Winter - 7 Dots Studio December Challenge

Hello Everyone

I had some time to play and create yesterday and have been wanting to play along with the 7 dots studio challenge for ages. 

Here is the December challenge.

And here is my take on it.

I really love this page and how it all just came together.

This is a close-up of the journalling and tells you what the page is about.

Our winters in South Africa are really mild, compared to the snowy and icy winters of other places.

So yes, we certainly have very chilly mornings and evenings, but the days are very mild and we still love going to the park, feeding the ducks and Joe has a good run around.

For this page I used bits and pieces from various 7 dots studio collections, Yuletide, Lost and Found and Cold Country. I also used some Blue Fern Studios chipboard pieces.

Here are some close-ups.

I used some beads and white sand to add texture to the background.

Well thanks so much for stopping by!

I really do so appreciate your visits and comments!

Have a super Sunday!

Denise x

Birthday Boy - Scrap Africa Sketch Challenge no.66

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The 2nd day of January 2016!!!!!! I am still pondering this new year and wondering about what it will bring for me! ;-) Anyways, I have some creativity to share with you, a page for the new Scrap Africa sketch challenge! ;-) 

Here's the sketch.

Here is my take on it.

I did a very boy page for this challenge and love how it turned out! This photo was taken on my son's Birthday 2 years ago.  I took him for a surprise picnic in the park, after school.  It was such a super afternoon! ;-)

I used some Blue Fern chippies, lots of stamps and paint and papers and stickers from Echo Park.

We would love for you to play along.  The challenge goes until 14 Jan.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a super day!

Denise x

Celebrate the Learning Years - BoBunny Misc. Me

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This is my last post for 2015.  Whew what a rollercoaster year this has been!!!! I am pleased to say that it has been a good year mostly and it ends on a good note too! I look forward to 2016 with much anticipation and hope.

I wish you all a fabulous and awesome 2016 too! I really do hope it is a good year for us all ;-)

I recently had a post up on the BoBunny blog and it is a Misc. Me album which I started for my son Joe's school years. Here's the cover, but please would you pop along and have a look at the rest of the album! I would really appreciate it! ;-)

Well I hope you enjoy the last day of 2015! ;-)

See you back next year! ;-))))

Denise x

Christmas Tag - Prima PPP December 2015

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I have started my Christmas Cards and tags for 2016!!!! LOL....and Christmas is barely over for 2015! ;-) I guess it's never too early to start! ;-)

The reason being that I wanted to play along with the Prima PPP this month and so went with a Christmas Tag.

Here's the gorgeous Prima PPP board.

So here is the tag.

I used all sorts of Prima bits and pieces.

I also used some lace in between for softness.

Many thanks for stopping by!

Have a super Tuesday.

Denise x

Christmas Tags - BoBunny Christmas Collage

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The family festivities still continue and my husbands 2 boys arrived yesterday, as well as my brother from London! So we spent a wonderful day yesterday beside the pool, eating and drinking and just spending time together! It was a fabulous day! ;-)

My internet woes still continue but I am persevering with posting, as today seems to be a little better.

I have some tags to share from Christmas and they were all made using BoBunny's Christmas Collage. This is just a festive and beautiful collection.

They are all mixed media and I used stencils, gesso and paint for the background effects! ;-)

And here is the last one.

I made all the flowers from layers and layers on BoBunny petals.

I meant to do a tutorial ages ago and this has reminded me.  So here is a quick little tutorial.

You can use any punched flowers or flat flowers, in this case, BoBunny petals and layer them together to make these flowers.

To get a nice full flower, I would suggest using 4 layers of different sized flowers and 2 flowers in a layer,  So 8 petals or flowers in total.

Now layer the flowers from biggest to smallest and use a brad to fasten them all together.  Rotate the same sized flowers/petals so that they overlap, as well as with the other layers.

Now take a spritzer and spritz the flower, so that all the layers, front and back are drenched.

Use a paper towel to soak up an excess water.

Now carefully close up all the layers and squeeze them pretty tight towards each other.

Twist the tops to make the flower closed.

Be gentle with softer papers as these are more likely to tear.

Now allow the flowers to dry.

Some of the flowers make start to open, especially if you have used cardstock.  Just tighten them up again.  If you have much bigger flowers, then I would suggest turning them upside down and placing them in "shot" glasses as they them keep tight and dry nicely in this position.

I leave the flowers for about 48hrs to dry.  Once they are dried and crisp, start to carefully open and unfold the flowers.  The result is a unique and layered bloom! ;-)

This is a really great way of creating economical flowers and the possibilities are endless, depending on colour, punches, dies, petals etc.

Well thanks so much for stopping by!

I hope you are enjoying the Christmas festivities still.

Have a super day!

Denise x

Merry Christmas

Hello Everyone

Apologies for being missing in action, but we have had terrible internet problems at home and it is still limping along but I can see today that I am able to get to my blog, so I am trying to post and hopefully it will co-operate.

Merry Christmas to you all and I really hope that you had a beautiful and blessed day yesterday.  I certainly did and it was lovely to spend time with the family and just celebrate Christmas and families.  We swam, we drank, we ate and just enjoyed it all! ;-)

I have some Christmas cards that I made that I still want to share, since I was not able to share them over the last few days.

The first one is a card using FabScraps Christmas Memories collection.

Here is a closer look.

I used a FabScraps stencil for the background too.

Next up is a card using BoBunnys Silver and Gold collection from a few years back.

A closer look...

I have 2 sets of pointsettia die-cuts and they certainly do come in handy at Christmas and make for such pretty embelishments.

Well it has taken me quite a few to post this, so the internet is obviously still not hundreds, but at least it is better than no connection at all.

Wishing you a super Boxing Day today and hoping it is spent with family and friends.
Enjoy the festive cheer.
Denise  x

Christmas Cards

Hello Everyone

Christmas is fast approaching and only a few days left now! ;-)

I had created some Christmas Cards using some Penny Black stamps and had shared 2 here a few days ago.  Here are the other 4 that I made.  These stamps are just too cute! ;-)

These will surely come in handy over the next few days! ;-) The family festivities have begun and today I look forward to a lunch and time spent with the wider family! ;-)

Hope you have a gorgeous day!
Denise x