov 7 @ 8 pm
EST: Sun Nov 7 @ 11 pm
Central Europe: Sun Nov 7 @ 5 am
Melbourne: Mon Nov 8 @ 1 pm

Then there is Bingo, which is promising to be loads of fun if the chatter in the forum already is anything to go by!  Check it out here, there is still time to get your cards in!

There is also a scavenger hunt and a blog train, where you can pick up some awesome freebies by the Digiridoo CT using the beautiful November Team Collab Tranquility....

So watch this space and join in the fun!!!!

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Yikes!!! Nearly November already???!!!

I seriously am having a hard time dealing with how fast time is ripping by!  I cannot believe it almost November already and as of yesterday (25th) there are two months until Christmas.

I thought I'd take a few minutes this morning to upload the LO's I have made this month before October is gone!

Using Ooh La Lollipop, the gorgeous Team Collab by the amazing gals at Digiridoo (this can still be yours free with any purchase from the shop until the end of the month, so hurry!!!  I also used the fabulous template by Color with Caryn for the October Template Challenge at Digiridoo.

I have used Boys in my Backyard by Stacy's Backdoor Designs, and also one of Stacy's Triple Threat Templates.

My lift for the October Scraplift Challenge, based on Tine's LO Fall.
My 3 year old daughter has more shoes than I do and these are the latest and favourite in her collection!
Digital supplies from the Messy Girl Collab by Designs by Sweet Mesquite and Berry Sweet Designs.

I used the stunning Happiness by Designs by Angie and the Creative Juice No.23 Template by Biograffiti.

My LO for the October Font Challenge.
Digital supplies from Blessed by Color with Caryn.
Template by Color with Caryn (October Template Challenge).
Fonts used were Film Cryptic, Be Safe and Jazz LET, all from DaFont.
Lyrics from Before You Came Along by Kasey Chambers, Poppa Bill And The Little Hillbillies.

Using the gorgeous new Fall at the Farm by Color with Caryn.

I'll get back sometime this week with some hybrid goodies as well!!