Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Time For A Change Baby

Hello again...
Glad to see you here :)
I have a new design to share with you.

As a few of you know, I normally colour two images at a time.
So this week I am using the Peek-A-Boo Baby Girl image again but with a totally different sketch.
The sketch is from the Midnight Madness challenge which is listed below.


Hope you like it.





































I had a bit of trouble with the lighting situation so in its a bit shadowy in some areas.
Anyway, here are the challenges that I would like to submit this design to.

Midnight Madness #69 - Sketch
The Crazy Challenge - Bundle of Joy
ABC - Charms
Simon Says Stamp - Pearls & Lace
Cute Card Thursday - Material Girl (Lace)
Dutch Dare - Vintage Summer
Paper Sundaes - Mixed Mediums (Copics, Chalk & Distress Inks)
Stamp Something - Something Cute
All Sorts - New Beginnings
Pile It On #35 - Layers
Stamptacular #75 - Distress It
Crafts & Me - Gems & Sparkle
Your Next Stamp - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts #3 - Vintage
Creatalicious #13 - Vintage

I have also added Time For A Change Baby design to my Etsy store.
You can find it for sale here.

Thank you so much for visiting & to those of you that have been leaving such wonderful comments on previous designs.  They make me smile :)

Have a great week everyone.
See you next time.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Candy Candy Candy

Hi everyone,
This is just a quick post as I wanted to let you know that there are some gorgeous yummy candy up for grabs in blogland :) Lots of Maggies so I couldn't resist.

Ying has divided the possible winners into 4 categories pending on where you live in the world :)
So go grab some here.  Thanks Ying for the yummy temptation.

I will be uploading a new design over the next few days.
Looking forward to sharing it with you.
See you soon
Lisa

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Peek-A-Boo Baby Girl

Hi everyone,
Thanks for coming to see me & my new design :)

Firstly though, I just want to say... WOW on all the wonderful comments I received with my last design, Pretty Princess.  I was totally totally amazed & I am extremely thankful.  I really appreciate the time you take with saying a few words.  It really gives me the encouragement to do better next time :)  So thank you :) I hope you like this design too lol.

I used the following sketch from Midnight Madness
(challenge details below).
I absolutely loved working on this sketch.  Everything came together for the first few hours & then...
I got stuck for a day lol. Finally I pulled it together :)
Thanks Priscilla for a fantastic sketch :)




Introducing Peek-A-Boo Baby Girl :)































I would like to enter Peek-A-Boo Baby Girl into the following challenges:

Midnight Madness #68 - Sketch
Cupcake Craft #106 - Let's get Digital (Karens Doodles)
Kaboodle #38 - Lovely Flowers & lace recipe
Pollycraft #59 - Add a little nature
Crafts & Me #11 - Petals & Pearls
Simon Says Stamp - Paper Piecing
Your Next Stamp #23 - Bold, Bright & Summery
Aud Sentiments #9 - Anything Goes
Crazy 4 Challenges #52 - Lattice
Crafty Sentiments #32 - Summer Inspiration
One Stitch At A Time #28 - Girlie

I'd like to mention that Peek-A-Boo Baby Girl is currently upside down for sale in my new
Etsy store.  You can find here here:

I am still very much in the process of moving into the store so please excuse the mess :)  I'm getting there slowly.

Anyway, thank you all for visiting & I hope to see you here again soon :)  Don't forget if you would like to become a follower you can or you can subscribe for email updates.

Take care & huggles

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Bird House - Tweet Tweet

Hi everyone,
Here I am again :)

I made another design with a bird house.  Hope you like it.





















This design is currently up for sale on Ebay.
You can find it here.

I would like to enter my birdhouse design into the following challenges:

Kaboodle #37 - Add a little metal (Eyelets & Brads)
The Pink Elephant #80 - Ribbon & Sparkles
Creative Card Crew - Sparkle & Shine
Crafts & Me #10 - Purple & Green
Crafty Creations #80 - Winged Things
Cute Card Thursday #125 - Tree-mendous
Delightful Sketches - Insects or Animal using dots and stripes
Allsorts #65 - Paper Piercing or Paper Piecing
Sentimental Sunday #16 - Ribbon or Lace
By the Cute & Girly - Animal Antics

Fingers crossed on the challenges :)
If you would like to see more pictures of this design you can do so by viewing it on Ebay.  My Bird House design is currently waiting to go to a new home & is currently up for auction at Ebay...
click here to go & have a look.

Thats it for today, thank you for coming to have a look. 
I love it when you all visit & especially a MASSIVE Thank you to those of you that have left wonderful comments on previous posts.  It really helps me to know what you think of my designs.
Thanks again.

Don't forget to sign up for email updates or become a follower as I will be adding more designs this week.
Oh, the other thing I wanted to mention is that if you are a regular visitor & want to know how my previous designs went in previous challenges, I have added the updates on the side bar :)
That way you can see which ones have done well :)

Don't forget to have a look at more pics of this design on Ebay... here.
Have a great day :)

Hugs

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Just an Update


Hi everyone,
Hope you are all having a great week.
I am only making this post due to having some success with my camera :)

I have been doing some research on my camera manual today & I have learnt a few different techniques that I thought I could try.  So I re-took some photo's of a card that I designed - Dance Like Nobody is Watching - that I posted here on my blog a few weeks ago.  I thought you might like to see the difference :)

This is the 'old' picture


These are the new pictures






What do you think?  Heaps better?

My advice to those that are having problems with getting their images to look better is to grab the manual to your camera, a cup of coffee & have a read.  Then play with its settings & practice to see what works better for you.  Even though I found settings that work better with mine, I still need alot of practice..but I'm getting there :)  Oh, I also had some help with Photoshop :)

Thanks for visiting.
I'll be adding more tomorrow

Friday, July 2, 2010

Home Tweet Home Scrappin' Photo Canvas

Hello again :)
It's been a few weeks since my last post & quite a few good things have happened.

I have accomplished a few goals...the first being that I got my business name registered :) Woo Hoo!
I also purchased my website space and I am currently waiting on my first wholesale order to arrive :)
It will be here tomorrow.  I have also designed my website header, which took me a few days but I finally got it done & looking the way I wanted it to :)

I bought myself a sewing machine which I got on discount & saved myself $100.  Oh, the fun I'm having trying to use the damn thing lol. I've never used a sewing machine before, well I did way back all those years ago at High School, but never on design paper. However, I am determined to conquer it & use it to its best potential.  It has 14 different stitches, two threads/needles, pink & it can even go into reverse lol. It made me jump when I put my foot on the peddle for the first time lol. So needless to say, if any of you have any advice, tips or tricks on scrapbook/card sewing please feel free to tell me as much as you can :)
Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

My next goal is to make another wholesale order this week & to design my website background. Another goal is to design the front page of the website & decorate it with lots of candy give-aways to all of you & your friends :) So feel free to either sign up for my blog updates or become a follower.Totally up to you of course but I wouldn't want you to miss out.  Besides, why wouldn't you want to know all my updates anyway? lol  Anyway, onto my designs & creations :)

Do you remember this little tweety bird of mine?
He was on my Home Tweet Home a few weeks ago.  However, now he has a total new make-over. He has new eyes, a better hair do..lol and he's isn't sooo glitzed up as before.  His eyes are a bit googly but he looks kinda unique, don't ya think? lol  I call him Funky Bird lol.  Yes, I gave him a name lol.

Do you remember the birdhouse that I paper pieced?


Well, I kind of made four of them :)  Only because I've had the idea of selling them on Ebay & now have opened a little shop on Etsy.  As they say, you can't have too many eggs in one basket lol.  So anyway, this is one of the creations that I have put together with the new bird & the new birdhouse :)



I had to give Funky Bird a better & more colourful environment :)


Not only that, but I had to provide a photo mat where someone could place a 6x4" inch photograph of that someone special or even a photo of their home.




I decided to go ahead & create this one on a canvas.  It has ribbon attached so that it can placed & hooked easily on someone's wall.  I figure, rather than getting those photo's out of the box & putting them into an album that only comes out once in a while too, why not have your photo's on the wall whilst still being presented with the scrappin' concept & better yet, for everyone to see the photo's on a daily basis :)

Of course, I have entered this one into the following challenges :)
Friday Sketchers - #108 - Sketch (looked at upside down)

Creative Inspirations - #37 - Paper Piecing
Incy Wincy Designs - #48 - Wings (Funky Bird :)
Kaboodle Doodles - #34 - Celebrate Summer
Pollycraft - #50 - Pinkalicious
TSG - #61 - Colour Green & a Plant
A Spoonful of Sugar - Animal
City Crafter - #11 - Shades of Green
Paper Take Weekly - In Stitches
Delightful Challenges - It's all about Summer
Play Date Cafe - Pic Colour Combo
Stampavie & More - Sparkling (used Stickles)
Stampin Royalty - Seeing Doubles
The Pixie Cottage - Paper Piecing
Charisma Cardz - Something Metal (Eyelets & Button)

Thanks for coming by everyone :)  It's great to have you here.
Don't forget about new business website candy that will be announced here very, very soon :)
Take care & come back soon :)
Hugs




Monday, June 21, 2010

Dad..It's Your Day

Hi everyone,
Just a quick update.  Financially things are looking a little better :)
I was able to purchase more internet access & today I am going to register my new business name :) 
I will also be purchasing web space for my business website :) 

Obviously things could be a whole lot better where working is concerned but I have to be grateful for what small pleasures & make the most of it :) 
Stay tuned for more updates about my new business adventure. 

I have been busy playing designing over the weekend & this is the finished product. 

"Dad...It's Your Day"


Thank you all of you who left comments with my last post, particularly those that gave me some info on how to take better photos of my design.  They were extremely helpful.  This photo turned out a little better but I seem to have a shadow on this one lol.  However, due to being a little rushed for time right now, this image will have to do.

I have entered this one in the following challenges:
 Midnight Madness - # MMSC #58 - Sketch

Crafty Creations # 72 - Stitch it up
Cupcake Craft #95 - One for the boys
Incy Wincy # 46 - One for the guys
Crazy Challenge - You're A Star
Totally Stampalicious - Celebrates Dads
Belles N Whistles - Buttons & bows
My Time to Craft - Xtra Special
Creative Inspirations - One for the boys
Meljens Designs #12 - Fiber, Ribbon or Lace

Thanks so much for visiting :)
Hugs