New Look & Awards.

Hi, so don't you just love my blogs new Christmas look!  I spent quite a few hours last night getting it right. With less than a month until Christmas it will help us get into the Christmas spirit. We are putting our new big tree up on Wednesday, our little one is looking a bit sad., It doesn't really feel like Christmas until the tree is up. I have also added a few new links on the side bar so if you haven't had a look there for a while go and check it out.

I have been very fortunate to receive 2 blog awards recently.

This first one is the " I got the Attitude Blog Award" given to me by a lovely friend and very talented paper crafter Tracey, check out her blog Trace-Elementz  here. Thanks so much Tracey.

 Receiving this award means I have to tell you three things that make me "me" and pass it along. This is quite hard.

 1. I am an easy going, caring person.

 2. I am very patient person.

 3. And I would not be me without my 4 fantastic kids. If I didn't have them  I would be ... someone else.

Now I would like to pass this award onto a few blogs that I think have Attitude and really cute cards.

Jenny http://craftbyjenny.blogspot.com/ 

Susan http://creativejourneys-suseq.blogspot.com/

Cheryl http://passionforpaperstampsandink.blogspot.com/

Click on the link to visit these blogs.

This next Award is the Best Blog Friends Forever Award, given to me by my BBFF Sonia. Check out Sonia's blog here. Thank you Sonia, this is a really cool award.

Now I need to pass this on and this is very, very hard because I have made some wonderful friends in blog land who I think will be friends forever. I would like to pass it back to Sonia, but I don't think that's allowed.

Teressa http://uplate2create.blogspot.com/

Shelley http://shelleysland.blogspot.com/

Bronwyn http://addinktivedesigns.blogspot.com/
   Paula http://stampinantics.blogspot.com/

   Julie http://9-2-midnight.blogspot.com/

Click on the link to visit these blogs.

That's it from me today but make sure you check back on Wednesday 1st December for the new Summer Mini catalogue and a new Stampin' Up! promotion. Exciting!

Sharing my passion.

Leah

Thank you for your patience while I update my blog.

Sunday Scrap - Big Blow.

Hi, Happy Sunday. For today's Scrap Page I've used this weeks sketch challenge #214 from Pencil Lines. I just discovered Pencil Lines the international sketch challenge blog this week. With designers from all over the world I'm sure to get plenty of inspiration. This weeks sketch was designed by the super talented Laura Vegas. This sketch was great for me as I struggle a bit with multiple photos.

And here is my page. Zach again, the camera just loves him, having a bubble bath.

I've used Vellum circles to represent the bubbles and the Extreme Elements stamp set in the background. The Vellum bubbles are really good for covering up .... things. You know what I mean!



Recipe (All Products are from Stampin' Up!)
Stamp Sets: Defining Alphabet, Extreme Elements, Dotted Lines Wheel
Card: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Vellum
DSP: Elegant Soiree
Ink: Soft Suede, Crumb Cake
Punches: 1/2", 3/4" 1 1/4", 1 3/8" circles, scallop circle
Accessories: baja breeze ribbon, linen thread

That's it from me today, have a great Sunday.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Yummy, Yummy.

Hi, I just popped in to show you this gorgeous photo frame Julie made me for my birthday. I'm am so lucky to have such creative, good friends. Julie took the photo's of Zach eating a huge chocolate bar at my nieces 21st a few months ago. He was enjoying it so much. There is a lot of fine detail in it that is hard to see my this photo, she did such a fantastic job.

Thanks so much Julie, you know how much I love it.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

For Marcelle.

Hi, I made this card for Marcelle who just became a Grand Mother for the first time. (Congrats Marcelle, may you have many happy hours of baby sitting.) This card gives you a sneak peak of one of the new stamp sets in the Summer Mini that comes out on the 1st December. The colour combo is Real Red, Baja Blue, Early Espresso & Whisper White.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

50 Cards.

Here is a group photo of the 50 cards I made on the weekend. Wow, I can't believe I did it. They are mostly Christmas cards and the other's are new Stamp sets and products I was playing with. Over the next week or so I will show you close up of them to give you a bit of inspiration for your own cards.

Have a great day.

Sharing my Passion.
Leah

Just back...

...from a long weekend away. Christine, Marcelle, Carly & I went up the coast for a card making weekend. It was so much fun, we laughed, talked & talked, ate way too much junk food ( starting diet today) and we even made a few cards. We each made about 50 cards. Woo Hoo! I was amazed at the amount, it does help when you have a plan. I will show you my cards in upcoming posts. But for today I have a couple of photo's of our room, we pushed all the furniture back against the wall and set up our tables in the middle.

Here are the tables all set up and ready to begin, they didn't stay tidy for very long.

The weather was a bit wet but that didn't worry us. I have to show you the best All Day Big Breaky I have ever seen. We stopped at a little petrol station restaurant on the way up and Christine got all this for just $11 and that plate was huge. She did a great job of getting through most of it.

So a big thank you to Christine for inviting me, being my chauffeur, bringing an extra table for me and for not singing that Christmas song again. :) Thank you Marcelle for your great ideas & inspiration & cooking us a very yummy almost healthy dinner. Thank you Carly for you Black Eyed Peas CD ( bad radio & TV reception up there), for entertaining us with your face book quotes and for putting up with us oldies.

Sharing my Passion
Leah

Sunday Scrap - Up, Up & Away.

I finally got some Scraping time. Today's page is of Alex when he was 3 years old, as most 3 year olds he loved to dress up and his Super Man costume was one of his favorites. There is not much stamping on this page just the Dotted Lines Wheel I rolled onto the metal edge tag. The Dotted Lines Wheel is excellent for Journaling.

Recipe

Stamp: Dotted Lines Wheel

Card: Whisper White, Pacific Point, Daffadil Delight, Real Red

Ink" Daffodil Delight

Punches: word window, 1 3/8" circle

Accessories: Pacific Point ribbon, silver Jumbo brad, metal edge tag

Tools: Big Shot-Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Timeless Type Jnr Alphabet dies

Have a super Sunday.

Sharing my Passion

Leah