Our baby's growing up!

I can't believe our baby is 5! For her party, Erin and her friends were lucky enough to try out the Lots a Scents candle making party kit. I was very impressed with the quality of the supplies in the box. The girls loved mixing in the colours and fragrance themselves.

I would definitely recommend this type of party for a group of girls 5+. It's so much fun, and the girls get to take their creation home too!

The girls mixing the colour and scent into the molten wax

Here's a photo of the finished product. They mixed their own colours too!

Her cute little cupcakes, Martha Stewart Choc Brownie Cupcakes with her famous vanilla bean frosting. Always a hit!

 

The sweets table - totally inspired from Pinterest.

 

Strawberry yoghurt in tiny glasses

TimTam truffle pops

Marshmallows on a stick with white choc & freckles

Layered jelly (very cute and yum!)

Fruit sticks (thanks to Dana!)

Martha Stewart brownie cupcakes with vanilla bean frosting (coloured pink)

and of course, what is a party without lollies.

My bad

I've been so busy with life, that my poor little blog has been badly neglected yet again.

Lots has been happening of late, but something kinda scrappy and something cute coming up. A card for my gorgeous niece's 1st Birthday and Christening, and a cute photo of her at her little lady bug party.

Tooth Pillows

I've had my eye on this cute tooth pillow pattern from mmmcrafts for about 6 months, and since Aiden's first loose tooth was getting wigglier by the day, I thought I'd better hurry up! I ended up making it just in time, and also made one for his little girl friend's birthday as well. I used the basic pattern and dressed them up pretty similar to the examples, so I didn't have too much guess work.

Erin suggested we make the wings out of pink tulle (which turned out awesome), and she also chose the sequin ribbon for the ballet shoes. Lucky we have some left to make one for her soon!

Aren't they adorable!

Thanks to Larissa from mmmcrafts for sharing her awesome pattern for free! Make sure you check out the rest of her cute little sewing patterns in her etsy shop.

And here is toothless Aiden with his tooth officer waiting for the tooth fairy. He was so excited, and even more so because he helped me make this gorgeous little officer.

It's that time of year!

It's that time of year when everyone seems to be having babies! My niece just had a beautiful little girl, giving me an excuse to create a cute little girly card using these gorgeous Echo Park papers. I've also just heard through the grapevine that my cousin has just had a little boy, so off to the craft table again! xx

Jack's card

I had heaps of fun making this card for the arrival of a friend's little boy. Welcome to this world Jack! He's such a little cutie, even though he never woke the whole time we were there. Hope he doesn't wake his Mummy up too much tonight! You have one gorgeous little man there, Fiona!

Card Sketch Challenge

Another challenge over at A Card and a Half was to make a card using Helen's sketch. I used the sketch as inspiration for this card I made for our friends' gorgeous little girl, Emily. I love how it turned out, although it doesn't look much like the sketch now! LOL! Honest to goodness, I did start with the sketch! I used the girls paperie 'kitch' range, which is super cute!

A Card and a Half challenge

My gorgeous friend Helen has started a little card challenge blog - A Card and a Half. Her latest challenge was to make a male card using embossing and punches.

I chose to use the Spotted Owl Soup range from Jillibean Soup to make this card for a friend. I've kept it really simple and embossed stars on the spotty paper in the background, which I then sanded to reveal the pattern, and have punched the paper around the little owl.

A couple of birthdays...

Firsty, a HUGE happy birthday to a sweet friend's little girl, Emily, who turned 1 yesterday. Unfortunately I missed the party, but still got to create this gorgeous card for her :)


I really love using these Prima journalling cards that Mel gave me on cards... the funny thing was I said they weren't my style, well.... I take my words back Mel, but they are now my most favouritist thing in the world (well, apart from stamps!!)

The kids also went to one of their friend Hayley's 4th birthday party on Saturday, and I was so glad Al had to do the rushing around from one to the next! I actually modified the cute little Tilda card in the previous post to make it a "Happy Birthday" card, and the birthday girl absolutely adored it! It sure did stand out amongst all the Barbie cards!

I created this layout this afternoon while the kids were jumping all over me, trying to help in any way possible... Erin even had a go at my twinkling H20s!! OMG she was actually really good too --- at mixing all the colours together!! OMG I nearly screamed.. but she was so quiet and obviously engrossed in her work! I sooooo wish I had my camera on hand so I could show you!! She's such an arty little thing, loves drawing and painting!!

Anyway, here's the end result.

It's for Simonne's last sketch challenge over at Scrap Pile. I decided I needed to document my weight loss journey, and here's my first layout. I was trying to find a smaller (before) photo to put in the gap at the bottom right of the photo that's there, but the only one I could find was of me in my pj's, so might have to stick that on later!!

WAHOOOOO!!! I am getting soooooooooooooooooo excited about heading up to Cairns in a couple of weeks to spend some quality girlie time with my bestest scrappy friends in the world!! Leone & Mel, we're gonna have the bestest time ever!!! How many bottles do you think I'll be able to fit in my bag?????????

Right, well, that's pretty much it from me today... I was hoping to get some cards made after the layout, but after my little helpers efforts, I decided to quit while I was ahead! Maybe sleep time tomorrow?????

Final touches...

I started this layout at the Brissy Scrap Pile gathering in April. It was sitting on my desk for ages, and I just couldn't seem to get it right, but then today it just all fell into place. I used the souffle pen for the border around the page and for the fake stitching around the circle.


I just love Erin's curls, they are just so gorgeous. I hope she keeps them as her hair grows longer :)

Mel started this gorgeous layout for me at the gathering as well, and I just added the title, a little bling, the journalling card and the inked paper doily. I love how it turned out! Thanks Mel, you're a sweetie :)

This is Erin at her 2nd birthday party. A gorgeous friend of mine, Julie, from Bee Happy Puppets painted all the kids faces - she is the most exquisite face painter ever! The detail was just amazing. The kids all looked so cute, but my favourite of the day has to be the birthday girl!!

Heidi Swapp Invisibles

I was over at Ros' blog recently checking out some of her gorgeous work, and I saw she'd used a very cool Heidi Swapp Invisible PP, and I just couldn't resist the temptation!!! OMG I am loving them!!

Here's my latest creation, and Leone's challenge from Scrap Pile...

I used blue acrylic paint and then a tiny bit of pink over the top and then sanded it back until I achieved my desired contrast.

I also made a few cards for kids parties on the weekend, using some of the gorgeous Prima journalling cards that Mel gave me when she was visiting a couple of weeks ago!




I'll definitely be using these again!! Thanks Mel for the inspiration!

Happy Birthday Nick!!

It was Al's brother's birthday last Thursday, and we totally missed it. Naughty us! So, we went round for a belated happy birthday BBQ last night, and I whipped up this card for him from some scraps of a layout I've been working on.

I bought some metallic rub-ons at the Scrapbook Expo last year and I just found them in my drawer and they were just what this grungeboard arrow needed to make it pop. Not sure how you're supposed to stop it from rubbing off though?

My baby butterfly turns 2!

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day yesterday. We celebrated Erin's 2nd birthday in the back garden. There were gorgeous butterflies buzzing around, and some tigers, puppy dogs and pirates too!

The kids all had such a fun time getting their faces painted, and watching Julie, from Bee Happy Puppets with her cute little puppets.

Erin loved Chloe the Bear and the kids had so much fun playing and singing along with Julie.

I can't thank Julie enough for coming along to entertain the kids, and she did such a fantastic job painting the kids faces! Thanks Julie!

Here are some piccies from the day...

My bestest bud, Belinda, her Mum, my Mum, and me... we've known each other since we were 3! Gonna miss you Bel, when you go away next year! xoxo

Our painted little family :)


Complete with roaring tiger


and fluttering butterfly... ready for take off...

Needless to say, we all slept real well last night!!!

Ros, this one's for you :) Not the best pic of me, but it does show Julie's gorgeous face painting...