Sunshine continues....

Or at least it does with my kit - not sure about outside!! LOL! I've had a busy week and the fact that I wasn't feeling well on Friday hasn't helped with that. I spent a lot of Friday resting up with my PJs on and drinking horlicks!! We are having the yearly audit at work and so it's a busy time for me with all the questions they ask - it's relentless!! It'll be over at the end of this week, so there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Back to scrapping and today I have part 3 of You are my Sunshine to give you. There has been confusion over this kit because my newsletter readers have been given each part a week early and so some people think I have missed a part. Just to clarify, this week in my newsletter, you'd have gotten part 4 and last week, part 3. For anyone who is collecting from my blog, last week you got part 2, this week, part 3. Does that make it clearer? Anyhoo - part 3 for those that don't have it - click the preview ;) TTFN.

Spice of Life and a freebie

Check out my new kit everyone - it's called 'Spice of Life' and is one for the girls, but with enough blue, green and brown for the boys!

You can buy the kit here in store and you can buy the 'Blog To Go' here. Check it out in action here.

Take a look at what my creative team did with the kit - incredible considering I only gave them a couple of days to do these layouts :). The first one is from Vicki - check out that cute little face all covered with food!

This is Stacey's layout - that smile really is gorgeous isn't it?

This stunning layout is from Sara.

And this one is from Rose - beautiful!

Laramie did two layouts - I love how one of them doesn't include any pink to show it doesn't have to be girly!


Kim did a 'Happy Spring' card and I adore it - I would love to receive a card like this :)

Gina's daughter appears to have the perfect clothes for my kit - good girl! :D

And Cheryl made this beautiful layout - simple but stunning!

And finally, I have a template freebie for you - this is number 12 can you believe? Don't look back for the old templates because they are no longer available. You can buy set 1 and 2 in store here for $1 each though if you want them! Click the image below to download today's template and check back tomorrow for part three of You are My Sunshine!

A new challenge!

Have you checked out the Scrap That Idea blog? Mel has a great new challenge running - you can win a $5 gift certificate for our store and it's a great chance to put your journaling skills to use! Check out the challenge here.

More sunshine!

Are you enjoying my latest freebie kit? Unless you are a subscriber to my newsletter, you only have part one so far, but today you can get part two! Firstly, let me show you some layouts from my wonderful, amazing CT! The first is from Stacey starring her gorgeous little girl!

This gorgeous one is from Rose - soooo sweet!

This stunning layout is from Laramie - her clustering is absolutely incredible isn't it?

And check this one out - great extraction from Kim!

And Cheryl - the queen of simply stunning layouts!

And now, click the image to download part 2. Part three next week! TTFN.

What's new at Scrap That Idea!

Have you seen what the girls have in store this week? Stacey has the next kit in her alphabet series - N is for Nature. I really love the colours in this one - check out my layout and the preview of the kit which is clickable.


And Mel has My Funny Valentine - I ADORE the elements in this one - very original and very Mel! My layout and the preview. Back later with part 2 of You are my Sunshine! TTFN.

Blog To Go

You may have noticed some category tabs at the top of my blog - one of those is called Blog To Go. That is my name for my new venture - blog design. I have five blog designs ready to go complete with blogger code and instructions for using it on your very own blog. All this for just $3.

Take a look at the blogs that you can buy now - there will be more coming in the near future...





Check them all out here in store.

I am also offering a bespoke blog design for just $15 - read all about it here.

An update on me!

It's been a while since I did a personal blog post and I really need to do them more often - I love reading back through my old posts and remember what I'd been doing at that time. So, this is going to be one of those posts to kick off my new blog design! Do you like it? I hope you do because I am going to be selling "Blogs To Go" soon, so if you've been looking for a new blog makeover, watch this space!

Back to my update! So, I've been really, really busy, so this could turn into a long post. Firstly, I went to CHA in Anaheim in January which was a LOT of fun (and hard work of course). Our first day was spent shopping - we went to a huge shopping mall and spent our pennies - we literally shopped until we dropped with a visit to both Target and Michaels on the way home! What more could a girl ask? We then spent three days at CHA - check me out posing in front of the convention centre!

I was in charge of blog updates for ScrapaGoGo and choosing favourite lines and products each day. It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it!! LOL! I also got to catch up with some dear friends who I met last time I was at CHA - Alyssa and Carrie-Anne who are at Couture Cardstock and Candy who works with Graphic 45 and is the new Editorial Director at Scrap N' Art. Candy is the sweetest girl ever and gave me some Graphic 45 goodies which I will make some cards with and show off to you at a later date! It was amazing to see them all again and I really hope it's not the last time!

After the "business" was done, we had some time for play!! We decided to spend a day at Disney - it was my first EVER visit and I had such a ball. I have always thought that maybe it would be too childish for me at Disney, but I loved it so much and I got to meet Tigger which was a definite highlight. I am waiting for the CD from the photopass, so when I get that I will show you us having a cuddle! In the meantime, here is Tigger posing for you!! Work it Tigger!! LOL!

And here are all the girls outside of Disney - getting ready to enter the park! We were so excited!

Oh, and guess what? We were asked to be in the parade! Can you believe it? We were really excited and were taught the secret princess wave so that we could wave to our public!! LOL! It was such fun and we had VIP access to the character parade and got to dance with the characters - great fun!

Next day we had a tour of LA including the Hollywood sign, the shopping district of LA, Farmers Market and Beverly Hills! Check me out under the sign - not very clear I know, but it is there!! lol!

Now, to finish off the day, we paid a visit to Rodeo Drive. Firstly we visited the Beverly Wilshire hotel (of Pretty Woman fame) and the wonderful Michael allowed us to use the pristine facilities! Thank you Michael - you are a STAR! Check us all out!

And then we went to Tiffany's to finish our retail therapy! Thank you to Chip for being wonderful and making us feel at home. I even parted with a few hard earned dollars and bought a beautiful bracelet. Don't let these HUGE bags fool you - Chip gave them to us after we all had bag envy!! LOL!

The final morning that we were there, we went for a character breakfast in Goofy's kitchen which was amazing! Have you ever had a peanut butter and jelly pizza? You MUST!! Here is the chef...

So, that was California - lots of fun, but exhausting!

Since I've been back, I have been busy at work (the work that pays the bils!) - catching up on the week I missed! Also, I have been preparing my hybrid classes for the GoGo Getaway - I am teaching two classes and I am really excited about it. I obviously can't show you those projects just yet, but I will show them to you after the event at the end of March. We also got the store up and running which took a lot of effort, but I knew it would be worth it, so the time was spent well! Are you still with me?

And to Pompey and Lily - they are still living the life of riley! I actually took Pompey instead of Lily to Agility this week and it was HILARIOUS! He took FIVE minutes to do the dog walk! Admittedly, it was his first time and it was 5 feet high, but I couldn't stop laughing! Eventually, he jumped off the top because he didn't want to go down the other side! Sooooo funny!! Lily decided to roll in fox poo yesterday, so she is not in my good books - you could say, she's in the dog house!! lol!

Well, that's all for today! I hope I didn't bore you too much! I'll be back at the weekend. TTFN.

Challenge

Don't forget to enter my challenge at Scrap That Idea! It's a nice easy one and two people will win $10 gift certificates! What are you waiting for?

Check out Nathan's freebie

Hey everyone - remember my kit Shades of Happy? Well, as you know, that colour swatch came from a blog reader called Nathan. Good news - Nathan now has his own blog and is giving away freebie kits and they are awesome! Go check out his first kit here, it's called Moody Blues. Click the preview to go to Nathan's blog and remember to thank him and tell him I sent you! TTFN.

Love is in the Air and a freebie

Well, yesterday was Valentines Day, but today it's my latest kit with that name!! It's not just for valentines though, so don't be fooled! This one is full of primary colours and really easy to scrap with as you'll see from my CT layouts. Firstly take a look at the kit in all it's glory - Love is in the Air.

And here are some of the layouts from my CT....

Two from Laramie:


This is from Nancy:

These two are from Rose:


And this is from Stacey:

Gorgeous layouts as always from the girls! And finally, the freebie! I hope you like it - click the image to download. TTFN.

Doodle Love layouts

I hope everyone is ok - it's been a busy few days, but I think we got there in the end!! Just so that no one misses anything, here are the freebies that I've given away over the past few days (all linked up for each):

Wordart addon for Doodle Love
Template based on my layout for Fun Times
QP using New Beginnings
Part one of You are my Sunshine

I will have a new freebie for you a bit later - my latest kit is in store and I have an add on for that too.

For now, I have some more layouts to show you from my CT using Doodle Love. I am so pleased you all like this kit - it gives me the confidence to go do some more doodles! A reminder of what the kit looks like...

And here are the inspirational layouts. TTFN...

Cheryl:
Gina:

Kim:
Lee Anne:

Two from Melissa:


And Nancy: