HAPPY NEW YEAR 2103

 This is a neutral background with 1 colour, turquoise, which gives it a clean simple look.

A very boyish layout in black & white & silver to copy his shirt. The spiders are chipboard covered in foil tape, die cut & embossed. The acrylic word is from "Kutalicious" and the swirl is from "Flourish With A Bling".
Look under the challenge tab for the January photo challenge list. You can do them all or as many as you want.
Happy 2013 and may this year be wonderful and full of love & happiness.

Week 3

I'm making some of my holiday photos part of the photo challenge, so....the flowers at the top are some of the ones I am making. I've made some from tissue & brown paper, crocheted some and made some from material then sprayed them with memory mist to colour them. I'll make a seperate post on how I made them so stay tuned! Since they were all round I put them in the "round things" on the challenge. The sunset at Daly Waters(Northern Territory) was just gorgeous. "Bloom" is another part of the challenge. Apparently because there has been more rain here for this time of year some of the wildflowers & plants are flowering early. The colours in real life are beautiful. The next photo in the challenge is "where the wild things are". This is a map of the Daly River so David could figure out where to go fishing. Yes there are crocodiles in the waters up here. We have only seen a couple of freshwater ones & a couple of small (2m) salt water ones in the wild! We are still in Darwin & are thinking of spending a few more days here to see some more of the sights. We want to do Kakadu but aren't sure weather to do a day trip or travel through yet. I have made a couple of layouts for the layout challenge but haven't photographed them yet so they will be for another time. Darwin's winter is wonderful with the days at about 30 degrees and the nights lovely for sleeping. It's so nice not to be rushed & having to be organised about the day. Now we just have to work out how to do this all the time!! We still have 5 weeks to enjoy ourselves & make the best of it.

Photography challenge

Here are 4 more photos for the challenge. "Colour" is of my bathroom wall. It is a gorgeous turquoise colour that brightens up this room. For "Talents" I took a photo of a canvas I am making with texture paste, paint and memory mist paints. "In the Middle" is a photo at the Devils Marbles not far from Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. "Sunset" was taken at sunset at Uluru(Ayers Rock). Well thats that for a bit. I am trying to take photos from our holiday to fit in with the themes that are coming up..sort of to kill 2 birds with 1 stone! Happy snapping.

Catching Up-photo challenge

The flower photo is called "bokeh". It is where the background is blurred & the foreground is clear. The next challenge was for "locks & keys" so this is

off my antique sideboard. It does have a key but it is put up so the grandkids can't reach it!
The next set of photos is to show a "series of events". This is my grandson's birthday where he received Buzz Lightyear as a gift. Here he is showing up how Buzz flies to Infinity & Beyond!

Wow its been awhile but time just flies! I've spent the week getting ready for our trip to the Northern Territory-I can't wait. So stay posted & I'll have some "happy snaps" to show. It will be a bit odd not teaching classes but I have packed my scrapbooking gear so I don't have withdrawals! I have managed to make up mini kits to scrap and packed everything into a craft trolley, a bag & a 60lt box!! Mind you, my hubby gets a 4.2m boat for all his stuff!!

Photo challenge catch up

These are the photos I took for the next part of the challenge..."Shoes"-these are my new boots for winter..they are sooo nice! The teacup collection my Nan gave me are my "Favourites". I also received the "Buttons" jars from Nan-they are original and very old. The "Nature" photo is from the dam at Emerald. With a new grandson on the scene I've been busy taking photos of him & other photos have been neglected! David, my hubby turns 50 at the end of the week so I should have some good photos of his party next week! Lots more to scrapbook too!

Photography challenge

Week 11 of the challenge is the "Human Body". This photo is of a sculpture of a plant swallowing a human & all you can see is the foot still out at the top. It is at a reception centre called "Songbirds" at Mt. Tamborine. Week 12 is "Hello Spring", even though it is Autumn at the moment with the rain & the heat my garden is blooming! This is a blossom on my passionfruit vine & the colours are gorgeous in it. This is the first year I have had lots of fruit on it. Its hard getting to them before the cockatoos or the possums! "Then & Now" is the theme for week 13. I have 2 photos for this. The photo is of My hubby & me when we started going out & the other photo is of us in 2009.

Photography challenge

Here are the next photos in the challenge. Week 9 is "Time". It is of a clock edge that I painted many years ago-I still don't seem to have gained any time though! Week 10 is called "Simple Pleasures". I wasn't sure what I was going to do for this until one night I walked into our dining room & saw my grandson eating icecream & enjoying every last slurp! I took another photo of him licking the bowl!!

More photo challenges

These are my photos for the challenge. The photo of my garden is for "comfort" because. I love sitting out in the yard in the late afternoon to relax at the end of the day. It was great having "books" as a theme since I love reading. These books are my collection of old books & the bible belonged to my father. The stories & the illustrations in these books are quite unique. For "signs" I took a photo of a sign of our favourite wineries that surround the dam where we stay quite often. It is Bjelke Petersen Dam out near Murgon (near Kingaroy in QLD) & the wines are all lovely. Our most favourite winery is Moffatdale Ridge about 5 minutes away from the dam & they have yummy lunches as well!

Photography challenge

These 2 photos are photos that I took as part of a photography challenge. The one on the left is titled"hats"( my hubby's old & new hat) & the one on the right is "beginnings"(it is the beginning of making plans for our campers)
There is a theme for each week of the year. I actually end up taking more than 1 photo

so I can scrap them (what else!!) & make a challenge album. Well at least I will keep up with the photos and I don't know about the scrapbooking-I'll add it to the list! LOL! The next photo is titled "sweet" & I've taken a photo but haven't downloaded it yet. You are welcome to join in on the fun & have your own challenge. Happy snapping!