oops, I did it again!

Once again I have neglected my blog. It has been a difficult couple of weeks here, starting with a shooting in the street, then I broke my big toe and then a close family friend passed away - all within the space of 36 hours!!

So, hopefully, starting today, I will feel more inclined to get onto updating.

I have some photos of some wonderful creations by my Uniting in Work ladies that I really want to share with you.

I have been inspired by Libby to come and get back into blogging. Libby's blog is always busy and updated with her wonderful creations. I have just printed off Libby's sketch challenge (click HERE to go and have a look) which is partly to help her celebrate 2 years of blogging! Libby also has heaps of links down the side of her page to all sorts of challenges and inspirational blogs. Why not pop over to her blog and take a look?

Anyway, I promise I will be more regular with the updates from now on!!

Come and play 52 Pick Up with us

We currently have a 52 week challenge happening over at Little Scrapbook Shop called 52 Pick Up.

We don't want to tie you down with a lot of rules and regulations. We want you to create!

Here's the guidelines:

1. Challenges will be uploaded by the Design Team on Sunday evenings.
2. While challenges are to be uploaded weekly, you have 52 weeks to complete them all.
3. There will to be a variety of challenges. Inspiration, technique, and product based.
4. Layouts can be 8x8, 8x11.5, 6x12 and 12x12. They can be landscape or portrait.
5. There will also be card & OTP challenges.

And of course you want prizes right?!

The 52 Pick Up challenge is not a competition. It is not about being the 'best' scrapbooker or card maker. It is about completing 52 projects for the year. It is about encouraging you to do what you love to the best of your own ability.

We will be having 52 Pick Up Support Sessions on the last Sunday of every month.

At these sessions, one participant who has completed all set challenges preceeding the last Sunday of the month will be drawn out of a hat to receive a prize. You must have completed all the challenges in that period to be eligible.

At the end of the 52 Pick Up challenge, participants who have completed all challenges will be placed into a hat and one overall winner will be drawn out.

Along the way there will also be prizes for things like craftmanship, photography, encouragement, creativity and outstanding work.

We have a mega prize pool, and it's all going to you!

To find out more about it in detail, click HERE
To see the challenges that have been put up already and to watch for new challenges, click HERE
To pop in and join in with the Support Sessions or to read what was discussed at a previous session, click HERE
And to see who the random winners were for each session, click HERE

You can also pop over to see all the fantastic creations in the LSBS Gallery. Our participants have been creating up a storm and there are many totally fantastic layouts, OTP's and cards in the gallery.

Dr Seuss on the Loose!!!

I say, can you say . . . .
Dr Seuss is on the loose at Little Scrapbook Shop this coming weekend.

Be sure to come and join in the fun with us all weekend. Click on the image above and it will take you straight to the forum for the Cybercrop.

Hope to see you there!!

I AM BACK!!!!

Hello everyone!!

I cannot believe I have neglected my blog for so long! I just could bring myself to be on here all the time - I seemed to spend all my time on the computer and no time creating!!

So I just disappeared for a while but now I am back!! WAHOO!

To get the ball rolling, I am going to put up a few posts to show you some things I have created over the last little while, I will share a glimpse into my craft room and you will find out all about the CyberCrop coming up this weekend at Little Scrapbook Shop.

At the moment I have one child home with the chicken pox (I sent one back to school today - she was off for just over a week and was very happy to get back to school today ;) ). Now I just have Zac home, but back to school on Monday for him.

So, bye for now, stay happy and healthy!!

Kreativ Award

Earlier this month I received this blog award from the lovely Sandie.
As I have been a bit busy and distracted, I haven't had a chance to pop it in here or nominate some other blogs for the award. So, today is catch up day.

The rules for receiving the award are simple:
1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.

So, now I just have to nominate 5 blogs to whom I would like give an award. So, here they are (in no particular order):

1. Libby (Libby always has terrific creations and projects on her blog.)
2. xoxAlyssaxox (Alyssa has a fresh fun blog with lots of fun digital creations)
3. Tania (Tania always has fun layouts to see)
4. Indigo Inklings (this blog has some fantastic Cuttlebug ideas and is always inspriational!)
5. Lauren (I really enjoy Lauren's blog)

Be sure to pop over to these great blogs and don't forget to leave a comment.

Have a terrific day!!

Deanne
xx

Frogger's gotta go!!!

While I loved having it here to play with, I am afraid it has pushed everything else too far down, since it has to be right at the top of my blog to work. So, I hope you enjoyed it. Keep a look out, next week I will pop another fun game on here for you to waste some more time on hehehehe.

Take care til next visit!!

Deanne
xx

I am Number 7

which is good, cos 7 is my lucky number!

I just saw this on Stenja's blog and had a go. What number are you?

You Are 7: The Enthusiast

You are outgoing and playful - always seeing the happy side to life. You're enthusiastic and excitable. You love anything new. Multi-talented, you do many things well... and find success easy. You prefer to keep things light with others. Opening up is hard for you. At Your Best: You are deeply involved in each experience. You appreciate life for what it is, and you take the time to enjoy each moment. At Your Worst: You are greedy, self centered, impulsive, and insatiable. Your Fixation: Gluttony Your Primary Fear: Deprivation and pain Your Primary Desire: To be satisfied and content Other Number 7's: Howard Stern, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Jim Carey, and Jenny Mccarthy.

What Number Are You?

A Magical Christmas Cybercrop at Little Scrapbook Shop

Hello all,

The love Mrs Carol Christmas likes to visit our forums around Christmas time and this year is no exception. Carol has kindly posted the info about our December CC and I have popped it here for you to read.
"Hello My Little Petals,

December is almost upon us, and it's time to start filling you in on all the glorious details of our Cybercrop.

We want to know, what do you believe?

Do you believe....

~ in Santa
~ in the birth of Jesus
~ in love & family
~ Christmas is the best day of the year
~ that giving is better than receiving
~ in a huge lunch and an afternoon nap
~ in the spirit of Christmas
~ in tradition
~ Christmas is a time to say & give thanks
~ in the magic of Christmas
~ Christmas lights are beautiful

The questions are endless, and the beautiful girls on the Design Team are preparing magical challenges for you all.

We will be having a few special challenges and surprises as well this month, so make sure you stay tuned. The first of these will be announced by Monday!

Here's our flyer that Kerryn (aka Not Nigella) has prepared for us. You may use this on your blog or wherever else you are allowed to post cybercrop information.

Save the 12th of December, and the entire weekend, for some scrapping and chatting my little petals. It's going to be a cybercrop filled with the magic of Christmas."