10 x $20 vouchers up for grabs at Handmade by Suzanne

Do you want to win one of 10 store vouchers worth $20 including free postage??

Well we have the easiest competition and with 10 prizes in total there are lots of chances to win!

To enter: All you need to do is add Handmade By Suzanne’s badge to your blog and a link back to our store AND post the details of the competition on your blog.

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A few random facts about me.....

When Helen from Redearth Scrapping sent me the gorgeous BG "Hello Luscious" 6x6 paper pad that was part of the fantastic pile of DT goodies that she sent me for March, I thought it would be perfect for a mini album that I've had laying around for years....it was the perfect size & all I did was round the corners with a corner punch....added a bit of paint before sticking the PP's down...used a heap of the gorgeous BG paper doiley ribbons...lots & lots of alpha stickers (Echo Park - For the record & BG - Life of the party) & the mini album was starting to take shape!

Then to finish it off, I've added a few buttons, stickers, rubons, chipboard, diecuts & flowers from my stash.....and this is the end result.....

(question....is the page above the right way up?)

For some strange reason when I uploaded it, it was on its side - no matter how many times I re-tried it was still sideways!!!  All the other pages were fine...just this one! So, I've now rotated it on its side & re-saved it, and now it appears to be the right way up!!!  go figure!

So, I'm wondering if it's just me that was seeing it sideways & now the right way up?!?! 

 but maybe to everyone else it is now sideways????  LOL

I'm really happy with how this came out.....& it all came together really quickly

(once all the paint dried!).

The little denim pocket I cut from an old pair of jeans....the little coin pocket at the front - I think it looks rather cute!

Anyways....just a quick post - time for bed!

TFL & Happy scrapping :-)

Guest designer

Late last year, Suzanne, from Handmade by Suzanne, asked me if I'd be interested in being a guest designer for April 2011 - of course I jumped at the chance & said YES!

I received my kit of goodies on Tuesday & after a quick trip to Sydney on Wednesday, I have been eagerly awaiting for the April sketch challenge to be revealed, so that I could base my first LO on the sketch.

So, this afternoon I have been scrapping :-)

Here is the April sketch....

And here is my layout......

Using the following goodies from my kit - Basic Grey "Hello Luscious" papers, Kaisercraft paper blooms, Basic Grey "Life of the party" micro mono alpha stickers, Websters lace trim....and a few bits & bobs from my stash.

Handmade by Suzanne has such an amazing amount and variety of scrapbooking supplies instore - If you'd like to go check it out, I'm sure you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Thanks for dropping by....and I hope everyone has a top weekend!

1st April Stuck?! ......

Happy April Fools Day!!!  lol

I don't have any tricks up my sleeve or anything like that....just sharing the 1st April Stuck?! sketch
I love the simplicity of this sketch....I think it is a real "classic"

And here is my sample layout.

I have used a 5x7 landscape photo, rather than 2 portrait photos as shown in the sketch.

Using some MME "So Sophie" that's been in my stash for a year or so....some lace, ric-rac, mixture of flowers, a few brads, CB butterfly...and I had a little play with some paint & a stencil.

I quite like how this one turned out - lurrrve the colours!

Photo is of the stunning jetty at Lifou - one of the islands we visited on our cruise last year.'

You can check out the first half of the CT samples that are now up on the Stuck?! blog for some inspiration - & then  check back in a few days time for the 2nd half of the CT release. 
Entries to be uploaded to the Stuck?! blog by 11.59pm on 30th April to be in the running for some great prizes!!!.  Hope you will all give this one a go!

Once again, we are using the Stuck?! sketch over at Redearth scrapping as our monthly sketch challenge....with some added criteria.  For April, RES' theme is paint, mists & inks....so to tie in with the theme, my added criteria for the 1st April sketch challenge is to use paint/mist/ink with either a template or masking.  So if you'd like to give the challenge a go, head on over to Redearth Scrapping where you can check out all the details.  I'd love to see some of my blog readers come along and participate :-)

Thanks for dropping by & happy scrapping :-)