Bingo!!!

Time for another challenge here at SGC and this week we have made a Tic Tac Toe board up for you to choose your line from.  Just pick a line going anyway and include all 3 things on your project. 

 Remember you can enter by email if you don't have a blog and we accept any type of papercraft projects.  Here is the board for you.....

 I actually used more than the three, but have included Ribbon, stripes and a charm.
The image is Multi-tasking mama from Saturated canary



I'm entering this in Ladybug Crafts- Oh baby
                        kaboodleDoodles- Anything goes 

Colouring Withdrawals

Time for this weeks challenge :) at Southern Girls. This time we would love to see sentiments or quotes on your projects.  We have a couple of our DT on leave this week for personal reasons but the rest of the ladies have created wonderful projects to inspire you.  We look forward to seeing your entries for this challenge.  Thanks to our awesome sponsors :), The Scrapbook Store and Marianne Design

Its been ages since I've had a colouring play and decided I had to ink up this sweet Magnolia stamp for the first time.

Now head on over to check out the other awesome DT creations!

I'm entering this in Fresh Brewed Blog challenge- Flowers

The Perfect Sentiment- Feminine & Sentiment

Through the Craftroom Door- Anything Goes

Very Bad Blogger

Yep, it's been a few months of no real blogging and what is my excuse?  Dog shows, holidays, playing with photo scanners....you name it, it has kept me out of my craft room! 

On our holiday to Hawkes Bay I picked a pile of old negatives and slides and have been busy playing with them. Here are a few digitised images just to bore you

 Me and my beautiful big sister

 All the cuzzies at the beach , and our beach transport! (me with the gollie!)

My fabulous pool.... :(

And a real crackup...me at about 14 years old with my big brother in his BODYSHIRT! Woohoooooo!!! Remember them?

Show us your stripes!

Its time for another challenge  at Southern Girls.  This fortnight is Team Trace's turn in the spotlight  and the whole team have been sponsored by THE PAPER SHELTER and MARIANNE DESIGN who are our awesome sponsors this challenge.

As you may be able to tell by the blog post title and the thing all the DT cards have in common, it is all about stripes.  So get out those stripey papers, ribbons and embellies and come and play with us.  

I've used " So Stylish" from The Paper Shelter

Tag You're it!

Ok, so this fortnight the theme at Southern Girls  is for all all you crafters that like to see tags! Another easy challenge with a great chance to win some amazing prizes from our wonderful sponsors... and speaking of sponsors.. look who we have this round..

Iva Nova Chest

Stampotique Originals

with a yummy $30 gift cert

Marianne Design

I love these quirky images from Stampotique Originals. This one is called Best Buds 

and the sentiment on the tag is Dream Definition

Now head on over to the challenge blog and check out all the DT creations!

Don & Daisy

Just thought I'd quickly share a card I made as a guest designer for the Don & Daisy challenge blog last month...yep I know LAST month, but I blame Tracy for not telling me when it was being used! LMAO!

A circle card with a sentiment in a circle...easy peasy lemon squeezy, and all Marianne Design Dies used and yes they cut so nicely when your C plate hasn't wandered off somewhere (it was having a holiday down behind my desk....must've been the cat's fault cos it wouldn't be mine, I'm so tidy and organised...NOT!)

Bling it

Hello, hopefully you are back into the swing of things and are happily joining us here at Southern Girls. For those of you that have kids, I hope it all went well on their first day back at school.

Ok, so this fortnight the theme is for all all you crafters that like to see lots of "bling".

This round we have 2 lovely sponsors

Scrap of Bull with a great prize pack

AND

Marianne Design 

I had a play this time with my Distress Ink markers that I've had for a wee while ( like over a year!LOL!) and never really touched them. Took a bit of getting used to but I think I love them! Just have to remind myself "don't overwet the paper or everything bleeds" .....!!!! 

I used a couple of different dies to embellish my card but had trouble cos I lost my C plate for my cuttlebug!!!!!!  Yep, found it the next day after it was TOOOOOOO late. Anyway the dies are Marianne Creatables LR0156 & LR0017.

And for a different take on bling, I used nail polish on my large chipboard butterfly thanks to a suggestion by a fellow crafter (clever Amanda) and it looks very cool IRL!!!!! 

A morning at the beach

We're having such glorious weather, it was time for an outing to the beach for the Brodsta and his friends.

Brodie decided to chase seagulls, Solly followed for a wee way then SENSIBLY turned back. Sir Dork however went backwards and forwards after the birdies that just kept flying away. Who would've guessed?

You think I should try again Mum? There's another birdie out there........

It must be Love!

Hi everyone and welcome to another week and another theme at Make it Crafty.

 With the gorgeous new Geeky Love wedding images available at MIC what better than to showcase love and  weddings….and I’ve tried to follow the colour challenge as well which is to colour white.

The MIC products I have used are

Geeky Love getting married digi stamp

Wedding Church Digi stamp

Love Heart Swirls chipboard

I’ve  coloured this with copics and finished off with polychromo pencils ( which I didn’t write down!!)

Dress: T0, T1 E51 ( and some diamond stickles on the veil) 

Her hair: E51, E53, E55

His Hair: E23, E25, E29

His suit: B34, B37, B39

Church E40, E41, E42, Y28

Roof R05, R07, R39

Skin E000, E00, E11, E21 R02

Bushes: G82 G85

New Beginnings

Its a blog hop for the New Year , the Make it Crafty Inspiration hop, and we are welcoming our new DT members ! Yay! Though it is sad to see some of our friends leaving....we'll miss you guys!

You should have arrived from the talented  Amanda but  if you  have just joined us you may like to start HERE. 

I've used the MIC image called Slimy House and gorgeous chipboard leaf branches, and  delicate corners.

The flowers I made from resin, coloured with pearlex in the molds. The paper is BG Marjolaine.

Now next stop for you is the wonderful Kasey HERE 

Southern Girls- Thank You Kindly

Hello, welcome back to our very first 2013 challenge here at Southern Girls. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years with your family and friends.. hopefully you are all well rested and rearing to get into another year of creating with us here at Southern Girls Challenges

Ok, so this fortnight after all the yummy unexpected gifts you may have received over the last month from crafty friends, family and friends we want you to create a project that says "thanks".

This round we have 3 lovely sponsors:

Marianne Design

A Day for Daisies

Louise Delore (Retail Girl)

My card is made using the " A day For Daisies" image called Lady Bug Buddy,
a Marianne Design Butterfly die, and the gorgeous pearl border and pearl button from Retail Girl.

Check out the rest of the DT and see what they have made HERE

Happy New Year!!

No crafting to share, I've been lazy, its been so warm and I've enjoyed just mooching!   Just want to wish everyone a happy New Year.

We had a quiet Christmas, just us and dogs and friends. Brodie had a play with his best buddy on boxing day, the two of them in and out of the paddling pool. They exchanged pressies of course!

New Years Eve was quiet, went to bed as usual, I'm not a late night person I'm afraid. Woke up to fireworks at midnight, then to an earthquake just after 3am.  Hope it's not a sign of things to come for this year!

Thought I'd share a pic of the finished shed/man cave/ cottage that G built this year. It blends in nicely now that its been stained.
And yes, that is Brodie's paddling pool there, a dog has to keep cool somehow......

                           The Pohutukawa trees ( aka NZ Christmas trees) are really  blooming at the moment. Aren't they gorgeous?

Happy New Year !!!!

How many now?

There's only 8 days til Christmas!

The MiC gang and our Special Guests thought it would be fun to have a 'grown up' advent calendar as we count down the days til Christmas full of inspiration just for us creative minds!

Each day a sneak peek will be revealed on the MiC store blog with a link for you to follow "to open the door".

All you have to do is stop by the store blog each day to open the next door!

PLUS Zoe has Christmas Candy full of lots of crafty goodies that you don't want to miss out on!

AND THERE'S MORE GIFTS

But what's even more exciting is that you will have a chance to win the Make it Crafty goodies that I have played with today!!

By leaving a comment on this post you could win

Chipboard Circle Flourish frame 

The comments will stay open until the 31st of December and the winners will be announced in the New Year on the MiC store blog. You can join us for all 24 days - giving you 24 chances to win some MiC goodies! If you join us late,  simply go back to the start and catch up!

This is what I have created with my MiC goodies!

Don't forget to leave a comment below before December 31st and stop by the Make it Crafty Store blog to 'open the door' to 24 other inspirational projects!

Thank you so much for joining us and we wish you and your loved ones a wonderful loving Christmas.

We've been exploring again

We had a family get-together  last weekend in a  remote, rugged part of the country, with no cell-phone reception.....no internet....but it was fun!

 Ever heard of Ngawi?  Cape Palliser?  It's on the Wairarapa coast, overlooking the Cook Strait and can be a pretty wild place when the weather blows in, but luckily we had a great weekend for our trip.   We saw the lighthouse at Cape Palliser but didn't climb up to it ( did that about 20 years ago....)   got up close and personal with some NZ fur seals ( a lot more there these days, they're making a real comeback after being decimated by the early settlers ) , but didn't see any penguins though the signs everywhere said to look out for them.

One seal wanted to join us for lunch in the van, then another tried to block us from leaving by lying in a puddle behind us!  We did ask it to move nicely, but it swore lots then decided to let us through!

 Around past the seal colony is the lighthouse, with a long climb up the stairs to it.

 The fishing boats at Ngawi are launched straight off the beach using bulldozers!!!!  And what a collection there are sitting there . Some had names, some had faces, the pink one had a collection box to raise money for a new paint job! LOL!

And where we were staying , we had a great view of this old truck! I remember my uncle having one of these when I was a kid, and I loved sitting on the back.......

And we stayed at " More Beer Lodge".  yep , G's cuzzy has bought it and guess what he likes to drink......

4 weeks to go

That’s right, 4 weeks till Christmas! Woohooo!   There are all those gorgeous MIC christmas images ready and waiting, and even a dog fairy that I’m going to have to colour when I find a spare minute….hehehehe . So, no excuses for not getting some gorgeous christmas cards made!

I used the  front door wreath for a quick card , its a classic image and perfect for a background or a focal image if you want.

And I just LOVE this chipboard holly border!!!!! I coloured with copics and added highlights with a white gel pen.  Added a bit of glittery netting, a diecut star covered with stickles, some DP from Pink Paislee, and that’s it.

MIC products used

Front Door Wreath Digi stamp

Christmas borders chipboard

Pink & Brown

Welcome back to another challenge at Southern Girls. 

Ok, so this fortnight we want you to use pink and brown on your projects.

This round we have 3 lovely sponsors

Marianne Design 

Dtsart

LOTV

I've used Don & Daisy 3318 from Marianne design

Fence Die Marianne D Creatables

Leaves Marianne D Creatables Classic LR0133

The paper is a mixture of scraps, flowers and ribbon from my stash.

I'm enetring this in Papertake Weekly- use ribbon and pearls

Now its a beautiful day today and I have lots to do....but first, a coffee in the morning sunshine. Ahhhh, bliss!\

Getting closer

In fact, it's only 6 weeks till Christmas and I really need to start thinking about it!  Luckily , Zoe has just released all these gorgeous Christmas characters and backgrounds so we have plenty to play with!  There is even a cute dog fairy waiting to be coloured up! Hehehe!  

I got the chance to be the first to play with this adorable Christmas Town Digi, I just love its wonky houses.  This is coloured with copics and I ended up sponging the night sky with distress inks as I just couldn't get it even enough with my pens.

 The chipboard  santa sleigh and snowflakes I just stickled . The paper is Kaisercraft, the flower embelly from my stash. 

Make it Crafty Products:

Christmas Town Digi

Winter Sleigh Scene Chipboard

Snowflakes Chipboard

I'm entering this in Joanna Sheen Challenge- Cold and Frosty

Quirky Crafts- Layer it Up and Let it snow!

A drop of rain

Had a wee dash of rain this afternoon.....and my lovely boy decided to do some excavating around the new garden shed/cottage/man cave  below......

Dirt + Rain

= Yukky Brodie!

Nice!  He can have cuddles with his dad now.......!!!!!